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Celery Growing in Georgia.
A correspondent recently asked the
question, “Can celery be grown to any
advantage in Southern Georgia?”
In reply we would say that while it is
true that celery may not, cannot be as
luccessfullv grown in southern latitudes
"it j s in Michigan, still we are strong in
the conviction that this vegetable can be
m,wn verv satisfactorily by a very
targe number of persons who have thus
far deemed it a very uncertain and un
nrofitable plant to cultivate.
The method of growing celery has been
amplified very much in the past ten
tears and there are very few growers
trim now follow the old practice of deep
trenches, planting in them the tall, rank
growing sorts that our fathers used
twenty-five years ago.
What is known as the bed plan” is the
one that is practiced by our best garden
ers- southern growers especially; and, in
stead of usimr the late growing kinds,
only the dwarf varieties are used, such
as the White Plume, the Golden Dwarf,
the Self Blanching. There are other
dwarf sorts sent out by the various seeds
men under different names, hut these we
have named are listed by all the leading
seedsmen, and are easily procured.
For the first crop to be made ready late
in the spring or early summer it would
have been well if the seeds had been
sown in December, in cold frames and
had the plants large enough to set out by
this time in the beds. Yet it is quite
early enough to procure the seed from
New York. Sow them in well prepared
cold frames and grow tho plants large
enough to transplant out by the Ist to the.
20th of March. In Southern or Middle
Georgia the seeds can be sown in well
prepared seed-beds in the open ground,
but if at all practicable we should prefer
to sow in co.d frames as the growth of
the plants can be hastened by the addi
tional warmth afforded by the glass
covers. Still, the plants grown in the
open ground will be ready in a very little
while later.
Get the White Plume and Golden Dwarf,
prepare the soil finely with the rake, sow
the seeds in five-inch drills, very shallow,
barely cover with soil, then press the soil
firmly on them. From a fine rose give
the seed beds a good saturating watering
to the depth of six or eight inches. To
keep the soil from forming a crust
scatter over the beds fine
straw to the depth of an inch
and let the mulch stay on for several days,
until it appears the seeds are germinating,
then take off the mulch. But be careful
to apply enough water from time to time
to prevent the soil from baking and there
by hindering the tiny, delicate plants
from coming through. With a fork or
other hand implement work between the
little plants and make them grow off as
rapidly as possible.
Now. while tho plants are growing in
the sun beds, prepare the soil ready for
their reception in the open ground. Plow
and harrow the soil thoroughly and roll
and lay off into beds, the width of \vhich
will he from four to five feet. The beds
being thus prepared and the plants large
enough to transplant, with a marker of
any kind mark off very skallow lines
seven or eight inches apart the long way,
and then mark off the same width the
other or narrow. This will check the bed.
In earh check set carefully a plant, press
ing the soil firmly to the root of the plant.
Leave a depression close up to the root of
the plant, into which pour a half pint of
water, and after it soaks in fill up the
hole with dry soil. The young plants will
take root very promptly. If it does
not rain in the course of a week
after setting out, give the bed or beds a
i opious watering—no halfway watering
ut saturate the soil. With a light gar
uen hoe cultieate frequently but shallow
er tho Plants stated off into rapid
growth. After a saturating rain in the
a month or so after setting out,
mulch between the rows with pine straw.
~m tiu ' mulch quite thickly and draw
et up close about the plants. Now all
ls '° be done is to give a watering
now and then.
' vtl ° have good facilities for
,;* rin ßare the ones most likely to make
... ?rrivv iog the greatest success, but
th ;! a ;7 crops can be made merely by
nnulching. Still, as remarked,
are. , ” 10 Ciln legate one way or another
a. ’ a maUer of course, most likely to
and c aS6Ur ance of success “season in
M| l season out.”
ta 'ten a good many words to give
n " ,“7 bnef statement. But to the
J f V. „ al ' energetic gardener the plan will
it ? slln P le an( l feasible. We know
win fnin, Ve results to anyone who
1 e„L W ™W*tions given,
need ■l hPr J of our se ''eral correspondents
answar’1 1 fit . ails as t 0 manuring we will
is'ue any flirtller questions in a later
a vrnm rpmar ' <s apply chiefly to the first
trea?„T, r v, cr °P' Next month we will
of the ‘ 1,? second or fall crop and speak
the c ®h°d of blanching and preparing
winter P ,?c, rna, 'i etin g or storing for
word fn- ■ hton ng - ’ is not the proper
ReiWsirvV 1 our climate it is not
ar r.VrV' *° P ut indoors or under shelter
V v ;; a r t of tno crop.
our 1,6 klad to hear from some of
Georgia ry Pfowors in Florida and South
Ma - S. A. C.
extra valuable crops
Po - the Southern “Trucker” or Gar
dener to Grow.
Th" ri an '' ' inow how to grow them?
i " mdi a vast range of crops, from the
‘ U ‘ )to th e cauliflower, the skill of
said to h/oi a ''Stable grower, may be
a rrn i.-.if lllus trated by his success with
,, u halfdore u crops, such as:
Celery.
M ? ini.r 0p 0f Trish potatoes.
\Vinr„ r ' ro P of oabbage.
•tantikiS 1 !?. 8 , 1 ? oro P*< the. proper under
&!'ure tn,L ‘ ec ' iUur e °f wnich should
v ator aver S n . er f®tm, business-like cuiti
t*n years fortune in the course of
halve tn| s .'t. the farthest. We might
Ivars SU cr„ r i od ’ ttlld sa - v that even in Are
a ®n n as we describe in such
few words might lay up quite a snug lit
tle sum, that would meet his reasonable
and moderate wants for many years there
after. It would only depend upon the
area devoted to a combination of such
crops, and the business methods observed
in marketing them, how few years it
would require to realize a fair competence
from their cultivation. We will not enu
merate them again, but scan the above
list carefully, and give a little con
sideration to the question that we have
asked, and we would be glad if you would
help us, to the extent you can. to answer
them. For it is an exceedingly interests
Ing question, and there are hundreds of
our readers who would find much pleasure
in the various replies that might begiven
it, if, perchance, practical men with more
or less knowledge of the subject, would
lend their aid in answering it, either in
detail or altogether.
Believing that it will lend interest to
this department of the News—which, by
the way. we are glad to say possesses the
confidence of, and is of extended interest
to very many outside of the News Far
mers’Club—we have decided, to devote,
certain issues to special -consideration of
these interesting topics. That is, all the
matter in the agricultural department of
the News will, on the date named, be
confined exclusively to a discussion of
these subjects, in the order named. We
trust that as many of our readers as pos
sible will aid us in making these special
numbers interesting and of much practi
cal value, by sending the agricultural
editor, at the earliest date, practicable,
all the facts they have arrived at in re
gard to these subjects:
Weekly News. Saturday, Feb. 10-
Cauliflower.
Weekly News, Saturday, Feb. 17-
Celery.
Weekly News, Saturday, Feb. 24
Fall Crop of Irish Potatoes.
Weekly News, March 3—Winter Crop
of Cabbage.
Weekly News, March 10—Winter
Crop of Onions.
Weekly News, March 17—The Egg
Plants.
We invoke the aid of our readers, many
of whom are intelligent, enthusiastic
gardeners (or truckers) in making these
issues of such interest and value, that
they will be preserved as giving the very
best practical information to be had upon
these several questions. We trust that
this request will not be made in vain. Do
not send any excuse about"poor writing,”
•'bad spelling,’' and the like. Write down
your facts, plainly, on one side of the
paper. We will make any necessary cor
rections, and send your communications
to the address given at the head of the
column.
Ensilage: What It la.
J. M. J.: “Ensilage” is green fodder of
one kind or another that has been kept
over during the winter in pits or silos, as
they are called in France or in the north
ern states. No, you cannot buy it.
We cannot advise you to go to the expense
of trying to have it in South Georgia. You
have no need for it if you use properly atl
the plants that you have at your com
mand for supplying green food in the
winter.
We will tell you more about ensilage in
another number.
Yes. you can sow rye yet, but prepare
your land properly and sow at least a
bushel of seed. Try it.
fflore Practice; Less Precept.
Avery poor man—poor in money, poor
in mental qualities and even poor in moral
qualities can give most excellent advice.
This will not be gainsaid; for since
time began it has been easy to preach
even when it was hard to practice. If we
know the preacher wo are not likely to be
much influenced by his precepts if his
practice notoriously contradicts them.
Good precepts are uo doubt good, but
surely good practice is much more help
ful to the world, more convincing to it
than the precept, though five times multi
plied.
Fodder Plants.
The farmer in the south, it matters not
what kind of farming he is engaged in,
has at the very least a score of fodder
plants that he can use to great advantage
in supplying his stock, whether horses,
cows, hogs or sheep, with a bountiful sup
ply of fodder, or roughage as the old
timer would call it. The fact of it is, we
have so many adaptable plants it is diffi
cult to decide what half dozen he ought
to start with. We have named them
many times heretofore. Shall vve name
them again!
“Rough” Food Is Necessary.
Some kind of “roughness” is as neces
sary to horses and cows as bread is neces
sary to man. The latter could not main
tain life and thrive on fine beef alone any
more than a cow could do well on corn
meal or cotton seed meal or a horse be
kept well and strong on corn alone.
Roughness is essential even if it as poor
as oat straw or crab grass that has been
killed by frost. The stomach of all ani
mals absolutely need some distending
food, else their digestive organs will soon
get out of repair.
Pecan Culture.
Marlou, Jan. 22. —Agricultural editor:
Please publish in your icolumns your
opinion upon the question, whether or not
in the next fifteen years the pecan indus
try in this country, is likely to grow
rapidly enough to over supply the demand
for this delicacy, thereby greatly dimin
ishing the profits of the pecan farm t
The increase in the population of the
country, and consequently the market for
pecans, is likely to he much greater than
the increase in the production of pecans.
Black Hogs Preferable for the South.
In reply to the question of H. 8., we
must teU him that ‘ theories must defer
to practical experience.” Black hogs do
far better in the south than the . white.
Yes, the Berkshire grades are admirable.
The Essex crosses are good. You might
try a few Chester whites, but you would
soon disease them. What say our readers?
THE KIEFFER AND GARBER PEAR
The Leconte for Fruit and as a
Stock.
The Kieffer is so well known it needs
no description, since people have quit
trying to eat them before they are ripe,
it is conceded by all to be a very good
pear, both for general use and for market,
and probably more profitably grown in
this state for market than any other va
ricty, writes R. J. Bagby, in ( olman s
World. Care should be used in marketing
them Let them color before shipment,
and they will reach the consumer in an
eatable condition. The pear orchards that
we see at the present time in hastern
Missouri, are largely of this variety. In
the Illinois fruit belt, in Marion and sur
rounding counties, largo bearing orchards
are to be seen, exclusively of Kieffer.
Thev are on the St. Louis and Chicago
markets from September, till December
in large quantities, and as sufficient proof
of the profit to growers, we find them be
ing more largely planted each year in
Last Missouri, and in Central Illinois, for
these markets, than all other varieties
combined. It has not only taken the
front place among pears in this secllo /’
but ranks in the front for profit to the
general fruit grower. In the south we
have seen them planted along the road
side for miles, and one orchard near t ort
Valley, Ga., has over 10.000 Kieffer tree*.
The tree is a vigorous grower in ah parts
of our own state where we have
observed it, and in many locaht w
the fruit attains a perfect russet color
THE MORNING NEWS : MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1891.
when matured on the tree, mellow
ing to a rich golden after being gathered.
Wherever the Ben Davis apple can be re
lied on we believe that the Kieffer can be
profitably planted, and south of the apple
belt it finds a natural home. There are
to-day probably more Kieffer pear trees
growing in Missouri than of all otner va
rieties combined, and there is every reason
to believe the extensive planting of this
variety will be profitably continued. A
few years ago the Kieffer was unknown on
the St. Louis market, but for the past
four years, excepting this year of total
failure, 1883, we find them in their season
taking the lead in every respect among
home grown pears and equal for all prac
tical purposes so far as the grower and
consumer are concerned, to any on the
market. Nurserymen have confidence in
Us future, and one firm in this state grow
ing at the present time something over
100,000 pear trees, over 50.000 are Kieffer,
25,000 Garber, and the balance most
Duchess, Seckel, Sheldon, Bartlett,
Clapps, Flemish Beauty, etc.
THE LE CONTE FOR FRUIT AND AS A STOCK.
When the LeConte was first being intro
duced we planted a few trees in orchards,
but they lived only long enough to bear a
few pears, and then the trees died of
bright. Disappointment has followed
every effort under our observation toward
fruiting this variety profitably in Mis
souri. In the south, and in Georgia par
ticularly. groves, orchards and road sides
are planted with LeConte, and a large
grower near Thomasville told tne that
he could grow them profitably for less than
10 cents a bushel, which he' thought was
perhaps more than they should be worth.
They blight but little south of the
apple belt, but here in Missouri they
blight so badly that we do not believe
they could be profitably grown generally
over the state, even if the quality of the
fruit would justify.
The Garber, outside of its growth and
habit in the nursery and the orchard, we
have but little knowledge of in this sec
tion. We have never fruited it in quan
tity, but we have the fullest confidence in
its future: ,it matures some earlier than
the Kieffer, about, the same size.and when
mellow about the same color. The tree is
a strong, upright grower, and to blight
seems to be entirely unknown. Have
never seen a sign of blight on Garber in
nursery or in orchard. Blocks of Kieffer,
Garber, Le Conte and Idaho, grown in the
nursery under tho same conditions and on
the same kind of soil: all, or nearly all
the Idaho blighted, most all tho Le Conte
in the same condition, some slight loss on
the Kieffer from the same cause, but no
sign of blight whatever on the Garber.
We confidently believe that the man who
pins his faith to Kieffer and Garber, and
plants them will be abundantly rewarded.
For stocks, there was at one time a
general effort on the part of some nur
seryman in Georgia and Alabama to grow
pears on LeConte stocks, which were
grown from cuttings. We think that
the effort has been almost if not entirely,
abandoned. The stocks that we have
seen and the trees grown on such stocks
are so poorly rooted that they do not
suit planters, who demand an abundance
of side roots. Another serious objection
to it, of course, is its liability to blight.
Tlie average - nurseryman at this time
will use stock strictly first-class with
well branched roots, grown from French
and Japan seed, or seedlings im
ported direct from France. We will
venture the assertion that until
the past year over nine-tenths of the pear
stocks used in this country were imported
direct from France. The Japan stocks,
so-called, are grown from Japan seed ana
are now being used largely and may in
time supplant the French article entirely.
They are more vigorous, just as hardy,
less liable to leaf blight or rust, grow
later, hence the budding season is ex
tended. Trees grown on Japan stock are
much better rooted than on Le Conte,
and equal to those grown on French stock.
Possibly the Le Conte may have a future
as a stock, but we confess our inability to
see on what its chances for this distinc
tion can rest.
Filling Up Gullies.
In vicinities where the soil is light, and
especially on hilly land, says W. A. Cas
sell, in Practical Farmer, it is not un
common to see deep gullies. We fre
quently find the washouts at the corners
of fields and extending toward their cen
ters. In this case they have been made
by the accumulation of surface water
running continually in the gutter made
by the plowman, by his manner of turn
ing at the corners, while plowing around
the fieid, but they represent, like monu
ments visible for half-a-mile, bad man
agement on the part of the farmer.
We have seen men try to fill these
places by building a stone dam or several
across the gully. The next rain washes
the light, loose soil from around one end
of the stones and the nuisance is agggra
vated instead of lessened. We have seen
them filled entirely with stones. Then,
when the rain came they would tear loose
a foot or more of the bank on one side of
the stones the full length of the gully.
This would be filled up again in the same
way until tho washing was stopped. And
then what? In place of an open gully they
would have a bed of stones four or five
feet high and wide—foundation enough
for a railroad! We have found there is
one sure way of filling gullies, and that
with few stones. That way is to take
twigs, brush, bushes, weed or briars,
such as may be brambled along the fences
of most farms having gutters, and
place them in and tread well
down. Now, a few stones on top
will hold them in place and keep
from washing away. Old corn fodder
and straw are also good. But the best
thing we ever used were pine branches.
They lie close together and will catch and
hold more soil than anything we know of.
In using limbs or brush care should be
taken to place the tops always up hill
that the branches may serve to catch and
hold soil that would otherwise wash
away. In our cornfield last spring was a
gully so large and deep that the plow
team could not cross, and.it gave us great
inconvenience in the plowing and cultiva
tion of the corn. It was treated before
plowing to brush, etc., from a piece of
new ground nearby, filling it more than
half full. In plowing and cultivation of
the ground all dirt possible was thrown
on the brush, and this, aided by the rains
of the season, made it quite solid. When
seeding time came, we drove the drill
across without danger, and now it bids
fair to have some grain, and later some
hay and finally a green sod where a year
ago was a hideous washout.
The Reading Farmer.
He needs books and papers that treat
of topics that concern him as much as
the physician and lawyer, who find them
indispensable.
The Farmers’ Review, in replying to a
correspondent, who asks “What is the
first thing that a man going into farming
should do?” says:
This is a question to the point, and one
that we think is easily answered.
The first thing he should do is to! sub
scribe for two or three good agricultural
papers. He wants to commence right,
and to commence righ t he must be placed
in a position where he can take advantage
of the experience of others. This experi
ence of others will set him to thinking.
One of the troubles with many unsuc
cessful farmers is that they do not think
enough. They work too much, jterhaps,
with their hands and not enough with
their heads. Take the unsuccessful far
mer and it will frequently be found that
he does not increase his knowledge from
year to year. That at the end of ten years
he is where he was at the beginning of
tfte ten years. They are content to follow
in the footsteps of their fathers,
who made little success of the
same business. As they do not read,
their minds become fixed on a few old
MEDICAL
t RHEUMATIC
Sciatic, sharp and shooting
pains, strains and weak
nesses relieved in one min
ute by the Cuticura Atm-
Pain Plaster. Itinstantly
relieves weak, painful kid
neys, back acne, uterine
pains and weaknesses,
coughs, colds and chest
pains. It vitahits the ner
vous forces, and hence
cures nervous pains and
muscular weakness when all others fail.
P-ire, rye.: five, SI.OO. At all druggist* or by
mad. I’oT-rm* Drug and Cush. Cone., Boston.
ideas, and those old ideas they
repeat in their operations from
year to year. It is this sort
of farmer that despises the agricultural
editor or writer. They ask. "How do
these fellows know?” They seem to for
get that the work of the agricultural
editor and writer is not to give the world
his own experience and opinions, but to
collect the valuable experience of other
farmers and bring them into the home of
every subscriber; to gather the richopin
ionh of the most progressive men and
place them in a shape where they can be
known and used by the masses. Tho
agricultural paper is a continual school,
and, if rightly used will prove of great
value. Asa general thing, the successful
farmer is a reading farmer. Go to his
home and you will find that he takes one
or more good agricultural papers, usually
more than one. He is also a book farmer
of the most approved pattern. The far
mer that farms only with his muscle has
not only an unprofitable business before
him, but one that is very unpleasant. He
has no great expectations for tho future.
The reading farmer sees in his soil great
possibilties. He is ready to seize on the
good thoughts of others and make them
bring forth on his farm a hundred fold.
He is the man who makes the farm house
a true home, to which the sons and daugh
ters will, in the future, look back with
pleasure. The reading farmer is not tho
farmer of whom his children will some
day be ashamed, because of his rudo and
untaught ways.
Perhaps you have on the farm some poor
field whichdoesnotoften repay the cost of
cultivating it? Then figure the cost care
fully before again putting in the plow,
and see if you can do better with if than
you have been doing. You would be more
certain of escaping loss, at least, if you
should seed it down and turn on good
stock, and in time, by this means, you
might bring up its condition to a point
where it would really pay to cultivate it.
We see grain fields every day which could
be turned into meadows and pastures
with profit.
Good reliable grape vines, true to name,
can now be bought so cheaply that it does
not pay to bother with planted cuttings
in the open air. We certainly would uot
advise planting the cutting to raise grapes
for home use. There would be one or two
years waste of time in getting, home-grown
grapes, and that is more important than
the trifling saving of cost. Yet when
grape vines were much dearer than now,
choice varieties were often thus propa
gated in the open air, and they may be yet
if you wish to extend the' vineyard at
trifling cost.
Stock That Utilize Waste.
Sheep and hogs may be considered as
utilizers of waste upon the farm, sa.vs
Rural World. The sheep eat weeds
that other animals reject, gather them
for themselves and enrich the laud where
they are kept. The swine will eat food
of nearly all kinds that would be rejected
by anything else, possibly except
ing hens, and they will leavo be
hind them a rich legacy in the form of
fertilizer for tho land. And both convert
all they eat into profitable products. But
it does not follow because of this that
farm animals are only scavengers, or that
the best results are obtained by using
them as such. What the farmer wants
in live stock is a machine that will take
the raw material on his farm and convert
it into manufactured goods. He can
utilize tho weeds, briers and all other by
products in doingthis, but as by-products,
and not as staple food. Tho most suc
cessful stockman is a heavy feeder.
A writer on the possibilities of the
sheep business says: The hills and valleys
of the United States should be covered
with a needed 100,000,000 sheep—an in
crease of more than 50,000,000, in all pro
ducing 000,060,000 pounds of wool an
nually, benefiting all the people by (1)
increasing the farmer’s market for hay,
oats and corn to feed them; (2) increasing
the demand for labor to clear aud fence
lands, build sheop barns and care for
sheep; (3) increasing flocks to share the
burdens of taxation; (4) increasing the
money profits of farmers, (6) increasing
the supply of cheap mutton food; (6) reliev
ing the overproduction of wheat and
cereals; (7) preserving fertility of our
soils too fast deteriorating in all the
states and in some running into aban
doned farms: (8) by all these agencies
largely increasing the value of farms,
(9) and turning to account pasturage
otherwise unused and land otherwise
wasted.
Whitewash.—A good whitewash is pre
pared as follows: Take six quarts of
nice lime, slake it with boiling water,
then cover it till it cools a little, and
strain it, add then a quarter of a
pound of sugar, three pints of rice flour
boiled to a thin paste with water, and a
pound of clean glue dissolved. When all
these ingredients are well mixed, add five
gallons of hot water. If this whitewash
is applied to outside buildings
while it is hot, will last for
a long time; it may be colored.
A little copperas as large as a hickory
nut is said to give a buff shade. A certain
proportion of salt is ordinarily added to
common whitewash to make it stick, but
salt is not used in this, other ingredients
taking its place. < , -
IT WAS HIS NATURE TO.
A Drowning Bulldog That Turned on
the Rescuing Newfoundland.
From the San Francisco Call.
A savage looking bulldog, which be
longed to a schooner lying at a wharf in
San Francisco, fell into the bay the other
day unnoticed by anyone on board. After
vainly trying to scramble up the vessel’s
side, he caught hold with his teeth on a
rope attached to a small boat lying along
side. Then attempted to place his fore
feet on the line to use it aa a rest, but in
this he was again unsuccessful, for every
time he made the attempt the small boat
would back, the rope would sag and the
brute would duck beneath the surface.
Every time he came up again he was hang
ing by his teeth with a sort of deathlike
grip to the line. This exercise, without
beneficial result*, seemed to exhaust him
even more than his attempts to reach tlie
deck of the vessel. For a few moments
he rested, then turning bis ugly face and
his wicked eyes toward those ou the
wharf he setup a howl. A Newfound
land leaped into the water, true to his
instinct, and swam toward the strug
gling bulldog. The latter, also showing
bis nature, regarded the rescuer’s ap
proach as a ohallenge to fight. Releasing
his hold on the painter, he turned and not
only put himself on the defensive but
growled and snarled, and finally made
an attempt to bite the one that would
have helped him to a place of
safety. The Newfoundland, not a coward
by nature, but Dot a fighter, realized that
his good intention was not appreciated or
understood by the brute that had given
such howls of distress, turned and swam
to the boat steps, from which he made
his way to the wharf, shook himself and
trotted away. In the meantime the un
appreciative terrier swam hack to the
painter, pot another grip with his teeth
on it and howled anew. About this time
someone belonging to tho schooner seized
tho rope, hauled tho shrivering bruto
alongside and seizing him by the skin of
the neck hauled him on board.
BANKER CLEW3’ VIEWS.
The Financial Outlook as Seen From
Wall Street.
New York, Jan. 27.—The Wall street
markets show little change from their
late features. Transactions are light and
the speculative movement is narrow; but
the undertone of prices remains firm.
When prices yield, there are few selllers;
nqr do advances bring out any important
amounts of stock In brief, holders are
not sellers at present prices, and appear
to be satisfied to hold on until conditions
favor higher values. The feeling is very
general that the depression of business
has passea its climax, and the prevailing
symptoms show that, both in the indus
tries and in trade, the process of re
covery has distinctly set in.
This turn of the tide is most conspicu
ous in the northwest and southwest. In
those sections, the mercantile interests
show a distinct improvement, which ex
presses itself in the markets of this city
in an increased number of buyers, as weil,
as in an ability to buy larger parcels, and
in better collections and fewer requests
for extensions of payments. Unfortun
ately, on arriving here, these interior
buyers find still a discouraged feeling,
much complaint and a lack
of firmness in prices notwith
standing the extraordinary lowness of
the stocks of goods; and under those cir
cumstances they deem it prudent to buy
less than they really want, with conse
quent discouragement to our local mer
chants. A few days ago, a series of con
cessions were made in staple cotton goods,
which, instead of encouraging sales, have
frightened buyers and produced a general
check on business in that branch of trade.
It would seem as though manufacturers
and commission merchants have allowed
their fears at the effect of tariff changes
to get tho bettor of their sober judgment,
with tho result of their overlooking tho
favorable points in the situation and plac
ing themselves at the mercy of customers,
who, under such circumstances, buy much
less than they really want. And yet
the fact that the long idle factories
are so generally resuming work implies
that manufacturers are aware of the ex
hausted state of stocks, and believe that
the markets arc prepared to take a fair
amount of goods. As this city is the
headquarters for manufacturers as well
as for distributors, it is not surprising
that the dispirited feeling among the
former should find expression here more
than elsewhere; and a little mere ex
perience is likely to convince producers
that it aoes not pay to infect their cus
tomers with their own misgivings. When
that point is reached, thore is likely to be
a marked change from the feeling and tho
volume of trade which exist at the mo
ment.
Mr. Philip D. Armour is quoted as say
ing—”It is time to begin to hedge on
•bear’ views. Trade has picked up so
much in the last ten days, I feel myself
like hedging on the view of the situation
I took a fortnight ago. There have been
more signs of returning confidence this
last week than 1 have seen for a long
time. The general mercantile trade has
very much more of the old-time look to it
thau I have seen for many a month.’*
This is important testimony from a com
petent judge of affairs in the west; and
the improvement to which Mr. Armour
testifies cannot long fall to make its im
pression at this centhr. What Mr.
Armour reports for Chicago appears to
apply equally to tho southwest. A re
cent dispatch from St. Ijouis to a local
commercial journal (Dun’s Review) states
—"ln the general business here there is
absolutely nothing left of tho business de
pression. The grain trade has
suffered from cut rates to the east,
which took grains of all kinds
around the city on through
bills of lading. Yet elevator receipts
have been very fair. Jobbers and manu
facturers, particularly in shoe and gro
cery lines, report good orders and
unusually free remittances. Tho corre
spondence of traveling men is generally
very confident and hopeful, particularly
in dry goods.” It is thus very clear that
our local pessimists have over-colored
their bilious pictures of the situation, and
they are likely to have to do some recant
ing of their prophesying against their
own interest. In the meantime, however,
the west will be shrewd enough to take
New York at its word and profit by its
underestimate of the situation. This
change of feeling at the interior is pro
dueingan improved tone in the granger
securities, and an early recovery in the
earnings of that group of railroads is
looked for.
’Che action of congress on the sugar
duty has been a leading feature in the
Stock market. Tho vote in the committee
of the whole in favor of making the article
duty free naturally caused some selling of
trust stock, but the prico was affected
much less than might have been expected
under the circumstances. There is an
impression in some quarters that legisla
tion on this article is influenced by specu
lation ; and those who entertain that view
regard the vote as intended to afford an
opportunity for covering previous “short”
sales, and also of buying for a rise on the
prospect of subsequent action reversing
the House vote and affording protection
to the “trust.” The way the stock acted
under the vote seems to give some support
to this view.
The drift of fndon feeling seems to be
turned in favor of this market. The bad
effects of the numerous receivership* of
our roads in which foreigners are inter
ested Seem to have done their worst; and
investors are coining round to the conclu
sion that, in the world-wide financial reac
tion, all investments hare suffered, and
those of the United States not nearly so
much as some others. Lopdon, therefore,
is showing more interest in Americans,”
but seems inclined to limit its attention to
securities supposably beyond the reach of
eceiverships.
Spil 11 lies.
On account of the bad
weather we will continue
our
Silver
Churn
Butterine
Display
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
-AT-
West’s, China Palace,
133 BROUCHTON STREET.
Samples and Cook Book FREE.
Armour Packing Cos.,
Kansas City, U. S. A.
_ PEARLINE;
> Foolish Woman! v
t ( \ You can’t spare the time to
f pN? \ \ measure your Pearline ?
\ \ T Well, that helps us, but
\ \ \ it’s lucky for you that an
\ \ overdose of Pearline does
/ \ \yv no h arm - It’s only ex
t \ A travagance. Beware of
y*\ 'V a dose of the imitations. ♦
yy U 1 You can £ et J ust as %°°d
A work with enough
'//MEyy'cri Pearline as with too
i t much. Use it as it
i "jßjf j \vWT*~i 1 { / ought to be used, and
™ ‘ • don’t waste it, and you
can’t think that it’s expensive. To get the best results
from Pearline, use it just as directed. You’ll save more
of everything than with anything else. If your grocer
sends you an imitation, return it, please. *
shoes.
A, The Rent Shoe* for lAf I AA IA A 8 I A
Wb Li DOUGLAS
OrlVk WELT.
Er \a®s. S4 and 53.50 Dress Shoe,
co Shoo, 3i Solfl,.
Het Dongnla, Stylish, ,’erfec,
Fitting and Serviceable. Bent
WittiT. tut* TV \ ‘"IK. 1“ the world. All Style*.
K&IHIS IS THE BPens A \ JFm. Inolm upon having W. I,
Douglas Shoe,. Nam.
xE- Ari’jfc -i. ..... . NHn_ n|K auu prlwaUimpcd or
For Sale by BYGK BROs'and E. S. BYCK & CO.
HOUSE FURNISHINGS.
Columbia Catalooues.
Are you interested in BICYCLES? if so,
come and get one of those interesting catalogues sent
out by the Columbia people.
They are marvels of beauty, and so are their
wheels.
We have still a few more of those cheap Boys’
Wheels. Pneumatic Tires, $35; former price SSO. Cush*
ion Tires, $18; regular price $25.
LINDSAY & MORGAN.
NOVELTY IRON WORKS.
LjgggggSg# Novelty Iron Works,
\ISSSSSSSIron *nd Bras* Foundsr* and
mnchlnlata, Dlackamltha Jfc Bollermakere.
THE SAMSON SUCAR MILLS AND PANS*
DEALERS IN
STEAM ENGINES, INJECTORS, STEAM AND WATER FITTING*
( CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED—ESTIMATES UIVEN.
c Nm* 8, 4 antf • Bay and I, 3,3, 4, B and 6 Rlvar BRaiißi
eiAV/AIMNHM. OA, '
~ ■ r j. ~Wyp4- __ ' - t
HOTEL PONCE DELEON,
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA.,
Casiuo, Russian and Turkish Baths now open.
O. D. SEAVEY, Manages.
IRON FOUNDERS.
McDonough & ballantyne,
IRON FOUNDERS,
Machinists, Blacksmiths & Boiler Makevs*
Also manufacturer* of Stationary and Portable Engine*. Vertical and Top-rwnnlag Oam
Mills, Sugar Mills and Pan*. Hve also on band and for sale cheap one 10 boree Power
Portable rtnglne; also, one S3, ono 40 and one leuborae Power Stetlonary Englae. AU order*
prompt;, attended to.
‘ NAtfINtRYVCArriNGS. ETC. ' *
KEHOE’S IRON WORKS,
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MACHINISTS. BLACKSMITHS AND DO ILK R MAK
ERS, ENGINES, BOILERS AND MACHINERY, SHAFTING, PULLEYS, ETC.
Special attention to Repair Work. EttimaMs promptly furnished. BroujMon sire*
trom Refolds to Randolph ilroota. Teltphona 268.
MEDICAL.
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE I
6¥
CiitcomeoaxTaD.,
FOB THE CURE OF LIQUOR,OPIUM, MORPHINE, COCAINE, TOBACCO and CIGARETTE HABITS,
Endorted by the United States Government.
For Information eddrees Keelejr Institutes,
Correspondence etrictly confidential. ATLANTA, CA. and AUGUSTA, GA*
_ PEAS. j _--T
seed' potatoes.
Virginia Second Crop,
Aroostook and
Houlton Rose.
AU carefully selected for seed.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, HAY, GRAIN
AND FEED.
W. D. SIMKINS,
173 and 178 BAY STREET.
YOU wont stationery and blank books. We
have the facilities for supplying them.
Send your orders to Morning Nows. Savan
nah. Ga Lithographer*, book and job B*l*t
en and blank book mao iliac Vurera.
FOR SALE”
Mi Seed Ms l
BY
SOUTHERN COTTON OIL GO.
PRICE AT MILL.
Eor Loose Hulls 16c per 100
For Baled Hall*. SOc par 100
For Mixed Feed 48c per 100
Drayage for 1.000 pounds or leas. SOc to any
part of the city.
Telephone 237 Term* cash.
TTUW are your office supplies * Want any
-1 1 thing for next month, or In a hurry ? If
bo.send your orders for prtntlna.hth'jgrspillßa
and blank books to Morauig Nears,
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