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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
DRAINAGE PLANS READY.
Specifications Vow Being Furnished
Contractors.

The engineers at work on the house
drainage plans have been provided with
quarters in the room at the northwest cor
ner on the second floor of the city ex-
change opposite the clerks office.
This provides them with comfortable and
commodious quarters. and at the same
time is easy of access to persons inter-
ested in the work Printed copies of the
specifications for the work have already
been furnished to all contractors who APP
piled for them, and the plans are open
TO the inspection of all intending bidders,
and, in fact, to any one interested in the
work.
The printed specifications are very full
and complete and seem to cover every
possible detail of the work. No loopholes
are left for shoddy work or materials by
the contractors. In fact the contractor
seems bound in every possible manner.
Special attention is given in the specifica-
tons to the comfort and convenience Of
the public, the evident intention being
that the Inconvenience necessarily result
ing in the construction of such a system
shall be reduced to a minimum
Contractors are made liable for all dam
age to public or private property occa-
stoned by them in the progress of the
bridges across excavations at street cross
ings for both pedestrians and vehicles.
They are not allowed to excavate more
thau 800 feet in advance of construct ted
sewer nor TO leave more than 200 feet
untitled in the rear of the same without
the written permission of the engineer,
and on the completion of each 500 feet of
sewer the street surface must be immedi-
ately restored in good condition. All pave
ments, of whatever character, displaced in
the prosecution of the work must be re-
stored by the contractor at his expense
Immediately upon the completion of that
portion of the work. The specifications
are very explicit as. to the quality of the
material to be used, all materials to be
of the best quality as measured by the
highest standard of the trade.
a number of contractors are in the city
and several may be found in the Office
Of the engineers almost any time of the
day inspecting the plans and securing in
formation as to the details of the work.
There will, evidently, be no lack of bid
ders.
Alderman Wylly, chairman of the drain
ing will be done by council until the bids
are received. The contractors will be al
lowed to bid on both plans, and council
will then make its selection of the two
plans, with the figures of the cost before
them. Bids will be received by the COM
mittee Monday, Nov. Is, and will be sub
mitted to council Wednesday night,
Nov H.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
TO TRY A PATROL BOAT.
Chief McDermotts Experiment with
Naphthn Launch.

A naphtha launch, thought to be adequate
for the needs of the police department,
in patrolling the river front, which is now
being seriously contemplated by the police
commissioners. has been found by Chief
McDermott, and win be given test at
once. If the test developes that the launch
is the proper thing for the department, 1t
will be purchased, and the river patrol
work begun.
The chief states that 1t will not require
any additional men to do the proposed
work. AT present there are three men on
each relief who are on duty on the river
front The idea of the chief is to place
two of these men in the launch and allow
the third man to walk the wharf only be-
tween East and West Broad streets. BY
this arrangement he hopes to do the river
patrolling and is sure IL can be done with
out additional men, The police commits
sioners may finally determine the matter
at the next meeting.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
WORK ON THE CIRCUIT.
Many Rice Field Damage suits Pend
Ing i'm Liberty County.


Ing in Liberty County.
Judge Robert Faligant returned to the
city last night from Bryan county. Be-
sides the criminal business a number of
civil cases were disposed of. All Of them,
however, were of a local nature and I'M
important. Next week Judge Falligant
and Solicitor General Osborne will go to
Effingham, where the November term of
the superior court will be held in that
county.
The largest docket on the circuit Is in
Liberty county, which will be reached
week after next. There sevehty-five or
eighty cases are pending against the Flor
ida Central and Peninsular railroac,
brought by negroes who claim that the
road damaged or, destroyed their rice
crops in the swamps along the line of
the road at the time 1t was being built.
The amounts claimed in these suits vary
all the way from $500 down. A peculiar
feature of these suits is that almost every
one of them is different in some import
ant particular and it appears that each
one of them will have to be tried sepa,
rately, unless the attorneys representing
the parties at interest can agree on a set
tlement. 1t takes a day or a day and o
half to dispose of one of these cases, so
it will be seen that it is a difficult mat.
ter for the court to get through with
many of them at one term. Several of
them have already been disposed of, but
in most of these cases motions for new
trials are pending.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
THE ROLLER FIsHED OUT.
Engineer Navey Had "a Narrow Es-
cape When it Turned over.

cape When it Turned over.
The big county steam roller Ogeechee
was fshed out of the Hampstead canal
yesterday and set upon its wheels again.
Chairman J. J. Dale of the board of
county commissioners went out to the
point where the accident happened as soon
as he heard of it for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the extent of the damage TO the
machine. He found that, as stated yester-
day, the engineer and operator of the
roller, Charles a. Navey had run too close
to the bank at the edge of the road, caus-
ing it TO cave in and the roller to turn a
somersault, so 10 speak, into the Hemp
stead canal, landing bottom side up.
Engineer Navey had narrow escape. II
he had jumped sideways, or, in fact any
other way than he did, he would have
been crushed. Fortunately, however. he
jumped backward and the machine went
on ahead of him.
AS a result of his inves legation, Chair
man Dale found that the damage TO the
roller was very slight Weighing twelve
tons, 1t looks as If the upper part of the
machinery would have been badly broken
by the fall, but such was not the case
The cab was broken Off, and one or two
oil cups were broken Chairman Dale
thinks the entire damage can be repaired
for less than $50. The roller was not suf-
fciently damaged TO prevent its being nut
10 work again, and 1t will probably be
steamed UP for business to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
More Advantages to Save

Any young man in the town, who has
been contemplating buying a SIS suit for
the winter will learn that for $685. he can
buy nice suit of blue, black or fancy
cheviot, tweed or cashmere at the grand
special sale No. 2. which takes place Sat
urday and Monday at the Metropolitan.
Men, too, can get these suits to fit If they
do not measure over 36 inches over the
breast. This is no humbug. If you want
suit it will pay you to see these. We
never misrepresent our goods. You know
that.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
CONFIDENT OF IT'S DEFEAT.
Opponents of the Bush Bill Think II
Will Not Pass the Senate.

The opponents of the Bush bill, or as it
may now be called, the Turner bill In
Savannah, and their name is legion, do
not view the situation with any serious
concern.
They were very much encouraged by re-
ports from Atlanta yesterday afternoon,
and expressed the hope that the bill would
be defeated in the Senate They have
heretofore feared that it might make its
way through the Senate, though they
were confident of its defeat in the House.
But determined efforts are being made to
kill the bill in the Senate, and they consid-
cred the prospects for 1t extremely hope
fun
The Savannah contingent is represented
in Atlanta. as are all the other cities
which are opposing the measure, and de-
termined fight is being made on the out
side as we'll as among the members of the
legislature.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
BLACK md Nine

One might suppose from the heading
Of this item that Il referred to indoor base
ball, but 1t does not. 1t only describes tbs
coors of those $SS5 suits which the Metro.
politan will offer at the special sale No .
tomorrow and Monday. There are Others
also fine clay diagonals, tweeds. easel
meres and fancy cheviots. Youths sizes
in coats, pants and vests--fit men too
who measure 80, "a, 80 or SO IN the breast
These suits are worth $3.50 to $500, ana
would be considered cheap at that lust
take look at them.-ae
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
Beautiful Cabinet Photograph
Frame,

A perfect fac-simile reproduction OF or
glnal water color by one of our most
famous artists. 1t is reproduced so ele-
gantly that II can hardly be distinguished
from the original Bear in mind any cabi-
net photograph will At 1t. Presented to
all purchasers of teas, coffees, baking
powder spices. extracts. condensed milk.
and sauce on Friday and Saturday of this
week. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea
Company, LOG Broughton street, west.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
To Try Tnttnnii Gravel.

Liberty street lane, between Bull and
Whitaker streets, has been curbed and
graded preparatory to putting down TAFT
nall county gravel on the roadway. This
material comes from near Dixie Ga, and
is said to be excellent for forming a new
road bed. If the experiment proves that
the gravel is suitable for road building Il
will doubtless be used extensively on city
and county work
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

This is the prayer of the nervous who
do not sleep well. Let them use Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters and their prayer
will be speedily answered, Insomnia is
the product of indigestion and nervous
ness, two associate ailments, soon rene
died by the btlers, which also vanquishes
malaria, constipation, liver complaint,
rheumatism and kidney complaints.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
WnycrOss, Ca, and Return Account
Initial Annual ExpOsitfop

The Plant system will sell round trim
tickets to Wayeross on the following DAYS
at rates and limits given below: Nov .
8, 4, . and g. limited to Nov. I, s3.15; Nov.
8, and 8, limited TO two days, in addi-
ton to date of SALE $685. Both tickets in
clude admission to exposition grounds
Nov. VIII be known as Durham dav,
superintendent Plant system. Hbrse ana
bicycle races daily, commencing at D m
I'D. - $50
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
Lakeland. FIn.. Fair.

The Polk County Fair Association has
been recently organized and proposes to
hold its first exhibition at Lakeland Fla,
about the first week in March, 1898. The
exhibits viii comprise all the products of
Southern Florida, but more particularly
tobacco and fruits. Mr.. j.. A. Erskine OF
Lakeland the secretary of the fair asso-
citation, is now in this city in the interests
of the exhibition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

To-day, Friday, is the last day for the
sale of 69-cent silks. If you want nice
black satin duchesse. black taffetas. black
brocades, changeable silks, fancy silks or
rich colored satins for shirt waists AT 60
cents, to-day is the last chance. Come
to-day to Ilckstein sd
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
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MRS. w. l.. WAI<ELEE DEAD,

Died suddenly at Her Home Yester-
day Afternoon.
Mrs. William L. Wakeee died yesterday
at $50 o'clock, at her residence, No. 104
Hull street, west. While she was in i'll
health, yet her death was not expected so
early During the day Mrs. Wakelee was
engaged in her household duties, and had
not even complained of feeling ill.,
The deceased was the daughter of DIR.
Albert Rlcon of Liberty county, and
granddaughter of Gen. Lachlan Mcintosh
of revolutionary fame. She possessed rare
ability in matters of literature and art.
For many years she was a constant men,
Der of the Independent Presbyterian
church Her funeral will take place at
the church, probably tomorrow.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
FORGER GOT OUT of THE WAY.
Police Have Little Evidence in the
Georgia Steam Laundry Case.

WCUTeIU SItNIII LHUIIUFyt 'NABe.
There are no developments In conneci
ton with the forged Georgia steam laun!
dry orders, upon which some unknown
person obtained goods from different firms
in the city The identity of the man is
still unknown, and the officers would have
very little positive evidence to work on
The manager of the laundry stated that
one of the orders, which was given tc
Conklin Co., had been written upon the
laundry letter heads. He says the only
way he can account for this is the posi-
bility of the party having obtained the
letter heads at the office Of the laundry
in some surreptltious way. He has nc
conception whatever as to who the guilty
party is ,-t..s ....,,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

Medical men say rheumatism is the fore.
runner of heart disease. HOODS sarsapa-
rilla cures rheumatism by it's action on
the blood.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05
IL You Lack Energy
Take HOrsfOrt'a Acid PhosDhota

1t vitalizes the nerves. helps digestion.
feeds the brain, makes life worth living.
It is medicine. a food and delicious
heYerage.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-05

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-03-31
$2 per Annum, in advance
matter may be used for stock feed
with cotton seed meal or such food.

matter may be used for stock feed
with cotton seed meal or such food.
Remove the starch to a drying
room kept at 100 degrees F. 1t will
dry rapidly and is then ready for
market. Be careful to have every
thing perfectly clean and wash the
starch several times before finally
decanting off the wash waters. At
ter extraction the granules rapidly
settle to the bottom, leaving the wa
ter cloudy liquid; the starch should
be washed till water is nearly clear.
[ made tapioca on very small scale
by drying at 200 degrees. You had
best consult some standard chemistry
or manufacturer of tapioca. I have
none at hand
Alcohol is made by distillation, glu-
cose by treatment with sulphuric acid
and getting rid of free acid by some
absorbent.
The starch made from cassava is a
most excellent article of diet, quite AS
good and delicate as corn starch.
There is no reason why Florida
should not produce many tons of
starch, and make it great industry.
1t is such things as these that your
state should develop; it is badly in
need of something to depend on be-
sides oranges and tourists.
Tf ooD co7vo x,O,, f11r+bor LOT mo
know. d. c.. Sutton.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-03-31
VOL XIV, No. IS Whole No. 96O
For the Florida Agriculturist.
The SOrrel.

Considerable interest is being
shown in the sorrel here, and should
it's virtues become generally known,
no other plant, in my opinion, will
command greater respect. I am un-
aware of it's true botanical name, but
it is known here as the Jamaica sor-
rel, and I think before long is des-
tined to come into general use. Spec
linens have been forwarded to Wash
ington, and have been pronounced
superior to the cranberry. | have
tested it during the past three sea-
sons in pies, jellies, marmalade, bev-
erages, etc, and found it all that will
as rule be demanded in it's line.
AS to growth, l would say that in
my opinion it will flourish any
where in the south under any condi-
tions, the same as a castor bean or a
high in these sand hills around
Frost Proof-how much higher | do
not know. 1t throws out spreading
branches like the cotton, and the
whole plant, and the fruit, is of a red
dish purple. The bloom much resem-
bles that of the sea island cotton.
| never cared or thought much
about the thing when | first heard it
talked of, but on testing it as a bev-
erage l was pleased with it in that
form, and have on further trial been
more favorably impressed with it in
every way, and am strongly of the
opinion that it is to become the
southern cranberry. S. w. Carson.
Frost Proof, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-03-31
Every Man His Own Gardener.

The following from the Southern
States Magazine is condensation
from the "Home Vegetable Garden"
by Prof w. F. Massey, of the North
Carolina Experiment Station:
One needs but to look around the
village and town gardens in the south
to recognize the need for information
in regard to the proper care of the
garden, and particularly that part
which is intended to give supplies to
the table. Town gardeners are very
active in the early spring, and their
enthusiasm often leads them to plant
a great many things too early, there
by entailing the necessity for replant-
ing. With the oncoming of summer
enthusiasm vanishes and the. garden
becomes weed patch. Few southern
people realize the advantage of long
summers and sunny autumns for the
production of a constant succession
of garden crops, and fewer that their
gardens need at no season to be aban-
doned to weeds. One of the greatest
troubles resulting from the common
practice of allowing the weeds to
grow after the first peas, corn, cab
bage and tomatoes are secured, is
that these weeds are the hiding-places
for cut worms that are ready to begin
their destructive work. From the time
when the earliest peas are planted, in
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-03-31
DeLand, Fla, Wednesday, March 81, 1897.

liberal dose of stable manure they
from their soils.
To Destroy Moles.-As early in the
spring as may be convenient, mix al
senic with corn dough, then make
holes into their roads here and there,
and drop lump of the mixture, about
the size of marble, then cover with
a clod of dirt to exclude the light.
Moles can thus soon be eXterminated.
however many there are. Other
poisons may answer well, but have
never tested any but arsenic, which
gave all the results that could be de-
sired. Bryan Tyson.
Carthage, n. c.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-03-31
For the Florida Agriculturist.
To Prevent Bud Worms.

Place the seed corn in a vessel filled
to proper depth with water as warm
as the hand can bear. Add tar from
the southern pine and rub with the
hands until each grain is fairly we'll
coated. The quantity of tar cannot be
definitely stated, nor is it material,
provided there is suficiency to i'm
part to the corn strong taste of tar.
Let the corn remain in soak forty
eight hours, then remove and place in
a vessel having an open bottom and
cover with old cloths of any kind. Oc-
casionally apply tepid water. In a
few days the corn will be sprouted
ready for planting, the sprouts pref
erably being about one inch long. Ii
the sprouts be accidently broken off
no injury will follow; other sprouts
will start out and the corn come up
we'll.
The corn should be dropped accord
ing to the stand wanted, one grain
for the stalk, and so on. In dropping,
the corn should be taken in the left
hand and the sprouted grains only
used, those not sp9outed being re-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-03-31

iected. In each handful there are
usually six to eight unsprouted
grains, which may be relied on tc
make missing hills. By sprouting
the thinning and replanting can very
nearly be done at one operation.
Corn soaked and sprouted as above
has been found to be virtually a spe
cifc against bud worms in exposed
localities, but if the corn be tarreo
and planted without soaking an6
sprouting, it is at most only partia
preventive Why this is so | do not
know, nor is it material that | should
The advantages derived from
sprouting corn are greatest when
planted in dry weather, provided that
it is covered with moist dirt.
Preserving Stable Manure.-It is
the common practice of farmers tc
throw manures of all kinds into heaps
and allow them to stand until they
are hauled to the field Now, almos1
every farmer knows that stable ma
nure when left untreat ed will become
heated and go through a certain pro
cess of fermentation during which
some gaseous or volatile matter es-
capes; they may have noticed. also
that the use of this manure after it is
''fired fanged" does not produce as
good yield as fresh manure. The
reason for this is, that when manure
becomes heated one of the valuable
fertilizer ingredients, ammonia, es-
capes into the air and is lost; this, OF
course, detracts considerable from the
fertilizing value of the manure.
Stable manure has been and always
will be popular fertilizer; those who
have used it continually, however
have doubtless noticed that stable ma
nure alone produces an excessive
growth of foliage and vines at the ex-
pense of fruit and grain. This is due to
the fact that stable manure is not a
we'll balanced fertilizer; it contains
too much ammonia as compared with
the phosphoric acid and potash. The
action of the ammonia is to increase
the growth of foliage, hence it is ap-
parent that if some potash and phos-
phate are applied in addition to the
stable manure it will make much
better balanced fertilizer.
1t has been found recently that by
sprinkling a handful of kainit over
the manure of each grown horse or
cow daily it will prevent the escape
of ammonia; this is a very good plan,
also, because the kainit adds some
potash to the manure, in which it is
usually deficient. A very popular and
profitable plan with many farmers is
to preserve their stable manure
through the use of kainit, and they
find that where about 200 pounds OF
kainit per acre and 200 pounds of acid
phosphate are used in addition to
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-03-31
cor the Florida Agriculturtst
Cultivation of Cassava.
Carthage, N. c.

In planting cassava, thoroughly
pulverize the piece of land and lay off
rows four feet apart; place from 400
to GOO pounds of any good fertilizer in
furrow, and plant by using the cassa-
va plant or tops cut into six inch
lengths: all of the stalks and limbs
are equally good for planting; drop
these six inch pieces in furrow, six
inches deep, twelve inches apart and
cover even with general surface.
Keep weeds down by hoeing and
blowing, and draw dirt to plant much
the same way and style as with sweet
potatoes.
The plant roots will be ready for
harvesting in late fall or winter; the
crop (roots) may be allowed to run
two years with much advantage, us
ing tops to plant another crop, which
should be done always in fall, to pre-
vent destruction of tops by frost and
to give advantage in early planting.
IF the young plants are killed by frost
they will come out again with in
creased vigor. The roots are harvest
ed by blowing them out; they may
remain out of the ground several days
before using-best kept in the shade.
The following articles of commerce
can be made from cassava: Starch,
tapioca, alcohol, glucose and meal.
Cassava has 80 per cent starch and
the yield per acre in good land is
twelve to fifteen tons first year, so
you can estimate amount of starch
per acre. Starch is the basis OF all
the products, and is extracted as fol-
lows: Mash thoroughly and mas
cerate perfectly, that is, cut into ex-
tremely fine particles with a grating
machine: the Hyatt cane cutter would
do well for this purpose. Convey the
grated particles to a tank or recepta
Gle of any kind, covered with cheese
cloth, or fine mesh strainer, and mash
thoroughly into receptacle; the fiber
will remain on strainer and the starch
granules pass through. The refuse