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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17
The Second Crop of Irish Potatoes

The Second Crop OF Irish Potatoes.
"B. NJ" Ware county, asks: "How late
potatoes can be planted for a second crop
with fair prospect of profitable results"
1t depends upon the character Of the
weather, the condition Of the seed and soil,
how late a planting may be made with a
prospect of satisfactory results. The plant
ing season may be regarded as ranging
from the early part of July to the middle
of September. Some years an early plant
ing will do best, and then again a late
planting may produce much the best re-
suits. 1t must depend upon the weather
and the condition of the seed. Everything
else being equal "the happy medium" of
planting time is about Aug. 1. 1t is crop
with which there has been a vast difference
of practice and results.
If good seed are to be had now and can
be made to sprout promptly, and then are
properly planted in moist soil it Is still IN
order to make a planting for some weeks
yet. 1t is much better to sprout the pota-
toes before planting. And then if planted
In moist soil and the soil pressed firmly TO
them they are likely to grow right off.
When the potatoes have been first exposed
to the sunlight until they take on greenish
appearance they will sprout much sooner
than if not so treated. This has the effect
Of ripening the potato thoroughly, and
then it is only needed to supply the neces-
sary moisture to secure immediate growth.
The soil should be pressed firmly 10 these
sprouted potatoes as they are planted.
There is no crop that requires nicer mans
agement than the second crop" Of
Irish potatoes. and one had better not IN
dertake the crop at all unless he is willing
to give it the care that is necessary.
Loose, sllp-shod management will never
make this a satisfactory crop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17
To Get Rid of Moles in the Garden.

Moles are great nuisance in the garden,
and it is desirable to rid the garden of them
wherever practicable. 1t is well known
that the principal food of moles is gru6s
and other insects Of the soil, and they do not
attempt to eat seeds of any kind SO long as
they are hard, but writer in the Ameri-
can Garden has learned from experience
that if grains Of corn are soaked in 'Fow-
ler's Solution of Arsenic" Kept in every
drug store until the grains become soft and
then dropped in the mole runs" the moles
will SUCK the corn sufficiently to produce
death.
There are other methods of exterminat-
ing moles, however. A large-mouthed jar
placed just beneath the run or a cows
horn placed in the run are means frequently
used with success.
A deadfall with sharpened spikes is ais o
used with successful results. 1t is wort h
considerable trouble to extermiuate moles
in the garden, as they work considerable
destruction and cause much annoyance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17
Vines for Porchss.

1t is question with many what vines to
choose for climbers about porches. 1t does
not seem desirable to cover a porch entirely
with any vine, but at certain portions when
one wishes TO exclude an unsightly view or
is desirious of shade, free growing climb
ing plant proves effectual.
The climbing bitter-sweet (Celastrus
scandens) with its glossy leaves and scarlet
berries, false buckwheat (Polygonum
scandens), clematis &c. VIrginiana) with its
copious clusters of white blossoms. trumpet
flower (Bignonia-named after Able Big
non, librarian to Louis XIV, the scarlet
blossoms of which are familiar to every
one, are among the numerous wild plants
that have been adapted to our use in this
direction. They are decorative and all of
them rapid growers, but they lose their
foliage earlier than our less hardy vines
The moon flower Qpomna grandifiora)
in our northern climate does not mature
early enough to give us the wealth of blos~
SONS we are led to expect from it, but it
retains its large, glossy leaves until late in
October, is clean, and free from insects, and
makes good screen from the sun. CobPa
scandens, with its curious twining leaves, Is
g bountiful climber and keeps its foliage
until frost comes, which, for porches, is a
strong recommendation.
Madeira vine, Allegheny vine (Adlumia),
Canary Bird flower (Frop@olum peregri-
NUM-. are pretty growers, but to be effect
i've for shade must be planted thiokly. Our
Virginia creeper is good and will grow ev-
erywhere; it must be kept free from aphis
by infusions of tobacco. The honeysuckles
are desirable aud fragrant climbers. The
foliage is beautiful green and by combin-
ing the varieties one can have cons ant
bloom from June until November. They
grow rapidly and are easily trained upon
wire trellises. They possess every requisite
of a climbing plant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17
Plenty of Vegetsbles-Plenty of Hay

Plenty Of Vegets bles-Plenty of Hay
and Pasture and Plenty of stock.
II you find in the coloumns of the NEWS
a great deal Of matter devoted to vegetable
growing, and much said about hay culture
and good pastures and plenty of stock, you
may account for it in this way: The editor
OF our agricultural department, along
with many others who understand the stu
atom OF the southern farmer from long
observation from practical standpoint, is
sausned that the sooner the farmer cuts
loose from the customs of the past-and of
tne day-and enters upon one that recog-
nlzes the value of growing home supplies
without stint the sooner will he get into
prosperous condition. Plenty of hay!
plenty OF good pasturei plenty of stock
plenty OF vegetable food is the very founda-
ton OF successful agriculture everywhere.
IL needs no brilliant mind to understand
Why the southern farmer is not prosperous
opeciaF farming places him in the posi-
ton of gambling with nature. He mu,t
lose In the end. Let the farmer be farmer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17

1t used to be a mistaken practice of
farmers to pull off the suckers from corn,
but it is not followed at present. The suck
ers were usually thrown upon the ground
and wasted, though even If gathered and
fed TO COWS they possessed little nutriment.
Left on the corn until harvest some of them
will have nubbins of ears and stalks much
sweeter and richer than they have early in
their growth. Often the sucker furnishes
pollen that is needed to fertilize ears on the
main stalk that have been belated. Cutting
out the suckers in such cases instead of in.
creasing the amount on the original stalk
decreases it.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17
.eR1cULrURAL DEPARTMENT
rhs FIELD. Farm and Garden.

We solicit articles for this department.
Mo name Of the writer should accompany
.DaIettsr or articls, not necessarily for pub
u,ation, but as an evidence of good faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17

The process of nitrificetion in the soil
goes on most rapidly while it is warm and
moist Nitrate deposits are often left on the
surface after heavy rains, the water hold
ing nitrogen united with some mineral base
forming crust. Whenever this is turned
under, as it must be by cultivation, it fur
nishes exactly the kind of plant food for
which crops are most eager. New roots
roots put forth. and few hours time after
the cultivator goes through, cornfeld
shows difference in color Of leaf as com
pared with that not cultivated
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17
MAY AND DECEMBER.

n OOy Adrrl05 u woman O4Q0r I6an
His Mother.
From the 50. Louis Republic.
LINCOLN, NEB., Aug. ia strange
wedding was celebrated here to-day, in
which William johnson. the bridegroom,
is only 10 years old, while the bride, Mrs.
Fannie Dearth. is reported to be So, al-
though she claims to be only 40. The court
ship has extended over a period of five
years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17

Any kind Of work is made into drudgery
if more is attempted than can be accom-
phshed without strain or worry. Hard
work hurts no one, provided worry does
not go with it. The farmer who once gets
behind loses for the year the chance of
comfort or profit. The amount of labor
that will furnish living to family and add
to the bank account on twenty-five acres
will not do it on fifty on one hundred acres.
Owners of large farmers often recognize
this fact in the most practical way, by
seeding land down, and allowing it to re-
main unplowed after the grass has run out,
when blowing and seeding would be better
for the land. They have not help enough,
they say. What they really mean is that
they have too much land, more thau they
can use profitably.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17

1t is a great advantage to have the vines
of melons and cucumbers meet, as their
tendrills hold together and keep the vines
from being blown about by wind Hence
in part the the advantage in growing Gu
cumbers ana vines in rows, cultivating only
one way. If the land is made rich enough
and the hoe diligently used among the
plants to keep down weeds, cucumbers aud
musk melons yield more than they will in
hills with rows both ways Watermelons
should have wide rows one way snd narrow
rows the other, SO that they may be cult
waited both ways until the vines begin to
run.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17

To grow lima beans profitably requires
rich soil, and if for market early the
grower must have nearness to market as
well. But for seed they are almost as
profitable. and they may be grown by
farmers who cannot afford time to
harvest them in the busiest season.
Poles are not required, as for field culture
the crop is planted and the vines clipped
when they attain the proper length, which
is soon learned. The object is to concen-
trate fruit near the ground. Trained on
poles the vines if left untrimmed bear most
at the top, and not so large crops as where
growth is checked. A stock of lima beans
in good condition is always salable in
spring, at prices that will we'll repay the
grower. For cooking, the fact is not so
generally known as it ought to be that lima
beans are far superior even when dried
than are the common field varieties.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-17

Bad drivers make bad horses, says an ex-
change. A horse cannot be screamed at
and cursed without becoming less valuable
in every particular. To reach the highest
degree of value the animal should be per-
fectly gentle and reliable but if it expects
every moment that it is in harness to be
scolded and struck, it will be in a constant
state Of nervousness, and in its excitement
is liable through fear to do something
which is not expected. 1t is possible to
train horse to be governed by speaking to
him, and almost as completely as it is to
train a child, aud when thus trained the
horse reaches its highest value. When a
horse is soothed by the gentle words Of his
driver. and we have seen him Gained down
from great excitement by no other means, it
may be fairly concluded that he is g valua-
bic animal for practical purposes, and it
may be certainly concluded that the man
who has such power over him is a humane
man and sensible one.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
The Speed of a Horse.

While the public is still marveling over
Salvatore wonderful performance in run
ming mile in :351a there are few who
have, through comparison and ANALYSIS,
sought to realize what a terrific burst Of
speed this is. 1t is nearly forty miles an
hour-a rate averaged by very few OF our
fastest railway trains. There are $3.50
feet in mile, so that for every one OF
these ninety five seconds-for every beat
OF mans pulse-this wonderful horse
covered fifty-fve and three-tenths feet Of
ground. The shortest time noted by the
turfman's watch is quarter of second
An interval so brief that the eye can
hardly observe, the mind can hardly
appreciate it. Yet in every one of those
1882 quarters of second that magnificent
creature leaped sixteen and three-tenths
feet. Such are the amazing results Of
careful breeding as exhibited in the
American race rse.-Scientific Ameri.
can.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
Great Democrats Coming.

Some OF the ablest democratic leaders
IN congress and on the stump will Join in
the Jeffersonian love feast Of democratic
CLUBS OF this state, to be held in Spokane
on the 23d and oath of September next
congressman W. d. Bynum. of Indiana.
a strong candidate for the speakership of
the next house; United States Senator
John E. Kenna, Of West Virginia, Her.
cules in debate; ex-Lieutenant Governor
Chauncey Black, of Pennsylvania, presi-
dent OF the National Association of Dem
ocratic clubs and one Of the very ablest
takers, writer's and organizers in the
party; Governor Toole, of Montana,
accompanied by Colonel Broadwater.
Editor Lyman and strong delegation Of
representative democrats of that state.
have all given assurances that they will
be on hand. Some of these gentlemen
will come on to the Puget sound cities
and warm the democracy up in Seattle
and Tacoma. With these leaders present
the club convention will hear plenty Of
sound political gospel, while democrats
all over the state will be ready with the
heartlest welcome to the distinguished
visitors. Telegraph.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
Building and Loan Associations.

Another form Of cooperative invest
ment which has grown very rapidly dur
ing the past few years is the building and
loan associations, which are nothing
more or less than cooperative savings
hanks. and constitute form OF life insur-
ance which has been as successful as IL
has been benefcent. But few people are
aware of the extent to which the cooper
alive principle has been applied IN this
direction. A recent article in Bradstreets
says:
"The aggregate resources OF the saw
ings associations OF the country are nearly
go per cent. OF the entire assets Oh all
state. savings, loan and trust companies
and private banks and bankers from
which reports were received last year.
Their deposits were less than III per cent.
below those of the national banks, and
were more than twice as large as the
tota; capital stock of the national banks.
With this true now, when ordinary saw
ines banks are practically confined 10 a
small part OF the country, what VIII nap
non when the new form of savings banks
gets it's growth throughout the Union
The Chief development OF the building
ord loan associations has been In the
western states, although they also nave a
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20

Two questions arise in connection with
the salmon run in the Columbia river
this season. The first is, where did all
the big salmon come from this year; why
were the salmon Of 1891 SO much digger
than the salmon Of previous years? The
other is, what are the hybrid salmon,
the spotted fish caught SO numerously in
the traps this year? Two jars of those
spotted fish have been sent back east,
one to Prof. Jordan, of the United States
fish COMMISSION; the other to the Smith
sonian Institute, Washington, D. c.,
with request that their archaeological
contents be properly classified by those
fish sharps
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
SUICIDE BY AMMONIA.
The Terrible Agony Does Not Prevent
It's USE

No poison brings death with more mad
dening agony than ammonia, but that fact
does not seem to discourage the suicide.
The man Harrowitz, who deliberately
swallowed fatal dose of the drug in
New York recently, is only one of the
many who have gone the ammonia route
to death in spite of the excruciating
pain. DR.. Blyth has recorded thirty
cases of ammonia poisoning in the small
London district of which he is health
officer; Professor Mitchell mentions
twenty-five cases, and four have occurred
during the short time DIR. Jenkins Las
been connected with the coroner's office
in New York.
Cases Of slow poisoning from ammonia
are of constant occurrnece among men
who work in it's manufacture, or even in
decomposing substances which gives it
off In considerable quantities. Ammonia
slowly and from day to day taken into
the system, causes the complexion to lose
it's freshness, and the skin of men who
get heavily impregnated with it has dis
agreeably blotched and discolored apear-
ance.
Taken into the stomach from day to
day in even the small quantities used to
adulterate food, such as baking powder,
it not only injuries the complexion but
attacks the lining Of the stomach, and is
the source of much general i'll health.
The recent rapid increase in the use OF
ammonia for various purposes, and the
consequent increase in its manufacture,
have made it one of the most easily OBJ
tanned poisons and, although everybody
is familiar with it in some form, there is
a surprising amount of ignorance OF its
dangerous qualities. Its use as an adul-
terant in any food preparation is simply
a crime, and as crime should be pun
ished.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
Aberdeen Electric Company.

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders OF the Aberdeen Electric Co., on
the 18th inst, it was resolved that the
fifty per cent. remaining unpaid on the
new stock subscribed be called in, and
that twelve additional shares be sold, the
proceeds to be applied upon the compa-
ny's indebtedness
The following trustees were elected for
the ensuing year: Sam'l Benn, r. IL.
Evans, g. S. Thomas, Geo. D. Allen and
]. q. Lewis. The trustees elected the
following officers for the ensuing year
John G. Lewis, president; Geo. d. Allen,
vice president; G. S. Thomas, Secretary
Sam'l Benn, treasurer.
The secretary's report showed assets,
$22, 52S.25: liabilities, $17,747.3S.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
Thirty Miles of Salmon.

Thirty miles Of salmon is as long a
string OF fish as is often seen, but Puget
sound has furnished such sight.
Steamers coming up the Straits Sunday
morning found the water alive with silver
salmon from Dungeness spit to Point
Wilson, and for miles they could be seen
on both sides Of the boat, leaping over
each other, out OF the water and close to
the surface. At Port Williams two casts
with seine were made and over 5000
fine fish secured Salmon have been
coming in in good supply during the past
week, but no such school as was seen
Sunday has been reported before this
season.-Port Townsend Leader
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
Trouble UP Above.

Astronomers are watching with inter-
est the commissions now visible upon the
surface of the sun. The spots are more
numerous than ever, and form ragged
groups against which the surrounding
surface shines with increased brilliancy.
Great explosions are hourly occurring, in
which enormous clouds Of metal vapor-
lied by the intense heat are being thrown
out to a height of thousands Of miles.
1t is favorite theory that solar disturb
ances produce atmospheric o-tbursts on
the earth, and recent atmospheric dis
turbances on our planet seem to support
the theory.-Ex.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
GENERAL NEWS.

C. $. Stevens, OF Seth Bend, killed a
bald eagle, at Tokes P.int. last week.
Mrs. Jas. X Polk, widow Of ex-Presi-
dent James X. Polk, died at Nashville,
Tenn, on the l4th inst.
James Russell Lowell, the distinguished
scholar, poet and writer, is dead. His
death is severe loss to the literary
world.
1t is claimed that the frat court ever
held in the state Of Washington was at
ChinnokviIe, three miles below KNAPP
ton. just north of Astoria, in the summer
OF 1850.
The London Financial Times finds that
$S5, 800, 900 of the $72 900, 900 of gold ex.
ported from this country by French
wheat syndicate must necessarily be re-
turned to this country for the grain now
being sacked in western wheat fields.
Rev. Mr.. Aldrich doesn't print his
daily on Monday because it would re-
quire Sunday work, nor on Sunday be-
cause it would be read on that day; but
Hochstader advertises his beer in it just
the same.-Centralia Chronicle.
George E. Jones, editor and one of the
founders Of the New York Times, died at
Poland Springs, Me-, on the 18th inst.
His demise leaves Dana, OF the Sun, sole
survivor of his distinguished contem-
poraries of New York's saturnlte journal
istic period.
The average weight Of the salmon
caught for McGowan's cannery on the
Columbia this season was twenty-feul
pounds. The canne1y paid one dollar
apiece for all salmon weighing twelve
pounds and upwards. Anything under
twelve pounds went as half a salmon.
Henry Armstrong, aged 49,, died al
Salem, Ore, Aug. IL. 1t is conceded
that Armstrong was the oldest living Odd
Fellow in the United States, both in re.
spect to years of life and years of mem
bership in the order, he having been in
itiated into the mysteries of the order in
1884.
A directory of local alliances, published
by the Colfax Commoner, shows 1856 in
the state OF Washington. Whitman county
ranks first in number, with 49,; followed
by Spokane, with %; Lincoln, %; Gar
field, II; Walla Walla, Is, Columbia, IL
The twelve remaining counties mentioned
in the directory have from one to sever
local alliances each.
s. g. Fulton, first assistant genera
freight agent OF the Northern Pacific, say
it will only be few days until the North
ern Pacific would take freight over thu
Grays harbor railroad, issue new time
cards and run trains through from Taco
ma, via Lakeview and Olympia, insteat
of Centralis. The saving in distance b.
the change will be about fifteen miles
and there will be corresponding savin.
| in time.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-08-20
Aberdeen Chehas County, Wash Thursday, August co. 1891

strong hold in the middle states. The
last report Of the comptroller of the cur
rency showed that, of the 637 strictly old
style mutual savings banks in the coun-
try, all but eleven are in the New Eng
land and middle states with Maryland
and the District of Columbia.
The building and loan association, or
cooperative savings bank, has many
features which give it superiority over
the ordinary savings bank. 1t is con-
Quoted by people who give it their time
for nothing, as the association meets
generally but once month in some room
or hall where the expense is but small
for rent and fittings. Deposits are paid
at stated periods and the depositors them
selves really control and manage the
association.
The only drawback has been that these
really heneficent cooperative institutions
have been somewhat interfered with by
speculative organizations similar in name
and calling themselves national building
and loan associations and various other
high-sounding titles. These are gotten
up by schemers who seek to ride into the
possession or control Of capital on the
front wave of popularity of the local
building and loan associations. Various
states are now enacting legislation which
will bring all forms OF cooperative saw
ings banks or associations under state
supervision, and it is expected that this
will tend to prevent or restrict the abuses
of the so-called national building and
loan associations before alluded to.
Other features Of the building and loan
association, or the cooperative savings
bank, are, that it lends only to depositors
that it lends to the highest bidder (pro.
vided the security is good), and secures
by the share system repayment ON the
instalment plan. 1t has become popu.
lar means for workingmen to procure
homes; and this, together with the in.
dustrial establishments taking the form
OF corporations in which employees and
the public can become shareholders and
virtually partners, is destined in the neal
future to play an important part in ad.
vancing the prosperity Of the masses. II
is development Of the cooperative ides
which is in perfect accord with the spirit
of our country's institutions; and al
though We may never reach Mr.. Bel
lamy's politico-economic millennium, CO
operation in it's various phases will dc
much to that end.-F. B. Thurber, il
July North American Review.