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A Great Soiling Plant—Alfalfa, or Lu
cern, For Southern Dairymen.
Of the fifteen or twenty grasses and
clovers that may be considered as cream
of a long list that can be made more or
less available in southern pastures and
meadows, it woul,d be difficult to name as
many as three others that are likely to be
as valuable to the southern dairynian as
this one of Lucern, or Alfalfa, as it is
more commonly ealled in the western part
of the country.
Though Lucern Is really a clover it is a
little singular that it does its best on soils
almost the very opposite of what is best
adapted to red clover. The latter thrives
test on clayey soil, while Lucern makes
its best growth on sandy soil. It is much
easier, we believe, to make Lucern suc
ceed on clayey soil than it is to make red
clover do well on satidy soil. Asa matter
of course, we assume that both are rich
enough to sustain growth.
Any sandy soil, with a good subsoil
that has the necessary elements of plant
food, will make a good return in Lucern.
How far north it will survivo the winter
we do not know, but we are quite sure it
Is adaptable to all that territory south of
the t.h parallel of latitude.
Lucern (we shall use this term instead
of Alfalfa) is a perennial, and once sown
properly and established will last at least
ten years—say, however, fiv._ years.
Lucern meadows have been known to con
tinue in good conditionover twenty years.
However, if a meadow continued to pro
duce satisfactory results only five years,
it would make ample return to the owner.
Our observation and experience has been
such that we do not hesitate to recom
mend th.s plant to every southern farmer
who keeps even one cow. It furnishes as
good food for horses, mules, sheep and
ho/s as it does for cows, but we had the
dairyman more in mind than any one else
when we took our pen to talk about
Lucern.
roc a soiling crop it is simply “superb.”
After it has become perfectly established
it will give four or five good cuttings be
tween March and November; as many as
six or seven have been taken, but let us
say only three. That would be a blessing
to any southern farmer, a large majority
of whom rarely raise enough hay aud
green food to supply their stock abun
dantly with it at ail seasons.
The best time to start Lucern is in the
fall Oct. 1 to Nov. 15—the earlier the
better, of course. Sown at that season
vvt should advise broadcast sowing by all
mean... but if started in the spring it
would be better, in most instances, to sow
in drills so that the Lucerne can be culti
vated and kept free of w6eds until it gets
a good hold ujion the soil. While fall
sowing is much to be preferred still
rather than lose the advantage
of six months earlier sowing, we
would sow in February or March
rather than wait until October.
It requires a good deal less seed to sow in
drills, but we much prefer to use the
largi r quantity of seed. In sowing broad
ens we would not use less than twenty
Poui dsot seed, but in drilling five pounds
wo , and be ample. Heeds should be pro
cured some weeks before time for sowing
auu well tested so as to know what per
cent are likely to grow. If the soil is not
na urally rich it should be made rich by
api lication of sqrne good fertilizer. After
it i as been well plowed and harrowed the
B, '"i should be evenly sown and then the
ground should be well rolled, or in the
a’ sence oi a roller a drag may be used.
<>f course you must not expect Lucern or
ai y other plant to give three or four c ro. s
a year without supplying some food. Ho
every two years during the winter or
f ariy spring a good top dressing of some
complete fertilizer must be made to the
meadow, j bis fertilizer must be chiefly
01 a . mineral nature—potash and phos
piiunr acid. Perhaps a little nitrogen
may ne needed. Bone dust and ashes will
b< an appropriate application usually.
” proper management Lucern ought to
yield live or six tons of cured hay or its
equivalent in green food every twelve
mom hs. and the dairyman that once has
a meadow of it would most likely refuse
fil'd per acre for it. He would ask of
n ise who have ever tried it, is that not
so;
Growing Cotton on Alluvium Soils.
Agricultural Editor Morning News: I
l a .o quite a quantity of salt water, marsh
ami swamp land, an inexhaustible allu
vium, reclaimed from the tides, and very
rich.
I' yields a bale of cotton to the acre
n.v but I think it is capable of making
'a bales, and I beg that you suggest
application that will divest some of
i extra str ength from weed to fruit.
h, krro , w ? very large and fruits well, but
1 18 ‘■tromr enough to do twice as
. ' . ” hat would you suggest to increase
inu.aget an early response in your
'mual columns will oblige. *
“Inquire b.”
Rethink it is quite probable that you
1 increase the productiveness* of the
1 hat you describe by the application
ice mineral matter—potash and phos
’fake, say, 20i) lbs. kalnit
Kiottis acid phosphate, mixing the
; ‘ n d applying broadcast some little
? '’efure planting time,
ane your rows four feet apart and
•e stalks pretty thick in the drill, say
feet. Tultivate shallow and fre
l ciitly It is quite likely that an appli
' in of common lime (four or live bar
would prove advantageous for a
or two. It.is quite clear that your
needs nothing for sometime but
; i ' rui matter, and it would boa waste
j fl’l’i.v any nitrogeneons fertilizers like
-aiiie manure or cotton seed.
Jersey Sweet Potatoes.
S 'vannah, (T*., Feb. 22, Editor Morn
-1 News; I wish to answer through
.' r ur columns the many inquiries about
orsey sweet potatoes received since
'hort article a year ago, in which I
£* • myexporletK* with Jersey sweets,
had not tested them against o:her
potatoes, ss 1 have this past season,
twenty to thirty bod* of esch
■ ul b each bed fitt) to 70U feet long, ma
nured alike, with cow and stable manure,
plenty of it in the center of the beds; also
planted all kinds mixed along through the
same bed. When I harvested the yields
showed as follows: Best wield, Jersey
sweets- second best, ifhite yams;
third best, yellow reds; fourth' best,
yellow yams; fifth best.vineless or bunch
yam. All yielded splendidly, except the
\ ineless. But the Jersey sweets doubled
the best yield of tbe others. I have of
fered some doubting farmer friends in an
adjoining county to make 500 bushels ou
an acre for SSOO a side, or for 2 to 1 odds,
that I make over 600 bushels to the acre.
They have not as yet accepted either of
fer. The vineiess or bunch yam will do
better than it did for me. I had too much
manure under it. They did better on
poor land with little manure. I consider
the Jersey sweets better than any other
potatoes for the following reasons: They
will double the yield of any other;
They grow in a closer bunch than any
other, which makes them easier to manure
and easier to dig with a plow; they are
smooth, even and running all good selling
sizes; they do not bur A Open or make
rough, unsaleable potatoes/ they are the
only sweet potato that finds ready sale in
northern, eastern and western markets:
they keepwell; they are quoted in mar
kets mentioned now at $4 to(s per barrel;
they are planted like other sweet pota
toes, except you put the manure so it will
be right under the potatoes, as they grow
in such a close bunch that they want ma-*
nure concentrated, no scattered broad
cast, or all through the bed, like some put
it, for nature varies. You cannot put too
much manure for the Jersey sweets.
They will make potatoes, not vine, like
some natives do.
J. F. GtTLMARTIN,
Member Truck Farmers’ Association
Chatham County.
P- S. —1 farm 400 acres adjoining Savant
nah. My crops are27s acres in outs; bal
ance we are plowing and manuring for
nay and sweet potatoes. I find a good
profit and sure market for these, and pre
fer them to truck for shipment. The bulk
of my oat crop I bale without trashing,
cut in the dough state with the straw
still green. 1 baled 508 tons last summer.
J. F. Gvilmartin.
Florida Soft Phosphats.
Agricltural Editor the Morning News:
There is anew theory attoas now in re
gard to Florida soft phosphate, one which
it is said has been proven more than an
hypothesis by actual test not only in the
laboratory of the chemist, but in that
also of nature, the field. Prof. Liebig
holds that organic matter undergoing
decay accuttimulates carbonic acid in the
soil, anu when the showers fall they dis
solve the carbonic acid which then has
the power to take up phosphate of lime.
Upon this assertion tests have been made
both in the laboratory and ip tho fields
of the experiment stations with both the
acid phosphate, and soft phosphate
nearly dried and ground. The
experiments show largely in favor
of the soft phosphate untreated
with acid. These experiments show also
that in the Florida soft phosphate the
farmers of the future will not have to
give all they can make for a ton of manipu
lated stuff that may or may not be worth
less. Fourteen hundred pounds of soft
phosphate floats at 35 cents per hundred,
*4 90 ; 400 pounds of potash at sl2, 200
pounds of nitrate of soua or sulphate of
ammonia at sti. making in all for a ton
?22 90, would give our farmers a high
grade manure for a minimum price. The
soft phosphate floats can be had in any
quantity at H per ton free on board the
cars or boats. When the newly dis
covered deposits of nitrate of soda can be
worked and the price brought down to
$lO per ton, or even less, in Havannah. as
it is said can be done there, there will be
no more jesting about Florida sand. The
above formula has been used in this
vicinity this year under lettuce, turnips,
caboage and strawberries, with the most
satisfactory results by a number of our
farmers. John W. Tench.
WHAT WATERMELONS NEED.
Use Plenty of Potash as a Fertilizer.
[Paper of State Chemist Dr. George P.
Payne read before Georgia Agricultural
Society at Brunswick.]
Mr. President and Members of the
Georgia State Agricultral Society: Last
summer our attention was called to a
statement which appears to be pretty
largely acknowledged as a fact, that
watermelons cannot be grown success
fully a second or third season upon the
same land, even with the use of fertil
izers. A belief is entertained by several
growers with whom the matter was dis
cussed that if the vines of watermelons
were not allowed to wither and decay in
the field, a good crop could easily be
raised the second season, but even it the
drainage water from such fields of decay
ing vines and melons runs over land as
yet unplanted .n owa crmolons, the
land so impregnated will fail to produce a
crop if planted in melons the succeeding
year. 'There are parties, however, who
raise successive crops of watermelons on
the same land season after season, with
\ery small amounts of fertilizers.
Thing it might possibly be a deficiency
in some particular fertili ing material
which was quickly exhausted from most
soils, a watermelon was reduced to ashts
to find out how much available mineral
matter is removed from the soil by a fair
crop.
Burning a large watermelon to ashes
would not be an easy job under any cir
cumstances, but when it must be done in
a dish only holding a small cupful, and
not a drop of jffice, not a single seed nor
a piece of rind must be lost, and not a
particle of foreign matter must get into
ashes from any source, it becomes indeed
quite an arduous matter. A flue, hand
some luscious watermelon is a 'ery
tempting article when sliced wide open
on a hot day in July, but not a particle of
it was tasted. The juice was evaporated
to a syrup, and the syrup evaporated to
dryness, and the residue burnt to ashes.
The rinds were heated until thoroughly
dry. when they would take fire and burn
like so much wood. The juice, pulp, rind
and seeds were finally reduced to ashes,
and the ashes thoroughly mixed.
The melon se eeted weighed 25 l 4 pounds
and was a handsome fellow of the Au
gusta rattlesnake variety- It was sold as
having beeu raised within ten miles of
Atlanta. The ashes obtained from this
large melon would not make more than
two good heaping tabic-spoonsful. They
weighed a little less than two ounces.
Over twenty-five pounds, or the bulk of
watermelon, consisted of the materials
extracted from the aid and soil and water.
It is not necessary to reproduce tho many
figures and calculations. Only tho lesson
they teacn will be very briefly stated,
and for comparison will be given the
amounts of phosphoric acid and potash
taken from the soil by average crops of
cotton and corn. A common yield of
an acre in cotton is 200 pounds of
lint < otton and 40U pounds of seed. Fif
teen bushels of corn per acre is a fre
quent crop, and that of watermelons
about half a car load. Upon such crops
as a basis the following figures are cal
culated. Supposing that tbe cotton, cot
ton seed, corn and melons only, are re
moved from the holds, and that the re
maining parts of the plants are plowed
under. Two hundred )>ounds of lint cot
ton and 400 pounus of seed carry away
from an acre of land 4b pounds of phos
phoric acid. Fifteen bushels of corn
carry away from an acre of liind six
pounds of phosphoric acid, and half a car
load of watermelons carry away from an
acre of land pounds of phosphoric
acid.
This shows that tbe watermelon crop
does not take away from the soil scarcely
ss much phosphoric acid as either the cot
ton or the corn
Two hundred pounds of lint cotton and
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ti. 1894.
400 pounds of seed carry away from an
acre of land six pounds of potash.
Half a carload of watermelons carry j
away from an acre of land 17^ 4 pounds of I
potash.
This is an immense quantity of potash j
removed by the watermelons, as much re
moved from the soil as would he carried
away by three crops of cotton and cotton
seed, or five crops of corn. If the cotton
seed were returned to the soil and ouly
the lint sold, over thirteen crops of lint
cotton would be required to remove as
much potash from the soil as the one crop
of melons.
The nitrogen or ammonia removed by
the melon crop is not as large as might be
inferred. The juice only containing about
1-50 of 1 per cent., the pulp about 7-50 of 1
per cent , the rind about 12-50 of 1 per
cent., and the seeds about 1L per cent., of
nitrogen. The juices constitutes about
one-half of the melon, and the seeds are a
very small proportion.
A crop of cotton and cotton seed Buy
remove twenty-nine pounus of nitrogoa
from nn acre..
A crop of corn may remove about four
teen pounds, and a half carload of melons
about as much as the corn.
The great demand upon the land is for
potash. Some soils naturally contain
much potash, clay soils being formed by
the decomposition of feldspar or granite,
contain more or less potash, those clays
being richest in available potash which
have not been too thoroughly leeched.
Sandy soils are not rich in potash, and
when applied to them it is readily leeched
opt by the rains The soils of the upper
half of the .ytate should, as a rule, con
tain more potash than those of the lower
half, as the clays of the latter portion
have been subjected to more washing and
transportation, aud hence leeching.
..A common amount of fertilizer used to
an acreof ground in Georgia is2oo pounds.
Fertilizers average 10 per cent, available
phosphoric acid and 2 per cent, of potash,
so this would be an application of twenty
pounds of available phosphoric acid and
four pounds of potash, or, in other words,
over lour times as much phosphoric acid
is put back as the watermelon takes off.
Yet it would take over four years of such
fertilization to put back the potash taken
away by tbe one single crop of melons.
No wonder melons do not do well, thus
starved to death.
As potash and available phosphoric acid
cost about the same, chemical manuring
can be done much more advantageously
and fully as cheaply by’ using more potash
and less phosphoric add. The potash
should be used in the form of sulphate of
potash, not as a chloride or muriate of
potash. The watermelon prefers the for
mer, as there was only a minute amount
of chlorides found in the watermelon upon
analysis, but a considerable amount of
sulphates.
The following is suggested as a formula
furnishing a liberal amount of potash and
other fertilizing material per acre:
Acid phosphate HA) pounds
Sulphaie of potash 50 pounds
Dried blood , 35 pounds
Of course, a much larger quantity can
be used per acre if the land is well pre
pared and a large crop is desired. M.
Georges Villes. the eminent agricultural
chemist of France, states as a general
pro]>osition: “Return to the soil by the
aid of manure more calcic phosphate,
potash and lime than the crops have
taken from it: restore to the soil about 50
per cent, of the nitrogen of the crops.”
The add phosphate inthe above formula
furnishes ample calcic phosphate and
lime.
Cotton seed meal can be used in the
above formula in the place of blood. If
this is done, the quantity should be
doubled, as cotton seed meal contains
only a little over half the percentage of
nitrogen found in blood.
These investigations were undertaken
in the hope that they might beef some
direct benefit to our people. If they’
should prove so, the time spent upon
them, which was principally at night, ‘
after office hours, will not be regretted.
Hastening: Fruit Bearing.
The most discouraging fact about fruit
growing, says Cultivator, is
the long time that most fruit trees require
after planting before they come into bear
ing. it is during this waiting period that
the trees are most apt to be neglected, un
til finally, when bearing has fully begun,
they are apt to bo weakened by attacks of
insects or disease. Is it necessary to wait
a number of years for trees to become ma
ture before producing fruit? What is
this so-called, “maturity?” Fruit is pro
duced from buds on shoots of the previous
season's growth. Two or three years after
planting ought to be enough to enable the
tree of whatever kind to produce some
fruit, if no more than a few specimens.
Fruit trees do thus come into early bear
ing in tho semi-tropical climate of Cali
fornia. They sometimes do here when
the tree is injured and its vitality is im
paired. This is recognized as a sign of
disease or insect attacks. Often a young
apple or peach tree that has a borer work
ing in its trank will bear a good crop ono
year and die tho next. That, of course, is
not the kind of early productiveness that
we want.
it is piotably true, however, that some
impairn.ei to, ignr is essential in bring
ing any tree in 'o bearing. This is the
secret of and xarfing growth by grafting the
pear on the quince stock. The top growth
constantly tends to exceed what the
quin c root is able to support. This in
duces the forma ion of fruit buds, and
tbe nauit of early bearing is formed. This
can be done to a large extent by severe
root pruning of standard trees, and by
moderate shortening in of the summer
growth. So. far as the growing of a large
amount of leaf and wood is concerned,
it directly prevents the concentration of
sap to the production of fruit. The leaf
obtains carbonic-acid gas from the atmos
phere. This, with a very little phosphate
and potash, will make more leaf and more
wood growth. Lessen the carbonic-acid
pas by shortening the leaf -growth, and
the proportion of potash and phosphate is
larger. It is then more fit to produce
fruit and seed than to produce additional
wood. •
After the mineral elements of plant
food have been exhausted there is a con
stant tendency to retard fruit bearing
until a later period. We know-apple orch-
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CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS.
ards that have been planted 12 to 15 years
that have never borne more than one or
two good crops. These trees undoubtedly
lack mineral fertility. If they luyve boon
manured at all it is usually with stable
manure, which is rich in available nitro
gen, and thus promotive of wood and
leaf growth rather thati of fruit.'' Young
apple orchards should not have after the
first year or two much nitrogenous ma
nure. What they do have should be ap
plied in soluble form ndrly in the spring,
so as to give a vigorous early growth,
which will be cheeked later in the sea
son, and thus start fruit buds for the
following year's erbps. Usually this
process is reversed. If the manure
is applied earJD'h jUL the .spring -it is
commonly unfermented, and dioes not pro
mote growth much before mirfstttenier,
when it does mdfie harm than gdpdj* We
do not doubt that iL Is the pinching
which the California treet get during the
dry season that promotes their early pro
ductiveness. We shall probably find that
the drought vt-meh largely prevailed
through the northern states last fall will
induce full blossoming the coniine spring.
This may not meatt large fruit crops
the coming year. To jabduce fruit blos
soms must set fruit, and there must be in
the soil the available mineral manures to
perfect it. Is it oot pqSsibte that failure
of fruit to sdt after blossoming is not
partly caused .by laclf *of the requisite
Ito lash and phospha*** That may also
be one of the primal causes of blight
which destroys leaf and fruit, which has
of late years been increasingly prevalent.
The variations of seasons nave a ten
dency to make mistakes in management,
and thus bring trees into bearing. After
a very wet growing season a large amount
of new groath is made, which often from
its own weight is bent over. This retards
the sap, and causes the formation of
fruit buds. All fruit growers know that
those varities of fruit come into bearing
most quickly whose habit of growth is
spreading rather than upright. Take a
pear tree whose, top -spires fin steeple
fashion and head it dowij wards, or sWp its
growth during _ tfi'e sflmrfjtYr, krtd that
tree can within V #ea£„be. brought into
bearing if the soil has sufficient mineral
elements to make the fruit. Spread out
the upright linbs of tho young Northern
Spy apple and bend them downwards. It
can thus be made to bear as earlv and
abundantly as the Bald win or theOreebin ?
After a tree has been once loaded down
with fruit its branches never grow -up
right as before, and'it then forms the
habit of bearing.
Working In accordance with the causes
of fruit productfou it is possible n ring
any kind of tree into bearing within a
reasonable time, and thus do away with
some of the most serious discouragements
of the fruit grower. There is no use in
having orchards grow to very large size
before they begin to make a profitable re
turn. The habit ®f fruit bearing needs tq
be formed early The tree will he as
thrqt.y in after life and as long lived as
one left to grow to large size before bear
ing anything, and then being brought to
fruit bear.ng by a suddea and -probably
injuries shock. ‘ J '
Cross-Breeds.
We often receive letters, says the Live-
Stock Journal, from persons asking us
what wo think of crossing various pure
breeds, such as Langshansand Miporcas,
Cochins and Leghorns, Brahmas and Leg
horns and Wyandottes and Brahmas, etc.
In fact all sorts ot crosses are suggested.
To all such enquirers we simply say:
“Don’t do it.” There is no advantage to
be gained by mixing up thoroughbred stock
in the way suggested. Jc would be no
improvement, in our oninion.
'there are two strains of pure-bred
fowls that are about as near perfec.Jion
for table use, or the general market, as
anything in leathers could be.
They are the Plymouth Rocks and
Wyandottes. These two breeds are the
result of years of selection and careful
breeding by the very best and most ex
pert poultrymen in America. They are
the two typical Ameaican breeds. Both
varities have strong advocates and ad
mirers, and the numoer of men and
women who are breeding them is beyond
estimate.
As table fowls there is but little differ
ence between them. Both breeds are
simply fine for the purpose, aud no cross
breed or mongrel can equal, much lees
surpass them.
The Plymouth Rock is the oldest breed
of the two and, perhaps, therefore, breeds
the truest to color and marking, and may
be said to be the furthest advanced, and
the most thoroughbred.
The Wyandotte, particularly the silver
variety, is well advanced, however, as a
distinct breed, and was many years ago
admitted to the standard as a pure-bred
variety. It may be admitted that the
Wyandotte is more difficult to breed to an
ideal, and hence finely marked specimens
are more rare than they are among the
Plymouth Hocks.
CKOSK-ettEEIXI AS LAYERS
are not compared, or considered la con
nection with such breed* aa the Leghorns
Minon as or Hamburg* The latter can
“lay all around tbe scrub*, and beat them
fifty to HR) eggs ea b In the course of a
year. And to cross-breed the varieties
named wiib the ooinmoa sorts simply re
suite in the loss of eggs, as uo cross- breeds
can equal the varieties named.
• - tbe road to improvement.
and the advantage to be derived from
cross-breeding consists solely iu introduc
ing thoroughbred blood among the
mongrels on the farm. In this way tho
value of the farm flock may be advanced.
Pure breeds are more desirable, but,
if for economy 's sake, the improved varie
ties cannot lie obtained for a start, then
a thoroughbred cock of any good variety
introduced among the common hens will
result in improved chickens—chickens
that will lay earlier and grow larger than
the common hens that batched them.
A WHOLESALE HOAX.
How Artemus Ward Sent the People
of Cleveland to See an Imaginary
Gypsy Camp.
From the Boston Journal.
Harry Weaver, the veteran actor, re
ferring to his acquaintance with Artemus
Ward, says:
“My reminiscences of Cleveland in 1880
would not be complete if I did not mention
a sell perpetrated by Artemus Ward,
which had the effect of depopulating the
whole city for a few hours, and the in
habitants thereof were compelled to ac
knowledge themselves completely sold.
On March 31 in that year Ward published
in the columns of the Plain Dealer a glow
ing account of a gysy encampment, plac
ing it a few miles outside of Cleveland The
kingand queen were represented to be lin
eal descendantsof the Pharaohs They had
traveled all over the world and their tent
was adorned with articles picked up on
their journeys, formingacollection so rare
and picturesque, from its very odditv and
orientalism, it could not be duplicated in
any part of the world. The description
of the aged king and queen and their
progeny was at once ingenious and ro
mantic. Their powers of divination were
said to. be wonderful in the extreme/ It
•was averred that they had renewed their
youth from time to time and did not really
know how old they were—they had passed
through all the great events of the world
for centuries. They were in possession of
the secrets of the lost arts.
The gypsy king’s appearance was vener
able to a degree, his flowing white beard
trailing on the ground. And then the
daughter was imirried to another de
scendant of the Pharaohs, one of the
finest specimens of manly beauty the eye
had ever looked upon; they were fitly
mated, for the bride was described as a
dream of loveliness, in fact, another Cleo
patra, ami, after seeing this dusky
divinity, the enslavement of Mark Antony
was mai}e clear and comprehensive. The
many valuable horses they possessed
came in for a due share of notice, many
of pure Arabian breed, ono especially, a
pure milk-white steed. Jor which fabu
lous sums had been offered, but without
avail, a superstition prevailing among
the trine to part with Selim would be to
brlnir misfortune upon them all. The in
habitants of Cleveland qnd its environs
were strongly advised not to miss the
opportunity of visiting the camp on the
morrow, for the following day the gipsies
were to strike their tents and continue
their nomadic life, travelling around the
globe.
The morning of April Ist, dawned upon
a lovely day, and from sunrise to sunset
Cleveland was all astir, shoals of people
wended their way to to the outskirts,
some in carriages, many on horseback,
and the great majority on foot. Of course
nosign ol'a gipsy encampment was to be
seen. After making inquiries in every
direction, it occurred to some of the
brighter minds that the day being April
Ist they had been made April fools of,
and as they had been sold they deter
mined to sell others in their turn, doing
their neighbors as they had beta done by
Artemus Ward.
A steady stream of people going out
■would meet a like number coming in.
Many wopld stop, and, after exchanging
greetings, would ask if they had seen the
gipsies, and if the whole affair was really
as wonderful as it was reported in the
paper to be. Of course, they replied to
the effect that it wgs the most wonderful
sight that had ever come under their ob
servation, and they would not have missed
it for anything. Nor did the matter stop
there. Numbers on their return went
from house to house, advising their
friends and acquaintances to take a hol
iday and participate in this interesting
event. And thus all that pleasant April
day the merry work went on, until the
shades of evening terminated the great
est hoax perhaps ever perpetrated. The
joke, a harmless one, was freely discussed
and laughed over by its victims for weeks
and months nfterward. Of course, this
drought Browne into considerable notice
at the time.
MEDICAL.
t RHEUMATIC
Sciatic, sharp and shooting
pains, strains and weak
nesses relieved in one min
ute by the CirrictißA Anti-
Pain Plaster. It instantly
relieves weak, painful kid
neys, baek ache, uterine
pains and weaknesses,
coughs, colds and chest
pains. It vitalizes the ner
vous forces, and hence
cures nervous pains and
muscular weakness when all others fail.
Price. ate.: five, SI.OO. At all druggist* or by
mail. Potter Dki'gand Chem. Coir., Boston.
CARTER'S
CURE
Sick Headache and relieve all the trouble* tncf
dent to a bilious state of the system, such at
Dizziness Nausea. Drowsiness. Distress after
eating. Pain in the Side, Ac While their most
remarkable success has been shown in curing
SICK
Headache, yet Carter’s Lrrrut Liver Pills
are equally valuable in Constipation, curing
and preventing this annoying complaint, whila
they alao correct ali disorders of the stomach,
stimulate the liver and regulate the bowels.
Even if they ooiy rured
HEAD
Ache they would be almost priceless to those
' who suffer from this distressing complaint:
but fortunately their goodness does not end
here, and thos* who once try them will And
thee#* little pills valuable in so many ways that
they will not be willing to do without thorn.
But after all sick bead
ACHE
I* the bane of ao mau v llvea that hare la whera
we make our great boaat. Our pilla cure It
while other* do not
Caarcfi’a l.im t.ivra Piua are very amall
and very eaar to take On* or two pitta make
a doae. Tbev are atrlctly vegetable and do
ant gripe or purge, but by their gentle action
planar all who uar them In viala at A cent a;
Orator $1 Hold every wharn, or aent by inafL
Ui;U KtSICIVI 06., In Turk.
UKL U Bm W Price,
Mi nilßii Whiskey Habits
BfTc* r-Snrl ■ Wk* * '*" ' Ht hom* *<ih
ftSoUra-s-wk
UaaaZSwil B m wool.i rv, mlj
ffhltaltalldk. Atlanta, tan
PEARUNE.
“You won’t do for me!
( ) You may be an excellent servant in many
vj CiiS ways, but you say you don’t use Pearl
/'■>\ * ne f° r washing and cleaning—
-11/ “ 1 1 A, J y°u can’t be bright. My poor
\ “ 1/1 girl, soap takes up your time
\ 1 v wears out *h e things, with
L-iJjOy-V-> /[ y / / the rubbing; and those
Ijlim \(j // wretched washing-powders that
B * /• I y° u s P ea k °f are only poor
I -J | imitations of Pearline, and eat
I / | up the clothes. No, you’re not
bright enough for me.”
Well, the lady is bright, to say the least. Evidently
she has had the best of teachers—experience. - Have
you? “Yes!”—then you use Pearline. “No!”—then
you had best begin at once. Ask some friend about
Pearline — take her experience. 3on james pyle, n. y.
SHOES.
A-
A The Best Shoes tot l£f | ft ft Slft I 10
L. UUUbLAa
0o CUET genuini
*l. onvc welt.
*4 and $3.80 Drew Shoo.
Solas,
f Best Mongols, Stylish, Perfeq
~ _ \ Fitting amt Bervlceable.Be*
S> *r- \ *“ the world. All Styles
t-j. m S IS THE \ JotL. InststuponhavlngW.l.
Yi Jl 1 AIU. Q ' —TEA xtouslas Shoes, flstni
UtikßaTfeteA-f wsi-x T U * SKne amt price stamped ol
For Sale by BYCK BROs'and E. S, BYCK & CO.
MEDICAL. ”
\ THE KEELEY INSTITUTE
(IHOOEPO*ATHD.)
FOR THE CURE OF LIQUOR,OPIUM, MORPHINE, COCAINE, TOBACCO and CI6ARETTE HABITS
Endorsed by the United States Government.
For informntlon address Keeley Institutes,
Correspondence etrlotly confidential. ATLANTA, OA. find AUGUSTA, GA.
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Novelty Iron Works,
V~ssSSslron strict tlrnse Poundsrs nod
machinists, Blacksmiths A Bollsrmaksrs.
THE SAMSON SUCAR MILLS AND PANS.
DEALERS IN .
STEAM ENGINES, INJECTORS, STEAM AND WATER FITTING*
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IRON FOUNDERS,
Machinists*, Blacksmiths & Boiler Makers.
Also manufacturers of Stationary and Portable Engines, Vertloal and Top-running Ctora,
Mills. Sugar Mills and Pans Hnvn also on hand and for sale cheap on. 10 horse Power
Portable c nglne. aiy one 30, one *0 and one 100-horse Power strtionary Engine. Alt orders
promptly attended
MACHINERY. CASTINGS. ETC.
KEHOE’S IRON WORKS;
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS. MACHINISTS, BLACKSMITHS AND BOILERMAX*
ERS, ENGINES, BOILERS AND MACHINERY, SHAFTING, PULLEYS. ETC.
Special attention to Repair Work. Estimates promptly furnished. Broughton street
rom Reynolds lo Randolph streets. Telephone 268.
PREPARE business
By Advertising in the
1 Mornine News
It Reaches
All Readers.
\
It is the Best
Hedium.
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•
In Chatham County, Georgia (]>op. 62.000), the daily
edition of tbe Morsuno New#, published at Savannah, is
accorded the largest circulation rating of any daily ia
the county, and ita weekly edition ia credited with about
ten time* sus many copies a* any weekly published iu tbe
county. —American Neictjioper Directory.
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