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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

sown broadcast in October on the sur
race OF ground that has been fortified
(after having been previously used for the
same purpose by the cultiva ion of COW
peas-the so-calied salvation Of the Ozarks
FOR one year. The proportion OF seed
used Is from 800 to 100 bushels on a space
sixty feet square--the seed being literally
shoVeled onto the ground-and then pow
ed under 10 a depth of from two TO four
inches These sproul the following spring
coming up as thiclIly grass. While the
seedlings are very small they are trans
planted into nursery rows three and one
half feet apart and about three inches
apart In the rows. The following August
they are budded, as close to the surface
OF the ground as IL Is possible to work
with any variety the grower chooses, and
the alberta is the usual choice, although
thoughtful growers begin to doubt the
wisdom of the universal cultivation of one
variety, no matter how fine the sdmuita-
neous marketing of the great Elberta
crop or this year having seriously demon
allied prices. The following spring the
seedllng tops are cut off and the bud nur-
tured through the season. The next spring
the root then being years and the bud
one year old. the trees are ready to set IN
orchards, and are considered better for
the purpose than when older: indeed, any
lett after the next spring are rooted out
and destroyed
reaches are always planted on the high
est ground as a protection from late
spring frosts, and the best results follow
the use of ground that has been cleared
OF timber and brought under subsection
by the cultivation of one or two crops
OF beans, potatoes, or even corn, though a
low crop is considered preferable to corn
But II quick results are wished the stock
is set at the rate of one hundred and
sixty trees to the acre on new ground
that has been cleared of native growth
the wood Is burned, the clearing is grub
ploWed, the worst stumps are picked off
and also burned and the soil is narrowed
Corn Is then grown in the orchard until
the trees are three, and in some instances
four years old, after which, for the best
results, the ground is cultivated each
year until midsummer; but some grow
ers omit this cultivation to the detriment
of the crops. Peach orchards on such vir-
gin soil need no fertilizing for at least
ten years, but when new orchards are es-
tablished on old. WORKOUT land COW peas
are used to regenerate the soil, being sown
in drills and cultivated. If the ground
at any time shows great deterioration the
crop is turned under, but usually simply
growing and cultivatlng a crop of COW
peas is accounted sufficient, and in most
cases hogs are turned in to harvest the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
Litenatmre of Tohacn.

H. ). r. of Dar.en, Ga. requests the
'ooress OF experiment stations that have
issued bulletins on tobacco culture. y
NVery state in the country with few OK
options have issued such bulletins.
nose he most needs are from the states
u, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, North Car
o.'ha and Mississippi If H. S. r. will
make request to the several directors of
'Aese they will gladly send the bulletins.
11,a is are as follows: o. Clute, Lake
CCuN ria; r. j. Redding. Experiment,
~ (,...i, w. L. Brown, Auburn, Ala; w. a.
nl,Ners Raleigh, n. c.; w. L. Hutchin-
T IoL AGRICULTURAL College, Miss. These bull
,euns give full directions for growing to
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
MURDER AT A WEDDING.
One of the Guests Shot by n Man Who
Came with "A Pistol.

New York, Nov. PA murder broke up
the wedding feast at the marriage of Isaac
Goldstein to Katie SilversteIn tonight in
the fiat of Vetta Gordon in a tenement
house on Henry street. Charles Schrapiro
appeared at the festivities armed with a
revolver and shot Louis Lfeberman In the
abdomen, INJECTING a wound from which
Lieberman died shortly afterward. and he
would have killed Lieberman's son. Meyer.
had not two detectives arrived in time to
save HIM Schraplro was arrested
Miss Gordon told the police she had re-
fused to marry Schrapiro because>he want
ed her 20 work after the marriage. Schrap-
iro is a Hebrew of "a years. yet he was
able to earn only one dollar a week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
Pruning Trees nnd vines.

Ignorant pruning is worse than no prun-
ing at all. but every orchard needs intelli-
gent pruning and clearing out of dead
branches in the spring of the year, says
Joseph Mecham in Practical Farmer. A
judicious thinning out of the weak
branches at this season of the year, so as
to get the trees in good form will result
in better fruit On many fruit trees there
Is a tendency towards an over production
OF fruit spurs, and il these are cut away
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
CYCLONE IN AUSTRALIA.
Several Towns Wrecked in the Colo
my of Victoria.

Melbourne. Nov. 21--A cyclone swept
over the northwest portion of the colony
on Friday evening. 1t was especially Sc
we're in the Wimmera district. where sew
eral towns were wrecked, many churches
and prominent buildings being ruined
One town alone suffered damage to the
amount Of $4,000 sterling Cs25O. OGD sew
eral persons were seriously injured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
INSPECTION OF THE FoRTs.
The Assistant Secretary OF War
Highly Pleased.

Omaha, Neb., Nov, 2i.-Assistant Secre-
tary Of War Meikeljohn returned to-day
from an inspection of western forts and
barracks =
Mr.. Meikeljohn has been engaged in this
work since Oct. Is, during which time he
visited all the forts in the west and south
west except in Arizona and New Mexico.
He is highly pleased with the results of
his inspection and praises the excellent
personnel of the enlisted men. and COM
mends the recruiting service for the care
it Is displaying i'm selecting recruits.
Among the results of the trip will be the
purchase of the new rifle range at Area
dia, Mo, and the abandonment of Fort
Custer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
JAMES F. CHAPMAN DEAD.
He Was Member of u Widely
Known Shipping Firm.

New York, Nov. PA telegram was re-
celved here to-day from San Francisco an
nouncing the death from pneumonia of
James f. Chapman. senior member of the
firm Of James F. Chapman & Co., ship
ping merchants of that city He COM
manded the famous clipper ship ST. John
and others sailing to California.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
WIsWALL DEAD.
The Boston Capitalist Injured at At
Inntn Passes Away.

Atlanta, Ga. Nov. %, a. NH Wis
wall, the Boston capitalist, who was in
jured by falling into the cellar Of the
Grand opera house last week. died al the
Grady hospital this morning at / O'clock
He never reganed consciousness sufficient
ly to tell OF the accident, and Il is not
known exactly how he was injured His
body will be sent to Boston to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

On so large fruit farm. comprising
5000 acres every department of the work
is on correspondingly large scale, says
Garden and Forest. Thus In the propa
cation of young stock, peach stones that
have not been allowed to heat or sour are
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
Charles Edward PoIIocls pa..

London, Nov. 22-Sir Charles Fausr,
Pollock, baronet, of the queens bench al
y.sion of high justice, died to-day Ia his
67th year. - as
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
EARTHQUAKES IN CALIFORNIA.
buildings shake PerceptibIy But No
Damage Done.

Ranasburg, Cal, Nov. 21-Two distinct
shocks of earthquake were felt here to-
day-the first at 1880, the next an hour
later The vibrations were from north 10
south Buildings shook perceptibly. but
no damage was done
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

Questions and communications relative
Ito agricultural and horticultural subjects.
If addressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer N.
'Aliuedgeville, Ca, will receive immediate
attention..
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22
Epilepsy.

Suggestions regarding treatment; the re-
suit of 20 years experience in a SANTA
rum. Send stamp for pamphlet. DIR.
WILLIAMSON, New London, Conn.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

We solicit articles for this department.
The name OF the writer should accom-
pany the letter or article, not necessarily
faith.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-22

times. Give them the range of such land
as will yield food supply. The best
Favored meat is plenty of exercise while
growing, but yet kept always in thrifty
condition
The morning times., 1897-01-24
Abolished the Editorial Page.

or many years the Cincinnati Inquirer
used to print n solid editorial page, en-
p,cyCd an exclusive editorial staff of six
writers, who wrote all their matter at
night in order to keep abreast Of the tele-
graphic news one Fourth of July evening
as they asSembl ed o begin work, somebody
suggested a patr otic drink in honor of the
occasion. They filed down To Il restau-
rant near by.
The result was that round after round
o. whisky was ordered, and nobody thought
OF the editorial page except one writer
twLo tells the story in the Chicago Times
Heraldb, who went back to the editorial
rooms and sat down to write Il editorial
He never cot beyond the first sentence:
Yesterday was the Fourth Of July"
The next day, when the paper came out
on the editorial page there was Just one
line OF editorial matter. AT the top
were the words: Yesterday was the Fourth
OF July and the rest of the page was
filled with news The reading public be-
lieved that the change was intentional,
ard Mr.. Washington Mclean received so
many Congratulatory letters, commencing
his enterprise in giving news preference
over editorial, that he abolished the edito-
rial page permanently.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Joel Chandler Harris has given the friends
OF Buster John. Sweetest Susan and Dru-
slla new story. 1t is called The Story
of Aaron" The friends Of the Middle
Georgia children will remember Aaron.
They read of him in the stories of Little
Mr. Thiublefinger'' and his queer country.
lie was only a slave and field hand. but
ThimblefinEer told Buster Juhn that Aaron
knew the language of animals The mystic
sesame which was TO open the lips Of the
slave On this wOndrCus topic was crCss
mark. TO be made three times on the
thumb of his left hand by Buster Johns
right forefinger.
The children follow little Mr.. T.'s hint.
and the animals langua ge becomes as easy
as their own. The fierce black stallion
and tie gray pony, Rambler, the dog and
the white pig, all become delightfully."- com
munic5tiVe, and Nj: Harris records in this
book the process as here set out, and the
tales Of The animals. They tell foCthc most
part OF Aaron, and a very interesting topic
he proves, for the amiable silent and faith
ful slave had wonderful history, never
before set out. This is not the only new
publication from Mr. Harris not too yo-
luminous pen. The fioughtons have in
their list Sister Jane, Her Friends ard
AcqUaintances,' which is narrative Of
certain events and episodes Transcribed
from the papers OF the late William Wor-
mum.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
THIS LADY WAS KISSED.
And the LabiaI Ecstacy Almost
Transfigu Her.

Tie following mctncal masnla was
written hv Josephine b. Hunt evidently a
muse caioler of the worst kind
You kissed me! My head dropped low
on ynur breast, with a feeling Of shelter
and initiate rest, while the holy emotions
my tongue dare not speak flashed up in
q flame from my heart to my cheek
Your arm held me raSt-oh, your arms
were 30 boldl Heart beat against heart
in your passionate fold, your glance seemed
dra wing my soul through NV eyes. as
the sun draws the mist from the seas to the
skies. Your lips clung 10 mine till pra ycd
in bliss they might never unclasp from
the rapturous kiss. You kissed me! Nv
heart and my breath and my viii In deli
rious Joy for a moment stood still life
had for rae then no temptations, no charms,
no vision OF happiness outside of your
arms And were / this instant an angel
possessed Of the peace and the JOY that
arc giy en the blest, I would fling my white
robes umrcpentingly down / would tear
from my forehead its beautiful crown, to
nestle once more ia that haven of rest. your
lips upon mine. my head on your breast!
You kissed mel Ny soul in bliss so
divine reeled and syooned Ike a drunk
en- man foolish with wine. And thought
'twerc delicious TO die there. if death
would come willie my Hips were vet moist
with your breath; if my heart might grow
cold while your arms cIaSped me round in
their passionate fold. And these are the
questions l ask day and night: Must nv
lips taste no more such exquisite delight?
Would You care il your breast were my
shelter as then, and if you were here,
would you kiss me again?
The morning times., 1897-01-24
COnfessIo Amat1s.

When DO : love you most, sweet books of
4 pore,
Austerely bent to win austerest lore,
Forgetting how the dewy meadows SnIne;
Or afternoons when honeysuckleS wine
ADoutJ the seat, and to some dreamy shore
OF old romance, where lovers eycrtnore
Keep blIssful hours, 1 follow at your sign?
Yeai We are precious then, but most to me
Ere lamDlighJ ia awneUh; wnen low croons
the fire
TO whispering twilight in my little room;
And eyes read not, but, sitting silently,
L feei "n-r great neatU's thsouDiIi- ,.ecp
inquire,
And your breathing round me in the
gloom.
Richard lie GaIlienne.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Edmund II. Garrett sketches with a sen
Sitive pencil, and such bits as fall be
meath ITS point are given to the eye with
a Charm of added piCtureSqucness. Some
times Illustrations are an assistance to the
text: sometimes this is SO ConSpiCU0uSly the
fact that the writer suffers. Now, this is
the case with the three New England wo-
men who wrote Three HerCineS OF New
England Romance" Mr.. Garrett has inter
lined and interleaved so many little gems
of drawing that the eye is carried away
from tie printed lines entirely However,
just as we, having noted the exquisite work
OF the artist, now come TO say word Of
the writers. so VIII the tickle eye OF the
reader revert tot the text when the end of the
pretty pictures is reached. The heroines
in question are Priscilla, Agnes Lurriage
and Martha Hilton. and they are told of
by Harriet Prescott Spofford. Alice Brown
and Louise Imogen Quincy, respectively.
The narrative is very interesting and sym
pathetic, but the charm OF the book sur
wives IN Mr.. Garretts pictorial illumina
tions.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

An historical work involving sixty vol
ulnes is n process Of making by the secre-
tary of the Wisconsin Historical Society
on The Jesuit Relations and Allied Docu-
nents.'' Anent its importance the Lit
erary World of Boston says:
in one sense, and that an important
one, the Jesuit Relations may be regarded
as the beginnings of American literature,
for, though written by foreigners and in d
foreign tongue. they were written on
American soil, and on an A merican subject,
and are the foundation of American his
tory. For, if the Red Men of North
America were not the first Americans,
who were? And if the literature of which
The morning times., 1897-01-24
MAP OF THE MOON.
Fair Luna's Face Thoroughly Pho
tOgraphed by Frenchmen.

Some of the best photographs of the
moon ever taken have been obtained at the
Paris Observatory by NM. Loewy and Pui-
seux. A number of views have been taken
at different ages of the moon, and en-
largements have been made from them, to
be used in ntheconstructioa of a Photographic
map ON large scale. When the map is com
pleted it will show Che moon two and a
half yards in diameter. Already parts OF
this patchwork map have been finished
and they depict not only the general fea,
lures OF the moons surface, but also a
number OF details and small lunar craters
The morning times., 1897-01-24

which are not shown upon maps con-
structed from visual observations The
great value of such a map as this will
be beforreference in case of suspected changes
upon our satellite. No very definite evi-
dence exists that any of the formations
upon the moon have altered sincethey were
first observed with the telescope, but one or
two cases OF disappearance and appearance
of craters have been suspected. With such
a map as that being constructed at the
Paris Observatory it will be easy to settle
these and other doubtful points,
The morning times., 1897-01-24

''The Ensign" which comes to the
Grand this week, is a play strong in melo
dramatic effect, with the scene includ
ing the decks of United States man-of-
war and a room in the White House. The
characters OF Lincoln, Gideon Welles and
Admiral Farragut are all portrayed The
scene IN the third act where falher
Abraham grants n pardon TO an accused
officer for the sake of a little Giri VINO
offers him her doll in payment for the IRE
of the hero is said to be strong plt OF
acting Miss Bessie Taylor, Lutte Nednes
day, and Mcssrs. Ingram, Williams, Deal
and Flanagan are in the cast.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

This is Harry Furniss' week in the Ameri-
can Capital He is the jester OF the Eng
lish capital He makes funny pictures OF
prominent people for the London papers
and in return he faithful Britishers idolize
their drawer OF pictures lie will give four
matinee lectures at the Columbia this week
and he illustrates with the charcoal as he
talks. Elsewhere he has been huge sue
cess with his original methods, and ne
comes to see how appneciatiyc is Washing
ton Of good fun
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Tie human heart always beats responsive
to suffering, and the play which portrays
pathos truthfully is suTer Of survival than
tie ciddy comedy which stirs a laugh and
is forgotten \ realization Of tlis fact is
tie survival of The TWO Orphans, one
OF tie most enjoyable meiodramas eYei
written. Kate Claxton is able to come
back to Washington this week, atthe Acad-
envy. simply because the public never tire
OF Ter beautiful personation Of the blind
girl in tie stirring French melodrana. 1t
is the uiCnccr Of a whole school Of play
writing, andit survives them all
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Apropos Of Otis sknnef'S production OF
Romeo and Juliet the other evening
let me quote from my scruphook what
Clement Scott said several years ago when
Skinner played the lover in London town:
1T will he ell to watch the future W ork
OF this young American actor, for he has
all the qualities which go to make a peer
less Romeo. Judging Finn by comparison
with our own actors" -
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Poor New Workers, sad dogs. they have
been turned down again, The Sign OF he
Cross captured London and all England,
but the GOthamitaS raised their noses high
in the air and could not even scent merit
in it. But Boston cannot get into the
theatcr at one time all who want TO
see it, Had Mr. Bennett written in a
foundIing, a demi-mondaine. troupe Of
trick elephants, and a skirt. dancer, New
York would have held his play prosperous
by the year.
The morning times., 1897-01-24
sauce for Goose. Etc.

Mr.. Scrapper-When viii you learn that
razors are not the thing 10 sharpen slate
pencils with?
Mrs. Scrapper-I don't know. / suppose
assoon as YOU velearnt that hairpins are not
the things TO clean out pipes with
Chips
The morning times., 1897-01-24

des Of the original production will be
brought ON for the presentation of the
piece in this city. The cast, too, is the
same as that seen in New York, and is
composed Of the following we'll known
players: william Harcourt, Ralph Delnore,
+. V. Ferguson, W. p. Carleton, Edward
Poland, Benjamin Dean, Nat Jones, Werner
Charges, Geoffrey Stein, Joseph Mason,
Frank Inslee, Roselle Knott, Jennie Sat
terlee, and Ethel knight Mollison.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

How the Gould famlygo in for the stage!
There was gentle George. who made Edith
Kingdom lis wife out Of Days company
ana pretty Anna nearly made Harry Wood
ruff her husband. when he was the Charley
that the Aunt belonged TO. Now Howard
is going 10 assist Miss Clemmons to show
the profession the only real role to play
these hard times.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

AT tie Academy THIS evening the Wash
ington String Orchestra Will be hearu III
concert TIE orchestra has worked hard
and fruitfully, and Will doubtess nave
something attractive to offer.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

When Henry James selected The Other
House as the title OF his recent book, did
he know that this title had already been
used in this country by Kate Jordan? Miss
Jordan has uttered no protest, neither have
her publishers.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

one Of the concert institutions Of this
concert are JHe Fisk Jubilee Singers The
jubilee period is sinking into nebulous
past, but the songs and traditions of the
singers themselves survive TO give Us an
idea of the oid-tiIue darkcy camp meetings.
The Fisk singers are Just returned from
two years in Europe. They appear at the
National tonight
The morning times., 1897-01-24

they were the occasion was not the first
American literature, what was?''
Why do the aIniable gentlemen of the
New Amsterdam Book Company secretc
theidentity OF the translator or transatorS,
of their volume OF Love Songs Of France?"
Truly enough, the comparative interest of
authorship is tangent TO the originals
De Musset, Lamartine, Hugo, Gautier,
Larnartine, Segur, and the haif-doZcn others
but so fluent and truthful rendering as
the English versifier has made deserves
the praise we can only give him anony-
mouSly. He, or she, it is really tantaliZ-
ing to be so completely ignorant on the
point, has done a good act in giving to
the one-tongued readers SO adequate an
idea of the best love singers in another
tongue than their own.
For single instance, the Hugo poems
reflect the spirit and rhythm of the original
with identical charm and only little less
startling is the fidelity of the new read
ing given the placid verse Of Larmartine.
The beautiful poems deserve the beautiful
repository given them in the new volume
But, pray, gentlemen, to whom are read
ers indebted for the translations?
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Ella Wheeler wilcox has confided it con
fidentially to friend, who confides it con
fidentally to the public, that Mrs Wilcox
is writing a romance In verse 1t will be
OF considerable length, but it will be pub
lished some time this year
The morning times., 1897-01-24

The sale of seats for the stoddard lee
tllrcs began last Thursday at Metzerotts,
and the white paper which serves as a tox
Mat already looks as If a series of games
OF tit-tat-to had been played al over them
The seats are being scratched rapidly,
and this week will find few good ones re-
manning tor course purchasers. so step
lively There viii toe TWO courses of flVe
lectures each, including lecture on the
Yellowstone National Park.
The morning times., 1897-01-24

Tonight at the New National the Fisk
Jubilee Singers will give their final con
cert OF the season. This Will be an inn
portant event to the music loving public.
The singers come fresh from their tri-
umphs abroad. where their old-time mel
odies were appreciated; and they will de
light us gain with the old songs OF the
South Nobody can form any idea Of the
melody and pathos Of this music until they
have heard it as presented by the Singers.
on the occasion Of their last visit each
number was repeated, and even then the
audience was not satisfied. The box office
Will be open from l TO . p NJ, and at
the regular hour, p. m.