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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
Sheep for Cleaning Land.

Sheep and clean cultivation are usually
found on the same farm, and are profitable
on lands which require much labor to SUBJ
due. A writer in the America ~ Cuhiudtor
says the value of sheep on the farm in i'm
proving the conditions Of the soil and keep
ing down obnoxious weeds has led many u
farmer to keep a few, although no direct
pecuniary results are expected. 1t is I'm
doubtedly true that sheep pay in this way
They moro than return the amount OF
money that may be expended in feeding
them through t1e winter aud there is al
ways Possible chance OF making few dol
lars in selling their wool or mutton.
For foul land that needs cleaning the
Merino sheep, or GROSS with this breed 10
the most satisfactory. They will roam over
field more energetically after weeds and
grasses, while they can live on less good,
nutribivs food than many of the improved
breeds. The fine Scotch and English breeds
may be far superior to the American Me-
rino for good points in raising mutton aud
wool, but where the chief object is to clean
foul land and to bring up the fertility of
the soil, it is my opinion that our own uni
versal breed is unequaled Our Merinos
have not received Just credit Tor all the
good which they have done to our farms
The wool and mutton can be calculated in
so many dollars and cents, but the indirect
benefit which they confer upon the land is
not generally considered.
The average Merino will eat the most
disagreeable weeds that we have-the C ock-
leburr, Canada thistle, and 100 other
weeds that farmers have been trying to ex
terminate for the past twenty years. They
are close grazers and they nibble off the
weeds so close down to the roots that they
have little chance to grow again. In trying
to exterminate any obnoxious weed that has
overrun farm or certain field by all means
flock of Merino sheep should be tried be-
fore resorting to doubtful remedies If they
do not crop them down, and in the course of
a few years almost exterminate them, the
animals must be different from mine. They
should be turned in the field every year early
| in spring before the weeds have had chance
TO mature their seeds In this way they
gradually prevent the extension Of the
weeds and kill them off. Worn out land is
| brought up better by pasturinR sheep on it
| than by any other simple, cheap method.
| Their excrement is distributed almost evenly
| over the soil and then generally trampled
| in by the small, sharp hoofs of the animals.
| In this way 1t is thoroughly mixed up with
| the soil. Horses, COWS and pigs cannot live
| on the poor land which will support the
sheep. and hence they cannot be depended
| upon for helping poor soil along without
| outside feeding Nearly all of the farm
animals deposit their excTements in one or
| two favored places, or at least in heaps, and
the soil thus becomes patchy. One place Is
very fertile, while another is as barren as
before. Bnt the nature of sheep IN this re-
spect is different They distribute their
manure evenly over the whole field.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
DOES THs RATTLE snake sP1rp
Reasons Why Writer THINKS 1t Does
Not PROT Cope's Views.

Reasons Why Writer Thinks 1t Does
Not Prof Copes Views
FROM the Forest and Stream.
Do snakes spit venome think not, Prof.
Cope to tho contrary notwithstanding.
Does the rattlesnake. in coil, awaiting au
opportunity to strike, hold its mouth open
and fangs erect, dripping poisonous saliva.
which, by forcible expiration Of air from
the lungs, is spat out at bis enemy. Il think
not, unless on very rare occasions. / have
seen rattlers in coil, and seen them strike
from coil very often, but never saw one
holding It's mouth open, with erect fangs,
dripping poisonous saliva. That which
have considered most remarkable in this
reptile is the lightning-like suddenness AMI
CELEBRITY OF its stroke The jaws are separ-
hvered with such celebrity as 70 render it
difficult for the eye TO follow the movement
or take in what has happened.
This suddenness and celebrity Of the stroke
seems to me to be a very dangerous charac-
terlstic. 1t is so unexpected in a reptile so
slow and apparently torpid In its general
movements. 1t is certain that not a few
persons have lost their lives by striking at
rattler in coil with two short a weapon,
the snake lodging the blow with astonishing
quickness and at the same time striking
back at the assailant with deadly effect.
nave never seen the ratLleSndko eject It's
venom, but have seen the copperhead do it
repeatedly, but not by splitting or expecto.
rating it. The election takes place when
the snake strikes Intellectually at an object
beyond its reach and Is literally wholly
Involuntary thing. The venom may be
thrown as much as two or three feet as the
result OF the Intellectual stroke. do not
undertake to say that what Prof. Cope
states has not happened but do say IL does
not happen as a rule. with either the COM
mon species or the diamond RATHER of the
south.
To me the statement Of poisonous saliva
dripping from the fangs Of an en-moHthed
RATHER seems incomprehensible. The saliva
OF snake is not poisonous; it is extremely
viscid, and will not drip any more than the
slime will drip off an eel, nor does a snake
possess the power TO expectorate, or spit at
all, and certainly not with its mouth wide
open. l think we should hear further from
Prof. Cope what he actually intended to say.
Scientific statements concerning SO deadly
ana dangerous creature as the rattlesnake
ought to be very strictly accurate. and it
appears to me that the frightfuI CELEBRITY of
the stroke should be emphasized. Readers
OF forest and Stream viii remember the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
6wanQps

Are not the only abode Of malaria. You find 1t
everywhere, even in localities where atmos-
pheric and sanitary conditions would seem TO be
unfavorable to its development. The universal
remedy for and preventive of the dire complaint
is Bostetter.S Stomach Bitters. Whenever the
malady assumes its most virulent form, and
whether it BE- chills and fever, bilious remttent,
dumb ague or ague cake, the Bitters is most
popular and constitutes the best means of pro-
lection and cure. From Maine to the Isthmus
Of Panama, In Guatemala, Mexico, South
America and the tropics this truly famous medi-
cine has won golden opinions from all con-
ditions and classes in more than a metaphor
ical sense. For debility, indigestion. constipa-
ton, rheumatism, insomnia, neural gia, liver
and kidney trouble it is highly efficaeious. Use
it with persistence.--dd.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
The Onion and it's Culture.

As with all other crops, the secret Of sue
oe''iul onion growing may be stated In a
very lew lines, and brief statement of the
,,e4ulFements Of the crop embraces the fol-
living precepts; Use fresh seed that have
Use, saved from well-grown bulbs. and of a
variety that is known to be adapted to the
inmate ~ where the crop is 20 be raised.
-,. .unt out the sets or sow the seed at the
proper time. A good sandy loan is the
p oIo' sou, but good crops can be grown on
-. any kind OF land that is not too stiff
80, .oo wet. or course, the better land the
o, 0..er the crop. The soil should be thor
T Toy plowed and ss-plowed and har-
tlaS until IT becomes thoroughly pulver-
80 go, Inc bulk OF the manure should be
TTbp''eo broadcast before the narrowing
~ onion is surface feeder, and putting
a ao, manure too deep ia to be guarded
AHN'ss' Most OF 1t should rest near the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
The weather and the Crops.

The record Of the weather which the
writer has kept for nearly twenty years
shows parallel, for the weather that
T.. prevailed In Middle Georgia for the
4-ttwelve days of July this year. The mean
tsmperAture at Milledgeville for the first
tueiye days was only TAI, which
i.S' or 70 below the normal for that period.
The average of the maximum was just 80
and the average of tina minimum was go.
During those first twelve days rain fell on
seven days giving an aggregate of four
inches of rain. Only one clear day was re-
corded 10 the twelve. From July to July
70 only one occasional GLIMPSE of the sun
was had, eight consecutive days being
cloudy all day. The cloudy, rainy spell set
in on June % aud from that date until j ul y
70 was almost uninterruptedly cloudy and
rainy. The previous seventy days were
droughty and farmers had become almost
dsheartened at the prospect for their crops.
The rainy spell that set in toward the last
of June gave an impetus to the crops, how
ever, and leaf growth for the ensuing two
weeks was such as is rarely seen. On July
13 many farmers were almost as gloomy
over the condition of things resulting from
the continued rains as they were some three
weeks previous over the bad effects OF the
drought. Fruit Of all kinds, including
melons and tomatoes, had begun to decay
rapidly, and sales OF watermelons had al
most stopped entirely.
Cotton, quite dwarfed a5 the middle of
June, began to make stalk at a tremendous
rate. Corn that had tasseled several weeks
previously, took on fresh growth, and
everything presented the appearance of
most luxurious growth. Whether fruit
will be in proportion to foliage is to be de-
termined later on. theoretically the pres
ent weather is altogether unfavorable to the
production of grain or seed, and farmers
should not allow themselves 60 be deceived
into the idea that appearances now insure
bountiful crops. The outcome may be the
very reverse, and Iong obser :
walton leads us to anticipate
the final result as below the average in both
our staple crops, SO far as the earliest
crops are concerned. The late crops of
corn and cotton will doubtless be more pro-
ductive of fruit" than the earlier crops,
Up to July 10, the rainfall In Middle
Georgia was as follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
Ce stor Beans.

A correspondent at Apopka, Fla, wants
to know if it is profitable to allow 100 or
more castor bean bushes TO grow around
MS lot and if SO how are they best bulled,
and what is the price per bushel
Ihe money value of the product Of 100
pushes OF the castor oil plant does not
amount to much, of course. and about the
ouly value that number of plants would be
70 our correspondent would arise from their
kteeplng the moles off of the land on which
euey grow. Castor beans are grown to a
considerable extent in Missouri and other
states, but they are not specially profitable.
lie value OF the seeds from only 100
pants would barely amount 20 50, and it is
d Troublesome crop to gather, as the seeds
llpen very unevenly and the patch must be
gone over a number of times TO secure the
seei Our correspondent, situated as he is
~ lar from mill. is not likely to find it a
ppppohtable crop. The yield is from Is TO
Io bushels seed per acre and the price per
Ousnel 81 10 to 81 %.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
Agricultural Bulletin.

Waldo not supply the various bulletins
Noticed in this column.
n obtain them you must write to the di
..otors Of the stations. Their addresses are
IT~svs given when the bulletin is noticed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18

orsstions and communications relative to
.s;orltural and horticultural subjects If ad-
Ssassad to Agri. Editor, Drawer N. Mill
Sd1sville, Ga, will receive immediate atten-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18

THE German emperor has presented to Lord
Salisbury, as a momento of his visit to England
last year. his full length portrait. The en-
peror Is represented in naval uniform. =.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
Only One Breed.

From the Chicago Tribune.
"If understand you, ," said the lawyer to
the man who called to consult him, your
COW was thrown from the track at a street
crossing by locomotive on the ", Y. and
u. road, and you want to bring suit against
the company for damages"
YES, that's right"
The lawyer made a memorandum.
valuable animal, presumep
"Purty good COW, Hadn't no bad tricks
Good mixer"
ss"What breed"
81 don't know"
"You don't knows Was she badly in
juredF'
Badly injuredl Why she was killed
deader'n a mackereln
And buried"
Course"
why didn't you say 500" exclaimed the
attorney, impatiently. There's only one
breed of cattle in cases of thistkind."
And he made another memorandum:
Breed, Jersey. Value. $3.50"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
CONVERSE COLLEGE, Spartanburg, S. @.
1000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL

Wilt the
usmuac
n sromth 20
and outfit nj
to the Iegsa nc
Foctakg M
r. WILSON,
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18

Mudge-Judge Billigus is a remarkably
easy man to get acquainted with. don't y on
think9
Yabsley-I never notced it.
Mudge-He is, though. l hadn't known
him for over an hour before / borrowed 81
of him, and inside of the next hour we got
so we'll acquainted that he refused to lend
me another. -IndidndpoliS Journal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18

LORD SALISBURY is said to be the first prime
minister OF England during the last 200 years to
wear full whiskers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18

60. s,licit articles for this department.
rs. name Of the writer should accompany
,,.l,,sar or article. not necessarily for pub
zion hit as an evidence of good faith
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18

Still our farmers must bear in mind that
however good the years crops may prove
the system that they are now following
must be changed before any decided pros
perity can come to them. Let the crops be
Just as good as they may possibly be under
the present allotment Of so much cotton. SO
much corn, they will not find themselves
very much ahead at the end of year if
they fail to give attention to those CROPS
that make the farm self-sustaining. This
demands good pastures and stock to eat the
product, good meadows for making larGa
quantities Of hay. Way
We hope our farmer readers will give this
matter the consideration that it deserves
and not let another six months go by with
out having made start toward having
These meadows and pastures and stock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18

The first three months, with total of
1906 inches, gave an excess Of several
inches which was equhlized by the droughty
weather of the second quarter. when only
62S inches fell. The total for the first six
months (23. 34 approximates normal.
The promise is good for the finest
autumn pasturage we have had in years
1t is 20 be hoped that all crops will be as
good as it is possible for them to be. Let
the farmers have good crops now and all the
resolutions of the Ocala convention will
fade out of recollection.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-18
HoRsFoaD's ACID PHosPAAT
If You are Nervous,

And cannot sleep, try it'd.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-15
HE'S A DANDY.

Scientists from Harvard Examine John L.
sunlvan-They Pronounce Him All
Right. and say Ho Can "Do" COrbett
Easy.
NV YORK, August 14.-Scientific
gentlemen from Harvard, two OF them,
assisted by three pupils in medicine,
made minute examination OF PugiliSt
John l.. Sullivan to-day. They ex-
pressed the opinion that he can edo"
Mr. James Corbett in the boxing ring at
New Orleans wnen they face each other
next month.
The measurements Of Sulivan's
biceps and Drawn supplements SINH
lar measurement by DR.. Shrady on May
II. before he went into training. 1t was
made trine more interesting to-day,
however, by the employment OF an
electrical apparatus for measuring the
velocity of one OF the pulilist's punches.
Standing up before the machines John
shot cut his fist In the punching bag
that hung temptingly from the ceiling.
He punched a distance of fifteen inches
and three-ouarters at rate Of twenty
feet second,
The big fellow YVES stripped and
weighed. A cloth was put over .he
scales, so that even the doctor did not
see at what figure be tipped the beam,
that being the trainers secret. 1t leaked
out, however, that the weight was 209
pounds which shows loss since he be-
gan training Of about thirty-fye pounds.
Then he was measured. His chest
when expanded measured 46H inches,
and ut normal 10 iuches This shows
an increased expansion OF little less
than four inches. Then a tape was put
around his pomposity that was so
marked when he went into training,
and 1t was found that the registered
dgures were five inches less. Hisupper
arm is sixteen inches in circumference.
The champion looks the very picture Of
rugged health, an is as playful as a
kitten, showing that his nerves are in
good order. an his friends are very
confident Of the big fellows power to
win. and he certainly does look like a
hard man 10 beat. Those who have
seen him in training for several fights
said that they never saw him looking
better.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-15
STATE PAPERS AND POLITICS.

No defeated candidate ever returned
from % convention holding more firmly
the warm support Of friends nor with
kiudG.r feelings from his opponents
than did George Bennett. This was
the first time he was heard Of in State
politics. We feel sure 10 viii not be the
last. and the next time his luck will be
better.-llertuS5ug Statesman.
The Democrats of Randolph county
are Co be congratulated in having stir
red up tine criticism of our Republican
friends here by their demonstration ON
the evening of July 30Jh. A Democratic
campaign demonstration that partisan
Republican would approve of would be
q moustrosiry seldom heard Of and never
seen, and one that q Republican paper
would net wisrepresent has not yet been
held.-Igggr'S valley NcCS.
Hon. John o. Pendiet0n was renomi-
mated for Congress last week by the
Democrats of the First District of this
State. West Virg.nia's delegation in
the last House of Representatives was
solid Democratic and it is noticeable
that the whole delegation has been re-
nominated by reclamation. The people
will add the seal of their appreciation
this fall by returning the whole corps
with good round Democratic maiOri-
Randolph Enterprise.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-15
A LIE NAILED
Regarding the. Attitude of Editor Leeds
of the Grafton "sentInel."

Regarding the Attitude OF Editor Leeds
of the Grafton "sentineL"
GRAFTON, W. VA, August IS. = The
article in to-day's InteIligencsr dated at this
place and purporting to be denial OF what
was sent TO your paper from here IN regard
TO a change in the management OF the
Sentinel was a surprise to our citizens, as 1t
was known and the common talk OF every
one that editor and proprietor Leeds, OF
the Sentinel, was bitterly opposed TO SEN
ator Davis nomination. The ballot as
tabulated in the daily papers, shows that
one delegate voted from Taylor against
Mr. Davis. Now as 70 that cor
resPondence that seems to have
given so much Offense and which
Mr. Leeds is wanting TO denounce as false
came from Republican, and the one, too,
who is supposed to take charge Of the Sen
tinel the 18th inst. II was he who said
that in the quarrel between Allen and
Leeds at Huntington that both got very
angry, a large crowd Of strangers were
attracted to the scene, but Ed. could not
force the doctor 70 give his support 10 Mr.
Davis. When asked why Editor Leeds so
opposed Mr. Davis his answer was, that
Leeds thought MIR. Davis did not support
his paper as ne thought so wealthy Repuo-
lican should and 10 our query as TO what
Mr.. Leeds would now DO he said "Oh, he
will run his planning mill at Belington."
Now from these facts uttered too by tue
would-be manager Of the Sentinel and IN
the presence OF two or three others besides
your correspondent it was natural for US
TO suppose that MIR. Leeds opposed DAVIS,
and as he Guard said he would take
charge Of the paper on Monday, and that
Il had been bought by parties who were n
sympathy with Mr.. Davis candidacy,
we wrote the article and gave it the pub
lie as a matter of news. Ii it is false 1t is
q Republican falsehoOd coming from
"A party who has been local
ling on Mr. Leeds paper since
he has had charge. It's very evident that
there is trouble in the Republican ranks,
that DR.. Leeds opposed Mr.. Davis's noml-
nation. that the reason for this opposition
was that Mr.. Davis had failed 10 support
his paper that deal was made whereby
Mr.. Guard was 10 take charge OF the organ
on the next Monday, but now as Mr.. Leeds
is willing. asserts that he will give Mr..
Davis his hearty support. We are TO INFER
that mir. Davis will also give the paper
his hearty support. IL may be the
deal is of. IL is also very
evident that quite large number Of young
men, and older ones, too, are becoming dis
gusted with the party's doings here, and
deserving its ranks. Its oficeholders and
office-seekers are in every neighborhood.
Citizens scarcely have time TO work with,
out being annoyed by the political
heelers of the G. 0. p. The desperate eff
fort they are making shows that some
thing mas given them scare. In couclu-
sion, we Will say that we are willing 10
stand bv every article we wrote the fiat
denial OF them from Editor Leeds to the
contrary.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-08-15
WOULDN'T PAY TIE TOLL
Miss selser Objected TO Buggy-Ride
Hug aud Has the Hugger Arrested

Miss seIser Objected TO Buggy-Ride
Hug aud Has the Hugger Arrested
PIEAsANrvuIE, Y. T., August IA
Charles Pierce, a weli-known and pros
nervous Young man of AbSecOu, village
near this place, was brought here to-
day and placed under $500 bail TO keep
the peace. The complainant in the
case was Miss Lizzie ke,Ser, a hand
some young woman of AOSeC0u.
Miss kelser charges Pierce with hav-
ing taken her out buggy riding, and
that while in that vehicle be put his
arm around her and Rugged her. Miss
KelSer was highly indignant.
When young Pierce was arraigned
before Magistrate Lake to-day the
stutfy little courtroom was crowded
with interested spectators. When con-
fronted by bis fair complainant Pierce
hung ais head and wore a very sheepish
look. The case was fully discussed by
the villagers before the court proceed
ings began, aud the general opinion was
that Miss kelser, in prosecuting Pierce,
was forcing the matter too far.
When the case came up for q hearing
= NgNtrate Lake was considerably llon
3 SD as to what action he shsuld
y the matter. He concluded that
Pierce, in hugging Lizzie Kel-
out first gaining her con CENT,
wrong, although il was bard
ate under what head the
He finally placed Pierce
70 keep the peace and not
ser in she future.