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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
Grading Up.

Grading up is term used when we
speak of using thoroughbred sires on
mongrel bred animals or on scrubs, or
on the progeny of animals that have been
so violently cross bred that there is no re
naming prepOtency or power to transmit
their peculiar characteristics with GER
tainty. While cross breeding is always
hazardous and generally ruinOus, grading
up is the sheet-anchor of success in stock
breeding for the market Cross breeding
may be followed by the ordinary farmer
for market purposes, provided he does it
ndiciously and stops with the first cross.
The first cross of a Berkshire male on a
Poland-China female will sometimes re
suit in a class of hogs better for feeding
purposes than either of the above named
breeds, for the reason that the crossing of
different breeds not too widely separated
usually results In an incFerse of vigor as
well as the inability to perpetuate either
the vigor or other desirable qualities
But few farmers cross breed for the
reason that they seldom have thorough
bred animals of two breeds.
Grading up, however, is always safe,
and, if wisely conducted. always profta-
table. The conditions of success are the
securing on the side of the sire (whatever
class of animals may be used) the utmost
yigor and prepotency in the qualities pc
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
Manure For the Garden.

The truck gardener uses home and COM
mercial fertilizers more freely than any
other class of farmers, says w. f. Farmer
in American Cultivator. One main essen
tial for good crop of early and tender
vegetables is a highly fertile soil, and
this fertility must be sustained through
ont the wear We learn more from these
truck gardeners what q square yard Of
soil will Weld than from the large general
farms. Generally the garden is situated
near a good market. and land IS so Valua-
BILE that every foot must De utilized. Land
is more valuable than manure in their
case, while on many large farms the re-
verse is the case A good truck gardener
will make half dozen acres support him
self and family in comfort, while many
farmer falls behind every year on % or
1OO-acre farm. The difference, after all,
is largely in the methods pursued by the
two men.
The truck farmer teaches US the value
and necessity of intensive farming. Re-
duce the size of the farm so that every
square yard can be thoroughly cultivated.
It improves the soil as well as increasing
the WELD. This is the reason why many
small kitchen gardens of farmers are
richer and more productive than the
general fields. They devote more time to
its cultivation, and incidentally increase
its fertility. Manuring garden is not
simply applying manure, but is also stir
ring up the elements of the soil so that
they can be used as plant food. The
average field is allowed to grow over with
Tvaeds nj some time and after the crop is
well under way, the soil cannot be fer
tilted nor cultivated. Owing to the
absence of air and light in it, great deal
of the fertilizing elements naturally IN
the ground is lost to the crops.
In the market garden there is q contin-
ual cropping and an almost uninterrupted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10

The land must bc cIoar OF grass and
weeds
Procure lot of c,ovcr-stcrrs. cahharc
loa ss, pieces of potato and tho Ike. and
soak for few minutes iu poisoned So
luton, then scatter the matter evculvaU
over the surface OF the garden
An ounce or two OF Paris Green VIII
poison enough water 10 soak quite enough
stun 10 kill all the evarins in small
garden. II would De some little rain If
burrows were run OF every two feet and
the poisoned material spread along in the
burrows, as nearly every cut worm that
comes TO the surface will get into the fur
rows and the consequence win be they
Will find the poison readily
A small piece of paper twisted around
the stem of cabbage and tomato plants
will usually protect the plants from the
cut worms. When there are only a few
cut worms, this plan is quite effective.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10

cuiar tn tn breed aud flpn Tho first
result of grldinv bv thc use OF "a sire of
this kind on dams of aiuHe 1uv kind is
an iunruvemuUf sr uar'rcd and
distinct that farmers oftou conclude
that Sc Is an that could boz 1e-
sired. that an that rgwei.- rovy is to
select the best of tho ualo progeny and
use that Tor a sire. This is a SERIOUS
mistake. These grade sircs rau never
be depended upop While ia individual
merit they may bc almost equal TO the
original, and while in rare cases a grade
that has several crosses may transmit his
peculiaHtics with satisfaction the rule
is THAI the grade animal, and especially
of the first cross. viii produce not the eX-
cellencies of his sire, but the defect of his
dom
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
Imitators And Impostora.

The unequalled success of ALLcooK's
PoRoUs PLAsTERs as an external remedy
has induced unscrupulous parties to offer
limitations, which they endeavor to sell on
the reputation of ALLCoCK's. It is an
absurdity to speak of them in the same
category as the genuine porous plaster
Their pretensions are unfounded, their
Wanted merit unsupported by facts, their
alleged superiority TO or equality with
ALLCoCK's a false pretense
The ablest medical practitioners and
chemists and thousands of grateful pa
tients unite in declaring ALLCoCK's Po-
ever produced.
Beware of limitations, and do not be
deceived by misrepresentation. Ask for
ALLcOCK's, and let no solicitation or ex-
PLANTATION induce you to accept a substi-
Jute.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
Lucern, or Alfalfa for Southern For
age Purposes.

From numerous tests of this splendid
plant in the past twenty years, we are
justified in commencing it to our farmers.
With anything like fair soil devoted to its
cultivation, lucern can be made a very
valuable crop on the southern farm an
acre of it with good treatment being
worth more than two or three acres of
cotton, if a farmer would only put himself
in position to derive the fullest benefit
from it. OF course farmer who has no
stock has little use for a good pasture or
meadow, but to any farmer who realizes
the value of keeping all the stock he can
and raising all the food he can for them,
lucern is a valuable plant for him.
Bermuda grass hardly more adapted to
the southern climate than luCern is, and
if our farmers, both large and small,
could once be induced to establish plant
ing of it proportional to their respective
needs, it would unquestiOnably prove the
most profitable part of the farm.
1t requires a little more care, perhaps,
to establish a good setting of lucern than
it does bermuda, but it will pay for all
the care and trouble in the end.
On second thought it is not any more
trouble to establish lucern than it is to
fix a stand of bermuda. Lucern, if sown
in October, or early November, in the
lower part of Georgia, is about as easily
established as any crop we know. 1t is
onlya question of good seed, sowni in a
proper manner and keeping out weeds for a
year or two.
We are confident that the day is com
ing when there will be hundreds of acres
of the royal clover lit is known as
French clover and has been grown for
many centuries) grown in the south
where only an acre can be found now
Sown properly on fertile sofia rich
sandy loan wherever practicable, it is al
sure to give satisfaction as any crop that
can be planted in the south
1t will not grow on worn out land, nor
will il do well on clayey soil, but on
sandy LOANS naturally rich or made rich
by liberal application of manure, il will
make an amount of forage far greater
than the majority of plants likely to be
used by the stOckgrowers of the south in
the time to come. There may be some
other plants that will give more forage
at single cutting than lucern, but when
it is considered how permanent it is and
how many cuttings can be taken in a year
Especially after the first year,
there are few plants that can sur
pass it in the quantity of forage.
Lucern, once properly established, will
endure for fifteen years or more (Say it
did not endure more than seven or eight
years, it would be very valuable), yield
ING after the first wear three to six cut
tinps annually. if it is treated as fairly as
it deserves to be- If the land is very
rich to start with it will thrive for wears
without being manured but on ordinary
soils il will REQUIRE periodical manuring
to keep it in good condition.
In the south tine best time to sow Ilcern
is in the fan. from Oct / to Nov. 10. for
then If will ref a Good start on the weeds
and spontaneous grasses. It should be
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
Bur Glover for EARLY Spring Pas.
ture

lean procure seed of Bur clover at 65
cents a bushel. Would it make good
pasture early in the spring for dry COWS
and mich cows. E. +. B.
Bur clover sown in August and Septem-
Der, and even as late as October, will give
you very fine pasture by the first of
March, and much earlier than this if the
winter proves mild.
1t is one of the most desirable plants
that the southern farmer has at his com
mand.
Sow two bushels per acre rnd harrow
and roll the land
You are not likely to regret sowing Bur
clover
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10
A GIRLS PRAvE DEED.
Two Persons Saved From Drowning
by Woman Swimmer.


A Fourth of July tragedy at Sullivan s
Island, across the harbor from the city of
Charleston. discovered a genuine hero
and a heroine Unfortunately. the hero
is dead; he gave his life for his friends
The heroine, however, survives. and if
she does not get one of the treasury de-
partment life-saving medals it will be
because somebody is derelct in the duty
of bringing the facts to the attention OF
the proper authorities A pleasure party
of some eight or ten persons, consisting
among others Of Mrs. Rivers, Mr.. j. ID.
Rivers and Miss Lizzie Daniels, of Charles
ton, and MIR William Morse, of Florida.
went to the island for the day. A surf
bath was on the programme. After being
in the surf some twenty minutes. three
ladies OF the party got beyond their depth
and cried for help. Mr. Rivers, Mr..
Morse and Miss Daniels. who is an expert
swimmer responded. In his efforts to
save the drowning, Mr.. Rivers was him
self drowned. and but for the pluck, skill
and presence of mind of Miss Daniels, Mr..
Morse, the other rescuer, would have
shared the same fate At the first call
for help Miss Daniels swan out
to Mrs. Rivers and succeeded in
bringing her ashore. Then turn
ing she saw that Mr. Morse
and his charge were being swept out to
sea by the strong tide, and at once she
went to his assistance. The odds au-
peared against the brave girl, but she
won, bringing both the man and woman
where they found a safe footing. Mean
time a fishing boat had put in 10 the
rescue of the party and succeeded in tax
ing out the others who had been in peril:
all except Mr.. Rivers, who was known to
be poor swimmer, yet who did not hest
tate to risk and lose his life at the call of
duty. Miss Daniels, the heroine of the
OCCASION is the daughter Of the late Capt.
Daniels, the Charleston pilot. who did
good service for the confederacy. She is
well known in Savannah, where she has
a number of personal friends
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10

Questions and communications relative
20 ggriclltural and horticultural subjects,
Il addressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer n,
Vaudeville, Ga, will receive immediate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10

vs-olicit articles for this department.
~,srana of the writer should accompany
+,s letter or article, not necessarily for
rrbfeatiou, but as an evidence of good
+,if1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-10

What tools shall useg" asked the subway
laborer to his foreman.
oh, take your pick, was the easy reply
Wait
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21
MAXlMS.

EXPERIENCE is the extract of suffering.
10 DARE is great. To bear is greater.
Bravery we share with the brutes; forti-
tude with the saints.
SOME of our weaknesses are born in
us; others are the result of education; it
Is question which of the two gives us
most trouble.
ENERGY will do anything that can be
done in this world; and no talents, no
circumstances, no opportunities will
make two-lcggcd animal man with
out it.
OUR life is determined for us; and it
makes the mind very free when we give
ap wishing, and think ouly of bearing
what is laid upon us, and doing what is
given MS to do. brakes Magazine.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21
BOOKS AND WRITER'S.
MARION CRAWFORD will have two

MARION CRAWFORD will have two new
novels N American magazines next year
SOMEBODY understands that james
WhUcomb Riley is going to write a
novel.
TIE original manuscript of Poems
w Two Brothers. written by Alfred
and Charles Tcnpyson many years ago.
WAS sold ut auction in London on FL,
day for $500.
REV. FATHER PALLADIys. the fumor.s
Russian missionary, has brought ont
after twenty years of labor, Chinese
russian dictionary containing ll,CCS
hicroglyphics,
SOME manuscripts of Teunyson's ear
lest published poems were sold ut auc-
ton in London two weeks ago and
bought for ESQ by the representative OF
L Cambridge publishing house.
WIurrIEn's homestead is now owned
by Il retired merchant of IIavcrhin.
Mass, who is willing to sell the estate
on condition that it shall be properly
and permanently cared for us Il memo
rial of the poet.
NJ. ALpIoNsE DAUDEr intends to
spend some time i'll England, first at
the Isle of Wight and subsequently at
London. lie does not speak English,
but he has Il good knowledge of Eng
fish literature through the translations,
Dickens being his favoritc author.
IN the 221 years since Don Quixotc"
was published 1894 editions have been
printed Of which 52S were Spanish, SO4
English, 40 French 90 Italian. ST. Portu-
gucsc, ID German, is Swedish, Polish,
s Danish, q Russian, > Greek, $ Rou-
manian, Catalonian, Basque and
Latin.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21
NEWS NOTES FROM ABROAD,

The Egyptians llneadcd their bread
IN wooden bowl with their feet.
A STEAM DERRICK that easily lifts an
eighty-ton gun and swings it around as
readily as if it were bale of hay is on
one of the docks at Hamburg.
In England, France, Germany and
Belgium the number of births per thou
sand of population is steadily falling.
The rate of decrease is slower in some
of these countries, but is marked in all.
THE Castle of Grey, where Voltaire
spent SO much time in the society of his
blue-stocliipg friend, Marchioness du
Chatelet, has just been sold for $780,
600. The buyer is a rich French manu-
facturcr, Nj. Niellard Migcon.
BAVARIA continues 20 take the lead
in Germany in beer drinking, the con-
sumption during 1S9C-'91 having been
over two hundred ano sixty quarts per
lnhabitant. Poscn heads the list in
bchnapp (lrinking-ao bout twenty-five
quarts per inhabitant
SEVERAL men who Lave outlived their
greatness are now glad to earn their
living as coachmen in Berlin. Among
them are sixteen nobles, seven retired
army officers and three pulpitlcss pas
tors. Three Britisi nobilities now glcc-
fully crack the whip as London cab
men; they are ar eX-membcr OF parlia-
mcnt, Il baron ard Il marquis.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21
PEOPLE IN OTHER LANDS.

LoBSTERs and salmon arc so dislikcd
by the shah of Persia, that when either
is served ut table where he is seated
he leaves the room.
TIE khan of Khiva, now visiting
some of his follow rulers in Europe,
travels with his moliall tor priest) and
his own cook. He feels tolcrably safe,
no matter what turns up.
TIE khedive OF Egypt uses type
writer anG is so pleased with the instru-
ment that it is said he has conferred
the honor of the Mcdjidic on the in
vcntor.
TIE oldest member of the British
pceragc is the duke of Northumber-
land, who is nearly ninety years of age.
He has been Il member of five cabinets,
but always in II subordinate position
where he couldn't do any harm.
NJ. DUPUY. the new minister of com
merce, is one of the conspicuous self
made men in the existing French
cabinet. His father was liveried
servant of the Prefecture, of Puy, while
his mother kept u small tobacco shop.
The case of Rev. Joseph Best, of
Homilton, Ont, affords further proof
that there is little in name. Rev.
Joe's picty revolted at the idea Of per-
hitting a servant to wash potatoes on
Sunday, and he debated the matter so
forcefully with Mrs. Best that he was
sent to prison for two months for as.
sault and battery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21
PRATTLE OF THE CHILDREN.

A LITTLE gill WIGS taking Il ride with
n friend. She had never before seen Il
horse without binders on the harness.
and asked hel friend if the horse had
lost his "spcctacles."
FANNIE's eyes were not strong, and
the oculiat that examined them advised
the use of prism. One day lady
asked Faunle how her eyes were. "Oh, y
said Fannie, they are a great deal bet
ter; but have to look through prison
every day"
OLD Uncle Norman had lived with
the family for many years, helping
about the house and yard at whatever
there was to be done. He was very
tallativc old man. fond of using high
sounding words. and felt his impor-
lance very much. He informed one of
the young ladies of the house one day
that he would have to take rest, that
he could not stand such "laborious la
Dor" because he had the rheumatic
rheumatism. youths Companion.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21
VA, FEBRUARY 81. 1893.
THE READING SMASH.

The smash in the affairs OF the Read
ing railway and the impending collapse
of that gigantic com bination is q signifi-
cant commentary on railroad manage
ment of the Mcleod type. President
Mcleod engineered one of the most
startling Of corporate combinations
when less than year ago he brought
the three great anthracite carriers into
a single pool under one controlling
head. The combination looked so firm
and solid that it might even withstand
courts and legislatures and dictate the
price of anthracite in millions of homes.
Inflated by his success, President Nc
Leod went into the East and secured
control of the Boston and Maine with
its thousand miles Of leased or con-
solidated tracks. To connect with his
Jersey City terminals New York con-
nection was needed and the New York
and New England was after some CO.
quetting annexed to the Reading deal.
So far so good, but two points were de-
veloped. The New York and New Eng
land was bought on margin. and the
powerful DreXel- Morgan banking inter-
ests were endangered.
That house, representing other and
oven more powerful railroad interests,
laid the plans of the campaign which
opened up in fierce raid on the Nc Leod
stocks last week, and ended with the
collapse of Monday and the appoint
ment of receivers for the Reading. The
first point of attack was Reading itself
and the second was New York and New
England, both Of which succumbed, and
when the Nc Leod interests were called
upon for more margins they declined to
advance them, and the combine was
broken.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21
VIRGINIA NOTES.

The cigar factory and tobacco stand of
ii. Engleman, at Charlottesville, was
totally destroyed by fire Friday night.
Loss about $1,000 on stock; insurance
$500.
At his homo in Alexar dria, Friday
afternoon, DR.. Archibald Taylor cut his
throat, with suicidal intent, but prompt
surgery saved him. He came TO AleXan-
dria from Charlottesville and has been
very dcspondent.
A night or SO ago some Of tho students
entered the Roanoke college ct Salem,
and carried away the organ, tho pulpit,
the Bible, and hymn books. Next day
the organ was found drenchod with rain
in the base ball field adjoining the col
lege: later the books were discovered
under some stops, and the pulpit was
found in field one milo north OF the
college.
Aunt Milley Sloan, an aged lady, was
murdered in franklin county last sun.
day night. She was dragged from hor
cabin and beaten to death Her neck
was nearly twisted off. Peter Smith,
her son-in.law, who is suspected of COM
nephew named Sloan is also suspected,
but it is said no made his escape, and is
still at large.
Thursday afternoon w. II. l[essee
(driver) and Tom Washington, o drum
NOR, left Harris's store in Pittsylvania,
for Danville. They were driving in a
hack, with the drummer's trunks board.
Night overlook them, and they lost
their way. When they got to Wilson's
ferry. on the Dan river, they drove into
the river and Kessee, the driver. was
drowned. Washington managed to es-
cape, but lost trunk of samples and .
valise.
There is talk of establishing an
abattoir at Warrenton.
Capt Carter Baxton Poindexter, who
served in the United States and Confeder-
ate navies, died at his home near Nor.
folk, aged seventy-seven years.
Col A. S. Buford, OF Richmond, has
boon urged by persons in several sec
tions of tho State TO become candidate
for Governor. He intimates that he
might be a candidate under certain cir
cumstances.
The officers of the First Virginia Reg
iment IN Richmond, adopted preamble
and series of resolutions criticising tho
action of the council committee on pub
lie buildings in granting the use of the
armory for the Confederate memorial
bazar in April without first consul ting
them, and then withdrew all OPPOSITION
to tho use of the..armory for this purpose.
fire broke out recently in Culpeper,
resulting in a general conhagration.
The large carriage works e. l.. Yancey
and the blacksmith shops of w. A.
Morris e Co., including the shops of j.
II. Flaggins and c. w. Smith, wheel
wrights, were destroyed. Very little
was saved. The fire included the noted
district Of Fishtown, and also in
cluded two buildings belonging to l.. p.
Nelson in that locality,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21

Arthur Carroll, infant son OF Lewis
and A. +. Hall, died at it's parents res
idence, No. 81 Gilmore street, n. O.,
Sunday afternoon at o'clock OF pneu-
monia. The remains were inferred in
Fairview Gene ate o'clock yester-
day afternoon. Rev. w. II. Groves
conducted tho burial services at the
grave.
Helen Victoria, the youngest daugh-
ter Of G. e. and Gertrude NJ Duffey,
died at her parents residence, 2l3
Third street, N. W., Sunday night at s
o'clock, aged two months. The inter
ment will take place this morning at 10
o'clock in st. Andrews Cemetery.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21

The funeral of D. E. Broadly, who
died Friday afternoon at 1:l5 O'clock,
took place Sunday morning at $3.50
o'clock Rev. w. II. Groves, pastor of
bethany Presbyterian Church, con.
Quoted the services in tho undertaking
establishment Of Oakley e. Woolwine.
a large number Of the friends of the
deceased were pre- sent to pay their last
tribute OF respect to tho dead. The re-
mains were shipped on the noon train
to washington and will BIO inferred this
morning at 9 o'clo *.
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The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-21

NOTICE.-THE ANNUAL MEET
~ ing of the stockholders OF the
Oaklands Improvement Company will
be hold in the company's Office at
Roanoke, Va, Thursday, February
%, 1893, at gao pm, for the pur.
ose of electing board Of directors and
transacting other important business
A. D. RICE, secretary and treasurer.