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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
Buffalo Gnats---tiow to Kill.

The Southern Livestock Journal has
an instructive letter from Louisiana
planter &C. A. Frierson, Frierson's
Mill. Lay, telling how to destroy
buffalo gnats and save mules and
horses at work in the field or else
where. In the spring of 1885 the
gnats were first very troublesome on
this plantation, when fifteen mules
were lost in one week. The mules
had all the symptoms of collie, and
were treated accordingly. Mr.. Frier-
son says: 1--WE afterwards learned that
they all died from the effects of the
poisonous bite of the gnat, and could
have been saved but for'our ignorance
of the fact that train oil applied with
feather or small mop is an abso-
lutte specific. Since then we buy this
fish oil by the barrel, and furnish
every plowman with small tin can OF
convenient form, which is taken to the
field to be applied when needed"
Fish oil is very pungent, and very
likely will kill the ''wolf' in a cows
back, and perhaps drive botgrub out
Of horses stomach.
The writer happens to know, from
long experience, that tanners oil is
an excellent remedy for lice on pigs,
calves, colts and other stock, and he
suggests that this oil may be first
class remedy for hog cholera and
plague, taken with wood-ashes, salt
and sulpher. AS farmers we need
something that will kill the germ Of
every form of swine plague. Sixty
and seventy years ago man and his pig
rarely had kidney disease or plague,
These parasites have come to stay like
the Colorado potato bug and the cur
culio on peach and plum. We should
not be disheartened, but learn to CO
operate to distroy our enemies wher
they are most vulnerable. Watch the
enemy and strike him when practica
BILE. We need more knowledge of living
parasites, their ways. habits and meth
DDS of propagation. 1t may pay ever.
farmer to keep few gallons of oil Il
fight insects with.-D. Lee, in Dixi,
| Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
Room for Reform.

Farming at the South is done at a
great expenditure of physical force
and consequent unnecessary outlay OF
money. Some years since we planted
cotton in the use of one mule and one
man to open furrow, one man to
scatter the seed followed by one mule,
and one man to cover Now we use
one mule and one man, with a ma
chine. and do the work much more
cheaply and much more effectually.
Into every department of farm work
this same principle of economy should
enter. Upon a comparison of methods,
it is easy to be seen that the States
at the South are very far behind
those of the North and West in
economy OF time and labor. and. there
fore, in the economy of production.
In these States we find the constant
study tn be the saving of labor at every
point The management and handling
Of every crop is had through machines,
that not only accomplish more in q
given time. but do the work mors
effectually and, therefore. more salts.
! iactorily,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Things to Ponder.

Judge John w. Brown, OF Epson
County, Ga. recently addressed the
Farmers Academy Alliance, in which
he gave them the following advice:
There are things being done in our
midst that are wrong, and the men
who do this wrong are religiously and
morally as good men as we have. They
certainly do not think they are doing
wrong. BY the force OF custom or
common consent they are drifting along
in their department, controlled by the
one idea OF making money, without
stopping to consider whether they are
doing right or wrong so the GUS
tom OF trade sanctions what they do.
A wagon that cost them SOL, they
sell to poor man for $75, take a
mortgage on the same and q mule to
secure the payment. Twenty-four
dollars profit on an investment of $5l.
Extortion is said to be great wrong.
II this is not extortion would like to
see the word defined. And as if to
make the wrong worse, they will sell
the same wagon to man who is always
prompt in payment for $40 less, thus
making light the burdens of him who
is going easily along, and adding to
the same of him who is already stag
gering under his load. II the first
come up and pay as the last, nothing
is given him back. l want to beg the
merchants of our town who are Sc
clever and kind socially, to stop
and look at this from the stand
point Of right and justice. We take II
for granted that the wagon is no ex-
ception, but answers for q rule that
runs through the whole business. II
is wrong to sell to the landlord cheaper
than to his tenant. and it is wrong fol
the landlord to be a party to such 6
| transaction.
"How much sunshine would $40 bring
around many Toor mans hearthstont
on Christmas morning If one goot
Christian hereabOut even thought o
the struggle that thousands of poo
farmers make to meet their obliga
tions due October and November next
Their children-girls, as we'll as boys
and oftentimes the wife and mothe
herself, toiling in the dews of morning
and hot sun of evening, bringing OF
disease and premature death by ex
posure doing all in their power to hell
the father and husband pay the deb
he owes, stinted in food and clothing
while the members of his (the mer
chant's) household can indulge ever!
luxury and grow tired for want o
something 10 do.
81 hope the Alliance will soon be abb
to arrange so that they can buy at tn
same price. expect great benefit OF
this line from our exchange. 1t will
be grand pricing department, b.
which we will be able to know tn
price Of every article we want to pur
chase where it is made. Then If GU
merchants can sell to us at the sam
prices we will buy from them. Other
wise we can buy through the ex
change And through that depart
ment we hope some time in the futur
to price some things we have to sell.
Southern Cultivator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

The loss from producing cotton 10
not so much from the low price in the
market as from the cost OF production.
The work necessary to be done has
heretofore been so much manual that
farmers have been forced to employ
large force OF help, that is to be main
tanned during work and oftentimes car
ried over idle seasons in order to be on
hand when needed.
The demands in the construction of
machines for chopping and picking
cotton should be studied and mechan-
ical contrivances continually applied
until suitable machines are perfected
to accomplish successfully the work.
Corn shelters are far better than a
rough-edged rock and corn huskers
are much more convenient than wear
ing out the fingers at the slow process
OF pulling the shucks in an all day
work that could be finished by ma
chine in an hour.
Reapers and mowers and horse rakes
are always under the barn when called
for, and the teams stand ready in the
stalls to draw them; the landlord is
convenient to drive them. These
contrivances all give the farmer
an immense advantage in con-
trolling labor to his own interests.
The larger part of his work he can do
himself and become Independent of
trifling oilers who abandon the fields
at the slightest censure or the mildest
rebuke.
The use OF machines is but the
practical embodiment of convenience.
The matter of convenience, involving
economy as it does is not necessarily
a matter of machines solely. The
women on farm wear themselves out
and accomplish but little that is profit
able, for the lack of convenience OF
arrangement. During the course of
the year the farmer loses months in an
unnecessary waste of time for lack OF
convenience in his business arrange
ments. Let us abandon so much hard
work by substituting machines and
convenient, systematic arrangement. =
| w. j. Northen, in Dixie Farmer
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
HERE AND THERE.

The carrot is the root crop pre-
ferred by horses. The mode of feeding
carrots to horses is to chop them fine
and give each horse half peck three
times a week.
Plant trees along the roadside
now, and do not delay it until spring
Drains along the road should be kept
open, the roads leveled and put in the
best condition for winter.
Instead OF using the inferior APP
Piles for making cider to be converted
into vinegar, only the sound, unblem-
ished fruit should be put in the press,
as the quality of the cider is affected
by the condition of the apples.
Try the experiment of packing a
few sweet potatoes in layers, with dry
dirt between the layers. and keep
them in some place where the temper
ature will not get below the freezing
point.
Satisfy Called oyster plant is
very hardy and may remain in the
ground in the rows through the winter
without injury. 1t is not cultivated as
extensively as it should be, although it
is one of the best and hardest vege
tables known.
Bulls are dangerous animals, and
a majority of the injuries received oc-
cur from placing too much confidence
in gentle bulls, which suddenly and
unexpectedly attack the attendant A
bull will usually prove obedient when
young, but it is seldom that fully
matured bull is safe.
Plaster is an excellent material for
sprinkling over manure that is being
mixed with urine, in order to absorb
the liquids, and also serves admirably
for deodorizing the stalls to a certain
extent 1t is not caustic, like lime,
and consequently does not cause sore
feet as is sometimes the case when
other deodorizers are used.
System in storage and place for
every thing is as necessary in the
barns and stables as in the dwelling
| house. The loss OF time in hunting
for an article is much more than the
time spared to put it in a proper place.
Every thing should be where it can be
found easily when wanted, and every
animal in the stables should have it:
appropriate stall.
The Mirror and Farmer calls atten
ton to the fact that geese can do good
work on any location overrun will
weeds, when the weeds are young
Many kinds of young weeds are pre-
ferred to grass by geese. and especial
| " plantain and purslane. Geese g
right down to the roots for the plants
and effectually keep them down if tb'
! fock Is large one.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
DRESSES EoR GIRLS.
Pretty Cashmere Gowns with Tiny Zouavs
Jackets of Velvet,

Jackets of Velvet.
School dresses for girls from six to
twelve years have very plain round
waists buttoned behind, with full
sleeves and gathered skirts of two or
three double-width breadths. Simple
revers, or an inlaid point or square OF
velvet, with velvet collar and cuffs,
are the trimmings. Such waists reach
to the natural waist line, and are
sewed to skirtG that fall halfway be-
low the knees. Stripes, checks and
plaid woods are the materials. Nicer
dresses are of dark cashmere, with
high empire waists Tapped in front
and back, or else shirred at the neck
and waist line. Tucks are seldom
seen in these skirts, a wide hem, and
perhaps three or four rows of velvet
ribbon, being preferred. The genuine
mutton-leg sleeves are with some OF
these high-necked waists, while others
have coat sleeves, with full empire
pun around the arm-holes
The most dressy cashmere gowns
for girls from five to ten years OF age
have low full waists and short high
pulled sleeves worn over white muslin
guimpes. A half-low round waist is
shirred in two clusters (each of two
rows) around the neck and waist, and
inch-wide velvet ribbon is passed in
and out on the puff between the shir-
rings. An electric blue cashmere has
low. round yoke, on which are five
rows of black velvet baby ribbon; the
waist below is gathered very full in
the middle of the front to q slight
point and on its plain sides are five
diagonal rows Of the velvet ribbon, be-
ginning in the under-arm seam just
below the armhole. Other full-gath-
cred baby waists have merely bind
ing of velvet at top, with an Empire
belt OF velvet the whole width of the
under-arm seam on the right, tapering
to a point on the left side The tiniest
| Louave jackets of velvet are on some
cashmere waists, while others have
merely two-inch bias band of velvet
around the arm-holes, and velvet
belt. A pale old-pink cashmere has
French gray velvet on the front and
back OF the pointed waist, with scarf
of pink cashmere draped as bretelles
over the shoulders to the waist line in
front and back. A darker old-rose
cashmere with full pleated trent and
back has Eiffel red velvet for little
Zouave, and diagonal girdle, wide
on the right side, and sloped to point
on the left to meet a large rosette; g
velvet puff is set high in the short
sleeves; three rows of shirring are
just below the waist on the skirt, ant
three rows of velvet ribbon just above
It's hem. Such skirts for girls OF five
or six years have two breadths of cash
mere. Other fuller skirts have fine
pleats meeting in the middle of The
back and front, with one or two large
box pleats on each side. Ox-blood rec
cashmere dresses of this kind are
trimmed with black velvet, and rose
colored cashmere with leaf green vel
vet White cashmere or else chuddal
wool dresses have yellow India sill
knife pleated frill turned down around
the low neck of the waist and vel
low sash tied behind. = arper's Bazaar
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
GAs.PRoDucINo PLANTS.
Investigations Made with Regard to a
Strange Phenomenon.

Investigations Made with Regard to
Strange Phenomenon.
1t is we'll known that plants of
Dictamnus fraxinella, at the close OF a
dry, sunny day, are surrounded by a
gas which is innammable, and will
ignite with o sudden flash OF flame
when lighted match is applied to it.
M. H. Correvon gives the results OF
some Investigations lately made with
regard I'd this phenomenon. Certain
plants, ..sgssery notably the Rntace@
and Labiatas., secrete various products.
such as essential oils, resins. gums,
balsams, etc. Secretory organs
which are buried in the sub
stance Of the pa enchyma elaborate
these products. while hairs OF
various forms and textures conduct
them to the surface and there excrete
them. The secretory organs are
termed ..internal glands" and the ex-
cretory organs are known as "exter-
nal glands" These latter are SUR
rounded at the base by a part OF the
epidermis, which the hair has pushed
up in issuing forth to make its appear
ance ON the surface of the stem, and
in the fraxinella this raised part OF
the epidermis covers gland which
Is very richly provided with resin
and essential oil. When this gland
was examined with a microscope
on a hot day it was empty, Its
contents having been drawn
out by the heat through the
cells of the epidermis. or through
the hair that terminates the
gland. 1t must be understood that
the surrounding air has to be pretty
strongly impregnated with the gas Of
the volatilized resin in order TO take
fire when a lighted match is applied te
IL This experiment has also beer
carried out in France by placing pot
nlant of fraxinella in bloom under
he'll glass and leaving 1t there for some
time. when the air in the bell-glas'
was found TO be so highly charged will
The resinous gas that it ignited the mo
ment a lighted match was applied u
Il and. Il may be added. without do
ing the slightest injury to the plant
Garden.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
FREE ADVERTISING.
Why 1t Pays Hotei-keepers to Be 1
eral with Their Stationery.

Why 1t Pays Hotei-Keepers to BE Lib
eral with Their Stationery.
"The quantity of paper used by us
Tor message blanks is enormous, said
the manager OF city telegraph Office
to reporter the other day, land
much of it is wasted, as far as we are
concerned. A man who wants to
write hasty note or pencil a calcu-
lation takes one of our blanks, be-
cause it is handy and costs him moth
ing. wonder how many people
recollect that they are treating the
telegraph company unfairly. Not very
many, am afraid"
And yet the telegraph companies
manage to survive, as do also the
hotel-koepers of the country, who are
beginning to make an organized
'kick" against furnishing stationery
to their customers. 1t doesn't seem
to count with the skinnint minds that
the people who patronize their estab-
lishments help advertise them by
every heading and envelope sent out.
A ton of paper will furnish dizzy lot
OF stationery, dished out in commercial
note, and the entire cost printing in
cluded, can't well overrun $780, Add
to this seventy-tive dollars for hun
bred thousand printed envelopes, and
allowing one evelope to, say, three
hos ct
enough to last big house a whole
year, at a cost of 1915, or tri1e over
one dollar a day. Taking the en-
velopes as q measure of the alleged
wastage or stealage, we will allow
one out of every three to be used
legitimately, that is, forwarded by
mail to all parts of the world-and as
each envelope of the hundred thou
sand stands for three sheets, when we
reduce this effective number, we allow
no less than nine sheets to each
wrapper.
On this basis, then, we have SO, 600
letters sent out each containing an adj
vertisement OF the house in effect,
3S, 900 circulars have been distributed
broadcast, and into the very best OF
hands, the hotel merely furnishing the
stationery. Had the proprietors been
obliged to pay postage on these let
ters, there would be some reason to
make objection, as that item alone
amounts, counting single rates for each
package, TO nearly double the cost Of
the stationery. In other words. the
hotel proprietors, at a cost of less than
800, have 81. 200 worth of effective
work performed for them. With this
showing. we think the Bonifaces OF
the country, instead of skimping on
their stationery. will be glad to in
crease it-Paper Mill.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
An Autumn Night,


Night brings with her brooding chill,
AS Fastening DER tho eastern hill,
She softly comes to chase away
The tiresome tumult of the day.
To sleep you s.nk-ohl blssful rest,
or all our earthly pleasures best
When Earth, with sable curtains drawn,
Admits gray-boarded, hating Dawn,
IT'S then that from your bed you rise
And stand and SILVER in surprise
To find that by some means unknown
The atmosphere has colder grown.
You strike Pickering binding light,
Then seek the closet-useless quite;
The mattress then you RAISE on high
And drop again, with weary S gh.
You hurry through the house, but come
Back to your chamber, cold and glum.
You don your clothes against your Will
Compelled by the increasing chill.
The question still returns, unbid,
Where are those extra covers hid?
Washington Capita
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
Don't Waste Your Time

and money experimenting with doubtful
remedies, when DR.. Pierce s Golden Medi-
cal Discovery is so positively certain in its
curative action as to warrant its manufact-
urers in supplying ito the public, as they are
doing through druggists, under duly ex.
ecuted certificate of guarantee, that it will
accomplish all il is recommended to do, OF
money paid for it will be promptly returned
1t cures torpid liver or biliousness, indi
gestion or dyspepsia, all humors, or biooc
taints, from whatever cause arising, Skin
and scalp diseases, scrofulous affections
mot excepting consumption, or lung-scrof
ula), il taken In time and given fair trial
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

REV DR.. BELL, Editor of the Mid-Contf-
ncnt, Kansas City, Mo-, says in Its issue OF
Oct. 1st, 1881:
1t is to be believed that DR.. Shallenberg,
or, of Rochester, Pa, has a sure remedy fUr
Fever and Ague. A gentleman in our en-
ploy suffered greatly from Malaria, and
tried many remedies to no purpose; when
seeing this ANTIDoTE advertised, tried it
was Immediately relieved, and finally cured
This was two years since, and ne has hac
no return of his trouble.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

THE man VINO is protitably employed is
generally q happy man. If you are not
happy 1t may be because you have not found
your proper work. We earnestly urge all
such persons to write to b. f. Johnson q
Co., 1909 Main street, Richmond, Va, and
they can show you work in which you can
be happily and proftably employed.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

Too Much. Kind Lady-"Here is
An old dress coat of my husbands that
you might wear" Tramp-"What
before shutdown? No. madam; l APP
preciate the kindly motive which has
prompted you to offer me this small
token, but-a dress-coat before sun
down. Has it indeed come to this?"
and gathering the remnants of fan
mel shirt around him he strobe ma
jestically away and was soon lost to
view.-ClothieT and Furnisher.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
FADS AND FASHIONS.

In Paris something new are silk and linen
handkerchiefs made in the form of leaf
with stem.
ONE of the newest fads is making bed.
spreads, bureau covers, etc, of heavy
butchers linen.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

TnE regular down-East Yankee pro-
nunciation, according to a writer in Notes
and Queries, must have come from Essex.
The same twang is observed in the speech
there as in New England, such words as
blue, true or through being pronounced
blew, trew and threw, with double Q.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

OF health and strength renewed ana OF
ease and comfort follows the use OF Syrup
of Figs, as it acts in harmony with nature
to effec.:ally cleanse the system when
costiye or bilious. For sale in SOC and Sl.O
bottles by all leading druggists.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

'RAIsE your right hand, said the court.
"Do you solemnly swear TO tell the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
son- "Hold up, judge" Interrupted the
witness; cant you mitigate that sentence
just littlei You know I've been in poll
tics for good long yhilen
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

Mrs. Harrison is in receipt Of
,s.rlv thirty requests day for pieces
- her dresses and clippings from the
p..s;aept's neckties. The requests
: sone from people who desire to use
tbs uieces in crazy quilts or preserve
them as momentoes
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

Police JUDGE-"State how the trouble
originated Accused-"We was holdin' a
debatin society, and said l had the floor,
and he called me liarn Judge-'What
followedW Accused From that time
until we were arrested we both had the
hoor.n
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

MARY-"Mebby I'm ugly now, mum, but
in me day I've broken great many hearts"
Mistress-"Well, Mary, if you handled
hearts the way you do my best china, be-
lieye you.n
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07
A Lovers Plea.

"A Lovers Plea.
Across the gloom the gray moth speeds
To taste the midnight brew;
The drowsy lilies tell their beads
On rosaries OF dew.
The stars seem kind,
And cen the wind
Hath pity for my woes.
Ali must sue in vain, ma BELIEF,
Say no, Mignon, say no.
Ere long the dawn will come to break
The web OF darkness through;
Let not my heart unanswered ache
That beats alone for you.
Your easement ope
And bid me hope;
Give me one smile to bless.
A word will ease my pain, ma belief
Say yes, Mignon, say yes
Samuel Minturn Peck
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

DID you ever go within a mile Of soap
factoryi II so you know what material
they make soap Of. Dobbins' Electric Soap
factory is as free from odor as a char
factory. Try it once. Ask your grocer for IT.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

"NEvER before,n says the Paris CORE
| spondcnt of the London Telegraph, "has
work been so abundant and so well re-
munerated in the city as during the exhibit
| ton season.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

WHAT people call the eye of the oyster
is scientifically known as the abductd
~uscle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

NEXT to England little Holland is the
greatest colonial power IN the world. The
Dutch colonies have an area Of nearly
eight hundred thousand square miles,
which includes some of the finest posses
sions in the word.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-07

THE proper way to control the growth of
geraniums is to pinch back their growth
and TO remove buds as the plant is losing
its proportion. This method does not in
terfere with the vitality of the plant and
prevents much useless growth.