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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
TO INTEREST AND ENTERTAIN.

THE highest masts of sailing vessels
are from 100 to $50 feet high, and
spread from 10000 to 100, OO0square feet
of canvas.
In New Mexico have been discovered
ruins of magnificent buildings. The wall
surrounding one of them is 4 feet high,
and 935 long The ruins are of Pueblo
Indian origin.
THE average whale is from so to 65
feet in length and IS feet in circumfer-
ence. The jawbones are 90 to 25 feet
long, and tongue has been known to
yield almost ton of OIL
AN Antarctic iceberg has been seen
hat was 90 miles wide, 40 miles in
length and 400 feet in height; a square
township or two could break off from
this and hardly affect it.
THERE are only one or two places in
Boston and New York where foreign
postage stamps can be bought to in
close in letters sent abroad for return
postage, and even at these places a
price nearly double the face value Of
the stamp is asked.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
Poultry Facts,

Common hens can not be made equal
to thoroughbreds as egg producers, but
there is much in feeding, housing and
care Common hens well cared for
will outlay the neglected hens of the
best fowl stock ON earth. There is
much in breeding, but there is more in
raising.
We shall hear less grumbling and dis
cussion about the different breeds of
fowls when farmers generally get it
through their heads that even thor
oughbreds need good shelter, food and
care in order to enable them to do their
best in the egg business
A great deal of nonsense has been
written about the feeding of fowls, and
a great deal more will yet be written,
but for all that it is good thing to
have some system, even, if you will,
some fixed bill of fare, gotten up with
some intelligence. There is a right way
and wrong way, and the right only
will do it.
Early layers depend upon the stock
and upon the way they are raised.
Pullets from stock long bred for early
mating will, provided they are kept
growing from the start, lay earlier in
life than those from stock which has
been bred chiefly for show purposes.
We must not overlook a food for the
hens which we may have in great abun-
dance-clover. 1t is bulky, and rich in
lime and nitrogen. 1t is better to cut
it fine and scald it, and then mix it
with little ground grain in the morn
ing; it will save more costly food.
Better buy thoroughbred eggs or
fowls than to try to grade up the COM
mon stock, because it saves time, and
going up hill is not half so easy as GO
ing down. A little neglect will make
scrubs out of some of the best soon
enough. Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due tc its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; efTectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
A Warming from the Past.

"And did you have love affair once,
auntie?"
The pale face of the spinster aunt
flushed, her eyes filed with tears.
eyes, dear" she answered. 81 loved
noble, handsome young man, and he
loved me; but we were parted by q
cruel falsehood."
The young girl bent forward, listen
ing eagerly.
YES" resumed the old maiden aunt
In tremulous voice; I'VE were parted
by cruel lie. A false friend, girl
who wished him for herself, basely
told him was studying elocution.
That night maiden's golden tresses
were put up in curl papers torn from
the leaves of a volume entitled:
'Twenty Standard Recitations." A
young girl nowadays does not need to
have house fall ON her.--Pnck-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

Funeral feasts were formerly uni
versal in England. When the fourth
earl of Berkeley died unexpectedly,
June g, 1868, there was nothing ready
for the feast, and the iuterment was
postponed until hundred geese could
be fattened. The process required over
three weeks and by the accounts of
the estate it appeared that the steward
used two hundred bushels of beans in
getting the geese ready for slaughter.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

Grand Rapids, Mich, has grown in
City years from hamlet to city of
$4,000 inhabitants. OF forty-two cities
having population of more than $4,000
and owning their water works, Grand
Rapids has the smallest public debt,
and the smallest per capita. The city
has public library of more than $4,000
volumes. The city has IA fire com
panies, 81 public school houses, with
nearly $4,000 pupils and 1926 teachers;
50 churches, large clubs, one of them
expanding S35, 900 per year; theaters
and public parks
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

1t has been found that pigeons
bred in long, low barn fetch a higher
price for shooting matches. Inc plrds
from early habit, learned in their nest
ing places, when loosed from the trap
start Immediately on long, low flight,
instead of wheeling in air, as some pig
cons do. The habit makes them more
difficult to hit than other BIRDS ana en-
hances their value.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

Such a flock can be built up, perpetu.
ated and continually improved, II care
is taken every season in the selection
of the breeders,
ANOTHER PLAN.
II tho above is thought too high
toned and aesthetic, try this: Buy a
good cock of any breed preferred and
turn him loose with your hens, and
every year buy fresh cock of the
same breed for the same purpose.
Save for Matching eggs from the best
laying hens and those of good size and
lively appearance. BY careful selec-
ton of hens and good care, frst-class
Hook can be built up. But remember
that poultry raising is continual bat
tie with vermin. Soarm yourself with
the necessary means to combat them,
and industriously use the weapons
Texas Farm and Ranch.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
ANSWER.

Select dozen of your best young
hens to begin with; then during the
fair buy a cock and three or four hens
of good Plymouth Rocks or Wyan-
dottes this writer would prefer the
white if to be kept on sandy soil, and
the parti-colored if on clay soiD.
Have no other cock on the
place Let things work according
to the order of nature. Care
fully save the eggs from the pure-bred
hens and use them alone for Matching.
From the pure-bred breeding stock
there can with care be raised IT'S chicks
the first year. After this kill off all
the common stock, and buy every year
one new cock of the same breed and
strain, and breed from any one home
raised cock not more than one year.
After securing sufficient stock of the
breed chosen, carefully select every
fall of the best young hens sufficient
number for breeding purposes to re-
plenish the stock. By following this
system, and giving good feed, fresh
water, plenty of range, and taking
care to keep lice off both young and
old. YOU will have nice lots of plump
chickens, uniform in size and color.
and such as will sell in any diserim-
mating market for more than the
best selected lots Of mixed breeds
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

Is that established between the brain and
the nerves, which transmit instantaneously
to the great organ of sensation and thought
every shock they experience These electric
shocks are very vivid, painful and disturb
ing when the nerves are weak. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters strengthens, soothes and
renders the nerves tranquil. 1t induces
sleep, sound digestion and appetite, and con.
quers biliousness, malaria, rheumatism and
kidney trouble.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
FASHIONS MIRROR.

SHORT jackets cut square in front are
used for little girls from four to ten
years Of age.
SLAsHINGs in sleeves, showing differ
ent material underneath, are seen on
many of the new models.
The divided skirt for bicycle riders is
an accomplished fact since it has re-
ceived the sanction of fasion.
TIE new sleeves for autumn are NO
smaller than those now worn, but
there is tendency to do away with
berthas and the extreme revers trim
ming, which add such breadth to the
corsage.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

Before the middle of the present
century several of the churchyards in
the poorer districts of London had oeen
raised from two to four feet by the
number of interments, and had become
source of constant danger to the
health of the neighborhood.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

bther pills. Hence, their great popularity
with sufferers from habitual constipation,
piles and their attendant discomfort and
manifold arrangements. The Pellets"
are purely vegetable and perfectly harmless
in any condition of the system. No care is
required while using them they do not
interfere with the diet. habits or occupa-
ton, and produce 10 pain, gripping or shock
to the system. They act i'll mild, easy and
natural way and there is no reaction after
ward. Their help lasts.
The Pellets cure biliousness sick and
bilious headache dizziness, costiveness, or
constipation, sour stomach, loss of appetite,
coated tongue, indigestion, or dyspepsia
windy belchings, heartburn pain and
distress after eating, and kindred derange-
nents of the liver, stomach and bowels
In proof of their superior excellence, it can
be truthfully said, that they are always
adopted as a household remedy after the
first trial Put up i'll sealed glass walls,
therefore always fresh and reliable. One
little Pellet is a laxative. two are mildly
cathartic AS dinner pill to promote
digestion, or to relieve distress from over
eating, take one after dinner They are
tiny. sugar coated granules; any child will
readily take them.
Accept no substitute that may be recon-
niended to be Just as good II may be
better for the dealer, because OF paying him
a better profit but he Is rot the one who
seeds help.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
Tow Girls Love ono Announcer.

Oaableigh Gush-o, what a lovely
love to paint IL. '"o'u
1, MISS Acidde-Gall (hcr rivall-I doubt
II you could improve on her own mt
Mr. Gush. Town Topics.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
POULTRY FOR PROFIT.

How to Start and Conduct Flock for
Profitable Results.
| am farmer on snail scale and
wish to raise poultry for profit. l
have been reading a poultry paper or
two and find nothing satisfactory for
my case. All that is practical in them
refers to standard points, breeding and
mating for show purposes. l want to
raise eggs and fowls for market
Please give an article on that branch
of the subject, and oblige-J. H. Sims,
Dallas, Texas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
TllIal Obedience.

:, why do you stare SO at all the pen.
..eInen you meet, Ella? am surprised
Mt you" = ''eu
why mamma told papa yesterday
IL is time that look around fora man. !"
Truth.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

Wnde-Did you ever notice that blind
men are generally very smartq
Butcher-Yes; having no sense Of
slght they make up by having a sight
OF sense.-Puck.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

BECAUSE man is industrious is no reason
why we should choose him for an associate.
Much as we admire the industry Of bee we
do not care TO cultivate his acquaintance
Young Mems Era.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

Banks-Here is queer fashion item.
1t says; "Baggy-lineed trousers are
coming to the front"
Kivers-Where else could they Gomez
Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
Tho Difference.

Mamma-Do stop crying, Tommy.
you don't hear me cry when my hair is
eombed.
Iommy-Boo-hoo-ool Yours isn't
hitched on.-Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

"Now know why the milk we get here
is so weak said the agricultural editor to
the farmer with whom he was boarding
u just this minute saw you give those cows
water to drink n-Phiadelphia Record.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
Did the Same Thing,

Mr. Oldboie--i am n self-made man.
Sir, began life as barefoot boy
hennard-lndeed Well, | wasn't
born with shoes on, either. Truth.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

SOME people spend all theirdays memoriz-
ing and reciting their imaginary grievances.
Galveston News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

IT Is said that no woman can ever be a
great humorist, because all great lumorists
must learn by knowing how to laugh at
themselves
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

THE age Of tree can be estimated by
counting it's rings, but it isn't so with a
woman Texas Siftiugs
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

WATTs-"By the way, who is the patron
saint Of fishermen Potts-"Dunno. 1t
Isn't Ananias, is itln-Chicago Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

How MUCH sunshine has come out of q
bottle of inkl And yet people will judge by
appearances.-Y Young Mems Era.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

"THIs," said the bachelor as he paid for
sewing on button, sis what is meant by
single tax. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

No AMOUNT of cultivation can make this
tie bear fruit.-Ram's Horn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

HARD worl, is only hard to those who do
not put heart in it.-Ram's Horn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

You should do something for others every
day, if it be nothing more than to tell them
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

LIEUTENANT (admiring his image in tho
mirror) -"And yet they call women the fair
"-Flicgcnde Blaette,.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

IT is n pity that mirth is not as contagious
as misery. Milwaukee Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

"GARLAND" Stoves and Ranges are no
higher in price than the worthless limitations.
Ask to see them.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

A LAZY man never gets ahead unless some
one puts one on him.-Boston Bulletin.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

PAPER hangers are about the only men
who succeed in business by going to the
wall Texas Siftings
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

A GUN is not doing much execution when
1t hangs tire.-Texas Siftings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

IT is always hard to associate Quarrcls and
unpeasantncss with house that has vines
growing over the doors and Windows
AtchsOn Globe
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

TIE devil soon finds out when the preach
e. has nothing but powder in his gum
RGm's Horn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

A GOOD day does not always begin with q
bright morning Horn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

EVERY young man should be taught that
he cannot win his spurs in game of poker,
Galveston News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

To BE found in bad company Is often
equivalent TO being lost.-TeXas Siftings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price 75c.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
ASSIST NATURE

ASSIST NATURE
a little now and then
in removing offend
ing matter from the
stomach and bowels
and you thereby
avoid a multitude
of distressing de-
engagements and dis
eases, and will have
less frequent need
Of your doctors
service.
OF all know n
agents for this pur-
pose, DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets are
the b. st. Once
used, they are all
ways in favor.
Their secondary eff
feet is TO keep the
bowels open and
regular, not to fur
Their constipate, as
is the case with
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
FARMER AND PLANTER.
PREPARATION FOR COTTON.
suggestions offered by the Arkansas Ag-
flcultural Exnerinent gtation

euKgestions offered by the Arkansas Ag-
ricuitural Experiment Station.
IL is often the custom, when cotton
follows cotton, to bed on the middles
Oh the rows of the previous year with
out breaking the old middles. This is
the case when cotton follows some 9TH
er crops, butless frequently. The crops
that cotton follows, other than cotton,
are generally corn and oats, and the
growth of grass and weeds that spring
up after the corn is laid by and the oats
harvested, necessitates, in the majority
OF cases, the broadcast breaking of tue
soil We have heard it argued by cot
ton planters that, inasmuch as the cot
ton plant is tap-rooted, it re-
quires firm bed to insure it's
making a good growth, and that beds
should be made on unbrohen soil.
On the other hand, others claim
that better results are obtained by
either breaking broadcast or bedding
IN the fall and rebedding in the spring,
or both breaking and bedding in the
spring without the previous fall break
ing. As to whether the soil should be
broken in fall or spring, would largely
be determined by the soil and its con-
dition, Should there be rank growth
of vegetation on the surface in the fall
1t would be better to turn it under that
1T might, by decomposition, be convert
ed into plant food, unless the soil was
particularly subject to washing. If
such should be the case its remaining
on the surface would largely prevent
washing. 1t is doubtful whether very
light soils receive most injury or bene-
fit from fall breaking. Stiff or harsh
soils are materially improved by thor
ough fall breaking that the freezes of
winter may better act upon them and
improve their mechanical condition by
disintegration.
AS work was not begun on the sta
tion until about February 1, 1898, the
fall breaking was not tried, but in
February four plots of cornstalk land
with good growth of Bermuda grass
were selected. Two were broken with
double turning pillow and two were left
unbroken. One plot each of the
broken and unbrolSen were bedded in
February and the others were not dis
turbed until May 3, when they were
bedded just as were the others in Feb
ruary. May Sd an iron tooth harrow
was drawn over all the beds and the
cotton planted. The plants appeared
above ground on the same day and no
difference was noticed until August,
when the plots bedded on unbroken
soil were not growing so well and
seemed to suffer more from dry
weather and the hot sun, and
begun to shed more than the
plots bedded on broken soil.
These plots seemed to be more vigorous
in growth and the leaves had decid-
edly better color than plots bedded on
unbrolSen soil and were affected about
half so much by the rust or leaf spots.
The following table gives the weight
per acre of seed cotton gathered from
the four plats
. | Uu,u
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08
UNBRoKEN SOIL.

Bedded in February ................S69 pounds.
Bedded Sd of May ............".....V0l pounds.
NoTEs-The increase in beds made in
May over beds made in February was
sixty.two pounds seed cotton per acre.
Beds made in May on unbroken soil
gave an increase of thirty pounds over
beds made in February on unbroken
soil, and beds made in May on broken
soil gave an increase of thirty-two
pounds over beds made in February on
unbroken soil. But these differences
are too small to be of practical value in
the experiment, especially as the eX-
pertinent is only one years trial.
The increase in yield of beds made on
broken soil over that of beds made on
unbrolxen was 292 pounds of seed cotton
per acre.
All four plots were covered with
about half sod of Bermuda grass,
which was vastly more difficult to sup
press on the unbroken beds than on
those broken. This fact, perhaps, ac-
counts for some of the difference in the
Yields from the broken and unbrolxen
plots.
The unbroken plots were more diff
ficult to cultivate with pillow and hoe
than the broken plots.
The unbroken plots suffered more
from shedding than the broken, but
the unbroken beds in May shielded lit
tie, if any less than the unbroken beds
made in February. The cotton opened
on the unbroken beds before it opened
on the broken, and 10 per cent of the
cotton on the broken beds was picked
after all had been gathered from the
unbroken beds.
One hundred plants growing on the
unbroken plots had 1872 imperfect bolls,
while the same number of plants grow
ing on the broken plots had only forty
three imperfect bolls. By imperfect
bolls is meant bolls with one or more
locks not fully developed, or with abor-
tive lint or seed.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-11-08

DON'T Neglecta Cough. Take Some Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar MSta,ter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-14
a ADIESTRO Y SINlESTRO

Refere, bajo su irma, Ell senior don
Luis A Martinez, de Maricao, que en- la
noche del del actual Sc encontraba su
hiio don Juan Bautista, como huesped,
en- ell barrio de Bucarabones; que Sc pre-
sent6 ALI una pareja de la Guardia Ci
vii; que lie maniat6, conduciendole fuera
de la casa; que como cincuenta metros
empez6 q golpearle, a punadas y a ver-
gaiazos, que luego le condujo al Guar
tel que ocupa dicha fuerza.
Y anade don Luis Mart1nez:
g De deplorar son estos casos, pues
en- todos los paises la mejor garantia es
ell cuerpo de la Guardia Civil, y aqu1, en-
este bendito pals, sirve el honroso cuer-
DO para martirio de sus moradores.7
ST la autoridad entiende en- ell asunto
81 Sc forma ell indispensable proceso ;
81 resulta probada la violencia inaudita,
castiguese a los guardias que asi faltan
su deber, distinguishes pronto, sepa-
reseles de sus companeros, envieseles a
donde merecen por sus escandalos, y pu-
bliquese ell castigo, a fin de cue los hom-
bres de bien sepan que no impunemente
la Guardia Civil esgrime el latigo sin
piedad sobre gentes indefensas.
Memoria triste dejaron las dragonadas
de 1897: que no Sc haga e'adenatco ell
coDeponte, porque de ahf no saldra min
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1894-12-14
Ia DIPUTACIOU UNICA

Realmente venia siendo va de todo
punto intolerable ell desenfadO con que
algunos elementos polfticos de la gran
Antilla, residences Ell esta corte, habfan
inventado hecho circular, con cons
tancia digna de mejor causa, la espeeie
de la Cdneara l9aica 8 del ParIame,ato
i,esulor, peligroso para la integridad de
la patria, como 81 semejante absurdo Sc
encontrase contenido en- el proyecto de
ley que ell Gobierno tiene presentado d
las Cortes.
Dado ell defecto de que adolece la
mayor parte de los espanoles de no es-
tudiar y leer los proyectos de ley, y de
conocerlos por los concentrates capricho-
sos hasta divertidos que de los mis-
mos Sc hacen, y dada la agravacion que
esta costumbre nacional experimental
cuando de las cuestioncs de Ultramar