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this morning by the "Grappler.'
All West Indian station except Tri-
nidad, Grenada and Demerara again
in Geographic communication.
New York, Goth Feb.-The British
Parliament was reopened yesterday.
The Secretary Of Estate for Foreign
Affairs in replying to a question in
the House of Lords stated that Lord
Wolseley would exercise bis w
judgment as to the prudence Of nd
vancing to khartonm.
The Marquis of Salisbury, speak
ing on the same question, expressed
n hope that before the British retire
from Egypt they would leave some
record OF their presence besides the
mischief which has been done and
the bones of the soldiers.
In the House of Commons, Mr..
Gladstone, replying to a question,
said that the policy OF the govern
ment was still the evacuation of the
Soudan. lie declared that the tall
OF Khartoum had altered the milit airy
situation and the government would
receive a communication from the
Mahdi, not send one to him. lie
also protested that the Ministry was
not responsible for the death OF
Gordon.
Sir Stafford Northc0te having
asked the House to name a day for
the moving Of a Vote OF Censure,
Mr.. Gladstone said he would ask the
House to allow the Redistribution
of Seats Bill to precede the vote Of
CenSure ; he also gave notice that he
would Introduce a Bill authorizing
the confederation of the Australian
Colonies.
1t is reported that L ord Wolseley
will probably be recalled to London
or Cairo.
The army will retire to Debbeh,
where it will be able to remain until
the Nile rises; AS Korti could be
surrounded.
The FOlistream Guards have en-
barked at Gravespnd.
New York, February 10Th.
Flour per bril-, st. Lawrence brand, SA.75
Meal, best Brandywine, per bril-, 81
H NJ. Pork, per Dbl, s153.
New Seasons Pork per Dbl S144.
ounon Crystals per. II 81 to 4
0"e" Fair to good refining pr b 8 to55.
English Islands Molasses, 20 to ~ cts.
Exchange, New Yor, aud London, $4.S23
London, February 10th.
DemerarA ,rystalS percwt EOl6S.
Cd.
Sugar Muscoyado per cwt., Cd i1s 81
Clayed Havana, No. II, ahoIt
go las Gil.
Demerara Rum per gallon, Is 33d.
Trinidad Cocoa per cwt. &3 lis. Cd.
COnsols 998 to (.
Bank of England Rate of Discount 4 pct.
Liverpool Cotton Middling Upland, per
ID. 81 to 6.
3 per cent Rentes in Paris, Fcs. 81. 80.
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means for aiding that branch of
industry, the precarious state of
which has IntterIy several times shak-
en- the money-market.
To be continued.
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a certain number of s~uperAuous estab-

ones might escape going to the bot
tom, if they could succeed in dispos-
ing of their produce on hand at great
~ elevated prices, and thereby lessen
or altogether compensate their losses,
but this is out OF all question, as the
parties interested have to count with
an existing super-abundance of the
article, and the lesser production will,
as already mentioned, not become
effective before the last quarter OF
1886. During the last few months
the production has not only not
diminished but on the contrary
become larger than in the same peri
Cd OF last year. While from the
month of August to the end Of
November 1883 the quantity of beets
worked up was 27,618,2I8 Mctrrcent-
ner, the number ose in the same
months Of 1884 to 80, 1851 ,0S9 Meter
centner (for December We are not yet
in possession Of the official data); we
have consequently at the present
moment to deal not with a lessened
but with an increased production.
Also in other countries, with the
exception Of Belgium, the fabrication
of sugar has increA led, most of all in
Germany. From the 1st OF August
to 3lst December 1884 Germany
exported 1850, 900 Metercentner raw
sugar against 4,82O,0S8 in the same
period of last Year,. The same paper,
from which we draw these figures,
adds in melancholy mood, that Ger
many is near surprising Austria in
the expectation Of refined sugar. In
spite Of the large expectation from
Austria the overproductIon has the
natural effect, that large unsold stocks
are heaped up everywhere. The last
q Quantities really on hand in France
amounted to 234,2S6 tons against
181,774 tons on the same day the
previous year in England 252,631
tons against 224,363) in Germany
I18,O50 against 96,325). The crisis
therefore does not strike alone the
beetroot-sugnr, but reaches also, be-
yond Europe, the %cane-sugar. A
report from the Austrian consul III
Amsterdam reaches us, that the
sugar crisis in the Dutch-Indian
colonies, in particular in Java, has
attained dimensions, which seriously
shake the sound editice Of Colonial
credit. The whole trade of the
Netherlands is suffering from it, as
the production Of cane-sugar in Java
is one of its most important branches
of industry. Until a short time ago
Java sugar was saleabIe in London
at Is fl. pr. picul, and as it can be
produced in Java at Z fl. 50 to 9 fl.
so, numbers of new sugar estates
and factories had sprung up, for the
most without any capital of their
own, but relying for their existence
on the Colonial credit Establishments.
Then comes the downfall of the value
of sugar. The price fell from Is fl.
to 7 fl. SO, and this change took place
so suddenly, hat the blow struck
with double violence.
It will be seen from all this, that
the sugar-crisis is an international
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T E L E G r A NJ s i.
To be continued.
ST. THOMAS STATION.

Gladstone on the subject OF the con-
vention with the United States.
Latest news states that General
Herbert Stewart is in a sinking con-
dition.
The ervant of Major General
Gordon confirms the rumours OF his
death.
1t is said that a man named Farag,
a former slave who had been promo
ted, betrayed Khartoum. The Mahd',
it is reported has hung him.
Feals are entertained at the Wa
Office that the Colonial Contingent
for the Soudan will be unable to
reach %uakim in time.
London news states that Burton,
a dynamite prisoner, will probably
turn informer.
His Holiness the Pope has refused
to receive Mr.. Michael DavItt,
London, Feb. 18th-lhe stock Of
sugar at the four home ports on the
l4rh inst, was 100000 tons, as
against 1852, 900 tons for the cores
ponding period last year.
Kingston, Jamaica, 18th-H. NJ. S.
" Northampton" Garnet" Lily"
from Sto. Domingo, arrived Z a. m.
II. Nqzaire, Feb. 18.-The French
Transatlantic Mail from the West
Indies arrived here at 4 p. m. to-day.
New York, Feb. l9th-1ntelli-
renee from the Soudan states that
General Sir Redvers Butler, the
successor Of General Stewart in com
mand of the expedition via Metem-
neh, has relreated from Gubat to a
position at AbukIea. The British, it
is said, will retire 10 Gakdul Wells
and possibly continue their retreat
rs far as Korti.
1t is now reported that Major
General Gordon was shot while at
tempting to reach the magazines.
The Mahdrs emissary has published
in England a letter from the Mahdi
warning her against eSokIng a Mos
lem uprising throughout the world.
London news states that the Con
servative leaders have determined to
bring forward a motion for a vote Of
censure on the past policy of the
Government, and expressing a lack
of confidence in its future manage
mpnt of ttrVntian affairs,
Her Majesty the Queen, in an
autograph letter to Earl Derby, ex-
presses her appreciation of the sym
pa,hy of tie Colonies in Ergland's
present difficulties.
Sir William Harcourt yesterday
received a deputation of lubourers
asking for work in order that they
might escape the degradation of beg
ging relief, in reply the Home Secre-
tary promised that an enquiry should
be made. He doubted the expedien-
cy of relieving them by means of
public works, but thought that there
might possibly be ar outlet in the
Colonies.
The death is announced of Wis
count Avonmore.
The French Minister of Marine
has received advices from Saigon
reporting that Admiral Courbet has
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Just Received
and for sale at the Aws Office.


Writing paper of various descrip-
tons ruled, tinted and plain.
Envelopes, Monier's black
Office ink in pint and ] pirt jugs, Monier's
blue black copying ink,
Gum in bottles, paper binders,
red ink, blue ink, red tape.
pieces pencil eraser,
apron files for letters, inkstands, porcupine
quill penholders, blue and red pencils,
STEEL PENS, BLoTTING BOOKS,
Scrap Albums,
Birthday and Wedding Cards.
Birthday text books, Picture
toy books, NOVELS and
tales by various authors,
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SERIES Oh READERS.
Music paper IL STAGES to the page).
&c. Sc. DC.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
Tomatoes.

A Northern grower, in the Practical
Farmer, tells its readers that the tomato
is to be treated not as an annual, but as
biennial plant, having its seeds sown in
the fall on poor land, and the plants kept
through the winter, when they will grow
~off rapidly and produce fruit in June and
July instead OF August. This plan is
proposed TO supply the home market at
the North, in order that they may not be
obliged to use Southern tomatoes at that
season, which, the writer says, ''need to
be picked green, are insipid and compa-
ratively worthless" He evidently has
much to learn about tomatoes both in the
North and South. 1t is hardly pos
sible that the enterprising Northern
gardeners would so long have over
looked a method of cultivation so
promising to their interest; nor that
Southern growers would fail TO learn
when to pick the fruit in order that they
may reach the Northern markets in
proper condition for the palate. Bot
house cultivation will succeed, and IL, TO
some extent, prachced; but the high
prices for such limited supply stands
no chance in the market against over
whelmiug crops from open field Gull
= Nre in the South. We would advise the
4 triteBas, perhaps, a better method Of
foducing them early IN the North, to
BIZ the branches of his old stalks in the
III. rect and preserve them through the
Inter and set out IN the spring. This
F been successful In the South, and
hl probably do as well in the North.
b. nolmatter how he treats them they
llI befar behind the shipments from the
Iuth, for whatever method proves
bst successful, will be equally applica-
/ 10 both sections.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
The Movement of Sap in Trees

How sap moves in trees is question
to which botanists have given a great
amount of thought and experiment. Mr..
S. A. Fuller, in his new work on ''Practi-
cal Forestry" gives his readers a chap
ter on this subject. from which we make
the following extracts:
EAll plants obtain their nOurishment in
a liquid or gaseous form, by inhibition
through the cells of the younger roots or
! fbrils. The fluids and gases are thus alb
sOrbed, probably mIngling with other pre-
ViOusly asslmilated matter, are carried
upward from cell to cell through the al
burulum or sap-WOod until il reaches the
buds, leaves and smaller twigs, where it
is exposed to the air and light, and con-
Verted into OrganiZable matter. In this
condition a part goes to aid in the prOlon-
cation of the branches, enlargement of
the leaves and formation of buds, flowers
and fruit, and other portions are gradual
ly spread over the entire surface of the
wood extending downward to the eXtrem-
tiles of the roots. We often speak of
the downward flow of sap, and even of
its circulation, but its movement in trees
in no way corresponds with the circula-
ton OF blood in animals; neither does it
follow any we'll defined channels, for 1t
will, when INSTRUCTED, move literally as
we'll as lengthWIse, or with the grain OF
the wood.
''The old idea that the sap of trees de-
scends into the roots In the fall, remain
ing there through the winter, Is an error
with no foundation whatever. AS the wood
and leaves ripen in the autumn, the roots
almost cease to imbibe crude sap, and for
a while the entire structure seems TO part
with moisture, and doubtless does through
the exhalations from the ripening
leaves, buds and smaller twigs; but as
warm weather again approaches, the
temperature OF the soil increases, the
roots begin again to absorb crude sap
and force it upward where it meets sou-
BILE organized matter, changing its color,
taste and chemical properties. If this
was not the case, we would not account
for the saccarine qualities of the sap Of
the maple, or for the presence Of various
mucilaginOus and resinous constituents
of the sap Of the tree In early spring, be-
cause we find no trace Of such substance
in the liquid or crude sap as absorbed by
them from the soil"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
ADDlying Mauures.

After careful study and experiment 1
have adopted the rule Of using most OF
my manure at the surface, The only eX-
cepti0n to this rule which make is when
/ wish TO manure very heavily to perma-
nently enrich garden plot, and then |
plOW under a liberal coat Of manure and
top dress in addition. When manure is
to be used Tor wheat, so convinced am /
Of the superiority of top-dressing that /
would not allow man to draw out the
manure before blowing the land If he
would do 1t for nothing. We want the
manure applied 10 tue wheat crop so as to
act as quickly as possible, for the wheat
has a short time to grow IN the fall. and
IL Is important that IL get well rooted and
make growth enough % protect the roots
before the winter sets in, and the finer the
manure IL, and the nearer the surface,
the quicker It's effect Will be on the young
crop. / am satisfied that by lning our
manure and using II at the surface we
can double it's value for the wheat crop.
Another and still more important reason
for using manure as a top-dressing Is that
with the manure go applied we have
rich seed-bed OF clover, which makes
stand and vigorous growth much more
certain than If the manure was plowed
under. believe clover 10 be the cheapest
and best fertilizer within the reach Of the
farmer, ana That the clover VIII lufnlsh u
better condition Of soil for succeeding
crop OF corn or wheat than the manure
does. Using manure as top.dresslDg on
wheat when clover is sown--as l believe
1t always should be--enables the manure
10 do double duty. First, II largely in-
creases the wheat crop, aud second, IL
grows fertilizlng crop which requires
no heavy hauling or spreading, but Is just
where the farmer wants 10 without extra
labor. The only valid objection have
ever heard urged against the practice Is
the extra labor Of filming the manure. In
reply 70 this would say. /, that the plant
cannot use the manure TIL Il Is thorough
! ~ decompOeed; 2, we save enough labor
In drawing to the field Ia the reduced bulk
and increased ease Of handling 10 largely
compensate for this labor; and lastly,
| this fine Manure Will cover much larger
area than that which is coarse and lnm-
py.--Ncit York 1flhhhl.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
Farmers Clubs,

F. d. Curtis, editor Of the Farmer and
Dairyman, has this sound and sensible
talk:
''lf the farmers in single township or
even a neighb0rho0d were thoroughly Or
ganlzed for the purpose, with but little
expense to each, they could produce the
finest blooded horses, the most snowy and
graceful cattle, the heaviest fleeced sheep
or the purest bred hogs, and the gain
would more than compensate for the eff
fort. They would be enabled to command
higher prices for farm stock, the cost of
transportation would be lessened from
the ability 10 market in bulk, the most
costly agricultural implements could be
procured, and the advantages of schools,
churches and libraries be available to all.
In other words, If capital can stud the
ocean with thousands of sails, cross the
mountains with lightning speed, and
build up hundreds of mammoth enter
prises, it teaches farmers that bv follow.
ing the same course they can do many
things for themselves that would be i'm
possible for the single individual to per-
form. United effort OvercOmes all diff
culties and surmounts every obstacle,
great or small"
That is simply concentrated truth. 1t
is to be regretted that too often the farm
ers of neighborhood seem to try to get
as far away from one another as they pos
sibly can. If they could only cultivate a
feeling of trust, and understand how much
they have in common, they could accom-
plish many things that now seem well
nigh impossible. The farmers of a neigh
borhood could, by clubbing together, easily
procure a thoroughbred bull. The COM
bined herds would give him service
enough, and at trifling cost they could
make an improvement that would not be
possible should they attempt it alone
Mobile Re0jSter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18

According to the Bulletin of the Society
of Natu alis of Moscow, the hitherto
unacoountable destruction of pine forests
Is caused by the ravages OF a species of
mushroom which takes growth on the
surface of the wood and afterward pene-
trates and destroys the tree. Maps are
given In which the path of the destroying
fungus is traced through the pine woods
of Russia.
One of the most valuable exhibits at the
Hamburg Whale Exhibition was the era
mum of anarwhAi, which was brought to
Hamburg from Greenland in l64S. There
are. it is said only dozen such crani@
in Europe, aud IL is certainly the oldest.
1t was described as that of a female. but
its possession Of the tusk is considered
by naturalists at variance with that state
ment.
A German firm supplies chloride of lime
packed in this manner; Quantities of one
fourth, oue-haif and one kilometer are
wrapped first in strong paper and sealed.
The packet is then dipped for moment
in melted resin, which is as nearly cool
as ii can be to be fluid. This forms n
perfectly air-tight varnisb, and the parcel
is lastly wrapped in good paper and
labeled.
BY March, 1856, in private ship-yards
Great Britain is TO have constructed for
the navy LASS tons of aTmored and I'M
armored shipping. There will also be
built by private contract vessels not yet
ordered to the extent of 1888 tons. These
will include iron-clads, belted cruisers,
new scouts and torpedo boats. These are
in addition to the vessels now building
or about to be built in the royal dock
yards.
One of the newest applications of paper
is as a substitute for wood, in blocks or
bars, wherever knife is used in Il me-
chanlcal cutter. IL is also applied to
blocks for shoe-cutting and cigar-making,
and for the cuttnc-blOcks in envelope
cutters, one outlastlng a dozen OF the
formerly-used wooden blocks. In its
manufacture sheets of paper are COM
pressed by enormous force into blocks or
bars.
MOritz Grossman, in his "Year Book
for 1888" gives the following recipe for
cementing rubber or gutta-percha to
metal: Puverized shellac, dissolved in
ten times its weight of pure ammonia. In
three days the mixture will be Of the re-
quired consistency. The ammonia pene-
trates the rubber and enables the shellac
to take firm hold, but as it all evaporates
in time, the rubber is immovably fastened
to the metal, and neither gas nor water
will remove it.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

The subioiued simple preparation is
SAID to be desirable for cleaningsand pol.
ishing old furniture. Over moderate
fire put a perfectly clean vessel. Into
this drop two ounces of white orCyeilow
wax. When melted, add ounces of pure
turpentlne, then stir until cool, when it is
ready Tor use. The mixture brings out
the original color OF the wood, adding a
lustre equal to that of varnish.
Over feeding is the cause of blind stag
gers in pigs. This produces indigestion,
inaction of the stomach, and congestion
OF the brain, or apOpleXy. The pig stands
with its head down, champs its jaws,
foams at the mouth, or lies cOnvulsed, and
finally dies in commissions. On eXamin-
ing the head. the veins Of the brain will
be found filed with dark blood. 1t is not
easily cured. A teaspOontul of castor oil
and three drops of cr0tOn oil may afford re-
lief.
OF all the domestic animals, sheep are
the most easily folded at night. They
naturally seek some high and dry resting
place. Upon the Scotch moor lands they
invariably leave the pastures upon which
they have spent the day, to spend the
night at their accustomed sleeping places.
1t is the same everywhere. If they have
free access to the fold. it will be fonud
only necessary to close the door at night,
for all the flock will be there, quietly rumi-
mating. 1t Is we'll to tempt them with a
little grain at first, and they can regularly
be sailed there. Unless their pastures are
very rich and abundant, little grain
through the summer will give a profitable
return. Ii the fold is not in the range, it
is no more trouble to bring in so or 100
sheep than to drive one COW home to the
milking. A boy years old has folded
a valuable flock fer two years, for the
writer Country Gentleman.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
BITS OF SCIENCE.

Vanadium, a white metal discovered in
1880, is worth $4,000 pound.
Nineteen kinds OF metal are produced
which are valued at more than $1,000 a
pound.
Women are taking an active part in as
Economical and microscopical work in
Great Britain.
Surgeon Mai. COtter, in India, mas found
that painting the tongue with glycerine
removes the dryDess Of the tongue In en-
terlc fever patients.
The temperature Of British water il 10
be studied with reference 20 It's influence
on the fisheries. The Duke Of Edinburgh
is interested in the investigation, which
he considers n most important one.
At Alameda, Cal. recently, the rapid
growth OF the eucalyptus tree was de-
nonstrated by cutting down one planted
twenty-five years ago. II was 100 feet in
height and measured 3 feet inches at the
butt.
A Wisconsin lumberman has invented a
sled with hollow shoes that will make ice
roads. Steam and hot water are forced
through perforations in the shoes, 50 that
the snow may be softsned, packed and
frozen into cutters that will bear the run .
ners Of the heavy logging sleighs.
IL aAAAAabRh AkANN1F hAAefANg AA'AN -
considerable barbed fence, and the vast
flocks OF Wild ducks which frequent the
valley often fly low and, striking the
barbed fence, become impaled thereon.
II is said that tons Of ducks are gathered
daily by boys from the fences aud sent 10
market.
A brilliant black varnish for iron, stone
or wood can be made bv thoroughly In
cooperating ivory black with common
shellac varnlsh. The mixtures should be
laid on very thin. But ordinary cOal-tar
yarnlsh will serve the same purpose In
most cases quite as well, and II Is not
nearly 30 expensive.
A curious discovery was made recently
when a lightning rod which bad been Ia
place 10 years imbodded IN eoft clay was
removed. There vas lound attached 10
n g solid lumn ~ iron ore weighing %
poauda eupueej on have been produced
hy tle conversion ol l1e clay by the ac-
Boaof electricity,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
TrncI, Fnrm Norelties.

n man should have on hand a good
b. OF general Information in reference
blants and their cultivation before he
Hertakes on o large and expensive
&c 20 raise novelties IN his line of
|1ening or truck farming, however
Abisiug the thing looks under the man
snent OF others. Some must always
4 md some follow, and good following
T young farmer, like perfect obedience
2 eoldier. marks his ability TO lead.
akricultural possibilities are at the
pmpnd Of the energetic, well-stored,
Hklng mind. He may not "by taking
utht be able to add one cublt to his
Iufe,' but It Is very certain that BY
ah'ns be can produce a thousand COM
A'ione Of natures principles and APP
I1en 70 grand economic ends,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
Bee Culture.

So fully does the German Government
appreciate the Importance of agriculture,
that it sends out teachers to travel about
the country and instruct the people in the
art of Bookkeeping, while all the public
schools include it among their depart
ments. The same thing is being done in
England by an organized society, headed
by the Baroness Burdette-COutts.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-18
Experimental EARNS.

The State of Mississippi seems to have
a successful experiment farm" Prof.
j. w. Sanford, who has charge of it, said
in his recent report: "This farm, during
the hard season just past, paid its mana
ger, and paid every other bill, and gave a
balance of $3.50, although without the
equipment for successful management"
If in Mississippi why not in Georgia, in
Florida and every other State? The ques-
tion seems to be one of management.