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The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27
Fertilizers.

"There is no fertilizer that possesses the
property of attracting and retaining
moisture IN such marked degree that its
application will absolutely discount the
effects of drought. KANT, on account
of the common salt it contains, is sup
posed to conserve or attract and retain
moisture. Land plaster has the same
property. But neither of these can be
proftabIy used in such quantity as to
produce any very decided effecs in pre-
venting the soil from drying. 1t is said
of such fertilizers that they tend to
preserve moisture, but the tendency does
not practically amount to much. Deep
preparation, thorough undertaking,
rapid surface culture and plenty of humus
are the great practical conservators Of
moisture in the SOIL Very thirsty soils
should be plowed deeply (but not turned
over before planting, the surface should
be kept as nearly level as possible. the
rows run on a level, and dry crust
should never be permitted to form after
rain. "-AtIanta, Ga, Southern CutttUdt0r.
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vitality Of seeds: /. Place 100 seeds be-
tween two sheets of blctting paper laid
on sand, and keep tho paper damp in a
place where the temperature is about
seventy-fve degrees to So degrees F.
The number of seeds terminating will
indicate the percentage good. 2. Place
the seeds on piece of flannel in saul
Ger, with sufficient water to moisten it
thoroughly. After scattering the seeds
400 on the flannel, put piece of dark
blotting paper over the whole and place
in warm room. Keep it continually
damp, and In short time the seed will
terminate; the number sprouting will
be tho percentage ofgood seed. For x-
aiming seeds as to purity, scatter them
on a piece of blank card board, and tho
foreign grains are readily observed. If
good collection of seeds, true to their
kind, is kept for comparison, the inn
purities can be easily identified. Tho
results of various tests in the germina-
tor are given. The following infer
ences will practically cover the whole
ground: Age has marked effect on
the vitality of certain seeds. Many
seeds have lost much of their vitality
from improper curing or other causes.
Frozen wheat is not reliable for seed,
for, even though terminating fair
per cent. of growth in tho field, is OF
more or less weakly nature. All seeds
should be tested for vitality and purity.
A small percentage of impure seeds
means very many in a bushcl.
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FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Topping Corn.

The old practice of cutting off the tops
corn above the ears and leaving the
smaining stalks in the field to dry up
ad be worthless for any purpose seems
Dry strange to modern farmers. The
sutts of cornstalks were practically
forthless when left in the field to dry.
lured properly and cut when still
reeu, just after the corn has hardened,
he butts are richer in nutriment than
he tops. Possibly the richest place of
q is the middle around where the ear
Fas formed. Any one who notices how
cow eats cornstalks will find that she
pizes the stalk by the middle, doubles
upin her mouth and SO progresses
Owards both ends at once. When sho
Iomes to the tassel she bites it off and
rcps that with the butt, preparatory
D taking another mouthful. Il Ameri-
an Cultivator.
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A Wheat EsaraaEfn.

J. G. Allen of Winters, CAL, one Of
the substantial and intelligent farmers
of YolO county, informs us that for the
last Is years, until this season, nine
.straws out of ten in all our wheat fields,
|containedsin the upper joint small
lwoFn, red or pale red in color, and
About one-eighth of an inch in length.
This season, he says, the worm was
not found in more than ono straw in
ten, and to this he attributes the fact
that the wheat crop OF Yolo was third
greater than was predicted or expected
by the farmers. Mr.. Allen proposes
prosecuting his investigation further
and learning, if possible, from whence
this little parasite comes and what his
afterlife produces. If, as Mr.. Allen
Believes, the reduced product of our
wheat-felds during the last Is years is
.chargeable to this intruder rather than
to the exhaustion of tho soii, it is Gel :
tainly ar important matter, and should
engage tho serious attention of our state
entomologist.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27
I'm the Poultry Yard.

In feeding poultry, says correspon-
dent in tho New York World, the old
and experienced birds usually get the
lions share of tho food. a simple old
hen with brood of chickens, when fed
by herself, will throw herself into such
ecstacies that with the noise she makes
she will attract the attention Of every
other fowl on the premises, which loses
no time in hurrying to the spot to help
with the lunch, aad then it is bad for
the chicks.
To remedy this, pieces of lath may be
sharpened at emo end and driven into
the ground to form circle or any space
large enough to make o feeding place
for the small chicks, and the lath must
be near enough together to admit of
the little fowls going through, and yet
to exclude the large ones.
A hen and her brood thrive better
when they are permitted to run out
than when confined to the coup. Fowls
permitted unlimited runs will pick up
nearly all the food required for them.
selves and their chickens.
Turkeys thrive better to be shut up
for two or three weeks, for there is
hardly any kind of fowl known as ten
der as young turkey. Going through
the wet grass, following the mother
turkey, is very bad exercise for them
and many of the mother fowls have no
discretion where they set down their
big feet, and often fatten out
young turkey seemingly
in puro absent mindedness. A
hen makes q much better mother of
young turkeys than thu turkey does,
and it is customary to set turkeys eggs
under hens on this account. A hen
Seems to have sense of propriety and
moderatcs her gait to what young ones
can bear, and is much more apt to
bring whole brood throu III safely
than is turkey.
Porcelain eggs are useful for nest
eggs; they will not freeze. Tho profits
of poultry raising for the sale of eggs
and chickens, as we'll as for use at his
own table, have hardly received the
attention the subject merits at the
hands of the farmer. 1t is one of the
least troublesome and inexpensive
branches of husbandry that he has to
look after, and pays better than many
other things, even when very much
| neglected.
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Advlce - E.ou1trr Ten,.or..

A firm of poultry dealers in New York
Jas sent out circular to poultry ship
Rers containing the following advice:
ITO ensure the best prices, the fowls
aust be we'll fattened; crops empty
Fhen killed; killed by bleeding, but do
lot take off tho heads; pick nicely
without breaking skin; entrails should
be removed; cool thoroughly but don t
Ereeze; pack in boxes with clean straw
Frye is the best) between each layer of
poultry, in the same posture in which
hey roost; mark each box, specify what
L contains; send invoice by mail; ship
to reach market about the middle of tho
week--never so late as Saturday. Fine
fat turkeys are wanted for Thanksgiv-
ing; prime geese for Christmas; extra
large and nice turkeys for New Years.
Ifyou cannot find any profit in sending
primo quality and we'll prepared, you
need not look for any in ordinary or
poor qualities. ~ New York Observer.
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Clara's Specific.

They were returning from the theatre.
II am troubled with slight sore throat,
Miss Clara" he said, land think it
would be wise if 1 should button my
coat tightly around my neck" 81
would, indeed, Mr.. Sampson" replied
the girl with some concern. cat this
sea&a+ of the year sore throat is apt to
Goveiop into something serious. Are
you doing anything for it?" "Not so
far" he replied. 81 hardly know what
to Go" 81 have often heard papa say, "
shyly suggested the girl. that raw oys-
tiers have very soothing and beneficial
effect upon such a trouble"
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Proof Better Than Assertion.

With such proof as the following letter from
w. H. Dean, of No 278 Seventh street, New
York, it is not necessary to make the bare as
sertion that ALLCoCK's POROUS PLAsTERs cure
lumbago. Mr.. Dean says:
Some ten days ago l was taken with a very
violent pain in the small of my back. 1t was so
severe that l could hardly breathe; every move
ment caused great agony. l finally found out
it was lumbago. Being entirely helpless, a
friend sent out to a druggist and got two ALL
COCKS Porous PLAsTERs; these were well
warmed and applied to my back, one above the
other In half an hour, to my great delight
and surprise, l found the pain began to abate.
In two hours was able to walk out and attend
to my business, the pain being almost gone.
Next day was all right, but continued wear
ing the plasters for q week.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27

Whereas The Manon Route a.. n. A. q G.
Ry Coz desires to make it known to the world
at large that it forms the double connecting
link of Pullman tourist travel between the
winter cities of Florida aid the summer re-
sorts of the Northwest; and
Whereas, It's rapid transit" system is I'M
surpas sed, its elegant Pullman Buffet Sleeper
and Chair car service between Chicago and
Louisville, Indianapolis and Cincinnati un-
equaled; and
Whereas. It's rates are as low as the lowest;
then be it
ResOlUed, That in the event OF starting on
trip it is good policy to con suit with e. o. Nc
Cormick, GenI Pass. Agent Mcnon Route 1876
Dearborn ST., Chicago, for full particulars. Gin
any event send for a Tourist Guide, enclose 4c.
POSTAGE
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27
Value OF Sheep,

A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker says that, aside from tho value
Of the wool, the raising of sheep for
their manurial value is of great import
hnce on farm where it is not conven-
lent to apply manure on many of the
fields that require it. A flock of thirty
eheep will bring poor pasture lot of
six acres up into state of comparative
richness in one season. know farmer
who owns 100 acres of tillable land,
whose special crop is oats, and who has
not manure enough for four acres annu-
ally, yet he has kept up the fertility OF
his land by the aid of sheep. He
keeps from thirty to forty. He changes
them from one pasture to an
other all summer, and it is sur
prising on what poor pasture sheep
will subsist. am of the opinion that
on even moderate pasture sheep do not
require any extra grain ratioas. They
will rear their lambs we'll and thrive on
pasture on which COW would show a
very perceptible lessening in her milk
flow. have come to the con clusion
that the droppings of sheep will pay for
their pasture, and if / had plenty of
pasture fields l would pasture any num-
Der of sheep gratis all summer. There
is great difference in the breeds of
sheep. believe those of the Down
breeds arc the hardest and make the
best mothers. aad they are freer from
disease. When l kept Lcicesters they
were never free from disease, and both
sheep and lambs died in numbers. My
flock now are high grade South and
Shropshire Downs. They are hardy
good mothers and free from disease.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27
Farm and Garden Votes.

You can't make an livestock of good
butter.
A canvas waterproof cover on the
farm will save its cost many times over,
if intelligently used.
Investigations into the cause of the
swine plague show that, of all farm ami
mails, swine should have pure water to
drink.
When selecting horse, choose one
with medium-sized feet; horses with
flat or over-largo or very small feet are
not as good.
The milk-room should be away from
the Influence of Odors Of the fam yard.
of the piggerios, or anything that will
hurt tho milk.
1t is now generally admitted that tho
best ensilage Is made from red clover.
AS it is very diff ut to cure it ia a wet
season, the advi,abii,y Of putting it in
a silO becomes apr gont. 1t is not
necessary TO pass it Rrough cutter,
as il will pack clbaehu tha state in
which it y cat BY as sIlne.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27

In Japan the old-school physicians are per-
mitted to wear only wooden swords. This is a
gently sarcastic way of expressing the opinion
weapons. But the druggist who introduced
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery into the
Empire, carries fine steel blade. 1t was found
that all who tried this wonderful remedy for
coughs, colds consumptive tendencies, blood,
skin and liver troubles, We're, without excep-
ton, greatly benefited. The Mikado himself is
said to have toned up" his system by its use,
and the importer was therefore permitted
the exceptional honor of wearing the sword Of
the nobility.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27
Stamping and Embroidery.

"Yes, Lizzie, like to do fancy work but 1
thing else-for week. These awful dragging
down pains are just killing me.' II know how
you feel and l can tell you where to look for
certain cure for all those peculiar weaknesses
and distressing ailments. Why it even cured
me of prolapsus, and many of my lady friends
have been cured of various grave maladies pc
culiar to our sex by this wonderful medicine"
1t is the only medicine sold by druggists, under
q positive guarantee from the manufacturers,
that 1t will give satisfaction in every case, or
money refunded. Read garantee on bottle
wrapper.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27

DEBILITY, WASTING DISEASES OF CHILDREN,
Chronic Coughs and Bronchitis, can be cured
by the use of SCOTr's EMULSION of Pure Cod
Liver Oil with Hypophosphtes. Prominent
please read the f5ilowing, II used Scott's
Emulsion for an obstinate Cough with Hemor-
rhage, Loss of Appetite, Emaciation, Sleep
lessneSs, &c. All of these have now left, and
believe your Emulsion has saved a case of well
developed Consumption.'-T. j. FINDLEY, NJ.
D., Lone Star, Texas.
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no Not Think for a Momeut

That catarrh viii in time wear out The theory
is false Men try to believe it because it would
Do not let an acute attack of cold in the head
remain unsubdued 1t is liable to develop into
catarrh. You can rid yourself of the cold and
avoid all chance of catarrh by using DR.. Sage's
self of this troublesome disease speedily by the
same means At all druggists.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27

A few Hamburg Figs will cure the worst
cases of constipation and indigestion, and their
occasional use will prevent the recurrence of
these troubles % cents Dose one Fig. Mack
Drug Co., Y.
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Diseases Peculiar to Women, especially
monthly disorders. are cured by the timely
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27
n REGULATOR.

The costumes made by Worth worn by Mrs.
Brown-Potter, the actress, fill Is large trunks.
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ConventiopnI" Monon Revolutions.

Advices from Australia show that Pasteur's
method of killing rabbits is successful.
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gents wanted. ST hour. 50uew articles. Cat'lgue
"A and samples frea. Q. L. MARSHALL Loekport n. Y.
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times what pay for it. / used to buy at least
So worth of patterns a year, but now each one
of my Magazines contains an order emitting
fore get my pictures free, my patterns free, and
q Magazine besides, that my whole family
anxiously watch for. Sowe are all pleased. II
Demorest, Is E. 14th ST., N. Y, you will
receive specimen number, and you will GER
tainly lose nothing. for in it you will find a
pattern order worth 90 cents; which if you do
not care to use, you can pass over to me, and /
will give you the 10 cents that you paid for the
specimen copy for it.
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Consumption. screfuIn. Genernl

There is one crop that never fails. 1t belong
to the chicken.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27

Bad men excuse their faults; good men vii
leave them.
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Seed Tssts for Vitality and Parity.
A bulletin Of the Oatario Agricutu-
raj college contains. among other yalu-
.,llla ,.uxfar Aha allt,x,sl.s. t<,14a.t tho
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-10-27

Bismarck has sent to | h ladelphia for
dozen pairs of canvass back Icks.
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E:LY'S
CREAM BALM

I suffered from ca
tGrrh ID gears. tn
droppings into tn
throat acre nGuSsat
ing. My nose bled al
most daily. Since tn
first days use Of Ely.
Cream Balm have haC
no bleeding, the sore
ness is entirely gone
d. G. Davidson, lcitl
the Boston, Budget.
A particle is applied
into each nostril and is
agreeable. Price 59cents
at druggists; by mail.
ELY BROTHEF
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MA RGAREr.

M re ET.-
Where did you get
that beautiful new
Water-color, Annief
ANNIE.-It is one
of the series / told
you about, that they
are publishing in
Dernorest's Month
ly Magazine. Near
ly everyone thinks
l paid from S. to $40
for it, when the
fact is, it cost me
nothing; for l con-
slider my Magazine
worth four or five
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d y 10 So day. Samples worth $l.5o FREE.
"a b Lines not under the horses feet Write
W ~ Brewster Safety Rein Holder Co., Houey Mich.
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CAuTlOM

Beware of Fraud, as my name and the price
are stamped on the bottom of all my advertised
shoes before leaving the factory, which protect
the wearers against high prices and inferior goods
II a dealer offers w. l.. Douglas shoes at a re-
duced price, or says he has them without my name
and price stamped on the bottom, put him down AZ
a fraud.
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EENNE STUDY. Bookkeeping, business forIns
WI UEtE Penmanship Arithmetic, Short-hane' sac:s
HE thoroughly taught by MAIL. CIrca!A4[s Nie y
RYyant's College, 457 Main St, BunAIo' NJ 4
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You can't make an livestock of good
butter.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-05-10

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Seeing the &C
count of Comrade J. w. Mckinney in the issue
OF April Il concerning the capture and execu-
ton of that bood-thirsty bushwhacker and
spy, Shelby Cole Of Missouri, who was hung by
Smiths Guerrillas in the Fall of 1864, while at
De Soto on the st. Louis & Iron Mountain
Railroad, l must say that he gives a different
version of the affair from that which was given
me, and noted in my journal at the time, be
ing one Of a detail OF 20 men who went rs escort
to Gen. A. J. Smith and staff from Jefferson
barracks to De Soto the day of the occurrence.
My memorandum runs thus:
most shocking tragedy occurred on the train
coming III from the Knob yesterday evening. The
14ih Iowa having IN charge among other prisoners
man said to have been arebeI soldier once but had
taken the oath since, and lattery acted as spy. lie
had procured an oyercOat OF one of the ScTgeants,
and after while said to him that rs they would
soon get of the train he would give up the coat,
and he could jump around ami keep warm. The
Sergeant took the coat aud was in the act of put
ting II on when the desperate came up behind gpd
WIFI a pocketkn}fe cut his throat killing him IN
stantly. An Orderly-SerReant closed in upon the
mend, received stab in the back, and was thrown
oil the train. Another man grappled with him,
and received cash across the eyes, which may
cause the loss OF sight. Two others received cuts
ana gashes. Cole was finally conquered by bayO-
net slabs and a blow from the butt Of musEet.
Yet, strange TO say after all the thrUsts and blows
Keep INN over night. lie was taken out by orders
OF Gen. Smith about O'Clock next morning and
hung. Tie wounded men were taken TO Jefferson
Barracks Hospital.
I viii state for the comrades information
that Col. Shaw's regiment was the 18th Iowa,
instead of 32d.-" Co. F." I4th Iowa, HillsbOro,
Iowa.
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The t05th ono at Chickamnnga.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In regard to
the battle Of Chickamauga, much has been said
about gap in the line the right Of Rey-
noldss Division, Fourteenth Corps. Now,
whether in fact there was break in the line,
OF whether the apparent gap was caused by the
echelon formation Of BranEan's Division, it is
nevertheless true that at one time on Sunday
Rcynolds's right was unprotected, and that the
enemy so far fanlied him that their fire took
his line from rightrear. At this time quick
and desperate action was necessary to save a
disaster Reynolds came to Col. Perkins, of
the 10Jth Ohio, and directed him to half wheel
his regiment to the right and charge, which he
did in gallant style, driving the enemy back
for long distance through the woods and onto
a line Of works they had thrown up the night
before. Our regiment suffered heavily but ac-
complished the object for which the charge was
made
1t was not a general charge, but one by sim
gle regiment, unsupported on the right or left.
Later in the day heard Gen. Reynolds say he
had to sacrifice that regiment.
Now, what led to the causes requiring or
making this sacrifice necessary? / would like
to hear from Col. Perkins or some other good
writer on the subject, and no better medium
by which to reach all our comrades can be
found than The NATIONAL TRIBUNE-JoHN
i. W1LDaAN, Co. 3, l05,h Ohio, Marshaltown,
Iowa.
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Up to this time he showed no signs of life, and
consequently said not a word. / and two others
endeavOred to secure a rope by which a calf
was staked near house occupied by an Irish
woman. The rope was wet and nearly an inch
in diameter, and could not be used, so we en-
tered the house and from the old-fashioned
corded bedstead took the cord and hung Shelby
Cole. he never struggled; we couldn't see that
he breathed. The big cavalryman and another
man took him by the hips, raised him up, and
brought him down with jerk, endeayOring to
do one humane thing: that was to end quickly
Coles miserable life. There was no officers in
the squad, and no one to tell Cole that he had
but short time to live, ana if he had anything
TO say he'd better say it quick. Shelby Cole
was past hearing from the time he was seized
at the fire.
The tree on which Cole was hung was on the
very edge Of the creek, the bank washed almost
straight, and the body hung almost over the
bank. IL was rumored that the body was cut
down and buried where it fell.-FRED. RUM
BILE, 5Sth H., Clinton Iowa.