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The Value of Manure.
If agriculture is the basis of all wealth, as
It is said to be, and manure is the basis of
profitable agriculture, it will be a very log
ical conclusion that manure is money—not
the refined coin of the mint to be sure, but
the rough gold of the mine, requiring, as a
rule, cultivation to stamp its real value. If
the soil is not naturally rich it will be a
waste of time to plant any crop upon it un
less manure is applied to it beforehand. It
is a well understood fact that very large
quantities of manure may be applied to
badly worn land, and yet for the first year
or two such laud will not pro
duce as profitable crops as
land containing less of fertilizing
elements available, than that contained in
the artificially manured. Yet the fertiliz
ing elements existing in the former is so
evenly distributed it makes a better return
for cultivation than the other. The ma
jority of farmers who use commercial fer
tilizers, or even home-made manure do not
appear to appreciate the principle in
volved in applying food to plants. They
throw both down “in a lump,” so to speak,
and expect the cotton or corn or potatoes
to find it and thrive upon it. They strew
in the bottom of a single furrow through
tbe instrumentality of a guano horn 200
pounds of commercial fertilizer in a con
centrated line not wider than two inches
and congratulate themselves that they have
uouu me right thing. If a long dry spell
follows a wet one, as happens oftener than
Dot, they will 1 e very likely to damn the
fertilizer that they so use. If tbe fertilizer
is good, especially rich In ammonia, the
plants will be induced during wet weather
to throw out a superabundance of roots and
r otlets to feed ou the fertilizer in this nar
row space, and just so soon os a dry spell
s *tß in this large quantity of roots soon ex
h tusts all tbe moisture along this line, and
a few days later exhibit the effects of It by
“wi ting”—“firing” in the case of corn
und “shedding” in the case of ootton. If
the fertilizer I ad been spread evenly on both
sides of the center furrow the roots would
have been more evenly 6pread out or dis
tributed themselves and would have ex
hausted tbe m isture more gradually'.
Manure may be applied to a crop to it)
detriment when improperly applied, but
always to advantage if properly applied.
'l'ne common practice in the south is to
manure tbe soil in advance of planting the
crops. In eastern countries, especially in
China, the pructice is to manure tbe plant
alter it has been started on its way. A
combination of the two methods is the most
profitable—the most scientific. Certain
manures, to be of any value to a quickly
maturing annual like Insb potatoes, cab
bage and tbe like must be put in tbe
soil early enough to allow of its becoming
decomposed and soluble by tbe time the
crop will want to use it. Ground
bone, fresh stable manure or other organic
manure, like cotton seed, unleached wood
ashes need to be put iu the soil some time in
advance of the crop if it is a quickly matur
ing one, if the most profit would be ob
tained from it the first season. Then, again,
there are other fertilizing materials, like
nitrate of soda, sulphate of jammoaia, pot
ash salts, high-grade superphosphate, that
ore more more profitably used by applying
it to a crop after it has been well started in
its growth and the roots spreading out in
every direction, seeking soluble food. This
class of fertilizers broadcasted in February
or March on grain that was started late in
the fall will generally give the best results,
and with the leatt liability to loss of any of
itß elements. The market gardener or
trucker soon learns tbe great value of this
class of mauurial substances. * * *
Blue Orasa and Orchard Grass.
Both blue grass and orohard grass have
values which cannot be ignored by the
farmer, says W. E. F. in American Culti
vator. Clover and timothy may be the
leaders of the grass. There are many farms
where either one of these grasses would
thrive less successfully than orchard or blue
grass. Not a few have been prejudiced
against orohard grass until recently, and it
is not yet universally rec cnized us u pay
ing crop.
i he value of orchard grass is that it oan
be made to grow on land where timothy will
hardly thrive, and on steep hillsides where
it is difficult to make any vegetation grow.
But many maintain that orchard grass does
not make good bay even when it is g'own
successfully, and it is a waste of time to
cultivate it. This, however, is due to the
lack of proper knowledge concerning its
curing. Orchard grass Opens early, and
after it has reached the mature stage it
rapidly becomes worthless. It must be cut
before the blossoms appear and just as soon
us the heads appear. This is generally very
early in the season, and good harvesting
weather is rarely met with then. For this
reason the grass can never be recommended
for large baying districts, but if it can be
cut and cured at this tune it excels almost
all other grasses for hay.
Orchard and blue grass are often sown to
g“ther. The two mixed togetuer make a
splendid seeding for permanent meadows,
the blue grass is protected by this stronger
and more rapid grower until it becomes
large enough to battle for itself. It is an
Invaluable grass for sowing along with
weaker grasses, whioh t eed some protec
tion. Orchard grass can be made of value
to our grass lands in auotber way. It can
serve as a protection from the cold of win
ter. It cau bo mowed in spring, and then
then the rank tussooks oan be allowed to
grow through the summer. Left in this
condition they will hide and shelter the
tender grasies so that early in spring these
shoots can spring up and make flue pasture
grass.
Blue grass can never get such a start as
when sown with orchard grass, and in this
•aspect the two go together. Blue grass,
when once started and established on the
j?nd, ie a g reat crop for fattening cattle.
Gu certain lands it is almost as valuable,
considering the less cost of production, as
grain aim corn. The cost of maintaining
such a pasture is small, and if the land is
cheap it pays to cultivate it in preference to
“any of the other crops.
Japan Plums.
At a meeting of the New York State Hor
ticultural Society, Vioe President Willard
•P |l ke of the Oriental plum, so-called, such
us Botan —which name represents a class
®°t a variety. The foliage of these plums
' eculiar and suggests anew species of
“urns. It is very rugged and likely to
withstand the disease'that other plums will
not endure. The foliage late in the season
is healthy and bright. One of these Botan:
ripens July lo and is very Dices
the next is called Abundance
and ripens a little later aad is of
better quality; it ripens about three
weeks later than the first. The Sweet
Botan is still better and one ween later than
Abundauce. Burbank is another of this
class of plums, highly recommended by
Prof. 11. E. Van Deman, ripening about
Sept. 10 in this locality. Burbanx is the
most productive of the lot, is a beautiful
red plum, sells well, hut is not of the best
quality. These plums are all hardy hero.
The Yellow Japan is the best, large aud
beautiful. There is no black knot on this
class of plum trees. Mr. Hale stated that
these plums were all great keepers, often
kept two weeks. Ogou plum, of the same
class, was very handsome, something like a
ripe oanana; ripens in July.
A Half Dozen Forage Plants.
The southern farmer or stock raiser, is
blessed with a royal list of plants adapted to
his several requirements. Iu this respect
he has greatly the advantage of his
northern neighbors, who have few
plants, comparatively, that are adapted
in tbe highest degree to permanent
pastures or meadows. The northern
farmer’s list is a small one compared to tbe
list that the southern farmer can show and
make use of. Our farmers certainly have
the plants, though they may not make much
use of them. Some do, but the great mass
of them have yet to recognize their value.
No doubt these will waken to their oppor
tunities some day, and when they do, what
a country for fine stock this will be!
A country that has pasture ten months in
the year, you may say, has neglected its
opportunity when it fails to derive a big in
come from stock raising. As many as two
score different plants, in the highest degree
adapted to southern soil and climate, could
readily be named and then leave out quite
a number of first-rate plants that could be
profitably used for making stock-growing a
success. Look at this half dozen: Bermuda,
I.uceru, Orchard grass, Red Top, Bur clover.
Meadow Oat grass.
Here are six plants alone that are capable
cf making Georgia a glorious county for
producing beef, pork, mutton and horse
flesh, aud furthermore restoring the worn
soils to a condition of original fertility
while making tbe best returns annually,
that it possibly can far better than it can
with hoe crops.
Asa summer pasturage grass it would be
almost a sin to wish for anything better
than Bermuda. From May until the first
killing frost it is capable of affording all
the grazing that cau be justly expected of
the soil. It is a grass that needs no recom
mendation where it has once been tried.
Like Bermuda Lucern is a perennial, en
during for many years, when cared lor
properly. It is better adapted to mowing
than to grazing though it can be used for
the latter purpose if managed properly and
especially for calves aud sheep. Luceru
affords green food later in the fall and ear
lier in the spring than Bermuda, being like
Meadow Oat and Orchard grass in this re
spect.
These latter mentioned eras es are very
valuable for pasture or for mowing. They
should be sown in conjunction witti some of
the clovers —the Red Crimson, Sapling or
“Bur.” The Red Top is the best suited for
moist or wet soils. Though an annual, tbe
Bur, or California, clover is one of tbe most
valuable plants iu reach of our farmers. It
will prove of inestimable value to our soils
when it becomes more generally known.
Those who have used it never fail to
praise it.
Have you any of these plants growing on
your farm? If not, it will be well for you
to get some as early as possible. sou had
better divide tbe corn land with them, for
they will make you cheaper forage thau
corn. S. A. U.
Economy In Feeding Corn.
The science of feeding has made greater
progress during the past twenty-five years
than has been, says the American Culti
vator, made iu any other department of
farming. There is no kind of feed of which
this is more true than of corn. There is
much less waste of corn now, and the ra
tion is more likely to be so halanocd w ith
"ther feeds as to produce the best results.
It is hardly too much to say that of tbe old
time corn feeding fully half was either
wasted, or worse still, was so fed
as to do quite as much harm
as it did good. We have often
heard ol young pigs stunted an 1 their diges
tion ruined for life by too early aud ex
clusive feeding of born, l’robab.y one rea
son why breeding sows so as to let them
farrow iu spring has become popular was
because at this season corn was apt to be
scarce and not fed s > liberally as in tbe fall.
With a whole summer s run In the pasture
and fed on swill with little corn the pigs,
by the time they were 6 or 7 months old,
could be fed freely with corn without in
jury.
By feeding more wheat bran and milk
feed to all young animals, a considerable
proportion of corn may be given with great
advantage. Both are much better for all
animals than either alone. It 1b often
thought that full-grown fattening bogs do
best with nothing except corn. If laying
on fat to te converted into grease or lard be
the object this may be true. But a much
better quality of pork for the present de
mand is made by giving even to fattening
hogs a small proportion c f bran or mid
dlings and also a few roots. These will be
eaten as a change of feed. Appetite will
thus be kept up, and perhaps quite as much
corn eaten or even more thau if it wero au
exclusive diet.
Tue effect of a large feeding of corn to
milch cows in causing a tendency to fatten
rather tuau to give milk is well understood.
But it is none the less true tnat some corn
meal may be fed every day to cows that
have a large proportion of succulent food
with good results both in amount and qual
ity of milk. Much sowed or drilled corn
when put In too tbiokly to ear is not rich
enough without reinforcement with corn to
furnish carbon and fat, and a so more of
thesttengtb-giviDg elements than are found
in cornstalks alone. As often made from
stalks of sowed or drilled corn the ensilage
is 100 watery and unnutritious. More oorn
either in the silo or added to tbe silage when
fed is the cheapest au<l easiest way to cor
rect this deficiency. This is especially im
portant in cold weather, when succulent
food of any kind is apt to become a cold
mass, chllliug the stomach and needing the
addition of extra carbon to maintain ani
mal heat.
The Glebe Artichoke.
This vegetable is almosb unknown at tbe
north, but southern people are fond of IS,
and it is exclusively cultivated in southern
states , especially around New Orleans, says
H. M. Smith in American Gardener. The
plant is a vigorous grower, and delights in
a strong, rich soil and fall suulight, but can
be successfully grown in sandy land if the
ground is well prepared and the plants are
mulched the first season. Propagation is
effected by means of side shoots, which the
plants produce In abundance. These shoots
are taken off with a small piece of the old
plant, aud set in rows three or four feet
apart and three feet apart in the row. Be
fore planting tbe outside leaves are re
moved and the remaining leaves shortened
half their length. Plants may be readily
obtained from seed sown any time from
Sept. 1 to April 30.
Tbe general cultivation of globe arti
chokes in tbe south is of the simplest nature.
In the fall tbe ground should be plowed be
tween tbe rows, and during summer the
cultivator should be frequently run through
them to stir the soil aad keep down weeds
and grass. As the plants continue to grow
through the winter with greater or less
rapidity, according to the weather, it is a
good plan to give them a dressing of manure
in the fall. This will cause a sturdy growth,
not recognizable with the eye. but very ap
parent when the crop of heads is gathered
If any manure is on hand in the spring,
another dressing, given just as the plants
begin rapid growth, will have a telling ef
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1893.
fect. During fall and winter each stool
should oe examined, and all suckers
removed but the four strongest. Es
tablished plants begin to proauce heads
late in March and early in April, and con
tinue “heading” for about two months. Al
though the season cau be extended, no effort
is made to do so. Flower stalks should be
cut away when the heads are gathered, to
encourage the second orop. Plants pro
ducing a late crop require an abuudance of
water at the roots, and tbe ground around
them must be mulohed. This orop. as a rule,
is generally grown at random, and receives
little attention save the annual plowing.
Artichokes grow iu nearly every garden
around New Orleans, ami ttie crop pavs so
well that colored growers can find room for
nothing else. Occasionally during the fall
one observes a few plants tied up to blanch
for salad purposes. In this blanched con
dition they are said to be very good.
Guinea Grass Eest for Sandy Land.
Last winter I planted part of an old field,
which would not grow five bushels of corn
to the acre, says a writer in Farmer and
Fruit-Grower. In January I sowed six
rows of Guinea grass seed, twenty rods
long, and put on no fertilizer, and I found
at one time in September that a small
patch of it which I cut sixteen days before
had growu thirty-two inches. I plauted the
rows thirty two inches apart, but hereafter
intend to plant three teet and the hills (for
Guinea grass should be planted in hills
for cultivation) one foot apart In
the row. So any one who has
not tried the gruss I advise to
try it, even If they do not have fertilizer to
put ou it. If it has the substance in it that
northern grasses have—which I believe it
bos—we can raise four to six times as much
ot it as they cau there. It needs a dry
place. Ilad a tatch with clay ten inches
from the surfaoe, aud it did not do well.
Dry weather does not appear to affeot it if
tbe surface is mellow.
In our sandy lands in the orange belt I
look upon Guinea grass as the best resource
we have for the support of a cow during tbe
summer aud the furnishing of milk. Half
an acre of it well cultivated will keep a cow
all summer, or it moy be ; artitioned off iu
small lots with portable fence and the cow
allowed to help berself, pasturing each lot
down in succession. J. H.
fcheep Raising.
Synopsis of a paper presented before the
Farmers’ Institute at Stanberry, Mo., by
Mr. Shattack:
There are eleven distinct breeds of sheep,
and each breed has its friends and its wor
shipers. There is a separate organization
of the breeders of each, and each organiza
tion is governed by certain rules. No sheep
is admitted to the exposition unless regis
tered, aud every sheep so registered must
bo recorded and labeled. No breeder Is al
lowed to uso a label tho second time if a
sheep dies, aud uo duplicate is allowed if
one is lost.
The largest band of sheep in the United
States is in Oregon, and contains over
50,000 head of ewes, the wool weighing last
year 1,000.000 pounds.
The largest flock in the world is in Aus
tralia, the owner is Mr. McCoy, and the
flock contains 3,000,000. He has a DO-year
lease of <1,000,000 acres of land, which makes
a very couvcuiont little pasture. Rent is so
low that it costs only 3 cents a head to keep
his sheep one year. He purchased $150,000
worth of thoroughbred males for his own
use alone, none of them fur sale.
The largest flock in Missouri belongs to G.
B. Bothwell of Breckenridgo, Mo. He began
with eighty acres of land and 500 sheep, be
now has 3,000 acres of land and 3,000 sheep.
His net profit every year is about $30,000.
The average of usefulness of sheep is seven
years. The number of sheep in Missouri
increases eaob year at the rate of 25 per
cent.
Care and Treatment of Jersey Cattle.
Prize Estay, by Mrt. Ella Rockwood.
Perhaps no breed of cattle possesses in n
greater degree susceptibility to treatment,
kind or unkind, than the Jersey. The pe
culiar nervous temperament so essential in
a perfect dairy cow is one of her strongest
characteristics.
Look at the bright, intelligent face of a
true specimen of this breed, and note the
large fawnllka Seyes, bright and
glistening. Look at the thin, dilat
ing i ostrils, with their orange lining,
which seem to scent danger like a deer, and
seeing, know that this queen among cows
demands and well deserves the most careful
handling and kindest treatment to bring
out her good qualities and keep them at
their best.
No cow. from tho scrub to the thorough
bred can do her best unless under circum
stances conducive to quiet and content; aud
although cows of more sluggish tempera
ment may bear ill-usage with little appar
ent regard, it is not so with the seusitive
jersey, and she soon depreciates in value.
From ca f mod she > h >uld have reas m to
regard her master as tier friend. No blows
or harsh words should teach her to fear
him; but she should expect aud receive only
1 caresses and kind words. Under such treat
ment she will develop a gentle, kind dispo
sition.
She should be taught to lead by a baiter,
to stand quietly as for milking, and to bear
handling of the udder long before sbe
reaches maternity; so that she may be quiet
and easily handled, instead of being wild
and unmanageable, as helfors often are at
that time. No breaking-in will be neces
sary, and if it is desira le to di-pose of her
she will bring a better price than one that
has never been trained.
Do not make tho mistake of tblnkmg that
when she drops her first calf is time enough
to hegiu feeding her; she should have been
fed from her birth with this in view.
No supplemental food is better than
ground oats as a help in developing tho
heifer calf. As soou as she begins to eat
hay sbe should have a little, night and
morning, fed dry. Begin witu half a pint
or feed, or even less, and gradually inoreaso
the quantity until bossio will take a pint at
a feeding. Keep her thrifty and growing.
A calf once stunted by insufficient or im
proper food will never make so good a cow
as sbe would cither wise have been.
The grain rations should be Increased as
the heifer grows, and at the arrival of the
milking period she should, after the first few
days, pe given a generous quautity of such
food as is best suited to assist her in produc
ing milk.
While there are various grain foods
re ommended by dairy me i|as excellent for
milch co*B, for the general feeder and tbe
average cow nothing is better than a mix
ture of cue part corumeal, one part oat
meal aud two of wheat bran. Of this, feed
as much as after experimenting with your
cow you find gives best results in milk aud
butter.
Each cow is a law unto herself as to tbe
amount of too she can profitably consume.
It takes more to produce a like result with
one thau another. Uo to the extent of her
capacity tbe greater tbe amount oonsumed
the greater the returns at the oall and
churn; hut when a oow is fed beyond her
capacity to convert the food into milk and
butter she is fed at a loss; the extra food
gees to make fat.
A liberal allowance of coarse fodder
should also be fed. Clover hay, oorn fod
der, ensilage—all are good. Roots are val
uable as a food for milch'oows. Carrots
are, perhaps, best, with sugar beets next.
Turnips and rutabagas will flavor the
butter.
Pure water should always be within reach
of the cows. No other domestic animal
requires so large a quantity, and a shrink
age of the milk will follow if she is deprived
of it in abundance.
While Jerseys, as a breed, are unsurpassed
as buttermakers, there is a wide range in
their value in this respect. Each cow should
be tested aud the best only kept. In re
gard to testing, it is not always that the
cow showing the highest test of butter-fat is
really tbe best oo w. Other things should
be taken into consideration—quantity of
milk and length of milk period during the
year. These should be considered before
deciding, as a cow showing a medium
amount of .butter fat may make up in
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Not all of us oan have oowb making 1,000
pounds of butter in a year, but any oi.e
owning a single Jersev oow mav, with
judicious breeding and careful feeding,
combined with the kind treatment end care
which all animals should have, lu & few
years possess a herd of cattle which will be
a source of profit as well as pleasure.
THE PALMETTO.
How Itß Fiber May be Made Into a Sub
stitute for Jute.
C. B. Warrand in the Manufacturcre' Reel’d.
Savannah, Ga. —Can the United States
produce a substitute for jute which will be
able, not alone to compete in quality and
price, but which cau also be produoed in
sufficient quantities to supply tbe demand?
has been a problem which is of much im
portance to the southern cotton planter, to
tbe western farmer and to manufacturers
everywhere.
In order to find such a substitute it must
be grown so cheaply that tho cost of pro
duction of the raw mateual is next to noth
ing, so as to compete with East India labor,
earning daily wages of 6! 4 cents; it must be
from a reliable source and abundant
enough to induoe capital to provide the
necessary plants to put the raw material in
merchantable state; the product must be as
good and even better in its leading quali
ties; the raw material must be available at
alt times of the yeer, so as to avoid storing
expenses, fire insurance and loss of interest,
v.btch all would swell tbe cost of produc
tion.
All these requirements could only be
fouDd iu a plant of spontaneous growth
which is capable of reproducing the supply
from year to year without much care, cost
of cultivation or growu on expensive land.
The saw palmetto has evidently all these
requirements, ana is strictly a fibrous plant;
it was left to humau ingenuity and ipven
tion to render the same available to com
merce.
The majority of {rials and experiments
were made with pwreijr*.me banibal moans,
and the result was either a failure or the
producti m of some article of secondary or
tertiary commercial importance. I’lasier
iug fibor, upholstering and tiedding mate
rial. or ship’s felt end brush fiber, were the
results, which, as a rule, paid the manu
facturer a baudsrme profit and aided to
demonstrate tbe value of saw palmett > as a
fiber plant, but they failed to produce a
substitute for jute.
Tbe writer took a very different view
from tbe majority, who tried to solve tbe
problem. To accomplish the decortication
of palmetto by pursly mechanical means is
utterly impossible, as the amount of sili
cate which the palmetto contains is too
great to eer produoe a flexible fiber or a
fiber which will felt and which cau lespun;
besides, the hard glossy shield covering tbe
ltaf and stems is so alosely intermingled
with the fiber that the one cannot be re
moved by mechaDioal means without par
tially destroying tbe other.
It was clearly a problem for chemistry to
solve before mechanical skill would bo of
any avail. Asa result of uumeroiis experi
ments tbe caustic-soda process seemed to
accomplish all that could be wished. By
steaming the palmetto in caustic soda tbe
silicate is changed to silicate of soda, which
is soluble; the bard glossy shield becomes a
soft, gummy soap, which oan be easily re
moved by mechanical means - passing tbe
material through rollers aud inasceration
will have tbe desired effect and produce an
excellent fiber.
By satiating the liquid part with quick
lime and boiling the same the silicate of
soda is ohanged to silicate of lime, which is
insoluble, and the gummy soda combina
tions also tuke kindly to tbe lime and are
precipitated as lime compounds, leaving the
caustic soda in the solutions, wbich can be
used over and over again with tsmail addi
tions of caustic s da. One dollar per ton
will more than cover the cost of lime and
loss of soda.
The fiber produced by this process has tho
same color as jute; while it is shorter in sta
ple, it is much stronger; hence lighter-weight
bagging and twine will accomplish tbe same
purpose. Palmetto fiber is not by any
means as inflammable as jute. While it
will eventually burn, still a spark or aflame
will omy scorch it; it wiil not harbor a lin
gering fire like jute. Neither does tbe pal
metto fiber stain like pine-straw fiber. The
fiber felts readily, and cau be spun with
ease.
One ton of green palmetto produces about
one-third of its weight iu finer, or about
600 pounds. Assuming that the coat of
palmetto is $5 per ton and tbe cost of soda
and lime $1 per top, the cost of the material
would Pe $6 for 6uo pounds of fiber, or S2J
per ton.
At the time that the patent was granted
for this process jute butts were selling at
5 per ton, leaving only a margin of $5
per ton tor manufaclu'ing expenses and
profit. At that time, while it was a tech
nical success In every way, it was commer
cially a failure.
SiDce then the discovery of the value of
palmetto for tanning purposes was made,
rendering the fiber a by-product costing
praotically nothing. Thus toe only obstacle
in tbe way of success was removed, making
the available margin oo great that ju e
never will be able to compete if tbls new
industry is once thoroughly established.
Even tbe cheap East India laPor subsisting
on u pint of rioe and cue rat-tail a day will
probably have to look for some other mar
ket than the United States to dispose of
their product.
A number of causes within the last two
years have caused tie prices of jute to rise
very much. A short jute crop, a large oot
ton crop, new demands which have been
filled by jute, all have had their effect in
raisiug tbe price, and It is doubtful if the
prices will be ever a* low as they werssome
years ago. The repeal of the duty on jute
would have some effect, but the margin iu
favor ot palmetto is si great that there is
practically no danger of competition in the
future.
The supply of palmetto is so vast as to be
practically unlimited. The demand for it*
products, tannic acid and fiber, is so great
that no glutting of the market is possible.
The combination of tbe production of two
staple articles at one operation is so ad von-
togo-us that it is bound to be highly remu
nerative.
Tbero is n* obstacle in the wav, neither
technically nor commercially, of the south
producing the covering for its millions of
bale 9 of cotton and bags for the ph< sphates
it mines, with enough to spare to furnish
the western fanner with binder twine and
the northern manufacturer with all the
fiber he may require.
The south can produce enough tannic acid
from palmetto to supply all home demands
and have still a large surplus for export.
The south has, besides the great abundance
of raw material, cheaper labor than any
where else in tbo United States. It has
a healthy climate, where work can be car
ried on the year round. It offers to capital
a very remunerative and inviting field, and
invites both capital and skilled mechanics
to join aud help develop its great resources.
A BURMESE DIVORCE.
It Depends Mora on Luck in the Set
t.ementa Than Do Our/Own.
From the Boston Home Journal.
In Burmah, as in oivilized Europe, sus
picion often disturbs the family circle, but
instoad of filling lawyers pockets and
furnishing the papers with highly spiced
scandal, the following effectual mode of
procedure it adopted:
The family relations on both sides are
called in—even distant cousins living a
long way off —aud many are the long jour
neys made in jolting bullock cars, and
many the animated discussions by the
oigar-putling circle of relatives squatting
unceremoniously on the bamboo-matted
floors.
if no amicable settlement can be obtained
thus—aud very diffloult it is to smooth
dowu ihe quarrels as a rule, for the Bur
ra 'e are a spirited race—the aide s or
patriarchs of the village or dislriot are
called lu, and, after circumstanced are ex
plained, arbitrators are appointed from
among them, who proceed os follows:
Two candles —wax if possible. Put gen
erally rush lights—are selected of equal
lengthand thickness, and, being simultane
ously lighted, are plat ed on the table, If the
establishment boasts of one, if not, on the
floor.
Tbis is done with the greatest gravity,
care being taken that neither party has any
advantage over the other in the shape of
draughts through the doors aud crannies,
and that all present are seated at sufficient
distance to prevent their breathing from
affecting the llatne.
The gradual t urtiing down of the flames
is then watched with breathles and solemn
silence, which culminates as one or the
other of these slowly burns down, and sput
ters out its life in the waters of the basin
tn which it is fixed.
A deep "ah!" a gutteral sigh of relief
greets this termination, and It it be the
husband’s candle that burns out first, ho
and bis relations walk slowly out of doors,
solemnly and silently, leaving bis better
half in possession of the goods and chattels
contained therein; if the wife’s candle ex
pires first, she and bar’s do likewise, and,
with a small present to the judges and um
pires, the divorce is completed.
THEY DWELL APART.
A Race of Islanders Who Know Noth
ing of the Outer World.
Fi om the Pot t Townsend Call.
Ben E. Miller, a Port Townsend boy who
was on the United States steamship Bear
during her recent eight months’ cruise in
the northern sea*, has many tales to relate
of his adventures and the sights he has seen.
Among other things he tells of the Bear’s
visit to King’s Island, lu Bering straits,
thirty miles off Port Clarence aud tlio shores
"t Alasku, where there are about 200 of the
most curious islanders that ever were seen.
The island or rock they inhabit is about
half a mile wide and a little more than that
distance long, and the islanders are cave
dwellers ami live o i whale blubber, seal and
walrus meat.
Ou the southeast side, c oscly nestling
against the cliff, is a village of the cave
dwellers. One abode is built over and
under the other and to the right and left,
giving them a strange, motley appearance,
not unlike the recesses Inhabited by bald
eagles. There are narrow caves excavated
into the side of the crumhilng volcanic rock
and in the bottom of each is some of the
short native grass, forming a bed in which
to sleep. At the mouth of the cave and
just in the interior fires are lighted, and
here they warm themselves in the winter.
Sktus of different kiuds are also suspended
outside to keep out the snow and cold. In
the summer the hardy natives leavo their
boles and live in odd housn mado of polm
constructed near at baud on the edge of the
cliff.
These strange people are usually as
strong aud vigorous bh can be found any
where. Moreover, they are entirely con
tented and as bapoy os people in any of the
great cities of America. They Lave no
foverument, no chief and no need of laws,
.iving in families and setting forth every
day in their kiaksfor the whale, seal and
walrus, they return each night to their
caves or pole touts, caring nothing for the
outside world.
Odd to relate, however, the prestige of
the native is determlnsd by the clothes he
wears. As these consist of skin aud con
stitute the wealth of the islanders, it will be
seen tt.at they are not iu this respect so
muoti unlike oivilized people. But the man
with moro clo’hes than anybody else has no
more authority. He is respected for bis
sagacity, but I hat is aIL
Little has been known of the islanders
hitherto. For a great many years aft-r
tbe whalers had been going to Bering
straits and tbe great Mackeuz e it was sup
posed the huge brown rock was uninhabited.
It was like a beacon in the sea, and about it
nothing was to be seen or beard except the
roar of the waves and the weird cries of
wild fowl. Finally someone discerned
smoke ascending from tbe other side of the
cliff.
A landing was made, and tbero the
islanders were found. They said they and
their forefathers had been there always,
and that they knew no other world, though
they bad heard that there was one. This
was only a dozen years ago. Kince then the
whalers have kepi an eye out for them, for
they liked the generous natives, who showed
many good traits.
SHORT BREATH
Chest Pains
k't? .'1 PalpitioD, weak aud
J? * M sore lungs, pleurisy,
/n\ coughs, colds, asthma
end hronohitis relieved la
l\T/&J Tj ,ne Minute by the Cu-
J icuka Anti-Pain Pi,as-
w /■ Kit, the first and only
f instantaneous pain-kill
in*, sreugtberilng plaster. For weak,
painful kidneys, backache, uterine pains
and weakness it is simply wonderful. It
vitalizes the nervous forces, and hence is
unrivaled for nervous pains, weakness,
numbness and paralysis. Beyond question
the surest, safest, sweetest and best plaster
in the world.
Prire: 25c.; five, tl 00. At all druggist or by
mail. Pottsk Drug and Chism. Gokp., Boston.
FEED.
COW FEED.
Combination Steam Cooked Cow and
Horse Feed.
CEREAL FEED.
Mansfield's Magic Food.
CHICKEN FEED.
W. D. SIMKINS.
PEARLINE.
jrrii nn n Hard work or
”|T n n nil easy work, just
a i=| —‘ Jas y°u choose.
|| JV If you find it hard work,
[•f it’s because you won’t use
Fearline. You’d rather
jyj / waste your time and your
I strength with that absurd
y rubbing and scrubbing. Of
course it’s hard—that’s why
earline was invented—that’s why
arline is a household word. You
don’t know how easy it can be, until you let Pearline
do the work. I hen house-cleaning slips right along.
It is over before you know it.
Peddlers and some unscrupulous groi -rs will tell you “ this is as good
•*’’ or “the same as Pearline." IT’S FALSE— Pearline is never
it T3_ peddled, and if your grocer sends you something in place of
AJcIL-.K. Pearline. 1c honest —{ ■h > Xtt lAMP.?PVI.F..m Y.
E!! 1 . . . - " 1 ■ ■■ - ■ 1 i....
FURNITURE AM* CARPET*
LINDSAY & MORGAN
Invite all their friends to give them a call at their new stand.
No. 141 Congress Street,
NEXT TO ECKSTEIN’S DRY GOODS STORE,
For Furniture and Carpets.
Our Goods are coming in very fast now,- and we are able
to take care of you, aud if wo have not got what you want
we can get it for you. We are still selling Bicycles and
have a first-class repairer that can do any kind of a job.
Send us your repair work.
Lindsay Moriran.
♦ •
SHOES.
d&UftMEfas Wi L DOUGLAS
Sol A ”very where FOR
OllUb GENTLEMEN
wSF'diSpikk,*A sewed shoe that will not rip; Calf,
iVthli senm l es9 > smooth inside, more comfortable,
wW \SM l "tylisband durable than any other shoe ever
wBsKL AM sold at the price. Every style. Equals custom
K r ■HP*,. w\f vA made shoes costing from $4 to $5.
C & PWf -*>*?**s \*r*Ba The following ure of the same high standard 01
$4.00 mvlss.oo Fine Cnlb Hand-Sewed.
''msßL ® ao ° aud*si.7g for Youths and BoysT*"
B BKfis-: ' LjgvrQXji, vtklL \wV $3.00 Hand-Sewed, t FOR
and 3.00 Dongola, { LADIE3.
IH A DOTY yon owo yonr.eh
' ' to get tbo boat vaiua for you*
■fe.. money. Economize in yoni
Kyi \ (jjjjHL footwear by pnrcbaolng W
K r vair, \ ’ Vb. 11 • D °uglao Bboes, which
|hlhis is the
Vfc, ifcj s .>■■. if as thousands can te*
. . °*H|r | T *V tlty. Do you worn
Will give exclusive sale to time dealers nnd general incrrhnnta where I have n®
(Vents. \> rlre for catalogue. Ifnot for wale In vour place end direct to Factory, Ntutluc
vlc'G Isß® and width wanted. Postage Free, . IHrm,
BYCfC BROB., 17 W itaW gtreet. E. 8. BYCK & CO., 1M Broughton str®
IRON WORKS.
KEHOE’S IRON WORKS:
WM. KEHOE <fc OO ..
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS AND BOILERMAKERS, EN
GINKS, BOILERS AND MACHINERY, SHAFTING, UPLLEYB, ETC.
Immense reduction in price of Huger Mills and Pans. Special attention to Repair Work.
Estimates promptly furnished. Broughton Street from Reynold, to Randolph Streets. Tele
phone *468, Savannah, Go.
MEDICAL.
LURE^IG^N
AND
BLOOD 015EA5E5.
J * ’ •p.Uiulld womWln tloo. "
ftrd prM<-rtb It with (r*t •atlifactlon for tb eurt* of all
f irnu and ilipi of prlmarr, ondary and Tirt'ar?
CuM^RdFulAl
Bvt h'il*, P.TpJil iilo" K/i#wrfitiira. Bcrofalout Uhm auH
Bores, Glandular Bwalliogi, RnaumatUm, Malaria, old
Chronlo Uloera that here rati atari ali traatmtnl, Catarrfa,
P.P.P.Blsi
T rikin'l)laaia, J ScMGia. Y'brotilu kVuml* Couipia;uu7
•arlal Poison, Tetter, Scald Head, ate., ate.
- __K_F ; 'x)warful an -jicellaut epyetUkf,
Xe Ke Wi f
Cures rheumatism 1
balding up tba ayataot rapioiy.
Ladles whoM tvtiama art poliooed and wboaa blood la Id
F. R F. Malaria
"^•canSrTy'^BnSimTTn^'woDSarfunonT^TSmioS l^"
cUantlug properties of P. P. I*., Prickly Ash, Poka Root
ami fottaalum
Cu^sdtspS'iA,
LIPPMAN BRC3-, Proprietor*,
Druggists, Lippman’a Block, fcAVAMAB, GA.
aS'EKCHANTO. ■nanuraetaren. mere names.
*ll corporations, and all cthere in needol
printing, lithographing, and Plank hooks
have tbelr order* protnpUy tUM. at mnlirriss
BoSk** arwaitavaMw. ***■
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.
The handsomest 1 ino of Fancy
Shirts now reduced to $1 and
$1 25
AT LaFAR’S.
The Lighest Weight Derby
Hat, and the prettiest shapes
in Soft Hats
AT LaFAR’S.
The most stylish and pret
tiest 50c. Neckwear in Four-in-
Hands, Bows and Made-up
Scarfs
AT LaFAR’S.
The Nicest Underwear for
the money —in Gauze and Bal
briggan Goods
AT LaFAR’S.
Athletic Goods and Windsor
Ties, Men’s White Vests and
Spring Goods of all descrip
tions in new styles
AT LaFAR’S.
DON’T FORGET THIS NEW STORE,
132 BROUGHTON STREET.
(NEXT TO PURSER'S).
MACaonsT.
McDoaoa# Ballantyoe
IRON FOUNDERS.
Machine. Blacksmith* and Eoder Maker*
Also manufacturers of Stationary and Portable
Engine., Vertical and Top-running Com Mill.,
Sugnr Milla and Pans. Have also on hand and
for sale cheap one 10-Horse Power Portable En
gine; also, iiuo 30, one 40 anil one 100-Horse
Power Stationery Engines. All orders promptly
attended to.
WINTER RESORTS.
KENILWORTH INN,
BILTMORE STATION, ASHEVILLE, N. 0.
Leading hotel of Asheville; superior in all lte
appointments and service; largest grounds;
most extended views and the best drives.
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