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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12
HERE AND THERE.

The fewer weeds there are allowed
to go to seed the less will be the work
of giving clean cultivation.
As fast as the crops mature in the
garden clean up the ground. 1t will
be easily kept clean in this way.
If the geraniums are expected to
bloom in winter, they should be cut
back considerably as soon as they are
done blooming and then be set in a
sunny place for two or three weeks.
ALI barns should be so constructed
as to allow the family cat to 60 any
where under or in it. as q precaution
against rats and mice, which destroy
more than may be supposed.
Apple trees can be budded now.
Peaches and ounces the latter part OF
the month. Look after the earlier
work and see that the ties are not cut
ting into the wood.
Hogs and sheep are fond of ap.
pies, and rather than have them go to
waste it will pay TO turn in the hogs;
this will be found not only more profit
able but much better for the trees.
-Wire-fencing for poultry-yards is
cheap and good, but the lower part Of
the fence should be of boards, in order
to avoid the quarreling of the males il
adjoining yards The boards also serve
as wind-brake in winter.
With fruit plenty and cheap care
should be taken with what is sent &c
market to sort and pack so as to reach
market in as good condition as posi-
BILE 1t is only the better grades tia
viii sell now at profitable prices
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
The Farmers Trust.


The special tendency of the times
seems TO be the formation of trusts.
Each day some new combination is
made and another trust is declared
Meanwhile the farmers go on pro-
ducing and nothing is said about or
ganizing trust. And whyp
The farmers have the best trust pos
sible, the trust in God, they are conf
dent that harvest will follow seed
timo, that the combined forces of nat
ure will give them living as long as
they do their share. In spite OF in
scots, storms, cold or heat, deluge or
drought their trust is that their barns
and bins will be filled and there will
be enough 10 spare TO furnish the
money to buy clothes for the family
and provide all household necessities,
and exercising this perfect trust the
farmers labor on and are happy in
their work.
In each insect enemy they recognize
a new Indictment to more determined
warfare, and a better understanding Of
the nature of the plant and the habits
OF the insect that wishes to help the
farmer gather his crops, and at the
same time is unwilling to consult him
as to how and when it shall be done.
The farmer trusts that his duty well
done will insure the deserved success,
and his trust does not fail him.
There is second trust that the
farmer practices not TO be so heartily
commended -that is the trust at the
village store and at the agricultural
implement and seed houses. Perhaps
no class practices tho trust so persist
emily as the farmers The number who
owe their ruin to this trust Is greater
than the number ruined by any other
cause.
There arc exceptional farmers who
have q regular income throughout the
year, and these are less puzzled as to
how 10 regulate their expenses.
The majority OF farmers begin now
to get little money for garden truck,
but must wait for the bulk of their in
come until the harvest is gathered in
the fall. Then the income comes in
large sums and for time the delu.
sion of wealth exists
The bills that have accumulated
through the year are gathered TO-
gether. and whom they are settled the
farmer finds the margin small indeed,
and perhaps against him, instead of in
his favor. Then he is discouraged.
| He finds the trusts to which he be-
longs has been against him and oft
encr is inclined to withdraw from
his trust in natures recompense
than his trust In the village store
| He complains that nature has worked
| against him; that he has done his bes
and it avails him nothing, and resolved
that farming does not pay, either with
draws entirely from the work, or con
tinues with lack OF zeal that makes
the work of nature doubly difficult
The trust at the store is dangerous
1t induces q man to buy moro than he
needs and incur debts hard to settle
A wise man will determine his proba
Bile yearly income and SO distribute i
as to have money TO meet eacl
months demands, and be to grea
degree independent
A farmers trust is. all right, If h,
will put it in the right place; trus
his own ability, trust the goodness o
God, the justice of nature, the good
will of his neighbor and withdraw hi
trust from the supply store. Mass
Ploughman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12
THE cAMTEEN SYSTEM.
a new Feature of Army Life That Has
Novel Effects.

rofot EueCt8s
A feature of Army life that is now
attracting some attention outside OF
the ranks, and which has the approval
OF the officials of the War Department
Is what is known as the "canteen.
1t is best known in the English army,
and has for its object the providing for
soldiers of food. drink and amuse-
ments. Atpresent the first two named,
aside from the necessities OF tho SOL
der, which are provided by the COM
missary department. are supplied by
the post traders. Until within the last
lew years the business of the post
trader was profitable, but with the
growth OF new towns near the posts
his business fell off. until now his rev.
enue is derived largely from his Ii
censc to sell beer and wine. In many
cases it is said that the post trader
abuses the privileges thus granted him,
and dispenses to the soldiers poor
quality of whisky and brandy. The
traders dealings are thus often preju-
dicial to good order and discipline at
the post. 1t is this fact, probably
more than any other. that has led to
the adoption of the canteen system.
The canteen is controlled by volun.
tary association Of the soldiers. The sup.
plies are purchased and sold as at the
post traders, but no spirituous LIQUORS
are sold, and no liquors OF any kind
to an intoxicated man. BY this means
the soldiers themselves lend their
aid to the officers in maintaining disci-
plinc. The amusements include both
indoor and outdoor recreation and
sports. and it is this feature to which
the officers look for the best results
in the morals Of the enlisted men. The
results of the system have been so sat
isfactory that the War Department
officials and heads of the army give all
possible encouragement to its growth.
In short time a complete list of the
locations of canteens will be made up.
They are known to exist at Davis ISL
and, New York harbor; Columbus
barracks, and several posts in the
West 1t is expected that the reports
now coming in will be so favorable
that the extension of the canteen sys-
tenn to every army post will soon be
accomplished. Washington Letter.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12
THE DEADLY PIANO.
An Emphatic Protest Addressed to Parents
and Instructors.

An Emphatic Protest Addressed to Parents
and Instructors.
Prof. Waetzoldt, Director Of the
Royal Elizabeth School, in Berlin. has
lately entertained much-needed pro-
test against the way in which young
girls who are not known to possess any
musical ability are forced by their
parents and preceptors to spend con-
secutive hours practicing at the piano,
to their own great physical detrimcnt
and the torture of persons who are
obliged to hear them. In Prof. Waet-
zoldt's opinion, no girl should ever be
set TO work at the piano-forte before
she has reached her twelfth year, and
1t is to that instrument injudiciously
used In childhood that much OF the
weakness and nervousness OF women in
after years may be attributed. More
over, the Professor very sensibly says
that the piano should never be studied
except by perfectly healthy girls who
show a marked adaptability for the in-
strument. After years OF labor with an
instrument for which she is not spe-
cially fitted, not one girl in ten is found
able to give pleasure to the listener.
The most that she will have succeeded
in ACQUIRING is certain automatic skill
(which not only bears no relation to
artistic execution, but is even destruc-
tive of the capacity for genuine musical
expression" He adds the obvious re-
mark that lit is neither necessary nor
desirable that we should have medic
ere or bad pianists, but it is necessary
that our girls should remain fresh and
healthy in body and mind"
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes says that
many tragedy which might have been
worked out in actual life has been ham
mered out on the keys Of a piano-forte.
and likely enough there is good deal
Of DIR. Holmes sound sense and shrewd-
ness shown in this observation. But 1t
IL also true that pianos themselves
have been the causes of tragedies that
ought never to have been acted any
where. Besides this, girls are per-
m;tted. and often obliged. to throw
away an enormous amount OF valuable
t;me in drumming out Emusic" that
would be disgrace to the most aoan'
dourl variety OF human nature, and In
attempting to conquer compositions to
shs proper rendering of which they
would never become adequate. no mat
~ bo~ much they might study them.
The Berlin Professor has said wise
~ord in season. and word that wise
49, and instructors should give
fe,d heed ton. Y. Commercial Ad-
yertiser. -
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12
An Abominable Legacy,

A tendency to rheumatism is undoubtedly
inherited. Unlike many other legacles, it
remains In the family. The most effectual
means of checking this tendency, or Of re-
moving ncipient rheumatism, whether pre-
existcntin the blood or not, is to resort to
Hostotter's stomach bitters as soon as the
the influences of cold, exposure and fatigue,
the Bitters not only fortities the system
against their hurtfui consequences, but sub
jugates malaria, liver and kidney complaint,
dyspepsia and nerve disQuietude.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

"STIoK to your business" is very good ad-
in the world who have no regular and
profitable business to stick to-; and there
are others who are following line of bust
ness which is manifestly unsuited to them.
Now, when such is the case you had better
write to B. +. johnson & Co., Richmond,
Va, and see if they can not give you point
er. They have helped great many men
and women along the way to fortune and
now stand ready to assist you, too.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

Messrs. A. T. ESTABLISHMENTS IL Co.
Rochester, Pa. Gents.-The bottle Of
Shallenberger's Pills sent mo in February
last gave to W. G.. Anderson, OF this place I;
a long standing case of chlls and fever. He
had tried every thing known without any
permanent good. In less than ten days after
taking your Antidote he was sound as and well,
without any return. 1t seems to have eff
fectually driven the Malarious poison from
his system. Yours truly
v. A. ANDERSON
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

AMoRAL character from which, in respect
TO its formation, God is wholly excluded, is
and must be radically wrong. Such cx-
clusion is virtually an act of treason against
the Supreme government of the universe,
and puts upon the character the stamp Of
perverscness and depravity in the highest
relat on of moral existsnce.-N. Y. Inde-
pendent.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

GRACE GREENWOOD is the VITO Of Mr..
Leander X. Jippincott, whose h me is in
Philadelphia, although at present residing
near Central Park, in New York. Mrs.
Lippincott began writing when mere girl
and her verses received the highest CON-
mendation from the most exacting critics
of that day.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

Tue latest plan with ensilage is to cut the
entire corn crop-stalks, ears and all-into
the silo. The kernels Of the corn will be
wholly digested by the cattle, as it does not
dry out nor lose its milky character, which
gives it succulence for rapid digestion. A
farmer who has made this point one OF
special investigation so reports, and afirms
that there is not visible trace of corn in
the weddings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

EVERY young man or lady who desires a
Business, Shorthand or Telegraph course
will do we'll to address Bryant & Strattpn
Business College of Louisville, KY, for its
elegant twenty-fourth annual catalogue and
lithograph. See advertisement in this paper.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

FLANNEL next the skin often produces a
rash, removable with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye, 30 cents.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

The wealthy japanese make no display
either in the architecture of their houses or
in the display of ornaments. In the way of
furnishing, their prlde is in the delicacy OF
their mats and the richness of their satin
eushi0us
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12
IuInois central Railroad Excursions south.

For free copy of "Southern Home-Seek-
ers' Guide" "Farmers' and FruitGrcwers'
Guido to McComb City, Mississippi" ad-
dress the undersigned.
A. Fl. HANSON, j. +. MERRY,
Gen'l Pass. Agent, Asst. GENT Pass. Agt
Chicago. Manchester, Iowa.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

Why don't you try Carter's Little Liver
Pillsa They are positive cure for sick
headache, and all the ills produced by DIS
ordered liver. Only one pill dose.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

For any case Of nervousness, sleepless-
ness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepsia,
relief is sure In Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

EVER since 1864 there have been women
who claim that there is no soap half as
good, or as economical as Dobbins' Electric.
There must be some truth in their claim.
Try it, see how much. Your grocer has it.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

ACCORDING TO correspondent Of the New
York Times, Buncombe County, n. C., has a
new postmaster who can not read. When
asked fer letters he produces the bundle
and tells the interrogation to take those adj
dressed to him.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

BETTER to wear calico dress without
trimmings, if it be paid for, than to owe the
shop-keeper for the most elegant silk, cut
and trimmed in the most bewitching man
ner.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

-Pompsdour foulards are in vogue
-. ssr,saer morning toilets. although
- .se w.ather is favorable 1t Is per
missables to run the lawn-mower ~
your shirt sleeves-ehicago lines
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

MARK TWAIN is said to be more in demand
for public lectures than any other speaker,
although he does not now lecture as he
formerly did.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

DURING the last year 1850 615 cotton hand
lSerchiefs, besides many linen and silk ones.
were imported into Japan.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

THERE is yetmuch TO be learned on the sub
ject of potatoes. Continue experimenting.
Try storing potatoes in barrels that can be
headed up. Cover them with thick cover.
ing of straw until severe freezing weather
sets in, then cover them with soil
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

A LITTLE seven-year-old boy who had been
with his mother to an evening sociable told
his nurse when he arrived home that ''tne
whole place was lemonaded with kalsonine
lights"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

THE board of inquiry into the Johnstown
food estimates the total loss of property at
IS 6j5,114.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

BETTER to let your wife have ft Of
Mysteries than TO run into debt for nice, new
furniture, or clothes, or jewelry.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

Two HUNDRED AND sEvENTY-FIvE ladies
are clergymen in the United States and
occupy pulpits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

In the higher realms of Turkish society 1t
Is considered quite the handsome thing to
give friend as birthday present plump
Young Georgian or pretty, fair-skinned
Crcassian.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

THE Japanese keep their bric-a-brac in
freproof buildings, to be taken out one at
time and admired. and then replaced by an
other.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

JOHN d. ROCKEFELLER, the Standard Oil
millionaire, is the head Of u syndicate which
is said to have bought up all the Detroit
brick manufactures
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

A CHEERFUL employment is indicated by
the advertisement In London paper:
Lady wanted to draw at home original de-
signs for coffin furniture.n
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

BETTER to sit by the pine table for which
you paid three dollars ten years ago, than
send home new extension, black walnut
top and promise to pay for it next week.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

lF afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 225c
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

THE proposed ocean cable connecting San
Francisco with the Sandwich Islands will
be z, 0S0 miles long and cost 81 100000.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

A BEAUTIFUL monument In honor of the
Pilgrim Fathers, which has cost 500, 900,
was recently dedicated at Plymouth.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

GROWING and shipping oysters Is becom
ing lively business at Pensacola, Fla
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

BErrER 70 gaze upon bare walls than piet
rres unpaid for.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

DR. NANsEN, the explorer, SAYS that the
ice in Greenland is 6,0O0 feet thick.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

A POCKET match-safe free to smokers of
'Tansilps Punch' sc. Cigar.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

IT'S thousands of cures are the best adver-
tisements for DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-12

VINION COLLEGE of LAW, Chicago. Fall Term DO.
II gins cpl. ls For circular add.lI. Booth, Chicago
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-22
trOlluCtiOp

Gideon G. Moody was born i'll Cortland.
N. Y, October L., 1882. TIE first fifteen
years of his life were spent upon his
fathers farm near that place. At 16 he
Determined to enter the profession of law.
Hills u Morgan, at Syracuse, N. Y. gave
him desk in the Office, and for four years
be studied there. at the age of 90 he
went to Jasper county, Indiana His rigid
application to business soon accumulated
q good practice. He was conspicuous
among the young republicans who loved
the leadership of the great war governor,
Morton. In the state convention of 1850
Mr.. Moody represented jasper county.
at the succeeding election the ticket was
triumphant, and Mr.. Moody was elected a
member of the legislature from strong
democratic district. When the civil war
broke out Mr.. Moody enlisted and served
With distinction and is repeatedly referred
to IN Gen. Thomas reports, published in
1866, in complimentary terms. In 1864,
Col. Moody. as he was then called, moved
to 1ankton, Oak. Since then he has been
several times a member of the legislature,
and enjoyed for many years the largest
practice OF any attorney in the territory.
In 1878 he was appointed associate Justice
and took up his residence in the Black
Hills. Upon the expiration of his term
he was retained by the Homestake Mining
company. In 1866 he was elected United
States senator for South Dakota, but
never aook his seat. Was again elected
October II, 1889. and will take his seat the
first Monday in December.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-22
~
Gov. Me{1et,tn

Arthur G. Nlellette is native of Prairie
township, Eenry county, Indiana. His
birthday was June 90, 1912, hence is now
AZ yfars of age. lie was reared on farm,
but Enjoyed far school advantages in his
earlier years. When 16 he entered the
state university at Bloomington. from
which he graduated in 1864. Immediately
upon leaving college he entered the union
service in the Ninth Indiana infantry as q
private and served to the close of the war.
In 1869 Mr.. Mellette purchased the Mum
Gle, ind, Times and conducted it for sew
eral years, making it one of the most in
fluential republican newspapers in the
state. In 1873 he was elected to the gen.
eral assembly Of the state, where he served
with credit, and made lasting fame by the
authorship and seeing the passage of the
law defining the school system Of Indiana,
reputed to be the most perfect school code
of any state. In 1878 he was appointed
register of the land Office at Springfield,
Oak, and when the Office was removed to
Watertown he Went there and has since re-
sided there, excepting the year 1883, when
he went to Forest CITY to perfect the title
to homestead. He was a member of the
Sioux IFalls constitutional convention of
1883 and its first president; was elected
governor of South Dakota under the Sioux
Falls constitution of 1885. March II,
1889, he was appointed governor of the
territory and held it until the admission Of
South Dakota.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-22

r. f. Pettigrew is Vermonter and he
looks it every inch. He was born there
July %, 1918. Lis father moved to Wis
consin while MIR. Fettigrew was yet quite
young, and settled on q farm. He was
called home from college year before
graduating by the death of his father, and
he found it necessary to take the duties of
the farm upon himself in order to provide
for the family. After this he started out
with a few dollars and finally succeeded in
getting position as school teacher at
Marion, Iowa. He earned enough money
from this and from subsequent employ
ment to take course in the law depart
ment Of the state university ut Madison,
Wis. He came to South Dakota first to
help survey lands, and after settled IN
Sioux Falls, where he took up claim on
government land. lie has always been
active and prominent in territorial affairs.
He served three terms in the territorial
council in the years 1877, 1879 and 1885.
He was also delegate to congress in the
years 1881 and 1882, and is widely known
for his shrewdness and tact i'll that body
of the nations statesmen.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-22
Difficulties to Ee Encountered.

The plan Just discussed presents some
difilcultles which must be understood fully
before Judgment can be pronounced on the
practlcablllty of the method suggested.
1t may be u question whether state has tho
right to turn any considerable portion Of a nayi.
Epld sIleain from it's course, AID it in tho
fo Inc engineering difficulties may be rather
formidable. Tho heishs of the Coteau du Mia
souri, s RI ID The first OF these The point suggested
lof the head OF the canal is selected because Of
inc narrownoss Of tho coteau in this rec.ion.
wiich would lessen the la5or o. cutting the
canal. All the difficulties under this head
could DO settled and the proper point selected
S ~ e. coIns OF 5opogiaphoTs which the United
STATES geological survey could send to inyesti
gate tao matter, and il would seem that this is
u proper work for that department..
Inc Great amount of sediment carried by the
Missouri will rapidly fill any reservoir SUPPLIED
by that stream, thus making it necessary 10
devise some mems OF removing tho accumula-
torvals Ae49 -
Tho character Of tho banks OF tho Missouri,
and i59 well-known habit OF changing it's cnell-
mel sudenly. will ndd somewhat to the obstacles
already enumerated.