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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
GinghamS & SatineS.

cases New Spring Satines at f0c.
cases New Spring Satines at 1216c.
ca es New Spring Satines At i5c
10 cases New Spring G.nghams at S1sc.
cases New Spring dinghams at l0c
cases New Spring Ginghsms at 12I6c.
New Challies at SIC, 1Oc.,
18c., Csc, up to SOC.
Immense display of China
Silks, 85c. up to 81 rs.
The great slaughter sale
will be extended throughout
our entire store. Millinery,
Cloaks, Boys Clothing,
Blankets, Muslin Underwear,
Embroideries, Laces, Shoes.
etc, at your own price.
This is the most startling,
liberal and comprehensive
sale ever originated by any
firm. Attend it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
Il produces Practical Results in Baking an
Roasting never before attained in any
Cooking Apparatus, and will
sW:.vG.s!As ss Present Nssa.!: .! c..Eis
IT'S THEORY

h. that all Food Baked or Roasted, should be cooks
fresh air freely ad mittsd the oven. This Is don
disoarding the close oven door heretofore used
ubstituting Tor II door containing sheet OF Wiz
3auzo nearly as large a. the door itself.
Through this GAUGE Door the air freel!
drculates, facilitating the process OF cooking,
rod uoinR food that " unsaunlled In favor and nj
rition and actually cooked with less consumption
uel than In an oven with q closed door.
1t makes an enormous saving In the weight OF meal
It also produces larger Loaves of Bread
eq uirss less attention from tho cook. and prom
he health OF the family By the suPERIoR oUALrT
w TIE ROOD COOKED IN 1T.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
A. r. ALTMAYER d co.
SPECIAL

1000 Ladies' Rubber Gossamer Coats. with
hoods'aii sizes, 75c.; are really cheap at 81 so
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
The Greatest Bargain Sale Of
the 18th Century.
Every man who does not furnish his wife with
$l0 to $25 TO attend this great sale of Dry Goods
is false to his own interests and
A TRAITOR TO HIS FAMILY.
Dress Goods, White Goods,
Lin ems, Embroideries,
Hosiery, Silks, Satins,
Etc, Etc, Etc.

This immense purchase is held in New York
awaiting our advice to ship. With our present
stock on hand 1t is impossible for us to receive
10. consequently we inaugIrate this week a
that must startle the whole community with
their chea pness
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
SILKS AND BLACK.

Great havoc has been made in the prices in
this department.
Satin in all shades, not the common grade.
but a regular Soc. quality down to &c
20 pieces of our famous 81 so Black Cfros
Grain Silks, down this week to g9c
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
HERE THEY ARE.
SPECIMEN BARGAINS.
DRESS GOODS.

lot doube-fold Manchester Cashmeres,
down from 15c. to 10c.
lot very hobby Mixed and Check Dress
Goods down from 25c to 15c.
lot 36-nch All Wool Tricot, regular price
69c, goods, down to soc.
64-inch All Wool Tricot, regular SIC. goods
down to SOC.
All our finer grades Dress Goods reduced in
same proportion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11

lot double-width Cashmeres at 1oc former
price 15c.
lot 42-inch Henrietta Cloth 35c; is a bar.
gain at Soc.
10 pec g Striped Sebastapols guaranteed
pure wool. They are nobby, stylish goods and
well worth 75c.; price this week to close out SOC
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
BLACK GOODS.

Headquarters for Priestly's
celebrated Silk Warp Hen.
rietta Cloth. Prices away
down this week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11
Valentines! Valent' mes!

Sentimental, Serio- Comic and Fancy valer.
tines from SC. up TO 81 50. Now on display ON
Notion Goods Counter to right of main en-
trance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-11

yard;
tn 6c.
tn Csc.
ST Is.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
Injurious Effects Of Sitting.

An Albany physician declares that
Americans suffer more generally from
Bright's disease and nervous disease
than any other people. and he says
that the reason is that Americans sit
down SO persistently at their work.
He says: Americans are the greatest
sitters l ever knew. While English
men, Germans and Frenchmen walk
and exercise. an American business
man Will 30 TO his Office. take his seat
in his chair. and sit there al. day with
out giving any relief to the tension o.!
the muscles Of the back. The result
is that the muscles surrounding tho
kidneys become soft and flabby. They
lose their vitality. The kidneys them
selves }on become weak and debili-
tated. II Americans would exercise
more. if they would stand at their
desks rather than si:. We would hear
less of Bright's disease know of
New York man who had suffered for
some years from nervous prostration.
Hntit it was recommended to him that
he have a desk at which he could
stand 10 do his work. Within a yeai
he wcs one.of the healthiest men you
ever saw. His dyspepsia and kidney
trouble had disappeared and he had
an appetite like . payer. r."-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
HISTORICAL PUNS
vome That Have Played . Formidable
Part in Politics aud Diplomacy.

| v0mo That Have Played Formidable
Part In Politics and Diplomacy.
The Roman Bishops famous com.
pliment to the handsome Ang o-Saxop
captives. '.Not Angles. but angels. p"
had greater results than its actual
brilliancy might seem to merit; and
St Leo doubtless had no idea when he
prayed to Heaven to aid Rome against
the invs ding Huns, land hurl back
these Tartars into the fires of Tar
tarus." that this punning prayer was
to fix upon the unlucky ''Tartars" (as
they were then called) rickname that
would never die.
Such puns have more than once
played a formidable part in history.
France expiated by the devastation OF
an entire province a coarse and clumsy
play upon ''corpse and ''corpulence"
made by the French King in derison of
his terrible neighbOr. William the
Conqueror. Charles VS. jesting
assertion that he could put
Paris in his glove (ganD. though
meant only to indicate the superior
size Of Ghent to the Paris OF that day.
stung Francis L. into the renewal of a
languishing war. One of Louis XIV e
upstart favOrites was driven from the
court by the biting pun that turned his
new title of Marquis de Vandiere into
marquis dAvant-hier" (the day be-
fore yesterday.
The epigrammatic brevity Of Sir
Francis brakes celebrated, but prob.
ably mythical. dispatch announcing the
rout of the Armada-which consisted
of the single word .Cantharides." i. e.,
the Spanish fly-has been twice paral.
leled in our own age. Sir Charles
Napier and Lord DalhOusie respective.
ly announced the annexation of Scinde
and that Of Dude in one word apiece.
''Peccavi." have sinned (Scinde). and
"Vovi." have vowed (Oude). Equally
historical is the bitter pun that changed
the name of the sluggish Admiral Tor
rington to Admiral Tarry-in-town."
Napoleon (whO was no man for light
jesting) is credited with only a single
pun. and that a rather poor one. Dur
ing his great Itaiian campaign OF
1867 he replied to lady. who won
dered to find such a famous man so
young: Il am young to-day. but to-
morrow l shall have Milan" ii. e..
''milie ans" thousand years). A
much better joke was hat made on the
great conqueror himself by an Italian
Countess. who. hearing him say: '.All
Italians are traitors" replied. pointed
ly: "NOt all of them. but good part"
(Buo-na-parte). Equally neat. and
even more grimly significant. was Bis
marck's answer to a person who was
specializing how much the impending
war Of 1870 would cost France. Not
much" said the Iron Count; ''only two
NapoleOns!'-David Ker. in Harper's
Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
New Method OF Storing Steam.

A new method OF storing steam to be
utilized and controlled for motive power
Of any description is especially adapt
cd for propeiing street-cars. either sur.
face or elevated. II is asserted that
good speed can be attained without the
usual noise, smoke. cinders and escape
Of steam. Very little fire is required.
as the exhausted steam is saved and
condensed in the boiler. using the same
water continually. Any danger OF ex-
plosiOn is averted by the boiler no: be-
coming heated by water passing
through the tubes. as by the ordinary
method. The steam reservoir is capa.
bic of resisting a pressure of 1000
pounds to the square iIch. but will
hardly evae carry more than 2G0 to 800
pounds OF steam. From this simple
process are derived the following valu.
able features of the new motor: Alb
solute safety. great economy in run.
ming expenses and such simplicity OF
construction and handling that 1t can
be run by any man OF common. ordi.
nHy sense. Its safety is due. not to
the skill of the driver. but to the prin-
ciple on which j. is built-St Louis
Globe Democrat.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16

Ono dotted line divides this irreg,i-
lar triangle into two right-angled tri-
angles. each of which measures exactly
One-half OF a square. with sides equal
to the base, rs shown by the other
dotted lines. and in this way any tri-
angle may be measured.
Crops may be measured quite rs
easily without the trouble of using u
bushel measure. All grain bins should
be made OF such sizes as will hold an
even number Of bushels. and by having
marks around the bins inside, the con-
tents OF a partly-filled bin may be
known. Thus. If the floor of bin is 80
inches long by 43 wide inside, every
inch in depth equals one bushel. A
bin loo inches long by 43 wide holds
two bushels in each inch of depth.
Thus bin may be made to measure
itself by marking the depth in inches
on the ends and sides and leveling the
grain. A bushel of grain is 2.15O and
32-1OO cubic inches. but the fraction
may be left out as unimportant A
bushel of corn shelled is equal to two
heaped bushels of ears. and a heaped
bushel contains 2. $50 cubic inches. A
space 100 inches long and Sd inches
wide will hold as many ears of corn
for each inch in depth as will be equal
to one bushel of shelled grain. A corn
crib with sloping sides may be meas
ured by multiplying the length and
height by the width ut the half of tho
height in inches. and dividing the sum
by $500 to get the bushels of shclled
grain.-N. Y Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
MARRIAGE WAS CHEAPEST.

And So This Farmer Went Searching for
. Ten-Cent Wedding Ring.
A farmer about fifty years of age
came into town yesterday with dilapi-
dated-looking horse and wagon and a
comely young girl of seventeen sum-
mers was sitting in the latter. The
farmer was in search OF a wedding
ring. He told confidentially to one Of
the clerks in a leading dry goods store
that he was about to wed the young
lady in the wagon outside and that she
had come from Castle Garden only a
few weeks ago. The farmer said to
the clerk that he thought it much
cheaper to marry the girl than to pay
her wages for keeping house for him.
and that had proposed. was accepted,
and now wanted to purchase wedding
ring for ten cents. and said he would
even 60 as high as twenty-five cents.
although he could not possibly 60 be-
y0nd that
'.Durn the expense" he said. "a
man might as we'll get good wed ding
ring if he gets any. don't you think
soP" The clerk. smiling. replied:
"Yes, but my dear fellow. We do not
sell wedding rings. and l think you
can not get good ring under five dol
lars at least" The countryman opened
his eyes in amazement and almost
tainted. He said he knew better. he
was no greenhorn, If he was a farmer.
and left the store. He then wended
his way to the jewelry store Of E w.
Button. and being unsuccessful there
must have tried every jewelry store in
the city for that ten-cent wedding ring.
rs his team stood outside of the dry.
goods store for almost an hour.
Whether he succeeded or not could not
be learned. but that the farmer was in
earnest there is no doubt. Whether
he will marry the girl, now that he
knows the expense. is an open ques-
Comm Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
lATTER.DAY AxIOMS.
The Views OF = Chicago ImitAtOr Of th
Wise Solomon.

The Views OF q Chicago ImitAtor Of the
Wise solomon.
There is but little bad luck in the
world. but there is heap of bad man
agement
One trouble makes us forget thou.
sand mercies.
Vice stings in pleasure. but virtue
consoles in pain.
Nothing keeps a man from gaining
knowledge and wisdom like thinking
he has both.
Man can not become perfect in hun
dred years, but he can become corrupt
in less than one.
Fight your own battles and ask no
favOrs, and you will succeed better
than one who is always besecching aid.
Kind words cost nothing. and they
are easier to use than any other.
The best way to look at friends
faults is to shut both your eyes.
Courage is always greatest when
blended with mOdes,y.
Which is the best stories? That de-
pends. When you are te ling them,
the long ones; when you are listening.
the short ones
The liar wants to knock you down il
you doubt his word. The honest man
will stop to reason matters.
A student. asked by a professor how
he would discover fool. answered.:
''By the questions he would ask"
Some people resemble a broOk-they
are always murmuring.
When mans skeleton is placed by
a monkeys there are stronger points
of resemblance than Of difference.
Obstinacy is the heroism OF little
minds.
Doctrines are Of use only as they are
practiced. Men may go to perdition
with their heads full OF truth.-Chica.
60 Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
A bAOlY.SOlD THIEF.


How Pichpocket Was Allowed His Pun
BY . Sharp Farmer.
One of the excursionists landing al
Brighton Beach the other day seemed
exactly fitted to the term ''grcen ~
grass" He was an Oldish man. with
the scent of burdocks in his clothes.
| and as he moved around he left a trail
Of hayseed behind him. He had no
sooner left the train than he ap-
preached a young man who was negli-
gently leaning against post at the
entrance to the depot. and sad:
by gum. this is nice. I've got
away for a day. and I'm going right in
and have a slashing good time"
That's right. uncle" kindly re-
piled the young man. That's what
we come here for-to enjoy ourselves.
1t takes money. though"
"YOn bet it does; but I've got the
rhinO right in my clothes. Bin savin'
up for eight months. I'm jest goin' in.
regardless Of expense. LOok-a-here!'
He pulled fat wallet from his hind
pocket and patted it affectionately.
and cOnfidentially whispered:
..R-h-i-n-O. rhin0! Come and have
a drink OF sassaparilly and some ice
cream"
The two were soon fast friends. Sew.
eral philanthropists sought to signal
the old man that he was in tow of q
pickpOc!let, but he was obvious. The
young man steered him from place to
place. paying for soda water. ginger
ale and peanuts in the most liberal
manner. but somehow every time he
attempted to go down into that hind
pocket. the hind pocket wasn't there.
After three hours hard and persever-
ing work he finally got his fingers on
the wallet and quickly transferred it
Then he suddenly announced:
Say! You wait right here min
ute. There's party out there want
to speak to-"
"All right" responded hayseed.
looking up from his ice-cream. ''but
don't be gone long. I'm a-having the
gosh-durnedest best time in my life,
and don't want nuthin' to happen"
Something did happen. however.
The young man did not return. Sew
eral hours later old haysced went up
to the Manhattan Beach and found him
sitting on bench gazing pensively ous
to sea.
''Scuse me-" he said. '.but il it's the
stomah ache I've got a phial Of pep
permint essence here"
''Sir! Are you speaking to me?"
demanded the young man as he bris-
tied up.
"Yes. sorter to you. You are feelis'
sorrowful. You have my sympathy.
When you came to open that wallet and
found it stuffed full of hair-dye dodg-
ers. I'd gin a bushel OF 'taters to look
at yer phiz. Look a-herc!"
And he pulled a great wad of green
backs from his pocket and patted it
fOndly. and said:
''Thar's nuthin mean about me. I'm
simply an old ruta-baga from the agri-
cultural deestricts. Let's have a glass
of pop together. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
Valuable Household Hints.

Clear boilingwat will remove tea
stains and serenaders from beneath
your windows.
A ripe tomato or soft-bOiled egg drop
ped on the floor makes an effective
study for a sunset for young artists.
a tablespoonful Of turpentine ignited
with a sulphur match is good 70:
burned hands.
A good umbrella cover for rainy days
is made of oiled silk.
Hot water mixed with corrosive sub.
Innate will take the starch out OF col
lars and cuffs
The practice Of catching birds BY
means of putting salt on their tails
is no longer fashionable. -Harper's
Bazaar.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
RENOvATING THE SOIL
8oW to Secure the Best Results ut Com
parntively Small Expense.

| How to Secure the Best Results at Com.
par.tively Small Expense.
No fertilizer is more highly valued
than lime, for the reason that it is
cheap. easily applied. and its effects
are lasting. Lime exists in all soils.
but more in some than in others. As
a carbonate it is insoluble, but is sub
ject to chemical changes by the action
Of nitric acid and other substances
brought down by rains. When lime is
freshly made (by burning limestone or
oyster shells) it is in a very caustic
state. and easily combin .s with water.
the water crystalizing and forming a
hydrate Of lime. 1t is in this condi-
tion-the hydrate-when it should be
applied to soils. as its affinity for car.
bOnic acid causes many reactions to
occur in the soil. the result being the
formation of substances that can be
rendered soluble in water.
Ashes are composed largely OF lime.
and contain small proportions OF phOs-
pilates and other mineral matter. their
composition depending on the kind OF
wood from which they were procured.
Their chief value is due to the potash
they contain, the potash not only serv-
ing as available plant food. but also
assisting to render available many
other substances in the soil that are
insOluble. It is the chemical action
induced by lime and ashes that en-
ables them to improve the soil in many
ways other than that Of simply adding
lime and potash as plant food. No soil
is fitted to produce perfect plants un-
less it contains all the elements OF
plant food necessary for the fulfillment
Of the objects of the plants. but soils
may abound largely in plant food that
can not be appropriated by crops 1t
is this inert unavailable plant food
that is attacked by lime and ashes. its
parts torn asunder by chemical action,
and new compounds formed that are
entirely unlike the original sub
stances. The action OF lime on
plants and soils varies ac-
cOrding to the character of the soils.
1t makes heavy soils lighter and light
coils heavier, and n greater proportion
Of organic and mineral matter is an
nually delivered to the crops as food.
Ashes serve as plant food to a greater
extent, and its effects are more imme-
diate.
As lime and ashes add no organic
matter TO the soil. but can only reduce
the compounds already existing as pos
sible plant food. the farmer can secure
better results from the application Of
lime and ashes by growing some crop
to be plowed under. The effects OF the
mineral and vegetable manure are such
that one improves the other by hasten
ing chemical action. Every crop
grown derives a certain proportion Of
nitrogen from the atmosphere. either
through the agency Of rains. or. as
some claim. its leaves. and while oc-
cupying the soil the roots serve to re-
duce the matter OF the soil. which is
stored up in the plants. to be again
subjected to the influence of lime or
ashes.-Philadelphia Record.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16

FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Better feed the inferior fruits and
vegetables to the hogs than to send
them to market.
Never try TO save seed IL you have
several varieties OF one kind of vege.
table. as they may mix and their purity
be destroyed.
| Pigs can be reared so rs to have
seventy-five per cent OF lean meat in
them by feeding bran and middlings.
Skim-milk may also be fed.
Poultry food should alwaye be
seasoned, but not too highly. Salt and
pepper are both beneficial in moderate
quantities, but should not be given to
| excess.
No farmer can afford to neglect or
throw away any proffered oppOrtuni-
ties for increasing the happiness OF
himself or his family. or Of adding to
the sum Of his practical knowledge.
Prof w. A. Stewart enumerates
among the protein or heterogeneous foods
for stock: Shorts. bran. oilmeal and
cOtton-seed meal. all rich in protein;
while of rough folders clover hay is
the richest.
All insects are not enemies. Some
OF them are the best friends the farm.
ers have. Spiders. wasps. dragon flies
and other insects prey upon insects
that are injurious. There are also other
numerous parasites that greatly assist
in destroying insects
If a few dry cows or heifers are
kept in the field with sheep. accordin.
to the American Sheep Breeder. dogs
will seldom mOlest them. The writer
says he has found sheep in the morn.
ing huddled so close around and uu-
der friendly old COW that she could
not get away from them.
An exchange suggests mulching
small patches OF quack grass or Cana
da thistle heavily. as a better mode of
suppression than cultivation. II the
top already grown is well covered it
begins to rot and the decay rapidly
extends to the root. and new growth
appearing above the surface should be
treated in the same way. One season
of this treatment il is asserted, will
destroy the weeds and enrich the soil.
In Pennsylvania, where the grow.
ing of turnips for seed is great in
dustry. the seed is sOwn between the
rows OF corn. after the last working
This gives turnips about two inches in
diameter. the most desirable size for
seed purposes. In this manner a good
crop is secured at a nominal cost. rs
they require no week after sowing.
Sufficient roots can be grown with an
acre of corn to set three acres for seed
the following season. American Agri.
culturist
If there is much rag-weed among
the clover after the grain crop is
gathered. says an exchange. and es-
pecially il it towers above the clover,
it should be cut down. After the grain
is of clover takes fresh start to grow
and will often smother the rag-weed il
the latter is put back SO that both can
start even. 1t is better to do this than
to leave both to grow together. The
cut weeds and clover must be raked of
or they will smother clover where they
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-11-16
MEASUREMENT OF LAND.
a Simple Matter When You Know Jase
How tn do 1t.

y
How to do 1t.
As the statistics of the census of 1896
xill be gathered from the crops the
present year. it is very desirable for
the sake of accuracy that farmers
should carefully keep account OF their
acreage and the yield Of their crops.
Figures are useless or worse unless
they are correct. and as farmers most
ly estimate the quantity and acreage
OF their products, census reports can
not accurately represent tho actual
facts. Every farmer should measure
the fields and the products. and not be
content with guesswork. Notes should
be made for use in filling up the blanks
which will be presented to them by
the census reporters in due time
The measurement Of land is u simple
matter. Two hundred and ten feet
square make very nearly one acre.
Double the sides OF u square OF this
length will make the area four times
as large; that is. a field 420 feet on each
side will be very nearly four acres A
ten-acre field. il square. will have the
sides exactly 40 rods. II a field is OF
irregular shape. the largest rectangu-
lar space in it will be easily measured
by multiplying the length and breadth
in yards and dividing by 4.S40. which
is the number of square yards in an
acre; or if the measure is taken in rods
the sum is divided by l60, the number
of square rods i'm an acre. The angu-
lar parts may then be measured and
figured out by themselves. Atriangle
is as easily measured as square. by
dividing it SO that two right-angled
triangles are made, thus: