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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07
Saving Garden Seeds.

There are many farmers who do not think
1t pays TO bother to save seed. out who
rather buy from seedsmen as the need arises,
says NJ. s. Perkins. in Western Rural.
Well, they have a right to their opinion, but
for my own part believe that the general
farmer with Il little care and trouble may
save the majority of garden and field seeds,
and that too protitablY to himself He can
then know what he sows, make his own
selection with an eye to Improvement of
varieties and make quality of seed Of
supreme Importance rather than quantity.
OF course the saving of expense will be
something, but this will be secondary TO
the consideration Just noted. The time to
make seed selections Is during the bearing
season of the plant IN question, or else lust
afterward while seed rIpening and perfect
! Ing IS IL process. I axe potatoes, for in
| stance. How is one to know what are the
most prolific Hills, the earliest ones or the
most vigorous ones except the growth be
noted aud the tubeTs De saved at the time of
| digging! Then and then alone can such
matters be determined. Therefore that is
the time to save seed for next crop.
The usual way Is to wait until the crop is
| stored, any time before the planting season,
| selecting the snoothest, handsomest, ard
most typical specimens, but how much bet
ter also to have regard to yield and pro-
ducuiveness, ana use seed only from best
| plants. Then corn is another crop we all
can we'll save our own seed from. 1t is de-
sirabie to have the ears set rather low down
| upon stout, strong stalks. and seed may be
chosen with this end in view. If two
ears to a stalk ara thought profitable,
select seed from those plants which
fulfill this desiderasum, yet it is
! doubtful, if after all, one good ear Is not
enough for one stalk to perfect and fully
mature. Then tomatoes for seed can only
be properly chosen, when seen on vines,
where it may be determined what specimens
are the smoothesJ, most highly colored,
firmest feshed or best keeping. Wheat,
one Of our most important grains, is auother
| crop of which each cultivator may save his
own seed, providing, Of course, he first de-
termines that his latitude produces the best
seed for his own use. Select seed wheat
from the most abundant yielding plots where
straw stands up WELL and berries are plump
and we'll filed and 50 on
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07
a. Regularity in Feeding.

To be good feeder of stock requires care,
thought and system, says a recent writer in
an exchange. Enough and no more must
be given at regular hours. Animals thus
fed neither fret with disappointment nor
are disturbed when the digestive process is
only half finished. Nothing breaks down
the digestive organs SO much as rousing
them up at inopportune times aud forcing
food upon them. They will usually eat Just
enough to overload the stomach. On the
other hand, if the feeding is delayed too
long part of the reserve fat on the intestines
is absorbed. II the animal thus stlnted is
COW giving milk the supply is lessened and
its quality is impaired. No subsequent good
feeding will quite return the accustomed
flow before this interruption. The COW pre-
pares in advance for another period of semi
starvation, turning a certain part of what
she secretes TO fat to be used in time of need.
This explains why all who have devel-
oped especial excellences i'll breeds have
been known as careful, regular feeders. 1t
is largely by judiclous feeding that the ex-
cellences of the best breeds are brought out,
Unless this is kept up, however, no careful
ness in breeding can prevent the descend
ants of full bred stock from quickly degen-
Grating. 1t is part of the excellence of the
improved breeds that they have come to be
dependent upon mans care In providing
food and shelter. Nature relieved of these
burdens turns the energies thus saved
to the development of excellence which
would else have been impossible. But at the
same time the animal thus developed loses
part of its capacity to care for itself. 1t is
thus not only true that farmers make their
own breeds, but they have as good animals
as they are fit to care for. There is nothing
quite SO hopeless as pure bred stock turned
into scrubs by lack Of due care, either in
food or shelter. There must be reform in
feeding for the best bred stock else it will
be found any more profitable to its owners
than that it supersedes.
The science OF good feeding is becoming
better understood by the majority of sue
cessful breeders. Not 50 much corn or other
fattening foods are given to breeding ami
mails. More reliance is placed on wheat
bran, ensilage aud other foods that keep
animals from becoming constipated, at the
same time that they provide materials for
bone and frame OF the young the are carry
ing. Breeding animals have good if not
ravenous appetites, and need 60 be literally
fed. All the more care therefore should be
given to feeding at regular times, and with
food that will not increase the tendency to
fatton
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

and wide, mobile lips, that twtch in
humorous fashion, and you have IA fair idea
of how Mr.. Ham looks. He is a young ma
not yet 40, and although he has never before
this campaign figured in national politics
he is welcomed every where AS "A speaker, for
the reason that everything he hears reminds
him of story.
He was at the Continental hotel yesterday,
registered as ''H. w. j, Ham OF Georgia"
Not from any paltry town or city did he
come, but from the whole state. A reporter
called to have a Chat with him.
'My dear friend,n Mr.. Ham of Georgia
said, "pve been newspaper man myself.
Many a weary month have spent in the
mountains gathering subscriptions for some
weekly paper. Down where | live Journal
ism is different from what it Is here. Every
| journalist has to go into politics whether he
wants TO or not. IL you we're to go into
the newspaper business down there you
| wouldn't know what to make of it. That
reminds me Of a story. They brought
prisoner down to Atlanta from Northern
Georgia who'd been caught revenuing.
That's what they call it down where live.
The fellow had never been in a city before,
and he looked at the stone paving of the
streets with great interest. At last he said /:
It's good thing they built city in this
place. 1t isn't worth darn for farming
land. Look at the rocks
well, it's just by accident that got into
national politics. I've always been more or
less in politics down in Georgia, but never
looked outside much. They elected me to
the legislature, and there l got to be a
colonel When the third party people got
TO bowling l made up my mind that the
way to get at them was not by argument,
but by Just ridiculing the life out of them.
Well, that worked first rate, and when Old
Whereabouts Watson began TO howl they
asked me TO come down from the north and
laugh at him. l went down and just told
them all the stories | knew and we had a
great time Of it.
well, that Watson campaign was a
lively one. / addressed an audience In At
lanta one night. and most Of them we're
third party people Their pockets bulged
with eggs. Gentlemen l said, there is
strong smell Of eggs in this hall. Ham and
eggs make a good dish, but, gentlemen, 1t
doesn't go well after tea, and I've just had
tea That put them III good humor, and
they didn't throw any eggs. The third
party, told them, in its complaints against
the other parties, was like an old woman
who lived in South Carolina near the bor-
der. The surveyors changed the boundary
line one day, and the woman was told that
she was now in North Carolina. %, dear!
O, dear she said, and North Carolina 10 so
unhealthy
"WelI, / got making speeches through the
state, ard then | began to get invitations
from other places to speak. I've Travelled
considerably in the past month and I'm
en- Dying life.
Mr. Ham told a story about himself.
81 was walking along the street one day
looking rather thin. I'd been quite sick
A man pointed to me, aud asked friend Of
mine who l was. His name said my
friend, is the best part Of hog The mans
face lit up. and he said; Cracklingl What
a funny nemer"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

better than this you had better shut up shop
that's all"
Can you show us anything betterq''
asked one of the men.
~ rather think | can. If | couldn't I'd
60 and hang myself"
Let's see it,n they all cried.
This was my last coup, and one on which
knew my life depended.
"Look'ee here, gentlemen" | exclaimed,
taking one OF the counterfeit half dollars
from my pocket which had been rejected at
the bank, there's my last job; what do you
think Of it!'
1t was passed from hand to hand, some
saying it was no counterfeit at all, others
saying tUat 1t was.
How will you prove that it is q counter
feitP asked one of them.
''By weighing it with a genuine one" l
replied.
This plan was Immediately adopted, and
Its character proved.
Perhaps he got this thing by accident"
| heard one of the men whisper to another.
TRY these, said |. taking the other two
from my pocket.
III their doubts now vanished.
Beautiful" exclaimed some. Splendid
begorrap said others.
When he had examined them to their sat
isfactioD, they all OF them cordially shook
me by the hand, every particle of doubt
having vanished from their minds.
carried out my part we'll. Some ques-
lions were occasionally asked me involving
some of the technicalities of the business;
, these, however. | avoided by stating that
was on II journey of pleasure, and would
much rather drink glass Of whisky than
answer questions.
The whisky was produced and we made a
nignt of it, and 1t was not until morning
had dawned that we separated
The naxt daV | returned TO CHICAGO and
brought do wn the necessary assistance and
captured the whole gang Of counterfeiters
in tho very act. l have those counterfeit
half dollA 8 still in my possession, and in-
tend never to part with them, for they were
certainly the means Of saving my life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07
Labor-savina Machines.

The american CWt.iUdtOr says that not
outstanding the resistance to the employ
ment of new machines-which has steadily
been made by hand-workers from the days
of the first mechanical inventions TO the
present time, and which will probably be
made as long as human nature is what 1t is
Notwithstanding this resistance, no class
Of persons has been helped by these same
machines 80 much as the manual laborers.
Their first argument is, machines displace
workmen. At first, of course, before ex-
perience had taught that the contrary was
the fact il was not strange that the manual
laborer should think an irreparable wrong
had been done him, but in the
light of to-day it seems almost
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07
The EXPERIMENT AT STATIONS.

The Investigations Being Made as
Indicated by Recent Bulletins.
Observation-Disclosures Edward D. Porter,
director; No. IS, Strawberries Is pp1.
Georgia-Experiment, +. J. Reiding, di-
rector; No. Is, Cheese and Butter Dairying
in Georgia Q2 pp.) An instructive bulletin
upon the subject.
Ohio-Wooster Charles E. Thorne, di-
rector; No. A, A Preliminary List of the
Rusts of Ohio. The Pestifsrous Weed, Wild
Lettuce, Wheat Scab.
Alabama - Auburn, William LIE Roy
Brown, president; No. IS, Fertilizers, Analy-
sis of Commercial Fertilizers Sold in A Ia.
bama in 1891.
Texas-College station. g. w. Curtis,
director: No. p, Effect of Feeding Cotton
Seed or Its Meal to Hogs rs pp.D.
Pennsylvania - State college, H. p.
Armsby director; No. p, The Kocn Test for
tuberculosis rs pp.l.
These bulletins are obtained by our
readers on application.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

The business situation of to-day calls for en-
larged facilities and improved methods Modern
retailing is constantly rejecting the progressive
spirit Of the age, unmistakaole evidence Of good
times To make the store satisfy the demands
of a large city like Savannah-to insure mutual
consideration and good will is the successful
ambition. You think Of this as place to buy
Dry Goods, but the idea is too limited It keeps
much of everything that men and women want
for themselves or Tor the home.
It is enterprisiug, pushing, successful, and
there's a reason why Savannah people do more
trading here than anywhere else.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07
MR.. HAM OF GEORGIA.
A Public Speaker Who is Welcomed
For the Stories He Tells.

For the Stories He Tells.
From the New York Sun.
THAT reminds me Of story"
When we hear this we drop work and
look up with an attentive smile. The dis
cussion or the conversation preceding IL
might have been exceedingly tiresome, but
at this simple remark most men prick up
their ears TO listen.
That reminds me of story"
The Hon. H. W. j. Ham of Georgia was
speaking The conversation had turned
upon campaign orators VINO addressed audi
ences they had never addressed before in
places they had never visited before
Those orators, said Mr.. Ham Of Georgia.
don't understand the conditions, and they
make fools of themselves. That reminds
me of a story. A young doctor from the
north set up shop in a little log cabin in
Georgia. He waited week for patient to
come along. Nobody came. he waited
another week. The sick people continued
going to the other doctors. He waited one
week more. He was getting hungry. At
| last he saw man come flying down the
road on a Georgia mule. The man stopped
in front of the log cabin and asked, Are
| you a doctorp OF course answ cred the
! physician. The man got down from his
mule, rolled up his trousers aud held out a
red swollen leg. Look at tnat,' he said.
! The doctor examined il carefully and then
said. "My friend. you've got erysipelas.' A
| look of disgust came into the mans face.
Il thought voc we're fool be said. and
now l know it. THAT'S a yaller-j Jacket
sting"
The story loses its charm in the repeti-
ton. II taxes Mr.. Ham Of Georgia to tell
it, and when you hear him the droll accent
Of the south, the magnetic smile that shines
all over his face and the twinkle in his eyes
! will make you laugh heartily. Picture a
sLnooth-shaVen face, blue eyes, full chin,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

The statement is cheering alike 20 merchant
and shopper that October OF this year was the
largest month Of any in the history Of this store
by that you understand us to mean that trade
was better sales more numerous, add the sun
Total OF cash receipts way ahead Of any mouth
IN the past The combination of widely differ
eht STOCKS retailing under our management
MAKES lowest prices possible. The knowledge OF
Such stocks as we control. the entire compile
ment of perfect facilities coupled with a wise
and conservative management ia hound To end
sooner or later in increased business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

Questions and communications relative TO
AGRICULTURAL and horticultural subjects if ad-
dressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer N, Mill
pdgeville, Ga, will receive immediate atten
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07
Jennings From the Experimental Sta
tons.


tons.
recent bulletin mo. 49, of the Missouri
i Experimental station deals exclusively with
SIrawberries. A great many varieties are
N oelng tested at the station and the follow
ing summary of results obtained is given:
The best ten varieties, all things consid-
n s'eu, are as follows, named in order of earli-
sss. Nlchel's Early, Crescent, III. A. 9.
70 70, Greenville, Haverland, Shusters
n rem, Miners Prolific, Ontario, Bubach No.
a Parker Earle. None Of these sorts rusted
any injurious extent but the Crescent
1lu Haverland are specially mentioned as
osNlg free from rust and are amongst the
"a most productive.
amateurs selecting the Crescent must
year IN mind that it is pistillate variety
a-u must be planted in with some other
EDod kind that has perfect fowers-like the
wilson or Miners Prolific and the like.
Ihe Georgia experimental station has been
a.aAlng some experiments in the matter Of
e4eeSe making in Georgia. The director
sI'es au outfit for "a 20-cow dairy" which
4 .oyS up cost of a little over $50. The re-
N su.s at the station show that quantity of
n , ni'lS that will produce l pound of butter
Al produce 215 pounds Of cheese.
yle hundred pounds of good milk will
leId 10 pounds OF curd cheese Tor about IL
rGllls of green cheese) and SO pounds of
%Aey. The same quantity of milk will pro-
puce pounds of butter and 90 pounds of
Ou''ermilk The cost of making the two
Foducts is identical. The cheese made by
1Ie station found ready sale at Is cents per
pounds.
hose in any way interested In the sub
!'ct sh 'uld apply to the director for buile-
Tin No. Is.
bulletin No. 81 of the Texas experimental
'aIlon presents some experiments made
. ri'n cotton seed and cotton seed meal as
.ood Tor hogs. A number OF pens we're de-
~oted 70 the experinnents which have con-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

We are determined to close out
our entire lines Of Ladies' CIoaks,
Jackets, Long Garments and
Wraps of every description, and the
prices are gagged to accomplish
this and promptly and rapidly.
Great trades In Black eros Grain
and colored Silks. Worth your while
looking at them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07
RICE FLOUR AS FOOD FOR POULTRY

Experience ofa Correspondent IN Chat
ham County with Figs and Pecaus.
VIII you kindly inform me through the
NEWS as to the feeding value and analysis
Of rice hour5 A good deal is made at the
rice mills and sells at from 10 to IS cents
per bushel. I would like to feed it 10 pouI-
try in combination Nth bran, etc.
notice you advocate the culture OF the
fig as a money crop With US, after
heavy rain OF long spell of cloudy weather,
the fruit all sours; we seldom get a sound
crop oftener than once In three years. Ours
are the Celestial
The pecan make fine tree in this 10
cality, but the yield of nuts is very small
know OF large trees on good fair land
that only give bushel or so of nuts. A
great many trees have been planted lately
and am afraid, iii this county, at least,
their owners will be iisgusted with their
outlay. thought you might like to know
the results of the fig and pecan culture, and
SO venture to give you my experience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

We solicit articles for this department.
The nameof the writer should accompany
iheletoer or article, not necessarily for pub
cation. but as an evidence of good faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-07

We have no reliable analysis of rice flour
but hope to secure one at n early day.
Rice -four is a carbonaceous substance
producing more of fat than flesh. When
mixed with wheat bran, which is a nitro
genous material, the mixture constitutes a
very excellent food for poultry and stock
1t should be mixed in about equal proper
tions.
1t is not an uncommon occur ence for figs
especially when left to get perfectly ripe
f. on the trees, to spoil in the manner that you
state. There are very few crops that are
steadily reliable anywhere. 1t may be that
your limited locality is unfavoraOle to the
fig, but it does we'll in the Interior when prop
erly grown. Try the Brown Turkey and
Green lschia
There is no reason why the pecan, grown
from the seed with IT'S tap root intact should
not thrive and bear abundantly in Chatham
county, If grown on land adapted to its best
development, to-wit, bottom lauds supplied
with all the elements of food needed by the
tree 1t is quite1ikely that many will be disap-
pointed in their efforts Ito secure productive
pecan trees as we'll as any other tree that
they may essay to grow.
The morning call., 1892-10-05
ROUGH ON THE DRAMA.

The AIcsz1r Theater Gloss Its
As was predicted in THE CALL a few
DAYS ago the ghost at the Alcazar Theater
has become sadly afflicted with Charley
horse. 1t is probable that this pleasing
phantom will limp its weary rounds once
more among the stock company of the
O'Farrell place of amusement, after which
the resort will close its doors for an indef-
mite period.
For some time past the house has not
been on paying basis and Manager Wal
lenr0d is said to have lost $4,000. Rather
than bury any more of his wealth In a
losing venture he has decided to shut up
shop and the present week will end the en-
gagement Of the company playing there.
Failure is attributed to the dull times that
usually pervade amusement circles during
political campaigns.
Although he did not personally dabble in
politics MIR. Wallenrod thinks that he can
safely attribute his ruin TO that source. Mr..
Wallenrod is not insolvent. 1t is simply his
business that has gone astray. lie is fully
able TO pay all he owes and have some lett.
Monday morning when he announced to
the company his intention of closing down
the drama business there was CONSERVATION
among the players.
The project of losing their jobs panied the
Tbespians, who, as an inducement to delay
the crash. offered to play the week out at
one-third their salaries. This proposition
was accepted by the manager, who had a
good notion, he said. to ring down the cur
tain Immediately.
1t is rumored another manager will take
The morning call., 1892-10-05
A Weed That Eats Fish.

Commander Alfred Carpenter. writing
from Si.aKin. Red Sea country, contributes
the following remarkable instance of
plant preying upon one OF the vertebrate.
The instance noted was observed by him
when surveying the Paracel Islands in the
South China Sea: 49, As | neared a
pool cut off by the tide from the sea.
noticed among other submarine plants very
ordinary looking fiesh-colored weed. Bend
ing to inspect it closer / noticed numbers Of
small fish lying helpless in its fronde, ap-
parently with little or no life in them. Put
ting my hand down to pick one of them up
l found my fingers caught by suckers on the
weed, the frondes of which had closed
tightly upon them. The fish had been caught
in every conceivable way. by the head, the
TAIL sides, ETC., and some of them had been
held until the skin was completely mascer-
ated Those of the fish that were still liz
ing had evidently been caught at different
times. they appearing in all stages OF ex-
hanstion. / regret being unable TO name
either the plant or the fish, but that the
botanical cannibal really preyed upon the
fnny denizens of the deep there isn't the
least doubt