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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
How To Grow SORGHUM.

DR.. Kedzie, of the Michigan AgricuItu-
raj College, writes Of sorghum. that it is
plant that grows well on soil too light to
produce paying crop of corn, will with
stand the effect Of summer drought far
better than corn, so that it viii grow and
ripen in circumstances where 4e0rn will
burn up, and its value as source ct syr-
ups and sugar, and as a forage crop, is
onlv beginning to be appreciated. While
sorghum will make a large growth on
heavy, vigorous soils, and those contain
ing an abundance of organic matter, the
value of the sugar products from such
soils is less than on sandy soils, which are
deficient in vegetable matter. The syrup
made from amber cane raised on such
light soils is lighter in color and superior
in flavor to that made from cane raised on
rich soils. The roots IT the cane pene-
trate deeply in sandy soils, and is thus
able to Withstand dry weather in summer
much better than corn.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
Feeding Corn Causes Cholera.

l am satisfied, from my own experience,
that feeding chickens too much corn or
corn meal is one of the prolific causes of
chicken cholera. BY the majority of
Western farmers chickens are left to
themselves and are obliged to hunt more
or less for their food. AS a consequence,
they are among the stock picking up loose
corn wherever they can find grain. They
go into The pen among the pigs, picking
up all they can eat of corn, shelled off by
the pigs. Wherever any feeding is done,
the chickens are always on hand for their
supply. In addition, too many Western
farmers are very careless about their corn
cribs. These are often so open that the
chickens have free access to it at all times.
In these ways the fowls get all they want
of corn. 1t is very heating food and very
fattening, and the consequence is they eat
so much that in a short time they become
diseased. Instead of a change of diet
they are left to feed on corn alone, and the
first thing the farmer knows his chickens
are all dying with cholera.
/ have never been troubled with this
disease, and as quite a number of my
neighbOrs, who have followed the plan
mentioned. have lost all their chickens.
l think that much of the cause can be
traced to this. l find it much better to
save wheat screenings, sorghum seed and
a quantity of buckwheat, and always
raise a patch of sunfiowerS for the seed.
Once in a while / give them good dose
of red peppers, chopped fine, also cabbage
leaves or raw turnips, cut up so they can
eat them. If l give them Whole corn l
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
THE FIELD, FARM AND GARDEN.
We solicit articles for this department.
The name of the writer should accompany
the letter OF article, not necessarily
for publication, but as evidence Of good
faith
Mixing Seeds of DifTerent varietie.

Mixing Seeds of Different Varieties.
Where the object is to grow vegetables
either for home use or for market. and not
TO grow seeds, 1t is very good plan with
a number ofsyegetables. to mix different
varieties together-that is, different va
rieties of the same plant. EOr instance.
mix three different kinds of English peas
before sowing, taking an early kind,
second early and late. The peas will
came on in succession and the vines of
the earliest will act as mulch for the
later kinds. Three very good kinds thus
to mix together is, the Tom Thumb. Nc
Leans Advancer and Yorkshire Hero,
though other mixtures may be made, OBJ
serving that there is a difference in the
time of maturity. The mixture above do
not need any sticking, and we would never
use variety that did need it. A very
good mixture of the dwarf kinds is Tom
Thumb and Little Sem, and this is the
mixture that we generally use. An acre
of dwarf peas under good manuring and
cultivation will yield as much and gene
rally more than the tall sorts and without
the great trouble and expense Of stalking.
The dwar1s can be sOwn in two-fOOt rows
and will stand higher manuring than the
tall sorts.
In turnips-a mixture o Flat Dutch,
NOhQOTn anu 16llON ADbIueGn Is IQuCl
better than either of the three separately.
Rutabaga may be added to or may be sub
stituted for the Dutch or COwhorn. The
Flat Dutch and the COwhOrn mature
much earlier than the Aberdeen or Ruta-
baga, and may be drawn out from time to
time, leaving the ground to the other
kinds, which may generally be kept over
until spring, unless the winter is very Sc
we're. While the Aberdeen is the best
English turnip to be had. yet it is profta-
bic to mix other kinds not so good with it,
as the yield is greatly increased by thus
mixing.
In Beets it is desirable to mix equal
partsof the early turnip kinds with the
Long Blood, not thinning out too closely,
and then, as with the turnips, drawing
out the turnip-shaped as they get large
enough for use in market.
The plan of mixing the different varie-
ties is only desirable when the vegetables
are grown for use. The seed-grOwer will,
of course, endeavOr to keep everything as
pure as possible.
Radishes can always be grswn without
devoting special land to them by mixing
the seed with those of the beets, carrots,
parsnips, onions, and may be drawn out
before they interfere with the other. The
radishes come up promptly and mark she
rows distinctly, so that the harrow can
be used much earlier than it could be if
there were no radishes to mark the row
the other mentioned plants being slow to
terminate in the very early spring.
SAM. A. Cook.
MidarnaL nanl MilLednerLLLe Ii
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
Pruning Trees.

~FUy . AfWtt 4AcCofOtTs
Set a green hand to prune trees where
limbs of any size are to be removed, and
the chances are, ten to one, that he will
commence at the top and saw through the
limb until it falls by its own weight, tear
ing down the bark and wood, inflicting a
great, ugly wound, which it may require
years to heal, and which, if not carefully
protected from the weather, will cause
such decay as to destroy the tree. The
method commonly recommended to pre-
vent injury is to begin at the bottom and
cut half way through, and then finish at
the top; or, with very large limbs, to have
them supported by a crotched pole or
pitchfork, held by an assistant below.
But we have found a better plan, and
quite as easy, to be to make two cuts, the
first at a convenient distance, say a foot,
from the point where we wish the limb re-
moved. This short stump can, except in
the case of very large limbs, be easily
held in one hand, while the final cut is
made with the other
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
Midloay, near Milledqeuille, Ga.
Catalogues for 1884 and New Plants
of Probable Merit Offered for the
First Time.

Catalogues for 1884 and New Plants
First Time.
Some of the seed catalogues for the New
Year are handsomer than usual. The Lam
dreths celebrate the hundredth year Of
their existence as firm by presenting to
their customers a large and beautifully
illustrated Catalogue and Gardeners
Companion OF 50 quartO pages, with at
tractiYe covers. Their onion list is unu-
sually complete and fine, and the same
may be said of their corn, pea and cab
bage lists. They are headquarters of the
Extra Early Pearl onion, very rapid
growing early variety, rapidly growing
in favor.
Peter Henderson, always IN the front
rank OF enterprising seedsmen and flo
rists, presents catalogue not inferior to
the artistic ones of previous years. His
plant catalogue is especially noticeable,
embracing everything that is desirable
and beautiful. This is headquarters for
the new and very fine tea rose Sunset"
The Early SNOWFALL caulIfiOwer; sEFirst
of Alp peas and ''Henderson's White
Plume" celery, new variety of great
merit, that will doubtless lead every other
kind. Southern gardeners will do well to
give this new celery prompt trial. New
tomatoes are not so numerous as IN seve-
raj preceding years. Henderson describes
and illustrates the CARDINAL which will
probably prove a very desirable variety.
Gregory-Few cabbage or onion grow
ers but what know j. j. II. Gregory, of
Marblehead, Mass. His catalogue. though
not so elaborate as some others, is always
interesting, and the one for the current
year is certainly so. Among new plants
will be found the early Deep Head"
cabbage, the Banana and Black Portugal
melons, the new potato, "Early Maine,"
and many other plants but recently intro
duced and tested.
SAM A COOK
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
A Cherokee Remedy

What a prominent druggist says: T. r.
Fleming, of Augusta, Ca, writes:
''When l first heard of your Cherokee
Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein' l
thought l would order dozen. In less
than a week 1 ordered q gross, and in less
than seven weeks, as your books will
show, had ordered seven gross. l only
mention to you this fact to show how it
sells in this city. AS Cough remedy
have never seen its equal. One bottle
sold makes a customer Of it, Taylor's
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Null
lein for sale by all leading druggists at 25c.
and $1.00 per bottle.
Manufactured by Walter A. Taylor,
Atlanta, Ga, proprietor Taylor's Premium
Cologne,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
TO A REFORAIER.

Work on still with hope and heart;
Bear in life thy patient part.
Never did great soul yet
Find a way no thOrns beset.
FLING afar all forms that bind
EObest instincts of the mind:
Seek the truth and hold il well.
Let thy actions virtues tell.
Where the struggling are Opprest,
Where souls ErOan meath sins unrest,
Lift thy voice. thy hand, thy pen.
DO thy part for fellow men.
What though custom makes bold fight,
Keeps from seeking ewes the hght'
prammels With her ancient gives
Noblest part of human lives,
Rise. thou, i'm thy truth above,
Preach 20 all that God IS love.
Never made lie human heart.
But its instincts bore some part
OF Himself. To sects alone
Was not promised Heavens home.
Where the savage, knowing no faith.
Yet some instinct Of God hath;
With that instinct WOrships, prays,
" no would say, ill-spent his days.
Who would preach that he was LOST
For his soul the bloody cost
Had not availed. and his doom
An eternity of gloom.
Noble souls work on, despite
All this shading Of the light,
And by slow degrees, but sure
shall mems worship become pure.
Rotten forms shall tOtt'ring fall
Bringing with them structure. all.
so, loved by all who will not see
CHRISTINE FABER.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27

prefer to give it at night, just before they
go to rOost. For young chickens, wheat
screenings are far better than corn meal
mixed with water. A preventive is tar
better than cure. Once let cholera get
start on farm and 1t is hard 20 stamp
it out. BY using care in feeding one Ger
tainly uses very good preventive
C0natl7 Gentleman.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27

in their own liquOr, il possible, If not in
little water well sailed; then skin them
OUts-put tablespoonful of butter, gill
of cream, the Juice OF half a lemon and a
teaspOOnful Of -four in a saucepan on the
back Of the stove; then when it is not add
a well-beaten egg; when this thickens
pour this over the oysters. which you have
already placed in hot dish.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27

sob, my backv is a common exclama-
tion and expresses a world of misery and
suffering. 1t is singular this pain arises
from such various causes. Kidney dis
ease. liver complaint, wasting affections,
colds, rheumatism, dyspepsia, overwork
and nervous debility are chief causes.
When thus aillng seek prompt relief. 1t
can be found best IN Browns Iron Bit
tiers. 1t builds up from the foundation
by making the blood rich and pure. Lead
ing physicians and ministers use and re-
commend it. 1t has cured many, and if
you are a sufferer try it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
5Hanttolia Balm.
AN OPEN
SECRET
AM0NF The LADIES

The ant, fascinating
tintS So lplexi0n for which
ladies strive are chiefly arti-
fetal, and all who will take
the trouble may secure them.
These rOSeate, bewitching
hueS follow the use of Hagan'S
Magnolia Balm-a delicate,
harmless and always reliable
article. Sold by all druggists.
The Magnolia Balm con-
ceaIS every blemiSh, removes
SallOwneSS, Tan, RedneSS,
EruptiOnS, all evidences Of
excitement and every imper-
lection.
Its effects are immediate
and so natural that no human
being can detect its applica-
ton.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27

says: "Brown's Iron Bitters are very
popular in this section and give entire
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27

elue as OBTAINED 20 Jne tnTeyes. Tuesuay
night Mr.. D. s. stephens, as good and honest
man as Barlow county POSSESSES, dreamed
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27

Entered according TO act of Congress IN the
year 1854 by J. II. Estill, in the Office of the
Librarian Of Congress at Washington.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27
Mid,oay. near MaledqecllIe, ia.
Small Grain and the Recent Cold
Spell.


To what extent small grain is injured
in this section it is difficult as yet to form
any conclusion. At this writing (Jan.
14) there is very little appearance of re-
cuperation in most of the fields OF young
grain. AS the weather has continued too
cold for any growth, it will require week
or ten days before the probable injury can
be estimated. The weather from Jan. .
to Jan. ID here was freezing, with inter-
Yening thaws, the lowest temperature
being recorded on the 9th, when the tner-
mOmeter marked degrees, an average of
8 degrees above the lowest temperature
recorded here Dec. 80, 1881. On account
Of dry weather much of the grain sowed
in this section was not sOwn until very
late in November and December, The
October sown, from appearances even
now, VIII doubtless be injured but little,
but only a small area was sOwn in OctO-
Der. The two previous winters were mild
comparatively, and the November and
December sowings so successful it had
the effect of rendering many farmers some
what careless in getting their oats in early.
1t is much safer in this latitude to SOW in
October, and farmers ought to strain q
point and get in the most of their sowings
in that month.
1t is popular notion among farmers
that good crop year is likely to follow a
winter that gives us snow and ice.
hope this may be true in the long run, but
it certainly did not hold good in 1881, the
year following the cold December and
January of 'S0-S1. We had an abundance
of snow remaining on the ground over a
week, and freezes one after another all the
winter; yet it was year Of drought, such
as we rarely have, and crops were as
small as they could well be. trust that
was An exception and that it will not be
repeated this year.
REPLY TO C.-ThG African or Ivory, or
Brazilian wheat, as it is YariOusly called,
is species OF sorghum and nothing Ike
our common wheat. 1t grows to II feet
high, rarely suffers from dry weather and
yields immensely nearly round, pearly
grain, iu texture and color more like
wheat than sorghum. 1t makes an excel
lent bread from all accounts. 1t will Weld
anywhere from 20 to 100 bushels per acre,
just as the land may be rich and we'll Gull
tiVated. 1t takes only pound or two Of
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-27

strlkerS SUI CONTINUE 10 make c0ntribu-
ions Of supplies for their suppQEt during,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-05-31
Remenyi,s Farewell.

In Plymouth Congregationalist
church, Sunday, was Remenyi. the
viGlinist. He had his violin win
him, and ;Mr. Beecher announced
before the sermon that Kemenyi
would play some sacred airs after
the service as a farewell to this
country The wandering Jew, said
Mr.. Beecher, was David, whose
stringed instrument had played to
the hearts and souls OF myriads oil
people. If the stringed instrument
was good enough for him 1t was
good enough for US. who prals-
ed God with the voice and organ
pipe. Those who desired to go al
Ter the service were ,affectionateiy
invited to go, and those who wished
to stay and hear the wandering
minstrel of Hungary were affection
ately requested to stay. After the
benediction almost the entire con-
gregation remained. Mr.. Beecher
tried TO induce Remenyi TO sit and
play on the pulpit platform, but the
yioIinist. with characteristic mod
esty, seated himself on the steps
He PLAYED a concerted piece first
and followed it with an air on one
string, closing with the Hungarian
national hymn. Mr.. Beecher re,
buked the applause which followed
the first piece, saying that he would
not thinkeit a tribute il one OF his
PRAYERS was applauded, and many
pieces of sacred music were prayers
without words. After Remenyl
had finished Mr.. Beecher wished
for him as hearty a welcome home
as he had received inithis country
where he has delighted SO many
thousands with his music.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-05-31
A Very Sad Story

John B. Cough tells the follow
ing "a minister Of the gospel told
one OF the most thrilling incidents /
have heard in my life. A member
Of his congregatIo came home for
the first time Ia his life intoxicated,
and his boy met him upon the
doorstep, clapping his hands and
exclaiming, papa has come home !'
He siezed the boy by the shoulder,
swung him around, staggered and
fell IN the hall. That minister said
to me, Il spent the night in that
house. ] went out, barred by brow
that the night air might fall upon it
and cool IL. i walked up and down
the hill. There was the child, dead!
there was his wife in strong convul-
sions, and he asleep. A man about
thirty years of age asleep, with q
dead child in the house, having
mark upon his temple where the
corner of the marble steps had come
In contact with the head as he
swung him around. and a wife
upon the brink of the grave! 'Mr.
Cough my friend, Il cursed the
drink"
He had told me that must re-
main until he awoke, and 1 did.
When he awoke he passed his
hand over his face and exclaimed,
what is the matter? where am i?
where is my boy?' You cannot
see him. Stand out of my way, I
will see my boy To prevent con-
fusion / took him to the child's
bed, and as turned down the sheet
and showed him the corps he utter
ed wild shrek, 'Ah my child =
That minister said further to me,
.one year after that he was brought
from the lunatic asylum to lie. be-
side his wife in the grave, and l
attended his funeral The minister
Of the gospel who told me that fact
is to. day drunken hostler in a
stable in Boston. Now tell mewhat
rum will not do. 1t will debase, de-
grade, imbrute, and damn every
thing that is noble. and bright, gio.
rious and Godlike in q human be-
ing. There is nothing drink will not
do that is vile, dastardly, c0wardly,
sneaking or hellish. Why are we
not to fight till the day OF our
death ?"
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-05-31
North American Review.

The North American Review for
June opens with an article ON
ssHarboring Conspiracy" by Prof.
Henry Wade Rogers, who exam
ines, in the light OF international
law, the diplomatic history OF the
United States and the national con-
the question as to how far
our government may and must go
iu suppressing plots against govern
ments with which we are at peace.
Henry d. Lloyd. in the seme num-
ber of the Review, shows how
every branch OF production Is COM
ing underline control Of 'sLords Of
Industry" corporations and mo-
nopoIies. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
has an article marked by rare
philosophic force upon the "Strug.
gle for Immortality" Other arti-
cles of not less Importance are;
psychological Failaeies." by Prof,
w. G. Sumner asThe Rise and
Fall Of Authority" by President
J.C. weIling; ssWalt whftman." |"
by Walker Kennedy and q sym
postum on "Expert Testimony, /"
by Rossiter johnson. DIR. w. w.
Godding, T.. o'Conor Sloane and
Hy Charles I,.Dana,
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-05-31
Bathing in the Oranges.
Moncure ID, Conway.

On one side was an acre OF ground
where a large population squatted
on the ground and were having
their heads shorn by BARRIERS. That
acre was fairly carpeted with black
bair, and learned that every hair
sacrificed in that sacred spot meant
a consideral number of years in par
adise. No woman, however, was
sacrificing her glory In that way,
nor did the women initiate the zeal
OF the many male pilgrims, who
were careful to cover themselves
with mud before they plunged into
the WaterS--in many cases ap-
preaching the sacred stream by
long series of prOstratiOns, the last
of which buried their foreheads in.
thick Maud. was told that a priest
beside each, Of these muddy .pril-
grims besought the river delties to
purge the pilgrim Of sins even as
the waters washed that mud from
his body. The rivers are very shall
low at their junction, and q contin-
uous procession OF pilgrims was
wading from bank to bank. All
the banks far and near were black
with the swarm of people. There
were lines OF barges also, and Ia the
center of the river an island made
up OF bamboo boats, from which
Hindoos were leaping every mo-
ment. was soon on one OF the
barges, moving about and watching
the ecstasies Of these people and lis
tening to their loud invocations as
they Immersed themselves. None
of them were actually naked.
though the men rarely wore more
than the regulation tig-leaf insisted
upon by the Government. The
women seemed to think them
selves sufficiently clothed in their
transparent wrappers. There was,
however, no sign OF any conscious
or recognized indecorum In the
scene. On the other hand, there was
no solennity whatever; all We're
merry, laughing, noisy, as so ma
ny Ostend bather5 on an equally
warm and sparkling day. The
women changed their clothing on
the bank, and the men, after bath
ing, were dressing themselves with
forehead ashmarks. put on carefully
before oval hand mirrors. There
were very few children.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-05-31
The Rights of the Press.
Allen County (Kan.) Coursnt.

Allen county (han.1 rOoAlhnb.
In recent libielsuit in Rhode
Island the chief justice laid down
the law in his charge to the Jury as
follows:
"I think that public newspaper
has q right to comment upon and
criticise in the discharge Of public
duties. / think that If the. pubs
fishers discover what they consider
to be defects, they have a right to
point them out. II there are facts
which suggest fault, i think that
the public press has a right to crit
icise and censure. II In the exer-
else of this freedom Of comment
they act fairly and honestly, and
meaning to do what is right, they
can not be held responsible. 1t Is
OF great importance to the public
that the newspapers should have
this liberty. IL there should be
none to censure or to criticise,
frauds would grow more and more
intolerable, to the manifest peril Of
the public welfare, and therefore
YOU can see that the public has
great interest In maintaining un-
shackled the right Of the public
press to freely and fairly criticise.