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ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
KBWS A>'D VIEWS n GEORGIA.
FLORIDA AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
Cotton Dftraafffd in Saraltr-Work on
tke Ocmalfrf-Editor Fowler Still
.UlTf-Dig Florida Peach Orchard,
rental Facta From a flathtnh— Sni
rlde in Colombia—Pol I tlca in Sooth
Carolina—Talk About the Dry
Dock.
The Fort Valley fruit growers are get
ting up a car of peaches, which will be
abipped to Baltimore and sold for the ben
efit of the Georgia Industrial Home for
destitute children at Macon.
Vageries of Lightning.
Oconee Enteprplse: Mr. Reed waa go
ing to Athens the other day, and a clap
of thunder came just after he emerged
from under one of the covered bridges.
Ha wa* holding a steel-handled umbrel
la In his hand, and he said he felt a
current of electricity pass down the
handle The shook was not nufflcient to
affect him, though it. caused his horse
to shy.
A My Mery Solved.
Athens Banner The mystery of the
cistern under the Buckner compress is
aolved. The negro women living near the
compress were positive all along that the
nause of the disturbance was the body of
infant. They were much excited, and
groups of them gathered around the cis
tern as the city hands were engnged In
draining It off. At last the bottom was
reached. Sure enough the ghastly object
was there. It was a dog. Various theories
as to the manner in which the dog got
Ant© the well are being advanced. The most
popular one Is that the dog heard of the
muzsla law and committed suicide.
Did They Take Oat HJn Liver f
Moultrie Observer: Drs. Culpepper and
Wilson assisted Dr. L. M. Matthews In
a very important’surgical operation on the
person of a Mr. Larramore, out at Spivey s
•till, Tuesday. The young man had been
suffering for some time with liver trouble
and the operation was to remove the cause
of his long-continued illness. Though a
very critical Job, It was done very suc
cessfully by these skilled surgeons, and
the patient Is said to be much better,
though the physicians fear that his life
Is yet unsafe, as the treatment was, un
fortunately delayed too long.
Cotton Damaged in Hnmter.
Aroericus Times-Recorder: A well
poated cotton man told the Tlmes-Recor
der yesterday that the continued rains
were doing much damage to cdtton here,
In many fields, he says, patches of “blis
tered” cotton can be s a en. and this will
•carcely recover. Grass is growing lux
uriantly, and as the showers continue
the farmers can make but little headway
In getting rid of It. Owing to the scar
city of labor some fields have not yet
been chopped out the first time, and will
amount to nothing now’. Lice have also
Injured the growing plants to some ex
tent, but they will boon recover. No
other insects have appeared here.
Oomnlftfe I iiiprovrinen t*.
Macon Telegraph: The work of clean
ly out the channel of the Ocmulgee will
be commenced with renewed vigor on the
first of July, which is the beginning of the
next fiscal year The appropriation of
120.000 for the fiscal year ending June SO
ia just about exhausted, aid work has
been practically suspended for the past
week or two. The app.oprintlon set opart
out of the general appropriation of $135.-
000 for the coming fiscal year ItO.OOn,
just twice a much as was allowed for the
past year. President George Smith of
the Chamber of Commerce received a let
ter from Capt. Gillette stating that the
wqrk would be* commenced on Julv 1. and
pushed as rapidly a'* possible.
Pure Food in Georgln.
Columbus Bnquirer-Sun: If the Sum
ter county farmers do not accumulate
•omething for a rainy day. it will not he
because of the lack of the proper effort
on their part. Thr Americrus Times-Re
corder notes that * apple dumplings and
blackberry pie-s made of home raised flour
and aweeced with home-made sugar is
now a dish that grace* the tables of
many farmers here in Sunnier." This is
rot only good fool, but it is "pure food"
well. When the farmers of the coun
try generally adppt the economic methods
and practices noted above, then the conn,
try will bloom and blossom as the lose.
Farms must be self-sustaining to be
profitable in the true sense of the term.
There is no reason why every farm in j
Georgia should not be self-sustaining.
Fowler Sill Alive.
Editor Fowler, who was so seriously
•tabbed in the neck by his brother-in-law.
Bert SalTord, at Demorest. on
June 21, is still alive and slight
hopes are entertained for his recov
ery. The outer and inner veins on the
right side of his neck were completely sev
ered and in this condition he walked three
fourths of a mile to a doJtor's office, hold
ing his lacerated neck with his own hand.
He submitted to the dressing operation
without a murmur, and It is now hoped
that his extraordinary nerve and tenacity
will pull him through. Safford is in jail
awaiting the result, but it is conceded by
all who have seen him that he is insane.
He refuses to say anything but "yes" or
“no r ’ when questioned.
FLORIDA.
O. W. Slstrunk, a well-known farmer
living near Jasper, is a candidate for the
Legislature from Hamilton county.
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A Sirn Ginnery.
Live Oak Suwannee Democrat: A com
pany has been organised with Live Oak
and Savannah capital for the purpose of
putting In operation a cotton ginnery and
milling establishment on e somewhat ex
tensive scale. A lot In West End on the
Florida Central and Peninsular has been
purchased from Mr. T. J. Carroll upon
Which a three-story building to be used | n
the business will be erected In time for
next ginning season. ,
Prosperous Truck I nrinrr.
Leesburg Commercial: One of Leesburg's
most Industrious, hustling and successful
truck farmers Is Mr. J. J. Kennedy. For
nine month* he has been cultivating a
truck farm, of five acres In the subrbs of
the town from which he has realised the
•nug sum eft $1,600. He Is a practical,
hand-working farmer and owns good land
which he cultivates to best advantage He
owns a good home. Is out of debt and Is
contented. It la needless to say. Mr.
Kennedy is not looking for anew country
to move to. He Is satisfied with Leesburg
and Lake county.
Poeatble n Rain Maker.
Ocala Star: The crary Greek candy
maker got on another one of his crazy
sprees to-day and paraded the streets In
the rain, which was the hardest of the
season. For an hour he kept this up,
stopping frequently In the middle of the
street to look up at the rain, laugh nnd
make funny gestures. He was finally
locked up. Mayor Mullock is puzzled lo
know what to do with the fellow. It does
no good to fine him. He should be sent
to the asylum, or permanently to Jail, as
he Is a nuisance, and when drunk, Is dan
gerous.
Rasy Whipping Peaches.
DaLand, Volusia County Reoordt Mr.
A. C. Hyau who owns tha largest peach
A TEXAS WONDER.
Hall*a Great Dftacovery.
One email bottle of Hall’s Great Dl
tfcvery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, curea 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
acnall bottle is two months* treatment,
and will cure any case above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O.
Box 622, St. Louis. Mo. Send for teatl
moniala. Sold by all druggists and Solo
moos Cos., Savannah, Ga,
Bead This.
Covington, Ga., July 22, 1898.
This Is to certify that I have used Dr.
Mall’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.
orchard in Florida, has been about the
busiest man in the state during the past
week. The copious rains have cau.-ed the
fruit to ripen with unusual rapidity', and
he has been taxed to the utmost to get it
to the market. A visit to his poking
house reminds one of the old times when
the products of our innumerable orange
groves were being marketed. He has
about finished his fine crop of Waldos, and
will soon begin to send forward one of the
largest crops of the Angel variety that
has been raised in this vicinity.
Censna Fnrtn From n Tnh.
Tampa Tribune: One of the young men
who are calling upon the public for sta
tistics for the United States census, met
with an amusing incident a day or two
ago. in this city. Mis district was in Hyde
Park, and calling at the house, ho rang
the bell several times without obtaining
any response. As he was going out of the
yard, however, he noticed that the win
dows were opened, but screened, and as
he passed by one of them a feminine voice
oAlled: “Who’s there? What’s wanted?”
“I’m taking the United States census.” re
plied the < nume ator. l m taking a bat*
came the quick response of the unseen
voice. Somewhat disconcerted by the re
ply, the enumerator announced that he
would call again. “But can’t I answer
your questions from here?" continued the
bather. Finding that there were only two
in the family, the enumerator thought
that she could. So. sitting down on the
grass beneath the window, with the book
spread upon his knees for a table, he
asked the required questions through the
window, and received the answers and en
tered them upon his schedule. His ques
tions “Are you white or black?” “Male
or female?” were answered with a tone
that indicated without asking. But then
what could the poor fellow do? He
couldn’t see the fair respondent.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Gov. McSweeney has appointed the mem
bers of the state board of homeopathic
medical examiners, provided for by the
general assemfily at Its last session. The
appointees are as follows: Dr. B. H. Thur
man, Cheraw; Dr. J. A. Whlimnn, Charles
ton; Dr. George .Morgan Hursh. Columhia.
The commission will be forwarded to these
gentlemen at once.
Wliltman n Candidate.
•Mr. G. Walt Whitman has paid his };.O
and will join the gubernatorial race at
Sumter, nnd will, he says, be in the fight
to the finish. Mr. Whitman says he will
tight for the dispensary strictly enforced
after the idea of Mrs. Chapin, which is to
prohibit further sales to any one who g't
drunk on dispensary liquor. He Is as much
as ever opposed to state higher education,
but does not propose to make it an issue
in this campaign.
Candidates on the Dry l)ork.
-Beaufort Gazette: The candidates were
tfuiie ouispoken In their condemnation of
the removal of the dry dock. One urged
that we "Let them move hell if they want
want to, but don't let them move the drv
doek." Another said that if he had his
way the dry dock would have to bo carried
away in wheel barrows, if they wanted to
move It, and others spoke more serious
ly of the wrong that would be perpetrat.d
in the abandonment of so wonderful u
plant.
Mrs. Hughes nid Not Skip.
Mrs. Mattie Hughes, the woman who
has crea'ted so much notoriety and pub
licity by killing her husband at Greers
about two years ago, and who has since
been three times tried in Greenville on
charge of murder. Ims moved to Spartan
burg and engaged in business. She de
nies most emphatically the statement that
she skipped from Greenville to avoid
further prosecution, and says her bonds
men knew all about her movements.
The St. Mnttliewa ■Mill.
The Secretary of State issued a commis
sion to the St. Matthews Cotton Nslll
Wednesday. The corporators are W. T.
C. Bates, Philip Rich, F. J. Buyck, J. E.
Wannamaker, F. C. Cain, Sol. Weather
horn. T. H. Dreher and George W. Fair
ey, all of St. Matthews. It Is proposed to
complete the organization of the mill,
and get it In operations as soon as pos
sible. The capital sttjck will be SIOO,OOO.
Holding Them Down.
The Slate Executive Committee,
through Its officers, Is trying to keep
the County Executive Committees in the
straight and narrow path during the pres
ent state, district, circuit and county cam
paigns. The particular attention of the
county chairmen has been called by cir
cular to the antl-mudsllnglng resolution
of the State Committee, which the offi
cers say shrould be read at the opening
of each meeting.
Snletde In Cnlntnhtn.
Jacob L. Eargle, a well-known business
man of Columbia, took a pistol, put Its
muzzle to his left temple, pulled the trig
ger and sent a bullet clashing through
his skull Thursday morning. The bullet
failing to destroy consciousness, he tried
to get a razor and complete the Job of self,
destruction. Asa result of the Injury In
flicted he breathed his last Thursday af
ternoon and went on to his grave with
the usual public comments about a sui
cide. As to the latter he left no notes
or letters of explanation.
MeSweeney Isulng Gronnd.
Columbia Special to the Greenville News:
The first week of the campaign hae pass
ed and while It Is no Indication of the ul
timate result, it demonstrates plainly ttm
Gov. McSweeney Is losing ground. His
opponents attribute this io his platform,
claiming that the people are disgusted with
the dispensary system But while It is
plainly apparent that the Governor Is los
ing strength, the question Is, "Who is
the gainer through the disaffection of his
supporters?” At the Orangeburg meeting
Patterson was the favorite, while at St.
George's Col. Hoyt and Gary divided hon
ors, while at Charleston, which has always
been considered a McSweeney stronghold,
there was apparently no favorite. While
It Is evident that a majority of the voters
are opposed to the dispensary, it Is plainly
evident that they are unable to concen
trate their forces on one candidate, no one
having offered for the governorship who
meets the views of the antt-dlspensary fac
tion.
~VV. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Well Contractor.
OCALA, fla.
Azn prepared to drill wells up to any
depth We use first-class machinery, eda
do work on abort notion and guarantee
satisfaction.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1900,
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRI
CULTURIST AND HOI'SE/WIFE.
Cotton Seed Menl—Some Answers to
Inquiries—flow to lllenrh Celery.
The Lincoln lluk—Rain Kicesses in
Jane—Pocking I*en c lie si for Ship
ment.
B. F. M., Callahan: From one cense or
another cotton seed meal varies consider
ably in its contents of the three elements
of plan! food: Nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid. Of course the chief value
of the meal consists in its nitrogen (or
ammonia). A first-class quality of cotton
seed meal frequently shows nearly 10 per
cent, of ammonia, 2% p r r cent, of phos
phoric acid, and nearly 2 per cent, of pot
ash. But the average is considerably be
low this. The mills usually guarantee
7 or V/2 and sometimes 8 per cent, of am
monia, 2 per cent, of phosphoric acid, and
I per cent, of potash. It is rather an in
ferior quality of meal that analyzes only
6 per cent, of ammonia. The relative
commercial value ranges from sl6 to $2)
per ton. Cotton seed is very rarely
called for on bottom lands and it is waste
ful to apply it to such land by itself. It
will pay best on sandy uplands, but even
on that class of soil It is not true economy
to use it by itself.but should be mixed vith
mineral fertilizers like acid phosphate
and ashes of cotton seed hulls or some of
the potassic fertilizers—kainit or muriate
of potash.
For long-growing plants, such as occupy
the soil five or six months or longer It
should not be applied to the soil deeper
than an inch or two, and always broad
cast. but for root crops and most garden
vegetables it can be applied advantageous
ly in the furrows, mixing jt with the soil
to the depth of several Inches. For quick
growing vegetables like Irish potatoes,
cabbage, onions, celery and many others
we prefer to put it in the sdl about a
month before planting the crop so that
the meal can be rotting and thus be pre
pared to feed the crop p.omptly. Som -
times it is best to apply ha f of ihe quan
tity to be used in advance of planting and
then harrow in the other half shortly aft
er the crop is started.
For all practical purposes there is no
better fertilizer than a mixture of one
ton cotton seed meal, two tons of acd
phosphate ami one ton of kainit (or in
lieu of kainit, half ton of cot in seed hull
ashes). For market gardening uses a ton
of this mixture should be used per acre
For cotton, com or sweet potatoes*4oo to
500 pounds can be profitably used, if ap
plied properly.
IllenchinK Celery.
A lady inquirer asks as to the best
mode of bleaching celery where a few
hundred plants are grown for home use.
Our own experience is that old news
papers Is the handiest materia] for the
purpose. When the celery has attained
sufficient growth it is drawn compactly
together and encircled with paper enough
to protect the stalks from the sun. We
use the half of an ordinary daily paper.
After wrapping it about the plant, it can
be tied with a string so as to keep the
wind from tearing it open. The opera
tion of wrapping may seem tedious and
slow at first, but after a little practice
one will find that the work can be done
quite rapidly.
Another way of bleaching is to put pine
straw close up about the plant, after
drawing the leaves well together and ty
ing them w’ith spoot cotton and putting
some straw on top of the plant also. The
trench In which the plants are set need
not be deeper than two or three inches.
In fact, the White Plume and kindred
varieties can be grown entirely on the
level, as previously advised in this col
umn. The old plan of bleaching by
banking soil up against the plant is litrle
practiced now. It will not do in the Soufh.
at any rate, for it causes the plants to
rot.
Tlic Lincoln llml Insect.
“Subscriber:” The bug that you de
scribe as injuring your coliards and horse
radish is the well-known harlequin bug,
knoVn generally in the South as “Lin
coln" bug. It made its first appearance
in the South during the Civil War (*62-’0l).
hence the name. It is one of the most
?>ernioious inserts the Southern gardener
has to contend with, and if allowed to
have its way in the garden after a first
appearance, will soon destroy the cab
bage. coliards. turnips and horse-radish in
it. It appears that this bug is partial to
horse-radish, preferring it to the
vegetables. Several years ago, it wis
almost Impossible to grow late cabbage
and coliards in Middle Georgia, owing
to the insect. Where no precautions are
used, it Is quite possible It may be the
case again.
It Is not difficult to prevent the depre
dations of the Lincoln bug if prompt meas
ures are taken against it. Usually the
first brood is limited in number and may
be killed by hand whenever the crop is
hoed, but If it has been overlooked and
the second and third brood puts In an ap-
I>earance. poison will have to be resorted
to. Pyrethrum, or Persian Insect pow
der. which is not poisonous to man, can
be used to advantage wherever the insect
can be readily seen, as Is the case when
it appears on sfhall plants.
Kerosene emulsion is also effective if it
touches them. They ctonnot be destroyed
in the same manner that potato bugs are.
for this Lincoln bug does not eat the foli
age, but sucks the juice of the plant, caus
ing it to will and to die. Destroy oil the
eggs possible. These are readily detected.
They are deposited In two rows of six
each, usually and chiefly on the under
side of the leaf. These hatch in about
four days after being deposited.
Hnin Excessive In June.
Rain has been excessive throughout
Georgia during the second and third weeks
of June. In some localities very great
damage has been done to peaches and gar
den vegetables and in many instances to
cotton, It is claimed.
The excessive moisture has claused
thousands of bushels of peaches to rot.
No doubt much of the fruit shipped to
far-off markets will rot in transit. It may
np|>ear all right when packed and loaded
on the cars, but it will not require many
hours to generate decoy in fruit that had
been raired upon dally for a week or
more in the sultry weather of June. Ship
pers will have to use extra care in prepar
ing their fruit for shipping, else there Is
bound to be great loss and dlsapjiolntment.
• • Have any of our readers anything
to say against the “Sneed” variety of
peach? This peach, it appears, has been
very extensively planted in Middle Geor
gia and heavy shipments of them were
made from points on Ihe Southwestern
Railroad during the first week in June.
About Milledgevllle, Ga.. this peach was
in best condition for shipping about the
middle of June. We are not Informed as
to the reputation of the peach in North
ern markets, but from what we have seen
of it this season we take it that it is a
variety worth planting in fair proportion
in commercial orchards. The home orch
ard should certainly *bntain a goodly num
ber of the trees. We would be glad to
have any of our renders who are com
petent to speak of Its merits to send in
brief notes concerning it.
Some Fnrtn About the Hog;.
Hogs In herd are tremendously grega
rious. they feed and range nnd sleep in
gangs. Their leaf bedo are heaped to
gether an soon as the frost falls. The older
animal® begin the heaping mud the pigs
quickly fall in line, says the Indiana
Farmer. At first the mound is moderate,
but when cold or snow threatens it grown
as if by magic. Not only leaves, but low’,
bushy brush and straw'y s*dge are gnawed
off and carried in great mouthfuls to rein
force the bed. If twenty hogs are to sleep
in it, it will be breast high to a man be
fore the accumulation c*ase. Th* n as soon
as feeding is over the hogs m ike a dash
for it, burrow’ under and bury them
selves, head and ears, in its depths. They
lie any fashion, indeed,
whch brings them as close together ns
possible. As the cold increases in tlie
night, those upon the outer edge push un
der and between their sleeping maiei,
thus rousing them to squeal discontent.
A suckling sow makes ner own bed and
drives aw.iy from it everything excent
her pigs. She heaps it conically, gets upon
top, works herself half way down in it,
then whirls around ami- around, until she
has hollowed for herself and her piggies
a snug nest. After she lies down in it, with
her pigs strung along her side, she rises
upon her forelegs and with her snout flirts
the bed-stuff oil over her litter.
Upon a bitter day the hogs do not leave
the bed. Hogs of every sort indeed lie
asleep through the cold unless driven out
by hunger.
Sight of a vicious or even a teasing dog.
no doubt, brings back to the herd hog ihe
memory of the time when his forbears
fought off wolves. For h<* adopts the same
method of defense—forms a ring with hi*
stronger companions, inside of which tne
weaker are sheltered. The ring faces out,
bristling nnd uttering its gutterol war cry.
if the k>g leaps at it it swiftly becomes a
longish oval, reaching out to meet and
rend him.
No other animal has been more modified
by civilization and none reverts more
quickly to the original wild state.
generations of running wild suffice to turn
the smooth, round, tfihort-pnouted Berk
shire. all meat, olmost no feet, into the
razor-back or hazel-splitter, thin. lank,
leggy. lop-<eared, sharp-snouted, an Ish
mael In bristles, running like deer, if run
ning be |>ossible. fighting as only a w’id
hog can fight when battle is Imperative.
The tusks which have been half obliterated
in the ptocesa of civilization get back size
at.d strength. At a year old they are for
midable. at two murderous, at three or
five more deadly' than a sword. They af
ford a certain Index of age up to six yearn,
but are commonly broken in fights long
before that time. Wild boars are very Ill
tempered and when worsted in fighting
often revenge themselves by ripping the
bark from trees as high as they can
reach.
I’ncklng PcnclieM for Shipment.
Many peach growers, in the hurry of
shipping, forget that the appearance and
condition of fruit sell if, says Prof. May
nard of Maryland. We assort at the pack
ing-house by' hand, for no machinery so
far invented can equal the* deft hand of
a skillful woman. Whiie we usually say
that we make three grades, we actually
make four, the first being the extra large.
Perfect, high-colored fruit. There is never
much that can be put into this extra*
grade. We ship this fruit as well as the
second grade in the six-basket carriers,
and we mark this with a large star, and
in the star stamp Al, putting a label on
every package. Our second grade has the
laix l with the firm name, with our guar
antee of honest packing and the name of
the variety and often the descriptive word
white or “yellow.” We th-n find tome
yoo i r< iaide commission man and ship
only one grade of fruit to one man.
W hen we have found a commission man
who suits us we never abandon him un
less for good cause, and wc ship him all
■he fr i w* have> of the grade he is
handling. Of course we sometimes find it
necessarv to snip to different markets.
The six-basket e&rrier is the best pack
'so for good fruit, because it i? hanclsome,
exhihPs the fruit to the greatest advan
tage. is convenient to handle and trnns
l>orr and finds favor in every market,
i-or low grades we use a handle basket
' • !■- tei or twenty poun Is. The ripe
unit package is more remunerative than
any other for the small quantity of fruit
that can be shipped in this way.
A few things are necessary. Honest
pa* king first. To put, small. |>oor peach
es in a package that shows a fair exte
rior is suicidal. But careless grading is
'lmos equally so. nnd will neutralize ev
erything else that you have done to make
your business a success. Each grade
should he as nearty uniform as po.-sibl* .
: ' e P*<kae - oukl DO fnU, so I,:.it When
the cover is ot.. the fruit cannot be jostled
around and bruised. This spoils all. The
fruit, in pa /kage and arrangement, should
be made just as attractive as it can possi
bly be done, a perfect picture in appear
un* e But ihe;e muse be no deception, no
fair outside and poor within, but good ail
through, and the result will be satisfac
tory. if you do not make the fatal mis
take of selecting a dishonest commission
merchant.
Danger in the Crimson Clover.
M. G. Kains: Asa cover or catch crop
crimson clover Is justly popular with the
orchards that tries to keep his ground
properly protected during the winter and
to save available plant focal in the soil.
1 nder proper management—that Is plow
ed under in early spying or fed to stock
before blossoming—no trouble need be ex
pected from Its use. But if permitted to
produce seed and the straw then fed to
horses, there is considerable danger to
the animal s health. The minute hairs
of the flower head, though soft before
seed production, become lumped togither
in the animal s stomach and intestines
and set up inflammation, which, unless
relieved by the removal of the obstruc
tion, may result In mortification and
death.
The writer has seen some of these hair
balls that were five inches in diameter
To save an animal with such an obstruc
tion In his Intestines is well-nigh impos
sible by means ordinarily at hand upon
the farm or in its vicinity.
The hairs are usually about an eighth
of an inch long and provided with lit tie
barbs which In mature hairs are stiff
When Immature the barbs and hairs are
pliable and do not congregate In masses.
Hence it is important that when plans
me made to feed crimson clover the crop
should be cut prior to full blossoming
and when seed is the object the straw
should be used for other purposes than for
feeding. The practice of feeding the
*>raw after thrashing is murderous, since
the hairs are then at their very stlffcst
hence most likely to form balls.
The writer recently passed through
Maryland olid Delaware, where crimson
clover Is grown very extensively, and
found that the farmers suffer loss of their
horses in Jltst about the proportion that
they employ crimson clover that has ma
tured seed. Some cases that were seen
revealed the most Intense suffering, ami
could not be relieved by even tbe best
veterinarians in the vicinity. The pro
portion of recoveries Is very small.
Feeding Value of Sorghum.
Prof. R. W. Thatcher: Chemical anal
yses show that the feeding value of sor
ghum is greatest when the plant Is young.
When two feet high it contains three
times as much nitrogenous matter, twice
as much fats, and only two-thirds as
much liber or woody material as It does
when It has attained its growth and form
ed seeds. Young sorghum la an almost
perfect stock food, since It contains flesh
forming materials and fat-forming mate
rials In the ratio of one to seven. When
nearly mature this ratio Is one to twenty
three. the fat-forming materials being
very excessive. Therefore the crop should
be used for pasturage a. ieist tefore the
seeds form. It would be profitable to be
gin to pasture the sorghum when It Is not
more than two feet high, since the stalks
first eaten off will usually produce a sec
ond growth of young cane, which wdl bal
ance the Increasing fat-forming proper
ties of the other crop.
Young sorghum Is a very succulent food
It contains about U per cent, of water, or
THE JOYS OF
VIGOROUS MANHOOD.
Antoantflag Sucre** of Dr. Hathaway in
Restoring the shattered Nerve* of .Men
to Their Original Healthy Condition.
Ills Treatment* for Other Weak
ueeae* of Men
Dr. Hathaway’s treatment for that terri
ble condition of mental and bodily weak
ness. brought about by youthful igno
t ranee and folly,
or by excesses
ers. It is not.
as most others
stimulant which
leaves the poor,
deluded patient
ment cures; it
J. Newton Hatha way,M D acts on every
The longest established weakened por-
Specialist in the bouth. tion of the
body. It builds
up nerve. tissue nnd muscular
strength, and revitalizes the whole body.
The hitherto miserable victim becomes
fitted for a husband and a father.
This is what Dr. Hathaway’s treatment
does, and it does it invariably in every
case, never mind how serious the condi
tion of the patient.
Dr. Hathaway also treats, with the
same guarantee of success. Varicocele
without operation. Stricture (by a pain
less home treatment). Specific Blood Pois
oning and other chronic diseases of men,
including all Urinary and Sexual disor
ders.
Absolutely private nnd confidential con
sultation without any cost can be had
in Dr. Hathaway’s office. If you live out
of town, or cannot for any reason visit the
office, he will send you free his latest
book and self-examination blanks.
J. XEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.,
Dr. Hit tlia wny A Cos.,
25A Bryan strict, Savannah, Ga.
Office Hours—9 to 12 iri.; 2 to 5 and 7 to 9
p. m. Sundays, 10 a. m to 1 p. m.
only 15 per cent, of dry matter. Over 15)
pounds i>er day of the green fodder would
be required to furnish suffkknt food for
growing cattle or milch cows of l.uO)
pounds weight. The best results are ob
tained by using some dry feed along with
sorghum pasturage.
As compared with forage plants which
are available for late summer pastuiage
young sorghum is somewhat deficient in
flesh-forming material,containing less chan
bluegrass or bromus ineimis, about the
same as timothy, and a little more than
Indian corn.
Sorghum should be cut for fedder at as
early a stage as it cun be well cured.
Analyses show that after the period of
flowering the sorghum stalk rapidly be
comes more fibrous or woody and the pro-
I>oriion of the mote valuable fcod princi
ples is correspondingly decreased. Sor
ghum fodder dees not possess any great
feeding value. Even if cut while heading
out it will have' a somewhat smaller
amount of fiesh-forming material than
most hay crops and less than corn fod
der. but more than straw of the mall
grains. The fondness live mock have for
this fodder is doubtless due to the suga--s
(probably chiefly glucose) which it con
tains. its relatively high percentage of
heat and energy producing material*
makes it especially adaptable for cold
weather feeding.
Rllf&ht.
Blight is the most dreaded of all the
citrus diseases in Florida, says a bulletin
of the Florida Experiment Station. When
it was first noticed it is not definitely
known, but it has been a source of trou
ble In the orange groves for a number of
years. Many of the groves in which it
once worked havoc have disappeared, hav
ing been frozen out. Previous to 1595, it
became so prevalent that it threatened to
tally to destroy the citrus industry in cer
tain districts, and. at the urgent request
of the State Horticultural Society, agents
were sent to Florida by the agricultural
department. Prof. L. M. Underwood made
a trip through the state in order to find
what were the chief questions to be inves
tigated. In 1891 Dr. Erwin F. Smith stud
ied the disease for some time, and later
Profs. Webster and Swingle were satiem
ed in the section where blight was prev
alent.
Though many of the affected groves
were cut off in Ihe great freeze, still it is
to be found in the state, blighted trees
having recently been found in three differ
ent localities. Thus far in no one of them
had it caused any serious damage, but its
further effects are to be feared, because
so far as known it is incurable.
B ighted trees appear as though suf
fering from drought, or in a manner sim
ilar to ones recently set out. The leaves
wilt and droop and finally drop off. In
some cases the disease works very rapid
ly, in others It progress is decidedly slow.
It often manifests itself on a single branch
and from that gradually spreads over the
whole tree. Trees affected in this way live
for a considerable length of time. On the
other hand, it may ad very rapidly; for
instance, on one tree the disease com
menced in a definite area on one side of
the top and quickly spread both ways
round the head, meeting on the opposite
side. The tree in this case quickly suc
cumbed. Usually, however, new shoots
are put out. which grow well for a time,
but later yield to the disease.
Up to this time the cause of blight re
mains unknown. It appears among the
old bearing trees, which arc well cared
for In every way, and which, up to the
time of attack, are apparently in perfect
health; therefore it cannot be assigned to
any external cause.
Remedies—The key to the successful
treatment of any plant disorder is to know
the cause and nature of the ailment. This
has not yet been found. Furthermore, my
observations have gone to confirm those
of others, that the disease is likely to
spread from one tree to another. Trees
once affected, rarely, if ever, survive, and
the best treatment is to dig out and burn
the affected ones and pluce others in their
stead. This is the most economical plan
as well, because affected trees never re
pay the time and trouble taken with them.
In l’ralne of Grass,
Next In Importance to the divine pro
fusion of water, light and air, thosj
three great physical facts which render
existence possible, may be reckoned the
universal beneficence of grass, writes ex-
Senator Ingalls. Exaggerated by tropi
cal heats and vapors to the gigantic cane
congested with Its saccharine secretion,
or dwarfed by polar rigors to the fibrous
hair of Northern solitudes, embracing be
tween these extremes the maize with Its
resolute pennons, the rice plant of South
ern swamps, the wheat, rye, barley, oats
and other cereals, no less than the hum
bler verdure of hillside, pasture and
prairie and In the temperate zone, grass
Is the most widely distributed of all vege
table beings, and Is at once the type of
our life and emblem of our mortality.
Lying in the sunshine among the butter
cups and the dandelions of May, scarcely
higher In intelligence than the minute
tenants of that mimic wilderness, our
earliest recollections are of grass; and
when the fitful fever Is ended, and the
foolish, wrangle of the market and the
forum la closed, grass heals over the sear
which our descent into the bosom of the
earth has made, and the carpet of the In
fant becomes the blanket of the dead.
As he reflected upon the brevity of hu
man life, grass has been the favorite sym
bol of the moralist, the chosen theme of
the philosopher. "AH flesh Is grass."
said the prophet; "My days are as the
grass,” sighed the troubled patriarch; and
ihe pensive Nebuchadnezzar, In hlz peni
tential mood, exceeded even these, and,
C'JfijHft,
- : M Movable Fins,
■ ‘ , I \\ made to catch each
:It V point on the cur
fa.-VT- ~ -nt 1 Miain.
STRAW MATTINGS.
We have put on sale all remnants, and will sell same at less than coat for
cash only. Our regular line has had 200 rolls added to it.
Awnings and Mosquito Nets
Should be what you want just now. *
Iron Beds and Perfection Mattresses
Are a great specialty with us.
Read’s Odorless Refrigerators
Are what the name Implies. The only one that you can get a written
guarantee with.
Baby Carriages and Go-Carts
In a very large variety, SI.OO and up.
The Puritan Blue Flame Stove,
As advertised by the Standard < MI Company, i* on sale at our 6tore, and It
is a dandy. Come and see it and you will buy iu
) This woman is a picture of per
f? . Sect h-*ilth. Her existence ia
5 not made miserable by Shattorefl
•' Nerves, Wasting Irregularities,
Dyspepsia, the Blues, or any of
*!- sgr! the manifold derangements
(;'■ caused by weak or impure blood.
Jgf' J3&L \\S She is full of life and ambition.
f Bhe Is handsome. She la happy.
Jto LjnßjaujnfffiL blood coursing through her
M ‘ reins maintains her magnificent
JR ‘ V ik’Vl womanhood, warding off the In*
Ba w'aa 1 er numerable diseases to which a
ip|' ) 1 j * weaker woman would be suacep-
IWPC . Miss Alice Hastings,
fW, a,,Nv sbe was suffering a!'
| 7* tbc torture of a
Sjjlkk.-. Ny xLvv jfit rible case of scroftiU,
W wj&\ and no relief could be
%' £*||\ obtained until P. P.
T 4 rirrnian’s Great Rent-
MK: • msSjak edy, was tried ; the re
r was a complete
' Tg) cure.
Pf| Ph (UPFMAN’S GREAT REMEDY) is the Ideal medl-
Y* cine for women. Its use insures health and the aub
■ I B I 3 Stantial attractiveness which health alone can be
stow. P. P. P. is the greatest Blood Purifier known to
B -dical science, curing all Scrofulous Affections, Dyspepsia, Rheuma
tism, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Malaria and Nervous Derangements.
•P.P.P. is Bold by all druggists. $i a bottle; six bottles, $5. j
■ BROTHERS. 'LL ;; Savannah. Go*!
FIRE PROOF SAFES.
We carry the only line of Fire Proof Safes that are
for sale in the State. \Y e have a stock of all sizes and
a visit to our establishment is cordially invited. To be
prepared in time of peace is our motto. Get a good
Fire Proof Sale and vou will never regret the invest
ment. Do not buy a second-hand safe unless vou know it
has never been in a fire. We will sell you Iron Safes as
low as the factory will, with freight added.
LI PPM AN BROTHERS,
W holesale Druggists and Wholesale Agents
I ire Proof Safes.
as the sacred historian informs us, did
eat grass like an ox.
Grass Is the forgiveness of nature—her
constant benediction. FieMs trampled
with battle, saturated with blood, lorn
with the ruts of cannon, grow green again
with grass, and carnage is forgo/ten.
Streets abandoned by traffic become grass
grown like rural lanes, and are obliterat
ed. Forests decay, harvests perish, flow
ers vanish, but grass Is Immortal. Be
leaguered by the sullen hosts of winter,
it withdraws Into the impregnable fort
ress of its subterranean vitality, and
emerges upon the first solicitation of
spring. Sown by the winds, by wander
ing birds, propagated by the subtle hor
ticulture of the elements which arc ils
ministers and servants, it softens the rude
outline of the world, its tenacious fibers
hold the earth in its place and prevent
Its soluble component from washing into
the wasting sea. It invades the solitude
of deserts, clithbs the inaccessible slopes
and forbidding pinnacles of mountains,
modifies climates and determines the his
tory. .character and destiny of nations.
Unobtrusive and patient, it has Immortal
vigor and aggression. Banished from the
thoroughfare and the field, it bides Its
time to return, and when vigilance Is
relaxed, or the dvrtasty has perished, it
silently resumes the throne from which
It has been expelled, hut which it never
abdicates. It bears no blazonry of bloom
to charm the senses with fragrance and
splendor, but lls homely hue Is more en
chanting than the lily or the rose. It
yields no fruit In earth or air and yet
should lls harvest fall for a single year,
famine would depopulate the world.
A Good Living 'From Five Acres.
A clear profit of $(194.01 from five acres
was made last year by B. S. Remhnugh
of Pettis county, Missouri, a contestant
in American Agriculturist's great gar
den contest and winner of S. L. Allen &
Co.’s special first prize for the most
profitable results where Planet, Jr., tools
were used. Mr. Remhaugh had a small
mnrkct garden on a plot .of only five
acres on which to make a living. The
land Is naturally poor nnd was In sod
two years ago. Fertilizer could not be
purchased, owing to lack of capital, hut
sixty loads of manure were obtained l ist
year, and this scant supply, with Irriga
tion and elbow grease, mndc possible a
fair yield. A good local mnrkct in a
neighboring city of 20,000 Inhabitants took
most of the produce raised, although at
times the market was glutted and much
had lo be thrown away. Mr. Rembaugh
truthfully remarks: “There is nothing
like thorough cultivation and an abund
ant water supply In case of dry weather
for making a beautiful garden. It Is use
less to garden for profit unless you have
a large supply of fertilizers nnd n suffi
ciently large market to take your pro
duce."
He began the gardening operations late
In January by sowing tomato seed In shal
low boxes In the house. Early In March
two cold frames were sown to radish,
and others wera planted March 25 with
radish, beets and lettuce. A hotbed.
<x!6 feet, was planted to cucumbers Aprii
being filled with sods cut five incheg
square. On each sod five seeds wera
planted and covered with a little soil.
.S' 'me muskmelons were planted In the
:t ! ' •r. The first planting In tha
open ground was April 15, when one bush
el l • is, three pounds spinach, five pound
polish, on pound onions, one-half pound
turnip and one-half pound celery seed
were sown. The first tomato plants wera
set May ‘ by digging a hoie nine inches
deep and putting In the bottom a shovel
ful o’ mixed soil and manure. Water
was poured in the hole before setting
plums. The ground for cucumber*
ami melons was laid off in furrows nine
inches deep I v going four limes with tha
I met. Jr., cultivator with teeth set close
together. A shovelful of compost was
put in the furrow every three and one
milf feet, and en i his a hlocß of sod from
liie hotbed with tile plants was set The
melons were set six feet each way] The
manure and soil from a mushroom bed
w, s well mixed nnd spread In the bot
tom of furrows marked out for potatoes
Hows of celery were laid off three and
one-half feet apart and six inches deep.
In the bottom was put a good dressing
ot coir post i.l manure before setting the
plants, wni u were set six inches apart*
Notice. • *
solicit articles for this deparlment.
Ice mini, ot the writer should accotn
hlT?■ 1 ' fitter or article, not necessarily
for publication, but as an evidence of
good faith.
Qu sti ns and communications relative
t i a : i ntltural and horticultural subjects
II " 1 ' ■ 1 * -'d lo Agrt. Editor, Drawer N,
• v I! ‘ ' iiit , fin , will r e ive immediate
ut:i ntion.
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Rhine and Moselle Mines.
The fire French wines In bottles are Im
ported direct from the well known house
of Everest, Dupont & Cos., Bordeaux, •
France, by Lippman Bros.' of this city.
Ltppman Bros, desire 'lo call attention to
the tit. Julien brand of claret wine, which
Is very tine, but quite low-priced.
Their Chauteau Leoville is known as on*
of the finest claret wines imported to tb*
United States.
Lippman Bros.’ importations o{ Rhine
wines are certainly worth the attention
of connoisseurs. They arc from the cele
brated wine grower Martin Deutx of
Frank fort-on-the-Moln, Germany.
His lfoiienheim Rhine wine is very nlc*
and delicious, but low price.
His Marcobrunner Cabinet, from select
ed grapes, is well worth the attention of
the finest Judges of Rhine wine In the city.
His Yohannlzburgor Cabinet Is very deli
cate and rare, nnd is perfection of win*
and the finest of all.—ad.
lluskiilonge,
fi he king of fresh water fishes, may be
found In large numbers In many of tha
lakes in Northern Wisconsin reached by -
the Wisconsin Central Railway, and royal
t ixirt is assured the average angler. M*ny
olhir varieties of fishes ate also plentiful.
For Illustrated booklets address Jaa. C.
Bond, general passenger agent, MUwxu
kee, I\ Is.—ad.