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6 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. s ■_ 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. 1 e t 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.