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6 A TEXAS WONDER. ISnll'M Great Discovery. Orw email bottle of Hails Great Dis covery cures all kidney and bladder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, sem.ral emissions, weak and lame back®, rheumatism and all irregularities of tbs kidneys and bladder in both men and women, regulates bladder troubles in chil dren. If not sold by your druggist will be sent by mail or. receipt of SI. One email bottle is two months’ treatment, and will cure any case above mentioned. Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O. Box G 25, St. Louis. Mo. Send for testi monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo mons CCi, Savannah. Ga. Read This. Covington, Go.. July 23, I£>s. This i to certify that I have used Dr Ilali's Great Dis avery for Rheumatism. Kidney and Bladdt-i Troubles, arid will say it Is far tu,* nor to anything 1 have ever used for the above complaint. Very respectfully, H. I. HORTON. Ex-Marshal. THE NEWS OF THREE STATES. HAPPENING* IN GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOI Til < \ROLIN \. John D. I.i 11 1* Examined for Hi* Comminute li—At* tv Nrgro Military Company for >9ncon—Ncrto \r r**t*d for \ **n u 11— .lack *on %ii I♦* Organizing for ilir State Capital Fi gilt—Tain pa ** Police Force to He InereriHcd—l*olitlee* in South ( aro ll n a. Negroes of Macon are forming anew military company, to be called the Mc- Kinley Rifles. Examined for u Commission. Hon. John D. Kittle of Muscogee, speak- j er of the la?t Hou.-t 1 of R- ir ntativos, was in Atlanta Saturday for the purpose of standing the examination for major of the Fourth Georgia It* -iment. to which office he was eiefcted several weeks ago. ! Candler Presided. The Gainesville District Conference re- j eumed Its exercises at Buford Friday morning with Bishop Candhr in the chair. j The religious services were conducted by j the Bishop, using the tirst chapter of Ephesians. H<* made it the basis of a strong. earnest and spiritual exhortation to preachers. Upon i<s completion the whole conference was in a glow of reli gious fervor and the work of the day be gan under the most favorable circum stances. Arreitfd for Assault. Reuben Jackson, colored, of Sanders viile, was arrested and confined in jail Thursday charged with assaulting the 17- year-old daughter of H. T. Eubanks on last Saturday night. Upon seeing the man pa>s Mrs. Eubanks declare! him to be the one v\ho entered the bedroom and promptly had the arrest made. She say s that there was a bright light burning in the room ut the lime, and that she recog nized the features and face fully and knows the man arrested to be the guilty party. Social Clal tor Griffin. The members of the Commercial Club met Friday at Griffin for the purpose of final organization. The home of the club will be the entire second story of the Mer chants' and Planters Bank building, which will be immediately put in proper shape for this purpose. The following officers were elected without op;K>sitlon: Presi dent, YV. J. Kincaid; vice president, Doug las Glessner; secretary and treasurer, W. H. Newton; governing board, YV. J. Kin caid, Douglas Glessner, YV. H. Newton, J. W. Maugham. T. J. Brooks, D. J Bailey and R. H. Drake. The board was instructed to limit the list of charter member to one hundred, or to dose the list with less if they deem it advisable. FLORIDA^ The Executive Committee of the Capital -Rrmovn 1 Association r.r Jacksonville met Saturday and discussed the modes of op eration for the campaign. Most of the work done was tht matter of organizing throughout the state. B. F. Dillon, Frank Clark and C. B. Rogo.s were appointed .1 committee to draw ui> rules and regula tions to govern the committee. A compe tent stenographer has been employed. New Key West Church. The Southern Dumber and Supply Com pany of Tampa has just completed its con tract for church furniture for the \u w church at Key West. The furniture turn ed out by the company’s shops is now be ing loaded on the hooner Kittle liorr, at the company’s wharves and will be dispatched to Key West at once. Vigorous ( nmpaign. Hon. Frank Clark, vfoairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, eoy the campaign in Florida will be vig orous. and the Democratic majorities all the counties will‘be largely increased. “I am proud,” he said, Tf the members of the committee, end win get the hearty co-operation of them all. We intend to make a thorough and systematic canvass of the stat*-. and our best orators will ad dress the peoplt all over Florida.” Kxtrn Policemen. Mr. Greeson of the Tampa Police Com mit rae. stated at a r*<cnt Council meet ing that a plan was under advisement be tween the committee and the chief for the Increase of the force of patrolmen. The object was to reduce the watch of the men from twelve to eight hours, mak ing three reliefs n twenty-four hours, in stead of two as at present. Mr. Greeson said the committee had figured on the subject, and found that the addition of five patrolmen would do the work. He said that the extra duty would probably pay the extra expens* >. YV . K. Gilbert n Suicide. W. A. Gilbert, a well-known of Jacksonville, took an overdose of morphine with suicidal intent, and died Saturday ut ernoon at 2 o’clock. Friends of the unfortunate man found him in his room. In the Mayer & Muller block, on East Bay street, in an unconscious condition. Dr. Ralph E. Smith was summoned, but the and adly drug had taken effect. Gilbert tried last month to kill himself, but was unsuccessful, using the same means. He had recently told several of his friends that he intended to destroy himself, us life was not worth living. SOUTH'CAROLINA. Florence Times: The Times* heartily congratulates the Governor on the addi tion of another von r, and we doubt not a good citizen, to his family. The young man born in the mansion the other night started off as from a position of advan tage, and we doubt not that he will pursue that advantage and moke the most of it. Cutup nt Camden. Copt. Kirkland of Columbia of the Vol unteers will go to Camden to-morrow to complete all arrangements for the com pany’s encampment to be held there com mencing on Aug. 6. The company will go tu least forty strong and they are look ing forward to u "hot time" in Camden. The encampment will be under strict mil- j |tary discipline and it has been arranged pith Adjt. Gen. Floyd (or the annual in- j spection of the company to take place dur ing the encampment. Spartanburg Loti. Probably one of the largest real c.-t.ite . transactions that has yet taken place in Spartanburg occurred Thursday—the sale of the William Smith property, by J. (V. Alexander. Thirty oullding lots in the su burbs we re Swld at auction. They broought from s!s*> .o $5„3 each. The lots averaged t? foot front arid from 150 to U **t devp. ; The average price was over $£M) each. \ttempttd Suicide. Saturday morning a white man giving his name as C. C. T. Enlow was before the Mayor at Columbia on the charge of attempting suicide. He claimed to lo *. Baltimorean, and was arrested by Officer Hughson. His infatuation for a woman of bad character is said to have caused him to put a pistol o his breas and to puli the trigger. Only a flesh wound resulfc i. A ting Mayor Stanley fined th< man S2O. which he paid. He was then released and, nothing more has been heard iioin him. State Puli tie*. The state campaign* !' talk*d before a fine audience at Marion Friday. There is m organized prohibition movement there and Hoyt will carry the county. He re ceived an ovation at Florence Friday night. Gen. Floyd and Mr. House have dt lared a truce until Aug. 1. The abs n tees from Marion w.-re Etheridge, McMa han. Bellinger. Moor.- and Rouse. Mr. Ta pers rn .de his accustomed (speech. Maj. Barney Evans and Commissioner VV. D. Evans be ame tangled up. \V. D. Evans said fha. no honorable gentleman would do as Maj. Barney Evans does. The lat t r resented it. bui W. D. Evans refused to notice him. Barney Evans said he would “scl* him later.” Messrs. Jennings and Timmerman made their usual speeches. J. Monroe Johnson of Charles ton bus at) opponent for solicitor —Senator George W. Brown of Darlington. Gov. McSwcency was cordially received. Col. Hoyt made his best speech. There were none of ihe usual interruptions*. Kpc iker Gary was pleasantly received. Mr. Pat terson closed amid cheers for Hoyt. Pat terson is trying to mak*- political capital out of a personal attack on the editor of the Siat*- and is the only cand.datc draw ing partisan lines. There was a deplorable I* i serial spat between Tillman an J Div ings ton. THE PA I \ LESS\ESS OF HE ATH. T<**t iinonx of \|<*n Who Have Been on Km- Brink. From “The Gospel According to Darwin,” by Dr. Woods Hutchinson. There need be no shrinking dread of the “pangs of dissolution," the “final agony,” for such thincs have little existence, save in disordered imaginations. Ask any phy sician whose head is silvered over with gray, and he will t*d! you that while dis ease is often painful, death itself is gen tle. painless, natural, like the fading of i flower or the lulling of a leaf. It is literally true that there is a dime to die us well as -to live, and when that time comes the event become not only tolera ble, but, like all other natural processes, desirable; every fiber of our tired, worn out bring commands It. - The overwhelming majority of such rec ords of authentic “last words” as we pos sess re-echo the saying of Charles 11, on his deathbed: “If this be dying, nothing could be easier." Even in such an ex'reme ease nr death under the fangs of wilds beasts, all thtiso who have gone very near the Valley of the Shadow from this cause unite in testifying, incredible as it may seem, that after the first shock of the Attack there is absolutely no sensation of pain. For instance, Livingstone, upon one oc casion, was pounced upon by a lion, which felled him to the ground; and, making his teeth meet in his shoulder, dragged him a considerable distance into the jun gle before his followers could come io bis assistance. Livingstone assc its most pos itively that he was perfectly conscious of what was happening \vh< n he was be ing carried, could hear the cries of his friends, and wondered how long it would take them to reach him, but that he felt no pain or fear whatever, mulling but a strange, drowsy, dreamy sensation. And yet hts shoulder was so severely Injured that he never fully recovered the use of it, and his body was identified after death by the scars. Sir Samuel Baker reports a similar ex perience with a hear which he had wound ed. The great brute felled him by a stunning blow from its p w. and he was aroused to consciousness by its crunch ing the bones of his hand; it continued the process up his arm, and had almost reached the shoulder before the rescuing party could reach him, and vet Sir Sam uel declares that he felt no pain what ever and that his only sensation was one of intense resentment against the beast for seeming to enjoy the taste of him so much. Nor are these by any moans ex ceptional instances, as many other such reports could be collected, and it is al most an axiom with surgeons that the severer rhe* Injury the less the pain. Many a man has received his death-wound and never known it until his strength began , to foil. THE JOYS OF VIGOROUS MANHOOD. Astounding Sucre** of Ur. Hathaway In Restoring the Shattered Nerve* of Men to Their Original Healthy Condition. iiiN Treatments for Other Weak nesses of Men Dr. Hat ha way’s treatment for that terri ble condition of mental and bodily weak ness, brought about by youthful i*no ranee arid folly. or by excesses M in later life, is By ’ unlike all oth- A ' rs - 1* ls 10: ' SjFlPfti, ’V;' i ~s mo '’ Ot herß .•J stimuhnu which acts for u few delude.* |*atient in worse condi a lion than le. f • “ 4 . fore. l)r. Halh *v , 1 1 aw ay’s treat- ment cures; It J.Newton Hathaway.M.D. acts on eveiy The Longest Established weakened por- Specialist in the South, lion of the body. It builds up nerve, tissue ond muscular strength, and revitalizes the whole body. The hitherto miserable victim becomes fitted for a husband and a lather. This is what Dr. Hathaway's treatment docs, 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, fitrl* tore (by n pain less home treatment), Si* rifle Blood Pol - onlng and other chronic diseases of men, Including all Urinary and Sexual di or ders. Absolutely private and confidential con sultation without tny cost can h* had in Dr. Hathaway's office, if you live out of town, or cannot for any reason visit the office, he wifi send you free his latest book and self-examination blanks. J. NEWTON II Aft’ll A WAY, M. I). f Hr. Ilutliu** n> A Cos., 26A Bryan slnet. Savannah, On. Office Hours—9 to 12 m.; 2 to 5 and 7 o 9 p. m. Sunday*. 10 a. in to 1 p. m YV. F. HAMILTON, Artesian W eil Contractor, OCALA, FLA. Am prepared to drill wells up to any depth. We use first-class machinery, can do work ort short notice and guarantee satisfaction. THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 10, lflOO. THE FARM AND THE GARDEN. MATTERS OF IN I BREST TO AGRI- I ( I.TI RIVT \ND HOI SEW IFE. Cheap Meat—Tl* Fad of the Hour. Food for riant*—The Abundance riuin—\A i*taria Vine*-Second Crop Irish Potatoes—< uring Cow Pea*. <• rn;*■* in the Sleuth—C arrot* for Hornes. will soon be time to renew much of the work of the garden. To the extent that foil gjr hn may be made in the South it is worth more than the early garden of spring or summer. It is true we cannot grow a very great variety or include in i the choicer and more tender vegetables that grow in the summer gar den, but we can grow quite a number of things thar give variety to the winter bill of fare and reduce the green grocer's u-'- count considerably. There is little gained by attempting rowings during this month but it should be utilized fully in getting the soil in good shape for sowings that should begin early in August. Rutabagas— Should he sotvn during the first week in August. If the land Is in proper condition and the rains opportune this sowing con >e made during the last week of July. The same may be said of rough turnips. Below the 33d degree of latitude, however, the rough or Eng lish turnip can l>e tsown to advantage as late a- September* but it is well to sow early if the season* are suitable. Tomatoes—lt is nor too late to soiv seeds of the Dwarf Champion tomato even now to produce a crop of fruit fluring Sep tember an 1 October. As stated before this late crop is more salable nowadays tnan the summer crop. If plants can be made ready by the tenth of August and set out then muen of fruit will r'p* n before killing frost. When frost doe** threaten the vines can be pulled up and hung up in the barn loft or attic and the fruit will continue to ripen well into the winter. Spinach— This most superior salad plant should not be sown as early as turnips. We rarely sow it before the first of Oc tober a; which time it is possible to, pro cure fresit seed of the new year growth. Ii- very important bo have fresh seed. Spinach so* !> lose their vitality much sooner that) turnips and other seeds. Onions—Seeds of the Bermuda or Ital ian kin'b should ie sown in well prepar 'd soil as soon after the 25th of Septem ber as it is possible to s w\ What is true of Spinach seeds applies to onion seeds. Be sure to get fresh seeds if satisfactory results would be attained. The way to grow profit bale oniotitt iti the South i: to .w .v the seeds in the fall of the kinds rami *l. Sow in fifteen-inch drills on finely prepared soil anti culri vnte with the garden plow. ( abbage and Toliards—Coli.irds can still be started if rot already under way. Seeds of r,n early Drumhead cabbage should be sown now under h brush arbor and plants set out in August. The Holland or Belgian variety is a ir.cui excellent kind buy there ore many good kind 4 *. The American Drumhead Savoy should be sown in August for win ter use. Wistaria tines. It is doubtful if any vine was better I known and esteemed by the early set ! tiers of this country ban the Wistaria, or Glycine, as it used 10 be. called, says Jo | seph Meehan in Practical Farrudr.g. In | 'be old gardens about the older cities im mense-sized vines of on.* sre-i s the Oh - | n t s\ar - quite common -hewing that they must hav been planted many a year ago. The first one to become popular was the < hinesc. and it is still the most esteemed j of all, notwithstanding that there are r.ow a half dozen other species and varieties in cultivation. The flowers of Wistarias are produced in large bunches which might he likened to large hunches of grapes in out line. The 'Chinese bears purplish blue flowers, in the month 01 May, at which time a visit to a porch where a vine of it is. will be a treat to all that enjoy a de licions odor. When the dew is still on the flowers in the early morning, their fra grance is delightful. The Chinese is the most popular, next to it our native one. which is called Frutescens. This blooms profusely, but is two weeks later than the Chinese, but the bunches of flowers, though numerous, are not of as large a size. It is, too, more of vine than the for mer. It is not many years ago that there was received from Japan another sped s called Multijuga. The bunches, or rao m n ! °f are of great length, oftentimes over two feet, while those of the oi l Chi nese rarely measure one foot. But though the great length of the raceme is a cu riosiiy, the dowers, are so much seatter j °d along its length that h is not nearly as pretty or showy ns the Chinese. In ad dition. to those already mentioned there have been produced pure white flowered verities and double flowered kinds of | each. Ihe double ones please man}', but | hardly as much as he w hite form of ihe Chinese does, as a large vine or hush cf it. when in flower, is a lovely sight to see. All ol tht* Wistarias are strong growers, too strong, in fact, for ordinary porches, where light lattice work prevails. For large veranda or heavy arbors, they are very useful. 1 have seen arbors on lawns nicely covered with one of these vines. B-sidfs its us as a vine the Wistaria, especially the Chinese, makes a good, small tree, it it may :/*■ so called. A vine of about four lVet in length is planted. A stake of about the same high! when plumed is set near it. The vine is tied to this st f ko und the top -nit off level with it. The next season shoots will be produced from near the top of the vine, whivh in time w ill become a bushy bend. In the course of a few yeajrs, by the time the stake rots away, the stem is so stiff that it is .ike a little tree, supporting it self very well, in this shape it is an un commonly pretty object when in bloom. These are what are sometimes found ad vertised for sale us tree Wistarias. In New York city I have seen thee* vines extending from the ground to the third and fourth s.*>ry of a building. Wires are fastened far them to be attached to, and they are not slow’ to reach n great hight. As the Chinese when grown In this way mokes very strong shoots, It al most loses tin character of a vineV and really looks more like some tall, slim tree. It is a very useful vine, too. for the covering o'd. half-decayed trees. A vine Is planted at the hose of a tree and supported to it in some way, us R does not climb of its own accord. After it reaches the Fwlggv branches it finds nat ural support, and quickly overspreads the tre(. I have seen them in this way after the lapse of years, spread from tree to tree, Just as wild gj;ape vines ure seen in the for* ts. When transplanting Wis tarias car should be taken to tret as much root us possible. They make but few. and these at* generally of a thk'k, ropy nature, with but few fibres. It is difficult to get itll the roots, hence the tops should l>e pruned back greatly at the time. Even with all this it often occurs that but few leaves will be made the first season; on the other bund, but seldom, do the vines die. The Fnd of the Hour ik the Growing of Itelglnn Hares. The Ft. Leads Republic sums It up as follows: The B l:,lan hare fad has reach id S*. LouU. and 1 5 developing with nil due rapidity. It first made its appearance here some two month ;:o. ond since then half a dozen “rabbit Ties” have sprung into existence. The Belgian hare fad is spreading east wnrd from the Weal. It has held Kansas City lor several weeks, and the convention town is apparently as much worked up over the question of how to secure, raise, cook end eat hares, as well as how to pet them, breed them and show them, as it i is over Convention Hal! and ’he conven tion. In a recent Kansas City Sunday j paper there were forty-eight distinct Bel gian he.re advertisements; and they ad vertised everything from hares for sale to instruction in how to “score” ihem for show purposes. The Belgian hare, as it has reached St. Louis, and as it is known in this country, is not, according to the best information, a Belgian hare, in so far as being im ported from Belgium or the direct off spring of Belgium-raised hares is con j cerned. It is claimed that the forepar ents of these hares came from Belgium j long years ago, but that they were brought to their present condition of per fection in England. Some six years ago a number of them were brought to this country and were tuk#n to Denver, where • the tirst known “rabbitry ” in the United State was established. As Belgians, like j any other hares or rabbits, multiply very ; rapidly, the proprietors of the rabbitry soon had a large stock on hand. Denver took to the fad nicely, but it required some two years for it to spread. Then some rich Californians heard of the sur passing excellence of the Belgian hare’s flesh for food, investigated, tested, ar.d took the best of the animals to their ranches around Los Angeles. That has ince grown to be the home of Ihe Bel gian hare industry in this country.. There are rabbi trie* all over that section; they have clubs and exclusive hare publications and everything that goes with a fad. A year or so ago the fad began io move eastward. It came by slow stages, and got to Kansas City after awhile. Then it took another step, and is now in St. Louis. It has been felt even farther East, but the ingulfing wave lias not rolled across the Mississippi river yet. A Belgian hare is a harmless-looking an imal. with long, kargaroollke hind legs, long, thin ears, big. dark eyes, a short, wisp of a tail and tfcdark brown fur coat. It seems to be as intelligent as it is claim ed io be. and capable of being taught many nicks. But that is the sentimental side of •h Be’gian hare. The practical side is that is flesh is excellent food, and there i m lies the excuse for rabbitries. The World's* Fair rabbitry. of which j George K. Steinhauser is manager, is one ! of the local establishments for the raising jof Belgian harrs. The farm is in Caron delet, and the firm has a downtown of fice, which is a sort of clearing-house for the ether ra’ bitrDs. Amang the other rab bitries in and around St. Louis are the St. Louis rabbitry, of which J. H. Ros killy is manager, out on Cass avenue; ihe Country Club rabbitry. Manager Fergu son, near the Country Club; the Hickman rabbitry. out on Taylor avenue; the East St. Louis rabbitry. on the other side cf (he river; the Ellendnle rabbitry. near Ellendale; Mrs. Chenalult's West End rabbitry, out on Delmar avenue, and 'he Old Orchard rabbitry. Manager Steneke. near Old Orchard. “So far, there have been few hares sold ! for food in St. Louis," said Mr. Stein hauser. “The difficulty lias been to t*up ply 'he demand for pets and breeding stock. It is estimated, however, that within thirty days there will be some 2.C00 more youngsters ready for the market, and then perhaps Belgian hares will be gin to be a feature of high-class menus. It is not a very cheap food. The hares sell for about 25 cents a pound, when sold for food, and a good big hare will weigh perhaps six nnd one-half or seven pounds. In Kansas City the hare has his regular place on nearly every good bill of bare. The big packing companies* have begun to handle him in wholesale quantities, just as they handle beef and pork. There is more money in handling hares for pets, for breeding arid for shop purposes, than for food, as long as there is not an oversup ply of them. A moderately good hare will sell for from sls to $25, according to his “scoring”—that Is. according to the points he possesses that entitle him to he class od as a more or less perfect animal. Ex tra fine bucks bring extra fine prices. There was one—the famous Lord Britain— which was valued nrf $5,000, and the own ers would hot have sold him for even that price. But he was poisoned. is one i Kansas City now that is valued at $1,1(0. and there are several in this country that are worth from SI,OOO to $1,200. We have some that are worth as high ntf S3(O, and will, later on. have some that are worth st 11 more. From that (hey run on down the line of values. We have a good one here that is valued at $75. Does do no! firing such fancy prices, bur a real good one is worth a neat little sum. “Belgian h:tres#hreed about six times a year. They are not hard to raise, if you give them plenty of the right kind of food, plenty of fresh air, clean quarters, and protect them from severee climatic changes. They can be weaned when two months old, and at about three and a half or four months they generally reach their maturity. Some, however, oontinu* to grow until they are .six months old. An average litter consists of from six io fourteeen youngsters. All but about eight are taken from their mother and put with a nursing doe. When a litter is about two months old i* can be separated into ’common’ and ‘extra’ stock. It is Impossible to tell the good from the bad, as a rule, before that time. The com mon sfoek is then raised for the food marker, care being taken to develop its bulk and tenderness and flavor. The extra stock is raised for breeding and show purposes. “There are a number of points to be con sidered in scoring a hare. Judges differ in some of (he par<ieul;rrs of scoring, but one of'the ,best systems is this: “The head scores four points or loss, according to its shape and size, and the way it is held; the jaws may be scored four points; eyes, three points, ears, which are a very necessary feature in a Belgian hare, or any other kind of hare, for that matter, seven; lacing, six; flank and ribs, tour; hind quarters, six; fore legs and feet, tw’dve; hind feet, eight; body tickling, nine; tail, three, flesh, one; fur. one; arch, two; style, (hree; weight, two; health, three. “A perfect hare would be scored 100— nnd he would be n mint for the man who owned him. But there are few’, if any, perfect hares. The best score around 96, and even a point or two lojver. That fancy buck in Kansas City now—the one valued a 4 sl,soo—scores 96 1 4. A perfect hare la almost as rare as a perfect man. “Asa pet, a Belgian hare Is a joy. There is nothin# vicious about the ani mal, although he has a set cf wicked claws. His fur is soft and glossy’, and he likes to be petted. He is Intelligent and can be tnaglu any number of tricks. We have some (hat we shake hands with regularly every day. They are nor as wild as the proverbial 'March hare,’ for the very reason that all In this country’ have been raised in captivity. Therefore they do not m ike good coursing hares. The youngsters are as playful as kittens, and far less harmful. “Asa food, a Belgian hare Is hardly to be excelled. The flesh Is tender and white and juicy, and U is orncMcable to roast the carcass whole, to bake it, to fry it In pieces, to make stew’s—ln fact, it can be cooked in as many ways as n chicken can be cooked, and Is good any way’ It is fixed. “Th*' excellence of the Belgian hare’s fur is another part of his commercial value. Th*' fur ls soft, pretty and warm, and can be made an excellent substitute for sealskin. The skin can also be used for gloves and certain other articles.’’ Food for Pliinta. Plant life requires sustenance the sam as orlmal life. It is the duty of every firmer to study the necessities of hi/ crops as thorough as the demands of his animals, says the Irdlnr.ri Farmer. The day has passed when the Ignorant Iv>v is only fitted for o farmer, and his edu cated brothers must take m the prdfes- Ften. The successful agriculturalist muut be Mudent of plant life and familiar with the elements of plant foods. As the human system demands continual tissue building, tdl givng and health toning foods, so the plant needs consent care in being supplied with perfect, whole some and life-giving elements. The farmer, gardner and fruiter collects his profits from the abundance of his crops, hence his m.r-1 should be informed on the essential requisites of plant life to insure the largest yields in quantity end quality of his various products. Ail plants depend more or let's on light, heat. air. water, cultivation and a nour ishing soii Few crops can be produced with profit if any of the important re quirements are neglected. In some in stances the soii has been impoverished by annual cultivation to the same crops, so that it will not produce satisfactory* results. In iueh cases it must be re * ficient qualities replaced. This can be done by systematic rotation, year after year, by green manuring or correct oim plication of fertilizers. The elements or fertility constitute plant foods, and car* be artificially administer* and. The prime forms of plant food, as shown by chemi cal analysis, are phosphoric acid, potash, and nitrogen. A portion of each form is taken from the earth every year and un less ic is re-turned, the land soon becomes unprofitable. The leguminous plants, such as peas, I beans, clover, vetches, alfalfa and similar crops, gather nitrogen from the atmos spnere. By plowing under heavy growths of such plants the soil is enriched in ni trogen. These legumes, though, must be supplied tvith potash and phosphoric acid to produce heavy growth. On an average from 200 to 300 pounds acid phosphate or dissolved bone, and l(u to 150 pounds mu riate of potash would be a foir fertilizer for clover or pdas. As stated, fertilizer ar.d phosphoric acid are all that is need ed, because legumes can get their own nitrogen from the air. Lime is needed on some soils to correct the physical condition. If land is too sour, lime sweetens it; if too heavy, lime light ens it. or if too light dose of lime will make it more compact. An application of about forty bushels of lime, say, onJe in five or six years is sufficient. Lime is an indirect rather than a direct fertilizer and if used in the'" , proper way will be of benefit. It must not be confounded with the nourishing elements of plant food, phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash. Ni trate of soda is valuable for nbrogen. It should be sprinkled over the surface. The phosphoric acid and potash may be term ed permanent fertilizers. They should be applied in the fall or spring in their nat- i ural stare, through ground bone, potash ; salts or a combination of commercial fer- j tilizers. Those who have never used the commer- j cial fertilizers of the day hesitate before purchasing and ask the question, “Will it pay?’’ in answ* r to that I would say (hot in every instance where commercial fer tilizers have been used, so far as I can learn, it has paid so much that there is more wanted every year. The various products are ground and mixed so as to give as nearly a perfect fertilizer as pos sible. Their values have been repeatedly tested by government and state officials and thousands of users testify to their merits. It will pay to handle the soil and its products intelligently, just as much as it pays to look after the health of the farm animals, or insects and <k cases of fruit trees. Farmers can ofu-ndetermine by the appearance of the crops and more particularly by the yield, the elements lacking and purchase what is needed to produce profitable c*rops. The Abundance UIII in. There are two interesting items concern ing the Abundance plum. The first i? that the crop does not all mature at once. In fact, in looking over the tree while the fruit is yet green, it will be found that the plums vary greatly in size. This seems to be a difference in age. because it is maintained 10 the full period of ma turity. Hence the crop of a single tree never ripen all at once or anything like if. While some of the specimens are fully ripe, others will be hard, green and not even grown out. While this may be an objection to it as a market variety, be cause of the increased labor of gathering, it certainly is a most valuable feature in the family orchard or garden where the entire crop is not wonted at once. Another point which, if it has been not ed, has escaped my attention, that in or der to secure the best flavor and the high est coloring in the Abundance plum, it must be picked early and ripened in the house like a Bartlett pear. If a.lowed to become soft ami fully colored oh the tree, half the flavor is gone, and the bees and wasps v.dll often be found garnering the little which remains. It may be gathered while yet green, and if packed in a dark drawer it will color up beautifully with a delicate bloom and reward you with flavor of surpassing excellence. It is very juicy, sweet and rich, and I can compare 1 them with nothing so well as the old genuine Green Gage, which I have always regard ed as the standard for flavor and qual ity. The little knight of the crescent calls around on time, of course, and leaves his well known autograph. But tha’ is the last of it for this thick-skinned Japanese member of the Prunus family. The plums giovv right along ana ripen up sound and perfect without either * ggs or larvae of any foe. Why not plant the Abundance plum? Second Prop Potatoes. The way we grow the second crop from this year’s seed is as* follows: Dig them when fully ripe, and spread them on the ground in a single layer and cover with pine leaves, orstiaw thickly. Watch them, and ns they sprout, plant them in a deep furrow, but cover very lightly at first, filling in the soil as the tops grow, and cultivating perfectly level. They will sprout more quickly if a small piece is nipped form each potato before bedding, j but we do not cut them any more. We plant during the first half of August or earlier if they begin to sprout. These po tatoes will grow green till the frost cuts the tops. Have had them keep green here till Dec. 1. For table use we have ju-t planted (middle of Juno) potatoes that were grown in this way lasi fall, and which have been kept in the light ever since they began to sprout, so as to keep the sprouts green. These were cut in the regular way. and having a longer sea son to grow, will probably ripen. The true second crop is grown only for seed, and for this purpose they are far superior to any Northern-grown potatoes.—*YY\ H. Massey. Sheep nn(l tle Root C rop. Reports from England as 10 the last year's crap of sheep give some indication as to the extent the English depend on the root crops for the feeding of their sheep. The writers on the sheep situation of last year say that one of the difficulties the sheep men had to contend with was 'ho shortage of the turnip crop, this shortage amounting 10 not less than 2 ] s tons per acre. In some of the districts it was hot less than seven tons per acre short. What American farmer would figure the turnip crop ns one of the important factors in the sure* :-iful management of the flock? English rnui'.on ,s no*ed for its fine qual ity. and it is doubtful if better mutton is made anywhere. To what extent is this due (o Hi*' extensive use of turnips in feeding? It seems likely that our own far mers are it electing a food that is -'spe cially adapted to the use of sheep. Carrots for Hornes. The great value of carrots ns a food for horses and celts Is all too little un derstood or more of them'would be grown. A few carrots fed o ji working horse once a day or even once In two or three days, is a gr-at regulator of digestion. For such ;i. c they are probably super ior to bran, and they can be grown with out great cost, says rh* Farmer. For * ol • nnd brood mares they are equally good, and especially In winter, when the other food is dry. Other field roots, ns turnips and mangels, are also good, but the car 5 BLOOD’* ® This woman is a picture ofc Jt £ect h^lth - Her existence ia MftWSSffllp t Eot made mißerable b >* Shattered A Nerves, Wasting Irregularities Dyopepsia, the P/.ues, or any 0 J >sh the manifold derangements (. caused by weak or impure blood ia fall of life and ambition’ / Sheiahandaome. She is happy’ 'SSJ womanhood, warding off the in! woman would be suscept of PH fTN (LIPPMAN’S GREAT REMEDY) is the ideal tnedi. cine for women. Its nse insures health and the eub • 1 B 1 8 stantial attractiveness which health alone can be stow. P. P. P. is the greatest Blood Purifier known to t dical science, curing all Scrofulous Affections, Dyspepsia, Rheumae ti£m, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Malaria and Nervous Derangements. •F. P. P. is cold by all druggists. Si a bottle; six bottles, $5. *1 RPOTHERS. FIRE PROOFSAFES. We carry the only line of Fire Proof Safes that are for sale in the State. We 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 Safe and you will never regret the invest ment. bo not buy a second-hand safe unless you 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, Wholesale Druggists and Wholesale Agents Fire Proof Safes. rot is probably better relished than cith er of these. Carrots are easily grown. They yield immense crops. They are a sure crop, and theye are but little sub ject to diseases. They ought to be plant ed early, and on well-cleaned soil: that is to say,- soil well cleaned on the sur face. They can be put in straight rows with the hand seed drill, using about two pounds of seed per acre. Where the patch is small, it will pay to hand rake it over before the carrots appear. Then careful cultivation should be given. Half an acre will furnish enough for several horses. Thin them to about four inches in the line of the row. The Mastodon is one of <he best varieties for Minnesota. Try a small patch next year. Boys, if you have some colts or calves grow’ a few carrots for them. They arc as good for calves as for colts. Cheap Meat. The breeding of Belgian hares open? up new opportunities in a great many ways, ;he most important of which of course, is the production of an unequalled quan tity of meat at so little cost. It i ad mitted by all who have tasted the meat of a Belgian hare that it is as fine as any meat they have ever eaten. Another is to have pets for the little folks that will pay their own expenses if properly handled. Anothed important opportunity that is usually overlooked is the chance to give the boys a little business train ing. and at the same time a few practi cal lessons in breeding stock with a defi nite purpose in view. For instance, cross ing a strain of Belgian with goed shape and good body color, but short on tick ing and ear lacing on another strain with an obudance of those points lacking on 'the other side. A Kansas man has been trying to cal culate the number of Belgian hares he will have from his trio in ten years, taking some popular estimates gs the basis of his is now kick ing because his arithmetic only deals with figures up to decillions. Pfiudios In tlie London Market. Are unknown in any quantity. We get a few hothouse peaches, but most of the supply comes from Canada. I hove seen them bring 25 or 50c each and 10s for a *mall basket of five. If tlyey can be ship ped from Canada, they can be from the United States. They should he packed in small boskets, something like strawber ry baskets, but a little lower, four peaches in a basket, nnd each wrapped in paper. Or a case similar to an egg cose with n partition for each peach would mike a good package. The small baskets should be put in crates gs strawberries are.— A. S. Baker, England. IVnoli Yellows. The Ohio Experiment Station calls time ly attention 10 poach yellows, and gives the following prescription and means of recognizing the disease: Yellows is a highly contagious, incurable disease of the peach. Trees affected with It should be destroyed at the earliest possible moment by uprooting and digging them'out and burning toots, trunk and branches. In cluding fruit, on site. No remedy save that has proven successful. Dragging dis eased trees or branches through an or chard will infect healthy trees. Late sum mer and fall are the most favorable times for detection of yellows by symptoms of fruit end twigs. These are: 1. Premature ripening of the fruit, which is highly col ored* and spotted and has the fle sh marbled with red. 2. Premature tinfolding of win ter buds. 3. Abnormal development of new buds in the trunk and branches, which grow into slender, sickly-looking shoots. Mclk llnetrrln. It is reported from Vienna that ore of the scientists there has discovered that nil the bacteria in milk may be easily killed by means of electricity, and a very moderate curernt at that. It is declare! that the treatment is simple. This is of immense value to the human race, if true. It means that milk can be sterilized with out th* application of heat. It would not only place in the hands of dairymen the means of making better butter, but it would make the pasteurization of the pri vate milk supply popular, thereby decreas ing All the diseases* whoso, germs are car ried in the milk. Curing. Coupons. This crop is very difficult to save In the form of hay and possibly uo better method can be followed than that suggested by Prof. Massey. He Insists that the best re sults are obtained by cutting the cowpeas when about dry, placing them in the' barn and allowing them to cure in the moss. A farmer in Guilford county. North Carolina, tried this and was very skeptical a* to tli* result* The peas were put in the born and nothing done to them until th'y were \y anted for feed. When they were taken out they proved to be the very finest kind of hoy. The method is simply to cut the peas and when dry enough so that bunches taken into the hand and twisted show no sap j running from the twist they are ready to come into the barn. They are allowed to iieat and cure w’ith as little contact with 1 lie air as possible. Tne important thing is to store them while still limp so that the leaves are saved. Care must be taken, however, that there is no dew or external moisture of any kind on the hay when it was put in the barn. Prof. Massey says that nine-tenths of the farmers who have tried this method of storing succeed ad mirably and it is applicable to all pans of the South. With plenty of pea hay and corn fodder to balance this ration, stock can be kept in the best possibl* manner. Hrnn Poor Foot! for Pigs. We divided twelve pigs into four lots ns evenly as we could. The pigs varied in weight from forty-five to fifty pounds. The first lot of these pigs was fed a ra tion of fermemed or sour bran; the sec ond lot was given untreated bran; the third lot had bran and corn meal, and the fourth lot was fed corn meal. The i>igs were weighed each week to the end of the experiment. The above ration was fed for -ninety-nine days, and then nil (he lots were fed for twenty-one days more on corn meal. During the first period the bran-fed lots did not gain very well. They took on fai and growth very slowly. The average daily gain for the ninety-nine days was for the fermented bran lot, .61 lb; untreat ed bran lor, .70; bran and corn meal lo\ .76; and for (he corn meal lot I.OS. This was a decided gain in favor of the corn meal and showed that souring bran had no effect on its digestibility and feeding value. The second period brought out some points of interest. When corn meal was used as the eniire ration, the lot 'that had in the previous period been fed fermented bran w’ith a daily gain ol‘ but .61 Tb, row increased at the rate of 1.44 tbs each day. Likewise the lot fed the untreated bran increased from .70 Tb as a daily gain 'to 1.24 Tbs. The corn and bran lot incrcas- 1 from .76 lb to .88 tb daily gain. And the corn meal lot increased from I.OS to IJJB Tbs daily gain. As long as bran was fed the pigs, the daily gain and Increase was small. This was the case even whqn fed in connection with corn menl. Substan tial growth took place during the whole feeding period with the corn meal feed !<•. The experiment clearly shows 'ha 1 bran is desirable as a food for pigs under ro circumstances. It is too coir.a* and con tains too much fiber to b* profitably and economically used.—F. \V. Burkett. Grapes in the South. There is no part of th° South whera grapes of fine quality cannot be grown in sufficient quantity lor home use. and n many parts they are an exceedingly profit able market crop; the vines are never In jured by severe freezes, and, therefor# need ono winter protection. Oc a -tonally a late s rir.g frost destruyes the early blooms, but never hurts the vine enough to prevent bearing a fair crop of fruit. A gentle slope to the south and e > -t H to be preferred for a vineyard, an 1, if practicable, should b? arranged with the vines running north and south, so '.hit th*' tor s of Hie vines wi 1 shad*’ ond p'o toct the main stems mul roots from burn and sun scald. The best is one'which is fertile, but not exceedingly rich, which is loose and easily worked, and which is underlaid by an open nnl porous subsoil. Grapevines are propagated by fi*. layers ond editings, and by grafting. U ro “ pa get lon from seeds is employed only for the purpose of originating new varieties, and belongs to nurserymen and experi menters rather than practical grape grow ers.—Farm and Ranch. % of let*. We solicit articles for this deportment. The trim* of the w riter rhoui i accom pany the letter or article, not n**<-s tri '■ t* publication, but as an evidence cf good faith. Questions nnd communications relative to agricultural ond horticultural suhjc-jj. If addressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer ’ s b Mllledgeville, Ga„ wijl receive Immediate attention. A Hrcplvtng Teller. A receiving teller nt a gaol bank si’d that he was about to’get si k. He flt tired nil time; sleep did rot refr sit him; felt as if he ought to take raxvioa A pharmacist put him cn Graybca.U an 1 two bottles complete.y overhaul and hhn and mode him about as good as new. Get Grnybeard at nil drug store?. Grey beard pills are treasures— Ec the b'* Rcspess Drug Cos., Proprietors.—ad.