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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Seed of the Sweet Potato.

Prof. RaveneI, of the Charleston Ne1os,
says to those who have faith in the i'm
provement of our vegetable productions
by selections of seeds, and who have the
taste and inclination for such things, we
would suggest that the season is now APP
preaching for the seeding of the sweet
potato. The blooming is abundant enough
every year, but the maturing Of perfect
seed very rare. so far as we have been able
to learn. Perhaps not so rare as gene
rally supposed if they are looked for care
fully.
All the great Improvements that have
taken place among plants have been ac-
complished by the process Of sowing seeds
and of obtaining new and better varie-
ties. Large fortunes have been made in
this way and the stimulus of profit has
induced great numbers to engage in this
business. The sweet potato offers a good
field for trial, as being removed from the
active competition going on at the North
among nurserymen and amateurs in the
departments of seed Improvement. When
once good variety is discovered through
seed growing, the variety, unlike annu-
ais, which require to be renewed every
year by seeds, can be propagated true to
its kind forever by its roots, like the Irish
potato, grapes and all fruit trees and roses,
nfo
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Superstition and CrocOdiIes.
Ef.-Ter,,-..s,.sr.. Trsfss.

In different sections Of the country l
found that the people differed somewhat
in their treatment Of the crocodile. Some
tribes never harm them, while others
retaliate upon them whenever human
beings are devoured-life for life. The
inhabitants living upon the shores of
a lake called Itasy are accustomed to
make a yearly proclamation to the crOcO-
dies of the lake. The sOrcerer making
the proclamation stands on the shore near
the water, and, stretching out his arms
over the lake. cries out in a loud voice warn
ing the crOcOdiles in the name of some
supreme being, called Andriamanitra,
that any deaths among the people caused
by them viii be duly avenged by the kill
ing of as many crOcodiles in return. The
Wei disposed croc0diles are then warned
10 keep out Of the way, as the people have
no quarrel with them. but only with their
evil-minded relatives, who have taken
human life. This superstition relative TO
the crOcodiles does not seem to extend to
the crOcodile's eggs. for in many of the vii
lagos the eggs NAV be found for sale in the
market places. Among the people the
eggs are considered a great delicacy, and,
indeed, they are very good, but II was
some time before | could overcome my
scruples and indulge in them freely.
Dogs have a very sagaciOus way Of out
WHITING the crOcOdiles. / have seen a dog
stand on the bank Of a stream for some
time barking furiOusly. As soon as all
the crOcOdiles in the vicinity had cOngre-
gated at the place where the noise was
being made. the dog suddenly ran OF as
fast as possible and swan across at some
distance up stream.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Home-NTade Soan-

From domestic sources we compile the
following for the benefit Of some of our
readers:
Run down I've from white ashes-white
oak, hickory, ash, maple or apple tree
will make white ashes-and for every
pound of grease that you use put in a gal
Ion of this lye. Set the vessel away to
stand several days-some say nine. Stir
the mixture every day. When it has stood
long enough set the vessel by slow fire
to boil, stirring it frequently till all the
grease has been taken up. This will re-
quire six, eight or ten hours, according to
the strength Of the I've. The I've ought to
be strong enough to bear an egg. Add
about pint of salt to ten gallons Of soap,
little before you finish boiling; then take
up, strain into moulds and set away to
coil. The longer you keep this soap the
better it will become.
Good soap is one of the indispensables
in housekeeping. The old Iye-gum and
soft soap barrel are not as common now
as they were in our grandmOther's days.
They have departed before the march of
new ideas and new inventions. Whether
or not all the new things have been for
our good may well be questioned. Ger
tain it is, most housekeepers in the coun-
try could make nearly all the soap they
use if they would save the grease, tallow,
suet, bones and scraps of refuse bacon.
A little rosin or sassatras bark added
when making soap will impart an agree
BILE smell and make it hard and firm
R1tTdl Messenger.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
To Cure scratches

The following remedy is recommended
for horse having scratches: Place his
feet and legs in bran poultices for thirty
six hours. then wash clean with warm
water and CASTLE soap, and when dry rub
the pits of his heels well with the follow
ing: Take Goulard's extract and olive oil,
equal parts, mixed. Do not allow them
TO get wet after the first washing, but
keep them clean by rubbing well with a
coarse cloth. Give the following powders
night and morning in his iced: Take nj
trate of potash, five; pulyerized resin, one
ounce; mix; make into twelve powders
give regular daily exercise.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
RecomIng KnoMn.


College President-"Here's a list Of
names which l think suitable for hOnora-
~ degrees this year."
College DirectOr-'sMy gracious! Looks
like a Congressional petition. Why, you
must have a couple Of thousand names on
that list"
ssPerhaps so; dIdnot count them"
'sWhere did you get the names, any
howl"
Found them in the directory"
$50 l thought. You've taken every
Tom. Dick and Harry just as they come
along. But what under the sun is your
Objects'
ITO advertise the institution"
ssYOu think il will do any gOOd!"
sOh, yes; the college will become known
by degrees"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29


knitting is the maid Of the kitchen, Milly,
D5ing nothing sits the chore-boy, Billy:
seconds reckOned,
seconds reckOnedi
Every minute,
sixty IN lt.
Mlily, Billy,
VTfv. Milly.
-f-F-tock. tock-tick,
Krick-knOck. knock-uick.
En0ckety- nick, niekety-knock,n
Goes the kitchen clock.
Closer % the FIRE is rosy MilIy.
Every whit as close and cosy, Billy;
Times a-hying,
worth your tryingi
Pretty Mlly-
a Us her. Billy!
MIy. Billy,
1r Miily.
TIek took. tock-tick,
N0w-nOw, quick-quick.
Erecketv-nick. nickety- mock
Goes the Kitchen clock.
something's happened; very red is Mlly,
EIIr boy IS looking very silly:
pretty Misses
Plenty kFssess
Make t twenty.
Take "a plenty.
% Iv. NIlly,
Nltr. Billy.
-ht-leit. left-right,
T.af'- right, all right,
-aAtt - Alfitf1Af falAlH-a
Tu-us the kitchen clock.
N.-rt b. night they are sitting. NlIIy, Billy;
l.. -lc winter winds are WOldrous chilly.
.W ufer weather,
E.e-a together,
wouldn't tarry.
Better marry,
r.. Billy,
II, MI.ly.
Tau-uue. Oue-tw0,
Usr-t wait. 'tWOu'U do,
E-1ckctv-uick. niCkety- knOck'f-
Goes the kitchen clock
Winters two have gone and where is Millys
Spring las come again, and where IS Billyt
-.4IFe me credit,
Fa- lld It.;
Treat me kindly,
Ml1 Won wind me,
Mr. Billy.
M stress Milly4
Wr-Oh. Oh-my,
EF-uv. bv-by
n bety-knOck. cradle rock, -
Goes the kitchen clock.
-nepfrrs5 FIR .Trffff-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itch
ing Piles. One box has cured the worst
cases of 20 years standing. No one need
suffer five minutes after using Williams
Indian Pile Ointment. 1t absOrbs tumors,
allays itching, acts as poultice, gives in
slant relief. Prepared only for Piles, itch
ing ofthe private parts, nothing else. Hon.
J. NJ. Coffenbury, of Cleveland, says: II
have used scores Of Pile cures, and il
affords me pleasure to say that I have
never found anything which gives such
immediate and permanent relief as DIR.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment. Sold
by druggists and mailed on receipt OF
price, 81. Sold by o. Butler, Savannah.
Lippman Bros. wholesale agents.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Measuring Hay.

To find the number Of tons in long or
square stacks the following is the rule:
Multiply the length in yards by the width
in yards, and that by half the altitude in
yards, and divide the product by fifteen.
To find the number OF tons in circular
stacks: Multiply the square of the cir
conference in yards BY four times the al
titude in yards and divide by 100. The
Qu0tient will be the number of cubic yards
in the stack. Then divide by fifteen TO
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Adr1ce to Hothers.

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be used when children are
cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little suf-
ferer at once: it produces natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from pain, and
the little cherub awakes as bright as
button" 1t is very pleasant to taste. 1t
sOOthes the child. sOftens the gums, al
lays all pain, relieves wind, regulates
the bowels, and is the best known remedy
for diarrhoa, whether arising from teeth
ing or other causes. % cents bottle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
BuRNETT,s CocoAINE.

The Best of All Hair Dressings.
1t alIays irritation, removes all tenden-
cy to dandruf, and inyigorates the action
Of the capillaries in the highest degree,
thus promoting a UigOr0aS and healthy
drOlcth Of the hair. Its effect upon the
glossiness and richness OF the hair is such
as cannot be surpassed.
Burnett's Flayoring Extracts are the
best.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

"JoHN," said the butter dealer, "always
put in a couple of sheets OF paper when you
weigh. Customers will think you neat and
Clearly in your business. They don't like to
have thar butter stopped onto scale that for
an they know has never been washed. And
besides, there's good profit in buying paper
at half a cent pound and selling It for thirty
i've or forty.-B0St0H transcript.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
Don't Scrape Your Trees.

The american Garden expresses the
opinion that the common practice of
scraping the bark Of trees, and especially
fruit trees, is very often carried to excess.
A healthy, vigorous tree does not require
to be scraped at all; it needs all its natu-
raj bark for protection against the cold,
drying winds of winter, and against the
parching sun of summer, as much so as
birds need their feathers and wild beasts
their fur. The superhuous, scaly part Of
the bark of a healthy tree is continually
thrown off by its own expansion.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
rHE FTELp. PAIRS ANp GARpEN.

We solicit articles for this department.
The name OF the writer should accompany
the letter or article, not necessarily
for publication. but as evidence Of good
faith
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

.e67 Prizes. amounting to $685.. 500
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the Office Of the Company IN New
Orleans.
For further information write clearly, Civ
ing full address. Make p. o. Money Orders
p0vable and address Registered Letters TO
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans. La.
POSTAL NOTES and ordinary letters by
Mail or Express (all sums Of IS aud upwards
by Express at our expense) 80
NJ. A. DAUPHIS.
New Orleans, La,
Or NJ. a. DAUPHIN,
607 Seventh street, Washington, ID. c.,
Or JN0. 3. FERNANDEZ.
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

One of the best subjects for farmers
clubs is the making and repairing of coun-
fry roads
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

OPIUM and WHISKY HABITS cured by
" b. NJ. WOOLLEY. MD. Atlanta, Ga.
Reliable evidence given and reference to cured
p ttients and physicians. Send for my book
ON the Habits and their Cure, free.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY GO,
COMMISSIONERS.

Incorporated in 1865 for % years By the Leg
stature for educational and charitable pur-
pOses-with capital OF $1,000, 0o0-t0 which a
reserve fund of over S55o.000 has since been
added.
BY an overwhelming popular vote ITS fran
ehse was made a part Of the present state
Constitution. adopted December 2, A. D. 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on anu in
dorsed by the people OF any State.
IL Rerer scales or p0sfpones.
ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take
place monthly.
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A
FORTUNE.-Seventh Grand Drawing, Class
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LEANS. TUESDAY, JULY Is, lSS4-lT0th
Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE $4,000.
100000 Tickets at Five Dollars Each. Frac-
tions in Fifths in proportion.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
SAVED HER LIFE.

RIDGE, McINTosH CO., GA.
DIR. j. BRADFIELD: Dear Str have taken
several bottles Of your Female Regulator for
falling of the womb and other diseases COM
bined, Of sixteen years standing, and really
6elieOe / am cured entirely, for which please
accept my heartfelt thanks and most profound
gratitude. / know your medicine saved my
life, so you see / cannot speak too highly In its
favor. | have recommended it to several of
my friends who are suffering as l was. Yours
very respectfully,
MRS. w. E. STEBBINs.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

IT IS rumored that Senator Fairs divorced
wife is about to marry young San Francisco
newspaper man.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
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WITH =

MAY mean POISONED with Potash" This
M Is the case with hundreds who have been
unwse enough to take SarsaDarillas, Potash
mixtures, etc, until digestion is almost fatally
impaired Swifts Specific is a vegetable
remedy, and restores the system to health and
builds up the waste made by these poisons.
81 was suffering with Blood Poison, and
treated several months with Mercury and
Potash, only to make me worse. The Potash
took away my appetite and gave me dyspep-
STA, and both gave me rheumatism. | then
took Sarsaparillas. etc. All these Sarsaparilla
mixtures have Potash in them. This made me
still worse as it drove the poison farther into
my system. friend insisted / should take
SWift's Specific, and it cured me of the Blood
Poison, drove the Mercury and Potash out of
my system, and to-day ! am as well as ever
was" GEO. o. WELLMAN, JR.,
Salem, Mass.
John A. Smith, the largest merchant in
Gainesville, Ca, says: 81 suffered for years
from the combined effects of Erysipelas and
Eczema. l continued to grow worse under
medical treatment and by taking medicine
containing Potash. S. s. s. cured me thor
oughly and absolutely. My appetite, strength
and flesh returned as / was cured with it,"
Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease mailed
free to applicants.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Drawer g. Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y. Office, 1853 w. 23d ST., between 9th and
9TH avs. Philadelphia Office, 1905 Chestnut st.
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Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
N. Y. Office, 1853 w. 23d ST., between 9Th and
18th avs. Philadelphia Office, 1905 Chestnut st.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29

TESTED a QUARTER or 4 CENTURY
1T STANDS UNRIVALED.
LAGRANGE. GA.
DR.. j. BRADFIELp, Atlanta, Ca: Dear Sip
take pleasure in stating that / have used,
for the last twenty years, the medicine you
are now putting up, known as DR.. Bradfeld's
Female Regulator, and consider it the best
combination ever gotten together for the dis
eases for which it is recommended. With
kindest regards | am, respectfully.
w. b. TERRELL, NJ. D.
Treatise on the Health and Happiness Of
Woman mailed free to any address.
TIE BRADFIELD REGULATOR Co..
Box %, Atlanta. GA.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-29
CAPITAL PRIZE SIS, 900.

APPROPRIATION PRIZES.
Approximation Prizes Of S750..... $3.50
Approximation Prizes Of $780,. 4,5O0
Approximation Prizes of ESQ.,. 2,250
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
STATE INTERESTS At TRENTON
A spAsM or ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ALBEIT WANTS
ANOTHER YGCTiM.

A sPAsM OF ECONOMY-GOVERNOR ALBEIT WANTS
ANOTHER VICTIM.
fproM THE REGULAR coRREsroNDENT OF TIE TRBUNEl
TRENTON, Feb. 1.-THE Legislature adjourned
at noon until Monday evening after uninportant ses-
sions The House devoted large share OF Its time to
debating bin 10 give the Treasurer Republican,
clerk at salary of II 900 per The Democrats
were seriously alarmed at their extravaganza and
defeated it, II was afterwards learned that the new clerk
was intended TO relieve an aked Democratic cmp,Oyc OF
the TrcSurer's Office whose burdens becoming too
great and whose means are not sufficient to enable him
10 retire
The Senate held shor, session Following rs action
on the colored mans burial rights bill yesterday an As
scmbly hill was passed. requiring county authorities TO
nay the burial expenses OF all hOnoraby discharged
soldiers and sailors whose families too poor 70 pay
Them and TO erect suitable head5tOne above the grave
the total cost not TO exceed 500. The Assembly bin
permitting Jersey City to pay for certain amounts Of coal
received last simmer, and that relative To dedcdllng
turnpike roads to public es, were passed.
II is rlnofed at Governor bctt proposes 70 carry
uos mo Tue state school Boards, and that Charles l..
Elmer /, 10 he Superseded Mr. Eimer Is said 10 have the
opuosiuDn OF "a Republican Senator as WcH. % Tue
aVsr1ce Jer-cv sentmcD hc II PRODUCTION or partisan
shin into school matters h. TeIu1iant ~ the cNireiae.
TN. A. lhly Is lame In parliamentary INV. An error
nv which "a bill declared ln>t when II really had "A
majority votes tins mofnnG not corrected bhi
proceeding eNiun. ci from tht lnlHu c'
and II was ordered majority vote that u Should come
p on passage again. THIS Il against all the rHic9 q
ihe IOnsc So, 49,, o.-t., ,,.;,4.o ~,
Wor,aJ suffrage would give "a hearing on Wednesday
evening February H. 1t p. 10 advocates 0 female
sntfr, re- and fnai the Commit the Compromise OF
PaSt-,iue Taxes will meet on Tuesday afternoon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
TIE STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY.

ALBANY, Feb. THE following were elected
officers of the State Medical Society President, Dr. B.
F. Sherman, of Ogdensburg; vice-presdent Dr. p
H. Sawyer OF Bedford; secretary, DR.. William Manlius
Smith, of syracuse treasurer Dr. Charles H. Porter OF
Albany Censors-southem District Drs. +. A Castle o.
A. Fox and David Webster; Eastern District, Drs 4. d.
Ferguson, N. L. Snow and Leroy Mclean; Middle Dis
trlct Drs. Alonzo Churchill, ]. K. Chamberlain aud
Robert Frazer; Western District Drs T. r. Rochester
b. L. Hoyey and Theodore Dlmon. Commttees-on the
Massachusetts Medical Society, Drs G. @. Monroe, g. G.
Hopkins and Henry Marchi the Connecticut Medical
Society Drs N. L. Bales and g. r. @. Freeman; on the
Canadian Medical Association, Drs. L. z. FELTON,, u M
on the British Medical Association. Drs Fordyce Barker
and Harvey Jewett the Ontario Medical Association
Drs II r. Hopkins and Lucien Howe; on the Pennsyl-
vanla Medical Society DR.. L. Stiles on the Vermont
Medical Society, Drs James l. Little and Joseph LeWi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
DISTRICT REPRESENTATION.

ACTION TAKEN BY CONGRESSMAN SKINNER
(Br TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUsHl
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-"Do the RepuphcanS III
xorr District intend to hold convention to choose
delegates to the Chicago Convention v Congress
man skinner was asked to-day.
ayes" he replied have just written ie''er e. "
the chairman of the Republican Committee Oh 81
Lawrence County on that subject. That county
and Jefferson compose the new XXIId District and
since it was created no Congressional district COM
mittee has been organized. am chairman VI .no
County Committee of Jefferson. In my letter
to the chairman of the other county committee, L
have suggested that subcommittee Of the two two
tinai,ia and Consider and agree upon fair and
proper plan of representation in CongTesslo9fa "a,
holding the district convention for
the selection of delegates TO tne
National Convention at Chicago-the sub-commIt.
tee to have power to call that convention ~
seems to me that the matter is one which demannuss
prompt attention from the Republicans IN t ha1
Congressional district. know of no more practhcaa,
method of reaching satisfactory CONCLUSION IMAM
the one have suggested"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
NOPE RAPID TRANSIT ROUTES.

The Rapid Transit Commissioners yesterday
adopted eight more routes, follows: From West-st
through berty-st and Maiden Lane to South ST. return
ing through Maiden and Corrtlaudtt to Wesst and
down to Liberty-st; from Westst through Chambers
and Newt Chambers ss and James slip TO sonth-st re-
turning through James Slip, New-ChamDers'
Duane and Chambers sts., with connecting
branch from the intersec ion Of Madison,
Pearl aud New hamb crs-st., through Madison
and Grand sts. To the East River. fIom West-St.
through Watts-st. to suliyan-st. through private
property 20 the intersection OF Thomp5on anu
Broome SITS. through Broomc, across Mangn-'t.'
10 and through BrOone slip 70 Elst-sL, at the
East River; from Wcst-st through Barrow,
West Fourth and East Fourth sts. TO the East River
from the west terminus % West Four"enths to Eighth
ave Greenwi3I-ave. West ana ESt Ihlrte'nth SIS
Seconl-avc St Georges Place and East Tllreenth-si
acau 10 the East RIVER from the Hudson River trou-h
Tvrpt,-secOni-st, the East River through InftY-
fo1r.t from river to river; on Forty-seoondst from
river To river with branch along Flrsaye' 10 Last
Thirty-fourth-st ,--,.. -, .,...o
routes stating that IN their Judgment the CONSTRUCTION
Of RAILWAYS on some Of them would be detrimental 10 lhe
business Interests O the city, and that all OF them were
IN their belief, I'm cOntpvcnti0n OF the law.
Tomorrow will be the last day allowed hy law Tor CON
sderpR routes the remaining tiirtv days OF the Com
ionpr' torn will br devoted to selecting system or
systems OF railroad transportation