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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

eminent Presbyterian minister. and was
FOR forty-four years pastor OF the church
at Freehold, N. J. He was a brother of
Gilbert Tennent at one time pastor of
city.
Having heard OF somewhat similar ex-
perience which had befallen Edward Bar
Der, a member of company A. Foriy-sec-
ond Illinois Volunteers (more recently a
resident of Deerneld MichD, the writer
addressed him and received a most inter
esting statement, which we condense: u
was ~ years of age and graduated and
was teaching until ! enlisted. After the
siege of Corinth l was sent with a de-
tachment to luka Springs, Miss, where
l was wounded and captured and taken to
Andersonvillc, remaining there sixteen
months. For about ten months my mind
remained quite firm, then It began to soft
en- IL seemed on an incline plane, with
momentum enough to carry it to the bot
tom. Here ! must leave a blank.
The first thing that / remember I was
standing in Annapolis, Nd, under the old
nag, leaning ON my crutches and crying.
Some of the men who We're captured after
| was knew me; in that way l found out
my name which | had forgotten with
everything else. Gradually things came
back. / returned to my home. but / did
not know my father or mother or any of
the family. \ young lady began to teacn
me to read by the word method. I am able
to teach again. but my Greek and Latin
and French are all gone, though my math-
ematics is very good Everything / now
know l had to study hard for; almost
nothing came Of its own accord. My pres
ent handwriting is totally different from
the previous. My mind Is not so keen as
II used to be- but when I get hold of any
thing ] remember 1t as well as anyone"
These phenomena may contribute some.
nf no efr
of the mind. The old theory that the
memory was a separate faculty has we
suppose. ceased to be held; rather It seems
likely that memory is a condition affect
ing all the powers. Where the memory
is strong the powers, like block of mar
bic, retain every impression that is made [.
where the mind has become demoralized
1t is as though the block OF marble had
become pulverized and no impression is
permanent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
The best TurnIp.

III or winter use there is no better variety
u lurnip than the yellow Aberdeen. es-
l'''al'y II one can get hold Of a pure
s.Fain Of honestly grown seeds. This Old
wen known kind has been given a multi
'1le Of names altogether in the past
nv .'"'y years. II Is not a quick grower
80. lne Fiat Dutch, but It Is a turnip that
y. WV Aeep a long time after being made.
4 IS equal to a rutabaga In texture hut
r 'o' prone to rot Ike the rutabaga.
e... s2ulnern dairyman or stock grower
'nnoi wen dispense with tbe cron. IT,
rt. t,,''esa ne raises a large crop OF artl-
r.,, or sweet potatoes for his stock
o,... 81 an acre OF turnips need not cost
tt'.. mere Is no need for not HAVING
to- pm abundance, even then. With cot.
ct r,.ii. nolisd they constitute the cheap
.5.,,,,..IA producing food the southern
man can get,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
THE MORNING NEWS: MoNDA1, yv-4.- 10, 1897.

of the farm papers. and it is not my bus
mess 70 do their advertising for them. But
n thresher is not so much wanted as a
machine for gathering the peas and leav-
ing the vines. AT present the universal
plan in the south, is to gather the pods by
hand with the cheap labor Of women and
children, and fail them out by haad. VITA
the increased culture Of these peas there
must soon be machinery invented 10 gather
and clean the crop. The worst trouble
in preserving the seed is TO keep the wee
wills from them. This can be best done by
preventing their entrance Keep the peas
in good tight sacks and scatter among tn m
some OF The so-called 'moth balls" that
are sold so cheapiy everywhere at. drug
stores. If the weevils have gotten in the
only way is to put the seed in c.ose box
and place therein a vessel containing some
bi-sulphide Of carbon, the fumes of which
will quickly destroy them. The liquid is
poisonous and explosive and should not be
handled where there is fire.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

To be worth anything at all a road must
be constructed scientifically. The sys-
TEN Of "mending" roads in vogue In
this country from colonial times Is worse
than nothing All labor and money so
expended are utterly wasted There IL
but one kind Of road that deserves the
adjective good" and that IS highway
constructed under competent engineering
supervision according 10 scientifically APP
proved methods. IL must have a substan-
tai foundation. n good surfacnK and a
careful system Of inspection and repair.
These matters should not Be left to un-
skilled gliaance. There ought TO be an
engineer for road construction. by whore
directions the work must be carried on
everywhere The Wisconsin Agriculfurist
observes that the cost Of keeping these
roads In repair IT. Infinitely smaller than
that required 10 repair The ordinary dirt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
Thinning ont Fruit.

A visit TO gardens and orchads when
fruit trees are In bearing will convince
any one that the Importance of thinning
out fruit is very little understood. says
Joseph Meehan In Practical Farmer. In
deed. II does not take a visit always to
find It out. A conversation on the topic
with the majority of fruit growers would
result In finding out that a large majori-
~ of them believed II creditable TO have
trees breaking down with fruit This Is
more noticeable with amateurs than with
those who grow fruit for market The
market man soon finds out what paws and
what does not, a matter the amateur "a
not so interested In. Just as soon as the
Towering Is over and the fruit swells IN
enough TO determine the crop, the trees
should be gone over and calculations
made as 10 what amount Of fruit 20 leave
on II we take the pear as an example
we shall lind that its flowers are produc.
ed In punches OF half dozen or more to-
gether, and that they are sometimes so
closely set along the stems as 10 touch
one another. In some seasons, on some
kinds, every flower will produce a fruit
say a half dozen to a bunch. Now. N the
punches touch each other on the stem one
fruit 20 each bunch would be too many.
which would mean that more than i've
sixths Of what were on the tree would
have 70 be thrown away. A tree that car
ries fruit so closely set as TO touch one
another is decidedly overloaded That
many trees set their fruit In the way de-
scribed Is no fancy picture. Belle Lucra-
tive. Howell and Bartlett pears will often
be 80 loaded. No trees should be allowed
20 be- so weighed down as 10 need propping
up 10 prevent the branches from breaking.
Yet, how often Is this seem Many time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
UNCLE SANS STAMPS.
A Private Individual Would Like the
Profit Made on Them.
From the Washington star

FROM Ntlt W hHlAihNA vA 0NaAs
II costs the government now Just five
cents for 900 stamps, delivered anywhere
in the United States One thousand two
cent stamps are sod for $50 It will thus
be seen that Uncle Sam has a trust worth
having. and that his profits are not to be
despised even by "A bloated bondholder.
In fact Uncle Sam Is envied 80 much by
other capitalists that frequently other par
Ties start into the business Of printing
stamps. without first securing a license
or even trying TO get one. Sometimes the
secret service Office catches the guilty par
ties. but in case due discretion Is exercised
the counterfeiting OF stamps II not very
difficult. as little close attention Is bestow-
ed upon them In the malls But the ex-
pense Is so great. and the returns 80 small.
that the counterfelters do not linger long
at a stamp Job
During a single year the bureau OF en-
craving and printing prints about ssO.OO0.-
900 worth OF stamps. This is over an aver
age OF 81 per head for every inhabitant OF
the United States and indicates that we
are a great race Of letter writer's, assum-
ing that each person writes one letter a
week. Al. people who write letters, how
ever. are not thoughtful enough to prepay
them. Some idea OF the number Of delin-
ouent correspondents who like 10 send their
tcttors hostage due may be obtained from
Inc fact that during the last fiscal year
Inc value OF the postage due stamps affix.
"a 10 letters without SUFFICIENT postage ag-
gregated $40 65s. mostly In one and two
cent stamps.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

The many comparatively recent discov-
cries Of miscroscopical life in places wncre
a few years ago its presence was not
even suspected show this to be a Cvely
old earth after all. and open the bars 10
a broad field of scientific research. The
Influence of these lower forms Of plants
is only beginning to be realized or under
stood Our farmer boys, observes the
Agriculturahs EDitom.st. should be edu-
Gated in n direction which will enable
them TO grasp the situation and use Alright
the Dower which God has given and Is
giving man over the wonderful forces Of
nature. There will nowhere be needed
a wider range of knowledge than on the
f-c--- OF the future
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

neighbor into his garden to see peach
or pear tree supported by props so that
its branches might not snap off II would
seem boorish to tell such a person al the
time that it is a sad instead of pleas
ant sight yet il is truth, such as he should
be made familiar with soon, for his own
benefit. Those who think they might acct
dentally take off too much fruit need not
be afraid. That which is left on viii be
larger for it and of better quality. so that
taking pound for pound, there is rarely
anything lost even when the thinning out
has been over-severe. BE on the lookout to
take the trees in hand in time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
Feed Cor Mounting Hens.

NJ asks " there is anything tina, con
"a. . 70 moultng hens that will expedite
,s,, process and thus get the fowls n
ia,, 20, 'or laying early In the winter. OF
b.-. , .,l' ne has lost number Of fine
i,r u''lns the moulting season.
eel, .-, 'gn' are given water In iron YES.
with -. ,, .Ie Tea half ration Of corn meal
h. L ~ 5ile cotton seed meal mixed with
y helpful Ia encouraging the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19
Reply by Prof. W. F. Massoy)

This Is the problem we have been wrest-
ling with for years. The man who puts a
really effective machine on the market.
that Is adapted 70 the gathering OF the
COW pea crop and cleaning the seed. can
make a fortune. There have been several
pea threshers advertised IN circulars that
have been sent me,but those 10 harge 70 m
10 value printers ink lightly. FOR / have
failed 20 see their advertisements In any
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

feather shedding and growth of the newer
ones. Fowls are generally neglected some
what late IN the season, even by those
who keep fine breeds, too. They need spe-
cial attention in the months of August
and September if they would lay well in
the winter time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

Straight From Dublin.-An Irishman.
haiiing from Dublin. recently came across
the channel and enlisted In the line regi.
ment.
one morning. when assembling on pa
rade for drill. Pat happened to fall In next
70 London recruit on the order
"Doublev being given by the drlll-ser-
geant. the cockney was heard TO exclaim:
ooh, hang doub.ing"
To which Pat Immediately replied: "And
hang London. ye olpcenl'-Answers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

Questions ard communications relative
10 agricultlra and horticultural subjects
if addresseoto Agri. Editor, Drawer NJ
MinedgevilAi Ga, will receive immediate
attention
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

roads tacn winter and spring. when great
sullies and RUS are washed into them by
the rains and floods
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-19

would like 10 know the most practical
way 10 harvest, thresh and preserve cow
peas for seed.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
POLITICAL DRIFT.

DMr. Bryan delivered his first lee
ture in Tom Watson's state, but Tom
did not introduce the speaker.-Toledo
Blade.
DBryan will find out as time passes
that the mere noisemaker in politics
lasts only for single campaign.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
JProtection and revenue go togeth-
CT. The democratic administration hav-
ing abolished one, the other abolished
itself.-N. Y. Press.
DPresident Mckinley on his inaugu-
ration day will wear q suit made from
American wool and woven by American
manufacturers. This will protect him
not only from the weather, but also
from any foreign infection caused by
the proximity of his predecessor. Troy
Times.
UThe dispatch from his home which
says that Mr.. Bryan may abandon his
lecture tour adds in explanations: "Hc
has, he says, other work on hand"
This is well. There are many kinds Of
work more profitable than efforts to
work the public into paying good money
to hear stale stump speeches.--Louis-
Vile Courier-J Journal Oem.).
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
We Need . Rest.

This would be q very good time for
Mr.. Bryan and his fool organs to give
the country n rest from their calamity
bowling. Bryan in a recent speech said:
1.-THE republicans have promised to re-
store normal conditions. What they
may do hereafter remains to be seen,
but it is evident that they have thus
far failed to bring relief to the people,
This characteristic bit of idiocy Is
echoed in some shape or other every day
by some of Bryan's papers. The Bry-
ante takers and writer's apparently
think that the people who smashed
Organism altered the constitution and
statutes at the same time so as TO make
the presidential and congressional term
begin in November or December instead
If March. Not much attention is paid
to the rawlings of Bryan or OF the cor
poral's guard Of bourbon malcontents
who cling to hdm now, but, as far as 1t
goes, the slight influence which they
are still able to exert Is, of course, dis
tinctively vicious.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
HUMOROUS.

"A woman thinks that a bed is not
complete nor pretty without n lot of
useless. fluffy things on the pillows
Washington Qa.) Democrat.
THAT horrid Miss Burners tried
to be so mannish. She actually smokes
cigarettes" IL don'tsee anything man
nish in that. "-Indianapolis Journal.
-Up-to-Date Burglar turning his x
ray lantern on his victim)-'In addition
to a watch, you have in your pocket21a
marks in gold and silver. Out with it,
or I'll acknowledgements Blatter.
-lnquiring Spectator lat the rnces)
(which horse was it that won?"
Speculative Spectator (gloomily)-"I
don't know the name of the horse that
won, but l know the names of most of
the horses that didn't win."-N. Y.
Weekly.
-"Thcsc berths are for the passen-
gers" said the Pullmar porter to the
countrymcn to whom he was exhibit
ing the new car. "And where are your
quartcrs?" asked the innocent visitor.
in good, safe bank" returned the
porter, with n grin.-Ilarlem Life.
-"Miss Cayenne complimented you
very highly after you told that story
at the dinner table," remarked one
young man. "She liked that story,
did she?" mo. But she thought it
illustrated very admirable trait in
your character. 1t showed that you
never go back on an old friend."-Wash-
ington Star.
"A Serious rawback.-Hungry Daw-
son-"By gee! sometimes think our
profession is jist about the meanest
bisness goin'." Hobo Hanls-"Huhl
Wot's wrong wild it?" Hungry Daw-
son-"Well, wen other fellers is abused,
they kin strike; but, durn it all, the
only way we could strike would be by
goin' to ork!"-Truth.
Aged Husband are going to
ruin me with your extravaganza. You
don't need that cape amy more than
a eat needs two tails. How often have
told you never to buy anything be-
cause it is cheap" Young Wife
with the air of one who has got the
better of the argument)- But it was
not cheap. 1t cost ten pounds. Lon
don Figaro.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16
70 BRING RELIEF.
Congress Should Attend Strictly to she
Tariff.


A Washington dispatch announces
that Senator Sherman is opposed 70
the creation of q permanent tariff COM
mission. lie believes that the passage
OF a revenue tariff act by the Fifty-iifth
congress will restore business pros
perity.
1t will help to restore business pros
perity, but greater help would be
vouchsafed if congress would attend
strictly to the business before it, and
not devote its attention to cXtraneous
and disturbing questions.
For example, the domestic concerns
OF the American people are Of far great
err account to them than questions Of
the comfort and prosperity of their
neighbors. Charity should begin at
home and until our own affairs are in
order we should not be wasting time on
those of outsiders.
II can scarcely be said that the affairs
of the people of the United States are
in satisfactory condition just now. A
number Of banks are in difficulty in the
west, and crOakcrs are beginning to
arise to utter dismal vaccinations. Mr..
William j. Bryan, for instance, is out
delivering his tale of woe. In this man
ner he spoke at q dinner in Lincoln,
Neb., the other night: az find, accord
ing to Dun's report that five of the
eight reports since the election show an
increase of weekly failures over the
corresponding weeks of last year. For
the eight weeks since the election the
reports show rs business failures more
than for the corresponding weeks of
1895. Attention is called to these fig
ures because they show either that con-
fiderce has not yet been restored, or
that confidence, if restored, has not re-
stored prosperity. The republicans have
promised to restore normal conditions
without increasing the volume of cur
rency. What they may do hereafter re-
mains to be seen, but it is evident that
they have thus far failed to bring re-
lief to the people"
Mr.. Bryan seems TO delight in these
signs of calamity. They appear to offer
him hope of continued political exist
ence, for he and his party can survive
only on the fluctuations of their coun-
trymen. While we have agitation of
public questions that lead to public I'M
rest there can be no restoration of conf
dence. Some of our public men have
said that war would be stimulating to
business, and therefore they would in
vite war, regardless of the sacrifice of
life and treasure which would be at
tendant on such adventure. But the
sober sense of the American people is
opposed to war, and therefore when con-
gress takes action looking to entangle-
ment with foreign power, fear is
aroused and business begins to droop.
1t was hardly to be expected that
prompt recovery would follow the long
and exhausting period of depression
through which the country has passed,
but it is safe to say that recovery will
not be accelerated by such performance
as has recently been witnessed in Wash
ington.-Albany Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16

minute and Jim told Sarah aftervard
that he should always feel thankful
that it wasn't long drawn out.
Salute your bride, JIM" said the ell
der when they were married hard and
fast, land I'll make out a certificate
and send it around to your wife after
breakfast"
Jim wasn't so bashful then but that
he could kiss Sarah right before the
minister and his wife and daughter,
but he did it in hurry because the
breakfast wasn't got yet at the Thomp-
son house. Then Mr.. and Mrs. Wright
drove back, and they've been happy
pair all their lives. 1t made new man
of Jim to get married, and, rs said a
little while ago, he's one of our promi-
nent citizens now, and whether he ever
gets to the legislature or not, he could
have my vote and the vote of everyone
Of the neighbors round here for any
thing, no matter how big an Office he
wanted, or what ticket he run on. Here
he is now, comm back. Let me intro
duce you to him.
PAUL Danny
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-16

around the barn and had gone to the
house with pail of milk for the Thomp-
sons own private use, and he met Sarah
in the kitchen, starting the breakfast.
1t was not far from sunrise.
Sarah" said Jim, I'm no account,
and / know it, but if you'll just drop
that breakfast work for about half an
hour and get into my buggy"-Jim had
just bought bran'-new buggy and had
a young horse of his own--"we'll drive
down to the elders and get married and
come right back and tell the folks we're
man and wife afterward."
If Sarah was s'prised when he asked
her to go to the concert, she was good
deal more so this time. She didn't say
much, though. She just looked at Jim
and she says:
"Are you in earnest, JIM"
"Of course, am" said jim; "but I'm
such coward that if you don't say
yes right now I'm afraid I'll never dare
ask you again."
"Rut, jim" said Sarah, "think of
bein' married without weddin' dress!"
"What do / care about weddin'
dress" says Jim. "Come on, or I'll get
scared again."
BY this time Jim had got over his
bashfulness a little bit and he stood
there with a smile on his face that, as
Sarah told my wife afterward, made
her forget all about the weddin' dress.
"All right, Jim," she says, hitch up
quick!"
1t wasn't two minutes before they
was a-sittin' together in the buggy and
Jim's three-year-old colt was a-takin'
them down to the elders, double quick
time. When they got there they found
the elder behind the parsonage in his
little garden, a-weedin' his onion bed
SOS to get up an appetite for breakfast.
been.
"Well, yes" he said to Jim, "to be
sure. just let me wash up a little"
"Oh, never mind that" says Jim,
without thinkin' he was talkin' to the
preacher. "We've got to get back be-
fore breakfast. You can marry us right
out in the front yard"
So the elder walked out in front of
the house and told them to join hands,
under the big elm tree that stands by
the front door of the parsonage. He
stopped just long enough to call his
wife and daughter as witnesses. Jim
thought that was unnecessary, but the
elder insisted upon it. The elders mar
riage ceremony took up less than q