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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

their preservation and use in the orchard
or vineyard. Leached ashes have but a
small percentage of potash left in them, it
is true, but they are still worth applying
to the soil for the small quantity they
have of il and the other mineral elements
they contain. Pure oak or hickory ashes
unleached contain about Is per cent. of
potash. Wen leached ashes lose 50 to IS
per cent. of their potash, but very little,
if any, of their phosphorus acid. Good
oak or hickory ashes contain about per
cent. of the latter element.
To render ashes prompt in their action
as fertilizer they should first be rotted
before being applied to the soil. This is
effected by placing them in boxes or bar
rels and wetting them to the point of sat
uration and keeping them thus for a num-
Der of weeks. Sufficient water should he
applied from time to time to keep them
wet, but not enough to leach them. The
ashes have to rot in the soil before they
can yield UP their potash or phosphoric
acid. and a good deal is gained by rottng
them before applying TO the soil if imme-
diate effect is wanted onta spring or sum
mer planted crop If applied in a fresh
and unrotted condition on fall grain they
rot in time to furnish food to the crop
when 1t starts into active growth in the
spring. The work of applying rotted or
moist ashes to land is much pleasanter
than applying them in a dry condition,
and the application can he done with
more satisfactorily, especially in windy
VUea her
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

The fine. misty foliage of the common
vegetables asparagus has doubtless been
admired by every one familiar with It..
Imagine that plant changed into delicate
climber. with much finer and more ilmy
foliage, Transforming everything Il
touches with the most airy and delicate
greenery imaginable. and YOU may have
a faint conception Of the appearance of
the climbing asparagus CA. tenuissimus)
1t may be trained in "a great variety OF
ways, like smilax-on strings or on trel-
Uses, OF which there is "a great variety OF
shapes to choose from. Trained over win
dows or white curtains, the effecr is be-
and cut flower decorations generally the
foliage Is particularly suitable. and will
keep for several days after being cut,
without willing or changing color. IL Is
easy to grow and manage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
PuIverized soil.

We performed an experiment many
years ago which exhibited very distinctly
the difference between a crop growing
in finely pulverized soil and in one
cultivated in the common, rough manner.
The land was hard and cloddy, and was
not fit for a fine crop. Ut was taken in
hand when the weather was dry enough
to favor fine pulverization. Parallel drills
were made for roots, and to make them
perfectly mellow, a log. drawn with a
horse by one end, was passed successfully
along these proposed drills. The whole
was thus finely powdered. Beets were
then planted in these drills, and the mel
low condition kept up through the season.
The result, was in a high degree, salts
factory, and the beets raised in these
drills far exceed those under common man
agement. A better mode of pulverizing
may be devised, but this example Is Civ
en-, not to show the mode, but 10 give the
result.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA.
A CURE FOR 1T.
Not Patent Cure-alI, Nor Modern
Miracle, Hut simply "A Rational
Cure for Dyspepsia.


In these days of humbuggery and decep-
ton, the manufacturers of patent medi-
cines, as a rule, seem to think their medi-
cines will not sell unless they claim that
it will cure every disease under the sun.
And they never think of leaving out dys-
pepsia and stomach troubles. They are
sure to CAIN that their nostrum is abso-
lutely certain to cure every dyspeptic and
he need look no further
In the face of these absurd claims it is
refreshing to note that the proprietors of
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets have carefully
retralned from making any undue Claims
or raise representations regarding the
merits of this most excellent remedy for
dyspepsia and stomach troubles. They
make but one claim for it, and that is, that
Tor indigestion and various stomach
troubles Stuart's. Dyspepsia Tablets is a
fadlcal cure. They go no farther than
inns ana any man or woman suffering from
indigestion, chronic or nervous dyspepsia,
who will give the remedy a trial will find
that nothing is claimed for it, that the
1actS Will not fully sustain.
1t Is modern discovery, composed of
harmless vegetable ingredients acceptable
20 the weakest or most delicate stomach.
troubles is due to the fact that the medical
properties are such that it will digest
Whatever wholesome food is taken into
the stomach, no matter whether the stom-
ach IS in good working order or not. 1t
rests the overworked organ and rep,en-
ishes the body, the blood, the nerves. ere
ating healthy appetite, gives refreshing
sleep and the blessings which always ac-
company good digestion and proper as
similatiOn of food.
In using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets no
dieting is required. Simply eat plenty of
wholesome food and take these Tablets at
each meal, thus assisting and resting the
stomach which rapidly regains it's proper
digestive power. when the Tablets will be
no longer required.
Nervous Dyspepsia is simply a condition
nervous system are not properly nourished
Good digestion invigorates the nervous
system and every organ in the body.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by
all druggists at 50 cents per package.
They are manufactured by the Stuart
Chemical Company of Marshall, Mich
Any druggist will tell you it gives uni
Versal satisfaction.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

They have not tried to produce bulkiness.
but have eliminated varieties generally
discarded and enumerate only those de-
serving of continued approval
Siebrecht q Wadley, 400 Fifth avenue
New York, honor the new wear with a
and price list aggregating 140-odd pages
(Small quarto) of the new, rare and
beautiful plants. - Their list is fairly ex-
haustive and the index is complete. There
is hardly anything for the green house or
open garden that is of any value that is
not listed therein. There are a number
of full page "half-tones" that are very
pleasing to the esthetic sense.
The great nursery house of Stark Bros
Louisiana, Mo-, Surpass themselves in 1897
over all previous efforts in sending out a
book of colored plates, Illustrating the
choice fruits of all kinds, grown in their
immense nurseries at Louisiana, Mo-, and
RockpOrt, ILL., This catalogue is sOme-
thing of a work of art and would not be
out of place on any center table where ar
tistic publications found a place. Besides
the richest plates of all the large and
standard fruits, such as plums, peaches,
apples, pears, there are those illustrate
ing, true to nature, the choicest grapes,
strawberries, raspberries, roses, honey
suckles, lilacs, cherries, sweet peas ana
many other valuable plants. Alternat-
ing with the colOred plates are many de-
lightful photographs of scenes in and
about the nursery. 1t is by far the finest
fruit list we have seen in some time. This
is indicated by the price set upon it-S1.50.
This is returned, however where the pur>
chaser afterWard gives a reasonable Or
der to the company.
Pleasant Valley Nurseries of Moores-
town, n. j., is under the management
of Arthur J. Collins. He sends out a
catalogue of thirty pages, wherein many
choice fruits and economic plants gener-
ally are listed at very reasonable prices.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
ron ONE TIME AT SEA.
Scheme of UnihcatiOn which Is BE-
ing Considered by Navigators and
gcienfIsfs
From the New orleans Picayune.

From the New Orleans Picayune
A scheme for what is called the unifca-
ton OF time at sea-" emanates from the
Royal Society of Canada, the Astronomi-
cal and Physical Society of Toronto. and
the Canadian Institute, which, for the
good of navigation and commerce gener-
ally, have invited chambers OF commerce
and scientific societies I'm this country to
cooperate with them In bringing about a
change for which there Is much 10 he
said, says the Manchester Guardian. The
council or the Royal Colonial Institute
has taken the matter uD and has sent a.
memorial to Lord Salisbury, urging the
government to take the necessary meas
ures; and Mr.. Sanford Fleming, an ex-
president OF the Canadian Royal Society,"
has written letter TO the Times IN which
he states the case somewhat as follows.
AZ present there are; .nominally. three
nautical and astronomical. The civil day
Is measured from midnight to midnight,
the nautical day and the astronomical
from noon 70 noon, but the latter Is
twenty-four hours behind the former For
instance, to-day is Jan. IA by civil veck-
oning, and noon Is midday, but by gauti-
cal reckoning Jan. IA began at noon yes
terday, and ends at noon to-day whilst
by astronomical reckoning Jan. IA does
noon tomorrow, speaking In terms OF ciN-
u time. Practically, however, nautical
time reckoning has fallen into disuse, and
II only remains 70 reconcile civil and as
Economical time by putting on the astron-
omer's clock assuming II to have n
twenty-four hours dad twelve hours. The
two interests chiefly involved are, OF
course, the nautical and astronomical.
The Canadian reformers say that out OF
800 representative masters Of British and
foreign steamers and sailing ships can
vassed 81 per cent. have declared them
selves In favor Of thd change. The great
maritime corporation OF Lloyds Is also
understood TO be Of the same opinion. A
large majority OF the astronomers, so far
as Ii has been possible 20 obtain an ex-
preston OF their views, are willing that
the change should be made, provided It
go into force at time epoch which would
easily fix itself on the memory" Other
wise they fear errors might arise IN flu
ture astronomical calculations. Such a
time epoch Will present itself at midnight
on Dec 81, 1900, when the nineteenth CEN
tury passes into the twentieth, and the
present urgency of the matter dies IN the
fact that the Nautical Almanac, which
would have TO be corrected in accordance
with the new reckoning. Is usually pre-
pared nearly four years Is advance The
opportunity which now presents itself
WILL therefore, not recur until another
century has elapsed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
A Great Crop.

rice grower in Louisiana has this to
FAY concerning the process of crop produc-
uon: Rice is one Of the easiest articles of
iood to raise, and besides is what is gem
uaAy termed short crop to work and
harvest 1t is planted early in the spring,
Say lor the first sowing. in March, the
second in April, and the third in May. 1t
can also be planted to advantage as late
ds 'ae middle of June. The land is gener-
Sny plowed up in January and February
a. yer 10 bury the grass and weed roots
pja i ogl ~ OF rapid growth, the grain is
"a ,aIteu Immediately after the narrowing
AMI ~ a. rev days takes the start of grass
boc.st atudliy destroys 1T. In many cases,
I'g"c'eI, When the land Is old and has
rrots eillVated in rice for one or two
WIN u, ~ Is necessary to harrow twice and
Ia , lie rice has attained certain hight
In eUo.49f zen the fields and pick and pun out
w. NA 5loWth Of indigo, coffee and other
I'M ~ Is generally calculated that the
ROD 0s ialslhs rice crop extends to a pc
tsr, lour months from the day il is
t"nleQ To the day that IL Is ready for
k6onii for mat reason the soWings
ar,Ip ne dt different periods so as to
same ,a, maturing of the crop all at the
Ter heiri~, Nnen the rice is cut, and af-
It sbomi7 thoroughly dried on the stubble,
"a IN NV ue pet up in bundles and shock
affar lV same manner that wheat Is. and
for no 5olhs through the sweating process
tbreeSe5 less than fifteen days il can be
place et,S guy and stored away ia a dry
II ~ e.Iner in bins or In sacks.
Of GS'r. We're asked what crop the farmers
lect r,tt--id ana other southern states neg
oibsr more ore To their disadvantage than any
assert t5 would, after due consideration,
can NJ way u was rice-upland rice. II
brs,d.,.'' easily grown and is the greatest
waste Illhg plant In the world. ITS
sun mat is straw ana meal" Is m.
Yeea'sed food for cattle. . "i'-
a. lclst 10y one-horse farm one acre
gan u'u De devoted 10 this royal
Think on itl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
Kainit for cotton.

Would two hundred (2OO pounds per acre
of kainit, applied in the drill, be apt to in
jure the cotton plant? Please answer in
Morning News. B. NJ. Thems
No; that much kainit applied in the
drill is not at all likely to produce any
harm. It is always WELL however, to run
the pillow through after putting the kainit
in to mix it up well with the soil. When
this is done as much as three or four
hundred pounds can be applied in the
drill; that is, if there is any profit to be
derived from its use Of the soil needs pot
ASH. Some years ago, we ruined an Irish
potato crop by using 800 pounds in the drill,
but 200 is perfectly safe for any crop. Can
you get the ashes of cotton seed hulls in
your neighborhood and at what price?
What do you pay for kainit?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
Current CataIorUcs

na,,. 'aFe made partial acknowledge
hy. VI the handsome catalogues that
Of A.. e''ne TO our table since the opening
sb,.s new year. We must admit that
n. N'les 10 in no way Indicated Nv
sb. ,i'''rance Of these pretty and read
me-. UPS TO the farmer and gardener
deol O.. Hohdsome catalogues do a great
io al Tor horticulture. they insnIre 49, va.
culuys,a" ionglngs in the hearts OF the
j. so be t6ov L e. them exaggerate a little.
han ham, there Is more OF - good dome done
sent out * Manda, Short Hills. n. J..
wages, deyote5y neat catalogue OF eighty
'SV 10 seeds, plants and bulbs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
Potash on DecidHous Fruit Trees.

Near Bellemonte, Pa, few years ago
was an immense pear tree with a trunk
nearly two feet in diameter, says the
Florida Citizen. The tree had been set
seventy years, and for sixty years it had
not failed to produce crop of fruit, while
othert trees of the same variety, planted
at the same time. had all died of old age
several wears before. This remarkable
tree always had by its side an ash ieach'
from which a considerable quantity of
potash in the form Of I've had escaped and
found its way 70 the roots Of the tree.
Thus, the potash kept the tree alive.
A story Is told of printer apprentice
I'm tallahassee whose mother had peach
tree that was sickly and appeared TO ne
dying. The young man conceived the ldea
that the tree was suffering from the Ell
fects of borers. He stripped the earth
. away from the roots, which he enormously
Thought was the seat Of the borer, for a
considerable distance out ana applled 10
them several times liberal drenchlng on
used In cleaning type and when IL became
saturated with printers ink usually
thrown away. whether ne killed any Dor DOT
ers Ia doubtful. but he accomplished MS
purpose, for the tree speedily recovered
It's vigor and for years afterward bore
heavy annual crops of fruit IL was doubt
less the result of the potash application.
Potash Is frequently not only the medi-
cine for lack OF which the tree Is sickly
and diving. but also its meat and drink.
The quantity of upleachod ashes that a
tree will receive without injury Is aston
ishinr when the material Is spread well
around over the ground and not heaped
AGAINST the tree. An acquaintance used
10 tell of a farmer near Griffin. Ca, who
carefully saved up all OF his ashes, made
from hardwood. and gave a barrel OF them
linleached. to each peach tree once year.
He had only few choice trees, and they
Welded him enormous crops OF the most
excellent fruit, free from blemlshes and
rot, large, brilliant,colored, and OF de-
liciolg flavor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
Care Of Palms.

Several kinds Of palms are quite suitable
as house plants. and their employment
for this purpose is rapidly increasing,
says Wick. They appear 10 do well with
very little care and always make a fine
appearance. They should be placed where
they will have a fair amount OF light
but not direct sunshine. In parlors with
lace curtains before the windows they
seem 20 be suited. though % north and
west windows II would be best 20 have no
They viii after time show failure &c
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
Green Corn For MarI<et.

Where there is an easily accessible
market, this Is a good crop for an ordi-
nary farmer as well as the market gar
dener to grow. On good soil. with proper
preparation and good cultivation. using
a prolific early variety adapted to our
climate, it is not a difficult matter to
make 1900 dozen ears per acre, and any
farmer who really understands corn
growing can do this with the "Blount
Prolific, a variety that we have grown
Tor THIS purpose for twelve years and al
ways with satisfaction. We have often
commended 1t to home gardeners, and do
not remember single instance where
they We're not pleased with il or discard
ed it for any other variety 1t is not
so early as some other kinds, but far
more prolific and producing better sized
ears than other kinds
On really good land and planted and
cultivated right, with six square feet Ia
the stalk. Cutting the still green and
succulent stalks, soon after taking off
the green ears, what a mass of good for
work stock. Not a first-class quality of
forage to be sure, but good second-class
at any rate, that will answer every pur-
pose from June to October, obViating ne
cesSlty for purchasing or using up the
! less bulky forage that can be preserved
for later use.
The variety mentioned is the very best
for the late planting also.
Planted early in three or three and q
half feet rows, with stalk every twenty
four or eighteen inches in the row and
properly cultivated with harrow Guilt
! Vator or sweep, a crop that will astonish
the natives will result.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

AS no bone should be wasted on the
farm, neither should any ashes be allowed
TO go to waste. Even the ashes of pine
wood, though inferior to the ashes of hard
woodstock and hickory, etc.-should all
be carefully saved, and especially where
there is any fruit or nut trees or grape
vines 20 be fortified. Ashes vary, of
course, in their contents of potash, but all
kinds are more or less valuable Even
leached ashes have value that warrants
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

AN Optimist.-The palsied old man eat
by the fire, his head shaking from side TO
side in the manner peculiar to his COM
plant.
1T must be awful to be afflicted that
way" said the sympathetic young person
"Oh." chrped the old gentleman, II find
IL right handy in the summer when [
want to look at two-ring circus" -In-
dianaDoIis Journal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Change the food of your hogs at once.
and give freely of salt and charcoal. Have
they had access to cotton seed or been
gorged with corn? Is the water they have
perfectly pure? If at all practicable give
some artichokes or turnips Put salt and
sulphur mixed where they can get a little
daily II wanted If bowels are not in good
shape give two ounces Glanher salts -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

a..s and communications relative
QuesliOii..57,r and horticultural subjects,
pagIl lieut. ia Agri. Editor, Drawer N
. slgreIiille Ca, will receive immediate
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Now while you are sowing this spring
you can do very good thing for the land
by sowing ten pounds of red clover seed
on top of the soil after the oats have been
plowed and narrowed in. Run q roller
over the land after sowing the clover, IL
at all practicable. If the land is fairly
good the clover will take full possession
of 1t after the oats are cut off, and a splen-
did pasture or fallow crop will be the re-
suit. Once you succeed in this you will
be delighted beyOnd exnreEsiOn
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Your anxiety is for your
delicate child ; the child
that in spite of all your care
full overwhelming, keeps
thin and pale. Exercise
seems to weaken her and
food fails to nourish. That
child needs SCOTS Emulsion
with the HypoPhosPhites-
not as a medicine, but as
a food containing all the
elements of growth. 1t
means rich blood, strong
bones, healthy nerves, sound
digestion. No child refuses
SCOTS Emulsion. 1t is
pleasant and palatable.
SCOTT q BOVINE. Chemists, New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

It is not too late yet to SOW oats or rye
or barley. Seeds are cheap. Ii is very
little, and it will come in at time when
corn is running low in the barn. Sow at
least two acres to the mule If no more You
can plant a crop of peas after the oats and
this crop will add the indispensable humus
that our soils are so badly in need off.
Sow the oats.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
-LIzette-Is Il a noice pIace ye have. Ma

-LIzette--Is It nOlCe place We nave, Ma
RE?
Marie "a new arrival-Noice enough, but
it's beyant me understandin' ply they do
make me do such quare things.
"Quare, Marie?"
"Yis, sure. livery mornin' the missus
tls me to swape the doosr from the nure.
an phn L m done she gives me a rag and
makes me shoe the doost back to the 1ure
agin.-New York Weekly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Kept on a table in the center of a room
or IN dark hall. They are not particu-
lar about any exact degree of tempera-
ture; IN living rooms where the tempe n
ture, according 10 different customs. usu-
ally ranges two or three degrees below
10. or three or four degrees above they
seem to do equally well the night tenn
peratureS being several degrees below
those named. The soil should be kept
moist and therefore. as a rule. daily wa
terlng is needed. However, it is best not
sodden, or to have water standing in the
saucer or jardeniere. Better to let the
soll become somewhat dry and then give
a good supply of water, sufficient to
thoroughly wet it. The fronds and stems
should be kept clean by occasional spong-
ing, and scale insects never should be al
lowed to tasten upon the plants and in
crease If they appear they should be
promptly removed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

The manure made from well fed poultry
Is very excellent fertilizer, but 1t is Of
such character as to render it inadvisa-
bic to come in close contact with the roots
of young plants, and it is well always to
mix it with something else. Have large
box or firm, clear place in the earth
Will answer, and with hoe or other i'm
plement work it over and pulverize ii as
well as possible To every 500 pounds of
It add 200 pounds of acid phosphate and
luO pounds of cotton seed meal. Thor
oughly mix the same. Then use as YOU
would any other first-ClasS fertilizers OF
course, you can use the chicken manure
by itself especially as a tOp-dressing for
grass or grain, but for garden crops II is
better to mix 1t with other things, even
rlch Woodsearth, or a mixture of land
p.aster and kainit, can he used for the
purpose but the pure and fresh manure
must not como in contact with the young
planlS. You can use anywhere from 300
20 lUO pounds of II per acre if il is evenly
ulstrlbuted and not too close TO the young
pants. 1t is very excellent fertilizer
Ior cucumbers and melons. Spreading
from two to five double handfuls about
each nil evenly and 3 to feet in every
direction. Hoe il in as cultivation pro
crosses. If used in the drill divide IL un
between the three burrows Cor iive) in
stead or concentrating all i'm one furroW
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

What will cure "thumps'' in hogsp In
what part of the animal is this disease To-
Martin, Fla.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

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