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6 iTEMS IN THREE STATES. YEWS ANO VIEWS Itt GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOI*TH CAROLINA. Georgia Dentists Elect Officer#—Cliff ton's Trip to Vlnine—Bonkers Will Aid the Farmers—Bi: Suit in Florida— Nrrrberrj on a linoiu. Woman AO Vears Old Dies in South Carol Inn—South Carolina Com mencements. Columbus Enquirer Sun: The action of the state convention Wednesday in refus ing to recognize South Georgia’s claims ft>r a delegare at laige to the Kansas City convention met with general condemna tion. That section south of a line from Columbus to Augusta embraces more than one half the state. It presented only one candidate. Capt. John Triplett, of Thom asville, and he was turned down. Such action on the part of the balance of the state was unfair and unjust. Unity Cotton Mills. At a meeting of the stockholders Friday a permanent organization of Unity Cotton Mills at La Grange was perfected by elect ing Mr. C. V. Truitt president; Mr. Joseph E. Dunson, vice president, and Fuller E. Calloway, secretary and treasurer. Con siderably over SIOO,OOO in stock has already been subscribed. 10 per cent, of which has been paid in, and an effort is being (made to carry the subscription to $300.00D before they stop. Work will begin on the mill in a very short time. Elbert County Peaches. The peach crop in Elbert county is almpiy enormous. Hundreds of acres up and down the railroad are heavily laden with the precious fruit, and preparations are being made to have it moved as rapidly as it ripens. Employment for hun dreds of people for two or three months In midsummer and the circulation of thou sands of dollars will help to brighten the condition of things in this county made gloomy by the bad crops of the past two years. Receiver Appointed. Judge 6peer Friday appointed Mr. Mer rill P. Callaway temporary receiver for Hobbs & Tucker of Albany on complaint of the National Bank of the Republic i>nd Mr. Callaw’ay left at once to take charge. The petitioners were represented by Mr. Olin Wimberley. The amount involved in the receivership is estimated at from $75.- 000 to $150,000 and the business is run on a large scale. Mr. Callaway will be in Al bany several days looking after the com pany’s affairs. night Sort of n Former. Columbus Ledger: .A farmer living with in a few miles of Columbus never comes In town without bringing a wagon load of something raised on his farm, to offer for sale Ham. lprd, sausage, eggs, but ter, honey, wines and various other things •re brought in by this farmer and he nev er carries anything that he brings for sale bock home with him. He sells out at good prices. This farmer is both pros perous and happy. It is this kind of farm ing that can be made to pay best in Geor i The Water Was nail. Statesboro 'Star: The City Council has condemned the artesian water, that is in its present shape. Mr. Davis has been pumping it into a large tank from which the mains are supplied. An examination on Tuesday revealed the fact that several birds, pigeons, rats, etc., had been drown ed In the tank and those who have been using the water have been drinking off these dead birds, etc. Mr. Davis will hereafter pump the water directly Into the pipes so that It will come fresh to the con sumer. Clifton Goes to Maine. The many friends of Bill Clifton all over the state will regret to learn of his con tinued ill health. About a week ago Mr. Clifton left Darien for a sea voyage to Bath. Me., on board the three-masted achooner E. Howard Speer, commanded by Capt. Faulkner. The schooner was load ed with lumber and has made a number of trips between Darien and Eastern points. Capt. Faulkner and Mr. Clifton •re warm friends end the trip for the lat ter was planned with the view of benefit ing the health of Mr. Clifton. He will remain In Bath until some time in Octo ber. It is said that Mr. Clifton is much reduced in flesh, having lost fully sixty pounds. His friends hope that the sea voyage will be beneficial to him. Will Aid the Farmer*. Mr. J. G. Rhea, president of the Georgia Bankers’ Association, being unable to at tend the session of that organisation at Lithia Springs, has made a statement as to what the bankers of Georgia will do for the cotton farmers, as follows: "The bankers of Georgia will, to the extent of their ability, stand firmly by the farmer and aid him in obtaining the very best market prices for his cotton. I mean by this that they will give their moral sup port in every possible way and will ad vance money to a reasonable amount up on a pledge of the unsold cotton at rea sonable rates of interest and will hold the tame until the farmers are ready to sell. This, of course, will enable any farmer to get money to pay all reasonable expenses that he ought to incur in making the crop and he can hold his cotton until prices •re such as to warrant his selling It." Georgia'* Dentlt*. For several days past the Georgia State Dental Society ha been holding its thirty second annual meeting at Cumberland Isl and. and at the session held Friday offi cers for the ensuing year were elected. The meeting adjourned after the election of officers to meet at Macon In June of next year. The following were three elected to the various offices in the so ciety: President, Dr. W. H. Weaver, of La Grange; first vice president. Dr. H. H. Johnson of Macon; second vice president. Dr. A. M. Jackson of Milledgevtlle; treas urer, Dr. H. A Lawrence of Athens; re cording secretary Dr. H. S. McKee of Americus; corresponding secretary. Dr. O. H. McDonald of Atlanta. The following named gentlemen were also elected to serve on the Executive Committee. Dr. B A Tignor, chairman. Miliedgeville; Dr. J. C. Brewer, Rlackshear; Dr. 6. IV. Fos ter, Atlanta; Dr. C. P. Davis, Americus, Dr. J. W. Manning. Miliedgeville. FLORIDA. A petition for a “wel and dry” election was presented to the Board of County Commissioners of L*e county at ihclr last meeting, ar.d havitg the requisite number of names, was granted. Bis: Sale f l,and. Lake City Reporter: Over 20,000 acres of land, property of the Georgia and Florida Round Timber Company, was sold through real estate agent George W. Land this month. Camp Bros, of White Bprings were the purchasers Over sl.*oo In back tax*s had to be paid on the land the sale could bo con>umrratei. P Bradford County Democrat*. Bradford Telegraph: The Democratic party of Bradford county will be mote largely represented at the State Conven tlon in Jacksonville next week Than at anv previous convention The Indications now point to an attendance of from 50 to 10j Bradford county D-ir.orra s. And Hey will all go with the hope of seeing Hon. James T. Wills rtcelce the nomination for nt;an*y-gentral Removal of the Capitol. Tltuavllle Advocate: The capltol remov. al question has proven to ba anything but a tamporary craze. The demand for the ramoval of the capltol to some more ac cessible and central place, ha* become •-> grea.t that political leaders can not fail to take cognizance of the fact. We hore this question will be speedily derided in favor of Jacksonville, and that we will soon have a srate building that will be a credit to the citizens of Florida. The Maontee Again. Cocoa and Rockledge News: A cow manatee and two calves have been seen feeding around the railroad dock for th? past few* days. This is quite a sight, and a number of our citizens availed them selves of seeing a manatee for the first time. The manatee came so near being extinct that a law was passed comple.ely stopping the catching or killing of and they are now reported os becoming quite numerous in the lower part of In dian and Banana rivers. Newberry on n Room. Gainesville Sun: The thriving village of Newberry may be said to be on a genuine boom. The Cummer road has reached that point and several hundred hands are now employed in la>ing the tracks through the town. The phosphate mines and other in dustries are running, on full time, and matters are assuming a very lively air Where there is so much enterprise there must be money and trade, and the peo ple of our sister village are reaping a ben efit. Wants to Brat Georgia. Miami Metropolis: A gentleman at Lit tle River hopes lo raise a watermelon weighing HO pounds or more. He has two worthy objects in view-. One. is to beat those Georgia growers who presented such a melon to their Governor last season; the other, to win the S7O offered as a prize to the successful grower This money he proposes to u. c e in a public spirited man ner in the interest of his community and it is to be hoped that he will succeed. And he undoubtedly will if he does not "weary in well doing " Suit for Phonpliatc Lands. One of the biggest civil suits ever insti tuted in the state of Florida has Just be n brought in the Circuit Court of Polk coun ty. by Tampa lawyers, in the Interest of a Boston client. The plaintiff in this leg suit i9 Dr. W. S. Bryant, a capitalist of the Bay State. He brings his suit against Herbert N. Smith, also of Boston, to re cover the title to a large extent of phos phate lands in Polk county. The value of the lands is SIOO,OOO. It appears that Smith bought the lands some years ago, as Dr. Bryant’s agent, and with Dr Bry ant* money. Smith has been working the property, and Dr. Bryant has just dis covered that his agent had converted (he title to them to bis own name. Hence the suit to recover the title to the lands. SOUTH CAROLINA. Six colored prisoners confined in the jail at Laurens made their escape from the Jail at Laurens last Monday night. Citadel Commencement. Commencement exercises at the Citadel will begin this year on Friday. June 22. in Charleston. The customary encamp ment, held the last/ two weeks in June, has been dispensed with this year and the class of 1900 will be graduated in Charleston. For Lieutenant Governor. Senator Knox Livingston of Marlboro has filed his pledge in Columbia as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He has not positively decided whether he will run or not on account of business en gagements. He will, if he decides to run, attend the meetings as soon, as possible. Will Appoint a Cadet. Senator Tillman has been notified by the Secretary of War that he must name a >det for West Point by July 10. He will make this appointment by competi tive examination and all candidates for the appointment will report In Columbia on July 3 at 10 a. m., at the South Caro lina College. State Campaign Date*. The following Is the schedule of the South Carolina state campaign meetings for the rest of June: Walterboro, Mon day, June 18; Beaufort, Tuesday, June 19; Hampton, Wednesday, June 20; Barn well, Friday, June 22; Bamberg, Saturday, June 23; Sumter, Tuesday, June 26; Man ning, Wednesday, June 27; Monck's Cor ner, Thursday, June 28. Commencement at Furman. Greenville News: The most successful, the largest attended and the most enjoy able commencement ever held In the his tory of Furman University closed last evening (Wednesday) with the graduating exercises. The Institution was never in a more prosperous and thriving condition, thanks to the remarkable energy and striking ability of the president. Dr. A. P. Montague, who is worth the weight of himself and faculty In gold to this In stitution. The financial affairs of Fur man. by his persistent efforts, are In ex cellent shape. lira. II OR ho* Disappear*. Mrs. Mattie Hughes, who ls charged with killing her husband and has had three mistrials, has left Greenville. Her restaurant was closed ThVirsday after noon, when the sheriff went there to fore close a SSOO mortgage, and it is believed she has left town for good. She is on bond for SI,OOO in the murder case and there are also several dispensary cases pending against her. Her father left town last week to avoid trial for selling whisky. Prohibitionists Act. Spartanburg county has inaugurated a prohibition campaign. Forty to fifty men from different sections of the county met in conference Thursday in the Court House. There was a notable absence of candidates and "court house people," by which term town people were known In former days. The ministerial rank was well represented, there being five active, energetic, working pastors on hand. After considerable talk It was unanimously agreed to nominate a full ticket for the general assembly. For the House they suggested Thomas B. Martin, John H. Dodd, D. W. Willis, Joseph L. Wofford and C. P. Sanders. Mr. San ders has been a candidate for re-election sinee-the adjournment of the Legislature. AI mt*t a Centenarian. Mrs. Nancy Franks Day, widow of Na thaniel Day. died at her home, two and onc-half miles from Laurens, early Thurs day morning fin ihe ninety-ninth year of her nge. She had a wide family connec tion in that county, being related to the Barksdales and Franks, and she was held in very high esteem and reverence by the many who knew her. Her husband, Na thaniel Day, was sheriff of the county for twenty years and was an officer in one of tile Palmetto companies that en gaged in the Seminole War in Florida. She leaves several children, among them a son. Mr. Henry Day. who Is three score and ten and known locally as a very ac urate weather forecaster. The "Day Al manac" has been going into the homes of everybody in that section for several years Mrs. Day was a life-long Pres byterian. Convention at lllnck.lienr, Mershon, Ga., June 17—At the primary election held here yesterday the following delegates were elected to represent this district In the Democratic Convention >o be held at Blackshear on July 4 to nom inate a candidate for representative, :.nd a full ticket for county officers: A. J. Dick son. J. B. Bennett. A H S. Bennett, Ja cob Hyers and D. J. Carter. * W. F. HAMILTON, Artesian Weil Contractor. OCALA, FLA. Am prepared to drill well* up to an* depth- We use flrat-claas machinery, can do work on snort notice *UC r”ar*Voe aatiifacUon. * , THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1900. THE FARM AND THE GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI CI LTI BIST AND HOI SEWIFE. Boom* and Crazes With Respect to Farming—The I’ad >ow Is Angora Goats—How Horseradish U Culti vated— Poultry ns Soil Improver*. In some locality or another, and to an extent greater or less, as circumstances seem to warrant, there is a boom or craze about some new feature in farming affairs always on hand. There may never b~ again exactly such "crazes" that prevailed some years ago in respect to hyacinth bulbs or Shanghai chickens, but there is usually something more or less like the.-e in some locality or another in this very ex tensive country. Just now in one sect! n it is Angora goats exciting the ruraiists that would venture upon something that seems to promise better profits than the ! staple crop of the locality. In another ; section it is celery. In another ginseng, j In another Belgian hares; in still another Angora cats! And soon. While the great masses of farmers are true to traditions and hold the even tenor of their way with the crops their fathers planted and culti vated without any thought of a hankering after new things, still there are a goodly number in the nggrogate who allow their discontent at the plodding way of growing rich with the old croppings of the fathers to lead them to new arid radical changes in their farm arrangements. They may not all give up the old crop altogether, but they venture upon them chiefly as side issues, hoping, however, to soon dem onstrate that they may safely cu: aloose entirely from the system than in all these years of following sti.l leave them and far short of the success they had tome'years ago aspired to. In every sec tion of our broad country the farmers are keenly on the look for something new and of better promise. There, are plenty of good sober farmers who are ready to un dertake even the raising of Angora cots as well as Angora goats if they could only be assured that there is sure money in the undertaking. We are told that some Pennsylvania farmers had established skunk farms a year or two ago. believing there is money in it. and from all ac counts there are considerable numbers of Northern farmers who are engaged or about to engage in raising ginaeng to sell to the heathen Chinee. It has occurred to us frequently of late that it is rather a sad commentary upon our boasted advance in . civilization that there should be held out to the Northern tiller of the soil more promise of wealth in such crops as tobacco, celery, ginseng, Angora cats, and one or two others, than in those more useful products that repre sent food and clothing for the civilized man and woman. We are not at all dis posed to speak disparagingly of that de lightful luxury, a "Havanr.a" cigar, or the bleached, crisp stalk of celery, nor do we condemn the silky little animal purring upon the hearth rug, but that they should be so highly prized as to render more use ful plants and animals less desirable and less sought after as sources of profit do?s seem to us a reflection upon the sanity of modern men or women. There is a place in the world, no doubt, for what we term luxuries, but is there not a vast dlsproportionment when an Angora cat sells lor SIO,OOO. a carnation plant for $30,000, a bushel of wheat for si. and somewhere about 500.000,000 in want of the dollar to buy the bushel of wheat? There is money to burn somewhere. The legitimate farmer has little or none ot it. We would advise him to boom something and join a craze of some kind. Essace. Horse-radish. Mrs. C. C., Green Cove Springs. Fla . asks for Instructions in regard to the culture cf horse-radish. She wriles: "I have the plants and they are large and thrifty looking, but the roots are very sma'l. They were planted In May. When shall I dig the roots for US' and are the leave; used for greens?" Our columns two weeks ago contained directions regarding the growing of horse radish. It is propagated by planting the small mots that grow out from the main rtot. These roots range in size from that of a large straw to that of a lead pencil. They are cut into pieces 4 to 6 inches long and planted out with a dibble gett.ng the top of the cutting 2 inches or so beneath the surface. The soil must be rich to make good merchantable roots. It makes an immense quantity cf leaf growth and the young leaves can be boiled as other greens. Plantings should be made very early, say in January, when the old roots are dug up. The crop is ready to be dug in November or December and the seed tools can be kept buried in soil until time to plant. The soil should be made as ri h as possible and It shou and be deeply plowed* just before planting. The rows should be 3 feet apart and tie plants set 20 to 24 inches in the r w. Where there is any ■market for the crop it should pay a very good profit. Unfortunately it is not easy to find a gbod market for such things In the South. At the North horse-radish finds a ready sale at the canning estab lishments for it is the most delightful of cond ments when grated and put up in vinegar. Sew lf for the Cornstalk. Five years ago a farmer thought that the value of his corn crop ended when the corn was husked. What was left was worth perhaps 60 cents an acre as fodder. Now experiments have estab lished the value of the by-products of the corn crop as perhaps second to no agricultural product, and has about dou bled the receipts of corn growers, for the stalk Is probably as valuable as the ebrn. There Is a home market where the farmer can get $3 to $5 a ton for corn stalks, and so $6 to sl2 an acre for what used to bi.r.g him 60 cents. The American Agricultural gives a list of what is made from corn stalks. First, cellulose, for packing cof ferdams on battleships; pyroxylin varnish a liquid form of cellulose greatly used; cellulose for nitrate purposes In making smokeless powder and other high explos ives; cellulose for packing, as it is the most perfect non-conductor known against heat or electricity; paper pulp anil various forms of paper, both alone and mixed with other kinds of paper stock; food for stock, made from the fine ground outer shells of tho corn stalks; leaves and tassels also furnishing a shredded or baled fodder The material is als<> ground line and used as a mixed feed for stock, to which is added various nitrogenous substances ,os distillery refuse, sugar beet pulp and other by-products; poultry foods of ivve> kinds, one for lajlng hens and another for fat tening purposes. Our battleships Colum bia, New York and Olympia are protect ed with corn stalk, and many of tho bat tleships being constructed In Russia, this country and France are using the material. A naval constructor declare that it is ok as much importance ns llarveyized ormor and smokeless powder. One hundred pounds of air-dried corn stalks, stripped c*f leaves and tassel, contain twenty-six pounds of nodes or Joints, twenty pounds of pith and fifty-four pounds of shells or shlves The nodes contain 34 pci cent, of pure cellulose, the pith 36 per cent, and the shells 10 per cent As to the possibilities opened by this new develop ment, the Agriculturist says: To add only a few dollars per acre to each one of the SO.twt.oOO acres devoted to maize in the Unite.! Slates each year runs Into a sum so fabulous as hardly to bear publication But if it is assumed that only the fields of the corn belt will be benefit ed, those eight states, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana. Il.lnois. lowa. Missouri. Kansas and Nebraska, alone average close to 50.- 009,000 adres under corn. If only S5 per 1 acre is added to tho value of the crop in this belt, it means the tidy sum of $250,- OOO.OCO added to the farmers' Income. Ponltrj* a* Soil Improver*. Some poultrymen are favorable to the method of keeping poultry in small flocks, I in confinement, with twro yards to each flock, in the greater ©pportuni-ies given for improving and using the land, says the Farm and Fireside. Only one half of each acre will be occupied at the s.>me time by the fowls, the other half being devoted to gardening, aiternaiing :he her.® and the garden as occasion p_rmis. The half acre in vegetables will preduee as much ns was formerly secured oi an acre, and no mapure need be bought or hauled, for not cnly will the hens (..ke sheep) scatter the droppings themselves but they also accumulate at night ala ge quantity, which may be applied where it will be most serviceable. One source of fertility to the land from (he keeping of poultry, in addition to the droppings, is an enormous less of food from the trampling of the fowls, the pick ings from the trough, and the discard and amount due to fermen ation, all of wh ch serve as plant-food. Keeping fowls in yards, removing them frequently and turning under the manure, prevents the fowls from living in filth, and permi:s cf an enormous production of crops. On a piece of light, sandy soil that has be:n considered almost barren, where a flock of thirty hens were kept for a year, was grown an enormous crop of potatoes, beans, cabbage and peas. The growth was excessively rank, and for three years after the same plot was more productive than any of equal space on the place. The food bought annually for a flock is equal to bringing a large quantity of fer tilizer on the farm, and in passing through the body of the fowl it is reduc'd to a condition fitting it for immediate use by plants. The fresh earth absorbs ani retains its valuable properties better than the drop-pings from the roost can be sav ed. That fruit, vegetables and poultry should be combined is a fact that will some dby be admitted by all; but when the system is practiced the free arrange n.ei.t may be abolished, and -’.e ho* lx* used not only for producing eggs and poultry, but also for improving the soil, just as is now done in France, and as is done with sheep in England. The poultry of France keep up the fertility bf ti e farms, yield large profits of eggs and meat, and increase the “flocks, yet the flocks are small and no ranges are permit ted. If it is possible in France it is pos sible here, and the time will yet come when no small gardens wiil be cultivated without a. flock of hens as assistants in stead of being considered enemies. l'ear Blight. We are receiving quite a number of in quiries concerning pear blight and best known remedies, writes Prof. Price of the Missouri Experiment Station. We desire to call attention to some w r ork that has been done along this line, especially by the United States Department of Agri culture, and which should be known by many of those who are growing pear trees; but it appears there are many who are no* famiiiar with these results. Pear blight has been discussed in Farm and Ranch at different times very thorough ly, and we will not enter into a discus sion concerning its life’s history and the appearance of the germs that produce it, at this time. The fact is well establish ed that pear blight is due to bacterial or ganisms. These organisms have been examined by our classes in the study of mycology at different times. Our students have also inoculated healthy trees with the germs of the disease. This usually can be clone by using some of the fresh ly diseased wood, or, better, some of the exudations on the stems of the leaves and of the twigs, by inserting some small parts of these just under the bark of an actively growing shoot. The inoculations may be difficul "to take" sometimes when made late in the season, after the sap is not so active. So far as I know', there are only three lines of treatment to follow in regard to this most serious disease of the pear, es pecially in the Southern states. First, cut out the disease parts some twelve to eighteen inches below the diseased tis sues and burn them. This should be done very carefully late in the fail, after the leaves have fallen off the trees. If this is done, there will be no source of infec tion of the pear trees the following spring, except from nea.fby orchards where the cuttings have not been closely cut out and burned. These cuttings should be made by the concerted action of all growers in an immediate neighborhood, and thus make an extensive effort to stamp out the source of infection at this time of the year. This is the most prom ising line of treatment so far known to scientific investigators that I am aware of. There are one or two parties in the states who are selling preparations known as "Pear Blight Cure." One of the prep arations has been tested by us here and proven to be made largely of corrosive sublimate. This material was recom mended to be put into the tissues of the tree, just under the bark, and the sap was said to carry the poison to all parts of the tree and kill the germs of the disease. This material, when put into a tree in small quantities late in the sea son, when the sap is not so active and the disease is also very inactive at this time of the year, not much damage was none to the tree by a small quantity of proison, and the conclusion has been reached by some that this treatment kill ed the pear blight disease. The conclu sion, in . some instances, was entirely er roneous. Arter experimenting along this line, we find that corrosive sublimate will injure the pear tree when used in any considerable quantity, and inserted under the bark when the sap Is active. TANARUS, therefore, warn all parties not to depend upon this treatment. The next line of treatment is to plant the most resistent varieties. Just which are the most resistent has not been clear ly demonstrated, but the Kieffer variety. Early Harvest and Smith’s Hybrid seem to resist the disease fairly well. The next line of treatment is, not to cultivate the ground too much after trees are nearly grown and ready to fruit, so as not to force so many young, render and vigorous growing shoots into active grow ing. They are most likely to be attack ed by this germ disease. The disease most frequently makes its appearance during the time when trees are bloom ing. The germs are carried to the blooms by insects and wind, and when they once get a hold in an orchard by this means the disease is hard to eradi cate. We frequently have Inquiries as to whether the disease should be cut out of the trees In the spring. This is a very costly process, in large orchards, and hence It is a question whether it should be cut out then or not. If the disease appears in only a few’ places I would, by all means, cut out and burn the dis eased portions. We have, records of pom orchards thnt have been constantly spray ed during the growing season, an 1 but little blight appeared, but whether this continued spraying, which !s very cost ly on large tree-, would continuously keen the orchard from being affected, where nearby orehards are affected, has not been clearly proven. The Famous Mndgobarj; Snner kruat. The fame of the Magdeburg grade of sauerkraut, which declared to be the best manufactured in Germany, has prompted George H. Murphy, our consul there, to investigate the process, and he rcpo/is 'U length to the department, giv in? a recipe. h\ follows: ••Take a number of heads cf white cab bage. as fresh as poss.ble, and cat them in o fine, lorg shreds. Place in layers in barrels, or kegs, strewing salt over each layer, using < ne-half a pound of salt for each twenty-fi\e cabbagrs. Press the mass do%;n with clean feet. W’ocden shoes, or a heavy stamper. Plac* a cover on the barrel and upon this lay a heavy stone. Tlds presses the sauerkraut more and conserves it better. The sauerkraut must then be allowed to ferment in a cell r for from three to eight -lays, according to *he terur*’attire of th id:m. The barrel should then b* t givlv closed and kept in a 'o:l place. * re e ably In ace lar • Fancy grade? cf sauerkraut are pro duced by pouring white wine into the bar rels aft r they are filled. Apples, chopped very fine, ore also sometimes mixed with the cabbage. ‘ After the barrel Ls closed, the saner* A TEXAS WONDER. Hall's Great Discovery* One small bottle of Hell's Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal emissions, weak and lame backs, rheumatism and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder In both men and women, regulates bladder troubles In chil dren. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mall on receipt of sl. One small bottle ls two months’ treatment, and will cure any case above mentioned. Dr. E. W. pall, sole manufacturer, P. O. Bo* 625, ft. Louis, Mo. Send for testi monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo mons Cos., Savannah. Ga. Rend This. Covington. Ga., July 23, 1898. This ls to certify that I have used Dr. Hall's Great Discovery for Rheumatism, Kidney and Bladder Troubles, and will say It Is far superior to anything I have ever used for the above complaint. Very respectfully, H. I. HORTON, Ex-Marshal. kraut will be ready for use in about a As soon as some is used, the bar rel should be covered and a stone again placed on top. "In peparing and keeping-sauerkraut, sunshine and extreme heat and cold should be avoided."—Globe Democrat. Improvement in Swine. The term Improvement ls only relative. There ls no such thing as the Improve ment of swine in the abstract, says an exchange. When we speak of the im provement of swine we mean In the rela tion of the hog to man. In the relation of the hog to himself there has been no Improvement, but rather an absolute de terioration. Let the human race dtsap- P ar from the earth at this time and the hog would be In bad shape to survive. At least this would be true of the im proved hog. He would fall a prey to hun ger, for he could not hunt his own food except under the most favorable circuml s'ances; if any wild animal got after him he would be unable to tight, for his tusks have been Ired out. Even as relat-s to man the improvement made by cne gen eration is not the Improvement desired by another. There was a time when bigne-s courtel for nearly everything in the im proved hog. Now the buyers want qu ck grown hogs of medium weight. The next improvement will probably be more lean meat in the hoy, because the buyers ta boo the fat. The next generation will see new standards of improvement establish ed. The present lines of breeding will have to be modified from year to year as demands change. liog Pasture. Every swine grower knows that success in pork production is best promoted by having an abundance of good pasture. The hogs thrive best and make pork cheapest on grass and clover, for, by nature, the pig feeds on grass as well as grains, not withstanding the comparatively small size of the stomach, says the Indiana Farmer. Pigs like blue grass pasture well and it comes early, but brood sows that are nurs ing should be turned on it with caution and gradually get accustomed to It, other wise it will affect the milk and the swine grower will be wondering what is the mat ter with his young pigs. Blue grass is also fine fall pasture for brood sows, after the clover has been nipped by the frost. Clover Is a fine summer pasture, hard to improve upon, and Coming in when blue grass has become a little dry and unpal atable, and both the sows and pigs can almost live upon it until fall. We say almost, advisedly, for pigs feed naturally on grass as well as grain, and not on grass exclusively at any season. Clover should be managed so that pigs will always have it young and tender. When it becomes woody larger stock should eat It down or it should be mowed, so as to allow the new growth to come on. Rape is also being more largely grown for hog pasture and it makes a very good one, especially in the fall, and early fall-sown rye serves an excellent after it has made a good growth. With reasonable forethought It is no very difficult matter to provide good pasture for the hogs the whole sea son through, and they will be all the bet ter for it as well as more cheaply grown. No one should try to raise hogs without plenty of pasture throughout the season, but remember also that it takes grain to make a marketable hog and to keep brood sows up to their work. The Scrap Book. Keeping Tomatoes.—A new way cf keep ing tomatoes for winter use is recommend ed by one of our state experiment sta tions. The plan is to gather the green to matoes when frost is imminent and wrap each separately in soft paper; pack them in boxes and store them in a room secure from frost but not very warm. A few can be brought into a warm room when de sired and they will ripen in a few days. By following this plan fresh tomatoes can be had until the middle of the win ter. Salt and Ashes for Hogs —One Item of feed which should never be neglect and is a good supply of salt and ashes to which the hogs can have eccoss at all times. Wood ashes can always be had and the hogs should have all they will eat. When not convenient to give ashes, charcoal is a good substitute, and even soft coal will be eaten for want of something better, says an exchange. Hogs are never in jured by eating all the ashes they want, but it ls not safe to give large amounts of salt to animals not accustomed to its use. The salt and ashes mixture should be kept in a low box under a shed where it will be protected from rain, and shou and consist of about two quarts of salt for each bushel of ashes. Many feeders pre fer to add a few ounces of copperas to the mixture. Free access to 6uch a mix ture will do much to preserve the health of hogs, and sows which have had an abundance of such food will rarely eat their young. To Preserve Green Corn—When the corn is in full roasting-ear gather It and cut t: from the cob. To every gallon of corn use one quart of salt mix thoroughly and pack in stone jars of 3 to 5-gallon ca pacity. Pack the corn tightly In the jars, using a wooden pesile to pack it with. Tb s excludes most of the air. When your Jar is full, to within an inch of tho top, level the corn and spread a cloth over It. Fill the remaining spaae with salt we 1 packed and tie another cloth over this, .Set away in a cool place and the work is d'ne When you want green corn In w;ntr remove the covering from your jar, take out what corn you need and replace the cover. Soak ihe corn in luke-warm water over night, and llien prepare for the ta ble as if it were fresh corn. It is but lit tle trouble to put up enough to do a large family all the winter and spring. I had mjr last dish of it May 21, and will have new corn May 28 J M Hudson. Big Boom in Celery.— The next celery crop raised on the fa mous peat'ands will be far greater in point of acreage than any heretofore pro duced. D. K. Smellzer, who is the largesti celery grower in the United States, will put out not less than 2.300 acres, and probably nearer 3.000. Dolson, Platt & Patterson arc said to have ccn ractfd for about 1.100 acres of cel-fry, and the small er growers, whose crop will he handled by the California Celery Company and the Earl Fruit Comtar.y, will have in all about 9 0 to 1000 acres. Some Idea of tho mogn' ude of this comparatively recent lr.du-try may tc gained fr m the state ment that Mr. Smeltzgr alone has more ihan thirty acres in seed beds, and will transplant more than nine minima of cel ery p ants, in addition to those in his own seeding The celery business In Orange county for 19C0 will, it is believed, exceed J.VOOOO. Fite years ago celery was looked upon as a frolish exp r.ment and anew method of wasting time and money. The foregoing Item a Caiiforn a paper shews that an impetus has likewise been given to ceiery culture In the far W<st as It has be n In the far South. Between Michigan Florida and Callfcm'a there may be gr at rivalry in the culiure of the splendid salad, but there should exist no doubt that the country will b amply supplied. - . . LITTLE CONVENTION' STORIES. Things Republican Delegates Are Retting Each Other. No matter how serious-minded your av erage delegate, 6ays the Philadelphia Press, he has his moments cf reaxht.on. He must stop now and then from nursing some other fellow’s boom and take time to smooth out the wrinkles in his own po litically-ruffled head. And when he does this he’ll tell you a story—or his troubles— or the trouble of the world In genera!. Delegate Malta Cites a Case. "Don't ask me who my choice fo- Vice President is,” said Delegate Maltz ot Michigan—“because, to tell you the truth, I haven’t decided yet. Which reminds me of a little incident at the convention at St. Louis four years ago. There were six col ored delegates standing in the hall, and I said to one of them: ’Who are you for'/' “ ‘Weil,’ he said, scratching his head, ‘some of us are for Morton, some for Mc- Kinley—and some for sale. Any sug gestions to make?’ "Which is proof," he concluded, grimly, "how quickly and naturally your average colored man takes to politics." The' Tale of the Clever Canine. "Somebody asked me,” said John S. Wise of New Yorit, "somebody asked me what w-as the matter with Quigg. And I told them I didn't know as anything was the matter with the man, except that he always had a habit of letting people know he was aiound. You see, in that particu lar, he's exactly like a dog I had down in Mississippi. The dog was given to me by a friend, who said he was a good bird dog, which he wasn't. In fact, he* wasn't good for a blessed thing except to sit in the sun. Whenever strangers would call the dog would try to make them notice him. He’d do ail sorts of things to at tract attention, but if the strangers failed to bestow attention on him that dog had an unfailing recipe. He'd walk calmly down to the pond, get soaking wet, and then proceed to shake himself all oj’er the unobserving man. Of course, what the man then said wouldn't fit in a respectable story—but the dog was noticed, which was the object in view. "Do you see the limile?" The Advantagts of a Front Name. "Say.” began Col. "Tom” Baker, the United States marshal, from .the Western district of Tennessee—"do you know ih.it handling a man with kid gloves is ih> very worst way to get anything out of him? Yes, sir, it's the very worst way, and I’m politician enough to know what I'm talking about. I went up to Mr. Joe Manley last night, and approaching iim with a good deal of trepidation, I said: 'Col. Manley, I’d like to talk to yo i on our Tennessee squabble. You see. Colo nel. I ' and he brushed away abru. tlv, saying: T haven’t time to talk on squab bles.’ "Well, it hurt me—hurt like the m s chicf, being treated so curtly, even though I'd never seen the man before. And si this morning, as soon as I spied him, ;:p I goes and linking my arm in his, I said: 'Say, Joe, I want to talk to ycu. I want to talk to you, Joe, about our Tennessee affair. I know, Joe, that you can advise me, and we'll sit right here, Joe, and talk the matter over.’ "Well, sir, I had the most satisfactory talk under the sun—he was peaches and cream and milk and honey. I tell you, the advantages of knowing a man’s first name ore tremendous. When I gave him the 'Mr. Manley,’ he was as grumpy as an oyster—as soon as I called him Joe' he was as soft as angel cake." Patriotic 91. Myers, of Texas. Delegate J. A. Myers of Texas is rotund of body. Jolly of face, and wears a fl ru ing red necktie. In addition to this he wears a soft slouch hat wiih an American flag wound around it, and in all the throng of big men and little that drift up ani down the Walton corridor, he is the m st observed. For he is the only man who has seen fit to decorate himself—and he seems proud of the distinction. "You know Texas is Democratic.” he said, “and everybody knows it's Dimo cratic. And I just put this Amen an flag around my hat to show the people that all the Republicans aren’t dead in my stale—and that I’m one of them, and am very much alive! “And Texa is a corking fine state, let me add, and don't you let any cne for get it!" Senator Thurston Tells a Story. "In this vice presidential muddle the candidates must help themselves," said Senator Thurston, musingly. "There's no use in praying for help—which reminds me of the chaplain of- our army in the Mexican War. We had 5,000 men, and w e wanted to lick Santa Anna, who had 20,- 000. The chaplain looked dubious when he stanza his prayer before the bottle, but he waxed eloquent toward the close ‘Oh, Lord,' he said, ‘we only have S.CRO men, and Santa Anna has 20,000. Thou canst help us, oh, Lord, if Thou wilt, and we pray You do it. But if You can’t help us, don't, oh. Lord, help Santa An na, for he’s four times stronger than we are.’ ” Philosophy From Congressman Gardner. "Funny lot, aren't they?” commented Congressman Gardner of New Jersey, as he swept his hind toward the crowd of delegates. “It’s odd. too, isn't it, that all Americans think they can do all things political—that somehow or other nature has fitted them out with intellects just fitted for political superiority. Every man in the country, for instance, wants to be Secretary of Agriculture, but not one man out of a hundred wants to be a farmer, so as to get the technical knowl edge requisite for the higher position. And I’ll wager a silk hat to a penny that In the throng over there, there isn't one man but thinks that he would make a bet ter President than McKinley has been " He laughed softly, then said reflective ly; "There's no profession under the sun that so obliterates medesty as politics!" Henry Clay Evans and Geography. "You cafi't tell from the handshake who is from the South and who from the West,” said Commissioner of Pensions Henry Clay Evans. "Time was when you could differentiate between the cor dial grasp of the Southerner and the breezy, pump-handle shake of the West erner. But I can’t tell the difference any more, because the shores of the Pa cific 'and the shores of the Atlantic, are getting squeezed closer together. "Why. only yesterday a delegate told me that McKinley was a Western man! Twenty years ago he might have been classed so. but now the center of popu lation Is. Indianapolis—and that makes McKinley an Eastern man. And some day soon there won t be any North or South or East or West, and we'll order a Presi dent sent on from the. Philippines just lo avoid all geographic] distinctions.” Sir. Manley on the Picly of Flat form*. Committeeman Joseph H. Manley was talking of platforms; "Y’ou can't make 'em to order." he said, "although there is a certain set formula usually followed. You ought to start off with something on the zephyr-worked motto plan such as ’God Bless Our Home,’ The Lord Loves a Cheerful Giver' and platitudes like that. But you've got to get down to substan tial* after you say grace, and all the pretty things under the sun won't be worth a smash as a platform unless you've got good, solid stuff bolstered al! around by way of support." Wliy Texa* Send* Tall Men. E. H. R. Green comes from Texas. He's a son of Hetty Green, and he's big and broad and more than common tall. "Do you know.” he began, ‘T’ve been In politics Just six years, and I’ll say that CASTOR 5 A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought there isn't another profession under th blue canopy of heaven that has half th worry to it. You see, you not only hava to watch yourself, but you've got to watch all the other fellows, too—and It tires you out.” u Just then four other big Texans cams up to the massive Mr. Green, who mu*a proudly. "We've got nothing but big in our state.” ho said by way of explain ing the smile.’ "You see. Texas is such an all-fired big state that she has to hav a lot of big men or we can’t begin to mi it. And I think we fill It pretty satisfan. torily—eh, boys?" An the “boys” said they thought the* did; 9 Ocean Stsamsliio Ga -FOR- New Y ork, Boston * -AND THB EAST. Unsurpassed cabin accommodations. All the comforts of a modern hotel. Elecxrle lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets includ. meals and berths aboard ship. Passenger Fares iroin bavaaaaU. tr?iiOKK-FiRST LARIN. #- Filial CABIN ROUND TRIP, $32- to. TERMEDIATE CABIN, {ls. INTERME DIATE CABIN ROUND TRIP m STEERAGE, $lO ’ r , T ° BOSTON'FIRST CABIN. *22- FIRST CABIN ROUND TRIP $36 iv ?,m.™ DIATE CABIN. sl7; INTERMIX CTriD,cn BK ROUND TRIP, $28,30. STEERAGE, $11.75. The express steamships of this 11ns ars sal! from Sav annah. Central (90th) meridian time ss follows: SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK. NACOOCHEE, Capt. 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