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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

Wehave long since advocated the practice
Of spreading manure in autumn, both for
garden aud farm purposes, as giving more
time to become intimately diffusel through
the soil and affording at once In the folio w.
ing season all the benefit which tie plants
can derive from such thorough diffuslou,
We observe that in the report of the New
Hampshire agricultural experiment. station.
this practice is fully approved-the director
stating that from general observation, az
well as from the experience Of the most OBJ
serving farmers, and from experiments in
which the exact weight Of the products has
been determined, II all the manure used
could be applied In November instead of
April, the average yield would be increased
more than 10 per ceat. from this change
alone. The explanation is the even distri-
button of the plant food 10 tho upper soil,
The fall rains and the melting snow soften
and dissolve it and wash it into the soil.
The report admits that it might be washed
away, but no experiments are cited in
proof, while the experiments which we have
made show that little or no washing takes
place even here, II the manure Is evenly
spread. These facts should be remembered
by gardeners who are preparing soils for
another season.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

We ssncit articles for this department.
The name OF the writer should accompany
thelstter or article. not necessarily for pub
cation. bet as an evidence of good faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19
No..s on Onion GROWING.

/. Name the best two or three varieties
Of onions for cultivation in Middle Ala
bamal
2. How early can the onion be planted out
in the fall!
8. How early can they be marketed in the
springl
4. What Is the best fertilizer to usei
S. Would you advise the use of seeds or
sets or both! AMATEUR
For fifteen years we have used to great
satisfaction the italian or Spanish kinds
Giant Rocca. New Queen Early Nocera
and Tripoli. Two kinds known as Prize
tsker and ''Silver King" are also good kinds
to use. Sets Of these are not procurable at
anything like q reasonable price Nearly
all the onion sets grown In this country are
from seeds OF the American kinds. Where
a good quality Of sets small size) can be
had it is quite profitable to grow fair part
of the crop from them, but these onions
should be marketed In the spring before
they are fully grown. Onions raised from
sets put out IN the fall do not keep
near so well as those grown from
the seeds. In your section the proper time
20 SOW the seeds where the plan of trans
planting is not practioed, is from the latter
part OF january to March 1.-The earlier the
better, as 1t Is very desirable to get the crop
well under way before the grass and weeds
begin to grow. Onions grown from sets
can be bunohed and sold from March to
May. Those grown from seeds sown in Jan
uhry and February begin TO mature in May
and ripep In juno and July, according TO
the variety used.
For many years We have praoticed the
plan OF sowing onion seeds (of the Italian
kinds chiefly late In the fall and protect
Ing the plants until January or February,
then transplant them to well prepared and
we'll mauured soil. The very finest crop
OF onions are grown by this plan. On good
soil It IL not difflcult TO make several
hundred bushels Of onions per acre by this
plan.
There Is no better fertilizer for onions
than mixture of bone dust and ashes
(unleached hard wood ashes 800 to 1000
pounds Of the former with double this
quantity of ashes spread broadcast and
lightly narrowed in month or so before
planting is fair application for an onion
crop. On soil needing nitrogen
an application broadcast OF $50
pounds OF nitrate Of soda after the onions
have commenced TO grow will produce
marked results usually. OF course. any
good ammonisted superphosphate, COM
bined with kainit. can be probably used on
onions In. the absence Of other materials,
Top dressings Of any good compost made
out OF stable manure or cotton seed is also
good. Whatever manure is used must rest
near the surface, as the onion Is a very
shallow-rooted plant. Where the soil is
not naturally rich il is necessary TO make
heavy applications Of suitable manure IL a
good crop of large-siEed onions would be OBJ
tanned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

ITO COUNTY OFFICERs.-Boowsa ana Blanhs
a required by county officers for tho use Of
lhe MORNING NEWS PRINTING HoWoK 3
WhfkAkpg street. sAyaaMah
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19
Grasses For Wood Lots.

"My wood lot that nearly surrounds nv
house Is grown up chiefly in worthless
weeds WITH q scant growth Of lespedeza.
would like to kill out the weeds II possible
aud SOW some grass that would do well for
a pasture for calves and two or three mich
COWS. What grass would probably do best,
and how would go about putting tine lot in
good SHAPED Would you use any fertilizer on
the lot3 Some part Of it is rich, while another
part is poor. l have good quantity of
cotton seed" J. II. F.
A mixture Of orchard grass, red top and
blue grass would be better than any one
single variety of grass. Mix one bushel of
each and SOW on each acre. Plow the soil
with whatever implements you eau do it
best with some time during the month and
harrow In whatever manure you have-30
or 40 bushels Of cotton seed, If nothing else.
though it would be well to use some potash
and phosphate il readily had. In Octobsr
SOW the grass seed evenly and then
roll up the soil well. II you have no
roller and cannot borrow one for the pur-
pose drag may be used to smooth the
soil and press the seeds down. A roller is
almost indispensable in seeding grass, clover
or grain properly. In lieu of the blue grass
you might substitute some one OF the clo-
vers-either red or sapling, or even bur or
crimson. II the trees are too thick In any
part Of your lot or grove, thin out some Of
the poorer trees.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

Abbott's East India Corn Paint cures all
corns warts aud bunions.--ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

My head was fortunately turned toward
the wagon, aud as the sun rose one of the
boys sat up and yawned. At that moment
he caught my eye, and presume the ex-
preston OF it was alarming, for his yawn
was suddenly strangled and hs approached
me softly. The Zulu immediately graspsd
the situation, and returning TO the wagon /,
brought a spade. The snakes head was
resting, fortunately for me, on the blanket.
while his body was partly on my chest and
neck, where he had crept for warmth.
With one swift scoop the native swept the
snakes head of ths blanket with the spade
and instantly decapitated it.
Perhaps did not feel relieved as / rose
aud viewed my late sleeping partner. Per-
haps not. Il was a puff adder, ons Of
Africa's deadliest serpsnts, and It's bite
would have proved fatal in half an hour.
| had still another snake episode during
my rambles that day. We had retraced our
steps, and were out Of the thick part OF the
forest, when / noticed a covey OF small
birds clrcling wildly above tree aud twit-
tering excitedly. Looking closely TO ascer-
tain the cause Of the ootnmotion. saw a
huge snake just rearing its head an inch or
TWO above the topmost branches, around
which the huttering little songsters were
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-19

The greater part Of the advantage from
blowing orchards Is lost If the ground is not
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22

A gentleman in southern Connecti-
cut not long ago brought home a
collie dog, which, after the fashion OF
its kind, soon made itself one Of the
family, and assumed special response
biiities in connection with the young
est child, a little girl three years of
age.
One day the gentleman, returning
from a drive, as he neared the house
noticed the dog in pasture separated
from the road by stone wall. From
behind this wall the collie would
spring up, bark, and then jump down
again, constantly repeating the per-
Torrance.
The man left his horse and went to
the spot. There he found his little
girl seated on a stone, with the collie
keeping guard beside her. The intel
ligent animal wagGed his tail, and
barlSed his delight at seeing his mas
ter.
In the light snow the path taken
by the child and dos, could be plainly
seen, and as the father traced it back
he saw where the little girl had
walked several times around an open
we'll in the pasture. Close to the brink
were prints of the baby shoes, but
still closer, on the very edge Of the
we'll, were the cracks of the collie,
which had evidently kept between
her and the we'll.
The faithful creature seemed TO
know that upon him lay the response
hility of keeping the child from a ter
rible death.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
trashinrton.. r.i.. r.sth..

The patent office at Washington
has one curiosity which is Of no little
interest to dentists and the manufac.
turers of artificial teeth. 1t is a set
Of ivory teeth made for Gen. George
Washington In 1870 By o dentist IL
New York named John Greenwood.
Greenwood was one of the first den
lists in New York City, settling there
about 1885, and two years later carv-
ing the double set Of teeth for the
"Father Of His Country" He made
two sets, the last being manufactured
in 1895, after the first gave out, and
1t Is said that the last set was buried
with Washington. The first set was
returned to Greenwood, and after : is
death was placed in the Government
museum.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
AM OLD punLINo PISTOL,


gtiil IN Good Condition.
Major Moore has among his collec-
ton OF curios a dueling pistol which
was brought to this country from En-
gland by one Of the earliest settlers
of Virginia. The weapon, which Is
a flint-lock, Is fully 400 years old, and
ia still in good condition, and If
capped with a bit of flint and loaded
could be fired.
The pistol has a brass barrel, which
unscrews about an inch from the
fash-pan. To load 1t the barrel is
unscrewed, the powder poured in and
rammed down. The barrel is then
replaced and the bullet, about three
times as large as a buckshot, is
dropped in. The sight is on the side
Of tts barrel, about midway between
the trigger and the muzzle. Instead
Of sighting over point on the ex-
IRENE top Of the barrel. as one does
when handling a modern revolver,
the old pistol was held SO that the
sight was taken over the knuckles Of
the person sighting it, says the Wash
ington Post.
The pistol was manufactured by
Kitano s. Co., London, and was
brought to this country by a man
named Mason, who was related to
Lord Fairfax. 1t remained In the
Mason family until 1879, when 1t was
| given to an old fisherman by Misc
Mason, a granddaughter Of the man
who brought 1t over from old En-.
gland. The old fisherman gave IL
away, and it finally found its way
into the hands of one Detective Raft,
who presented 1t to Major Moore.
The descendants of the original
possessor Mr.. Mason, still reside on
the farm on which he settled some
300 years ago in King George County,
Va. How many affairs Of honor this
lingering eternity" of barbarous
custom has figured in is not known
by its present owner, its history hav-
ing become lost in the recent rapid
changes Of ownership.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22

A good teacher never begins his
work by impressing his pupils with a
discouraging sense of his own knowl-
edge, as compared with their ignor-
ance. He knows a better way than
that.
allow dye take t TIL new teacher
ye've got daown t Number 8, Billy
inquired Mr.. Eben Hobbs of his four
teen-year-old nephew not long after
the commencement Of the "fall
term"
"Pooty far t. middlin' scholar,
goess he is, replied Billy, diplomatic
cally.
@Why, in course, cal'late he'd hev
Z be t hold sech p'sition as he
does" responded Mr.. Hobbs. "But
what / mean is, haow much be We
goin' T. learn firm the chap"
"Why, Uncle Eb," said the boy,
with shrewd smile on his freckled
face, at don't appear t be no special
'caount what we boys an gals git T.
know, s'fur's | can see. The main
pint is fer us It git where we'll jest
be baowed daown re'lizin' what a
heap he knows. An when he's learnt
us that much guess he'll quit Num-
Der Q, an light about fer mother
school,"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
FASHION NOTES.

Even an airy "cigale" hat is bur
den these sultry days.
Transparent enameling is very much
admired as novelty in jewelry.
Funnel-shapcd hat-crowns are among
the eccentricitics of the milIiner.
A novelty is sailor suit of white
Bedford cord, with red and blue trim
mings.
A wonderfully smart triple cape is
made of pale shade of tan with a
woven border of old-rose aud collar
of old-rose velvet.
A new feature in trimming is TO
turn lace upside down; that is, to
gather The lace on the edge, leaving
the straight selvage turned up.
Waists made of a distinct color
from the skirt and of an entirely diff
fcrent material are considered good
taste even for rich costumes, hint
which will be welcome to the homo
dressmaker.
Dressy lace or net berthas with full
loose sleeves of the same textile are
added to many of the five-o'clock tea
gowns and evening toilets of Yeddo
crepe, crepeline de Venisc, and tinted
India silk, with charming effect
Pear gray gloves, white glace kid,
and cream colored suede are the popu-
lar summer promenade gloves. With
travelling dresses an ugly blood-red
glove is worn; with carriage or visit
ing gowns of rich materials pale yell
low suede are the favorite choice.
The cool and lovely gossamer gowns,
shadowy Marie Antoinette muslins,
and pale green China silks and crepe
lines, have just now beneficial effect
upon society. The very appearance
of them seems to lower the tempera-
ture and dispel some of the heat and
humidity.
The latest thing in sleeves is the
revived fashion of the full sleeve fn-
fishing with two ruflles just below the
elbow. There was probably mover
a season where there was so great
variety with SO little originality as
this of the renaissance. Nothing IS
new save that only which is so ola
that we have forgotten it.
The cap with visor is reproduceu
perfectly in fine straw or chip, ana Is
left untrimmed with the exception Oh
a narrow gold band fastened by small
brass buttons across the front. Ihc
straw is usually of two colors,
the crown is either striped around
with blue gray, or gray, or o'ack'
while the band and visor are OF whlIe
edged with the color.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
An Artistic nisannolntment.

Harry Furniss, the well-known
Parliamentary caricaturist, relates
that OH one occasion man came to a
friend of his and asked him to paint
a portrait of his father, who was
dead.
"But, my dear SIR" said the artist,
81 never saw your father. Have you
a photograph of him."
"No," said the man, 81 have not.
but You never saw Moses, and yet
you have picture of him on your
walls"
This argument was unanswerable,
and the artist accepted the commits
sion. When the picture was finished,
the man came to sec it, gazed at it
with tears in his eyes, and said:
"Dear me, is that father? How he
has changed. ~ fTid-Bils.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
SUMNER OUTING RAG.

A bag that is d real convenience for
the summer outing is made of colored
linen, aud, whom the seams for maxi
ing are taken off, is usually about 81
inches long and II inches wide. 1t is
made like the black silk and satin
handbags used for shopping, and has
Q draw string at the top and the edges
turned in above it to form q deep
frill. Blue, Aax-colored or yellow
linen are pretty for these bags, which
may have monogram worked on them
IN rope linen, or spray of leaves or
flowers. Blue denim is also good
material for the bags. Sometimes they
ore not decorated with needle work,
but covered smoothly with large
meshcd cream white fish net caught to
the bag with silk stitches. When the
tisl-net covering lie used, the bag is
prettiest when made of some bright
colored fabric, like cardinal silesia or
saiteen. Iato these piazza bags are
put the needle work, books, glasses
and everything likely to be needed
when the morning is spent ON the
piazza. IL New York Commercial Adj
yortiser.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

There are altogether in the United
biates 800 mountains having an alti-
tudc of more than 10, 200 feet.
A stream in Arizona possesses a
certain property which enables it to
petrify all soft substances thrown into
Il.
A Roman scientist, DR.. Fossenari;
has successfully demonstrated that
disease germs are almost Immediately
killed by tobacco smoke.
The speed of the fastest railway is
but little more than one-half the
velocity of tho golden eagles fight.
The bird often makes 140 miles an
hour.
The new science of experimental
psychology aims at measuring the
mental capacities Of men as the an
thropometrist measures their physical
capacities.
A Portland (Me. man has invented
bicycle engine which he claims will
propcl the bicycle at speed far
greater than that of our fastest pas
senger train.
In the human blood there is an
average of 800 red cells to every white
one. The red cells have an average
diameter Of 1-320o OF an inch; the
white ones 1-25, 900 inch.
The distance between division points
for changing engines has been increas.
ing in this country, and some roads
are now running engines from 200 to
800 miles, where they used 10 run 100
miles or less.
Omitting a few Esquimau excep-
tons, all other spear throwers appear
10 be ambidexterous. The develop
ment of purely right-handed imple-
ment points TO southern origin for
the original inventor.
The search lights to be placed on
Mount Washington will be the most
powerful in the world, aud in clear
weather will be seen from sections of
the New England States as well as
from parts of New York and Canada.
An improved traction engine has
lately appeared in Missouri. 1t is
run with relatively small amount of
fuel, carries heavy load, and is pro-
vided with means for changing its
speed without altering the stroke Of
the engine.
When the thermometer registers
100 degrees, the cable which draws
the cars of the Brooklyn Bridge Is Z
feet and six inches longer than when
the thermometer is at zero. The same
difference in the temperature causes a
difference Of 2 feet and inches in the
length of the cable.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
nIAoK GRENADINES IN rAvon.

Black grenadines made over colored
silk foundation are very popular. for
summer grenadine is well known for
its wearing qualities, and the new
patterns are richly brocaded or striped
and make up with handsome effect.
Black guipure is used for trimming
them, aud q pretty way for arranging
the lace is to tie it in fichu in front
and let ii hang from the shoulders In
the back like cape. -[Ncw York
Telegram.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
Professional Dog Stealers.


There are lot of professional
thieves in New York city who confne
Themselves exclusively to tile stealing
of pet dogs. During the past month
as many as 250 of these dogs have
been stolen. 1t is estimated that $4,000
worth are stolen every week and that
means SIG, 900 year. Many COM
plants are made to the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty TO Animals, but
more people advertise their losses
and offer rewards all the ways from
50 to 800. Lately a man living on
Fifth avenue gave 5000 for the return
of an imported St. Bernard. 1t often
happens that when reward has been
paid for the return of dog, the same
animal is Immediately stolen again by
some pal of the first thief.
The thieves haunt The fashionable
thoroughfares and spot the dogs OF
wealthy people, and the itinerant dog
sellers are no doubt more or less in
league with them. The American Pet
Dog Association has appealed to Po-
lice Superintendent Byrnes to detail
detective TO break up the business.
Many of the members of the associa-
ton have paid over and over to get
their dogs.
The city dog catchers are almost as
bad as the thieves. They get forty
cents apiece for all the dogs they turn
in, and resort to despicable and brutal
means 10 make captures, not hesitaling
to drag the pets sometimes from the
very arms of their mistresses. Il New
Orleans Picayune.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
AParis Flower Market.

The flower traffic in Paris is inn
mense, and the display brilliant, as
might be expected in a capital where
matters of taste, beauty and luxury
occupy such an important place and
are conducted with view TO the
greatest possible public display. All
the flower markets and stands are in
the open air, that of the Madeleine
being the central and most extensive
one, with ramifications along the
quays of the Seine, in the Place La
fayette, ETC., together with perainbu-
lating trucks innumerablc.-iFrank
Leslie's Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
The Oldest city.

Damascus is the Oldest city In the
world. Tyre and Sidon have crumbled
on the shore. Baalbec is Il ruin; Pal
myra is buried in desert; Nineyeh
and Babylon have disappeared from
the Tigris and the Euphrates. Da-
mascus remains what it was before
the days of Abraham center for
trade and trayel-an isle of ycrdure
in the desert; "a Presidential capital, :"
with martial and sacred associations
extending TIL Ugh thirty centuries.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22

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.
TEN efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
dueed. pleasing to the taste and &C.
eeptable 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 SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. 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 FIG syrup co.
SAY FRANCISCO, Gal.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW YORK, nv
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
Street Sounds.

Caller-Mercyl What are those
awful yellings and screenings in the
street?
Hosless-I don't know. Either a
mad steer has broken loose and is gor-
ing people to death, or else school is
out.-TGood News.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-07-22
Hired inst r;oBt

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DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
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by using Natures own methods.
That's why they're better than the
dreadful, old fashioned pills, with
their gripping and violence.
But they're better in every way.
In size, for instance, and dose.
They're the smallest and the cas-
lest to take ; only one little Pellet
is needed for a gentle laxative
three for cathartic. They cleanse
and regulate she system thoroughly
but it's done easily and naturally.
Sick Headache, Bilious Headache,
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, and all arrangements Of
the Liver, Stomach and Bowels are
prevented, relieved, and cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for Shey're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned. You pay only for value
received.
Something else, that pays the
dealer better, may be offered as
Just as good" Perhaps it is, for
him, but It can't be, for you.