The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-19

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/ grounds Not far away is the country churc
| where Burr and EsteIe Provost were married
The graveyard has many old headstones, wit
| quaint inscriptions and atrocious spelling. on
| has this invitation:
Dear brother and sister
Come visit our tumb,
Prepare for grim Death
For this is your dumb
TEsTs with fertilizers on Strawberries at tn
Ohio experiment station show that sugar wa
found in the largest portion when 400 pounds b
the acre of sulphate of potash vas aDplieI apt
the smallest after 800 pounds of superphospnate
Nitrate OF soda aud muriate of potash gave
ABOUT as much sugar as snlphate of potash
me most ma &c acid was found when no fertil
lzer was applied No difference could be per
ceIVed IN the appearance of the fruit but il
rlpeaed several days earlier after the super,
phosphate than after the nitrate OF soda, while
Snlpnate OF ammonia eau sed still later ripening
Ile color of the foliage was strongly affected
Supsrphosphates scarcely changed the color
OUT nitrate of soda gave stronger growth and
darker green to the leaves and the contrast
was still greater with the sulphate of ammonia
Both decreased tie quantity of fruit. Potash
seemed to have no effect.
THE Cincinnati Price Current gives some
valuable statistics in regard to the wheat pro-
duction OF 1890, in which it is shown that the
world wheat product approximately esti-
mated at 1000 O0o, 900 bushels, or AZ per cent.
IN excess OF the deficient quantity of last year
Ihus the total crop of Europe is placed at l.
270,000000 bushels, against 1lO7. O06, COO bushels
10 l5Sg That of North America, including the
United states and Canada is put al 440, 900 900
bushels, against 52l, 900 900 bushels in 1889 the
crop of our country being estimated at 400
100000 bushels. Sundry countries including
india etc, produce 330,0O0.0o0 bushels, against
o2%,UOOOO bushels year ago. This makes a
grand total of 2,040 COO 600 bushels against /. :
93J,OCO,O00 bushels in 1883 But the same au-
thorlty adds that while the indicated production
OF wheat this year exceeds 1889 it is not in ex-
ing to the following approxfm ations:--1S90 .
O40pOo.O0O bushels; 1899, l.95000O 900 bushels:
1883, 2,045,000,0 600 bushels; 1887, 2125 O01. OO0
bushels; 1886. 1000, 100000 bushels; 1885. 20O0
100000 bushels; 1894, lbs 100000 bushels: 1888.
1886, 000.O00 bushels
An ACCIDENT has occurred to the oak and vine
theory of the relationship between husband and
wife. and it was precipitated by no less than that
direct descendant of Mother Eve Mrs John
omlth. Here is what that woman has been led
70 reveal to women in general: My husband
IS very fond of beans, and as was in the gar
den one day putting up beaD-poles Thought
now often be had compared women to vines and
men TO the supports ON which they climb
There was strong wind blowing on the dav IN
question. so | looked at the bean poles and
thought that the poles would figure as
i ipsTG ano fr peFnsP P might get an
rows OF them-one in which the vines
were twined all about the poles and another in
which the poles had just been set out and the
Ni1lSS ddu uOb yoO begun TO cling Well thew
were struggling beautifully with the wind and
the harder it blew the tighter the vines seemed
to cling to the poles. 1 felt the inspiration
creeping over me, when there came a sudden
gust of wind and blew over every single one Of
the poles which didn't have vine on it, and left
those that had staudiog straight as ever That
Just spoiled 1t all; for after that. no matter how
looked at them, those vines always seemed to
be holding up the poles instead of the poles
holding up the vines"
DIR. ROBERT Koch, the German scientist bas
brother living in st. Louis. Dr. Koch is the
third son, while the fifth is Mr. Arnold Koch.
president of the Redneffer and Koch Art Com.
pany, 81 Louis Mr. Koch is naturally proud
OF the achievements of his older brother ~
cannot say much of my brothers recent life"
ne sad Friday, "forI have lived in this country
many years My correspondence with
nlni has been kept up constantly
Robert is the third of thirteen children, the
nrst nine of whom were boys. According to
the laws or Hanover, when a mother gives birth
10 seven male children in succession the king
nlusC De godfather to the seventh and the
mother receives an elegant silver present from
the government. While the rest of us spent our
time fishing and hunting Robert devoted his
nours TO study and observation. aud one of his
favorite pastimes was to study lichens and
moses under the microscope. At II he had
completed his course in the High School of
Clansthal, Hanover, but was unable to enter
the University of Gottengen until he was 16
AT the university he wrote prize essay in his
second year taking it away from hundreds of
students His course as a physician at Posen
where he first began the study of bacteria, his
sarvlce during the Fra o-Prussian war his in
veStigation and establishment of the cholera
germ are all matters of record " Mr. Koch
bears striking resemblance TO his distinguished
brother.
TIE EXPERIMENT of the Washington postoffice
in mounting mail collectors on BICYCLES has
proven successful. After several months trial
with rented machines the Office has purchased
outright number of bicycles OF Uniform nat
terh. regular system of bicycle collections
mas oesn arranged. Bicycles have almost en-
tlreiy displaced the one-horse C arts for collec
LIONS, except NTH suburbs and in the heart of
cne business section, where the collections are
100 heaVy for the wdeelmen, There ara now in
all twenty-four mounted collectors and the
hours OF DUTY from a IN. to o D. NJ the force
OF men being divided up into two reliefs, SO thar
no one, OF course, has to work all that time
A bicycle is cheaper than cart and horse
ootn at the outset and ever afterward and some
OF tne men are said TO prefer pushing to driving
mere are always some men who do NOT ike
norSes ana these are pleased with the ipnoya-
tion ms satisfaction is not universal how
ever, for some men are only too Glad to hsva
Uhe chance to drive and care for horse Thav
wou d rather drive than push. Not Ali The
WORK OF coiiecslon, however il done by
mounted men, Tor on certain OF their trips the
regular letter carriers collect as they go But
as compared with collectors on foot the |
mounted men are much the more valuable II
mas been the experience at the Washington
posIoInce that two men on wheels can do the |
asuccess, and has evidently come to stay.
THE two most prolific speechmakers in o,-
language, says the New York Sun, in these
times, are Chauncey Mitchell Depsw and WDI, |
lam Ewart Gladstone. Mr. Depey is 56 wars |
OLD and Mr.. Gladstone will be 81 next month
Both OF them are strong, full of vim and in the |
Iulluess OF lneH' mental powers. Gladstone is a |