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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
Tribute to Farmers.

Agriculture is the foundation of the
business and prosperity Of the whole
country. When the toll Of tAe farmer is
utterly lost; when, after planting and
tending and waiting, the harvest time
brings no harvest to him every industry
and every interest instantly feels it. How
completely a series of crop failures, or
even short crops, paralyzes the business
OF the whole country. So a series of good
crops stimulate every business and revive
every dropping industry. The railroad
lines lengthen, the rolling mills are busy,
the iron mine, the saw mill, the lumber
camp, are all scenes Of activity and every
instrument OF commerce is IN use. The
hum of the machinery is the natural ac-
compartment to the songs of the harvest
field. The daily published telegram from
the money centre Of the world is an un-.
conscious daily tribJbse to agriculture anal
the farmer as the prime factor in COM.
merce. They note and chronicle every
frost, every rain, every hostile insect, as
carefully as the physician the symptoms
OF his patient. 5toCks go up aud tauAyn
with the varying reports as to wheat and
corn. The Wall street gambler who never
heard the meadow lark in the field. reads
the news from the grain fields as one fear
ing tor friend would. With the growth
of the country, increased prosperity, and
the multiplied and splendid educational
facilities, our colleges, universities, acad-
emies and, other institutions &C learning
are filling up with ambitious farmer boys,
vigorous in body and mind, beat upon ac-
quiring knowledge. This is well. They
make good students and scholars, but /
have feared that too many of them dis
dainfuIly turn from farm Life to the pro-
fessions, as being a step higher. / would
like to impress upon such young men that
they are mistaken in this. There is in a
true sense no ''step higher from the
calm, thoughtful, Independent life of the
intelligent farmer.-G0g. Rush, Of WIS
rd39ejn
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
Objections for Propagating the.Rose.

Fake a young branch, cut a slit Just be-
low leaf-bud, pun the branch through
The hole in common flower pot until the
slit in the bark is inside the poa then fill
The pot with sandy soil, set it on the
ground, bending the branch szld pInning
It down without breaking; keep the pot
well watered ana the branch Will root in
few weeks, then cut outside the pot
without disturbing the roots. The large
white rose and many others that do not
root easily tro-a a slip, can be propagated
in this way. as can, also, most shrubs and
woody plants. OF course, it will be un-
derst0Od thaathe branch should be pushed
upward until several inches are above the
rim of the pot and the earth pressed tightly
around it, the same as though potting any
ordinary plant. The point to be observed
is to leave the branch answered, so that
it may Graw strength from she parent
root, uatil its own roots are started.
Leave ID undisturbed in the pot in the Gel
lar until the next spring, then set where
it is to remain.-Ffuit Recorder.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
SHOWING THE AGE OF THE JOKE
His Country's Father Runs Down to
Richmond to See Mr.. Pat Henry.
Boston f,lo5a

Soon after the Father OF his Country had
I been inaugurated, he felt the need of a
/ short vacation, and took a run down to
| Richmond to see Gov. Henry. Patrick
was in his garden hoeing potatoes and
1 smoking a short-stemmed, black clay pipe
with tin cap and chain, when George
arrived.
"Hello to We, George; warum dayp'
"Yes, Pat, it is. Find any potato
bugs?"
sSDivil a wan, yer honor. Foin peraties
they bes, too, un it is a big crop ov airly
rose III be after hayin' at the diggin', Pm
thinkin'."
While they were talking the dinner horn
sounded, and they went to the house. The
first course was pea soup. George ate so
heartily that the platter was licked out as
clean as a whistle.
Gov. Henry seeing this, called his body
servant and told him to refill the dish.
"What do he want, massa" asked that
functionary.
.'Peas, peas, Sambo, peas"
"Gemmen may cry pease, pease, but dar
dignity.
When the colored man had departed.
George arose and clasped the Governor by
the hand:
"You are a great man, Pat,' said he;
81 had rather my servants would quote
my speeches to me than be President.
You are the first man ever saw who was
a hero to his valet.o
Saying this, he departed.
When he had gone, Patrick and his SER
want went out into the orchard and had a
good laugh over the little game they had
put up on the f. o. "a. G..
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
stimulants for Plants.

A correspondent of the Gardeners
Chronicle writes: 'sLast year | was in
duced to try an experiment in chrysan-
themum growing, and for this purpose /
purchased one pound of sulphate of am
monia, which bottled and corked up. as
the ammonia evaporates very rapidly.
then selected four plants from my collec-
ton and put them by themselves. and
gave them teaspoonful of ammonia in a
gallon of water twice a week. In fort
nights time the result was most striking,
for although l watered the others with
liquid COW manure they looked lean when
compared with the ammonia watered
plants, whose leaves turned to a very dark
green, which they carried to the edge of
the pots until the flowers were cut. As a
matter of course the flowers were splen-
did. The ammonia which / used is rather
expensive, as bought mine from chem
lists shop; this year l intend getting ag-
ricultural ammonia, which is much
cheaper. / have also tried it on straw
berries, with the same satisfactory re-
suit, the crop being nearly double that of
the others; it is very powerful and re-
quires to be used with caution.''
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22


Mr.. Saunders, Of the Agricultural De-
partment, writing on this subject says:
whether e rs best for farme-s and gar
deners to save their own seed or make
yearly purchases, depends yerF much on
circumstances. or rather upon the partie-
ular kinds Of seeds in question and the
manner of saving them. Seed raising is
a business which requires skill in culture
and great discriminating knowledge,
which can only be acquired og observa-
ti0n and practice. it is one q the great
arts Of seed raising to keep yerieties true
TO their descriptive peculiaTities-" AS
an example he specifies the cabbage; and
remarks that is is now held taat cabbage
seed raised near the seacoass is always
better than that raised inland. Varieties
must alwaEs be grown very widely apart
for seed. for so far as seed can fly there is
danger in crossing with oth5F and inferior
kinds s1tlimate,'' be SAYS, ,has also
much to do with seed saving. When seeds
are grown in climate uuSaited to their
maturity, they will peInetuate a weak
progeny. For example, the cat plant re-
quires q cool, moist climate for perfect
development; hence SEEDS grown in a
warm, dry climate are inferior. 1t is tie
best economy TO procure seeds from ahe
best localities, for no eHorts toward ac-
clima6i0n viii prove OF any value" he
further says, 'sthat seeGs are usually COW
cred too deep, and THAI frming tas. soil
alter sowing is too much neglected. Rell-
ing OF tramping after seed-sowing ismost
essential to germinati9n.N
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
How to SeIect MELONS

You can always tell If a melon has
ripened on the plant, or if it has been
Eipened artidcially, by examining the
stalk, as if the latter it will be quite
shrivelled. If the melon is heavy it proves
it is not spongY; if the skin smells strong
it indicates well-favored melon, and il
on pressing the little round opposite the
stalk you find it not quite hard you may
feel sure that the fruit is ripe. Some good
housewives bite the stalks of the melons
before buying them, as they say that the
more bitter the stalk the sweeter the mel
on. Melons are generally served after the
soup. Some people eat sugar with their
melon, which is a great mistake, as it
makes it more difficult to digest; salt and
pepper, on the contrary, help the digestion
fmmensely
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
Fowls Must Have a Sand Bath.

1t is their sponge, towel, toothbrush
and dressing comb all in one. How would
you feel, my dainty lady, if denied all
your toilet appendages, and compelled to
go day after day unwashed and unkempt,
and to wear soiled and rumpled garments?
Even so suffers Mistress Biddy without
her daily dustabath and nature, that in
fallible teacher, directs her to the nearest
and most convenient place for such reno
walton of the skin and feathers. If no
other soft, sandy and loamy earth is at
hand. you may be sure she will use your
flower bed without regard to consequent
ces. She may learn to hide at your ap-
proach, taught by blind instinct that
you are her enemy, but the idea that you
begrudge her the dearest delight of her
hapless days-the use of the free soil for
her bodily needs-is one that poor Biddy's
small brain can never comprehend. De-
scend to her level, then, yourself; consider
her wants and supply them without de-
lay. So shall the '.irrepressible conflict
of Biddy's wishes and yours in regard to
the flower beds be amicably settled and
both of you hereafter live in peace. Have
cart full of loan, sand and rOad-dust,
and sprinkling of ashes, charcoal and
sulphur placed under cover, where your
fowls can sun themselves, dust their bodies
to the destruction of annoying parasites,
and scratch and bury themselves by the
hour together, whenever the wish may
seize them, and you may lay the fiatter-
ing JUNCTION to your soul that the beati-
tude which refers to the equality OF
mercy" may be applied to yourself then,
if never before. uH1y Messenger.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
Piles! Piles,, Piles!ll

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 OF the private parts, nothing else. Hon.
J. NJ. Cofienbury, of Cleveland, says: 81
have used scores Of Pile cures, and it
affords me pleasure to say that l 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, 1884-06-22
MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA.

Peerless daughter OF the forest
In thy generous perfume breathe
Tales Of bOundless passion told where
Jasmines thy deep haunts enWreathe.
First 70 catch the tropiC breezes,
Their best gifts are surely thine;
FrauEht with sweets. thou yieldest treasure
A from an eXhaustless mine.
No weak shrub thy stay and stan is.
With each waning season dead.
Strong Of frame and tough 81 fibre
Ee1rs thy sire his l0ug-livcd head.
In his faF-goue youth he witnessed
Savage contest for the land,
saw engulfed q Vauquished nation.
Saving honor on she strand.
New-W0rld rrandees sought his shelter
From the blaze Of summer heat;
MANY q dark-eyed maricu heard ne
sigh 20 ono - at bis feet.
s-Creole DAYS about him cTcled-
Change Of masters changed him not;
Hale and green. he smiled and Knocked at
Eetes and quarreis long forgot.
Later times 81 mol and mammOn
Have not chilled his bounding blood:
To the weary slaves Of commerce
He Ur0claIms that rest is good:
Rest beneath his mighty branches,
With refreshing scents Tor wine,
And flr flavor little neededi
Odors from the MeNic brine.
IT. r. s.. 10 -Yel5 Orleans Tines Democrat
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
Increase of Creameries

If creameries and diaries increase
throughout the country as rapidly the
next twelve months as they have during
the past year, the various Legislatures OF
the country need not waste any more time
or money enacting laws for the suppress
sion of oleomargarine or imitation butter.
With the markets well supplied with good
butter the spurious article will find little
favor anywhere and must soon become a
drug in the market. The abundance and
cheapness of pure butter removes at once
the big margins that formerly dropped into
the rockets of the dealers in the bogus ar
ticle and no longer insures them enough
to justify pursuing the business. We
shall, in all probability, hear but little
more of the traffic in bogus butter.-H0me
and Form.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
ADVICE to AIothers.

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 g bright as a
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 diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
in or other causes. Is cents bottle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
Seeking Informaticue

For the past two years 1 have been
planting Buist's Bush Squash in nay
kitchen garden. The first planting be-
came vines and lowered freeI ssome few
developed into small fruit, deoayed and
dropped off. The second planting came
up perfect bush, Powered and terminated
as the first planting did. 0Utof the two
paintings, which constitute about six
hills, / gathered but four geod-sized
squashes. / would like to GET some in
formation from our experienced farmers
respecting the cause of the plants not
coming up to the standard required Of
them as in open field. I'll.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
THE FIELD. FARM AND GARDEN.

The name Of the writer should accompany
the letter or article. net necessarily
for publication. but as evidence Of good
f@th.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22

LEEl-aa-1 NAetl i-i4A-A % AsaE AoAN1A-
In thy generous perfume breathe
Tales Of bOuudless passion, told where
Jasmines thy deep haunts enWreathe.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-22
WITH THE KHEDIvE.

Gen. LOrinG's Twelve Years Observa-
tions Of Social and Political Affairs in
Egypt-The Wedding of Princess,
From LOring's ~ Confederate Soldier tn
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

Maj. John N. Edwards says the
talk of the Republicans about the
payment of s'rebel war claims" now
that Cleveland has been elected, is
"simply the talk of a parcel Of old
senile devils, clad about with the
bloody shirt" Continuing his re-
marks, the Major closes with this
bombshell:
ssThere are no "rebel claims" The
truth is, what claims there r from
the South are in the hands Of blood
suckers; men who speculated on the
lives and property Of the true South
erl soldiers, men Rho were jobbers,
and blockade runners, and good
Lord-good devil fellows all through
the war, and who came up from APP
pomattox fat and rosy with no smell
of fire anywhere about their gar
ments and not nameless or a prema-
ture grave anywhere in all their kin
ship from the first to the last of their
generation.
Rebel claims, indeed! Why just
mention such q term to the true con-
federate, and he begins to look about
the claimant at once to see if there
is net some mark to tell of his recent
release from the penitentiary."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
CURE FOR PILES.

Piles are frequently preceded by q
sense Of weight in the back, loins
and lower part of the abdomen, caus-
ing the patient to suppose he has some
affection Of the kidneys or neighbour
ing organs. At times, symptoms of
Indigestion are present, IS fatulency,
uneasiness of the stomach, etc. A
moisture, like perspiration. produ-
cling q very disagreeable itching, af-
ter getting warm, is q very common
attendant Blind, Bleeding, and
Itching Piles yield at once to the
application of DIR. Bosanko's Pile
Remedy which acts directly upon the
parts affected. absorbing the Tumors,
ailaying the intense itching. and affec-
ting q permanent cure. Price fifty
cents. Address, The DIR. Bosanko
Medical Co., Piqua, Ohio. Sold by
Dobyns & Gibbs. 29-1y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

=# Nh ar
$50 acres-lso acres under fence, % acres tim
IN cultivation ; one-story house al shese ps ,noms
and porch ; good frame barn eond ntsk ho,.se
and other rood outbuIidincs . rood vnmnr o.
good wen good hedge and rsii Tencins . sir"af.
cd II miles north Of Mexico. Missoud' Pace.
$40 90 per acre. A
No. $40.
- acres, Q niles south of Mexico, Missouri !:
an fenced with rails, save 8 acres timber d.
Sn in,o . neids !; about 80 acres Of timber.
story irame house Of 9 rooms fair barn good
school house on corner Of land churches con,
venlenf ; situated on public road, 1 mile from a
station on the c. b A.. Railroad, PTice-
5000 0o-one-half cash, balance time at 8 per
NJ. LBS.
i0o acfes-6o acres in cultivation n under
good esede6n .J good owe seroa ap fees as sSoa an Ose ! ases
IN dianeter stable for six horses with corntsrfb
Der sftuated four and q half miles south OF
MoA.ov. Iaice xSeAO per acre, 1i0o0 casn /; Dat-
ance, 70 SUIT pufchaBef.
No. IS.
Farm of 10 ocres ali well feucea ~ooa an. xtorv
frame dwelling house Of four rooms, kischen Dc.
out buildines. Wound Mchard snd sS,ueedsnce II
small fruit, % acres in CULTIVATION 6sIsnce tam-
MO ,7s
.oo ..,s. al ,,,..
divided into 5 fields 100 acres pasture. 20 Acres
meadow all enclosed susceptible OF cultiTa-
water eli year round. 3 stofy frame dWeiiines
with one story L, s rooms in all, good well snd
good out-buildinEs., Barn and stable snficaent
TAI. orchard. Good tenant house. good rich iaad.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

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Millinery of any kind should avail
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

The Weekly Blade. (Nasby's Pa
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During the recent campaign, it
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They win mail specimen copy free
on receipt Of address.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

The saddest man the week after the
election "a John MeMahon, the
barber, at Centralia, better known as
"John Mick" Some weeks prior to
the election he had made q wager with
Col Worley that Blaine would be
elected, putting up as a stake his bar
Der shop and fixtures at Centralia
against an equivalent. His gratiica-
ton can better be imagined than de-
scribed when the gallant Colonel, with
true Democratic generosity, "let him
e and refused to accept his wager,
fairly won. "Mick" is To- not q
sadder, but he certainly is q wiser
man than before.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

and the many Throat Affections OF chill
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relieved by "Rough on Coughs" Troches
15.; Balsam, 20 cents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
1885.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

With the new volume beginning in December
Harpers Magazine will conclude its thirty-nfth
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IN each new volume, a new magazine, not SIM
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r. Swain Clifford, r. A. Abbey, H. Gibson and
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Illustrated by Abbey; important papers on Art,
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

dame. please bring to my room at
once some ice and q bandage."
SIS the baby sick again, NUM-?
"Yes, he came ia at 8 O'clock
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

In Ray county. this state, the county
court requires all dram-snop petitions
published in anewspaper ten days before
application is made for q license.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

LIFE

If you are failing, broken, worn out
and nervous, use "Wells' Health Renew
err" 81. Druggists.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
THIN PEoPLE.
noncu.

"Wells' Health Renewerh restores
health and yigor, cures Dyspepsia, Head
ache, Nervousness, Debility. 81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11
Gored by O Ball.

=. Chas. f. Spicer, a prominent gro
Ger of this city, received q telegram
Sunday morning announcing the
death Of his brother, Mr.. Lester
Spicer, of Albert Lea, Minnesota.
He was a breeder and dealer in short
horn cattle, aud while out among his
herd was gored to death by a mad
bull. He formerly resided here and
married q Miss Smith out on Rich
land. His many relatives and friends
here were greatly shocked at the sad
news. Mr.. G. E. Spicer left immedi-
ately for Albert Lea and will be abb
sen several days-Callaway Gazette.
Albert White, of this city, made a
narrow escape from the same kind Of
death a few days since. Stock breed
ers should be more careful.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

"RouGH ON PAIN" PoRousED PLASTER.
Strengthening, improved, the best for
backache, pains in chest or side, rheuma-
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

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Hacking, irritating Coughs, Colds, Sore
Throat, cured by "Rough on Coughs.n
Troches, 15c. Liquid, 2bc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

II you are losing your grip on life, try
"Wells' Health Renewer." Goes direct
to weak spots.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

'RoUaH ON PAIN" PoRoUsED PLASTER;
Strengthening, improved, the best for
backaohe, pans in chest or side, rheuma-
tism, neuralgia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-12-11

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