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FARM , GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
By S. A. COOK.
Winter Vegetables In Hampton
County South Carolina.
D. B. T.. Hampton county.
South Caroline, writes, us as
follows: We are a hunting club,
open from December to April. We are
desirous of raising all the garden truck
that can be had in the open air and
under glass in cold frames for that
period. For winter supply our fail
ures so far are egg plants, tomatoes,
peas and salsify. The heads of our
Brussel sprouts tare not sufficiently
solid. We have an asparagus bed un
der glass from two-year old roots set
out last spring. Cauliflower under
glass were badly damaged by cabbage
worms. Our endive was luxurious but
did not bleach well. Our salsify makes
no root worth mentioning.
For fertilizer we have stable com
post in abundance and well rotted.
Can you make any suggestion re
garding the "sprouts” and the forcing
of asparagus, destroying the cabbage
worms and improving the salsify.
The borers are bad on our peach
and Japan plums, also on such shrubs
a** English laurel, mock orange, dou
ble-flowering peach, etc. Have tried
kerosene emulsion and sulpho- tobacco
soap without much benefit.
Would be glad to procure any work
on gardening that is adapted to this
climate. AVe have a very good gar
den of such vegetables as beets, cab
bage, carrots, celery, kale, kohl rabbi,
leeks, lettuce, radish, turnips, spin
ach and parsnip. The menu we have
had with these increases the desire to
round out with a full supply of all
that the climate will afford. * * *
We tvould advise “D. B. T.” to pro
cure White's Gardening For the South
and Oemler's Truck Gardening, both
of which he can procure from the
American Agricultural Publishing Cos.,
of New York. These two works
will give pretty much all the
information that he seeks. Of
course to supply the vegetable
for the period named, De
cember to April, much of the work
will have to be done during the two
or three months prior to December.
The manuring of the soil and its full
preparation with plow and harrow
must be done as early as September
and October. The cabbage worms can
be checkmated in the open and under
glass by using pyrectrum powder
freely dusted on the plants.
Asparagus in the open can be count
ed on only in March and April, but
under glass ’t can be forced earlier
if the necessary heat is secured and
also the necessary moisture. Salsify
requires very deep, rich soil for best
results. The seed should be planted
as soon after September as possible.
The Sandwich Island is the best at
any rate grows the largest.
There is a difference In Brussels
sprouts as in cauliflower. It is well
to try two or three kinds each year
until the best is found. Some make
loose heads as the result of deterio
ration. Get a pure strain of seeds
from J. I. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass.,
if present kinds do not give satisfac
tion. There is only one effective way
of destroying borers and that is with
knife and sharp pointed wire. But
it is helpful to draw the soil clear
away from about the tree trunks and
leave exposed during the winter and
then along in March fill up the holes
about the stems with lime, tainted with
kerosene oil or carbolic acid.
In forcing one must have control of
the necessary moisture to assure suc
cess.
Potash In Plant Growth.
Potash is a constituent of nearly all
vegetable tissues. It is required in the
formation of protein and carbohydrate
compounds, which together make up
most vegetable bodies, says Prof. Ger
ald McCarthy in Epitomist. The spe
cial function of potash Is to help form
sugar and starch. It is also necessary
in forming the coloring matter of
fruits and vegetables. The peculiar
functions of potash cannot be substi
tuted by any other mineral. Potash
and soda are two very nearly related
minerals, and some chemists have Im
agined that soda might be used for at
least a portion of the potash ordinarily
consumed by growing plants.
Practical experience and carefully
controlled scientific experiments have,
however, shown beyond doubt that
soda cannot be substituted for potash
in agriculture or horticulture. It Is
true that most plant tissues also con
tain soda, tout Invariably in only mi
nute quantities. The function of soda
seems to be mechanical rather than
physiological. In a solution containing
a small percentage of potash and a
large percentage of soda, plants will
nevertheless take up more soda than
potash. If fihere is not sufficient potash
to furnish the amount required for
normal growth, the amount lacking
will not be supplied by soda, however
abundant this latter substance may be
in the solution, the plants will starve.
The following table shows the relative
proportions in which a number of
common crops take up potash and
soda:
Soda. Potash.
Crop. P. C. P. C.
Wheat 2.50 31.16
Rye 1.70 31.47
Oats 2.34 16.32
Barley 2.53 20.15
Vetch 7.86 30.14
Pea 0.96 41.79
Soja bean 1.085 47.
From these analyses It has been esti
mated that in the United States the
average yield per acre of the following
named crops removes from the soil the
amounts of potash given: Corn, 33
pounds; wheat, 50 pounds; oats, 22
pounds; barley, 32 pounds; Irish pota
toes (300 bushels), 150 pounds; sugar
beets (10 tons), 95 pounds; clover hay,
74 pounds; grass hay, 36 pounds; cot
ton (360 pounds), 46 pounds; tobacco
(1,000 pounds), 70 pounds. Potash is a
rather common mineral, being found In
all granitic rocks and the soil produced
by the weathering of such rocks. The
most common potash mineral is Feld
spar, which on weathering produces
red clay soils. Feldspar contains from
7 to 13 per cent, of potash and many
red clay soils contain from 1 to 2 per
cent, of potash. The remainder has
been dissolved and washed away, ulti
mately reaching the sea. It is esti
mated that one acre of fertile clay soil
contains In the top layer of 12 Inches
about 70,000 pounds of potash, enough
to produce average crops of grain, hay
or cotton for over 4,000 years. In prac
tical farming, however, ll rarely hap
pens that the nutural supply of potash
becomes available in the soil in the
quantities required and at the time
when needed by crop*. Hence the econ
omy of applying artificial or commer
cial food Potash though an absolute
ly necessary Ingredient of plant food,
is not by itself sufficient to supply
the needs of crops. Phosphoric arid,
nitrogen lime snd some less Important
minerals all go to make up a complete
plant food Moat soils contain all the
lime and lesser food materials needed
by plants. Hut nitrogen phosphor i,
acid gnd potash are more or los is < k
ing in all long cultivated soils. Sandy
and swampy soils are invariably de
ficient In potash and mostly also lime.
By means of test plats upon which
the different elements of a complete
plant food are used in various com
binations the educated farmer can de
termine what elements are most need
ed for the most profitable crops he can
grow’, and in what form to supply
them. As regards potash, generally
•speaking where freights are low the
cruder forms, as kainit, is the most
profitable except for certain crops, such
as Irish potatoes and tobacco. Where
freights are high the more concentrat
ed forms, as the high grade muriate
or sulphate are most desirable. Most
farmers will find It profitable to pur
chase the unmixed goods and mix at
home, using a special formula for each
crop and Held. No general formula
can be given for the most economical
use of potash or any other element of
plant food. The general principle is
to give enough easily soluble food
over and above the natural supply af
forded by the soil to produce a maxi
mum crop. Asa rule, it is not eco
nomical to apply potash alone, it
should be given in combination with
other elements of plant food or most
often with phosphoric acid. Plants
making a very rapid growth, such as
most early fruits and vegetables re
quire more available food than those
of slower grow’th, like corn, cotton or
grass.
Plant II reed In k.
Our Indian corn is not the only plant
that can be improved In habit and pro
lificacy' by careful selection. There is
hardly a plant grow-n on our farms or
in our gardens that will not yield to
careful selection, says Prof. Massy in
Practical Farmer. Years ago when dig
ging late potatoes we found a hill that
had forty-four potatoes, mainly of
small size. Right alongside was a
hill that had three good sized pota
toes and a few small ones. Now, we
have often heard men discuss the
planting of large and small seed po
tatoes. Suppose we had taken the large
potatoes that grew in the hills with
few in the hill, for seed. They were
certainly the most handsome potatoes.
But the hill with the forty-four pota
toes showed at least a prolific habit,
and we planted them and were not
disappointed in the result, for they
gave far more marketable potatoes
than large ones from less prolific hills.
Lately w r e read in an exchange the ex
perience of a thoughtful farmer who
said that In digging his sweet potatoes
he found a hill that had eight pota
toes that averaged one pound each,
the next hill had four potatoes of a
pound each and the third hill had only
one potato of a pound. The crop had
been fertilized alike and cultivated
alike. One plant had eight times the
crop of another. Now, we are sure that
if the potatoes from the prolific hill
were saved by themselves and used to
start plants for another season there
would be an advance in the yield. Some
time ago one of our old students, who
is in the forestry work of the United
States Geological Survey, wrote to us
from Colorado that he had found, back
in the mountains, a man with a little
ranch, who is an attentive reader of
the Practical Farmer. He had some
wheat that he said he had found
growing volunteer there, and planted
it on his farm. Our correspondent said
that the wheat had heads five to six
inches long, and he secured some and
sent it to us. We now have that wheat
growing in our garden, and will give it
special attention and will save the
finest heads for seed, so that another
year we may be able to say what it
will turn out. The results in the selec
tion and breeding of wheat at the Min
nesota Station have attracted general
attention, and there is no doubt but
that either the spring or winter wheat
can be greatly increased in yield if
careful selection of seed is made and
only the heaviest seed from the finest
heads planted. The same is true of the
cotton plant. One man will take from
the gin any seed so that it is cotton.
Another man goes through his field
and notes the character of the plants
and selects his seed from plants hav
ing the character he wants and that
are prolific, and in a little while he has
a cotton that beats his neighbors and
it is named and sold. But the ma
jority of those who buy the seed go
on getting seed of any sort from the
gin. and in a little while the cotton has
lost its original character except with
the cureful man who originated It. The
s:.me Is true of corn. A careful breeder
will get a distinct strain and get good
prices for his seed, and in a little
while the general stock of the neigh
borhood has been allowed to deteriorate
simply because the farmers do not
breed with the same Ideal that the
original breeder had. Most of the
special strains of our garden vegeta
bles have been formed by selection
diligently practiced year after year un
til the new race is gotten so far away
from the original stock that it deserves
and receives anew name. The world is
indebted to the specialists in plants
for all the Improvement that has been
made in varieties. With most of our
farm crops as much Improvement in
the yield can be made by careful seed
selection and breeding towards an
Ideal as can be made through the im
provement of the soil Itself. We hope
that every reader of the Practical
Farmer will determine that in the fu
ture he will attempt the intelligent
breeding of the seed of his money crop
at least, and reap the substantial re
ward of his extra care.
The Tim tier < ntnlpa.
What is known as the hardy catalpa
Is catalpa speciosa, the best one for
timber purposes. Calling It hardy
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Hand Made
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wOPIiS Good Old Fash
*tHKSi|n ioned Whisky,
frHiifV Mellow, Mild,
HIMSSh and Wholesome.
Cascade Sour
Mash is taken
through a scientific pro
cess of purification and
every undersirable quality
removed.
GEORGE A. DICKEL ft CO.
DitlilUrt
Nashville, Tenn.
His fepnnr htatlfilng O* fruirtiAi'ora
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1904.
THE
BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT
For Wife, Mot Her, Daughter
Sister or Sweetheart
3y this Sign f X. These Machines
you may know are never sold
and will find to dealers *
Singer Stores Only from Maker
Everywhere fx I to User
A small payment down, tlie rest at
convenient intervals.
Four different Kinds and a wide
range of prices to suit.
Select Now-Delivery when wanted
Get the Best and you get the Singer
150 Whitaker Street,
Savannah, - - Georgia.
catalpa Is somewhat misleading, be
cause, speaking for the North gener
ally, all catalpas are hardy, and there
are three or four of them, writes Jo
seph Meehan In the Farmer. But the
one for timber purposes, eatalpa spe
ciosa, Is certainly the hardiest of all,
and it is the best of all for timber.
It has an upright, tree-like appear
ance, lacking In the others, especially
In the one native of Pennsylvania and
southward, eatalpa bignonioldes. Those
who intend to plant the seed of this
tree need be careful to get the true
kind. To one accustomed to the seeds,
the difference can be told. The seeds
have at the end a fringe-like arrange
ment of hairs, which in speciosa is
short, and not brought to a point. In
the Eastern one C. bigonioides, the
hairs come to a fine point, somewhat
like a waxed mustache, and this char
acter appears constant. The writer
believes he could tell the seeds apart
correctly, observing the arrangement
of the hairs. The trees as they grow
are quite distinct. The timber one is
tall, straight and flowers earlier than
the other. The Eastern one, bignonlo
ides, makes a spreading, round-headed
tree, of great beauty as an ornamental
tree, but not straight enough for tim
ber purposes. It is probable that if
the Eastern one were grown close to
gether, as timber trees are, it would
be compelled to make a straight
growth. No doubt its wood would be
as valuable as that of the speciosa.
The time to sow catalpa seed is in
early spring, when, should the season
be favorable, there will be a foot of
growth by the close of the season. A
display of this timber tree was made
at the St. Louis Exposition.
Japanese Evergreens.
We certainly owe a great deal to
Japan for the many nice trees and
shrubs from there which are so use
ful to us in our plantings. Among the
various trees and shrubs of both ever
green and deciduous nature which are
found in collections here, there are
more from Japan than from any other
foreign country. The reason for this
Is that the climate of a great portion
of that country, as well as of Man
churia and Korea. Is very similar to
our own, and add to this in an abor
eultural way, those countries are
greatly blessed. Just now the ever
greens are mostly in mind, as I have
Just passed through a large collection
of them. The one sort which has
helped ornament our grounds more
than another is that of the Retinispora.
There are perhaps a dozen well known
sorts of it. every one of which has
some distinctive and meritorious char
acter. The two most common are R.
Obtusa and R. Plsifera; the others are
deemed varieties of these. In com
mon language, the various forms o t
these are called Japanese cedars, al
though they are not cedars. But the
general public call all sorts of ever
greens cedars, so it is not strange
that the retinisporas have been dubbed
cedars. In general character these
Japanese evergreens resemble our na
tive arbor vitae, and, in fact, they are
not greatly removed from them. Their
habit of growth is much the same. Left
to grow as they will they form, In
time, a broad-based, conical small tree.
There are, besides the common green
forms, some golden foliaged kinds and
some silver tipped, and numbers of
dwarf varieties: a large and admir
able assortment, in fact. For setting
out on a lawn these evergreens are
exceedingly useful, and always give
pleasure, they are so handsome and
interesting, and It is greatly in their
favor that with ordinary care the
transplanting of them is not a difficult
matter. Joseph Meehan.
Getting Kkk* During the Winter.
The following is the North Carolina
Station’s way of securing a supply of
winter eggs, and is given in one of Us
bulletins: 'Tfi order to get early eggs,
some extra feed in addition to the or
dinary ration generally given by farm
ers is needed. Asa rule, the trouble
on the farm Is that after corn is
gathered, there is an over-abundance
of grain lying around, and in conse
quence the fowls become too fat. All
farmers have hay to spare, at least
they should have, and a few pounds per
week fed to the hens will greatly in
crease the egg production. Clover hay
is best, but any kind is good. Feed as
follows: Cut Into as short lengths as
possible, *4 to % Inch, and In the even
ing fill a two-gallon bucket full, cov
er and place on the kitchen stove and
allow it to boil as long as there is tire.
AVhen the morning fire Is built, allow
the hay to heat again; then drain off
the water and mix with the hay three
quarts of wheat bran, or enough to
make It crumbly. This will make
nearly two gallons of feed. Give it to
100 hens as a morning feed. Remember,
this is for cold weather and for fowls
that are at liberty on the farm. In
the evening, late, supply what they
will consume of corn one day and oats
the next, and so on. Be sure to give
plenty of fresh water every day, and
on very cold mornings slightly warm.
If you do not. It will freeze as once,
and be of no service. Be sure the hen
house ha* good tight ends and sides,
and always front the house to the
south. The warmer the fowls are In
winter, without supplying artificial
heat, the more eggs they will lay, and
the earlier they will become broody. If
eggs are wanted for hatching pur
pose*, do not have too many cocks.
One male to fifteen hens for the farm
is much better than two. If all run to
gether. Dispose of all h*na that are
paat the profitable age. which la, gen- j
■•rally speaking, three years, and do
not egpect fertile eggs from <wkw 4
to $ years old It Is beat to use either I
I or *• year-olds males." These dir* -
(ions apply to Pout hern localities At I
the North we have to take special
pains to keep the hens busy scratch
ing for part of their feed all along dur
ing the cold weather. In North Caro
lina, and other sections South, the
hens are outdoors most of the time
anyway, and seldom without the need
ed exercise. With some breeds, we
would rather have one cock for twenty
or twenty-five hens than more. We
have had Langshan eggs produce
strong chicks where we had only one
male for forty hens.
CAN SAVE SIOO,OOO YEARLY.
Experts Ileport on Government
Electric Plants at Navy Yards.
Washington, Dec. 11.—Secretary of
the Navy Morton has received from
Stone & Webster of Boston, who were
employed as expert engineers to visit
the navy yards and examine the light
ing, heating and power plants, an ex
haustive report covering the matter
and recommending consolidations of
lighting, heating and power plants
wherever practicable.
The authority for the inquiry was
contained in a provision of the naval
appropriation bill for the current year,
incorporated at the instance of Secre
tary Moody, authorizing the head of
the department to consolidate the va
rious plants at the several navy yards
and stations. Great diversity of opin
ion developed among the bureau offi
cers of the navy. In fact, most of the
duplication in the. yards to-day re
sults form the different bureaus each
maintaining an establishment of its
own, and it is still evident that the
consolidation which the secretary is
empowered to make, cannot be accom
plished without a struggle within the
navy, where each bureau is eager to
retain the largest measure of author
ity and control. Because of this inter
nal friction, outside experts were em
ployed. While their recommendations
are made on the basis of individual
yards, their general conclusion is that
the inevitable extension of the present
system within the next five years
would cost more than would the es
tablishment of the central power
plants now, to meet the Increasing de
mands of the future.
The experts kept In mind constantly
the fact that the navy yards are pri
marily maintained for war, and that
the military necessities of the yard
form the most important requisite
rather than economy of output. They
also take cognizance of the desire of
the department to be all sufficient
unto itself, thereby entailing a more
widely extended distribution of differ
ent kinds of power than would be re
quired in an industrial establishment
performing the same functions. Pro
vision has been made at each yard
for the production of electricity for
power and light, available through the
buildings, the dry docks and on board
ships along the water front; pneu
matic power for shop work; hydraulic
power and live steam for a variety of
mechanical purposes; heating of the
buildings and the plans for fire pro
tection. It is estimated that the econ
omies at Portsmouth, Boston, New
York, League Island and Norfolk
would exceed SIOO,OOO a year, while the
first expenditure necessary to
effect them would be about
twelve times as much. But ex
penditures almost as great will
go on if the consolidations are not ef
fected. Secretary Morton has the au
thority to carry out these plans, unless
the bureau chiefs deter him from do
ing so.
PISTOL FELI’fROM
A MAN’S LAP
Anil S-Year-Old Boy Wu Shot Near
Homervllle.
Valdosta, Ga., Dec. 11.—The eight or
ten-year-old son of Sim Strickland,
near Homcrville, was seriously wound
ed yesterday by the accidental dis
charge of a pistol. The lad was at
the home of his grandfather, W.
J. Strickland, and his uncle, Lucius
Strickland, had his revolver out lay
ing across his lap. The boy was In
front of him. Lucius Strickland, for
getting that the pistol was in his lap,
arose and the gun fell upon the floor
and was discharged. The bullet en
tered the lad's side and ranged up
through his body.
Dropsy and Skin Diseases.
HOW THEY CAN BE CURED.
. .Numerous men and women suffer from dropsy and skin diseases, and
don't know what to do for it. For the benefit of these we will tell a simple
wuy by which you can be sure of results that are both satisfactory and
t permanent. The mistake that so many make when they
have a skin disease like psoriasis, eczema, salt rheum,
tetter, sene,cancer, bolls, ulcer or similar eruptions, Is to
go to the nearest druggist and get his opinion. Of course
he recommends something out of stock—a salve, oint
ment. This seldom proves satisfactory, because skin dis
eases are usually blood diseases and stomach diseases,
and hence a comprehensive treatment for the entire con
stitution is necessary, you can get such a treatment
from no one but a doctor who has studied these diseases,
and made a successful specially of them—a man like
Dr. J. Newton Hathaway, who has been practicing suc
cessfully for over a quarter of a century. Dropsy, too.
Is a field wherein he is one of the few who have succeed
ed. Few people, when they have dropsy know who to
go to for relief and cure. The hands, the feet, the legs
IHI.lt VI HAH stomach or chest are swollen, there are aches and pains
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A YEAR WITH
THE POSTOFFICES
COST UNCLE SAM $152,000,000
POSTMASTER GEHERAL WYKXE’S
A.VSIAL REPORT.
Shorn, the Great Growth of the Pos
tal Service—Xew Law* Recom
mended—The R. F. D. Service, Its
Growth and Its Seeds—The Rail
way Mall Service—lts Business and
the Fatalities to Its Employes.
Statistics of Postolllce Robberies.
Sew Rate of Postage Seeded.
Washington, Dec. 11.—The annual re
port of the Postmaster General was
made public to-day. In reviewing the
work of the Postoffice Department for
the last year the Postmaster General
says: “Postal revenues have increas
ed; salutary changes in the classifi
cation of the mails have been carried
out greatly to the benefit of the serv
ice: amendments to regulations facili
tating the handling of mercantile pack
ages in bulk have put into effect;
at home and abroad postal facilities
have been extended; exchange of
money orders with foreign countries
has been simplified and cheapened;
parcels-post conventions were extend
ed to European countries as an experi
ment with Germany five years ago;
they have been extended to Japan and
the British colony of Hong Kong to
meet changes of trade conditions in
the Far East; also to Norway. Econ
omy and strict accountability have
been enforced in all branches of the
service. While the so-called deficit of
$8,779,492 —that is, the excess of ex
penditures over receipts—is greater by
$4,219,447 than for the fiscal year 1903,
it must be borne in mind that the ex
penditure authorized for the extension
and maintenance of the rural free de
livery service during the past fiscal
year was $4,902,237 greater than the
preceding year.”
New Laws Recommended.
The Postmaster General’s principal
recommendations for legislation are as
follows:
“That third and fourth-class mail
matter be consolidated at the rate of
postage now paid on third-class mail
matter—l cent for each 2 ounces.
That consideration be given to the
recommendation that Gongress fix a
rate of 3 cents per pound, or any frac
tional part thereof, on packages not
exceeding 5 pounds mailed at the dis
tributing postoffice of any rural free
delivery route for delivery to a pa
tron on said route. This to apply
only to pacakaiges deposited at the lo
cal postoffice for delivery to patrons
on routes emanating from that office,
and not to mail transmitted from one
office to another.
“That the interstate-commerce law
be amended to prohibit telegraph and
express companies, or any of their em
ployes, from aiding and abetting in
the green-goods or lottery swindles or
any other scheme carried on partly by
mail and partly by common carrier,
in violation of the postal laws.
“That Congress consider the prop
priety of granting an annuity to rail
way postoffice clerks, who are per
manently disabled in the line of duty.
■"To provide penalties for the send
ing of dangerous or destructive objects
or matter in the mails.
“That a penalty be provided for the
use of counterfeit postmarking stamps
for the improper certification of pen
sion vouchers or for any other pur
pose.
"That the establishment, or mainte
nance of private letter boxes, without
authorization of the Postoffice Depart
ment be prohibited.”
The expenditures by the department
during the year were $152,362,116.70. an
excess over the receipts of $8,779,492.36
This is an increase in the deficit over
the previous year of $4,219,447.63, and
$1,572,585.48 over the estimated deficit
for the year.
Increase of the Money Order Service.
The report makes a comparison of
the business of the department dur
ing 1904 with that of 1903, as showing
the increase In the postal money or
der service. In the domestic service
there were 4,450.873 more domestic or
ders Issued than in 1903. and 3,699,549
more domestic orders paid and repaid.
The amount of orders issued, $378,778,-
488.84, represents an increase of $25,-
150.840.81. The amount of orders paid
and repaid, $578,511,407.13, representing
an increase of $25,338,086.61. The amount
received in fees was $238,617.37 more
than In 1903. The average amount of
a domestic order issued, viz: $7.52, rep
resents a decrease of 17 cents.
A comparison of international busi
ness with 1903 shows that there were
294,195 more orders issued, and 161,692
more orders paid and repaid. The
amount of orders issued, $42,550,150.71,
represents an increase of $7,312,215.28.
The amount of orders paid and repaid.
$13,303,459.62, represents an increase
of $1,619,886.85. The amount received
in fees was $73,539,39 more than in 1903.
The average amount of an internation
al order issued, viz, about $19.27, repre
sents an increase of 86 cents.
Destructive Matter In the Malls.
"The sending of any explosive or in
flammable matter or any poisonous
animal through the mails is prohibited
by postal laws and regulations, but
no penalty Is provided for violation of
this regulation. L ve tarantulae, snake#
and scorpions, loaded revolvers and
other explosives are continually inter
cepted in the malls and consigned to
the Dead-Letter Office Museum. Some
adequate punishment,” the Postmaster
General says, "should be provided for
those who thus recklessly endanger the
lives of mail clerks.”
The H. V. D.
On the rural free delivery the Post
master General reports:
"During the fiscal year there were
HIDES. WAX. FURS. SKINS.
Highest Market Prices Paid.
A. EHRLICH & BRO, l Wholesale Grocers and Liquor Dealers
THE CHASMAR KING SUPPLY CO.^
126-130 Bay Street, West
JOBBERS.
BATH ROOM FIXTURES, SAXITA RY PLUMBING GOODS, WROUGHT
IRON PIPE. FITTINGS, etc. All sup piles for STEAM. WATER and GAS.
Sole Agents for the celebrated HUXIi ICY VALVES.
- 1 •• • i a
Wool, Hides, Wax, Raw Furs and Skins,
Write for Prices.
D. KIRKLAND,
Children’s Specials
We are especially well prepared this season
with a line of Children’s Vehicles in the
Easy Running Gendrons. This is the strong
est line for beauty, desirability and easy run
ning qualities. We are showing:
Tricycles, rubber and steel tires,
Velosipedes, rubber and steel tires.
AutomobHes, rubber tires.
Hand Cars, rubber tires.
Iron Wagons.
Dolls Brass Beds, with springs.
New line of Dolls, Go-Carts and Baby
Carriages on sale NEXT WEEK.
LINDSAY & MORGAN
American Club Ginger Ale
made from
Green Ginger Root and Purest Known Water
Surpasses AH Others .
Clear and sparkling, perfectly carbonated. Reeommended bv physicians
and praised by all who try it. Note the following letter received with re
mittance for FIRST SOLID CARLOAD shipped:
"Sandersville, Ga„ Dec. 7. 1904.—The Kalola Companv, Savannah, Ga.:
Gentlemen—We beg to hand you herewith check with freight bills, enclosed
We wish to extend to you our thanks for your promptness in getting this
shipment out to us, as well as the high quality of goods you shipped us
Our sales on this article have far surpassed our expectations and you
may rest assured that we will continue to handle and push this line. We
have heard a number of parties to whom we have sold your ‘American
Club Ginger Ale’ say that it proves the most satisfactory as a good seller
than any other of this class of goods they have ever sold. Wishing you
continued success in the manufacture of ‘American Club Ginger Ale’ and
wishing you a Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year beg to remain
yours truly, Cohen-Duggan Jobbing Cos., by Me, Duggan, Secretary and
Treasurer.”
A delicious beverage for home use. For sale at soda founts, fancy Groce
ries, clubs, etc.
KALOLA COMPANY, Mfrs..
21-23 Bay Street, West. Savannah, Ga.
YV. G. BREWER, YTce President and General Manager.
established 9,447 routes, making a to
tal of 24,566 routes in operation on June
30,1904. The growth of the service is,
in a measure, shown by the fact that
in 1897 there were but 44 routes in op
eration. This number increased to 1,-
276 in 1900. In 1902 there were 8,466
routes and in 1903 15,119 routes.
"June 30 the total number of domes
tic routes of al! classes was 31,513,
their length 496,818 miles and the an
nual travel 505,585,526 miles. Compared
with the preceding year this was a
decrease in length of routes of 9,450
miles, but an Increase in annual travel
of 12,392,166 miles. The annual rate
of expenditure for such service- at the
end of the last fiscal year was $67,-
331,429.63, an increase of $4,336,887.29."
The Hallway Mull Service.
The report deals at length with the
railway mail service. June 30, there
were 1,448 lines of traveling postofflees
covering 192,309 miles in length; the
number of employes in the service was
11,621; the annual distance traveled by
clerks in cars and boats, 246,048,412
miles. To accomplish this 4,175 cars and
apartments were used on the steam
roads, besides twenty-four cars on
electric lines under the supervision of
the railway mail service, and eighty
three apartments on steamboat lines.
It is estimated that these clerks han
dled 17,132,840,230 pieces of ordinary
mail and 36,699,264 packages and cases
of registered mail. The errors by
clerks in handling the mall, as report
ed, indicate but one error for every
11,181 pieces correctly distributed.
There were 378 casualties to mail cars
last year, in which either clerks or
mails, or both, were injured. There
were killed eighteen clerks, two sub
stitutes, one mail weigher, and there
were ninety clerks seriously and 348
slightly injured.
Robbery of Poalonees.
During the year 1,593 postofflees were
robbed; there were sixty depredations
on railway postofflees, star routes, ru
ral free delivery routes, and screen
wagon service. There were 940 rob
beries of street and rural free deliv
ery letter boxes. Sixty-six postal
cars were burned and wrecked, and
560 postofflees were burned. There were
2.397 mall pouches lost, damaged, or
rifled. These figures show a decrease
In the number of postofflees robbed
and a decrease )n the number of pos
tal cars burned and wrecked as com
pared with the previous year, also a
decrease In the number of robberies
relating to railway postofflee service,
star routes, rural free delivery routes,
and screen-wagon service, and an In
ccease In the number of postofflees
burned and the number of letter boxes
lobbed. This Increase in the number
of letter boxes robbed Is reported as
due to the growth of the rural free
delivery eei vice, these boxes being
placed upon the public highway and
more subject to depredation than city
buses
tfcssfM ef ysflSMMtri,
TIM total nuanbor of appoiAUsuMtu af
postmasters was 13.812, a decrease of
1,249 as compared with the preceding
year.
During the year there were 2,549 post
offices established and 5,587 discontinu
ed, a decrease of 158 in the number of
offices established and an increase of
1,125 in the number "of offices discon
tinued. At the close of the fiscal year
there were 71.131 postofflees in the
United States. 265 first class, 1,204 sec
ond class. 3,896 third class, and 65,766
fourth class. There were 7,763 resig
nations of postmasters, 1,091 removals
, and 791 deaths.
Bate of Poitniie,
As to the proposition for anew rate
of postage, the Postmaster General
says; “With the establishment of ru
ral mail delivery, and the increasing
extension of rural telephone service
by private interests, there has grown
up a demand by the patrons of the ru
ral service for the delivery of small
packages of merchandise, such as food
stuffs, tobacco, dry goods, drugs, etc.,
on an order to the local merchant by
postal card, telephone, or otherwise.
The value of these packages of mer
chandise Is usually small and the pres
ent rate of postage of 1 cent per ounce
is practically prohibitive. The patron
or merchant can not afford to pay 16
cents for the delivery of a pound of
coffee or tobacco, or similar article,
but If a special rate were established
on such matter from the distributing
office for delivery to any patron on the
rural routes from that office It would
be a great convenience to the patrons
and become a source of revenue to the
department. It Is therefore recom
mended for the consideration of Con
gress that a rate of 3 cents per pound,
or any fractional part thereof, be au
thorized for packages of books or
merchandise, not exceeding 5 pounds,
mailed at the distributing postofflee of
any rural free delivery route for de
livery to a patron on said route This
rate should apply only to packages de
posited at the local postofflee for de
livery to patrons on routes emanating
, from that office and not to malt trans
mitted from one office to another. The
rate of 3 cents per pound would be
utnplo remuneration for the depart
ment, because there is no expense for
railway transportation, and the system
by which these packages are to be de
livered Is already established, and such
delivery would entail no additional ex
pnae upon tha department. A special
stamp could be provided for this class
of mall matter.
Hlatmii Kelley al Valdosta.
Valdosta, Oa„ Dae. ||—Bishop Ksl
ley, of Havannsh. and Father fiehada
• •II wens here to-day and conducted
services at the home of Mrs 1, L
Fender. A large claae was confirmed
toy the fllehop Ttoe Homan Catholics
have no church Mrs, though their son*
giegaiion has grown •onsigerahlr si
lots, sad tfcsro |g talk gf toulHla# a