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6 THE NEWS OF THREE STATES. AM) DO IT II l AHOLIAI. |*rlnn U nuiril for r|l. 1 ren • han't H onilni*ir’ Galrorrrt In l)fath-H lilw * r<4a l Lampkln-lani |iu Hunter* 4 nni til In n Trap-Rla Klngllah (anghl nf Miami-Hah) (•* Mixer Dpnon-Thr \mm In ( am- Hna. J. C. Clark of Turn* il Hill. ki!M • c Omivivllli b' \\> m i.- I A* antic Railroad train Frktft) rln? \*rk ai* tuakeman on a • Kb: tr.r.f. ai *l a • working with a r -r K- ot or* of th* ram at he rran#f.u >.?•!. in ih* n rthrm | k *rt of town mwmm 11 "ohr k in woma nay Min car t ui* ml ha K on turn whan h* tin* 1* ° If is aii<l, and ha aar badly rru** od. dvtng freon the Injuria* tr*Mjt 4 © cio *< eh la momma Oatk •?* A.* > i* old and I**'** 4 wife aid two rhiktrvi). 4 trnalldf Rnm* Tribune The r<appomtment of ]|an Jndaon C Clem* ?w m h member of o* Internal* Canmeft’* Commliaion. 1* an emlnen ly e*-fi>lble or.** Mr Clemen'*, ha* nerved in tm* poalilon for n ver *1 y.tr, and ha* given -anpf a-Uton H* < Int i vo*ved. and hie (oniinuaii r n n • rn n‘:oner wlli pie**. <verv *♦ tion f the ©ountrv. Mere m h hofyr I her* D a feeing of ftratlfl limn hi thle evid* • of ih** dm4nltrallon corfkhi • •> Mr t'lementa' ahi lit lee T mount nn •** t. ar he hae long been term*-*! If* i Itlxen M a horn every Homan fe* i * Juet pride. I.a 11 ***•-r* Alayer in llnna Trlry Qrlflln. who Conductor R Marlon Latimer. of tbe Southern flail* wav, on Oct. 27 lt. ard an a mount of a, noen conviction appeared In the Mrn lf* New* wfl on Saturday, eentep. #d t> h- narg.il Jan H. The courtrwm wm l*ackei| arl th*** who mere ej*** * *t: *. aay thaf Griffin *llrpavl won l rful nerve, showing not the lean sign of mo- , • but rather seemed un onverne*! alotif hie doom The vend; • at and senteti . eat lrfle*l nearly every one who h.is a* y knowledge of the crime, and It Is b* lleved mat the defendar. r* . Ive* the fu.l measure of Justice *nlrtle nf lira. Morton. Mrs Jennie Morton, a widow, living near Lumpkin. ommltt-d sul. lde U .1- rtewlay by drowning herself in a pond. A • horr w hile ago *he 11 tempted sui l*l* by t uning her throat, but nr** unsu re*til. Hhe was living at l.urnpktn at that time, but her family moved her to the roun* try. thinking a chan. ♦* would help her. She left her home Wednesday and ene was tracked across brf che* and to the pond where her body was found. She laid her glasses on the dun ard Jumped in the pond at t 1 • deepest j ar*. Her mind has been unbalanced ft*. one time. f*l. %ndere**n'w I’nniTnl, Col. William \V. Anderaon. one of the oKk*st lawyers in Georgia wm burled in Greenwood Cemetery in liarnesv|l!t Fri day morning He died W< dnes‘lay even ing at the home of his daughter M s K. W Row. of that city, where he !uu realded the |*ast two years, lie was horn near Madison. Morgan county. Aug 21, U2h making him over **• years oil at his death. He was educated at Mercer whea It was I oca tad at Pen fie Id H fore his twentieth year he Joined himself to the practice of law literally as a llfa work, having devoted about sixty years of his eighty years of life to this pr>- feeslon Col Anderson was a unique character Am* ng the many chars -eris tics of the man wa> a sense of honor, which perhaps was never more marked in any man than In him Silver *er%lee for Grinil Juror. Macon Telegraph; Yesterday morning when the gr ind Jury finished up It* work Solicitor Hodges asked Juryman A. D. t’alhoun to r .und up. ms he had several Purges against him. and If they were true, he tu<i a presentment to give him Mr Calhoun ros* from his chair, turn ing very whit** in the face, and Is*fore be could recover himself Hollcttor Hodg's. In a very graceful and complimentary manner. Rrmutsd him with silver t* a service In behalf of the other jurymen. The reason for this Is that Mr. Calhoun wll| on the lkh of th.- n><>nth 1* . 1 M Holt to the altar. Mi *■* Unit is the beautiful and accomplished *lughtr of Mr. and Mrs. T (1. Holt of Walden, G., Mr. CallvHHi w :.■* th* *i!y sing** man on ihe jury, but h** will in a short tlm* be a benedict. He U one of lUbb's ptominent farm* rs. Pension (nr I rrnihnn'a U lilnw. An effort Is being ma*)e to hive th* government pension Mm. Frank Cren shaw. wife of C.ipt. Frank Crenshaw w . died in Aihirtg in August ?f * • .ids re ceived while fighting in th*- Phi.tppina Islands The details of how Capt. Cren shaw was wound* 1 and how h- aft* • ward* died- re fault.lor to the people .f Georgia After suffering from his wound* for several month# in ih I’hllippln*-** he was brought to Raw Francisco. From there he was brought to Atlanta and un operation performed. !!*• die*! In iw. dayc after rear*bin* Atlanta, as n rewutt of hts wound. Paissnirrn on the ship wMh him rejfort th: h* wi- ruelly treated by the ofh ers In eommuxl of the ship. It is believed that t'oiigrt '* will grant n p- i rlon of ITS ** mvith to tils widow* who ht several small children. The Georgia congressmen will make ev ery effort In her behalf, ms will mjny officers of t..** I’nited States arm). FLORIDA. lee*Mirg Commercial: Correspondence la going on lie tween prominent men her** and n steamboat lm* tn regard to navi gation on th* up|M r Qckkiwoha It may not be long Mure L**tdiurg liter* hunt.*, as of old. will iw* receiving freight from Jacksonville all the way by river It will, too. open up the most attractive tourist route tn the state, for the run down with a thre -mile current w -uid not be long enough to become tiresome. Tle rrlae King; Flsli. Miami Metropolis: The record has been broken at king Ashing b> Mrs. B. |. fb-ehe. one of Mi.mi s most imminent and popular lady tourists. Iler husband, who Is very fond of fishing himself, will WSPi Psil^, Does yourhead ache? Fain back of I your eyes? Bad taste in your mouth? I It’s your liver! Ayer’s Pills are I l) v * r pills. They cure constipation, I headache, dyspepsia, and all liver Ls°!HPljjint. 2*c. All drur.Rists. w.nt jr.ur ..... .m-h, *r bMUUtuI I E?J. Th.n u H I BUCKINGHAM'S OVE MSU i.fcyr r f-*i * - - * time-not dirt. "%.'#ea,rllrie •rdflivor to “catch up during the sea son or 'break a line.'* Mrs HecbCs * atch w.s mad*- last .-utur liy, Just cit-;*lc the l**\ arotu.d < a4*e Florida Th* ptlx** was 4* f* et i>ng and wt-igm and 4 |smn<> wlien brougtkt to the Hotel llbtaynr i *t* in th* day, where it was d;>*pL)>**i luring th*> # v**nlng to th** d* light and surprise of sli who look*d up* n tut* magnifl* *-nt >, • - r. Aloikg d* *,i 4 ttg it lay tw • others of weights ot .■*.** un i li pounds *•.- h. the thr*- in.ising a total of 731 g pounds. Military for Inmunrntlnn. Bt. Augiiatlne Itecor*! The Ht Augus tin* Rifles have received an Invitation to atteisl Ah** luougurui eretnom* * at Ta! hha**-*<* In January As yet the rornfMny bus r* 'urned t *i -w*r to th*- invitation hut the prev.idtng ■‘entiment among the l> -s .* .p ing The InvHatiotl has t>* n extended to tr •* FI rat llcg.ment, to \ri>us compel'') have ignlto-d t: ir In t*ntiott of g<*.;.g It I almost certain th** k> a. otnpany will ( til In hire and - tt • rig.rneti, t?n* §; *** -f in wilt Ih* shortly dvlded m* a n*** ting of the ' ompajiy. and if .i *ifti* iei.t numier of numbers to make . pr* -*'ilabh* r inpany , ... b • *■• represefttail. If <p t*l with the m*n- Im is, iitki only 4h< (WlrllMt rued go. Transput tall* n will be furnished and the rtmi*nny wi.i t*< iind*r no • xiwtiso ev* < ept for incidental*. Ilnhy Uni If* *4l%er kpoan. Tsmpn Tribune Hevernl day- hco the Tribune contained the story of Htmiitl Na ... nee hmlfh, Who was bom Ih l *umm*r on the Ore.tn Steamship’s liner Nacoo- he* and *hi b*t* n* *l a* -ordlng y The arth > went ori to tat* that tla employes of th** Ocean Hi* unship Com pany at Savannah hal sent t* Tl k>*t lit M< F old* * of th* riant Svs* m a s. silvt r *i*on t* be rti'livfrol t> Runnel Naooochee with the .miplnont'* of th* line. Hut Samuel .N; *> ■**• coiul not le k>*a(**l. his parin’* having re n>o\*-<l t* uiother lew i i;\, 'Fh** la> 4ft*r lh- story i|rpeare| in the TrF'une, the proud fat iter of the prou*ier •*aby at!*l ti|**n Mr M Kadd*n and cot the * • ***n Mr. M l adtlen . oriipanl* 1 Mr Hrnlth t id: iim. and tat** that. 1 i Sa.a mle Na *> •** fairly cr* wd with dc.ignt when the -ouvem was presented' to him. Tamil, Hantera In n Trap. Three a**ll know-n eltlgcns of TY*mta were grreeted at Punta Gorda Friday Im medtaely ujton tlie tr arrival from a hunt ing expedition In Lee county, an I suffer'd detention at the harul, oT the officer, tin- j til proper btH could be arrangt.l. Tlve i trio wa, c.,nue„ and ot I. S. Gulden*. ] whole-ale merchant; Henry F. Snow. ; traveling ~,.*-mafi. ntd Mr la*-!cr. trav- | rllnx e.i|p*mn. When h- three gen ii men arrived in Punta Grda iftcr a ! more or leey .in■cer'.tul hunting tour In ! the wild, if Dee. they foiiiel the aherlff j awaiting! th*m The aherlff had t.-l.*- grnphtc advlcea from the aherlff of Icc county, a-klnv that they *■* arrc’* ■!. on a charge *f violating the game law Th protninent Tampaßea were placed under arre.t and. ow.ng to \tloue clrcujn atance, It wax Rome t.m*. bef re th- y se cured hail. They refused to make state ment* In regard to the manor. SOUTH CAROLINA. The Information ha Ju*t b—n received at Vnlon that thru place ha* a population of 3.*th This I, far be ..w what was ex pected A conservative ctimaie put, l ullin', illation til the neighborhood of 7.iai. It I. calmed eomclhlng I- evident -1) wrong In ih, taking of Ihe nsux. Want, to .loin Hlehlitttd. A |e--it|on from Ihe rpialltte l voli ra of flrookland. a town aero,, the Congaree. from Columbia, a.-klng for an elec.ton a, to whether thai township of Islington county shall I-* annexed to Rich.and county, ha, been presented to the - ~ rncr. The petition contuliia *l*tv-,lx r.am*'- l*elng ovei t, e - (Il Ir* I of th*‘ tpi.ill ff.l voter* of Ihe proposed area to l*e un nexed, there being 111 nualllted voter, In all. The area contain, *l* wiuare mile* and taxable property amounting to *!'h".- tn %,ilomobile Mae. Columbia le now orguntalng a regular electric automobile line. The puriKeie I* to organise a $h (t*) ttvmpany. which will operate (our or six electric automobiles. The Idea Is to have these "auto," so tnat ihe> can rented <>ut Ju*a a, carriages are a* l!v*r> tables .Mr K It Clark, who has done much towards develop* Ing such vpectal Indusirb ~ Is al Ihe head o? the undertaking Most of the stock In the new company has already been subscribed and the company will start business e* soon us Ihe "autos can he gotten there. The Phosphate Ho,wily. It ha* before been mentioned that the phosphate royally* would likely to* very much less this year than lasi Tht* con - iltlton ll seems Is due Io lie* In.lb.llly of the companies <o secure tmtioms for shl|- plng the rock The records at the C.ipl tol in <Columbia shew that up to Dec. 1 the stale has re eived In idioaphate royAl ty Ihe sum of *21.27 .73. If the *am. -h w- Ing for the last month of the yewr as was made l ist December resubs the total for th* year will n* at least S.S Saws than last year l‘p to Dec. 1 la-i year the r. -el|* s here *3l Sir. and the full year's receipts were *39.379 TV Tw, Mlaslowwrle* Morey. The following from (he Yorkvll'.e En quirer tells of ihe mairiag' in China of Mi*-* Ella C. Davidson, w .to I* a mission ary sent out by the Presbyterian Church Of YotkviHe -MI'S Davtdaon is a of Mr R. Sidney Davidson, nf Mim naugh'* The bride has a number of friends In Hcuth Carolina Many of the Yorkvtlle friends of Miss El if David son missionary of the Yoikvlhe I’ri s ,y --terian Church In China, have received announcements of her marriage. The an nouncement Is 1 unique aff ilr. It cane through Ihe po-e. ltlce last Monday Hls on a scrap of Chinese paper of a quality. which In this country would be very ex pensive. and Is ornamented with wedding bell* and monogram* of silver. The let tering ts also In silver. The "Hvensup HsM*lt.” Greenville', famous "Swamp Rabbit" Railroad I* before the Federal Court ■igain The road. It will he remembered, was sold lo J.unie T William- of Gre-n vllle. The tta k ha* I torn up an I the property owners along tne tine ar trying lo compel ih piti c iser* and pn tent ownei > rebuild it and ojh-i n the road. Tne ca** has tM'en In the court for some tlnn Thursday Me,rs. H A Hugood amt T I*. Cothran, representing Jamc T. Wll.lam*. the nominal owner, made a motion before Judge Brawiey to strike out the answer of Messrs. J W Barnwell and Jullu* Heyward, represent ing R May* Cleveland and other owner* along the line, heretofore (West. The motion waa argued and the decision re xerved Another motion relating to th . In th* city of Oreenvi:i# by th# Charles ton and Wettern Carolina road wa* a.so argued and taken ur.der advisement. Dispensary Inx ratlwnllnn. Gov. McSweeney will soon appoint two THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1900. expert accountants to examine the hooks of all the dispersarles. Inc.uding the main dl*pen.- iry i Columbia, in a< or*iance with an art i*.* . and at the |h* session of the legislature The act provld* * for a r* nnmeraf Son of $4 a day for ea h ac count at for a perl*d of thirty dnvs This will be the first Rivestigatton thai the lisi*enary i>dsin *ver undergone, oiher than the investigation and examl t a tion of b<ok* by tnse regularly con n ted with h* tyfUffl 'it- If treatlga H*ifi is being awaited with grrat lnter*st nnd much specu.ative opinion h being indulged in as to the resud* that this In v*sttg.ition will show The rg ponenrs of the ->Mem of state m*i <;•.' of ihe 11- qmr traffl** have long desired Just auch an investigation as b about to be under fhken witn me hope ;ht th- show.rig w.ajid not prv* favorable Many of these do not. of rour?** h irg* th* dlsicnsary tr tors wMh n**gle of their duties or with tn* w ilful ir o i tlon t* suppress crime, but they f.r that the ln|*- tors and others in authority, in their de-ire tc mak* m favorable eh wing for fu* dis pensarv. overlook, excuse anl minimlxe many Irregularities, smi I perhaiw* in thr mselve*. hut at the s tm*- tim* of much moment, when taken roller lively. Mtirtlrv and Its PNsUbMMt. Edltur Morning News In your lasue of Dec. 14 you write on condiltOCi'* In Kinse w hen the acts of the Governor have pr c -tlcaily act aside capital punishment. Th*- Influence of such laws seem* not to have prevented murder. If men will consent to -xnmine and to learn the result of dls ardltig the death penalty, In countries where the experiment has been successful for more titan a century. It wfj te foun*i to *e trie*, that as capital ptmlahment I** set asld** rigorous confinement repine*-* | there murder* decrease. In K msas the experiment Is new and ln*otnplel* VV> must look abroal for conipltM* evidence It tie Ft furnishes an obJe*'t lesson For more than a century capital punishment h *s I.* •■ t* iib.irlor.e I for all civil off* r.s* t)th*r countries also show K.md results, tml* r th** same system. With us the pie of s* If-defense, so often successful In e aring the offender, is a pro.ifl • cauee murder. Tin* law should be amended Hut there 1* greater ne.| for nn a routed public sentiment, which shall force upon n* h Irxllvidual more >f regard f<*r bun.an life, ami shall make each m in Indeed hlj* “brother's keeper.** Kneloset list Is suggestive, end Indifitsi that with or without the shadow of the gi*lkws. men have not yet Warned the lesson of human brotherhood William Riley Boyd. Number of murders In the I’nlted Rtates In year HWV-T*hlcsgo Times- H erg Id. 1 Vermont * f * 2 N* w Hamie*!jlre f 3 Maine D 4 Wyoming 2-' f Ihstrl t of Columbia 24 fi Idaho -• 7 North Dakota H Ni vii.l i 3* \rlxor.a * 10 Houth Dakota 46 11 Delaware 4" 12 Rfude Island .*- 13 t th *• 14 New Mexico IT. t'onnecticut 73 10 Oregon 79 17 West Virginia *7 1* Montana 10 Ma**achueefts 9 2b Washington 21 N* w Jersey 11F 22 Wisconsin 14 23 Florida 167 24 Ml rnesvta 1W 2.'* N* *rska K'* 2-; i*wu io* 27 Michigan J*'< flonth t’arc*lino 221 29 Indiana *.7N 150 Kansas 23*. Si < 'ol' >rado F*.’ 32 Vary land 2v* : ; North Carolina 235 :tl Arkansas 3 * 3a \ irgtnlM J * r ‘ 3*5 Pennsylvania 312 37 Illinois *-5 ?.s Mississippi 217 39 Ohio 232 4" lg>u|siana ** 41 Missouri “g? 42 < leorgia B*l 4 ’. Kentucky 39* 44 Tennessee 4ns F. Ch lf. rnia 42! 4*’. Alalrsma 4*51 47 N w York 512 4H Texas I.H not TMI-MI A II ASKIIII.L I.K AGI'K. Directors Kleeteil nt the Meeting Held In Atlantn. Atlanta. Dec. IH.-At a meeting of the representative* of several Southern cities who are here for the purpose of organis ing a Southern Baseball league, the fol- Jowtng boartl of direclora was elected: Abner Powell, New Orleans; K. H. Shan non. Nashville: Charles Frank. Memphis, nnd W 11. Ilardin. Chattanooga. The umpire's salary was lixed at $l5O per month with traveling exj>enses A constitution nnd by-laws were adopted af ter the usual form. The farming of players Is prohthttad by Ihe league. A committee h.i been name*! to meet here Mviiv’ims and moke an effort to or ganise Atlanta into the league. l-^istmun t uttun Mills. Kastman, Cl.i . Dec. 10. At a mo-tlng of tin* l*r* ; r of the Kustman t'oiton Ml i Company, the follow.ng officers wer. electe 1 M II Edward*, presklent; Ho lierrman. vlc* president; 11. Peacoik secretory and treasurer. The contract w.is let to Thurman A Hro of Harmony Orovr to erect the building Work will begin the early part of January. COrC PLAIN FACTS r ft - t for me*. M\ ncwcMt lt.K>k. “Manliness. Vigor anl Health.*' should be in the hands of every man, you-i: s .1 o.d. In the Pnlteil Hutrs n %&£ * j ed years to Jj eases of m**n JB This book T P gives valuable Informs!ln on J.Ncwioij il tihaway.M.l), prinart and RDADDKR COM PDA I NTH. etc., ands full of plain, sodd facts that every man should know Do not g ve up ail ho[>e and think yourself Incurs!* e because y* u have tried other trtrmrn** In vain Send for my i>ook and read t carefully. It wi*. five you a clear under* ar.ding of your condition and show you a way to a p r feet cure and full restoration to health and happiness This hook, with com ete symptom blanks will be sent free in sealed envelope to any addr#s. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY. M D.. 2uA Bryan street (Savannah. Oa THE FARM AND THE GARDEN. MATTF.R* F IHTERE9T TO 4GHI - LTI RIHT 4MI HOI WE WIFE. Mulching Crops— I.acres Is 4>hrs m r—4*m|*b— 1 , -klMg Ihirka The |.<nf—il|| I > I ••*•" slid lew \siim-b—l liree t rp* n thr Sssie I miml—< lilting 1 Ved Hslililts s I'pst—Hsasre Needed for > ariose i rapk Whether mulching sn econ*Tmlc prac tice or can !*e made such d* [*■ twls u|on -“rtain im> ancea—the nature end kin*! of crrg to e mulched and the ease wih wnb-h the mat*r:l for tne purpose ca r . be procured and applied. The moat common use nf the mulch In the Is identified wi h strawberry and Irish po tato .lture and m good many persons, no doubt, have had eome experience in crowing tnese cr*jf*e with the <*.d of mulchlrg. It* the sfg-ing and summer we use the mu. h with the id* a chiefly of retelnlng the moisture in the soil for a longer pe riod than j; olhi-rwis* wouit remain if the -*d w eft without shade. In the win ter tirn* w*- ue the mulch to protect young plants frm old and to secure a more uniform temper iture to the aurfa 4? soil There are numerous plants of the gar den such as spinach, onion, peas, beets, s ilstfy, et . which wt n young may eas ll\ l*e destroy**! by cold as the resuN of the soil freeaing and thawing, rather thun by uny rfT> i> u|wn the of the llant ms in the ca - • of toma’oe*. To pr*>erve thoss hardy plants su*h a* er>* named we u*., the mulch to prevent that freezing and thawing which breaks the young root* and thus severs their *on nection with the soil. W. can so mu h the soli that In our mild climate will keep it fr*nm forming a frosen crust at nil. or we n apply the mui< h lifter the aoll has been frosen and keep it from thawing until the final - *>s*. of freeslng w**aiher. It Is tii*- alt*-, i.at. fr* -glng and thawing of the Mil. that works the *l,imng to our hardy crops of the kfird-n and tne grain and C *-\>r of th- fle.ds. Here in h* South where we have any real winter at all. which rarely occurs be fore tin* la-t d.i\ *f December tile ■*id wave is soon follow ed by a hut on**. Even when unj>rotected by a mul< h it Is rare that the soli remains Meadlly fr. sen for a week anywhere be low Atlanta Asa rule, th** surface soli will fre**x. and remain hard fmun for a diy or two, then a hot sun will th iw l* and keep ft soft for a w**ek or mort; then another cold w ve of a day or two, and thus it alternates. To prevent this frequent alternation of freeze and thaw Is the object of a win ter mulch. To an exten* greater or le-s it inn economic m*-isur in the market garden, and wttti certain sm. 1 fruits, though It may not In* such for any of the farm crops. In the thickly-settled sections of the country rn il hlng material la not easily procured. < nir stable manure will go a very li*tb ways toward supplying mulch. The lit tle grain straw, that of oats. rye. wheat, et that is made, t more economically used as forage for stock By far the mot economical mulch /or the Southern gardener or trucker is found In our pine straw There are very many truckers and gar lerers who cannot p o cure it cheaply enough to allow of any extensive use of It. The majority of strawberry cultivators however, can usually procuie a suffl'lenay *f the stnw for their purpose A twro bors* crate full-pa ke,!. ,iw li should be for hauling, will go a long wavs In mulching straw ernes and then al*o in mulching along the rows of the early let tuoe. spinach, beets, cabbage and the young onions grown from the seeds sown In Oetob* r or November. There are no har.lier economic plants than onion and spinach, and yet. whl’e they are young and lacking In rtwg devel opment. are * ustly heaved out by a good. lar*l fretae. A mulch of pine trw "•ufTI lent to hide the soil from view oftener than not will save both of the crops. A double hand fil of pin** straw placed lightly upon and about i calbogc or caullflow*er p.ant will assure their complete protec tion from the effects of a sudden oolu wave In January or February f late years It has been a common oc currence for a normal February to be followed by a severe cold wave ui March. On several o*'* asins these have proved \ry disastrous and 4li*-r<> Is little tliat can Im* done In the way of antlcl|Mting thes*- unseasonable freezes The w.linings are not, ami cannot be. timely. The plants of all kinds ape so succulent they ore highly susceptible to the effects of cold n< that period For nr ate would be the grower who is übundurtfly supplied with the ma terials for mulch!: g nnd the force to ap ply It promptly. A crop might be saved that otherwise must be lost. For “outdoor" seed-bed*, where lettuce, onion* (from the seed!, cabbage, teats, etc., were sown In November or * irlier. the plants can *• carried through the winter readily bv covering the plants with traw. Si'utterlnff It over them g:aduaHy until they are well covered. With a pitch fork the straw c.in be taken off a** the weather moderates, but there should le no *ud!eti sxjvsur** io the sun's rays. The mulch should be taken off Just before the rain. Lucern ii I’rliursrr. “Real* r." Rolling*, (la.: Now that >*o*i ,i\e waited this long It would be safe , tu wait until about the first of February l>efore sowing the locern. If ihe land is nicely prepared you can well afford to sow the lucern broadcast. F**‘ fully twenty pounds o€ seed to the lt 1* well worth all the “pains* you can bwtow ujon It. To insure a uni form stand divide th** seeds; sow ten ninds one wav and then ten the other. ,irun the land six! then roll It, roll it even If you have to go five miles to sorrow n roller. Of course the soli mun ito fairly dry when you roll. If the soil is light and has been well plowed, roll i !>eth w ays. Do not plow In the seed*. re u ‘'brush'* or light harrow to cover. In fact you can dispense witn ihe cover ing If you will give the soil a good roll ing. If you drill it in 2-fqot rows five or six pounds of seeds will be sufficient. If the soil Is light nnd also rich, by oil ni*ans sow broadcast and use 13 or 20 pounds of seed. You cn broadcast two or three hundred pound* of cominer -ial fertlilaer on the iml I’ofig in April or May to very great dvsnmge. If you can get a good stand on the tr.o or three were*, we have no dou >♦ von will come to • k up*tn them as the rmst valuable n’re> on ihe farm. Defer he first cutting until It is bloomed all ver. It should not be allowed io mature any seed for several years. Brief Notes. Cure For Founder.—Alum Is ss near a eeiflr for this trouble in horses ss any time can be. A heaping teaspoonful of owdertd alum three times a day and •or.tJnued for several daxa. will street a ure in the majority of coses How to Busier .—tv her# a blister it . rded for any swelling or formations . n the Joints of horses and mules, use he following One ounce cerate of can tharldes ointment and one drachm of htniodtde of mercury; mix. Rub tfka Into the swelling and repeat in two weeks if the first bils(er does not effect a cure or lmirovement. Feeding t'om to Horses ami Mules— There is a gr*et d*al written against feeding com to horses, and a good le.! of the stuff that is printed on thi* sut.- Jeci is nonsense, pure and simple. Com i a fattening foo*l It Is true l>ut it c -n --tains all the way from 5 to 14 per cent, of muscle forming * lm*i.t. th* latter fig ure b-m* ex'-eprtonally high. Now Tbit is not a lu.nouslv small percentag* of pro tein in the food for a working hors*- Hut exi*erlence is worth quite as much a* a* lontiflc th'-orlffl Thousands and thou sands of farmers feed corn the year round; their horses work hard and llv* s long as hors*s generally do. As be tween stuffing a hois- jrlih hi>. and feeding it on corn, when it I* working, we should prefer tne c*.*rn Hut the pioj*- er thing to lu is to feed with mi fit tent bulk to mak** it more *asily dig silble. and to fur:. larger amount of pro tein than it elntriin* We have never found mora sat *factory way of fee.: •ng corn to in Mirnmtr than to feed •neal mix* 1 with cut hay. and wet <l*wn I'nquestlonably oat* are l*ett**r horse feed than corn, and when it possible, torn meal an<l ground o,;s should be fed together, hut that is not always possi ble On most farms corn i* the most plentiful, ar.d will be fed in spite of scientific remonstrance. The questbn i*. is the prn'tlce ruinous? The answer I*, tnat while corn ;s not the t*est rati -n •• is admissible There Is a vast difference !>etween tolling corn to an active horse aikl a sluggisli c>w t> W \V There is a happy medium in all things There is rtgh* way and there is a wrong wav for many things Corn Is not nn Ideal food, perhaps It should not bn fed by Itself There is a vast difference lief ween f • lng hel!ed corn, mu h of whFh may l*e imperfect. If not rotten, and feeding ’rn <>n the ear any un soundness In which can l*e read.ly observed. Many valuable animals have been d* * atroyed In this country In r*** ent years, all the result of the very bad practice of fetdurg shelled com Horn* years. • spe cially. It win be found tda on** grain out of every four of such com is actually rotten. It requires . very do*** examb a tion to kMermine how im|w*rf'ct shell* and com is It Isa wonder f ha? more mitn • • are not killed In th** csp* ially. for most of the spoiled corn 1* worked off on Southern consumer* |*'ed on the ai tnd a Ion; with a Jus* proportion of g>od Imi" or f ddec. there is no better, no safer or no more econ omical food for working horses or mule* than com This feeding on the ear makes a > <*’ difference Thus (fed N is easy t. s* Mrae the bad from th** g <d, i. I It I* jus *- economically f*s! that way as when shell ed. To have oar corn we must grow it our solves, as it Is not readily obtained from the West In hat shape. Where |terfec(ly sourxl. sh 1 ••! cm car be had It is a great economy to sok t* before feeding it. and it is on e< unomv to convert It into meal first. ar.l the in* i should be well moistened at feeding 'ine In rhis age of adulteration it * ilmo** Impossible to ge* first class bread meal rn less we meet certain roqu r nc i ’* essary to securing it. It !• cert in!y n'tie the |esa difH<ui!t to get i flrst-r!a* qual ftty of shell***! corn f >r our stock. Feed i nfllniff. I have bren asked what a Iv intage Is ia\ cutting feed; 1 won and say the pm - cipnl advantage is the saving of w te There la less opportunity f-r the stock to pick over and select out the i*cst t in when the roughness Is fel who'*' Then, too, there Is a tetter ©pportunl'v for mak ing up complete rations, is bran, mid dltngs. coton feed and nd meil c*n all be ued to a good advantage rather bet ter than with the fee ] given whole Clover hay and bran or middlings r in fact, any kind of bar or straw .un through a outing box and a small quan tity of ground fee*! addel makes a good ration for all kinds of grow in* carle sheep ot horses. Fnthreshed oat* ran be fed to a go-h! advantage In the same wv In nearly every cjsc where grout 1 < and Is fed it m i l pay to cut a suffl dent quan tity of roughness to mix with it in (ced ing All will be eaten up lean, b* more thoroughly mast lea tad and ■••■tter di.** t ed and the animal will secure a Drg r smount of benefit, and at th. same time save from thirty to fifty i**r ent of your f**d. The more we !<**ok into th* q • s tlon the more I am convln that if the Intelligent, .•••onomi' fll farmer will *•'* everything that grows on his farm suit able for feed, in five year* he may be in dependent; aide to k*ep a year s sup dy nn hand to tide over an -■ aslonal off vear when it comes Th* value fco n f ~!.!.•• ;|.d 'C .tf ••■ ■ • • • • ■ 1 • • a pulpy mass will *e aurprlsltig at i i* enjoyable food for the animal ind a profit able on* to the farm* r and breeder. Wm. H. Patten. Ilnliblt* a Feat. We learn, says a Texas poper. that In Navarro county. Texas, and eF* w het* therealKXits. radblts are mor*- 1 rouble some than for many ycars In boih or chard aiwl gardens. What nr* the smn boy* and the rlng-no'ke*i do* doing all this time? Ha* rabbit hunting son* out of style*’ or has the pie Man rabbit dag given place to more highly bred inlnrv-' Hu;, seriously, rabbits arc a nuisance in an orchard, and if abated, measur* a must t>e taken io render ihe trees distasteful to them. There are a dozen or more preparations that will protect th* tre* Why not try soma of them? Kero.-lne emulsion, colored with Venetian rad. or perhaps any other red color, won *1 serve well, as rabbits arc a fra).l of anything r**d Hift l ashes, with a little crude ie troleum, mixed and reduced to tn* in sistence of whitewash; or common lime whitewash, colored with mineral red. or Hp inish brown, with a little crude car bolic or cresyllc ald added, will keep b'rer rabbit at a respectful distune* Any thing of this sort should be applied wiih a whitewash brush, or an old paint brush, or with a swab of rigs tied to a stick any old thing will do. so you get it on from the ground up for about twenty eight Inches. Manures Needed for \ arlotis C rops. h W. Eighty in the National H ackman makes ihe following computations of the fertilising dements In manure and those required by various crop*. While we have not compared them with (he tallies s- nt out by the chemist* we presume h'- did so. and (hat they are approximately or rect. Five ton* of manure of fairly kcad quality would furnish about sixty pound* nitrogen, thirty poun is phosphoric add. forty-live pounds jxvtash. An acre of corn yielding a crop of sixty bushels shelled corn per a* re would require eighty-four pounds nitres ai. thirty two pounds phosphoric ao 1. thirty-four pour'd* potash In growing a good crop of wh* at. thirty bushels to ihe acre, we use sixty two pounds nit rug* n. twenty pound* phosphoric acid ani twenty-six pounds potash, while sixty bushel** of oats *o the acre require sixty pounds nitrogen, twen ty-two |*>tiixl* phosphoric m-ld :*t l rlfty , l**unds |>o4ash, and 90 bushels of )ot ?•■*• th!r '-three pound* ni?rog*n. tw.*n:v pound* phosphoric acid an 1 •* x*y- w * pounds totash.‘* From thl- we s*e that It would take the nitrogen in seven ton of manure for a * rep of < rn of sixty bushels to the acre If it received nme from any o’her source, and seven ton*- w'oiild furnish potash enough for 2b> hush* els of potatoes if there was non* in t se soil, while five tons would furni h enough of all for the other crops, excepting a Util* lack of potash for the oat j many cases there would be a surplus of the mineral phosphates and p>tis irft to accumulate In the soil. When min ire Is mentioned it does no: man straw c > such manure as has beer, ffre-fargad un til all the nitrogen In it ha* charged to ammonia, and escaped Into the atmos phere. nor would that which hid b**en leaching under the drippings of the h*rn roof, and run off most of its strength in a gutter dug to drain the barnyard, o OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY FOR NEW YORK. BOSTON AND THE EAST. TTnsurpsssed cabin accommodations All the comforts of a modern hot*i trie lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets Include meals and bertha aboard ship PASSENGER FARES FROM SAVANNAH. TO NEW YORK—First CMn. IS 1 . FV* Cabin Round Trip. 3. Int-rr *.. ao C >h.n. 1’..Y00. Ini-rni-.IUI, Cbln. Round Trip. 121.00. Bt-r>-. *lO To BOSTON Fir, Cabin, U:, Finn Cabin Round Trip. *.W, lnt,rml!at 117.00; Intermediate Cabin. Round Trip. *2*.®. Bteera,e. *11.75. The exprer, aleamahip, of ihia line are appointed lo aall from Bavanuah C*. . tral (90th) meridian time, a* follow*: HII4IMH TO JlftW YORK. KANSAS CITY. Capl. Fisher. 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Sfii*r Mill nml Fans. "•>* •**". I’ollpyi, fir. V-‘. TELEPHONE NO. 123. that one can wade through It. w.thout sromg In noe than over the boot tops. It means such manure as may N* mole In a goo*! barn cellar or under a shed, or nu h as Is taken out and ptst on the lull I wht rc the crop Is to grow . before it has If the *n* ts of rain or suffered o-s I \ fermet ration If this Is correct, why ; should farmers keep applying twenty **r thirty loads, not less than a <on each to the acre, while from five to seven , loids would have grown the crop? Fig Troughs. ! A swine.raiser says: In fattening plsra they should have the trough room >n length, not In depth. The pig troughs I a,., around the country s©**m many of hem to have been constructed with the t •( affording tut It u - emmodat *un ,j Ifi. fr , so deep Hid wide that the tk headers right into them. The m should tw in length, not In depth. f..r il. kinds of pigs, ami the trough* -hould he kept dean. Ihgs have the rcj- Hitlcei of being filthy animals, but a pig w 1 keep itself clean if It gets in *truction ;n that way for a week, and a good examrl* Hoots for Hogs. Much of the mortality among swine is •hie to various ailments Induced by Indi gestion; often the result of an exclusive orn diet. Grass, shorts, pea meal tur nip*. carrots, mangles, sugar beets, pota to*** and artichokes ire all good, healthy ©eonomi al hog feeds, says an exchange in*! the more the hog receives the health ier lie will he. Kvery wide-awake hog raiser will art -1 mlt that growing pigs and fattening hors •lo very mu •h ‘setter on mixed fe*d than man all-corn *li* Mmy hog raisers are Iteginning to rca.txe the error of feeding id corn, and are feeding artichokes, tur nips. p H. potatoes, etc. After eight years' experience In growing ,the tame kind of .*rti* hokes. I have con cluded that they are by far the cheapest, inv’-i healthful and most easily gtown hog rood ye: discover***!. My ’UT crop cost Icsh than j <-* n*s per bushel. On April 23. I planted n held of them on old worn • u! ground, without manuring, and ob tained a yield of BSO bushels per acre. The artichoke I*. also a sure crop In dr\ years About the time pasture fails in th** autumn, the artichoke pat h will be ready for the hogs. Artichokes are grown nearly the same us potnt<*es. They may I*** (Kistured from tct 13 to May !, where the ground Is not too w-t or froaen t*x hard. Tame arti chokes ar** very easily exterminate*! by plowing the young plants under when about a foot high. Or If the patch is sown to oats, when the oats are cut, the trtichoke t*)|s will be cut. and this ef fects complete extermination. I have trid several domesticated or tarns sorts **f urtichok* -and *on. tide that the Mam moth White French. White Jerusalem and lied Jerusalem varies lea nr© !**st. Old Disease* niiil >rw Names. Farm and Fireside says: "Vans ago such diseases as roup, chi* ken cho.era and nnker were aln toe t unknown, and fowis seemed to die natural deaths. unmolested by any complaints whatever." Years ago we had never hear*! of tuberculosis, spinal meningitis or dlptheria, yet people am! animals M**d as they do now. only youn ger. hut we are not prewired to say that they died natural deaths. We lo not l>e. .1* \e the chan. ** of life is leiMenod because the cause an*l charu ter of the disease 1* lietter understood and n new name given !it Once most casts of death freon causes % •. • .- I r.>\ :•!. r . in \ >.4 ivr of humans. in*l for the poultry and mimals it wo- simply called "bad luck." j for we never hurd any one own to bad management in these days. Vnder th© methods of half ivntury ago. when thoe •tlsews*'• were not known by nitme. the I mortality was not lees than now. as <• can very well remember More died young and I? w is a <*a*e of the survival of the fittest," not thos<* fitted to be pro ductive or to proluce a generation better than themse’.ves. but those lest fitted to • ndure hardship*, and suffer the privation# incident to Instifhclent protection from wewther. We do not think our new* breed* of cattle or poultry to-day arc any le„* hardy than the *r rub cattle and dunghill f*>w*i that we km w* ns a hoy. Three f rnp* on the Name fironnd. Mr. II r>. Bundy and his son. Mr D. H Bundy, know how to firm and when to plant, says the Tex ts Firmer They pro*luc© a ll|ri- more on one acre than -ome farmers do on three, it seems Th© fatln r was In to see us Tuesday and Is authority for th© following l.arly In the spring they selected an a r* of good ground and plants*! the aam© in Irish potato©* One hundred bushels wu the crop that resulted from this planning, and which was sold for 75 certs ;*cr bushel. Before the pot*toe were dug water me lot a were planted along the rows here and thare Later on whan the tntoes were dug. tha watermelon vines got a good working. From tha water melons was realised IS: a flna pitch of turnips la now to be seen where t * watermelons wer©. and at the very leas' estimate they can be retailed for £5 Around this acre are about twenty pea<-h i trees, from which have been sold HO I worth of (teaches. From another a era si?) j NACOOCIIF.B. Capl. Smi'h. TEES \T Dee. 23. 7.30 p. m. KANSAS CITY. Capt. FUher, Til r.A DAY. Dec. 27. .00 p m. TAI.I.AHASSEE. 1 apt. A,kin,, sa K. DAY, Dec. 29. 11:00 p. m. Reave Horton for New Y'ork (from ! ** v Wharf, at 12fl0 noon). Dec. 19. E W. SMITH. Coniraettng Freight Agent. Savannah < WALTER HAWKINS. Gen-ral Agent. Train Departmr’ 22* W. Hay ■(.. Jackaonvlll. Fir. W. H. HJAIANTI General Freight and P.aaetigr Am, New Pier S3. North Rtver. New Y worth of sugar cane was sold an i *ha cane remaining waa converted Ini** •*% .**d billons. Of thka ?(*> gallon** w h sold. The local prl* - Is Ho cents jx* - lon. 11m kc*rn| Honk. Gape*.—Gape* among chicks is • i I by a worm, or worms, which inf*et*T** trachea, lali disease can best b* cure.| hv taking a tight box about three f.• lerg and one foot high and one foot w :.• put a partition crosswise about 12 !r from one end. made of lath or pouittv netting. Then place s brick or m n the floor In the small end of th*- ■<>.. after this tak‘ a piece of iron m l at it red hot. While tlie ir**n at h the ’hlcka thuf have the u ij** it I place them In the lurg* en*l of t 1 Take the red hot iron, lay it on t ■■ *nd pour n teaspoonful of carl* i til on It. Clowe the box for a minute • r tw *. then open arid stir the chirks nt.: i they wlll all inhile some of th** ga* a i w.'l kill the gape worm If som* of chicks are overcome, lay them out aid they will soon recover agaui Do t leave them in the box too long .a t <• gas will suffocate them. The flrst <rea'- ment goneraily cures, but if there snouk! be any that have not been cured with the first dose, repeat It g3in I uax never heard anyone whorf trle<| this that It failed.-C. A W. The Imperial Pekin Du<*k —This popular breed of ducks wos flret im * rte.l f \ Pekin, China, by James E Palmer f Htonmgton. f'onn.. 1873. Since then they have attained such wtdesprt a 1 { p ; *- lty that they arr- to be found i hamlet In the land. Peklns h**’.ong *ie M.il'nnl family of du'ks w*l tn *>l**r r-i creamy white, legs redlsh orange ar and im same color, beak yellow*. ( lark In In ior bill doesn’t disqualify acconllng • tha changes in Standard. ma*le in ( , * % *i.ir !;,*- j llp>. Tn© body must b- large, art*! th* J broader the better. A f!o**k <r pui* I' - , kine make a very pretty sight. Th* \ are .'tardy and will *k> well on less water tha a I vou would think they could K* p !• • for them to lrlnk and they will ;* w il (**cnt*nt They are gno*l layers, but in our Northern climate they do no: g*-i*r ally begin toying min h before Mar i 1. j They will lay from ten to fourteen dozen J: **ggs before quitting As f'ejr wlnci are very short an elghteen-in w i k**ep them |n. A |alr of fuh an * irds %vlll weign from eighteen to tw*nty-tw ftounds. It seems strange that Pekin • lucks are never troubled w*lh dls**ise or ll**e. You can houas safHy twenty-five to f. ri\- dticka t*geth**r In On on*' In lo lone drake being sufficient for five du- kt. I Mick eggs generally hatch well, and tlvo ivkin ducklings are not difficult to r.ai The Pekin duck Is the bird used on 4.1 ■the biggest duck farms and ranches In the world, thus proving their good qual ities and th*- great demand for them T;** standard weights are: Adult drake % pounds, adult duck 7 pounds, young drik© [7 pounds, and young dock * pound- Th* birds are generally bred very mu’n h*av li* r aii*t I am In favor of the welg its >M*ing raised as we can breed them far heavier and still keep the syvnmetr) In mating your breeders select good. larg-. v'* il soaped fcmoliw. and beware of w ■ tMliw and crooked breasts. Alwav tr to use birds with bill aiul beak fre.- fr© u b.ack. There is a great future for th*i imi*erial Pekin flucks.—Fancy Fw - Tha Chinese la>ofa.~-The sponge or .11- rag gourd Is doubtUss fsmill.ir to all our readers. It is not anew gourd, but tb Use to which It Is put now far exceeds that of former days. The vine is n*w grow n In city gardens for oniamen:. <n fashionable residence streets U ie fre quently seen dr.iplng two and thr*** -*t ,r >’ front.- of hnnd.oom*' luilldlnge an*l tr* i 1-** * in other gardens. Una vine to a yard m enough. It rr.akeg ritmpiiii growth, tin I one vine net only -ulll* es for orranc ' fMirprses, but affords gourds enough f f ordinary uses. The use to which toe in ner lining or oh©r of the long I * ' cftig-shaiied gourds are approprlitel w© numerous. The gounls are cut o|H*n. ' " fll*er or sponge removal and tlx w*eds c leu tie, l out Th*n the fiber Is boilel *'■ 1 sunned. rej*-ntlng th* process '*i days in succession It is is>i!e<l anl ‘* ! •*l like a pie*-® of cloth, dried In the *• sun. ar.d left otit in the dew at n * ? t. Bial in two or three days will be as wh '* as linen or cambric. It Is not uncommon to see rlosens of the#e spong**s wh snow sunning and drying on he b- •-■* or green grass in Ixuiislana and FI- !l where they are prepared for us- A? ' this curing process they are cut shiiiwd like a mitten, large enough ’ slip on ami off of a large hand. ;•! *' lln*l with cheese cloth, and over tbit a pl eof crash, th‘ edges securely ? l’ ♦*| around and the open irt n* bound. These Is*thing gloves are sl!|qv>*| over th* hand awl are far t> convenient than the ordinary spa -• ' both rag. The liber Is wiry and h.rs* when dry. but soft as cambric when • It lasts Indefinitely, and kwp# H* nwu tlful snowy white color <*> tha Ut. Mot I a*. We eollclt Mritcle, for thu d,rer mni The nimt Of the wrlier ihoulJ • :co f*' peny th, or article. no Cor publication, but aa au avidwice .t cood faith. QuMtlona and communlr.llon, r*>* ,,v * lo aarleultunil and horticultural §ubj • If etldrM.Ml to A>rl Kdltor, Drawer >. M Uwltt.viiie, Qa.. will r#clve imroea * • attention.