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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
RUSSIANS AT HOME.

A Visitor who Found Them a Pleasant
and Hospitable People.
A writer who has recently returned
from Russia in describing the people of
that country says:
81 found them a pleasant, hospitablc
and social people, always ready to
fraternize and help me in every way in
their power. u was told sometimes by
Englishmen in the country that they
were very childish peoples in the ease
with which they are willing to be
amused this may be so, and also, per-
haps, in certain disregard of conven-
tional appearances ] remember once
seeing a Russian general and
coloncl-and be 1t noted that Of
fees invariably wear uniforms and
swords-sititng on the ledge of a shop
window in the principal street of one
OF the largest cities of the empire, dis
cussing some matter with great anima-
tion and wholly unaware of any incon-
gruity in their position and of my some
what bewildered stare. Imagine such
u oSchC III hcbtuV SIlSCu.
my tutor, however, assured me it
was nothing out of the ordinary, and
laughed at my surprise. One certainly
meets with little ways and usages COM
mon among the ordinary great middle
class (f l may so call the class from
which spring the immense majority of
officers of the army, ordinary tchinov-
hicks or officials, students, lawyers.
professors of the universities and
schools, doctors, merchants, etc
the class, in fact, among which
the ordinary Englishman finds
himself cast in his attempt to live in a
family and learn the language) which
strike an Englishman as being 'not
nice" and form to great extent the
ground on which we OCCASIONAL Nvote
them as barbarians.
Small matters, to which it would be
pity to attach much Importance, ar
rests ones attention, such as frequent.
ly eating with their knives as we use a
fork; no salt spoon either in hotels OF
private houses, the aforesaid knife be.
ing employed to help ones self to salt
sometimes stretching half the length Of
table to get at 1t instead of asking
that it should be passed; simplifying
the carving of fowl, for instance, by
liberal use of the fingers, using the
same knife and fork for the variou:
courses and helping ones self to vegeta
tables, etc., by sticking ones fork into
the dish and extracting what is re
quired; and many other little point.
similar in kind.
Zone common practice should be
mentioned. The men, and sometime.
the ladies. carry about little pocket
comb, which is used in the most uncon
cerned way anywhere, in a train, at {
railway station, or on entering a room
without any apology. The hair is Otter
worn by men without any parting
sometimes rather long, and brushed o.
combed back or straight up, which
gives them rather wild appearance
These are some of the peculiarities o
manner and ways, which however
small, somewhat jar on an Englishman
In spite of the unique opportunity fol
skating. which their long winter giyeI
them, Il Ia rare 10 find any Russian VIII,
eau skate well, --coFnhill Aagasipe'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
MATTHEW STANLEY QUAY.

Senator Quay declares that hiSphy'
sician orders him 10 keep out of the
turmoil of politics. In this way only
can he avoid an attack Of vertigo.
Now this malady comes from indi'
gestion and while it may lead to
paralysis or apoplexy, it can be cured
by keeping the digestion in perfect
order, and stomach and bowels free
from all irritating substances and UNI
digeSted food. For this purpose there
is nothing that equals the Laxative
Gum Drops. These contain no taste
of medicine and they can be given
without the slightest danger. They
are best taken at night before retiring.
They are invaluable for sour stomach,
for dyspepsia and for any malady
that arises therefrom. Ask your
druggist for them and do not take
anything else, for nothing else will
help you. They come in two sizes.
Small size 10 cents, large size IS
cents. Get them of any dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, III.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
WITH THE SPORTS.

Two-DAIL billiards Is game fast
coming into favor with the experts. To
count, player must hit the object ball
twice With the cue ball Ut each shot
ABAPTIsr church In England, in or
order to induce cyclists to visit 1t, has
provided safe shelter for bicycles,
Others have set apart Cyclists pew"
THE French Rowing club, whose
crew lately beat the crew of the Lon
don Rowing club on the Seine, has only
about two hundred members against
the two thousand Londoners.
THE golf championship this year.
conducted by the Honorable Company
of Edinburgh Golfers, was won by an
auateur, Mr. hilton, another amateur,
Mr.. Ball, being second. All prominent
professionals but one played.
GRACE, the great criclSeter, has Joined
the committee for the promotion of the
athletic section of the new scheme for q
periodical Pan-Britannic gathering ant
Anglo-Saxon olympiad, when the ath
letes of England, America and the
English colonies will compete.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
Value of Sheep on the Farm.

There is more general belief in the
value of sheep on the farm than at any
former period in the whole history OF
our agriculture. A reason for this, per.
haps, lies in the fact that the agricul.
tural press has long been almost unit
in urging farmers to consider this
branch of the stock business. The re-
suit has been that during the past year
our flocks have been increased by $780,
900 head and our wool product by TO-
OO0 900 pounds. This is move IN the
right direction, and we hope the neal
future will show still greater increase.
We think 1t would be hard to find
any farmer who has got intelligently
into the sheep business, keeping good
stock and giving good care, whose
profits from his years work have not
been considerably augmented by their
aid. If any of our readers are still a
little doubtful upon the sheep ques.
ton, we suggest that they observe the
men who have been trying it. Are
they going out of business, or are they
making arrangements for larger focks
and for still better care? Within the
past thirty years the wool production
of the Unired States very nearly
trebled, yet we could double it again
without more than meeting the re-
quirements of our own consumption
| Indiana Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
ON MANY SUBJECTS,

IA BRuYERE use to say il poverty is
the mother of crimes want of sense is
the father.
THE little old republic is going to
make some of its own sweetening.
Switzerland is building its first sugar
refinery.
THERE are looms in the old world.
The linen manufactured yearly in Eng
land could be wrapped round the earth
seven times.
THIS is not the only "smart and In
quisitive" world Mars, says Il. j.
Crowley, the English scientist, is prob
ably in communication with other
planets.
TIE curious statement is made that
Elsie Gray, the Stalacta of BLACK
Crook" is pronounced by artists to be
the most perfectly formed woman on
the stage.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24

fortably as In one where neatness gov
erns, because the eye is offended and II
worries him. The farmers wife Is dis
turbed when she walks abroad on the
farm for recreation by the litter that
meets and offends her eye, Many
things, from wheel-jack TO moving
machine, are seen where last
used; wagons parts Of wagons,
rakes and rubbish block the
way at every turn. This is
not fair return of favor. Neatness in
the house should be supplemented by
corresponding neatness ON the farm.
What a commotion there would be in
some households II the sitting-room of
the house was in such continual confu-
sion as the yard of the house.
Itpays to use the broom on the farm,
and to use it often. Indeed, positive
damage results from neglecting it, Dirt
in the house breeds vermin, and rub
bish on the farm may produce what is
equivalent, literally or figurativcly.
Let the broom cut its swath from the
house and barn out into every nook and
corner of the farm, for the sake of APP
pearance, il for no other reason. A
well-swept farm builds the farmers
fame as a well-lSept house adds to the
reputation of the housekeeper Indus
trialist.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
HERE AND THERE.

Construct your poultry house good
and warm, so as to avoid damp floors,
and avoid food of sunlight. Sun.
shine is better than medicine
Colts that are compelled to live on
hay and rough feed alone become nm.
shapely and undesirable. Concentrated
food should form a part of the ration
for young horses.
There is no way to determine the
sex of the chicken that may be Matched
from an egg. This idea that the shape
of eggs has any bearing upon their sex
is mere fancy.
Growing seed crops is usually con-
sidered exhausting to the land. Clover
seed is an exception to this, an the
roots and haulm more than replace
what the seed takes away.
The greatest lice exterminator
known to the poultry yard is the Prus-
sian insect powder, which is an infalli-
BILE remedy and indispensable to any
one engaged in the rearing of fancy
fowls.
Don't speak to your horse louder
than you would to your sweetheart;
and don't allow profanity used around
him A horse with brains don't like to
be talked to as if he were prize
fighter.
Wherever alfalfa can be grown it
will, in time, take the place of corn for
feeding beeves. 1t is cheaper crop
than corn for accomplishing the same
end, and with irrigation is about as
certain as any crop can be made.
Manufacturers make prosperous
towns, and prosperous towns benefit
the country about by affording good
markets. If the products of our farm
ers could be manufactured in our near
est towns it would increase the pros
perity of the whole community.
Alternating hoed crops with grass,
clover and cattle is necessity for
farmers who seek for permanent sue
cess. The only exception to this is
where men cultivate SO little land that
| they can and will manure it all heavily
every year. Market gardening is about
the only use that land can be put to
and bear the expense of such method.
The best grain for sheep is oats
One pint of oats daily to each sheep
with hay and straw at the rack, will
not only bring the ewes out in good
condition next spring, but the lambs
will be stronger and more vigorous
Many weak lambs are the result Of
compelling the ewest subsist on straw
and other coarse foo0% during the win
ter, The old maxim that 70 sheep car
sabsist on anything" should he dis
eAFdedi
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
A LUNCHEON GOWN
Made of Striped Yelling, With Lace Or
nament on Collar and Corsage.

Made of Striped Yelling, With Lace Or
nament on Collar and Corsage.
This winter ladies who take pleasure
in entertaining will dispense their hos
pitality in the guise of luncheons,
which have this advantage that they
serve to display the beauty of table
linen and service quite as effectually as
a ceremonies dinner, but don't cost half
as much, and 'are great deal more
enjoyable. AS rule at these
luncheons the gentlemen are con-
spicuous by their absence, a fact
which prompts the hostess to make the
affair dainty, delicate and particularly
feminine-an arrangement in pink or a
symphony in pale blue. Gowns should
harmonic, at least in the exclusion of
all glazing tones and striking effects.
A gown suitable for such an occasion
is in striped yelling, the skirt being
finished with ruching and the COR
sage oinamented with deep lace col
lar not forming part of the dress, and
draped in the graceful manner indi-
Gated. The wide empire belt will be
among the seasons novelties. 1t is
usually gold embroidery, and the deep,
tight-ftting cuffs are of the same ma
terial, meeting the very full upper
sleeves at the elbow.-N. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
Bermuda Lilies.

The most successful amateur lily
growing was done last season by lady
who has ideas of her own on arranging
flowers for the window garden. A
large, rather shallow tub was placed on
frame with heavy casters. The tub
was filed within two inches of the top
with rich earth made of top soil from
the woods and well.rotted stable ma
nure with about one-fifth of clean sand.
This tub was full of Bermuda-lily
bulbs placed quite close together. AT.
ter thorough watering, they were set
away in the dark for about three weeks,
then brought to the light, given an
other thorough drenching and placed
in the window where the sun shone
nearly all day. The result was per.
feet mass of the most exquisit bloom.
The bulbs seemed to come on somewhat
irregularly, and the flowers lasted
from beginning to end some four weeks.
The fragrance of them filed the house;
and, us bit of experimental garden.
ing, they were decided success. NY.
Ledger.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
FARMER AND PLANTER.
REARING THE COLT.
Feed Makes the Animal and Training
Makes the Disposition.


Feed Makes the Animal aud Training
Makes the Disposition.
To rear good colt these two things
should be understood and acted upon:
Feed makes the animal and training
makes the disposition The very best
food should be supplied the colt from
the first, and even while II Is with the
mare it should be fed, both through the
dam and by its mouth. beginning in a
small way the ability to digest food is
cultivated and increased, and its first
growth is the foundation on which
aftergrowth is built. And as that is the
better, so this is. The stronger and
broader the foundation, the same will
be the superstructure. And so long as
digestion is perfect, the quantity of
food given may be measured only by
that test. Corn is not good food for
growing animals. Flesh is more
needed than fat. The English
farmers use beans and oats
ground together as the staple
horse feed, and the value of II is per-
ceived when the composition Of this
food is understood. The English horse
bean has 2515 per cent. of flesh-forming
elements-protein, as it is called-in it
and only ~ per cent. of fat, and oats
have l2 per cent. of the former and 6
per cent. of the latter. Thus two meas
ures of oats and one of beans have 49il
per cent. of the protein and 1917 of fat,
ratio of 81 Of the fesh-forming ele-
ments and of the fat-forming This
affords materials for the abundant
growth of the muscle so necessary to
the future value of the young animal.
But it does more All the great vital
organs are made up of muscular tissue,
and thus the lungs, liver, kidneys,
heart, and other fibrous tissues are more
highly developed, and it is upon this
development that the constitution, the
future strength of the animal, depends.
With corn as the principle food, this
heathful structure is not possible.
There is too much fat and starch and
not enough nitrogen. The muscles are
soft and weak, and the vital organs,
upon which the work or product after
wards depend, are not strong enough
to stand the wear, and the constitution
gives way at an early age. This applies
as much to calves as to colts. While
the horse eXpcnds its force in motion,
the COW does this in making milk.
Both these products require large ex-
penditure of nitrogen, and highly
heterogeneous food and the ability to
digest and assimlate it are needed; and
this disposal of food is only possible
when the vital organs are well devel,
oped. This development is only eff
fected by the use of suitable food liber.
ally provided from the birth of the ami
NAL American Dairyman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
SWEEPING THE FARM.
Cleanliness and Good Order as Essenti,
as In the Homo.


as In the Home.
When the farmer returns to the house
for meals or for few minutes rest, he
expects to find the house, every room of
it and every piece of furniture, clean,
brushed and swept. He may introduce
visitors unexpectedly and wishes every
thing in order at all times
He would be surprised if he found the
sitting room, day after day, in disorder
and confusion, and probably his sur
prise would lead him to make remarks
and to scold. The thrifty housekeeper
is constantly busting, sweeping clean
ing, and as result the house is the
pride of every member of the family.
The farmer delights 10 ask his friends
into the house, because such neatness,
order and cleanliness prevail.
Order in the house and order outside
on the farm sometimes go hand in
hand, but often the. do not. If the
farmer likes and demands an orderly
house, why should not the farmers
wife demand an orderly-kept farm
when she goes out to get the air after
her work Is done9 Now, the farmer
may take bis ease, aud read his paper
IL m nptidy rsem, bat not 80 com.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
DOMESTIC CONCERNS.

do not allow light to fall upon he
face OF a sleeping infant. Do not al.
low babies TO gaze at bright light
DO not allow children to keep their
eyes too long on a near object ut any
one time.
I'm cases of acute coryza running
at the nose) caused by hay fever, in.
iuenza and the like, charge small
plug of wool with n two per cent. solu-
ton Of camphoric acid and introduce
into the nostril. Detroit Free Press.
White cotton duck makes the incest
of all bags for soiled linen, as it is very
substantial and can be so easily laun-
dered. II ornamented with blue and
red cotton, worked in Russian cross
stitch, 1t can be made very ornamental
also
Milk Porridge; One tablespoonful
of -four, one pint of milk. Make this
like custard, in double boiler with
water in the outside one). Cook about
fifteen minutes strain, beat with an
egg-beater, and add little salt
Demorest's Magazine.
| Tooth Powder: Ten cents worth
powdered chalk, five cents worth orris
root. five cents worth myrrh, one tea
spoonful powdered CASTLE soap. Mix
well together and is ready for use. Ex-
cellent for whitening the teeth, and
hardening the gums. Home
Potato Balls: Boil six large pota-
toes; when done, pass them through a
seive, and work into them, in bowl,
one gill of cream, and the yelks of three
eggs; add little finely-chopped pars-
ley, ana pepper, salt and nutmeg, to
taste. When well mixed and smooth,
take them up by tablespoonfuls, roll
each into ball, fatten it little, and
flour it slightly. Lay them all in a fry
ing pan with plenty of melted butter;
cook them slowly; when one side is
done, turn them over and cook the
! other Serve very hot as soon as top
and bottom are nicely Drowned. -
Housekeeper.
Israel Cake: Take for it halfa pound
of butter, half pound of sugar, good
half ounce OF cornstarch, three-quar-
ters of an ounce of wheat (good weight)
and three eggs Beat the butter to a
cream, add the eggs and sugar and the
-four at the last Stir half an hour.
The butter ought to be rather thick.
Butter shallow sheet-iron pan, fill it
with the batter about quarter of an
inch high, smooth it with the blade of
a knife, then dust sugar over it, and, if
you wish, some almonds cut into fine
shreds. Bake in cool oven, light yell
low. Cut into small pieces Of any shape
you wish while still warm. Boston
Budget.
To Fry Salt Pork: Cut even slices and
soak over night in Sour milk; in the
morning rinse in warm water and drain,
dip in flour until both sides of each slice
are well covered then put in hot
spider and fry slowly until well done
Another good way is, after you rinse il
in the morning put in spider and fry
n little on either side, then take out
the slices and dip them in a batter
made of beaten eggs and flour, Their
return it to the spider and cook well
In frying pork all the fat should b,
poured off and gravy made from cream
or milk If made Of the latter thicker
with half spoonful of flour wet with
cold millS-N. Y. Observer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
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ThInpa We DO Not DO,

The following is from a bulletin of
the Ontario experiment station:
l. We do not consider that we know
everything about butter-making as
something new is being discovered
every month. Not only from our own
work are we continually learning, but
also from the observation and research
of others.
2. We do not keep COW that makes
less than 200 pounds of butter year.
3. Nor put the dry COW on a starva-
ton ration.
4. Nor expect cow to make some
thing out of nothing.
5. Nor keep our cows in an ice-house,
hog pen or dungeon.
8. Nor allow them to go whole year
without carding or brushing them.
Z. Nor depend on pasture alone for a
supply of summer feed,
8. We do not allow the milk to stand
very long in the stable to absorb foul
odors.
0. We do not neglect to strain the
milk at once after milking.
10. Nor mix sweet cream with cream
to be churned less than twelve hours
before churning. The cream is ripenet
in one vessel which holds the cream fol
whole churning.
II. Nor add scalding water to the
cream; nor guess at the temperature
with the finger; nor take two or three
hours to churn.
IL. Nor gather the butter until the
"dasher stands on top" and then dip il
out of the butter milk.
10. Nor add coarse salt by guess; mol
work the butter into grease.
IA. And finally, we do not send oul
butter to market wrapped in old rag
that may have seen other service in tn,
home.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
: HsALEYs aeuFFALos.


raly.ea tn. D b s, and Made a
Old Bill Healy, he used to live over
an China.
What started the conversation was q
buffalo-coat--an old one in Lewiston
hotel, with the hair worn down to the
hide.
Thine was when them was cheap"
said the bystanders. NOW, they're as
expensive as the best"
"0ld Bill Healey," said the other
man, trying to edge into the converse
ton.
"a buffalo robe in them days" said
the other man, could be bought for
four dollars and upards or down'ards
for that matter. They was plenty.
They was"
"Old Bill Healey, he lived over in
China"
II was no use stopping him now, and
he was given the pole from start to fin.
ish.
"Old Bill was drover and he was a
rich man for them parts in them days.
suppose he was worth sl5O,OO1 and he
always carried good slice of it in his
trousers pocket
"Well, speaking of Buffalo robes re.
minds me of good story. Bill Healey
went to Brighton once with load of
cattle-fat cattle and good as you ever
see. Old Bill sold 'em and went into
Boston and wandered down on the
wharves and by the depots to see what
he could find. Well, he struck there
just about as they was about to bid off
a cargo of buffalo robes. They
were in bales and there was n
pile of 'em, big pile Of
'em. Old Bill was a slouchy look
ing old fellow, didn't look as though
he had dollar, and as he slipped into
the party of buyers he noticed very
elegant lot Of gentlemen with tall hats
and canes and white chokers.
"The terms of the sale were this:
The bidder could take one bale or ten
bales or the whole cargo. Well, Bill
began to bid. He was in it kind of
quietly and when he bid them Boston
fellows just turned their eye glasses on
him and looked him over. "A common
person, said they. He can't be buying
many of them So when old Bill bid
little over 'em they quietly with
drew, thinking that he wouldn't take
many and that they could gobble the
lot. In this way, you see, the lot fell
TO Bill.
How many bales?' said the auc
tioneer
The hull lot said Bill
'Whatr shrieked they.
"'Do you know, sir, that the terms OF
this sale are cash, and that it means a
good many thousand dollars?" said the
auctioneer.
lyon count out your burned bales
and I'll count you out the cash, and
old Bill pulled ont roll as big as your
hat and them Boston men were para.
lyzed.'
'Well, sir, them buffalo robes came
to China, Me-, and Wa.erville, and were
sold for five dollars pair. Farmer;
came from hundreds of miles to buy
them. Old Bill made stack of money
on them, and to-day in Waterville anc
China or other Kennebec towns, you
can see buffalo robes whose history
you will be told, traces back to the lot
that Bill Healey brought to China
Maine is full Of 'em. "-Lewiston Jour
nal,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-24
PICKED PEPPERS.
SOME people are full of good works,

SOME people are full of good works,
and some are full of good intentions.
You will be remembered for how well
you have done, and not for how well
You looked.
THE good you do in this life may live
after you but it won't grow any after
you're dead.
II man expects to have wings in
Heaven, he'd better not depend on the
marble cutter that is hired to chisel 'em
on his tombstone.
IFaman wants the best epitaph, he
had better put hundred dollars into
meat and bread for the hungry, than to
put it into words chiselcd on cold
marble Young Mems Era