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Hospital, where he fingered in agony until
relieved by death. He was a native of
Germany, 81 years of age. He leaves a
widow.
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AN I'll EXPIRA

DEMovES FETID oDoR AND REST ORES
LII the skin of the foot to a HEALTHY condi.
tion in TO thirty davs Does not cIose the pores.
DIR. ELI &. WILLIAMS, 1151 Markes : t.,
san Francisco Rooms and 2.
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Mrs. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler will give
her fifth recital this evening in Metro
politan Temple.
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Sacramento; Rev. NJ. Scanlan. Rev. Edward
Slavin, ]. J. White, A. L. Peters, Oakland !;
Colonel Elmer Otis, San Diego; W. p. Grant,
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BLACK DRESS GOODS!
FUR NECK KSCARFS!

We have complete variety every quality price Fur
prices will be found very cheap
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
The scrap Book.

The Profit In Irrigation-The profits of
irrigation are unquestionable. With gar
den and fruit crops the profits per acre
often mount into the hundreds and occa-
sionaliy pass the thousand-dollar mark.
Even with field crops the profit is so sure
and so great that irrigated lands always
sell for from ten to one hundred times as
much per acre as adjacent lands that are
not irrigated. OF SIC irrigat tors in Kansas,
only six reported no profit Irrigation
has been highly profitable in even such
rainy states as New Jersey and Florida.
Planting Too Iuch-One of the more
prominent mistakes is planting more
than we can properly cultivate, which ne
cessitates that We plant on a poorly pre-
pared seed bed. Such a course almost in
variably leads to failure l have observed
this lack Of judgment this season more
than for several years past. We had a
very early spring, and in the man very
dry, so the plows could run nearly all the
time; hence all the land possible was
planted. AS a result OF recent rains the
crop is grassy, and will be seriously dam
aged in the cleaning, If, indeed it can be
cleaned. With present supply of labor it
will be some time before an can be work
ed over and growth will be retarded
When wiz farmers learn that culture is
manure, and that adding acres does not
always add bushels or pounds, as the
case may be. DO not over-crop.
Cabbage Worms-What will keep cab
bage worms off? A Subscriber. Reply by
T. Greiner: Buhach, which you can buy
of William Henry Maule Of Philadelphia,
is sure cure for ca bbage worms. You
can mix it with three or four times its
bulk Of flour, or air Stacked lime, and
even then a small quantity blown over
the cabbage plant, into the center, will
kill every worm with which it comes in
contact or try salt or tobacco dust.
Egg-Eating Hens. Hens are never
known to eat eggs unless eggs are broken
in the nest and the hens then learn TO
eat them II is vice difficult to cure.
as the protection 70 the eggs is at the sac
riice of time and labor or an inconven.
fence In some other direction. The best
plan is to use a soap-box open at one end.
so as TO compel the hens 20 walk In. and
have the box sufficiently high from the
floor to prevent the hens from eating the
eggs from tie ground. That Is the easl-
est best and most feasible method
known
Humus IS Needed Much OF our lana
has been titled until Is has lost "A large
part OF 80 humus. The result Is that the
soil tends 10 pack the air does nor enter
Il freely, natural chemical changes are
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31

The Farmers Ledger says: 1t is only of
! late years that the idea has gained a hold
that covering land increases the fertility
of it, Mr. A. b. Barrett, who was among
the first to preach and practise mulching.
says: I'VE got our idea of it from the
forests. where nature forms her own
mulch; the decaying leaves and stems soon
forming a covering which prevents the es-
cape of the soil moisture at the same time
acting as an absorbent for all the rain car
ries."
This leaf mold will be found around the
| trees in every forest and around the roots
Of wild grasses in every meadow In imi-
tating nature. as she works i'm the fields
and forests, we adopted the artificial mulch
around our fruit trees, and found that it
worked to their advantages. A mulch, be-
sides retaining the moisture in the soil'
! also secures more uniform temperature
and adds considera BILE plant food to it. The
nature of the mulch is an important part
! of the work. Flat stones may be used
around trees, forming permanent mulch,
! but their action is merely mechanical. It
retains the moisture and temperature Of
the soil, but it adds nothing TO it. Saw
dust is but little better, but straw and
new-mown lawn grass form rich mulches
that add plant food to the soil
The exact change taking place in the
soil when a covering is placed over the
surface is not generally understood. Some
chemical change takes place, and the soil
| is enriched for a time. In some of the
gardens of France tiles cover the straw
berry beds, with holes made through them
! here and there for the vines to grow out
! of. Flower gardens are likewise covered
with tiles or cement, leaving no part of
the soil exposed, except where the plants
come through. Expert hOrticulturists there
! find this method of great advantage. In a
less expensive way parchment paper can
be used for covering the garden soil.
Brown paper, dipped in sulphurc acid,
| should be used for this purpose, as it is
then made tough and waterproof. In times
of drouth this mulch retains the water,
| accelerates the growth of the plants, and
keeps down the weeds The parchment
paper mulch, however for small places
is the simplest, cheapest and most effec-
| tuaI that has yet been offered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
Two Important questions.

From this time on the questions of irri-
eating our public highways will be kept
before the people as they never have been
before They are the great adjuncts of
a dense population and higher civili-
zation Neither receives much considera-
ton in a new country, where there is
abundant forest land and a sparse pop
ulation. But the time has come when a
considerable portion of our country may
be regarded as feeling the advancing steps
of age and needs to consider and to adopt
such measures as have been developed
in the older countries of the world as the
consequence of the TWO conditions named
increased population and the destruction
of the original forest. Intending settlers
hereafter. no doubt. will be influenced
greatly by the condition of highways
and the possible facilities for irrigating
more or less of the area purchased.
4 recent Invention, known as the Austin
current motor, promises TO greatly in
crease the possibilities of irrigation. This
is a machine that anchored in a river
by the action of the current alone raises
the water to a considerable hight and
delivers it into a reservoir built on or
near the embankment. The motor re-
quires no attendance, and the expense is
nominal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31

Do you like celery-that is. good. crisp
celery? But perhaps you don't like the
dirty, backachy work Of banking il up in
order TO blanch il. But you need not do
that, It is not necessary-that is. II you
can furnish the proper conditons-plenty
Of quickly available fertilizer. and abund-
ance Of water. Furnish these and nice
celery can be grown without blanching.
On rich. mellow soil. set the plants not
more than six OF eight inches apart, each
way Use some nitrate of soda and quick
~ soluble fertilizer. or liquid manure. If
there is not sufficient rainfall. water free
~ TO keep the ground moist. Keep the
surface frequently stirred until the plants
are too large 30 admit the hoe Set some
wide boards on edge around the outside.
The point is that the pants are so close
together that they will grow upright and
blanch themselves without any banking.
What are known as the self-blanching
kinds, like the White Plume, are the ones
to use for this method.
The above directions are in the highest
degree appropriate for the Southern Home
Garden. Supply facilities for irrigating
and celery growing becomes as easy as
growing turnips.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31

The Kieffer pear. Seeding of the China
Sand pear, supposed to have been crossed
with the Bartlett, is rapidly becoming the
most popular pear ever grown in the south
ern states, says an exchange. Every year
furnishes additional evidence Of its great
value for the southern states. and its real
merits are only beginning to be understood
by the general public.
The quality of the fruit has been great
" underestimate by many. As fall pear
there is no variety as yet disseminated
which has given such profitable returns,
and as a market fruit il commands good
prices always when shipped in proper con-
dition. When handled as most people han
die pears. 1t is not fit for eating raw. but
when allowed to hang on the tree until
fully matured. then picked and ripened
slowly in a cool, dark room, there are few
pears more attractive, and in quality IT
combines Juiciness with a sprightly sub
acid favor and a delightful aroma. How
ever mature a Kieffer pear may be- IL Is
never good when first picked from the
tree.
The weight Of the Kieffer pear is from y
70 % ounces when II receives proper Guilt
vation but whom allowed 10 become over
loaded or starved. The tree produces small
hard fruit Of poor flavor. A family can
have fresh pears FOR four months by pick
Ing the ripeat specimens about Sept T.
keeping Thorn Ia a warm room, and they
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
Judgement in the Orchard.

The Practical Farmer says; ITO per-
son who is not well informed as to the
proper method of orchard culture a tree
that is heavily loaded with fruit seems
a pretty object But to one who knows
what the result of overbearing will be-
it presents a very different appearance.
To him it is an infallible sign that the
owner is allowing the present crop to be
diminished in value and the tree to be-
come seriously and permanently injured.
The evils of permitting trees to become
overloaded with fruit have been talked
about so much in public meetings, ana
written about so often for the agricultu-
raj PAPERS that it seems as though eV-
cry one who lays any claim to being well
informed must know all about them. Yet
any observing person passing through
a fruit growing region at this season
of the wear will see many trees, some
of them belonging to reading men, "hlch
are so loaded with fruit that the lower
branches bend to the ground. Not a rev
trees will be seen which have several OF
their branches propped with boards or
rails in order to keep them from being
broken. Doubtless it is better to place
something under the branches than 1t
would be to allow them to break, but 1t
is a great error to leave so much fruit
upon them as to endanger their saIeJy
without artificial support. Overbearlng Is
certain to weaken the branches and per-
rnanently' disfigure the tree while the
formation and ripening Of an excessive
number of seeds makes altogether too
large drafts upon the vitality of the tree
and upon the soil in which it stands. Be
sides. the fruit viii not be as large, or as
well colored as it should be, and there
fore will not command high price IN
the market. This tree, soil and fruit are
all injured by allowing too great fruit
fulness in any given season. In most
cases it is too late now to remedy the
evil for this season, but 1t is to be hoped
that the object lessons of the present Will
lead many farmers and fruit growers to
use proper preventive measures if, in
future years, their trees show a ten
dency to be too productive"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
rethering Horse or COW.

Oftentimes it comes in very convenient
10 make use of a thether even where there
is a fenced-in pasture. 1t may be that a
horse or cow is little unruly, and hard to
catch when turned into large pasture.
The grass or clover may make very good
grazing. and yet not be tall enough to al
low Of being cut to advantage and carried
TO the STALL In tethering have a strong
strap of one-inch leather and buckle
around the small part Of the foreleg. In
g cow-tether, especially. it is better to have
the first four or five feet of chain as the
sharp hoof cuts a rope in few days.
Never tether horse or COW by the neck or
head Where no fence" prevails tether-
ing is an excellent practice, consuming
but little time Thirty feet is a good
length Tie to short stob driven in the
ground
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
The New Potato Pest on the March


Under date of Aug. q. Mr.. E. J. Thomas
writes a short note to Mr.. J. f. Guilmar-
tin, in regard to the new insect that in
tested the potato fields in or near the
city. of Savannah the past season. He
says: Your potato bug has also made
d raid on me, having attacked my Sofa
beans. What is the best remedy to use?
Will it do to spray with paris green. as in
case of Irish potatoes? But will it do
10 apply such a remedy to food crops
IKE SOFA beans? Will the following rains
wash off the green so as to render the
bean vines perfectly safe for cows?"
In the absence of definite knowledge of
lhls new pest, first referred to by Mr.
Gulmartin several months back. it is
safe TO say that whatever remedies have
been found effective in fighting the potato
oeetle Will be available in contending with
tHe new Zoe While the chances are that
lhere would be no danger in using the
Dean hay that has been well washed
Win Two or more rains after the paris
green mad been applied, yet there are
very lew persons who would risk using
sucn hay for COW food, and especially
where the COWS We're very valuable. There
Is some danger of enough poison collect
ing ABOUT the joints or axis of the vines
~ eHudnger the lives of cattle If fed
Ieeiy ana continuously on the hay. There
would De no risk, of course, in using the
seeus' Pyretheum in all probability will
De Vhe agent of protection in such cases
we are eager to get definite information
% 10 TINS insect. and would be plea sed
70 get specimens (alive, if possible), and
also notes as to the plants it has been
seen 10 feed upon this season, and the
area covered by it,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31

There have been many inquiries. says
American Gardening. as to this trouble
some pest this season. our own plants
were very badly attacked and we have
noticed the louise in almost every garden
We have visited; cucumbers and melons
have done badly in consequence. That the
trouble is widely spread is seen by the
following communication on the subject.
This letter from Chicago, Ill, is similar
to several at hand. and will serve for a
type as the basis Of a general answer to
our readers:
l am losing all my cucumbers and
melons this year by what seems to be lice
which come in myriads on the under side
of the leaves. of which I enclose a speci-
men; they We're growing splendidiy, in
blossom and some cucumbers had been
picked when this pest suddenly appeared
and killed the cucumbers. 1t is doubtful
II any of my melons will live. What is
the cause, the preventive or the cure?
The matter was referred to Prof. John
b. Smith of New Brunswick, N. j., whose
reply to our letter is appended: THE
melon louise is an insect which, as you
say, is exceedingly destructive in parts
of New Jersey as well as in Illinois
Indeed, it is injurious in almost every
part of the United States east of the
Rocky Mountains where melons are
grown this year. The insect is an ex-
ceedingly unsatisfactory one to deal with
1t feeds on a great variety of plants, and
is sometimes injurious on cotton, from
which it was first described as Aphis Cos
syph. 1t occurs also on oranges. and has
been described by two different names
from that tree. Finally it may be found
in late fall and winter as well as in early
spring, on very large variety of weedy
Dlantg
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
The EverIasting "Bacteria.o

A contemporary says: For long pc
Rod it has been known that, in some
way, the growth of certain leguminous
plants, as clover, peas and beans. practi-
cally increased the fertility of the soil.
How it could do this remained a mystery
until it was discovered that the minute
organisms known as bacteria, which are
such plants, have the power Of drawing
free nitrogen from the air and fixing it
in the soil In practice it was found that
by growing and property utilizing these
plants The farmer could obtain a very
small expense, a large proportion of
the nitrogen required on his land. As
nitrogen is much the most costly mate
rial. it is necessary to purchase for fer
tilizing purposes, it is evident that such
a method of obtaining it must be of great
advantage. This has been noted by many
practical farmers who have grown these
plants largely with a view of improving
their land, as well as of obtaining crops
to feed or to sell. Some soils, however,
do not contain the specific bacteria need
ed, al least not in sufficient quantities,
and consequently do not produce salts
factory crops of the desired plants. In
order to find means for supplying such
soils, several German scientists have for
some time been experimenting in the cul-
tivation OF the bacteria. 1t Is now claim
ed that they have been so successful that
their cultures have been put upon the
market the present season and have had
a considerable sale. The plan of scatter
ing bacteria in the soil has met with
considerable ridicule, but it seems highly
probable that it means a great advance
in the profitable application of science to
practical agriculture.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
The Southern Truckers New Insect
Enemy.

Editor Morning News: Very many let
'eFs asking about the new Irish potato
pug first found on our potatoes, causes
me 10 write this. The bug is no longer
al irish potato bug They eat turni2
Tops beets, tops and root, ETC., now they
are eating sweet potato vines and sofa
oeahs' and certain kinds of weeds that
Nothlng ever eat before seems to be pie to
'"eh. think they win prove the worst
4ts1 truck growers have ever had to fighr.
ol9on does not get them, for they leave
'Usl as soon as you apply it. They
.edFe field when YOU hoe it. Presume
H'sy VIII return We shall commence
t-ahllng oats, wheat and rye in Septem-
@ll' Flanted early they are ready for
--i vest by the first week in May. and get
LEAD OF spring droughts. We made over
"u9hels average on oats planted in the
--- tour own seed. They were ripe and
Invested early in May. Our crop Of wheat
as so early and fine that the Deering
-+'Fister CC.lpany of Chicago (after haV-
s our crop inspected by Mr.. Wilcox of
NashFllle, Tenn, their southern agent.
,"t new harvester and binder and an
pert 10 run II until our hole crop was
Tar Vested all free OF charge. We had
..stlhg machines Of our own. also other
l l'aAss Which were run at the same time.
prefer the Deerng Their harvester
i'ller and ball bearings. ruu iiqhfer ana
Nph waste any grain Five hundred ami
t"hty-hFe acres seeded with Texas OATS.
~ pyofly, came on in time ana caught
I'e drought
s.v.. J. r. GuAmartin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31

II not 100 much trouble we would bs
glad II j. F. q. would send the Azr,-r.I-
ture editor a few live specimens az IRE
insects referred TO- Means Of lighting
them must he studied promptly.
me multiplication OF injurious insects
ana diseases OF pants are now SO extern
siNe as 10 require. 81 seems. more intel
Hgent energy in the department OF trl1.l--
ing than IN any other pursuit.
Forty or nifty years ago all that was
necessary was 10 SOW good seeds on soil
that needed only TO Doe cultivated proDer-
ly, and the harvest was assured. This is
not the case now The farmer and truck
er must nave knowledge Of the various
funglcldes and Insecticides with the fore.
thought 10 have them ready on AM oe-7-
sions, and then possess the energy TO an
ply them 1udlclously- 1t is either this ~
failure in half the effort he makes. Docs
IL not seem that We are nearing the. periol
if not quite there. when the hest intels-
gence and energy of the age will be ca He'd
for TO carry on the further cultivation os
the soil.
Without doubt the farmer who succeeds
in making fortune out of the soil in the
older sections of the country desires 10 be
esteemed as man of Intelligence am
spirit.
.
We had the pleasure of testing in a
small way during the past season. tic
several Varities of Erain grown so LARGELY
by Mr. Guilmartin on his Chatham coun-
~ grain farm II is very rare that we
come across such samples of grain from
any locality. It is encouraging to sea
farmers of intelligence turning their at
tention TO this very profitable branch Of
farming small grain culture. 1t needs
only little intelligent effort TO make his
branch of farming far more satisfying
saraeT nv
room yet for thousands more like J. 2
G..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-31
QUEER ROADS TO FORTUNE.
one Woman Inherited Very Tidy
sum Because She Was HOmeIy.

sum becnuhe ShG WIS
From the New York Recorder.
A strange history might be written Of
the queer ways in which people have ar
rived at riches. a history which would sur
pass fiction itself in remarkable incident
Within the last few years there died a
gentleman who possessed considerable
property. He was an old gentleman at
the time his last illness attacked him,
had been hotel proprietor and was one
Of the most highly respected citizens. He
was not a native Of the place. but had set
tied there very many years previous
Where he had come from or what had
been the course Of his early life he never
breathed TO even his most intimate friends
and as he was very well-to-do and a good
fellow perhaps none cared to bother
about his antecedantS.
As he lay dying he stated that he had
something upon his mind-a wrong he
desired set right, If it could be. He had,
1t seemed been sailor in his youth and
in consequence Of his love Of the sea wa
ter and his skill in swimming had subse-
quently obtained employment as diver.
On one occasion he was directed to eX-
plore the wreck Of a large passenger yes
sci which had been sunk on the western
coast and had gone to the bottom. carry
ing with her the captain, several Of the
sailors and some Of the passengers.
Diving down into the hold he had come
across the body Of an old man, in one OF
whose hands was tightly clutched "A small
canvas bag. He had removed this bas
and, opening it, found that 1t contained
some valuable diamonds. He smuggled
the Jewels artfuly away and they subse-
quently realized $500.
with this money he entered business
and, things prospecting with him, he dis
covered that he had literally wrested his
fortune from that dead mans clutch.
Time, however, did not bring forgetful-
ness Of the evil deed. and on his deathbed,
consicnence-stricken he desired that every
effort might be made to discover the dead
mans relations, IN order that repars ton
might be made 70 them.
Strange to say, every effort In this direc-
ton proved unavailing. as no one could
be found TO establish a satisfactory title
TO the stones. indeed. the identity Of the
drowned man was never proved and at
last the 1900 was divided Gas the ex-diver
had directed Ga case no owners could be
found for iD among three charities OF the
town I'm which the tcstator had resided
A certain physician laid the foundation
Of his fortune IN very extraordinary
manner. When he was young man