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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31
HERE AND THERE.

Sheep and cattle should have sepa-
rate hay racks, as the rams are solr e.
times very vicious and may do injury.
Ashes make a splonded fertilizer
for young grass that is just springing
up, and enables it to root we'll before
cold weather comes on.
Farmers should bear in mind that
any night may bring frost at this Hea-
son OF the year, and they should be
fully prepared for the danger.
Willows along tho banks OF
stream greatly aid in protecting the
soil from washing should floods occur.
Willows are easily grown from cut
tings.
-Cotton-seed meal is moro nutri.
tious than linseed meal, but the latter
is preferred, owing to its beneficial eff
fects on the animals in regulating di.
gestion.
1t is claimed by strawberry-grow.
ers that mulch will regulate the sea.
son of strawberry fruiting. If the
mulch is kept on during the winter
and removed early, and n double
quantity put on others, the bearing
season can be better prolonged than
by using late or early varieties.
The longer the corn fodder re.
mains stacked in the field the darker
it will become in color from exposure.
and the greater the deterioration in
the quality of the blades Bright fod.
der is more highly relished by stock,
as it is tender, while exposed fodder
gradually becomes tough.
The time to apply lime is in the
fall, so as to allow it time to act on
the soil. The beneficial effects of limo
may not be apparent until the second
season, much depending upon the cor .
dition of the soil and its composition
1t should be applied on the surface to
be carried down by the rains, and not
plowed in.
Garden preparation should really
begin in the fall. Gardens, as a rule,
contain more weeds than any other
plot on the farm. They should be
moved down, raked off and burned.
The plot should then be plowed. to re-
main in the rough condition for the
frost to penetrate. 1t will render the
cultivation easier in the spring.
Small breeds of fowls lay as large
eggs as do the large breeds. The black
Spanish produces the largest eggs.
The Leghorn, which is a small fowl
lays large white eggs The Brahm
and Cochin. which are e larges
breeds OF fowls, lay dark eggs. Thel
are also excellent winter layers, but ~,
slow in reaching maturity
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31
cENTERBoARD STEAMER.
A st. Louis Mans plan ~ c.,.,,,.
and Iniand Navt0.tI

LOUIS Mans Plan to Combine OCEAN
=, ana Inland Navigation.
The problem of providing gonna
me'nod by which ocean-going cargo
ships may reach the river cities has
oeen taken up by Andrew II. Lucas.
u OF Louis. He has invented a
'win-null adjustable-keel ship, which
can be made serviceabIe for tho
navigation OF the ocean and of rivers
OF ordinary depth. The inventor is
a1 present In this city for the pur-
pose OF consulting with Naval Archi.
lect Walfred Sylvan in reference to
the plans of the vessel, which is to
be built by Cramp & Sons, of Phila-
dolphia
The Mississippi river" he said
recently, lis too shallow to accom-
modate, ocean steamers of ordinary
construction, and it is the purpose of
the adjustable-keel vessel to overcome
this difficulty. TO this end a craft
mas been devised combining a river
steamboat and an ocean steamship.
The ship has two bulls, united at
their forward end by a solid bulk
head, and having an open space be-
tween them toward the stern. These
nulls are intended as holds for the
cargo, and will also afford space for
the accommodation of part of the
II
machinery used in propelling the
vessel. Each will have a stationary
keel. Between these hulls will be
an adjustable keel, which can be
lowered and raised at pleasure. In
short, this adjustable keel is the old
principle of the centerboard adapted
to sea-going ships OF considerable
tonnage.
The false keel can be lowered by
proper machinery in the space between
the bulls to twice the ordinary INNER
sion OF the loaded ship. That is to say,
suppose the ordinary draught of one
thousand-ton loaded ship should be
seven feet. under which conditions she
could run up river like the Missis-
sippi as far as St Louis at nearly all
ordinary stages OF water, when she
should be called upon to go to sea her
false keel could be lowered to fourteen
feet below the line of her normal
draught, giving her total practical
immersion of twenty-one feet, with
corresponding resistance to storm OF
wind pressure above.
"When in use the upper part of the
drop keel is firmly held in place BY
stout steel braces constructed along
the entire length of the inner sides o.
the two hulls. The mechanism fol-
raising and lowering it will be mount
ed in connection with the engine shat
of the vessel From the bow to d,
point over the forward end of this kee
the ship is to be built solid, will
water-tight compartments. Her en-
gines are to be of the triple-expansiol
type, and her motive power the twin
screw. If our new system of propul
sion should be found practicable al
extraordinary rate of speed is assured
as the construction of the ship afford
admirable facilities for the use 0
auxiliary twin screws placed near tn,
stern of each hull. The experimen
ship is to be called the St. Louis. l
will be built of steel and in the bes
possible manner. 1t will be built t,
make twenty-five miles an hour on tn
ocean, and can not be sunk or burned.
N. Y. Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

To IMPRESS plain truth 1t is not noces-
sary to paint it to the eye by comic wood
cuts or sensational pictures of any kind.
Ordinary type is better, if 1t secures your
confidence. To illustrates II you are the
victim of Malaria, and wish to be free from
it Immediately, one bottle of Shalleuberger's
Antidote will iiyalibly do the work. 1t
may pay you to believe this and get the
medicine without delay. DR.. A. Il. Shallen-
berger, Rochester, Pa, will send it by mail
for one dollar.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

GOLDSMITH was addicted to fine clothes
and startling effects. HE was fond" says
one of his contemporaries, ''of exhibiting
his muscular little person in the eayest APP
parel of the day, TO which was added bag.
wig and a sword" Thus arrayed, he would
figure about in the sunshine in the Temple
Gan dens, much TO his own satisfaction, but
to the amusement of his acquaintance.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31
Excelsior Springs, Mo.

Unequaled as ahealth and pleasure resort
Finest Watering Place Hotel in the West.
The waters will positively cure all Kidney
and Liver Diseases, Dyspepsia, Diabetes,
Female Complaints, Skin and Blood Dis
eases, etc.
For handsomely illustrated descriptive
pamphlet, apply to +. CHANDLER. G. p. 81 I.
A., "Wabash Line,n st. Louis, Mo.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

THE French historian, Mezeray, could not
work by daylight at all, but always wrote,
even during the day, by the light of q cam
die. In his rooms the deepest darkness
reigned perpetually, and when friends Wis.,
tied him he never failed to attend them to
the door with light in his hand, even at
bright midday.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

This estimate is very far below the
actual truth. Yet, even upon this
basis. we arc confronted with the
startling result that 81, 600 persons
now possess three-iifths of the whole
National wealth, real and personal,
according to the highest estimate
$3.50, 600, 900. 000) which any one has
vet ventured to make of the aggregate
amount. Nor is this conclusion at all
improbable. -Thos. G. Shearr'an, in
Forum.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

A SINGLE sheet of paper six feet wide
and seven and three-fourths miles in length
was recently made at the Watertown, N.
Y, paper works. 1t weighed 2,207 pounds,
and was made and rolled entirely withouta
single break.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

A CoTToNsTALK walking stick, nearly
four inches in diameter, IS on exhibition at
Montgomery, Ala. 1t was cut from cot
tonstalk grown on tho plantation of z. 7.
Gray, Esq, of Montgomery County, which
bore 1000 balls OF cotton and grew to 10
twenty feet high.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating Is relieved at once by taking
one of Carter's Little Liver Pills Immediate
ly after dinner. Don't forget this.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

William d. Howells believes with
Anthony TrollOpe that a novelist
should no more wait for inspiration IN
his work than shoemaker or a tallow
chandler The both act upon the
principle that writing novels is pure
" mechanical work. like writing law
yers briefs. for instance. or book-
keeping.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

ALL that zoe can say as to the merits Of
Dob6ins' Electric Soap, pales into nothing
ness before the story it will tell you itself, of
its own perfect quality, if you will give it
one trial. Don't take imitation,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

TIE largest piece of machinery exhibited
at Paris is large English lathe weighing
$50 tons and long enough to swing piece
seventy feet long between centers and ten
feet in diameter
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

THE steamship Oswego recently made the
run from Mackinaw to Chicago-3S4 miles
In nineteen hours and forty-fi minutes,
pronounced the best time ever made on tho
great lakes.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31
gAnK. .he .ouna Of MANY voices


Wumhns pest anu truest ifienus'
Well may it be called woman's best friend,
since it does for her what no other remedy
has been able to do. 1t cures all those deli
cate arrangements and weaknesses pc
culiar to females. Cares them, understand.
Other preparations may afford temporary
relief, but Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton effects a permanent cure. II is guardn-
ted to do this, or the money paid Tor II viii
edy of the age.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

NJ. PAsTEUR recently declared with much
emphasis that rabies is never spontaneous.
The microbe producing 1t, he says, is in
variably transmitted.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

As IRON expands with the heat, the Eiffel
tower is SAID to be five inches taller when
the temperature is high than it is in the
cool of the day.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

EDISON counts his minutes and picks his
company. The lord mayor of Lon
don invited him 10 meet fifty scientific peo-
pic at luncheon. Edison telegraphed him
he couldn't attend
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

QUEEN VICTORIA has spoken into one of
Edisons monographs, as compliment to
him. He will probably hand it down as an
heirloom in his family.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

CHICAGO has the largest Common Council
of any city IN the world. With the recent
additions the Common Council numbers
sirty-aiOht.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

WE are now to have the Eiffel tower In
paper-weight, inkstand, thermometer and
letter scale, all from celebrated Paris
bronze workers. place.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

SINCE 1860 more than billion of dollars
has been expended in nensions by the
United States.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

Tho young man who is in love is
conspicuous for his courtly manner
Merchants Traveller.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

A Mrs. FANNY VERTUM claims that she
holds the title deeds for the entire ground
on which Minneapolis is built and has be-
gun suit for possession.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

MRS. HENRY S. KIMBALL, of West Phila-
delphia. is receiving the credit of origin
ating Memorial Day.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

BuIoUsNEss, dizziness, nausea, head
ache, are reeved by small doses of Carter's
Little Liver Pills.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

The worst Nasal Catarrh, no matter OF
how long standing, is permanently cured by
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

THE best way to mend torn leaves Of
books is FASTING them with white tissue
paper. The print will show through it.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

IT is said that Schiller, before composing,
put his feet in cold water.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

The biggest gas well in the world ha.
been discovered in Ohio.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

CJRE your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar. Pixies Toothache
Drops Cure in one minute.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

PIoART, the comic writer, composed all OF
his pieces in bed
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31

POTATOES IN the nil or house, so as TO
fill all the interstices, Is excellent We
have kept potatoes sound. sweet and
dry until potatoes "come again" by
packing In barrels and filling with dry
sand. The sand tends to prevent sud-
den changes OF temperature, it absorbs
and equalizes moisture, and probably
prevents mechanically the spread of
the fungus spores throughout the bulk.
The simplest and cheapest way to hill
is as follows: Dig when the ground is
dry, If possible, about the time OF first
frost, but don't wait for frost if it de-
lays coming; drive post in the ground
and saw off about four feet high; cover
the ground thiclyly with dry pine
straw; place the potatoes carefully,
pi ing them as steep as they will lie,
and about twenty-five bushels to the
hill; cover the potatoes with pine
straw or dry corn-stalks, regu-
larry laid, not less than six inches
ooCPi SONCI ONCl I'LL W lIl
around the outer edge of the hill, at
the first rather shallow, but adding
more dirt as cold weather approaches
until the earth is foot thick at every
point.
HOGS,
Now is tho time to commence push.
ing the pork hogs. After having tho
run OF the pea field, chufas and p ,ta-
toes they ought to be fat enough for
pork with very little or no corn at all.
The fattening of hogs is simple ques-
ton of plenty of fattening food admin
istered as often as three times day,
with proper shelter from cold and wet.
A pound of food fed now will produce
as much flesh as pound and half
will in January. Southern Cultivator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-10-31
SWEET POTATOES.

We have published several different
methods for preserving this valuable
product 1t is remarkable that this,
the most valuable root crop of the
South. has but the one drawback-its
liability to rot in the winter. The sew
eral rules for digging and plans for
banking, killing and housing are
based upon few simple principles
which seem TO be generally accepted,
viz: that the potatoes should be dug
about the time killing frost is ex-
pected, or Immediately thereafter; that
they should be handled so as to pre-
vent bruising and cutting; that they
should be put up in such manner as to
keep of uniform and rather low tenn
perature (above freezing); that they
should be kept dry. The plan of
pouring dry sand among the
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-07
A STRENGTHENING Mans Talk.

There has been a wonderful change
In the business methods OF sewing
machine dealers within the past dec.
ade, and that the change Is for the
better goes almost without the saying.
There was ii time when tbS sewing
machine agentz and-the shfning =snd-
man were looked uponI land pirates
and their approach regarded with
genuine dread. Tho only way to get.
rid of the sewing-machinc agent of
anld lang synn wlss-to--g give him.an
order Tho majority OF agents worked
on commission, and they must sell or
starve. Nowadays, tile business Is
conducted much upon the same plan
ns that of the wholesale grocer or dry
goods dealer. Regular travelling men
are employed, paid salary md cx-
penses. and they sell machines to
those who want them, and not 10. those
who do not. but purchase TO get rid OF
a bore. Some of the best commercial
men sn-the country are now engaged
in the sewing-machine business, and
the dignity added by the adoption Of
businsss-like methods 10 rapidly put
ting that branch Of trade in the front
rank as a desirable occupation. St
Louis Gfobe-Dcmecrat
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-07
Nine in the Calendar.

The number nine has come into
the calendar to stay one hundred and
eleven years, = remarked the almanac
editor, thoughtfully.
ut will have big run, but l
doubt If It, will see-the world advance
as much as has the ruling eight, Of
this century. My father tells me that
he can remember BACK to the time
when there was no@spinning-jenny no
ess==sse,s=es 5s=1fe
understandable electricity, no. tele-
phones, no natural gas. When he be-
gan life wool was carded by hand.
No looms caught with htning
rapidity the threads of cotton. 1t
was picked and worked by hand.
Calico was worth one dollar yard.
Jeans and cloth for mems clothing
was made by hand. ''@-','''
-. And still there is progress Pr
..True; butt doubt II there can be
as much for the generation now chill
drensto recall in old age as the old
men now speak of from experience.
Do you imagine that we will fly;
that we will annihilate winter; that
VIC will fight our battles ten miles
IRON the enemy, and do other equally
wonderful things before nine goes
out OF the CALENDAR II not. then we
will hardly progress as generations
now. passing away have. Indian
apolis News.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-07
nonOUR YOUNG READERH
rNE FAMILY VALENTINE.

a - Il dark eyes shas IRE mersy And brigAA
As6ocy youn& - Inst Below.
Ana un6er sAs 1890 . svsst pair of red lips,
And two oval chssks Ill agiow
win hsaith, AnA viii eolsr list nocks ths
Ana . 80 iitsls. as.r ,ittas chin,
And hair Ike oS6uob 81 hnest span silk
when The sunshins y fass wovsain-
Tue enc darling girl Of mauma and papa,
The ono daring sister Of boys
who tease her and lore hers and mako her 70
share
N iii Of their sorrows and Joys.
TIE one gtriie-xrantchiid Of grandma 20 dear
And grandpa 20 jolly and kiad
me one little niece Of her aunties, who own
That 10 iii OF her Isx,fs they Gro blind
on. do Won not think she's IN enviAblc iassf
Ths deas litsie maiden % asests
VINO rules al Tho household, and mis- every
henrt -
with tho grace OF her childhood eompietef
when valentinc's dayDcmcs around, no one
.pr.y ~, Who w,li ~ valentine per,s
The choice Of the family centers In on,
As any can easily see.
Loye.icttcrs from mother. from father as we'll
Love-letters from brothers beside,
Lcye-ietters from grandpa. and grandmamme,
And from aunties. and all Of thein tied
with the -dalntcst Of ribbons In red, white and
blue,
cThera's strength in the mnfoa, they say. !.
oh, how does she manage TO read them all
through
Those billets Of Valentines day.
But who IL Asr Valentine, ask yous dear met
II is easy to answer you that.
Her dearest and favoritc 81 all valentines.
rs-evcry one knows--A>r gray cat.
MARY D. Brine. in Christian at Work.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-07
it comes again quite dry; 30 that y Is
better than the best life-boat that has

1t comes again quite dry; 30 that Il Is
better than the best life-boat that has
ever yet been invented.
The eggs OF insects are not. Ike
those OF birds, always smooth. but
aresometimes ribbed and sometimes
tiled, or otherwise sculptured or
carved ON the outside.
The shell of an insects egg is rarely
or never. brittle like that OF a bird.
but composed OF a tough membrane,
which in some instances can be
stretched out. as appears from the
eggs OF ants and some other insects,
growing considerably larger In the
process OF Matching.
The mother insects usu ally dying
before their eggs are Matched do not
sit upon them like birds except in
the singular instance Of the earwig,
,yhieh. attend more 10 10
shifting the eggs about to places where
they may receive moisture than TO
Matching them by covering them. Ants
SHIFT their--cQos according TO- the
changes OF the day and night, and also
Of the weather. placing them near the
| surface of their nests when II il warm
and arv. and deem down when It il
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-07
ANOTHER BABY"

WHOM the wild winter winds did blow,
The hitter winds Of January,
That swept with sparkling swiris Of snow
The wastes OF western prairie; s---
A little child came to my arms
To bring rae ioy--or sorrow may be,
And so, beset by vague alarms
--ef stghet: ANOTHER BABY
Another little waif TO tend, ~
Another little helpless stranger,
To lead, 10 feed, to fold, to fend,
- From every wrong and danger
Tomake one anxious make one sad,
And fearful for each morrow may DO
With heart halfsorrowfui, half-glad
moaned; Another baby"
And then thought how near, how deaf,
$40 The little children God had sent u.s.
How full they made our home OF cheer,
And how their presence did content u.s.
Hard II but one were laid away
This year or next, us might or may be.
Our hearts would ache, would burn. would
break
And now--Another baby,
Al so Thought. and SO said,
In ecstacy Of peace and pleasure,
As bending down kissed the head
OF my last, weest weakest treasure:
@nh, dear child OF my life and love.
What er you are. whatier you may be,
tako you from the Christ above,
And thank Him for-Auother baby
y. Kate NJ Cleary, In Good Housekeeping.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-03-07
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

= NIT. ~. ~-If1
is " hoolos :" 49, q
-~sis'nsS teops 49, e
1or'y.
: --ssyer sixteen years - -. -, -.
the preparation Oh sne =x.ncs o.oPs e-s
Dictionary. tneS Iourteentn =. Hna'
volume OF when mas oeen i.sue1'
One OF the leading English Poess y
Socialist--William Morris- 1ennyson
is Observation-Disclosures, 20 strong - 70
/ be almost q Tory. browning oocsn
care any thing about poiitics ana
Swinburne grows more consersasise
every year.
They say Thomas HOOP ns
planned tho phonograpn; a. Witness
this, from his Comic Annual ior
1889: I'm this century OF Inventions.
whom = self-scsi . g are szsss=sss PEI -
been discoyered, for copying visible
objects. who knows but that-a- fasare-
Niopce. or Daguerrc, or herscnei,
or Fox Talbot, may md out some SOFT
of Boswellish writing paper, 70 rePess
whatever 1t hears.
A French savant, in q curious In
vestigation, has discovered that red
has=been the most prominent color IN
literature from the time OF Lnclan 70
the present day. Writers show q
marked tendency to discover red
things, for the reason that "blue In
nature is not very conspicuous. and
yellow. though moro common In now