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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
The Melilotus in Texas.

In previous number we referred to this
splendid plant as one worthy of beng
adopted by our Georgia farmers as hay
and pasture plant and soil improver. Are
cent article in the Stockmdn and Farmer
says: The climate of Texas is not adapted
for the successful cultivation Of most of
the clovers found to be 50 profitable in other
states, and the owner of poor or worn out
soil has not been able to avail himself of
that great restorer of fertility. But a de-
scription of the melitotus, given by Eli
Shepherd in Home and Farm, suggests its
adaptability in many sections of Texas
Mr.. Shepherd in describing model planta-
ton In Alabama and the CROPS grown on it,
says:
Nor will we leave the subject Of forage
plants until mention is made of that mira
Gle working plant, that also ilourishes here
the melilotus-the sweet white clover of
Chile.
This plant, lover of lime soil is the won
der plant Of the world as forage growth.
If there is on any prairie place a knoll Of
milk-white lime rock protrudlng from the
richer land, q knoll created by careless
or too constant culture, jutting itself up
amid fields rosy with growths ~of wild
y
blooms Of Venus's paint brush, there SCAT
ter the seed OF the melilotuS.
I'm two years. time the seed will have
germinated and will have thrown up great
branching slaves of sweet scented foliage
and snow biz ssomS. Then having reached
perfection like every world benefactor, it
dies leaving in the earth beneath it an i'm
mense amount of richness. The ground be-
meath the plant in that time has been cut
through and through with roots as large
some of them as a mans wrist. This is a
natures way of blowing land too tough for
mans implements to break up. These roots
dying every two years, fill the earth with
decaying matter. This is old natures per-
feet plan of fertilization.
These great roots make millions of cis-
terms that hold or lose the moisture accord
ing to the demands of the crops above. This
is natures complete system of tile drainage
that mans most artful methods cannot ex-
Gel even equal. Thus one sees lso that as
land renovauor no plant can equal this. 1t
is even a better as a forage plant than
Johnson grass. 1t bears frequent cutting
with the scythe for winter storage and its
feeding qualities are great whether fed to
stock green or dry. 1t yields more beauti-
full honey than any plant in this section"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
Mu,ching.

This is an auxiliary operation in culti-
walton that would be more generally prac-
ticed if its beneficial results were better
understood. The objects to be ATTAINED by
mulching are two-fold, viz: to preserve a
uniform degree Of moisture in the soil dur
ing summer and to protect roots of plants
from severe frost during winter. These
conditions are obviously important to vege-
tation, and they can be very efectually
secured by covering the surface with a
stratum porous material. such as tan bark,
charcoal dust, leaves or strawy manure,
which will prevent the surface soil from
becoming compact or hard and at the same
time assist in maintaining q uniformity in
its mechanical texture favorable to the re-
tention of moisture Air is the best nom
conductor and bodies are represented as
good or bad conductors just as they are solid
or Dorous. Iron is better conductor than
wood, granite stone better conductor than
brick hard pressed soil is better conduc-
tor than a soil that is loose and porous. A
hard trodden path Is warmer In summer
and colder in winter than the cultivated
ground alongside of it. When the soil par
ticles are in pressed contact the condition is
favorable to rapid conduction; summer
winds passing over such surface carry off
the moisture which the heat evaporates,
the surface is speedily parched dry and
vegetation languishes.
When the surface is covered with mulch
of such porous materials as those enumer-
ated. saws q government publication. it in
effect secures q stratum OF air in repose
between the soil and the causes OF radia-
ton and evaporation. In the case of
recently pianted trees, the preservation or a
uniform degree of moisture in the soil sur
rounding their roots Is a great point toward
their successful growth, and, other things
being equal, they will languish or flourish
in proportion as this condition or uniform
moisture is secured. Although mulching is
a very simple operation. yet serious losses
have occurred from its Inisapphcatlon. we
have seen trees destroyed from too heavy
mulchinR OF grass, manure and tan DARK.
Before applying the mulch 60 recently
planted tree, il in spring, shape the soil
around it in basin form. extending the rim
beyond the extremities Of the roots; by this
confguration of surface rains will be re-
tanned aud, If required, artificial waterings
can ne applied to best advantage. With re-
gard 20 fall planting, the process should be
reserved and a slight mound formed To-
ward the stem Of the plant so as 20 throw
of the heavy rains OK winter. or course
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
be drilled in rows three feet apart and cult

be drilled in rows three feet apart and culti-
waited b little
The usual practice is to SOW the pease be-
tween the rows of corn when the latter Is
laid by" and this is practice which is
economical Of labor and expense in one re-
spect. yet we doubt its superiority in the
long run. ANY system which will fec til on
haylng IN the rainy season is a poor one
and the saving of labor which NAV result
from sowing among the corn will be- coun-
teroalanced, If not more. by the wretched,
unsatisfactory fussing of trying to make
nay at a time when il rains from two to
fourteen times week
The writer's experience in making pea
vine hay has been limited, but he made
clover nay for years, often in rainy
weather.
The Florida farmer has one great advan-
tage over the northern farmer, because he
has season in the fall which is certain to
be dry and admirable for hay-making,
while the northern farmer has short hay
growing season, and is liable to be caught
In the rain any time of the year.
Rather than attempt to make hay, and
above all out of such thick stalked succu-
lent plants as COW pea vines, in the rainy
season, VIC would cut the corn all off, pillow
under the stubbles, crabgrass and all, and
SOW the peas as special crop, TO be made
into hay in the latter part of September or
in October.
Cow pea vines are the poorest possible
material to make hay of in wet weather, as
they absorb a shower almost like a
spongue.
As to curing, the same general rules an
ply as were given last week for crabgrass
hay. The cutting should not be too early in
the morning, because dew will not dry off
as fast from mass of vines lying on the
ground as it will from the standing plants.
Neither do we believe there is any gain in
leaving the plants TO grow until the pease
are nearly ripe in the pods. but rather loss.
While they are growing they derive their
support largely from the atmosphere, but
as soon as the seed begins TO form they rap
idly exhaust the clements of fertility In the
soil
More than that, pea vines which are cured
green and aromatic as Young Histon tea
are very attractive to the cow and will in
crease secretion of milk much more than
that which has become dry and woody,
even with the pods and psase added. A
horse would grind the pease fine and derive
nourishment from them, but con will very
imperfectly masticate them and not re-
ceive from them. oOarsely cracked as they
are, anywhere near an equivalent for the
rich, dried juicess of green-cut hay.
When pea vine hay is cut in the rainy
season, in order to cure it at all, tho farmer
will have to resort to sundry devices, as, for
instance, piling it up around poles in tall =,
slim stacks for several days, or building it
layer of rails. ETC., all of which is wretched
puddering.
But after the rainy season is over pea vine
hay can be made with comfort, but by piling
it in tall cocks, to be doubled and redoubled
as they gradually dry out.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
PILLS MADE OF sERPENrs.
Medical Science in Persia a Curious
Thing

Medical Science in Persia a Curious
Thing.
Rev. Ruel B. Karib of Oroomiah, Persia,
in an address in Baltimore a few days ago,
told an interesting story of Persian life:
"There are {. coo, 900 people in Persia, and.
though it is not now the land of the scrip.
lures, thousands yet worship fire, the sun,
moon and the sea.
There are no books and no printing
houses in Persia, except those which have
been established by the Presbyterian mis-
sions. The Persians have no medical works,
the priests being lawyers and doctors as
well as exercising their priessly functions.
There are no drug stores in Persia, but then
there are no LIQUOR stores. When the patient
comes TO the priest for treatment for dis
ease, the priest opens an Arabic book that
has been handed down from generation to
generation for over 600 years. and wherever
the book happens to open, the priest pre-
scribss the treatment for the patient, en-
tirely irrespective of whether he is afflicted
with that disease. Holy water aud holy dirt,
mixed into a compound, appear TO form a
large portion of the medical treatment"
Speaking of the treatment of SICK parsons
in Persia Mr.. Karib said when a person
is in need of tonic of some kind his nurse
or attendant uses a tigers bone for the pur-
nose. upon the principle that as the patient
needs strengthening, and as the bone is the
strongest part Of the animal, it Is supposed
to be the only proper remedy. Instead of
the hfe-givinR compounds made in this part
of the world, Persians make their pills of
serpents, toads and other reptiles. Such a
being as surgeon or a dentist is unknown
in any part Of Persia. NO time is given to
the study Of anatomy, surgery, or even the
circulation of the blood, and many Persians
die from broken limbs which have not been
properly set
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
JEWELS FROM THE STARS
LITTLE ONES FOUND a METEOR
TIE.

Were all Diamonds Brought to the
Earth by Meteorites PA Glimpse
Iato the Widest Reaches of the Prob
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
Pea Vines for Hay.

1ne Gay pea is, we believe, regarded as
pest for making vines next after the Conch,
'neretore it would rank highest for q
- -inaking plant. says the Florida Far
s" ,e', when we'll cared for, pea vine hay is
superior even to the famous clover of the
-. " iOg mich stock; in fact, tits quite IN
91' assoc In the line OF dry feed for this
purpose. On rich land they may be sown
- oauOast-about at the rate of a bushel
90 d nai por acre and turned in lightly
WIN 'ufn pillow. On poor land they should
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
III q 1T II &C a,,,.s.sa
w III U Ia Ia H. IN
THAT'S our IDEAABOUTT
BUSINESS.
Some people are satisfied with a small
share Of your trade, but we want it
all. We have the goods and the
prices that will warrant you
giving us all Of it.

There few people in this growing city Of that
we have not had the pleasure Of calling
toners. We want those few to come and and find
out how much they have missed by not calling before.
Take care of the CENTS and the dollars will take
of themselves" We here to help you do it, and
doing every day of the week by giving customers the
bottom prices everything.
We believe in pushing the business for all hatit worth
and for that reason employ only rst-cass men, and the
following roster will show that not far astray
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Rev. HowARn4 MAcouEARY. whose trial for
heresy was the sensation of the Episcopal
church in Ohio recently. is temporarily 10
washington. He is uncertain what course TO
pursue. for having been bred a clergy man. be
still wishes 70 remain IN the pulpit but is in
disposed to join so radical sect as the Unitar
jans IL is possible that he may bring suit IN a
civil court to effect bis restoration 70 his former
position. Mr.. MacQueary is a young man, ap
parenIly not more tnan 90 wears old. He Is
over six feet in hight. with black hair and
nustache and keen, dark eyes.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

Articles bearing upon practical agricult-
and horticulture are cordially solicited
from the intelligent farmers and gardeners
rbo feel an interest in this department of
,ha NEWS. Write US of any new discovery
.hst YOU have made this season relative to
~oriaties. manures, mode of culture, etc.
Furthermore, send us any questions relating
70 these subjects, and wherever possible they
will receive an early answer.
Address communications or inquiries to
Agri. Editor, box 81, Milledgeville, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

AGENT have one lady 20 years of age who
has $4,000 in her own name.
Customer is she good looking?
- o. but she has got the consumption"
Just the Kind OF q wife TO make me happy.
Irot her out."-Fron9 TerGS SBtlnqs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
A AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT
Ths Field, Farm and Garden.

M solicit articles for this department.
,oueof the writer should accompany
latter or article. not necessarily for pub
',.,.too brt as au evidence of good faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
DANIEL HOGAN.
CHANGE

Of season and the coming of
new stock requires room, and
some low prices to make it.
We submit these DOLLAR
DRAWERS.
800 dozen MISSES FAST
BLACK RIBBED HOSE, sizes
6 to Q, at zoe. Ask to be shown
them.
100 dozen FANCY MIXED
HALE HOSE, regular made, at
l0c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07

There are thousands of readers of the
WEEKLY NEWS that are interested in poul-
try raising, and we have conceived the idea
of converting our agricultural columns for
the five issues in October into q special
poultry Journal The aggregate fifteen col
umns will contain a mass of valuable infor-
nation relative TO poultry of all kinds,
turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, guineas.
To further our efforts to make it as valua-
bic as possible we hope our readers will send
US during Sept amber and October short al
ticleS or notes upon the subject. Do not
slight our invitation, now, but contribute
your part to the pleasure and instruction of
your fellow readers. You will not regret
it. Send us the result of your experience
with the different varieties of chickens, tur-
keys, ducks, geese, etc., how you house and
feed them and which you find the most
misunderstanding eggs or raising poultry.
and what is the greatest obstacle you meet
with in attaining ideal success.
Write on one side of thepaper with pen
or pencil and direct your communications to
Agricultural Editor. box 81, MiIledgeville,
tIa
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-07
Egg Raising.

"R. F. T., Ware county, Ga. VIII you
please give US an article in the WEEKLY
News on the subject of poultry. l want to
start poultry yard on the most economical
plan possible aud with a view chiefly to eggs
for home supply of nearby markets."
"R. F. T." does not advise us whether he
lives in town or the country but we take it
for granted that he has plenty of room for
the purpose.
OF the many breeds Of poultry we know
Of none that surpass the leghorns as layers.
For this purpose they stand at the head Of
the list, though there are several kinds Of
good layers that have been obtained by
crossing in the past twenty years that
would give satisfaction.
As with everything else, it needs that one
should have some experience with poultry
before the best results will be obtained.
Where eggs alone are the object 1t is not
necessary to have as many cocks in his yard
as it would be If one intended to raise fowls
for market. Still it is well to have one cock
to every ten or twelve hens where eggs
alone are the object. II ''R. F. T." has not
already good stock Of hens we should ad-
wise him to procure with as little delay as
possible some of the leRhorns drown as
good as any. II he desires to enlarge his
venture next year ne should prepare himself
to raise goodly number of hens for the
purpose, and it would be well to procure
two cocks and twelve hens of as good q
stock of le ghorns as he can get, and besides
he should select number OF good stock
common pullets aud breed these to leghorn
cocks, and he can get cross that will form
almost as good layers as the pure breed.
If "R. +. T." is SO situated that he can
give proper atteltlon to 100 hens he should
arrange his poultry houses in such manner
as TO give yard TO about twenty-five and
leave plenty of nests separated entirely from
the roosting houses.
He should SOW coed plats of barley and
rye about them and provide bushel or two
of pure ground bone, which should be placed
in easy recch of HE fowls. A mixture of
oats aud wheat half and half should also
be provided. and as soon ae the moulting
season is over, begin to feed them with the
oats and wheat nearly as much as the fowls
will eat up clean. Provide plenty of pure
water in iron vessels and if they nave good
| warm roosting places they will begin to lay
| in November, and if properly looked after
will continue to lay almost steadily until
July.
There is no secret in poultry, whether for
| eggs or chickens beyond feeding them oats
and wheat, giving them what bone meal
they will eat and supplying them with
plenty of pure water. The nesting places
must of course be protected from "varmints''
Of all kinds. Egg raising, when properly
conducted, is usually very satisfactory
business, and there is no reason why the far
mers of Georgia should not raise as many
eggs as France herself. 1t only needs the
intensive management Of the French farmer
to accomplish it.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29

DIpS'T Want TO Go TO EITHER
PLACE "A good story has leaked ont
on one of the ministers who took q
very active part in the redemption of
sinners at the late Fremont camp
meetidg. Il 10 said that at one Of the
meetings the customary invitation was
given for ali who wanted to go to
Heaven TO rise up. All present rose
to their feet with the exception OF one
young man who sat back pretty well
on the outskirts of the audience.
Those who desired to go to Heaven
sat down. Then all those who wanted
to 60 to hell were requested to rise to
their feet, and the aforesaid young
man was eyed with good deal of in
terest. Stil he sat as quiet and COM
posed as of aone. The minister went to
him and sked him why he did not
rise in either instance. "Wsll," re.
piled the husky son of toll, 81 don't
wunt ter go anywhar. Fremont 10
good ernuffIfor me-"
And the preacher wendell his way
back TO the hltar. and sitting down on
the monrneB' bench leaned over and
tied his shsf.-Frenont Tribune.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29

A "year" Is divided toto 365 days.
A 'solar rear" which is the time oc-
cupisd By the sun in passing from one
vsrnal equinox 10 another. consists Of
265 24244 solar days. which il equal
to 865 days. 5 hours. 48 minutes and
1896 seconds. A Julian yesr" ID
s65 days. A "Grsgorian year" ID
365.2425 days. Every fourth year il
"Bissxails" or "leap-yesr.'" and is 500
days in length. The error in the
Grsaorian mode Of reckoning TINA
amounts 10 but one day in 3.271.4286
years.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29

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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29
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as the most reliable remedy that can
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publication Of its kind, and full Of in
formation.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29

Statistics show that one.ffth of the
native married women of Massachus.
etts are childless. II is said that in no
country save France can a similar
condition of affairs be found.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29

A Risky Industry-Mrs. Blank
How did your son lose bis money
Mrs. Dejones-In pail manufac-
tory. He wrote us he was running
a bucket shop and the bottom fell
out.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29

s@- Judicial Item-Police Judge
(who is trying to find out the trade
of the accused)-What are you, any
how
Prisoner-Ash yer Honor hosh no
doubt observed, I'm (hic) little of
this morning.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29

H Hunter-Did you realize any
thing on that $500 you put into the
Cataract Mine?
Wyckes-Yes; I realized what q
chump | was.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29

n@- To Keep Even.-Clara-They
cay Mrs. Financier laces awfully tight.
De Gisco-She probably does il to
keep her husband company. He's
swfully tight himself, sometimes.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-29
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enss mssdsss pao sn0s ans slsps s men and women in days when might was right may enjoy the perusal of this book, which the publishers have arrayed in handsome dress of green and gold and put up in neat box. It is story of pas sion and crime, whose moral value is far surpassed by the writers of more recent dave
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resignation as a member of this society What action shall be taken upon iti Par hamentarian-I move you, sir, that ths resignation be accepted, and that 6 vote oi thanks be given to Brother Skinner.-Low ell Citizen.
 G. w. P. sends to the Journal the short est letter ever written containing the en. tire alphabet The epistle of which he is the author has but one letter duplicated. the letter ''u." It reads as follows: ''Quiz Jack; thy frowns vex G. D. Plumb. ."-Bos- ton Journal.
 Anxious Inquirer-''I have called to ask about & carload of merchandise shipped to to me from - city" Freight paidF 'Yes; and delivery promised in ten days ' What year" Anxious inquirer swoons. Freight representatives lights fresh cigar. Anniston Hot Blast
 A farm journal said: ''There is going to be more money in poultry than hereto fore" The next day farmers wife found a nickel in a chickens crop, and told her husband that it was the first time she ever saw anything reliable in an agri- cultural paper published in a big city Norristown Herald.
 Before this disease carries me of, ,n said the ailing millionaire, who was making his VIII, l want this bequest of S60O, 900 to found free hospital fixed so tight and fast that none of my heirs at law can ever touch it." It a fit of unheard of and who'll ly unprofessional observation-disclosures his legal adviser brought him his check book. Chicago Tribune.
 ''There was an annoying hitch in the great ocean scene in my play last night, ' said Bronson Hoyt, with sad smile. "When the hero jumped of the raft to save the heroine he got of the wrong place, and one of the waves kicked him in the stomach. It seemed to knock all the sense out of him, for he got up and walked ashore" "What did the heroine dor -she sat on wave and laughed. ."-New York Sun.