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fugitive. Ammonia, like other gases, and
more than they, is readily absorbed by all
porous substances, and held till the same
are heated to a greater or less degree. OF
all substances, carbon exhibits this alb
sorbent poweriu the strongest degree. A
cubic foot of fresh-burnt charcoal, at so
deg. temperature, Will take up and hold
30 feet of gaseous ammonia. Herein lies
the chief secret of the productiveness OF a
soil rich in vegetable mould. Plants in the
ordinary process Of decay, leave a part of
their carbon, in very fine particles, unde-
composed in the soil. These absorb am
monia from the air ana retain it with
good degree Of tenacity, even under the
heat OF summer sun. For the same
purpose, carbon in the form OF muck is
used with good effect TO prevent the es-
cape OF ammonia from the manure heap.
Well-rotted manure is little else than the
residuum Of carbon from the decay of or
ganic matter.
Every farmer knows how efficient it is
in the growth Of plants, and yet its chief
value is in its ability to absorb and re-
tain ammonia. The red oxide of iron
that generally eolors our fertile clays is
another good absorbent of ammonia.
Every observing farmer knows thata pale.
clay is not productive soil, and this is
the explanation Of 1t. If commercial
fertilizer is bought for its ammonia, this
should be in the form OF an involatile salt
that is, in combination with some acid,
such as nitric or sulphuric. But we must
remember that these salts, while they will
not escape into the air, are yet very sOlu-
bic in water, and if the soil is subject to
surface drainage, our ammonia will leave
US by the water route. A finely-pulver-
lied soil, rich in vegetable mould, will
generally supply itself with ammonia
from the air
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and Orova road IN Peru. The entire 80
mixes of its length will be a succession OF
complicated curves and grades, with no
piece OF straight track longer than 500
feet.
Careful experiment has disclosed the
fact that a single square foot OF leaf sur
face in the case OF soft, thin leafed plants
will, during the fair weather, exhale
aqueous vapor at the rate Of H.. ounce
daily, At night the rate is only about one
fifth as rapid as during the day, and dur
ing rainy weather there is absolutely no
evaporation.
Some OF the designs among a collection
illustrative of the MOhammedan arehi-
lecture of Western India on exhibition in
Edinburgh has evoked this comment: Sin
construction alone the Hindu dome is a
LESSEN The maxim of Its architects that
IAN arch never sleeps made them discard
the tadiating Youssoirs and employ aVault
which, though nearly pvramidal IN sec
ton, can be ornamented in great variety
OF styles and which, IL at all large,
looks to the eye below more or less
arched.
The manufacture of solid carbonic acid
has been conducted for some time bv a
Berlin house. Bottles Of steel containing
s Kilograms OF liquid earbOnie acid are
sold. by allowing the lquld TO escape
tromthese bottles into another gessel there
is Obtained "A quantity of solid earbonic
acid which, by pressure into a wooden
tube with wooden piston, can be kept In
the form of a small cylinder for eOnsid-
erabie time. A cylinder OF about ~
inch in diameter and ? inches in length
win take Ave hours to melt away into gas.
Such a facility ought to give an impetus
to theintr0duction of small motors.
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Importance of Nitrogen.

DAVID Dickson says: ''From the ear
lest days to the present time practice
proves that nitrogen (ammOnia) is the
great crop grower. To command nitro
gen you must have all the necessary salts
contained in the various plants. The
more minerals the more nitrogen you can
command; the more nitrogen you store
away in your land, the more you can OBJ
tain from the atmosphere.
81 advocate mixing all the valuable
manures to grow perfect plants: but if
you use only one, let that be ammonia,
because it is the cheapest and best crop
grower; but ammonia IS benefited very
materially by soluble bone.
''Salt and plaster are a good preyenta-
tive Of rust. think my compound al
most perfect manure, and would be
quite so if there were plenty Of potash in
the land, OF if potash were added by SOW
ing ashes everywhere.
"Use manures everywhere you pillow
and plant, everywhere except in hole Of
water, or on a rock. IL you cultivate
land it VIII pay TO use manure. 1t will
pay best on land that will paw without it
the safest without manure is the safest
with it--and your labor will be more GER
tainlY rewarded by using manure on all
the land you plant. You can and must
accumulate manure in the same ratio as
you buy it. The more you purchase the
more YOU can make at home"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-03-15
Want of Discretion

Very many of the failures In farming.
fruit-growing and gardening, as in other
kinds Of business, result from indiscre-
ton, want OF knowledge, of experience,
Of familiarity with the things to be grown
and the methods of their cultivation. we
San tell the reader of more than one 'sin-
telligent" gentleman who, boiling over
with energy and enthusiasts n for growing
fruit, went TO work, laid out large orch
ard and grove in the most approved style
selected from the long tempting list in
the catalogues the fruits thev desired to
plant-set them out at great cost and
trouble, and then, delighted with their
work, already enjoying their future sue
cess, wrote to the newspapers luminous
articles telling how they did it, aud rec.
OmmendIng others to follow the example.
But that future success so confidently an.
ticlpated, even with all that line costly
work, never came. Somehow the trees
did not do we'll. Either the climate and
soil did not SUIT a large proportion of
their varieties, or else they omltte some
important part in the management.
Suggest to them that some OF their select
ed apples, peaches, pears, nuts, grapes
aud small fruits do not belong to, and are
worthless in this cllmate-they never
thought Of that-beside, did they not
read in a newspaper a welI-written lumin-
Gus article, Ike their own, high recon-
mendstiOn Of that very fruit? NIndiscre-
siOn! The infinite supply of cheap agri-
cultural trash furnished by the press by
writers without observation or expert
ence in the matters written about has
coat more money, hard LABOR, disappoint-
ment, poverty and gloom, than the dis
asters of the seasons or the combined
high rents and taxes of the land.
Many readers do not discriminate be.
tween experienced conscientious, andi n
experienced hippant writer's more anx-
ious, perhaps, to appear in the public
prints than to impart real information.
Misled by the glowing accounts given by
the latter, OF their own or some other per-
sons imaginary great success, thousands
venture with enthusiasm and come out
disguised and resolved to abandon the
business. Proper knowledge OF the soil
and climate and of the matters to be I'M
dertaken would save a great deal Of the
fruitless expenditures and secure large
majority Of those enthusiastic, energetic
gentlemen to the farming interests. Wide
extensive knowledge Of any trade or pro-
tession is good, but where subsistence is
the chief point to be made, accurate I'M
aerstandingof the operations upon which
that depends is better, Having exam
ined and mastered these, we may safely
venture further with the view OF profit or
speculation. Nothing is more instructive,
entertaining and profitable to the intelh.
gent mind than well-ordered farm with
Its green or golden fields, its groves, orch
ards, gardens, vineyards and live stock;
but, as all other industries, 1t must have
sppreciatiVe alacrity and skillful man.
agement.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

The Petersburg ZettuRG says it is in
tended to raise still higher the Russian
import duties on pig iron ore because the
last increase has not sufiiced to exclude
foreign competition.
Lieut.. Weissman, who Is 10 the service
Of the African Association has discovered
that the river Hassai. which Vas always
believed to join the Congo above the equa-
tor station, forms a curve and falls into
Lake Leopold IL.
From an abstract Of paper by NM.
Cailletet and BOuty Il appears that the
electrical resistance Of most pure metals
decreases regularly with a reduction Of
temperature from deg. 70 l23 deg, and
that the eOefhcient Of variation is practi-
cally the same IN all cases.
IL has been estimated that from a single
pound OF steel costing about SOC. there
can he manufactured 100000 watch
screws worth Sill. some OF these ma
chine-mads screws are so small that an
uneducated eye requires the aid OF a
magnifying glass to see what they really
are.
The Physical and Mathematical Society
Of Toxic has decided 10 future 20 print rs
official proceedings In japanese written IN
Roman letters instead Of Chinese charac-
ters, although the authors Of papers may
employ any style or language they please.
A similar step Is in contemplation BY the
Japanese Chemical Society.
The Aston Eng. steam street Railway
Company have unanimously resolved that
a. SCOT a. the manager can make the re-
quisite arrangements BY obtaining more
employees, the working time VIII be reduced
rom dfteen hours a. az present % twelve
hours day without any diminution 10
the amount Of the present rate OF wages.
Pixies Peak railroad whom completed.
as IL f. soon expected 70 Be, viii be the
most notable track 10 the world. ~ viii
mount 2Qoo feet higser than the Lima
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FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

Oats IS the best feed for horses and colts
in all conditions. IL contains the elements
for bone and muscle, for growth and
strength.
The plants known as weeds is the coat
ing which nature has taken n cover up
her waste places aud neglected soil.
without such a covering the soil would
become sterile unless cultivated by man.
Teach the calf 10 eat whole oats by the
time IL is weeks old. BY slipping a few
small handouts into its mouth just after it
has drank milk. When IL mas learned TO
eat them, keep a supply before itin little
box.
A horse should neither be watered nor
fed solid food when tired out. Prepare
quarts OF warm Cruel, and after ne has Ia
ken that in half an hour he may be fed,
first allowing him half bucket OF water
to drink.
A healthy fowl will drink Is or 20 times
a day. and when in close coOps. In hot
weather, still Oftener. Therefore when
fowls are shipped all possible pains should
be taken 70 properly fasten water cups In
their cages.
The ground location OF a poultry house
must be well drained, either naturally or
artidcially. and the house itself must be
well ventilated, large enough TO accommo-
date the desired number OF fowls without
crowdlng, warm In winter, cool IN sum
mer.and thoroughly clean at all times.
There are said 70 be carried OF from the
soil pounds OF lime 10 % bushels OF oats
and IS pounds 70 - bushels Of barley.
There are IS bounds Of lime Ia tons u
clover. 40 pounds In - tons Of turnips
aud go pounds IN 2 tons Of potatoes.
some soils contain an abundance Of lime
for a thousand years, while other soils re-
quire "a occasional application Of lime as
4 fertilizer
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Instincts of Bees.

MIR. j. NJ. Hicks, in the Grange Bulletin,
argues thus on the above subject:
''It is not easy to draw line Of dis
tinctiOn between the marvellous instincts
OF bees as sO-called by man and the rea-
sOning faculty of the human family.
Reaumur, the great French naturalist,
once observed bee consultation over a
large snail which had crawled into their
hive. They went to work, and with pro-
polls, a gum gathered from certain trees,
and invaluable in their housekeeping. the
bees first glued the snail she'll to the glass
pane IL the hive, and then covered the
whole mouth of the shell with thick
coating OF the substance, Dramatically
sealed up their enemy and burylng it
alive. We ask, is this an act OF instinct
or Of perfect judgment, emanating as IL
naturally does with man, il brought into
contact with a loathsOme object which he
could not otherwise manager
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Although the rich soil of Holland is
worth from $500 to $500 per acre, a large
portion is devoted to pasturage and mea-
dow. She feeds over 1850, 900 head OF cat
tie, although Der area is only $4,000 acres,
and produces annually 2l,000,000 pounds
OF cheese and 1,000,000 pounds Of butter.
The COWS used have been carefully bred
for centuries for producing the largest
yields OF milk, and are now uneXcelled.
Wise old Bacon quantity said: God
Almightie first Planted y Garden, aud in
deed 1t is the Purest of Human pleasures.
1t is the Greatest Refreshment TO the
Spirits of Man; without which Buildln KS
and Palaces are but Gross HandywOrks;
And a man shall ever see that when Ages
grow to Civility and Elegancie, Men come
to Build Stately sooner than to Garden
finely; AS il Gardening were the Greater
Perfection"
For good servieeable farm horse-one
that will possess size, strength and &C
tivity-a cross of the Percheron with the
thoroughbred answers well. The large
breeds being better adapted to drawing
heavy loads than for general purposes,
the union with the thoroughbred produces
a horse that seems to possess nearly all
the desirable qualities of farm horse,
especially on farms that require much
drainage, or where the roads are not al
ways in the best condition,
The Dutch cattle olstein-F resian-
are black and white, though neither all
black nor all white, but either color may
predominant, and the white IS pure white
and the black pure black. The Jerseys
are usually fawn or light grizzled brown
generally carrying some white, bnt not al
ways. The HerefOrds are light-red, with
white face, legs, tail, sometimes the belly,
and Often the neck and a portion of the
back, lined white. rhe ShOrthorns vary
more than any other breed, but whether
red, roam or white, or a combination OF
these cnlnrs they have no ntharR.
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The Farmers, paradise.

A man on his own farm, we'll cultivated
and kept, we'll stocked, with good modern
dwellings and barns and Outbuildings,
master of both time and acres, tied to no
hours by the calls Of bells or whistles,
free to come and go according to the ne
cessities of none but himself, mostly in
his own fields, performing his health
full labors within sight of the smoke of
his own chimneys, is surely as rich in the
genuine sense of the word as any man
can be. He has nothing to fear and no.
body to envy. OF enc thing he is sure all
his days, and that is a sufficient living
and that is whatOther men are never sure
OF without single pang OF doubt or ap-
prehension. There is his land; there is
his home; there is all the animal and in-
animate machinery Of his establishment;
and for the rest he looks in profound trust
to the bounty OF heaven.
Instead OF this unworthy and democrat
izing anxiety to get rich, If the average
farmer. once beng solidly established,
would resolve TO enlarge and eXalt his life
as it is, to make more out of that, to en-
joy as much as possible OF what there is
to be enjoyed, to adOrn and beautifY his
home-that only paradise on earth-with-
in and without, he would lind all his daily
tasks easier, even TO the extent OF being
delightful; he would feel rich where now,
With more money, he feels all the time
poor sud he would rid himself OF a false
tyrant n the form OF increasing parsimony
that holds his nose to the grindstone till
he is flung into his grave. ii farmers
only knew it they would be the richest
men on earth.
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gor Nrmi... laltarrIIanr LIE.

NOR RENT, about twenty acres of land.
IL partly within the extended city limits,
extending from the Waters road to south
vile, with entrance from that road and also
by way OF the White Bluff road. There is a
small dwelling house aRd large stable and
well Of good water on the premises. Several
acres adjoining the house D. fenced ans under
cultivation, aud fine lot Of fruit trees plant
ed. The place is conveniently located for
small farming or dairy. There Is good
range for cattle, which can be fenced at a
small cost. For particulars apply 10 G. II.
DORIS EFT.
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whats the matter. SIP you are not
looking we'll. 20. nothing only a alight
cold" In two days after the above con-
yersati0n "Sfi was very sick vita pueu-
mOnia. Had be ne frat taken q dose Of
Smith's Bile Beans n beauj Be would
have been surely cured Without harm.
A cold il cOngeaiions Bile Beans win r.
iieye a cold quicker t14n aur other
remedy. AZ II relieves t1e conxasIed part
a. once. f0r sale ~ al medicine daaIars.
Price ~ ccnls ccl BEETLE.
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asriraltaral Department.
THE FIELD. FARM AND GARDEN,

We solicit articles FOR this department.
The name Of the writer should accompany
the Ietteror article, not necessarily for
publication, but as evidence of good faith.
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u EORGfA, CHATHAM COUNTY Whereas
" CHARLES SPALDING has applied u
Court OF Ordinary for Letters Of AdminiA
tratiOn on the estate OF EDWARD sWOH
BRICK. deceased.
These are, therefore, 10 cite and admonish
all whom II may concern to be and appear boz
fore said court, 10 make objection az any tbei
havp) on or before the tfhsr MONDAY ~
APRIL NEXT, otherwise said letters will n
granted.
Witness the Honorable HAMPTON l.. FER
RILL, Ordinary for Chatham county, this th4
9Th day OF February, 1886.
PHILIP M. RUSSELL, JR.,
Clerk g. q g. a.
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- EORGIA, CHATHAM COuNrY.-Nouce h
" hereby given that ! have made ap-
pllcation 10 the Court of Ordinary for Chat
ham county for order to sell three-nfths un-
divided interest of and IN all that land lying
and being situate IN the said county OF Chat1
ham and state Of Georgia, known and desig1
mated as Little Tybee Island containing foul
hundred acres, more or LEES, together with I'd
the land in the same county known as Beach
Cedar Hammock, containing about 1fteeA
acres, more or less, and all the marshes, hamt
mocks, beaches in and around Little Typed
Island, Reach Hammock and Cedar Hamt
mock, belonging 10 estate OF ANNIE ARK
WRIGHT, THOMAS ARKWRIGHT and
PRES tON AkkW WRIGHT, minors and orr
phan children Of ThOMA~ WRIGHT
deceased, for tbe payment OF debts and fOt
distribution; and that SAID order will ID
granted APRIL TERM (lss6l, on the eighth
day of said term Of court, unless obectiona
are filed.
MARCH ., 1895.
HENRY b. TOMPKINs,
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HINNI y. IUW INNS,
Guardian OF Annie Thomas and Preston
Arkwright, minors.

4 EORGlA, CHATHAM COUNTY. JAM
" +. W. WALDHAUER has mad
application to Honorable Court OF Ordinari
for twelve month"; support for herself au{
miuOr children. appraisers have made theft
return allowing same out OF estate of DANIA
WALDHAUElk, deceased.
All whom II may concern arc notified TO an
pear before said court 10 SHOW cause befO1
EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL, 1856, against said
application, otherwise same will be granted
Witness the Honorable HAMPTON l.. FER
RGLL, Ordinary for Chatham county, this gu
day of March 1896.
PHILIP n. RUSSELL, JR.,
Clerk G. o. G. g.
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600 yards Fine RIchingS, Reduced.

20 dozen Ladies' Black Brilliant Wool Jer-
seys, vest fronts, at 81 80, was 81 o..
l6 dozen Ladies' Black Brilliant Wool Jer
seys, bow and plat back, at 50, was 81 A..
IL dozen Ladies' Colored Wool Jerseys. gar
net and navy, At 81, was 81 80.
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Tenal Mntirrn.

n Chatham Superior Court, DeceuisI
a Ierm, isS5.-- M ARK TISHLER vs.. LEM
AloitLhh. Libel for divorce 49, IL A.
bearing 90 the court by the return Of ia
oherin In the above stated case, that the del
lendant does not reside in the county "A
ShAthSm, IA GeorEiai aud IL further apl
pearug 10 the eatisfaction OF the court thai
SAID defendant does not reside in this statal
~ Is hereby ordered by the G urt that servirA
DO perfected on the defendant by the publis
months before the June term OF tn 3 court N
the savannah NEWS, newspaper pub
lisho1 IN Chatham county and State OF Geor.
gia.
FEBRUARY ID, 1886. A. p. ADAMS.
.,.. - Judge s. O.
JAMES ATKINS, Attorney for Libellant.
~ A true extract from the minutes tht
: LIS. 18th day of February, A. d. 1880.
JAMES X. +. CARR,
Deputy Clerk :. O. G. e., ca.
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- EORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY. Notice
VI hereby gwen that have made applical
ton TO the Court Of Ordinary for Chatham
county for order TO sell two hundred dollar
IN debentures or certificates Of indcbtodnea
Issued by the Central Railroad and Bankina
Company Of Georgia, belonging TO estate Il
HENRY l.. DAVIS, deceased, for the pay
ment Of debts nd for Distributions and thm
said order will be granted 40 APRIL TERh
QSS6) OF SAID court, unless objections are died
FEBRUARY u, 1886.
JOSEPH o. DAVIS.
ANuttufofrufo aassf 20 nawrv nawta
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u EORGfA, CHATHAM COUNTY Whereaa
" ANNA X. TURNER has applied y
Court Of Ordinary for Letters DIsmissOry \
Guardian on the estate Of FLORENCE a
OF ANTOCK now Dotyl.
These are, therefore, 70 cite and admOnisA
all whom It may c0nccrn 10 be and appear bel
fore said court. 10 make objection ~ any tbef
hsvel Oh or before the FIRST MONDAY ~
APRIL NEXT. otherwise said Letters will ID
granted.
Witness the Honorable HABPToN T.. FER
RILL, Ordinary for Chatham county, this TN
9TH day Of February. 1895.
PHILIP N. RUSSELL, JR..
Clerk q o. G.. q.
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~ EORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY. Notice
" hereby given 10 all persons concerned
that the estate Of WELDON BROWN, col
Ored, Is unrepresented, and that In terms d
the law administration viii be vested in mi
County Administrator or some other nc ant
proper person. on the FIRST MONDAY "a
PRIL, 1886 unless valid objection 10 mad
thereto.
Witness the Honorable HAMPTON l.. FIR
Rfi.L, Ordinary for Chatham county, tht
2stn day OF February 1856.
PHILIP NJ. RUSSELL. JR.,
Clerk &. o. G.. G..
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/ OsT, from 80 Charlton street, Setter pup.
II six months Old. blue ground. with black
spots, tan mnzzle and feet; answering TO the
name OF "DUkE."
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n kOKsIA. CHATHAM COUNTY.-W hereai
" kUFUs r. LESTEk has applied 4
Court Of Ordinary for Letters Dismiss0ry Al
Guardian on the estate Of ALBERTA n
WfTTER NOW Gouid3.
These are, therefore, 20 cite and admOnia
all whom 10 may concern to De and appear 81
fore said court, to make objection ~ any thei
have on or before the FIRST MONDAY II
APRIL next, otherwise said letters viii 4
granted.
Witness the Honorable HAHrroN l.. FEE
RfLL, Ordinary for Chatham county, this tn
9th day Of February. 1885.
PHILIP ~. RUSSELL, JE..
Clerk q. o. q. q. I