davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
FARMER AND PLANTER.
ALL COTTON FARMING.


The silent Influence of Empty Pocket
Books that win Prompt More Diversified
Farming In the south,
The low price of the ileecy staple nat
urally brings up the subject of diversi-
fed farming in the cotton states, This
is not new. 1t is agitated whenever the
price gets down to or below the cost of
production, and is forgotten as soon as
it rises a few points above This is his
tory. The fact is that every cotton
planter is not in like position, The
true home of the plant seems to be the
rich, alluvial lands along the river
and sea coast. But it win thrive also
on the uplands bordering such lands,
and even extends into some of
the limestone lands in Tennessee.
The lowland planter will answer
when you advise him to Diversity his
crops, that his land is adapted to cotton
and not to any other crop. He thinks the
upland planter should first stop raising
cotton and devote his land to other
crops to which they are as well adapted.
This seems quite reasonable and is no
doubt acted upon along the line where
cotton at or eight cents proves to be
Improbable. Production is a pendu-
lum that swings to and fro over the line
| of profitable culture of cotton. Just
now it swings too far toward extend
ed cultivation and the regulator,
price, will cause its return. 1t is sell
dom that agitation of the question
accomplishes its purpose We call
to mind the efforts of the organized
hurley tobacco growers to limit plant
ing a few years ago. A few conscien-
tiously signed an agreement to limit
their acreage. More took part in the
agitation, but made preparations for
enlarging their area of planting. But
the majority, perhaps looked on, de-
termined, if there was really going
to be much of that "foolishncss," to
double their crops, if possible This
would no doubt be about the
result should cotton planters or
ganize for the purpose of reduc-
ing acreage. There is silent in
tlucncc in empty pocllet-books that
noise of organized effort. Let farmers
once know that present rates are un-
remunerative and they will quit-be-
ginning where the lands are the least
adapted to its growth and best suited
to other crops and to live stock raising.
1t would be unreasonable TO ask the
lowland planter to give up or even cur
tail his crop when his land and labor
could not be turned to other
crops. His ncighbor on the up
lands, could proftably grow grain,
grass and raise live stock, all
of which would be readily purchased by
the cotton planter. In this way enough
of the staple for commercial wants
would be grown, and the border farm
ers, if the term is admissible, would be
the richer from the better prices OBJ
tanned for their grain, hay and meat, all
of which would find home market
This will be the result, no doubt. OF
present low range of prices, and it will
come from the silent influence rather
than from agitation of the subject
Farmers Home Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
EVILS OF TEA AND COFFEE.
Extract from "A Lecture by DIR. j. IT. KEEL
Inrr. of the battle Creek Sanitarium.

Extract from "A Lecture by DIR. j. IT. KEEL
logg, of the Battle Creek Sanitarium.
Poets talk of the coup that cheers
but not inebriates," referring to either
tea or coffee, but these drinks do inc
briate, and if they cheer it is only an
evidence of MEDITATION. Tea and cof-
fee do, on a large scale, what wine does
on small scale, because they are much
more extensively used. There is a
club in London which meets every
Saturday night to have a spree
on tea, and some of them get
under the table before they get through.
Less than two years ago two Boston
girls were arrested for being drunk and
dsorderly. They swore that they had
taken no liquor, and no proof could be
obtained that they had. But on in
vestigation it appeared that they had
acquired the habit of chewing tea, and
carried it to the excess of intoxication.
A doctor told me short time ago that
his first case of delirium tremens was
that of an old lady from tea-drinking,
and it is known that inveterate tea.
topers do reach this stage of intoxica'
ton sometimes. knew of man some
time ago wholhad delirium tremens from
the use of tobacco.
A physician to one of the large manu-,
featuring establishments in New En-
gland told me of curious disease
which once broke out among the EN-.
ployes. Sometimes fifteen or twenty
girls were seized with delirium during
the day and would have to be carried
home and the disease seemed at first
quite puzzling. At length it vas dis
covered that tea-chewing was pr evalent
among the employees, and that they
brought supply daily in their pockets
The girls were sent home to recover
| and when they resumed work, Il
was necessary for some time to search
them every morning to make sure
| that they did not take up the evil habit
There is more drunkenness in cup Of
tea than in like quantity of lagel
beer, as has been proven by actua
| analysis. Tea and coffee are more Sc
rious intoxicants than alcohol, because
they are more generally used. Thei
evil results are not generally recog
nized, but some of the most serious
of nervous disorders are born of the us
of tea and coffee. Many people &,
through life partially intoxicated OIL
tea from month to month and iron
year to year, and very large proper
ton of them are women.-Reported b.
I Helen l.. Manning.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
One Dollar Per Year.

town or other places of agreeable re-
sort, But overlooking all these credits
due to the farm, simply because at the
end of the year he has no surplus
money, he, in his disappointment, cries
out farming don't pay, Let MS see
about that, Try him and his capital at
something else. Capital, $1,000; inter-
est Mt per cent, $3.50; his own wages
at anything he knows how to do
would not exceed $500. That would
give him $3.50 out OF which to
rent house, buy everything he and
his family eat and wear, pay schooling,
keep a horse and buggy-in u word,
get all the comforts and conveniences
he had on the farm, 1t can not be done
out of his income and still his capital
has paid per cent in addition to all he
could earn, Now tiie fact is, the farm
ing did pay probably better than any
other business he was capable of con-
Quoting, and, in addition, great deal
less risk.
have just reached the point where
| modestly tell how farming can be
made to pay, But have already taken
up too much of your valuable space
and must reserve what have to say
further until another time, or ! could
not expect recognition. Cor Farmers
| Home Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
WANTED AN OPINION.
The Old Man Was Afraid He Had Paid
Too Much.

The Old Man Was Afraid He Had Paid
Too Much.
We had been talking in a general way
in the smoking-car, when an oldish mar
with very innocent expression of coun
tenance suddenly turned and said:
Gentlemen, I've beex/ort O looking
around Chicago for three or four days,
and kinder imagine got swindled in
buying a watch. Here it is, and wish
you'd look at it and give me your opin,
ions. | haint travelled around much,
and don't know many of the tricks of
big, bad city, and hate to think l
don't know huff not to bite at a
swindle. Just look it over and tell me
what you think" es. -f
1t seemed to be a gold watch and the
movement seemed 70 "a all right, but
the first man who took it in hand inves.r
tigatet foi :. moment OF two and said:
"Well, old man, if you paid more than
twenty-five dollars for that thing you've
been bitten" %
81 hev, eh?"
81 should say" observed the second
man, after thorough investigation,
chat if | had my choice between a
twenty-dolar bill and this watch, I'd
take the bill I've seen better ones at
eighteen dollars"
"Whats your opinion?" asked the old
man, as he handed it to third.
"Humph! You won't get mad?"
ooh, no."
'If you have been swindled you want
to know it?"
II do" ..
"Well, sir. used to be agent for a
factory in Connecticut which turned
out better looking watches than this at
eight dollars apiece to the trade"
The old man settled back in his seat
and set himself to thinking with pc
culiar expression on his face. We left
him alone in his misery, as we thought,
An hour later, l sat down beside him
and asked:
Glow much did you really pay fol
that watch, anyhow"
He pulled out his wallet, hunted out
the bill and showed me the figures
The price of the watch was four dollars
and half with guarantee on the
bill for one year.-Jeweler's Circular
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
DOES FARMING PAY 1?
The Answer Depends Largely Upon Me
and Methods

The Answer Depends Largely Upon Men
and Methods
In the face of all that has been said
and written in the last year or two
about agricultural depression, high
taxation, debts, mortgages, class legis-
lation, trusts, monopolies, 'it onmes,
ad infnitum," it would appear to be
tempting criticism even to ask such
question as this. Still | do ask it and
shall try to answer it. In the mean
time, lest some good-natured critic
shall say, Common Sense" is writing
about something he knows practically
nothing about, | wish to say |
have been practical farmer for
many years, having raised
crop Uevery year since 1856
! have no other occupation, and no
other means of making living. say,
further, have made farming pay, and
can make it pay now, but not to the
same extent as few years since. Does
farming pay? say, with equal truth,
it does not Then there must be more
than one kind of farming. Yes, and
more than one kind of farmers. 1t is
said there are fewer failures among
farmers than in any other class of bust
ness men in proportion to the number.
Now, if this is true, does it not follow
as sort of corallary that the average
profit in farming must be at least
equal to the average profit of other
l,y a. nnl1
mate because it is not fair to compare
plain, plodding profession like farm
ing to speculative callings, conducted
for revenue only" without regard to
the honesty of methods. ] do not know
| if it be true, but see it is stated, that
| less than ten per cent. of the merchants
and other trading classes succeed. Now,
| If this be true, the average profit among
these classes must be very small. And
| here is where a great mistake is often
made; in or estimates we count only
the successful men who get rich
and take no account of the ninety
per cent. of failures. 1t is not my
purpose now to go into details about
the kind of farming and the kind OF
farmers that do not pay. They can be
easily found | may say negatively,
the successful farmer is not generally
found among the loafers about the
crossroads store, blacksmith shop o,
saloon, nor among the chronic grum
blers, complainers or Calamity howl
ers"
Before | answer the question di
rectly / wish to make another state
ment, and it is this, that great many
farmers keep no accounts, make no esti
mates of what the farm really does do
and not giving the farm the proper
credits, conclude it does not pay wher
it does. Take an example: A fairly
industrious and prudent man owns
and works a farm worth, all told
with stock and implements, say So, 900
Out of this he gets comfortable home
plenty to eat, good clothes to wear fo
self and family, sends his children {,
school, has nice conveyance to car
ry his family to church on Sunday
leisure to attend his grange and ALI
apee meetings, and occasionally 90 t.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
THEY HAD A DANCE.
Il Did Not Appear Surprising Thing to
the Resident,

After dinner one of the village Off
Gals came over to the hotel and in
formed me that there was going to be
a dance that night out in the country
about four miles, and asked me il i
didn't want to attend.
us that the same dance heard them
talking about last EVENING""
Every likely
"rhe Stevens boys are going to be
there?" fIt ....I
Certainly; they live out that way"
"And the Jones boys?"
They'll be there"
"And is there Il young man named
Burt Robinson?'
"Oh, yes; he clerks in the post Office. y
"And is there another named Aft
Williams?"
Eyes; he runs a saw-mill out here"
And there's girl around here
somewhere called Jenpie, isn't Thereof
Exactly; she's my daughter
"Well, guess | won't go"
"Dut why? l can promise you a
splendid time"
"Well, the Stevens boys and the
Jones boys were both in town this
forenoon buying revol1ers for the
dance, and heard that Burt Robinson
was going to stick big bowie-knifc
into Aft Williams if he asked Jennie tc
dance with him. Something was also
mentioned about someone shooting old
Scott if he showed up, and about pick
ing fuss with young Livingston and
shooting him full of lead
''Is that all you heard?" he asked.
"Isn't that enough? don't want tC
he killed out there"
Colonel, don't be captious," he
earnestly remarked, there's going tC
be dancing, in course, and we want you
to lead the Virginia reel. There's go
in to be shooting, in course, and W.
have reserved place for you right a
the back door where you can tumbl,
out the minute any body whoops. TIL,
boys will be disappointed if you dom
come"
didn't go, however. Next morning
was inquiring for my friend of the da!
before, and the merchant whom | in
terrogated replied;
II reckon they hain't totcd him il
yet" .
did anything happen him las
night?" a.t-
"He just happened to be killed on
thar at the dance, long with tw,
others, and they do say that there wa
seven woundedr-D Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
A Mans Inconsistencies.

A man will wade through two feet Of
snow to go to dog fight, but six inch
es of the stuff will keep him away
from church.
A man will get up at four o'clock in
the morning to go fishing, but will
calmly allow his better half to build
the fire before he does so,
A man will spend half day reading
the latest French novel, but let his
wife request him to read a chapter
from the Bible to the children and inn
mediately his eyes become unfit for
use.
A man will tramp the hills and wales
from daybreak to shutdown in search
of the willy rabbit and consider it ex-
hilarating exercise, but he will kick
like new shotgun when his wife
asks him to take the baby out walking
on Sunday afternoon.-N. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
Our Home Life.

Look. at our home life. We shoulc,
not forget that though they are ours
without price, the good things of our
homes have not been without cost to
those to,whose love we are indebted
for them. We have but TO think of the
love that sheltered our infancy and
guided our feet in tender years, and OF
the self-denial and sacrifices, the tolls
and watchings, the care and anxiety,
the loss of rest, the broken nights, the
planning, the praying, the weeping,
and all the cost of love-for love al
ways costs-along the days of child.
hood and youth, Then ofttimes much
of the good in our homes has come
down from the past, the fruit of the la
Dor and suffering of line of ancestors
Thus every comfort and Joy and beauty
should be sacred as q sacrament to u:
because it has been cotton for us by
hands of love, at cost of toll and saving
and pinching economy and self-denial
Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
HUMOROUS.

-Mamma-'You seem to be in a
hurry" Little Frances-"Yes, ma am;
II | hadn't tum SO fast l wouldn't Diet
aere so soon"
Young Lady Patient-"Doctor,
what do you do when you burn your
mouth with hot coffee?" Doctor
"Swear "-Plutarch's Decameron.
-Goslin-"Aw, have a vewy bad
headache this mawning, doncher know. "
Cuspid Ia dentist, absent-mindedly)-
"Why don't YOU have 1t filled?'-Green-
burg Sparks
That Was Why.-"Mr. Piggery, Of
Chicago, isn't physician, is he, Du-
kane?" "Oh, no." "Then why do yor
address him as Doctor ?" "Ile curer
hams Pittsburgh Chronicle.
"A young lady, giving evidence in
court the other day, was asked by tn
lawyer how she learned music. by
teaching it," was the candid and in.
genuous reply.-Once Week.
He Was Not in It,-(At the door J.
Book Agent (brisklY)-"Is the man OF
the house in?" Mr.. Meeker cautious
Ivy" Well-er-no. She's just stepped
over to neighbours. Pittsburgh Bul
letin.
"A Sad Case. - Wallie - "Whithel
away, me boy?" Chollie-"Got to see
me physician about me appetite. In
so beastly hungwy in the mawning tina
don't WEAKLY need me bitters at all.
indianapolis Journal.
The Practical View OF 1t. - d,
Girling-"No if l should tell you
have been engaged to nine girls before
you what would you say?" Miss d.
Witt-"That diamond ring will go ia
toward depriving the information of it
poignancy. Jewellers Weekly
--"John," said Mrs De Porque to he
husband, ''have any cranlls been to SCI
you this week?" Never been one nea
me-" was the reply That's too bad.
"Why?" Mrs. Lienarde says thre
have been to see her husband sine
Christmas. The first thing you know
people will think the Liehardes ar
richer than we are. Washington Stal
How Old She Was The attorne
in the case was very spry and he wa
not making it any pleasanter for til
witnesses than he could help. "Hov
old are you?" he asked of lady VIII
was called to testify I'm old enough,
she replied with exceeding promptnes'
"to know that it is miserable bad mar
ners for man to ask lady how oil
she is" The court let the answe
stand. Detroit Free Press.
Out of Rhyme.-A country edito,
who is also the poet as well as tn
pressman of his paper is in trouble, an
as with other poets, he learns in su
fering what he tells in song. He hs
sent in this on postal card:
long have known that creditor
Is perfect rhyme for editor;
And yet, somehow, my creditor
Won't always rhyme with editor;
And that is why this editor
Would love to change his creditor.
Detroit Free Press
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

IA book has been written purposting
20 trace the descendants of Pocahontas
lown to this day. and President IIarri-
son is in the list, He, according to this
book, is her great,great-great-great
great-great-great-great'gr grandson.
"A western author whose work is ut,
tracing much attention in Boston,
where he now lives, is Mr.. Hamlin Gar
land He was born in Iowa and is OF
Scotch blood. His work is chiefly de-
voted to the hard, pathetic life of the
prairie and the farm.
James Lane Allen, the Kentucky
writer is a tall and slender man with
grave face. He can tell story at
dinner table as well as in printed vol
ume, He looks somewhat like the
typical pedagogue, and, in fact, began
his career as a teacher.
Miss Mabel Cahill, the champion
woman lawn tennis player of America,
is of Irish parentage, her father being
a country gentleman in Kilkenny She
is rather pretty, the beauty of her eyes
being particularly noticeable, and her
fgureis slender and supple.
James Russell Lowell, when lectur.
Ing to the students of Harvard uni
versity a quarter of a century ago, was
won't to preface his remarks with the
words: "Gentlemen and Fellow-Stu
dents" Many Harvard graduate to
day remembers the grateful encourage
ment those four words engcndered
The Society of California Pioneers
proposes to get from each living mem
Der full record of his life, with details
of the settlement and development Of
the section which he chose as his home
and facts in regard to his bushes OF
professional career, 1t is believed that
such record will be invaluable to flu
ture historians.
The artists of Germany deeply
mourn the death of Heinrich Lang the
painter of animals and battle-scenes,
which took place recently in Munich.
Lang was pupil OF Friedrich Yoltz.
During the Franco-Prussian war he was
attached to the staff of a Bavarian com.
mander and witnessed personally the
scenes which his brush subsequently so
perfectly portrayed.
The old duke of Nassau, who at
seventy-fve is hale ana active, has a
fortune of S25, 100000, and is conse.
guently set down as the richest prince
In Europe. Much of his wealth repre-.
sents the profits of the Wiesbaden Ca
sino, and for many years the royalties
from the gaming-tables there flowed
into his pockets in veritable stream
Of gold Besides that, in the old days
ne exacted tax for every visitor to the
springs.
"A friend, who at one time enjoyed
the intimate acquaintance of William
Ross Wallace, the author of that very
popular song, "rhe Sword of Bunker
HILL" writes that Mr.. Wallace once tolc
him that he was paid just $40 for thai
piece of composition. He said, further
that Mr. Wallace encountered upon the
platform of the Cooper institute at {
later day, Lowell Mason, who wrote
the music for this song, and had the GU
riosity to ask Mr. Mason what he wa'
paid for his share of the production
The latter answered that he received
$40 also. Thus author and compose
were placed on terms of strict equality
The piece netted many thousands o
dollars to its publishers.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
Farm Work For Winter.

1t was one advantage of the old time
system of farm work that it made
plenty for the farmer to do in winter.
If nothing else there was at least al
ways the clearing of the forest and its
preparation for cultivation to be done.
1t did not pay much, but it increased
the value of the farm, and so indirectly
gave better wages than one farmer in
ten can now make. 1t is the do-noth-
ing policy that is running thousands of
farmers. They simply consume all that
they produce in summer. To get ahead
under such a plan of operations is SIM
ply impossible. Every farmer should by
feeding stock or in some other way
calculate to earn something in the win
ter. If more farmers did this farming
would be more profitable than it is
American Cultivator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25

Neighbor Woman-Your dog was
chasin' our chickens this mornin', an
lest want you to understand that's got
to stop right now.
Mrs Midi did not see the dog out
of our yard
Neighbor Woman wasn't. The
chickens was ia your yard.-Good
News
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25

There is the poultice; put it on his
stomach "But l thought you sait
that it was his heart that was affected
doctor" well, you always reach /,
mans heart through his stomach, DOM
your" pharmaceutical Era
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25
During the water Famine.

Fifth-Avenue Nurse-The children
want to know, ma am, if they can wash
their faces.
Fifth Avenue Matron-Certainly not
Marie. This is Fido's day for bath. =
Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-02-25

Soon Remedied Dick Hicks Ito
dentist)-"My jaw ached when came
here, but now it has stopped" Molar
tgrasping forceps)-"We can soon rem
edv that"-N. Y, Herald.