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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31
FARM AND STOCK NOTES.

Barnyard manure may be initiated by
thoroughly composing with a cord of
seasoned meadOT muck of some substi-
tute, 90 pounds of crude nitrate of soda,
bushels OF wood ashes, peck OF common
salt, l0pOunds OF fine bone meal, quarts
of plaster and 10 pounds of1epsom salts.
When bees are swarming, it is the old
colony leaving the hive and abandoning
the stores to the younger members. The
old queen goes with them, and they seek a
new location, with nothing for a begin
ming except what honey they fill them
selves with as they take their departure.
The ground for celery must be very rich,
and should be made ready month previ-
Gus to setting out plants, as IL serves to
give better results, the manure being less
heating, and danger from drOughts par
TALLY avoided. The finer the manure the
better, and IL should be rich and free from
useless materials.
The proper time to market lambs is
when they will dress from twenty-five To
thirty pounds, and il Of the right breed
and we'll fed, that weight ought TO be OBJ
tanned when go days old if not earlieT-nO
lamb over 70 days old is 1it to be eaten as
lamb, and on this point we want to urge
with those breeders who are in the habit
of keeping their lambs till they Will dress
over thlrty-fve pounds.
The success or failure OF farmer gem
orally hinges upon mis- skill in managing
hired help. The farmer who is a good
Judge of human nature can get along
smoothly with his help and get the most
labor out of it. Scarcely any two hands
can be managed alike successfully. One
is ambitious, while another is indolent;
some are pleasant and agreeable, while
others are petulant and ill-natured; few
are found mat work with interest, while
many only try to kill time and secure
their wages. Good hands save up their
earnings and so have sufficient capital to
secure homes for themselves, while the
poorer class OF shiftless laborers remain
with us.
The atmosphere renders the soil more
fertile in two ways. FIRST, 1t fines it,
thus making il more lively and readily
soluble, hence makes more OF Its plaut
food available to the crop. Second, 1t
breaks up the chemical compounds in the
soil, setting their elements free, and thus
making them available TO the plants,
which they were not before. TO accom-.
plish this work the air must come IN di-
rect contact with the soil, and the work is
greater wnen the surface exposed Is moist
and fresh. Hence blowing, which ex-
poses greater surface TO the air, and
also a moist, fresh one, Increases this
work, and the earlier the blowing is done
the longer the air has TO work upon this
greater surface, and the more 10 will in
crease the real fertility OF the soil.
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For Weary Women.

Don't stand when you can sit Just as
well" should be painted in ornamental
letters and hung conspicuously upon the
walls OF each room where the household
machinery is active.
"Oh. my feet are so sore could CRY, :"
says the weary housewife at night. Yet
she has taken three steps where one was
needed If she had applied her brain to
the work. She mad stood up hours 10 per-
form certain duties that man would sit
down before, and then wonder what his
wife was laughing at.
For instance, she stands before the ia
BILE choppins mince meat for pies; her
husband comes into the kitchen and she
eXclaims:
Il am ready to drop, for l have been
on my feet since half-past five this morn
ing"
Many woman stands by table to
pare vegetables into pan, and until
driven to 1T by Illness, never learns that
when we'll she could have done the same
work more quickly, also more easily, if
she had seated herself in a rocking-chair
and had taken the pan in her lap. Ii she
IS now we'll and strong, this is the way to
keep her strength. Do not be kept from
seeking the easiest and best methods lest
some meddllng neighbor denOminate
this seeking of the healthiest way as
''shiftless."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

has administered it to dogs in large
quantities, and the animals appear to
suffer no injury from 1t, and indeed in
creased in weight while the experiment
was going on.
One would hardly suppose that seeds
would grow better Tor being frozen, yet
according to the experience OF number
OF European botanists. the seed of many
New Zealand plants will not terminate
readily until after they have been eX-
posed 10 the action of the frost. There
is reason also TO believe that Himalayau
seeds are improved by similar exposure
TO low temperature.
A simple preparation for rendering
woven fabrics more or less incOmbusti-
bic, consists of parts of borax and "a
OF sulphate of maguesia, mixed with ~
parts OF water Just before using, The
fabrics are nrst thoroughly impre%nated
with this solution, then wrung out, and
washed after having become nearly dry.
A mixture of sulphate of ammonia and
sulphate of lime is used by some.
Further explorations Nasal Land will
be necessary in order to learn whether
there is an active volcano in East Africa.
DR.. q. A. Fisher, formerly of Zanzibar,
has published in Germany narrative OF
the journey he made in 1883 at the in
stance of the Hamburg Geographical So
clety: and he declared that twice in the
course of the trip he saw smoke rising
from the summit OF the volcanic mountain
DOngo Ngai, peak 1000 feet high. Sew
eral OF his companions testify TO the same
effect
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, MAY 81, 1886.

platter, strain the gravy into saucepan,
thicken with heaplng teaspoonful OF
Drowned flour, season with salt and pep
per, and add at the last glass OF brown
sherry. Pour over the nsh and send 10
table covered.
LARDED LEG OF MUTroN.-Cut half
incn wide strips OF fat salt pork into
lengths OF four inches. With a narrow
bladed knife make horizontal incisIons
IN the meat to the bone. and where this
does not oppose the blade, clear through
the Joint. Roll these 'slardOons" in "a
mixture OF pepper, mace and vinegar and
insert in the holes made by the knife. II
you have Harding needle the task is
easier. set the meat in dripping pan,
dash cupful of boiling water over it, and
roast for ten minutes for each pound,
basting often. Ten minutes before taking
it up rub over with a mixture of a tea
spoonful of butter aud two tablespOoniuls
OF tart jelly. Strain the gravy, pour of
the fat, and thicken what is LETT with
Drowned flour, season With salt and pep
per, boil up and serve in boat.
GREEN PEAS.-Boil the pods fifteen
minutes in slightly sailed water; strain
them out, drop in the peas and cook ten
der, but not until they break. Drain dry /;
stir in salt, pepper and good lump OF
butter. Serve hot.
STEwED MACARONI.-Half pound of
''pipe" or of ''straw" macaroni, one cup
OF milk, one teaspOonful OF minced onion,
one tablespoonful butter, halt cuptul of
cheese, pepper and salt TO taste, bit OF
soda in the milk. Break the macaroni
| into short pieces and COOK about twenty
minutes in boiling water, sailed. Mean
while, heat the milk, dropping IN a tiny
| pinch OF soda, with the onion to the scald-
ing point. Strain out the onion, drain
the water from the macaroni, and put the
milk into a saucepan. Stir in the butter,
cheese, pepper and salt, finally the maca-
ROM. Cook three minutes and turn into a
deep dish.
STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE.-One cup
| OF powdered sugar, one tablespoonful
Of butter, three eggs, one rounded cup OF
| prepared flour, two tablesp0onfuis Of
cream, one generous quart OF berries.
Rub the butter and sugar 10 a cream,
whip in the beaten yOlks, the milk, the
whites, at last the -four Bake in three
! jelly cake TINS and let the cakes get cold.
| Cut the berries into halves and lay be-
| tween them, sprinkllng the strata with
sugar Sift sugar on the tOpmOst layer.
! Slice and eat with cream.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A new Kind OF cinchona bark has re-
Gently been brought TO Europe from South
Africa, There mas been no mention here
tolore OF the occurrence OF any quinine-
yielding plants in that region.
A new method OF treating smallpox
with ether and opium, the ether being
administered hypOdermically and the
opium by the mouth, has recently been
tried IN Paris with remarkable success,
even in very severe cases.
Probably the highest point 10 the
State OF Rhode Island Is near the Three
State Boundary Stone, at the corner Of
Rhode Island. Massachusetts and Con-
necticut. IL is about $50 feet above the
sea level. Woonsocket Hill, $50 feet,
comes next.
Some carefully conducted expert
ments have been made IN Dublin by
MIR. Gerald Stoney and his father, DR..
q. tombstone Stoney, r. X. s., on the
quantity Of energy expended IN pro-
Telling bicycles and tricJ Giles at different
rates. Their conclusion Is that 1.-THE
bicycle or tricycle. Is probably the most
economical way Of using human
muscles"
IA is generally known, compound tele-
granb wires consist Of copper deposited
mon iron ana steel. A wire, hOweveE, y
now being brought out IN bngisnd ~
which the relation or the metals ~ re-
vorsed the steel surrounding the copper.
The wire Is said 10 be drawq from CONF
pound metal consisting Of al4pllow ingot
u steel 6lied with copper
Aithough The use o. Nasfllne 10 tood
preparati0ns has recently been forbidden
~ fhe health authorities IN France, some
dou6f orlsfs AZ ~ Whether ihis fubtiance
n really harmiuis - ktfash NARaAi7s
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31
Now zoaland spinach.

The American Agriculturist says the
heats of July and August are too much
for spinach, which, if it does not run to
seed, grows slowly, and is without the sue
cuIence that it has in the earlier months.
While spinach is 10 perfection, one wants
nothing better, but it is we'll to prepare
.or the months when that can't be had, by
sowing seed of the New Zealand spinach.
The plant is not at all related to the true
spinach, but belongs to the same family
with the EGGPLANT. The plant grows very
slow at first and makes but little show,
but as the heat increases, the better does
this New Zealander like it, and after it
has made fair start, it goes on branch
ing and spreading in every direction. The
seeds are rather slow in starting, and if
one has the conveniences for doing so, it
is well to SOW the seeds In pots; after tue
seeds are up, thin, leaving but three or
four plants IN pot. Make weil-manured
hills, SIX feet apart each way. and turn
out the ball Of earth containing the
plants ana set it in the centre OF the hill.
The seed may also be sown in drills,
which should be three feet apart. Sow
thinly and when the plants are up thin to
loot apart. The leaves are to be gath
cred for use, leaving the ends of the
branches unInjured. 1t is used in the
same manner as spinach.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

ended TO. Adstin-dried figs can be CON-
pared to those dried in the shade. When
drled sufficiently to tougher the skin.
take basket (having large boiler or
other vessel tuil OF scalding water) and
DIP the basket of figs into this water two
or three times, until the figs are well
washed and softened. But the figs should
never be dried to hard condition, as they
never return to their original richness,
Inc ngs are then spread out upon the Ia
pie under the trees until the water is all
drained and dried from the now rich and
iustrous looking figs. They look as 1t they
mad been BACKED and polished Now is
the time to press them into boxes-any
size desired. The boxes should be lined
win clean paper. so that they never touch
Ine WOOD. We also finish the top rows by
laying them in regular order ali over the
Top. When the box is opened it is a de-
light to look upOn0
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

Gnprgia COaSt LSLandS tOr Sale.

A00 ACRES. embracing BIligan's and
HUI other small islands in Bryan county.
between Bear and Midway rivers, near ST.
Catharine's Sound. adjacent to the mainlands
covered with valuable cedar, and having saig
marshes, checkered with creeks suitable for
raising oysters. This property can be made
available for good income in very short
time. But In addition TO these advantages ID
lie nearly IN the centre of the land locked
Georgia coast fisheries and oyster beds. and i8
passed every day by steamboats, and other
craft navigating those waters. The island8
can also be utilized for truck farming, and
will need no guanO or fencing. The main-
land in the neighborho0d 10 very eligible,l
already occc pied by farms and handsome
resIdences. No one eau make a mistake in
investing In this property at the present low
prices of land. The country is yearly in-J
ereasing vastly in population, and prices ara
bound to keep pace with this constant growth.
THESE islands are cheaper now thanthey Will
ever be again. AID are bound to be sold. Ex-
anime the property and send Ia your bids 40
an early day. All cash or part cash and re-
mainder in twelve months, with security.
Address L. G. BRYAN, 50 Barnard street.
Savannah. Ga.
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A Good Chance to Buy Lots,
@. II. DORsETT. Auotioneer.

o III UUINSEII' AuDtIOheet,
win sell at public cutlery on TUESDAY. june
LIST, 1886, at the Court House, during the
usual hours OF sale,
TWENTY THREE (23) LOTS fronting 40
feet each on two streets, Eliza and Norwood,
and 30 feet deep.
These lots extend from near Bull TO Mont
g0mery street, and are upon that open pla-
teau. we'll drained. high, and devoid OF oblec-
tiOnable features, near the intersection Of the
Savannah, Floriua and Western railway and
the Isle OF Hope railroad with Bull street
As every train on the Savannah, Florida
and Western railway stOps at this point 70 is
probable that "a station for passengers and a
terminus OF the street railroad will be estab-
lished here at an early day.
These lots have a large prospective value.
and are the only lots south of Anderson street
on the market, or likely soon 10 be. They are
on streets which cannot be interfered wilh by
the city. Terms cash.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31
Coal as a Soil Improver.

1t is now pro posed to utilize culm or
coal waste, which lies in vast unsightly
heaps about coal mines, at depots of trans
fer and other places, by reducing it to an
impalpable powder and mixing it with the
soil Tor agricultural purposes. 1t is not
claimed to be a fertilizer; but upon the
principle that light cOlOrs reflect and dark
a0sorbs heat, powdered coal darkening the
SOL may be the means OF vastly increas-
ing It's warmth and productive capacity
The soil, says a scientific writer on the
subject, "that appropriates the SUMS rays
as they reach the surface and stores them
TO be found w the myriad rOotlet mouths
Oh plants, has those necessary conditions
oil warmth, friability and fertility without
which we tii and toll in vain. The APP
pIlcation OF powdered coal will assist
IN producing this valuable result" AS
coal also possesses, upon analysis, many
OIL the mineral iertilizing ingredients used
In our commercial fertilizers, there is no
established reason why, in a reduced
State, 10 may pot develop into a fertilizer
quite as valuable as our phosphate rocks,
and be combined In the general manutac-
'ure for its possession Of these elements.
AS au absorbent Of doors, and its power to
n'.u them for n long period, 10 probably
mas no equal among the minerals, aud il
llispower alone Is retained In It's pow
ue'ed aud distributed state, IL would be
"of'a while to gather up the cheap and
abundant material for the use OF the
larmer.
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The Cooks Table of Weights and
Measures.

Solids-Wneat -four, one pound is one
quart. Indian meal, one pound two
ounces is one quart. Butter, when soft,
one pound is one quart. Loaf sugar,
broken, one pound is one quart. White
sugar, powdered, enc pound one ounce is
one quart. Best brown sugar one pound
two ounces is one quart. Eggs, ten eggs
are one pound. Flour, eight quarts are
one peck. Flour. four pecks are one
bushel,
Liquids-Sixteen large tabIespoonfuls
are One-half pint. Eight large table,
spoonfuls are one gill. Two gills are
One-half pint. Two pints are one quart.
Four quarts are one gallon. A common
sized tumbler holds One-half pint. A
common sized wine glass holds one-half
gill. A teacup holds one gill. A large
wine glass holds two ounces. A table
spoonful holds One-balf ounce. Forty
drops are equal to one teaspOonful. Four
teaspoonfuls are equal to one tablespoon
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

A farmer in Los Angles county, Cal,
who has been troubled with mice and
squirrels, has evolved a cheap and sure
means of dealing with these twin nui-
sances. Tubs or cans partly filled with
water are put around the barn where the
mice are most plenty, and they go to
them for drink and are drowned. An av-
erage of about 1900 a month have been
caught. In dealing with the squirrels the
same means have been adopted, substl-
tuting barrel partly sunk in the ground
and half flied with water. Beside this
pieces of watermelon rind with a little
poison sprinkled on it and put into the en-
trance of the burrows have been found re-
markably eficacious, and by the COM
bined use of these means the death rate
among the ground squirrels has been
swelled to astonishing proportions,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

me following method Of picking and
curing ngs is given by John Taylor, Of
@~ Pleasant Tuolumne county, Callfor-
. y pick mostof the fruit by hand from
~ zee when shriyeled enough % show
. Hull periec Ted. We theu spread them
niy upon tables ~ boards, placed
tn.f trees with heavy foliage, 10 thai
o w nefer cOmos under the direct rays
hpi hun. The sun browns aud pro-
..lfely hafdena the No. eyap0raiing
t pl lto richness within. luie 81
s % ID oinis which should ever De 81
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

The introduction of the creamery has
wrought a wonderful revolution in dairy
methods. Scarcely ten years have
passed since cooperative butter-making
came into vogue. Yet in that brief time
the butter product of Iowa has been
raised from only few million pounds an
nually to almost 1OO,000,00O in 1884; from
a few hundred thousand COWS to 1,200,O
in 1884, from an inferior article of "West-
ern grease" to a superior article of "Iowa
gilt-edge butter" and from a mere pit
lance to a handsome price per pound.
Cows have nearly doubled in average
value. The acreage of pasturage was
greatly increased, which rests the soil ana
the farmer.
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For northumberland.

NOR RENT. about twenty acres OF land
II partly within tine extended CITY limits
extending from the Waters road to South
vile, with entrance from that road and also
by way OF the White Blum road. There IS a
small dwelling house and large stable and
well Of god water on the premises. Several
acres adjoining the house is fenced and under
cultivation, and fine lot Of fruit trees plant
ed. The place is conveniently located for
range for cattle, which can be fenced az u
small cost. For particulars apply TO Z. H..
DORSETT.
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EVERY DAY BILLs OF FARE.
BY MARION HARLAND.
tC0pyri0&ted, 1885,
nnrn A u-sF a assfs


BREAKFAsT.
Wheat Germ Meal Porridge.
Rag0ut of Liver.
Egg Biscuit.
Watercresses. Berries.
Tea. Coffee.
WHEAT GERM MEAL PORRIDGE.-This
excellent breakfast cereal, of which men
ton was made two weeks ago, is particu-
larly good when boiled III milk and water
in equal quantities. Wet up cupful of
the germ meal' in cold water to a thic k
mush, thin TO gTuel-iike consistency villa
hot milk and cook fifteen minutes in n
farina kettle, after the water In the outer
vessel reaches boil. Salt to taste and
eat with cream.
RAGOUT OF LIVER.--Heat three or four
spOonfuls OF nice dripping in frying pan,
add an onion SLICED, a tablespoonful OF
chopped parsley and thrice as niue !
minced break fast bacon: when ali are
hissing hot lay in the liver cut in pieces
as long and wide as your middle finger
and fry brown, turning often; take out the
liver and keep warm ia a covered hot wa
ter dish; strain the gravy, rinse out the
frying pan and return To the fire with the
gravy and an even tablespoonful of butter
worked up we'll in two of Drowned flour.
STIR until you have a smooth, Drowned
TouX, thin gradually with half cupful OF
boiling water and the juice of half a
lemon, add a teaspoonful of minced pickle
and scant half teaspOonful of curry
powder, wet with cold water. Boil
sharply, pour over the liver, put fresh
boiling water in the pan under the dish,
aud let all stand closely covered for ten
minutes before serving.
EGG BISCUIT.-TwO cups OF warm milk,
two eggs, two heaping tablespoonful OF
butter, half cake of compressed yeast,
dissolved In warm water, one quart OF
sifted -four, one teaspOonful of salt; mix
with the butter (melted, but not hOt) the
yeast, salt and three cups of -four to-
gether over night, and set in a covered
bowl to rise. Early in the morning add
the beaten eggs and the rest of the -four
and set for a second rising of an hour OF
longer. When light roll into a sheet al
most an inch thick, cut into round cakos
and lay in a Toured baking pan. At the
end of half an hour bake in a good oven.
| They are delicious, cold or hot.
WATERCRBssEs.-W ash well, pick of
decayed leaves ard leave in ice water
until you are ready to eat them. They
should then be shaken free Of wet and
piled lightly in a glass dish. Eat with
salt. They are piquant appetizer on
sultry mornings and very wholesome.
BERRIES.-DO not ruin Jne ilaV0r OF
them by washing them, nor witner them
and sap their sweetness by laying them
in sugar. ''Cap" with cool, light fingers,
heap in bowl, and sprinkle sugar on
them after they are served IN the saucers
to waiting eaters expectant. The larger
varieties of strawberries are best served
with caps and stems on. The eater uses
the latter as handles and dips the berries
into dry sugar one by one. This is the
prettiest way OF eating breakfast straw.
berries.
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CHEAP ADVERTISING.
One Cent a Word.

ADVERTISEMENTS, is Words or
more, IN THIS column (the best IN the pdper)
inserted for ONE CENT A WORD, Cash
IN Aduance. each insertion.
Everybody lohO has any 'oant TO Supp'y,
anything to bay or to sell, any business or
accommodations to secure; indeed, any ,otSh
toqrdtify. should advertise in this column.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

Weeds are divided into ANIMALS, bien-
malls and perennials. Annual weeds are
largely confined to cultivated areas and
should be closely watched. Biennial
weeds, tor the most part, produce no seed
the first year, but seed is often produced
quite early in the second season. Peren-
NAL weeds are those the tops Of which
diedown on the approach of cold weather,
the roots remaining alive, sending up new
shoots year after year.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31
-Four TenementS at Auction
@. II. DoRsETp. Auctiopeer.

@. n. DoRsETT. AuetioDeer.
win sell on TUESDAY. June lot. 1886. before
the Court House, during the usual hours OF
sale,
Lot measuring G2x00 on West Boundary
street, between Luby and Pine. etreots, and
and renting for s23 per month, or s27G per an
mum Terms cast. .f.,..,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-31

Nitrogen is the most important fertili-
ger known to agriculturists. 1t is the
most expensive when purchased as a COM
meroial fertilizer. 1t is the very life and
vitality of the whole vegetable kingdom.
The air is full of it, the soil always con-
tains it in greater or less quantities, and
vet it cannot be taken up and used by
plants uncombined as it exists in the soil
and in the air.
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2sliertIIanenmo aslanto.

w AETED.-Thc undersigned wishes to
W purchase good, comfortable dwelling
house for home: would prefer The middle or
southern portion of the city. Anyone wishing
to dispose OF such property can treat with
me privately and cOnfdentally. stating low
est price and terms. HOME, care Of Morning
News.