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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
A VALUABLE HINT.
Tho Tomato Plant rs an Extermlnator of
Insect Pests.


Insect Pests.
The following interesting item from
the pen of NJ Story appeared in the
Scientific American of September Is,
1876 In an address before the society
of horticulture, Mr.. Story said:
81 planted peach orchard and the
trees grew well and strongly They had
Just commenced to bud when they were
invaded by the curculio (Pulgon) }, which
insects were followed, as frequently
happens, by ants. Having cut some
tomatoes the idea occurred to me that,
by placing some of the leaves around
the trunks and branches of the peach
trees, might preserve them from the
rays of the sun, which were very power
full.
my surprise was great, upon the
following day, to find the trees entirely
free from their enemies, not one re-
naming, except here and there, where
n curled leaf prevented the tomato from
exercising it's influence.
"These leaves | carefully unrolled,
placing upon them fresh ones from the
tomato vine, with the result of Danish
ing the last insect and enabling the
trees to grow with luxuriance. Wishing
to carry still further my experiment,
stepped in water some fresh leaves of
the tomato, and sprinkled with this in
fusion other plants, roses and oranges.
In two days these were also free from
the innumerable insects which covered
them, and felt sure that had | used
the same means with my melon patch !
should have met with the same result
II therefore deem it duty owe to
the society Of horticulture to make
known this singular and useful prop
erty of the tomato leaves, which | dis
covered by the merest accident"
In confederation of this, says +. w.
Reynolds, in Florida Dispatch, Farmer
and Fruit Grower, l will say that last
winter / raised turnips in forty-two
days, radishes in seventeen to twenty
five days, lettuce, onions, mango pep
pers, tomatoes in hundred and eight
days, and fine cabbages many head
weighing four pounds. This without
irrigation, and on sandy land thirty
nine feet above water level. / used
Humo- Chemical garden fertilizer and
tobacco.
found that whenever planted to-
mato plant in missing place in the
cabbage patch, the insects could not be
found on the cabbage plants around the
said tomato plants The ground was
planted to cabbage two years in success
sion, and sweet potatoes the year before
that.
can fully say that believe the lack
of insects was due to the tomato plants,
for had plants affected by the aphis
badly, killed these with tobacco de-
;oction or liquor.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
Men Who Fall In Farming.

Rev. Z. w. Fisher, of Harrison coun
ty, Ind, tells the Indiana Farmer why
farming is failure in so many cases.
~ am" he writes, "a retired Presbyte.
rian preacher, regaining my health on
farm, because my boys and wife like
farming life / was raised on dairy
farm close to Cincinnati, and we now
have small Jersey dairy and supply
two city customers with butter. !
agree entirely with Brother Stahl,
Mrs. Meredith, Mrs. Morley and
Brother c. b. Harris, that farming is q
poor business or failure only because
of lack of study, fitness. good manage.
ment, grit and gumption. Within two
miles Of me there are perhaps fifty
farmers whose farms are mortgaged
who take no agricultural papers, who
are always complaining of bad times
and "city thieves" Everyone of them
either chews tobacco, drinks or breaks
the Sabbath regularly. Within the
same distance are at least thirty or forty
farmers, with the same quality of land
who have good crops and plenty to do
keep the Sabbath and do not grumble
and in twenty-seven years ministry ir
three states, have found it Just sc
| everywhere.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

"7nere's something behind t."
That's what you think, perhaps,
when you read that the proprietors
of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy offer
$500 reward for an incurable case
of Catarrh. Rather unusual, you
think, to find the makers of medi-
cine trying to prove that they be-
lieve in it, "1'here must be some
thing back of i'll"
But it's a plain, square offer, made
in good faith. The only thing that's
back of it is the Remedy. 1t cures
Catarrh in the Head. TO its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties, the worst cases yield,
no matter how bad or of how long
standing. 1t has record that
goes back for 25 years 1t doesn't
simply relieve = it perfectly and
permanently cures. With Rem
edy like this, the proprietors can
make such an offer and mean it.
To be sure there's risk in it, but
it's so very small that they are
willing to take it.
You've "never heard of anything
like this offer ?" True enough.
But then you've never heard of
anything like DR.. Sage's Remedy,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
bad Roads and Abandoned Farms,

The Boston Mass Herald make q
statement which we feel sure can not
be contradicted, for we have never
known of a deserted farm that was
located on a really good dirt road
Good roads and well-tilled farms gener.
ally go hand in hand in the worlds prog
ress, and on this account we have per-
sistently advocated better dirt roads in
the south, especially if we desire to cut
up our large plantations, and change
them into small farms One rea.
son, declares the Herald, why there are
so many abandoned farms within TWEEN.
ty-fve or thirty miles Of Boston, or
other New England cities, is that the
roads are so bad that the people will
not use them, or can not make them OF
service at all seasons of the year, and
can not, therefore, afford to live with.
out communication with the outside
world. Our system of road-making, out.
side Of the great cities and their sub.
urbs, is worse than that which is now
current in almost any other part of the
civilized world.-Dixie Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
The Christmas Wide Awake

Is as gay as old Santa Claus himself,
and il is big pack OF holiday delights.
Its exquisite frontispiece, in color, is
from the terra Gotta bas relief Day
and Night" by Caroline Hunt Rimmer,
daughter of DR.. Rimmer, the late IA
nous Art-Anatomist. Rarely has any
thing more beautiful been given'in a
magazine. Perhaps the story that will
attract the most attention is the first
one of the Fair Harvard" series,
"Such Stuff as Dreams are made OF
by John Mead Howells, the son OF w.
d. Howells. The opening story is as
delicious and fresh; How Christmas
came in the Little Black Tent" by Mrs.
Charlotte NJ. Vale. christmas with
ole Sherman" is an incident of the
war, in which General Sherman figures
genially. In her story 1.-THE Fairy Con-
tent" Mrs Jessie Benton Fremont is
at her brightest and best Queen
Margaret's Needless" by Susan Cool
idge, is an historical ballad of Norway.
Another fine ballad is THE Fourth
Little Boy" by Mary IL. wilkins, 1ully
illustrated. 1.-THE War of the Schools"
by Capt @. A. Curtis, U. S. A., is a
splendid -balling story. I'm Arctic
Pack Ice" is thrilling story by Lieut.. :
Col. Thorndike, the first in series OF
zone Mans Adventures.
The illustrated papers are interest
ing: "a Roumanian Princess" by
Eleanor Lewis, and "How l became a
Seneca Indian" by Mrs Harriet Max
well Converse.
The serials open WELL "Jack Brere-
tons Three Months Service" war
story by Mrs. Maria Mcintosh Cox,
1.-THE Lance OF Kanana," historical
Arabian story by Add ell Ardavan.
Then there are the departments, "Men
and Things" Tangles, and Post Office,
besides many bright pictures and
poems.
WIDE AWAKE is $40 year, 20 cts. q
number. d. Lothrop Company: Boston
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

q boy, have we gone ten miles with
load Of wheat for grinding. But prestol
What change! Now we buy the very
best OF -four at six or seven dollars u
barrel. In ls43 cotton was five cents
pound, and -four five dollars barrel.
Now cotton is eight cents pound, and
-four only six dollars There Is still an
other reason. The -four we buy Is far
better than the old country mills could
make.
We used TO make "homespun" cloth
for clothing, sheeting, etc. We don't
do II any more, and no one is found to
denounce this departure from the old
way.
Not TO discuss the question in further
detail, we want simply to drop the
above Thoughts" in defense of those
farmers who have given up the culture
Of wheat simply to supply the wants of
their families. Where IL will not pay
to grow wheat for market it is doubt
full II II would be expedient to produce
it at all except in case where farmer
has so large family that the quantity
of -four required makes IL a matter Of
considerable Importance.
Our remarks are intended now to
apply to the south Atlantic and eastern
gulf states. In the northern portions
of this territory there are few farms
that can not supply at least few acres
of land especially we'll adapted to
wheat; and in the middle-hill country
this is also true to a less degree. On
such soils it will be found that wheat
will yield just as well as it ever did in
similar Soils A farmer with large
family will find 1t a paying crop in the
long run, provided he can get the prod
uct converted into good flour. If no
Touring mill be convenient it is not a
bad idea to have clean, plump, home
raised wheat converted into graham
-four. According to our taste and long
experience, there is no better bread
that comes to farmers table than nice
graham pone and graham griddle cakes,
made of homegrown wheat. Southern
| CultiyatOr
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
HERE AND THERE.
The squealing pig makes no fat.

The squealing pig makes no fat.
Scatter your grain in straw so that
the hens will be compelled to scratch
for it.
The heavy watermelon crop in
Georgia this year is not supposed to be
the cause of the protracted drought this
fall.
The comic side of farming appears
when those complaining of hard times
leave their reapers and binders out to
take the weather.
Feeding a little bran or chopped
| oats TO the colts now will no. only help
to make them tame, but also secure a
better development of bone and IN u.s.
Gle.
1t is not good economy to keep hay
before the stock all the time; better
plan is only to put in the managers or
racks whatever quantity the stock will
eat up clean.
When any animals are driven
through bars or a rail fence every bar
or rail should be laid down to the bot
tom. Legs are broken by neglect to
take this precaution.
An exchange says: Remember
pasturing takes five acrss to each cow
for six months; soiling feeds COW on
one acre for six months; ensilage feeds
a COW on one acre for whole year.
in nearly all cases an excessively
fat animal is fed at loss during the
latter part of its feeding, and in ma
iority of cases, the better plan is to
market as soon as 1t is ready.
in majority of cases the farmer
with the fewest clods in his fields in the
fall will have the best crops of wheat
to harvest the next season. 1t pays to
work the soil into a good filth.
Care should be taken not to feed
down the meadows too close; some
growth is needed as protection to the
roots during the winter, especially when
the soil is thawing and freezing
For field crops, at least in a major.
ity OF cases, it will be best, as well al
more economical TO haul out the ma
nure and let 1t rot In the field. rather
than rot in heaps In the barn lots and
then haul out.
To make the most profit in garden
ing one should not plant too many
varieties of the same vegetable.
have practiced il for the last sixteen
years, and find the profit is obtained
from few varieties.
The objection to feeding fowls al
most wholly upon concentrated foods
such as grain, and particularly corn
lies in the fact that it is not sufficiently
bulky, and is too fattening. 1t thu
brings on a condition that is not favor
able to egg production, and that alsl
prsdispeses the fowls to disease,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

When Prince George of Wales took
command Of the gunboat Thrus he
also took upon himself the usual duty
of conducting the religious service on
the vessel ON Sunday mornings. Every
thing went on well, apparently, but al
the end of about four weeks some one
suggested to the prince that he was not
reciting the liturgy according to Gran
mer, although the ships company was
highly fattered by his rendering. He
had been reciting fervently and hum
bly,: 1--WE have done those things thai
we ought to have done and have left
undone those things which we ough
not to have DONE" and the crew hat
been accepting his statement of thu
case and feeling good.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
WHEAT CULTURE.
Prevailing Impression that is Certainly a,
Mistake,

A Prevailing Impression that Is Certainly a,
Mistake.
1t is a prevailing impression that our
soils and climate are not SO we'll adapted
to the production of wheat as they were
long ago. This is certainly a mistake,
except that our soils are more worn.
The climate has undergone no change.
Yet those who have given up wheat
culture are won't to assign this sup
posed change of climate and soil as a
reason for their action. They know
that 1t does not seem so necessary to
produce wheat as formerly, and are
hard up for a reason. The true solution
is involved in the great improvements
in transportation, in connection with
the opening and settlement of the
great wheat fields of the northwest. In
the good old time, before every mer-
chant kept -four for sale, farmer had
generally to go without biscuit if he
did not produce his own wheat, and
carry it TO mill Mauy's the time, when
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
August.
Flower

Perhaps you do not believe these
statements concerning Green's All
gust Flower. Well, we can't make
you. We can't force conviction in
to your head or med
Doubling icine into your
throat. We don't
Thomas. want to. The money
is yours, and the
misery is yours; and until you are
willing to believe, and spend the one
for the relief of the other, they will
stay SO. John H. Foster, 1922
Brown Street, Philadelphia, says;
"My wife is little Scotch woman,
thirty years ofage and of naturally
delicate disposition. For five or six
years past she has been suffering
from Dyspepsia. She
VomIt became so bad at last
that she could not sit
Every Meal. down to a meal but
she had to vomit it
as soon as she had eaten it. Two
bottles of your August Flower have
cured her, after many doctors failed.
She can now eat anything, and enjoy
it; and as for Dyspepsia, she does not
know that she ever had it. q
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
BRIGHT GEMS OF THOUGHT,

THoUGHTLEssNEss is the curse of the
age.
A covErous man mover owns any
thing.
WHENEVER a man gets mad he kills
himself.
ALL people are peculiar people" to
somebody.
A GREAT many people pray most for
the things they do not need.
AN empty gun that you think is loaded
will scare you as badly as one that is.
THE world is full of lion fighters, but
nearly everybody will run from the
hornet.
THE man who walks straight himself
keeps good many other people from
webbing.
A PICS idea of parlor probably is
that it has big mud puddle in the cen
ter of it.
THE man who swears at his children
would want to hide his head forever il
he could know just how mean he is.-
Rams Horn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
THE EUROPEAN HEGTRA.

1t iseStimated than an hundred thou
sand Americans will 60 to Europe next
year. When it is considered that they
will spend not less than $1,000 each
some idea can be obtained of the enor-
nous drain that this exodus year aft
er year occasions this country. This
sum goes out, too, not for goods, but
is so much of our surplus wasted in
luxury. No other country could stand
it for a year. The compensation
comes, we suppose, in the new ideas
that they pick up and bring back with
them. There is one thing that they
cannot find in any part of Europe,
and that is a remedy for coughs, colds
and all maladies that affect the lungs
that equals Reds German Cough and
Kidney Cure. This great preparation
has no equal in the world for diseases
that affect the respiratory organs. II
contains no opiate, thus making it
family remedy in which every mother
can put the utmost confidence.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, Ill
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
A Gift to All Free.

To INTRODUCE IT IN AMERICA, THE MEDI-
CAL REFORM SOCIETY OF LONDON WILL SEND
AN ExCEkLENT REMEDY FREE OF CHARGE, to
all who are bona fide sufferers from Chronic
Kidney and Liver Diseases, Diabetes or
Bright's Disease, or any discharges (Albu-
menuria) or arrangements Of the human
body, also for Dropsy, Nervous Weak
ness, Exhausted Vitality, Gravel, Rheuma-
tism, Sciatica, Dyspepsia, Loss Of Memory,
want of Brain Power. The discovery is
a new, cheap and sure cure, the simplest
remedy on earth, as found In the VALLEY Of
the Nile, Egypt. Send q self-addressed en-
velope at once, enclosing ten cents in
stamps, to defray expenses, to Secretary,
James Holland, 8, Bloomsbury Mansions,
Bloomsbury Square, London, England.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

A GREAT mistake perhaps was made
when DR.. Sherman named his great remedy
Prickly Ash BITTERs; but 1t is presumed
that at that time all remedies for the blood,
etc, were called Bitters. Had he called 1t
Prickly Ash Regulator" Curative" or
almost anything but Baters, it undoubtedly
would have superseded all other prepare
tions of similar character. The name Bitters
Is misleading; it is purely a medicine. and
cannot be used as beverage.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
Ifro,tered Day and Night

With nervousness, take Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters, which inylgorates and so tran.
quilizos the nervous system. Tho basis Of
recovery Is a reform In errors OF digestion.
The epigastric nerve and brain are united
in the closest bond of sympathy, so that
dyspepio symptoms In the gastric region
are always accompanied by hurtful reflex
nervous action. Both arb remedied by the
Bitters, which also cures malaria, bilious
ness, rheumatism and kidney trouble.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
WITTY AND WISE.

IF you would lift me up you must be
on higher ground. Emerson.
EFFORTS, to be permanently useh.
must be uniformly joyous.-Carlyle.
"MoNEY talks" but to most people It
says good-by.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
He that collects his thoughts is aorn.
PEELED to dun his brains.-Texas Sift
iDgs.
SEEK the good Of other men, but be
not in bondage to their faces or their
fances Lord Rannn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

WHEN you feel all broke up, and life hard
ly seems worth living When you hardly feel
able to attend to your daily work When you
feel you would give half you own for little
more strength, Just give DR.. John Bulls
Sarsaparlla trial and see what lift 1t will
give you. You will bless the day you tried
DR.. John Bulls Sarsparilla.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24
The Only One Ever Prlnted-Can You Find
the Word?

There Is n 3 inch display advertisement
In this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true Of each new one appearing each week
from the DR.. Harter Medicine Co. This
house places "Crescent" on everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and they will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24


Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn eissctually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of It's kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptahle to the stomach, prompt in
Its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 5Oc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gistA. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA F1G syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. ny. NEW YoRx. nv
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

DESERVING CONFIDENCE There is no
article which so richly deserves tho entire
confidence of the community as BROWNS
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. Those suffering from
Asthmatlc and Bronchial Diseases, Coughs,
and Colds. should try them. Price 20 cents.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

THotGHTLEss mothers are they who will
not give sickly children DIR. Bulls Worm
Destroyers. They remove the worms, and
the child grows strong.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

YOU'VE people in the country are not so
slow They often make love at q rafting
gate.-Yonkers Statesman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

"You'RE bigger than l am" remarked
the hammer TO the lump OF coal; "out
think i can do you up in CRATE shape"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

WHY sit easy to break into an old mans
house? Because his locks are few and
his gait is broken.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

ARE unlike all other pills. No purging or
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile.
Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill dose.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating is relieved at once by taking
one OF Carter's Little Liver Pills imme-
diately after dinner. Don't forget this.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

The best is as cheap as the poorest Get
the "a. B. G. Bohemian Bottled Beer" Of
St Louis. 1t has the true hop flavor
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

"YEs" said the sensible girl, shes an
hciress, but I'm afraid she doesn't know
how to husband her resources 'Oh, yes,
she docs was the reply. She engaged
t. be married now"-W ashpgton Star,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

VINO SUFFERS with his liver, constipation,
bilious ills, poor blood or dizziness-take
Beecham's Pills. OF druggists. 25 cents.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

THERE is nothing inconsistent in carpe
dealer wearing claw-hammer coal.-Tex
as Siftings
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

MoNsTRosITIEs nd freak quarters in the
dime museum-TC xas Siftings
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

THE wheelwright should be selected as
spokesman for the trades unions. Wash
ington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

"DID you steal my scalesp demanded the
excited grocer. "By no MEANS" responded
the suspected II merely made weigh
with them n-Baltir ore American.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

MUMMIEs do not look as though they were
In hurry, yet it is certain that at first
they must have been pressed for time.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar re-
lieves whooplng cough.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

GLOW DO strike youin said the artificial
limb TO its mate. YOU'RE corker,N was
the reply. asbington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

THE theatrical mechanic is not quarrel
some, but he often finds 1t necessary TO
raise scene. Washington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

IAN worn out" said the old bank note
"Never mind, Bill" said the oyercoat. "Sc
am ~
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

THE color line-A washerwoman's, full
of yariegated stockings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

"wE must have an organ to support us"
as the man said to his monkey.-W WASHING
ton Star
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

WHEN are acrobats murdered?-when
they poise on each other
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

THE ties that bind business houseto the
public-advertise.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-24

TIE organ grinder is a "tony" man. =
Columbus Post