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6 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 fec-en |rw gSjB “£wr The Same ” Hand Made ** / gjJ S°ur Mash 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 Iti-cogm/cil a* liar and rsltef Is an Immediate necessity. Instead of wasting Oldest I stablieli- time or money call on this eminent sperisJlat. Dr. (lath ed and Most lie. away. There Is no question about him curing you and a * liable *|w-<-btiit. he make* no charge for the essmination of any disease and his advice and guldsncs thereon, you can consult Mm a* any time feeling sure that no charge will result It it I* Inconvenient for you to call then write him for half Fssmliiattoo blank booklet etc. Attend to thte promptly The address I# as follows ISA Aryan attest Msvanoeti ,j. Office hours It #. in to I? tin, l to I, 7 to r p in ffundart I# a. it; to I y m 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