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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
ncEinning with Poultry.

\ writer advises beginner if he ha,
$1,000 TO Put only half of it into the
poultry business at first. Wewould adj.
wise him TO start with little or no CAPT.
!al-.at most very little. Get a few
hens and hatch the flock. One does not
need costly henhouses, bone cutters, in.
cubators and so on to start with. Many
of the most profitable focks have never
seen anything of these Injuries. Most
farm tlocks are kept in the barn with
the other stock, though shut away from
it, and as to bone cutters, etc, no barn
flock needs them. Woe unto the one
who starts with large capital. One
of the strongest points in favor of poul'
try keeping is that it requires very lit.
tie capital. dakota Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
POULTRY YARD HINTS.
. Few Reliable Health ana Disease
Ina

~ view ubu Dsf,e"t
Indications.
When fowls are judiciously fed, made
TO take exercise, and their quarters kept
clean and free from filth, there is com
paratively no trouble with sickness, ex-
cept in cases of contagion.
When the combs and wattles of the
fowls are of bright red color, it indi-
Gates the condition of good health.
When the fowls are busy scratching,
the hens laying and singing, and the
cocks growing, these are signs OF good
health.
When YOU can enter the hen house
after dark and hear no wheeling, it
proves there are not any roupy fowls in
the flock.
When the manure is hard, and por-
ton of it white, it indicates II healthy
condition of the digestive organs.
When the edge of the comb and wat
ties are a purplish red and the move
ments sluggish, there is something
wrong.
When fowls lie around, indifferent to
their surroundings, they are too fat,
and death from apopleXy, indigestion
or liver complaint will result unless the
trouble is corrected.
When the fowls are restless and con-
stantly picking their feathers, they are
infested with vermin.
When young poultry, especially duck
lings, appear to have sore throat, and
swallowing is difficult, it is the symp'
tom of the large gray lice on the neck
If the fowl has n bilious lock, with al
ternate attacks of dysentery and cos
tiveness. it is suffering with liver com
plant. A lack of grit, overlooking ant
idleness will cause this trouble.
A hospital should be part of every
poultry yard. AS soon as Il fowl get!
i'll, remove ii to the hospital and com
mence doctoring it at once, The trouble
with far too many is that they wait un
| til the disease is in its advanced stages
before giving medicine. A very sicl
fowl is difficult to cure, and when curec
II is seldom of va'uc afterward.-Rura
| World
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKAN
some Requirements That VIII lie
Found Indispensable.

Found Indispensable.
The universal article of diet in that
country, depended upon and indispensa-
BILE, is bread or biscuit. And tom',ke the
bread and biscuit, either in the camp or
upon the trail, yeast cannot be usrd-it
must be baking powder; and the pow
der manufactured by the processes Of
the Royal Baking Powder Company,
miners and prospectors have learned,
is the only one which will stand in that
peculiar climate of cold and dampness
and raise the bread and biscuit satisfac-
torily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaska land
the Yukon country to know, for should
he be persuaded by some outfltter to
take one of the cheap brands OF baking
powder, 1t will cost just as much to
transport it, and then when he opens it
for use, after all his labor in packing it
over the long and difficult route, he will
find solid caked mass or lot ofspoiled
powder, with no strength and useless
Such mistake might lead to the most
serious results. Alaska is no place in
which to experiment in food, or try to
economic with your stomach. For use
in such climate, and under the trying
and fatiguing conditions of life and
labor in that country, everything must
be the best and most useful, and above
all it is imperative that all food supplies
shall have perfect keeping qualities. 1t
is absurd 10 convey over such difficult
and expensive routes an article that
will deteriorate in transit, or that will
be found when required for use to have
lost great part of its value.
There is no better guide to follow
in these matters than the advice Of those
who have gone through similar expert
| ence. Mr.. McQuesten, who is scaled "the
father Of Alaska" after an experience
of years upon the trail, in the camp, and
in the use of every kind of supply, says;
1--WE find in Alaska that the Importance
of proper kind of baking powder can
not be overestimated. A miner with q
can of bad baking powder is almost
helpless in Alaska. We have tried all
sorts, and have been obliged to settle
down to use nothing but Royal. II
is stronger, and carries further, but
above all things, it is the only powder
that will endure the severe climatic
changes of the Arctic region"
1t is for the same reasons that the U
S. Government in its relief expeditions
and Peary, the famous Arctic traveller
have carried the Royal Baking Powder
exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will moi
cake nor lose its strength either or
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most nightly concentrated and eff
ticient of leavening agents. Hence ii Is
indispensable to every Alaskan outfit
1t can be had OF any Of the trading com
panies in Alaska, but should the miner
procure his supplies before leaving, hi
should resist every attempt of the out
filter 10 palm off upon him any of thu
other brands of baking powder, for they
will spoil and prove the cause Of grea
disappointment and trouble.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
IN All, soRTs OF WEATHER

He tried the best physicians but without
being benefited and has used several specific
rheumatic cures, but was not helped.
About one year and six months ago he read
In this paper Of case somewhat similar to
his which was cured by DR.. Wiliams' Pink
Pills and concluded to try this remedy.
After taking the first box he felt some.
what better, and after using three boxes, the
pains entirely disappeared, the dizziness left
him, and he has now for over year been
entirely free from all his former trouble and
enjoys better health than he has had since
his boyhood.
He is loud in his praise of Dr. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People and will gladly
corroborate the above statements. His post
office address is Lorenzo Neeley, Horton,
Jackson County, Michigan.
All the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves are contained in a con-
densed form, in DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. All druggists sell them.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18

A. N. K.-F
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
TANNING FUR SKINS.
An Operation Requiring Some Care
ana Experience.

An operation requiring some ture
ana Experience.
Soak the skins until soft, remove su.
periluous flesh and soak in tepid soft
water one hour. For each skin make n
solution of onc-half ounce of boraX,
three-quarters ounce saltpeter and one
half ounce globular salt. Dissolve OF
moisten with soft water sufficient tc
spread on the flesh side of the skin. Put
on with brush, taking into considera-
tion the varying thcknesses of skin
and apply accordingly. Keep in mod
erately cool place for "a hours, wher
the skin Is TO be washed clean. Then
take one ounce sal soda, one.half ounce
borax and two ounces hard soap, melt
together, taking care not to bring to &
boil. Apply the heated mixture to the
flesh side and keep in warm place for
"a hours. Wash the skins clean and
apply two ounces saleratus, three
quarts hot soft water, four ounces alum
and eight ounces salt Dissolve in
water. When sufficiently cool TO allow
handling without scalding the bare
hand allow the skin to remain in this
mixture for IL hours. Afterward wiring
out the moisture and allow ~ hours tc
dry. Finish by pulling and working
and finally by rubbing the flesh with
sandpaper or pumice stone.-G. Ii. Hap
good, in Farm ana Home.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
SuccuIent Feed for unrs.

The fact that a little grain fed to
hogs while at pasture will cause them
tc grow rapidly, shows the advantage
OF some succulcnt food for the pigs
rations. Only small proportion of its
food should be of this character. for
sGcculency generally means large bulk
with small nutritive value. In winter
there il no better supplement to the
grain ration than beets. They are
both succulent and sweet, and are much
easier to digest than the raw potato,
whose carbonaceous putriton is in the
form Of starch.--America Cultiyatoy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
Ashes with Stable Manure.

1t may seem strange to advise apply
ing wood ashes unleacled to stable ma
nure just before it is plowed under.
Yet this is often good thing to do.
While exposed to the air, especially if
the manure be wet so as to leach the
ashes, there will be some loss of am
monia. But 50 fast as the manure and
ashes are turned under this waste of
ammonia ceases. The ashes cause the
manure to ferment rapidly, and in con-
tact with the soil none of the ammonia
will be lost. In fact, much of it will
combine with the potash in the ashes,
forming nitrate of potash, which is
the most effective manure Known
American Cultiyator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18

for" erv Oler One Hundred Dollars Reward
curaJ Ease OF Catarrh that can not he
S''r ny Halls Catarh Cure ~ '''' ~
We = Sheney 4 Co., Props, Toledo. O.
Cboo%5 t9e undersigned, have known II 7
him no"r ry ior the last 10 years, and believe
t, tram perfectly honorable ia ali business
out Sny oiis and financially able to carry
Wesst o39llgations made by their firm.
ledo q = lruaS, Wholesale Druggists, To
Dru,Suu,in.gS,, hIA9n9n 4 Marvin, Wholesale
nct;ngi > catarrh Cure is taken internally.
sTiassouo 'rTsctiy upon the blood and mucous
Tie. So,G1 ene system, Price 75c. per bot
free. vi druggists Testimonials
HalIs Family Pills are the best.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
THE MAN WHO LIVED.
He should have been dead.
But he wasn't, because

"Thcre's nothing succeeds like success"
There is no withstandiug the living argu-
men OF the man who should be dead, who
isn't dead. but who would be dead. but for
a preserving medicine. That's about the
way it seemed to strike Editor Lawrence,
of the Ohio Farmer, Cleveland Ohio. He
was afflicted with one OF those colds that
have, thousands of times over, eliminated
In consumption. when not promptly cured.
In this condition he met a friend a con-
sumptive, whom he had not expected to
see alive. The consumptive friend recon-
mended DR.. J. c. Ayers Cherry Pectoral
for the EDITORS cold, on the ground that It
had helped him wonderfully" 1t helped
the editor just as wonderfully, giving
"almost instant relief" But read his
letter:
about two months ago, I was afflicted
with bad cold, and, meeting friend, he
advised the use of Ayers Cherry Pectoral
which, he claimed, had helped him Won
derfully. AS he was a consumptive, whom
had not expected to see alive for several
years, | concluded there must be merit in
this preparation. ! accordingly bought a
couple OF bottles, one OF which ! keep on
my desk all the time. This is certainly
the best remedy for a cold ! ever used. II
gives almost instant relief and the J. {.
Aver Co. are to be congratulated on posses
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
FOR PREPARING LAND FOR SEED
ING,

to hold each piece of scantling rigid
One bolt is placed in the center; the
Others one foot from each end, Chain,
from the outer bolts of the front scant
ling are brought together and serve
as a place of attachment for the Whit
tietree. The front cutting edges o,
each scantling are protected and their
efficiency aided by having them bound
with fiat iron two inches wide and one.
quarter inch thick. This size rubber is
found to be heavy enough and well
adapted for ordinary work, but if made
OF pine or any light wood it will require
weighting.-S. n. Cox, in Farm and
Home
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
BIRDS EAT 400 SHEEP.
The Feast Took Place 100 Miles From
Dawson and Cost S2O.OOO.


Dawson and Cost S2O.OOO.
Jack Collins, who started for Dawson
City with band of sheep last summer,
has been heard from. lie sold part of
his flock for $4,000. The other and
biggest half of the flock fed the birds
CT the arctic zone. This is how it hap
pened:
He drove the sheep in over the Dial.
ton trail. Some time before Dawson
was reached cold weather came on, and
Collins decided to XIII his sheep. lie
killed and sold 500, and received nearly
$40 900 for them.
Then he concluded to hold the re.
mainder for a better market. He killed
the remaining 400 in a sort of secluded
place of the line Of travel and suspend.
ed the carcasses on poles far enough
above the ground to be out OF The reach
Of bears, wolves or other wild animals
He left two young men to watch the
mutton, and proceeded TO look for
mining section. Having found one, be
located a claim and proceeded TO test
it. After he had dug out few thou.
sand dollars worth Of gold he thought
he would. az the French say, return
to his muttons."
Ills stay had been so prolonged that
the young men had become weary Of
holding wake over the sheep, and.
imagining Dawson to be only few
miles away, had started for that city
to enjoy some Of the pleasures a met
ropolitan city can afford. il proved TO
be about 100 miles to Dawson, so their
absence was more extended than they
had inended, and when Collins reached
the place where he had left the car
cases of 400 sheep he found only 400
bleaching skeletons.
The eagles, ravens, crows, kites,
hawks and other birds of prey which
inhabit that region had been feasting
or mutton. "Where the carcass is,
there will the eagles be gathered" is
a proverb which applies to other birds
of prey. Collins had left so many car
casses that invitations had been sent
out and general roundup of all the
vultures and things in that region, from
Behring sea to the Mackenzie river, had
taken place. Whether the claim Col
Inns secured will make good the loss
Of the mutton or not remains to be seen,
but when he drives in his next band Of
sheep The birds of prey will not get
so large percentage of them.-Port-
| land Oregonian.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
How to Keep Chicks Healthy.

Charcoal, crushed and ground oyster
shells and stone grit should be kept in
small shallow boxes where the chicks
can help themselves. Feed often, but
only what the chicks will eat up clean
in say, five minutes, and keep the feed
tray and drinking fountain as clean as
soap and hot water occasionally can
maze them. The practice of dumping q
lot of food down Oh the ground or on q
dirty board is poor economy. 1t will
save time, but it will not save the chicks
Keep the coop clean By thoroughly
cleaning it out every day and be sure
there are no lice.-Agricultural Epito.
mist.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
Continuation HOUSE.

simply as a resort in the winter for
scratching. IT is made low, not only
to cheaper the cost, but also because
it is a better protection against winds
than one that is higher. The shed has
a ground floor, and should contain
leaves orcut straw, into which a handful
Of millet seed should be thrown as an
indUcement for the hens TO scratch.
The roof and sides of both the house
and shed may be covered with tarred pa.
per or some similar roofing material,
which will permit of the use of cheap
lumber in its nstruction.-Farm and
Firceide.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
The Use of Fertilizers.

You cannot, by the use of CONNER.
cial fertilizers alone, make your land
rich. Indeed, If they are ignorantly
applied, the result will be the impov.
erishment Of the soil If you add ten
dollars to your bank account and check
out 500, you know the result. In like
manner, when you use small guam
t.ty of your fertilizer, ii grows a vigor-
Gus plant, which enables it TO gather
fertility from the soil largely in excess
of the materials added by the fertilizer.
Judciously used, they are great boon
to the farmer. But, ! repeat, the best
method of using the phosphaies and
potash salts is On the pea and clover
crops. II insures, as rule, fine
crop of these renovators. - Southern
States Farm Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18

sing the formula for such very valuable
remedy."-W. II. LAWRENCE, Editor, The
Ohio Farmer, Cleveland, Ohio.
Keep a bottle OF DR.. Ayers Cherry Pee
toral handy on the desk, in the Office on
the shelf or in the closet at home, and you
will have at hand remedy that is capable
at any time Of saving you suffering, money,
and even life. There is no malady so
prolific of evil results as a neglected cold.
There is no medicine SO promptly effective
in curing cold and absolutely Graduating
its effects, as DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoraf.
Every traveller should carry II. Every
household should keep il. 1t cures every
variety of cough, and all for ins OF lung
and throat trouble. Asthma. bronchitis,
Group, and whooping cough, are promptly
cured by it, and 1t has In many cases over
come pulmonary diseases in aggravated
forms, when all other remedies failed to
help and physicians gave no hope Of cure.
Those who for convenience have wanted a
smaller sized bottle OF DR.. Ayers Cherry
Pectoral, can now obtain it of their dealer
in half size bottles, at half price--5o cents.
Send for Or. Ayers Curebook, and read
more of the cures effected by this remedy.
The book contains 100 pages, and Is sent
free, on request, by the J. c. Aver Co.,
Lowell, Mass.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18

Education in all branches of farm
.lig will ia the future be universal. Eu-
rope has dairy schools, and short
courses in agriculture are being given
at nearly all Of the experiment stations
in this country. The Rhode Island sta
ton now has IL poultry department, in
which pupils are taught the merits and
characteristics of the breeds, fowl an
atomy, diseases, artificial incubation
and the brooding of chicks, chemistry
as applied to the foods of fowls, con.
struction of poultry houses, growing
green foods for poultry, etc.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
/, Town Rides in This Elevator

Probably the only elevator in the
world that is used to connect two parts
OF town is the one in Helgoiand. the
little island just off the coast of and be-
longing to Germany. One portion Of
the town is on a cliff over 200 feet high.
The other is at the base OF the cliff on
fiat stretch of land There are no
paths up the cliff, and all communica-
tons between the two portions Of this
unique little place must be held by
means of the elevator-an elevator that
lifts an entire community TO and from
the scene of its daily labors.-N. Y.
Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
NJ. coycrnmcnt,s Domnin.

The commissioner of the general land Of
fee has submitted his report to the Seere,
tary of the Interior. Compared win last
year, it shows decrease OF s2sS homestead stead
entries, aggregatng SSo2s acres 81 V uau
proportionate to this Is the ialilng on ~ yen,
;rr ire of the bowels. This can easily
he Accomplished with the aid Of Hoste,ters
stomach Btters, also a remedy form ,aria'
dvsuepsia. rheumatism and liver trouble.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
Chronic Rheumatism.

From the Industrial News, jackson, Mich.
The subject of this sketch is fiftysix years
Of age, and actively engaged in farming,
When seventeen years old he hurt his
shoulder and few years after commenced
TO have rheumatic pains in it., On taking a
slight. cold or the least strain, sometimes
without any apparent cause whatever, the
trouble would start and he would suffer the
most excruciating pains.
He suffered for over thirty years, and the
last decade has suffered SO much that he
was unable to do any work. To this the fire..
3uent occurrences ofdzzy spells were added,
making him almost helpless invalid.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18

One pound of steamed sweet potatoes
finely mashed, two cupfuls of sugar,
ore cupfu OF cream, one-half cupful Of
butter, and three well-beaten eggs are
required. Flavor with lemon or nut
meg, and bake in pastry she'll. This
Is very Gae.-,Utlca Observer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18

Nj young girl, an ardent admirer of Nine.
was v,o a. at reception given for the latter,
her turn to have word with tbo n vSm,
uonna, that, btushing crimson and looking
* WIN sweet smile, she murmured;
IL, i9 = sing l believed Philadelphia Pub
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
Likely.

o,, d. smiley-Ah, professor is your little
rrof. Dremey- Why-er-yes. We call it
John' 1t must be boy, think.-Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
The Denencent Corset.

A paper read before the British asso-
citation at Bath in praise of corsets de-
clared that reasonably tight" lacirg
increased mental and physical activity
by causing a more liberal supply Of
blood to The brain, muscles and nerves.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
From the Paris HoIopnust

The unclaimed jewels and curios, to
the value OF $l50,000, which were fourd
in the ruins after the fire at the charity
bazaar in Paris, have been sold at aug
ton. The money realized is to remain
bonded for 30 years, after which all
the money unclaimed goes to the state.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
After Exposure to the Cola

~ wet take a dose of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar.
:In1oGhey and fortify yourself against cold
ms rs one OF the most eificacous remedies
cnGwn TO science for coughs, colds, and in.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
RUBBER AND EVENER.
Good Implement for Preparing Land
for Seeding.

In preparing land for corn culture,
the land rubber illustrated herewith
may be made at home at but small cost
and will prove to be an effective imple-
ment. II consists of six pieces of four
by four scantling, seven feet long,
loosely bolted by the corners. Three
bolts are in each piece, an eye in each
end of the bolts and so connected as not
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
MA Won Get Tn Wrongf

Take dose of DR.. Bells Pine-Tar-Honey,
1t will relieve the discomfortlng cough or
cold and help you to feel so1 tS. an the us Sron
chials. Csc at all good druggists.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
Arctic Exploration.

Smith-Of late years arctic explorers
seem to have entered upon race. to see who
can reach the furthest point north,
Brownies, and | guess the fellow who
hugs the pole will win the raee.-N. Y
journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
xy,.n Your Throat Clogs

or feels raw and rough, nothing gives such
prompt and effectual relief az Dr. 10 Dei Us
Pine.Tar- Honey. a wonderful r sssNt;o ro'
coughs colds, and bronealali an ~ ,as,,l,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18
A Cold In The uend

Is one of the mos. distressing and discom-
iorting of maladies. 1t causes loss of sleep,
Ii neglected, it terminates in that most OBJ
noxous Of all diseeses-catarrh of the head
or throat. DR.. Bells PineTar- Honey will
cure 1t in one night All druggists.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-18

A battle of giants is going to take place
this summer on 10000 farms In America moi
IN talk or votes, but in yields, SaI-el : 9sI
potato marvels are named as aoose, anu y
offers price for the nlgges. Po,a,o ,Sr eh,i he
ersy yIy;sshes long, and oat prodgies, Only
s sos IN America growing grasses,
S cIovers and farm seeds and selling potatoes
at 81 X, n barrel. Tie editor urges gov to
a. YSaIyer's Northern grown seeds, and to
SEND TINS NorIcE Win 10 CTS. IN STAMPS
70 .Iobn A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, WE,
for II new farm seed samples, worth Sio,Cvs
to get start, and their big catalogue o