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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18

make half inch deep drills, with the fin
ger or any small instrument, few inches
apart, in which sow the seed and cover,
pressing DOM the soil gently above them.
The remaining attention will be to sprin-
kle constantly with water, so that the soil
may with certainty be kept moist, and TO
regulate the temperature Of the hotbed.
In our mild climate they may generally be
sownin beds similarly prepared in the open
ground and still be in time fer spring plant
ing. In few weeks the plants should be
two or three inches high, or large enough
to set out. If crowded in the seed bed and
the trenches are not ready for them, they
may nevertheless be taken up and set out
in any old rich beds Of the garden, be well
watered and kept in a groHiRg state until
the ground where the crop is to be made
is thoroughly prepared. This is done by
opening trenches three feet apart and
about six inches deep, mixing with the
soil an abundance Of good compost well
rOtted. The trenches should be u or IA
inches wide to hold an ample supply OF
rich soil. and the plants set six or eight
inches apart at the bottom, for gradual
filling in and bleaching as they grow up.
Taking up the young plants with all their
roots, the struggling fbres and one-third
of the top should be clipped off, with any
suckers that may have formed, and the
plants set in, trim and neat, with their
roots spread out in the soil if not already
enclosed in soil not shaken off in taking
up. If the weather is warm shade from
the sun a few days and apply water freely.
In drawing the soil to them, throughout
the season of cultivation, care must be
taken to avoid covering the buds of the
plants, as such carelessness will Tetard
and stunt their growth. Instead of put
ting all the manure at the bottom OF the
trenches, where, if not well rotted, it may
iniure the celery during a dry season, it
may be divided and portion of 1t put on
the surface, which has been found to be
of great advantage. The filing in or
drawing up the earth to the plants must
begin as soon as they have gained few
weeks growth and appear to need it,
gathering up the leaves in body to avoid
covering them up with the loose soil. For
the winter crop SOW the seeds late in the
spring or in midsummer and set out early
in the fall or as soon as the plants are
large enough, shading and watering
against the heat of late summer. The
spring crop will be ready for use in the
summer and the winter crop the following
spring, but good management Will gene
rally keep celery growing for home use
| nearly all the year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
Ventilation of Stables.

According to authorities on ventilation
a man makes twenty inspirations Of air
every minute, each inspiration being of
volume equal to 40 cubic inches; so that
he requires 500 cubic inches per minute
of fresh air to supply him with the neces-
saTy health-giYing Pabulum for his lungs.
Each expiration units for breathing,
twice the bulk of fresh air: that is, the
800 cubic inches expired per minute con-
teammates 1000 cubic inches of fresh air,
or nearly a cubic foot. Hence, in round
nHmbers, man requires cubic foot OF
fresh air per minute, or W cubic feet per
hour. Thus, to give this amount Of air
space in an apartment, it requires q room
of 600 cubic feet per individual. A horse
or cow is said 10 have six times the
breathing capacity of man; so that 1t
will require 800 cubic feet per hour, or
$500 cubical feet Of space. If every anil
nal requires 900 cubic feet per hour, it
follows that the dimensions Of a stable
with stalls feet 6 inches wide, 8 feet long,
with a passage behind of feet, and haV-
ing a height of 10 feet, will afford this
amount of space to each horse. The mode
OF ventilating a stable has long been
yeXed question, though there is a very
simple means at the disposal of the build
er. The open root is acknowledged Oh all
hands as the most desirable; il admits of
Il iluSC AouNGI u fGuLaAsAbol T@AlCilNAlAisS tAG
whole length Of the roof. The ridge-ven-
tilation system was strongly recommend
ed by the British commissioners on bar
rack and hospital Improvements, who
specially reported on cavalry stables.
They also TecOmme nGed air-bricks, 9
inches square, introduced in the walls
along the caves, with their apertures so
arranged that the currents Of air will flow
in the direction of the ridge. A window
tn CT oiv,Io nd
with a series Of inlets below about six
inches above the floor, one to each stall,
gives all that is required to produce a
hedlthful stable
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
Skilled WOrkmen.

The tendency of modern mechanics is
toward specialization. What the artizan
loses in skill expanded through many
trades, is gained in value and rapidity Of
production when he is confined to one
branch The vast number and minute
divisions Of labor offer innumerable
chances for individual adaptation. After
long practice, encouraged by good wages
and the Anglo-SaxOn innate desire to ex-
eel, workmen exhibit amazing skill. The
highest excellence cen only thus be at
tanned. He who endeayOrs to excel in all
the professions, eXcels in none. The jack
of-tradesman is usually loater. In life
in the United States competition is close,
and an average good, mental Or mechani-
cal, receives less than a just reward. II
this was not so, progress would be snail
like.
WOrkmeu ought to confne themselves
to a specially. Excel in some specific
branch. The specialist, whether IN law,
medicine or mechanics, Is the one who
commands place and salary, for superior
excellence is always superlatiyely re-
Wardp1
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
Cultivation of Celery.

In compliance with the request Of a
reader at Waycross, we give the follow
ing in reference TO the cultivation Of
celery:
Damp rich soil is necessary for success
and the lighter the better, keeping in mind
that abundant moisture is absolutely es-
sential. For the summer crop the seeds
must be sOwn very early in the spring, or
even in the winter, say IN February, for
which purpose use hot beds; for the plants
must have time to gain a stOcky size and
strength by the time warm spring weather
opens. The h0tbed, or open ground, must
have been well supplied with rich, well
decOmp0sed manure from the horse lot or
stables, well mixed with good soil, and
the seeds, which are very small and light,
must be sOwn in shallow drills, say half
an inch deep. TOeXplain this more fully,
say that the hotbed has been prepared for
the seeds by thoroughly fertilizing, pull
verizing and smoothing down the surface.
Then make it little more solid and COM
pact by pressing it down slightly. Now,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
Plants in Bedrooms.

The controversy as to keeping live
plants in a room AZ night continues 20 be
carried on with vigor and acrimOny,
although most people have probably sup
posed tkatit was long since set at rest.
Not so very many years ago the danger Of
keeping such things in bedroom was a
good deal pOOh-pOOhed BY practical per-
sons, who regarded the stories told in
that connection as old WOmen's tales. be-
longing 10 the same category rs the myth
about sleeping under the moon. or taking
"A siesta under a yeW tree. But then
there were pu 5Iished terrible accounts of
fair danes. who, despising the warning
i'm question, and dep0siting bouquets or
flower pots in taeir rooms at night. had
met with a fate almost as tragic rs that
recorded in the dOleful ballad OF ''rhe
MistIetOe Bough." ThereupOn the scien-
tific world, with the whole crew of I'M
learned folk at its heels, rushed TO the
opposite conclusion. and adopted a
theory that illness and even death
might result from sleeping In an apart
ment which was adorned with living
plants or fresh cuttings. And now IL
turns out that in going as far as this we
have gone a good deal too far. At medi-
cal conference recently held in France it
was demonstrated 10 the satisfaction of
all the savants there present that plants,
as long as they are plants only, may
safely, and even with advantage, be adj
mitted TO the elysium from which they
have so often been eXiled. These pretty
ornaments, as a learned writer now de-
cl3ges, ''far from being hurtful' are oehe-
fetal inasmuch as they exhale certain
amount of ozone aud vapOr, which main
tain healthy dampness in the air, and,
besides that, are destructive OF the MI
crObes which promote cOusumptive ten
denotes in human beings. II is only
flowers, and not the plants which bear
them, that do the damage. Ferns are in
nOcuOus; roses and sunfiOwers are perni-
ciOus-at least during the interesting pc
Rod while they are in bloom"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
\ MAD VIRGISIAN.
He Demands at the Point Of a Revolver
to- De shown Out of the Capitol.

He Demands at the Point Of a Revolver
to- De shown Out of the Capitol.
A way-up-cOintry Virginian was view
ing the wonders Of the capitol the other
day. says the Washington Star. He had
done homage 10 the statue of Jefferson.
had marked all the traces of the former
pride of his state, which are found at the
capitol, had been in both Houses, and had
done the thing pretty thoroughly, when he
found himself IN the basement on the
Senate side looking for an exit. He looked
around through the maze of corridors.
walked a little way in every hall, tried all
the c0mmittee-rOOm doors. and became
thoroughly bewildered. While in this con-
diti0n he came across one Of the negro at
PENDANTS. ny whom he was directed into
coal pit. This convinced him that there
was a plot On hand TO rob or murder
! him, so he came from the pit with SIX
shooter in hand and placing the cold
steel close TO tine negrO's head. demanded
I 10 be shown out OF the building, or be
would blow his black brains out, which he
/ would probably have done, as the negro
! was too much alarmed to speak had not
/ two capitol policemen appeared upon the
/ scene, and placed the hasty Nirginian I'M
( der arrest. He protested very loudly to
I the Captain OF the police that be intended
/ TO bill the ''biack rascal il he tried any
J sharp game ON him. but the loads were
! taken from his pistol, and after being
! locked Jip for a short time % cain OH he
Z was sent his way.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

To REMOVE INK STAINS from Turkey
red or white table spreads, add a spoonful
OF kerosene in pint of strong soap suds.
wash and rinse Immediately, and ali traces
will disappear.
For polishing mahogany. walnut etc.
dis olive beesWax by heat in spirits of
turpentine until the mixture baeomes
viscid; then apply by clean cloth and
wipe thoroughly with dry flannel.
AN old Derby hat may be converted
into dainty work basket. Cover the
outside with shirred satin of any color.
and tie a broad band of the same about
the crown, with a bow and ends on one
side. Line the inside with any pretty
material and make a handle OF twisted
ribbon.
BRUIsEs.-To prevent the skin from
discolorlng after blow or fall, take
little dry starch or arTOwrOot, merely
m0isten it with cold water and lay it on
the injured part. This must be done i'm
mediately so as to prevent the action of
the air upon the skin. However. it may
be applied some hours after the effect.
BROWN ROLLs.-In a quart Of coarse
brown meal rub one ounce of butter, one
half ounce Of sugar, little salt and
pinch OF soda, two eggs and a tabiespO, n
ful OF yeast; mix with enough milk to
night; in the morning bake quickly.
These are delicious eaten hot.
CHLD's TABLE BIB.-A decided i'm
provement on the old-fashioned bibs for
children is made Of towel. Purchase
the desired length towel to cut two bibs:
cut 1t in half and hollow out the top.
Bind the neck with white tape and cat
stitch with color. Be careful not to get
the towels too wide or the bib viii ALWAYS
be over the hands.
A HANDSOME whiskbr00m holder for
the parlOr hall may be made out Of a
double thickness OF cardboard, cut into
star and covered with piece of plain or
brocaded velvet or satin. The back is
lined with silesia or muslin and brass
nook is placed on one. of the points. A
RIBBON loop, ending in bow, serves to
hang it on the wall.
OATMEAL BREAD.-One quarter of oat-
meal to three-quarters Of a pound of -four,
a tablespoonful Of sugar, pinch of salt and
two ounces of butter. Rub the butter into
the flour with the sugar and salt, then
stir into the centre a tablespoonful Of
brewers yeast; let il stand an hour, then
mix with warm milk. Bake in fiat cakes
and eat hot with butter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
TURNER AND EATON.
How They We're Defeated for Re cleo
tiOn TO Congress.
Ns4s Vonb. TiDne


Oscar Turner, a quiet. good-naturcd
KentuckiaD, VINO has been known for
years - Trace Chains" because he has
regularly at the beginning of each session
introduced a bill to repeal the duties on
those useful articles, has been the subject
of several stories explaining how he was
defeated in the fan election. The latest
version Of the story is that Mr.. Turner
and Mr. Eaton, OF Connecticut, met just
after Congress assembled. "HOW's THE,
Turaerf" asked cold Bill, " in bis hearty
fashion; "they tell me you got beat"
Turner looked bit confused. and then
answered: "Oh, you see they nominated
q Confederate soldier against me, and |
could bkye pulled through if the fellow
had had two legs, but l couldn't be eX'
pected to win against cripple" Eaton
lau0hes. ''But how did YOU get beEt?''
asked Turner. Mr.. Eaton meditated a
moment, ruboing his chin with his hand.
why" he replied at length, they served
me worse than they lid you. They ran
me against a man without headW
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18

Dry sandy or pebbly soil is not very
good for the cultivation Of roses and such
soil viii need an abundance of good ma
nure and watering during the summer.
Good dark loan is the best soil, with q
clay subsoil from to y inches from the
surface. If your garden is poor for roses
dig a large deep hole and Till in with good
turfy loan, well mixed with strong COM
poet or stable manure, well rotted.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18

In a recent lecture in Florida on the
orange, Prof. Cunning explained the ORR
gin and nature of the fruit from 4 bOtani-
cal point of view. He dissected an apple,
4 grape and an orange, and showed the
structure of each. The ten little dots
seen in the cTOsS-sectiOn of an apple show
that the fruit sustaiNs certain relations to
the flower. In longitudinal section we
can trace that relationship. We see that
the portion Of the fruit outside of the dots
was formed by a thIckening of the calyx
or cup. The fruit between the dots and
the core was formed by cOalescing and
thickening of the base of the corolla and
stameas. The core Is the extended base
of the pistil. Every part of the flower has
been wrought into the fruit. In the grape
neither tlOWer-cup nor corella nor stamens
have been wrought into fruit. The pulp
holding the seeds is the thickened peri
carp. This plan makes a berry. The
orange is after the plan Of the grape and
not of the apple. The orange is a berry
but it differs from other berries internally
in the longitudinal augmentation. What
does this augmentation mean? The orange
Is one of the most variable of fruits. When
it grows on rich soil it sports into many
varieties. The "naYeP' is a mOnstrosity
fixed as n variety. A navel is two oranges,
one being abOrted. All organisms, plant
or animal. are liable to revert or slip back
INTO an earlier condition. W len you see
corn with silk and tassel all together, you
know what it means. 1t is a lapse into
the wild state. Now, if you were to see
an orange split at the bloom end into
number of pOd-lIke segments, what would
YOU say is the meaning? 1t would not do
to dismiss it from the mind as "a freak of
nature" Such oranges are not uneOm-
man. The internal segmentation cuts
through the rind and affects the whole
upper portion Of the orange. The rind
passes in between the segments. This is
a tendency to What science would call the
''apOcarpOus' condition. 1t is the earliest
and lowest form Of qualification known
to the b0tanist. 1t is shown in that prim-
tive style Of flower, the buttercup. The
pistil, the inmOst portion of the flower,
represents a leaf folded In and united on
the edges. In the buttercup Il ShOri Of
leaves has formed plstils; eacB pistil being
distinct and, when ripe, pod-like. The
orange which separates at the bloom end
into pCd-like segments is a lapse towards
the structure Of the buttercup. The sep
aFatlon is on the plane Of the normal seq
ments. We must infer that the segmen- |
tatlon which characteriZes the rind COW
cred berry called the orange is the vest!ge
or an ancestor which bore its fruit in
pod-li6e clusters. The orange was bean
like before it came 70 be a berry. In the !
course of time the pods coalesced and /
passed into pulp, Ell but a vestige Of !
winch remains as thin membrane.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
THE FIELD, FAxM AND GARDEN.

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, 1885-01-18
MOTHERS
FRIEND!


/ This magical agent for
good is simply indispensa-
ole in every increasing
family. None who have
lever once used it will be
/ without it, and we desire
its wonderful benefits ex-
tended to every mother in
the world.
/ A gentleman Writes: Nv
wife used your Mothers
Friend at her fourth con-
Iflnement, and her testi-
nIOny is, she passed through
II with half the suffer
ing of either of her other
cOnfinements, and recov-
cred from its effects in
much less time. She also
recommended it to a lady
friend in her first confine-
ment, and says: l have
never seen any one pas s
through this great trial
with so much ease and so
little suffering.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18

SMALL CHICKEN PATTIEs.-This is a
very easy side dish to prepare. Roll ont
some light paste until about an inch thick,
leave Tor a few minutes; after which, cut
out your patties with a round beyeled tin
cutter about two and a half inches in di-
ameter; cut out the patty covers with a
small cutter and bake for 90 minutes:
SCOOP out the centre of the patties, fiji
them with either a puree of fowl oysters
lobster, shrimps or forcemeat; warm them
in the oven for few minutes and serve
Very hot.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
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By an overwhelming popular vote Its fran
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The only Lottery ever voted on ana in
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ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18

snecimens OF sugar cane in <assel''
inhibited IN Fernandina la /HEeek.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18
HURRAH! FOR QUE STORE I!
GOISG, GOING, GOING!
REDUCTIONS, REDUCTI0NSl
CLOTHISG, CLOTHING!
HATS, HATS:
NECKWEAR, NECKWEAR!

WHAT IS THE TROUBLE? TROUBLE!
WHY, NO TROUBLE; ONLY WE HAVE
MORE CLOTHING, HATS AND NECKwEAR
THAN WE WANT, AND CONSEQUENTLY
WE ARE MAKING SUCH GREAT REDUC-
TONS OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS
WILL HAVE THEM, AND THE CHILDREN
EVEN CRY AFTER THEM. OUR GREAT
REDUCTIONS HAVE HELPED Us TO WORK
OFF GREAT MANY GOODS, BUT WE HAVE
MORE LEFT AND THEY MUST GO Also.
COME ON AT ONCE! NOW Is THE TISiBI
CLOTHING FOR ALL-MEN, YOUTHS,
BOYS AND CHILDREN-As WELL AS HATS.
Chas. Logan & Go.
THE SAVANNAH
Clothing and Hat Store
1870 Congress Street.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-18

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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-06-30
An AstOnislled WcbfOotcr,

John G. Pope, the Portland
(Oregon) drummer who was here yes
terday, says he was never SO aston.
ished before in his life at the way the
Wood River mercl ants gave their
orders. AS he announced himself
they would begin figuring, reckoning
freight ia the cost Of the goods, and
would then give their orders. 'How
much is that?" they would inquire,
merely to make sure they had figured
correctly. The amount stated, they
would ask: "How much discount for
CASH." "Four per cent" "Draw on
us at sight" No arguing, no beating
down,eve'y thing prompt, quick, clean
cut. 1t was the most satisfactory ex.
perience he ever had.
When these orders reach his house,
Mr. Pope said, they wi i be equally
astonished, as cash orders for job lots
is something they are not accustomed
to. Generally merchants buy at 3 to
6 months, and at the expiration OF
that time many obtain extensions.
Wood Rivers reputation will be
gilt-edged in Portland, there is no
doubt of that.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-06-30

While the atmosphere of populous
cities is crowded with microscopic
organisms, it has been supposed that
the air over the open sea is remark
ably free from them, and two French
Investigators - Messrs. Moreau and
Plantymansion-have just proven by
direct observation while crossing the
Atlantic that such is really the case.
Over the open sea at distance from
their vessel the air was found to con
tain very little solid matter Of any
kind, although Immediately about the
ship the atmosphere swarmed with
microbes. The misunderstanding in.
fluence which the sea appears to sx-
crt is regarded as reassuring matter,
as it probably prevents the conveying
of epidemics by winds across the ocean
to distant countries.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-06-30

A method of growing house-plants
without soil is claimed by Captain
Halforl Thompson, a similar plan
having been previously suggested by
a Frenchman named Dumesnil. The
plants are reared in a prepared or
"fertilizcd" moss, and are said to grow
even more luxuriantly than in soil.
Specimen baskets of plants cultivated
in this way have been exhibited in
London.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1885-06-30

According to Mr.. Leo Grindon,
who recently referred to the subject
at Manchester, England, not less than
about 100000 flower bearing plants
are known to botanists, and not more
than 10000 of them-includng 800
kinds of fruit trees, plants yielding
fiber for clothing, etc.-can be said to
be of direct service to man. He
thinks there may be about 5000 plants
which are more or less poisonous and
hurtful, and it is surprising and i'm
portant fact that many of the deadly
plants are useful medicines in the
hands OF competent physicians.