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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24

An interesting circular has recently been
issued by the Forestry division of the de-
partment of agriculture on the Bald Cy-
press timber of the United States, says
the Practical Farmer This timber IL so
rapidly coming into use for
purposes where soft and
easily worked material combined with
wonderful durability is required that 1t
may not be uninteresting to give some of
the statements in regard to the product
available in this country. OF late years
cypress lumber has come into prominence
among gardeners from its value as a ma
, terial for the sash bars of greenhouses,
where it wlthstands decay far longer than
any pine or other wood that has hereto
fore been used for this purpose. Then,
too, the construction of water tanks for
railroads and other purposes has created
demand for cypress as it seems better
adapted to this purpose than any other
wood. Beginning in its Northern point
in the great cypress swamp on the south
ern line between Delaware and Maryland,
the cypress tree is found an all the swamp
lands Of the Atlantic coast from this point
south, and in the swamps of the Caro-
linas and Georgia attains a diameter of
over ten feet at three feet from the ground
and reaches a height over 100 feet. All
along the gull coast 1t IS found, ana IN
great forests on the delta of the Missis-
sippi and thence northward up the val
ley of the great river and the Ohio to
Southern Indiana. In the dense forests
of Louisiana the yield of lumber will
average nearly $1,000 feet board measure
per acre; while In other places the yield
is much smaller.
A very conservative estimate Of the
quantity of cypress timber available in
the swamps of Louisiana, Florida, Ala
bama, South and North Carolina, Georgia,
Arkansas and Mississippi is $1,000. 600 600
feet. Cypress is one of the most durable
of woods, and old logs that have been
buried in the mud for ages have been
dug up and the heart found perfectly
sound. On railways as sieepers, where
the wear on the soft wood is worse than
the decay. cypress lasts eight to ten years
as compared with five to seven years for
pine, and six to eight for oak. 1t seems
evident that the South has wonderful
store of wealth in her cypress sWamps.
But the circular seems to doubt the re-
newal of the timber in its native localities,
and concludes that though "the supply is
| considerable and capable of enlargement,
when once gone the present forests will
| be unable to replace the supplies, and 1t
is doubtful whether cypress can be
thought of as a timber of the future -
| We think that if the writer Of this circular
| could see the amount of young cypress in
| some Of the Carolina swamps standing as
| thick "as the hair on a dogs back" he
would change this opinion somewhat, and
believe that there is a future for the
| cypress forests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
Lime water as a Disinfectant.

The value of lime water as a purifier
a disinfectant and a germicide Is not gen.
eraIly known says r. Grove, assistant
dairy expert in Victoria, Australia Its
adaptability for use in dairying places Is
far ahead of other things on that line.
The chief points of advantage are in
cheapness, ease of application, efficiency
and harmlessness; for ii is not poisonous
as many disinfectants are. No remedy il
known that will permanently sweeten a
badly contaminated ehurn which should
be destroyed. To prevent a churn from
going off, it should be flied periodically
say once a week, right up to the top with
lime water and let it stand over night
This water may be used again to wash
walls, floors. etc.
To make lime water put in a quantity
OF Stacked lime in a tank or barrel. Fnl
up with water, then stir well. After set
Ting the water will be clear, with scum
carbonate of lime on the surface. Use
the clear water without disturbing the lime
in the bottom When emptied fill up aga IN
with water and stir, then leave to settle
and so on. The quantity of lime may serve
for many filings of the vessel with water.
As long as the carbonate of lime appears
on the surface after settling it may bs
considered of sufficient strength Every
factory should have a tank in a high po-
sition with taps laid on to places required.
Lime water should be used by all milk
suppliers to rinse buckets and milk cans
after cleaning. The cause of milk turn
ing sour in cans quickly is often on ac-
count of the bacterial starter left in the
vessels used. A simple experiment viii
demonstrate this to be true. Rinse Ous
| can, after cleaning with lime water, and
after leaving the cover on for some time
| compare with another which has not been
rinsed with lime water, leaving the cover
on this also. Again, if we take two cans.
one cleaned in the former way and one
in the latter, it win be found that milk
will keep much better in the one treated
with lime than in the other.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24

To make one ton of dry matter in our
grain crops, the use of from 800 10 500 tons
of water is necessary King found that
two-ton crop of oat hay required over one
thousand tons of water per acre, equal TO
about nine inches of rainfall, says an ex-
change. The average rate for field crops
at large Is given by European observers
at 325 times the weight of dry matter pro-
duced being al the rate Of about three
through the plant.
To evaporate this water it is necessary
that the ground containing the roots
should not be too fun of water. One would
suppose that with water flooding the roots
of the plants the latter would be able to
take both food and water with added ease,
but such is not the case, except with
aquatic and semi-aquatic plants. With
most plants the action of the roots stop
at the point where they read flood wa
ter. Thus If at the depth of eighteen inches
flood" water be struck, the roots below
the eighteen inches will cease to operate
and if the water condition continues they
will rot off A bulletin of the California
experiment station says on this point:
This is amply apparent In some of the ir-
rigated orange groves of Southern Cali
fornia, where the fine roots of the trees
fill the surface soil as do the roots of
maize in a cornfeld of the Mississippi
states; so that the pillow can hardly be
run without turning them up and under
In these same orchards it will be OBJ
served, in digging down, that at a depth
of few feet the soil is too water-soaked
to permit of the proper exercise of the
root functions, and that the roots exist
ing there are either inactive or diseased.
That in such cases abundant irrigation and
abundant fertilization alone can maintain
an orchard in bearing condition, is a mat
ter of course; and there can be no ques-
ton that a great deal of the constant cry
for the fertilization of orchards in the ir-
rigated sections is due quite as much to
the shallowness of rootinS induced by
over-irrigation, as TO any really necessary
exhaustion of the land When the roots
are induced to come to and remain at the
surface, within a surface layer of eighteen
to twenty inches, 1t naturally becomes
necessary to feed these roots abundant
w. both with moisture and with plant
food This has as naturally led to an over
estimate of the requirements of the trees
in both respects. Had deep roofing been
encouraged at first, instead of over-stim-
ulating the growth by surface fertiuza-
ton and frequent irrigation, some delay
in bearing would have been amply com
pensated for by less of current outlay for
fertilizers, and less liability to injury
from frequently unavoidable delay, or
from inadequacy Of irrigation
The above is an illustration of the ne
cessity of having land well drained It
also shows why well-drained land viii
stand drought better than undrained land.
On the latter kind of land the roots of
plants remain near the surface, and when
drought comes they easily dry up. On well
drained land the roots strike deep and
when drought comes they are protected
by several feet of earth in which is a fair
supply of capillary water.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
----e--SA-s---- ---
MARRIAGES IN GEORGIA.

Mr. Edgar w. Cook of Atlanta and Miss
Reppard McAnister of Toccoa will be
married at the residence of the brides
father, Capt. A II. McAllister, at Toe
Goa. on Wednesday.
Hon. c. A. Powell and Miss Bette Har-
rison of Montezuma will be married
Wednesday MI. Powell is clerk Of Ma
con county Superior Court. The cere-
mony will be performed at the residence
Of Dr. and Mrs. f. NJ. Mullino.
Mr. sgmund Nussbaum and Miss
Brownie Newsome were married at the
brides home in cambridge Wednesday
evening, Rev. w. N. Ainsworth of the
Methodist Church officiating Mr.. Nuss-
baum Is a well-known young attorney Of
Bainbridge.
Mr. George Horace Smith and Miss Eth
el Arnold. both Of Lexington, will be
married on Wednesday, Nov. ?. The GER
emory Will take place in the evening at
the Baptist Church, and will be followed
by reception to be given by the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. T. Arnold.
Dr.. Samuel b. Vow of Avalon and Miss
Faith Dorsey Of Atlanta viii be married
on Nov. 8. Miss Dorsey is the eldest
daughter OF Judge r. r. Dorsey and a
graduate of the Lucy Cobb Institute. Dr.
xow is q graduate Of the College Of Ply
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Ocina Dispatch: Big George Tucker and
Mas Pauik went deer hunting Thursday,
about I'VE miles east of town, and the for
mer killed two fine ones with one shot.
There were three in the bunch and George
got two of them.
Waycross Journal: Ben w. James of the
Manor district, harvested 1880 pounds of
hay from half acre of land. 1t was so
heavy that his moving machines could not
be used TO harvest IL and he had to cut
it with grass hooks.
Dublin Courier: On Friday ]. D. Smith.
the real estate and stock man, who also
buys cotton TO some extent, sold his cot
ton TO Bennett & Co. for 40 cents per
pound There were 1867 bales in the lot
and the check given called for something
in the neighborhood of $4,000. being the
largest ever handled by the Dublin Bank
transaction Of the season, and we believe
the largest ever made in this city.
Hawkinsville Dispatch and Courier: w.
II. Dickey of Wilcox county made fifty
bushels OF rice to the acre this year. He
plants in rows two and one-half feet and
drops the rice in the furrow about eighteen
inches apart planting on a level He fer
tilizes with phosphate and cotton seed
and drops from ten to fifteen grains OF
rice in the hill and does not thin it. He
prefers this plan, as he can hoe to bet
ter advantage. The heads mature before
the leaves and stalk, and this fact makes
1t so he can convert the blades and stalk
into hay and fodder. The variety planted
is a large grain rice with long heads.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24

The feeling of fright is probably a sem
sation common to all animals from man.
kind down 10 the lowest grade of life
SAYS Market Basket. It is also true, that
the higher the grade of life, the more sem
tient the animal the keener is the sense de-
veloped. The horse is universally noted
for his sagacty and intelligence, there
fore in him fright is innate. When a horse
manfests fear 1t is because he has
by exercise of his reason decided
that there is danger to himself lurk-
ing in some object, which he accordingly
endeavors TO avoid That same reason
Will, If properly directed, undeceve him
and convince the animal that he is mis-
taken. The horse being unable to reason
except from his experience, you should con-
vince him, by careful examination, that
the object he breads is harmless. Bring
him in direct contact with 1t. 1t is a COM
mon saying that if the nose is touched
to the object the animal will be satisfied
Generally this Is true; the animal becomes
acquainted with his enemy"
1t is a terrible mistake 70 use a whip
on frightened horse. The animal is al
ready excited. and will, in all probability
associate the whipping with the object
of his dread Exert your own common
sense and calm your horse.
Colts especially should receive most con-
siderate treatment. and above all things
make your lesson thorough. To leave the
object of his alarm before having made
him thoroughly familiar and careless OF
IT, is often worse, tenfoid, than no eL-
tempt at all to break him of his skittisn'
Ysaes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
wheat Growing in the south.

Some little interest has been aroused on
the subject of wheat growing in Geor-
gia. For a number of years we insisted
on small farmers growing at least two
or three acres of wheat to supply their
own flour, shorts, bran. etc; but in each
case where we advised IT, it was with
the understanding that certain methods be
adopted, to wit, that good land be used,
that it be well prepared with pillow and
harrow in October, that good seed be
used; first washing the seed in biuestone
water then drying them off by rolling in
air-slaked lime, then sowing in November
the seed in drills twenty 10 twenty -four
inches apart-a half bushel to three
pecks of seed per acre. Finally giving
two to three cutivatings in March and
April by running a harrow or cultivator
CLOSED up) one time between the rows 10
keep down weeds and break the crust, so
as to keep the crop growing in dry wealth
er In April and May. In this way only
can the small farmers in the extreme
South hope TO make wheat growing a
sure and satisfactory undertaking year in
and year out. Even then there may be.
Will be, failure now and then for with
all precaution. wheat will rust some years.
More of this, however. S. A. c.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24

upright branching habits, has green
broad ovate leaves, from the axis ~
nearly everyone of which bright. velver,-
flowers on pendulous, tassel-like spikes
of p to IS inches in length are thrown
out. resembling somewhat in shape thoss
of Amaranthus or love-lies-bleedinP M
easy culture. freedom of growth and an
most perpetual Towering character form
additional and important points in its
favor. So far this plant has not been
grown out doors in this country, but "a
most of the species of this genius thriyA
luxuriantly in the open ground in sum
mer, there is but little doubt that this
beautiful newcomer will soon find a per
manent place in our flower gardens. while
its success as a greenhouse and window
garden plant is already fully assured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
FLORIDA,

Invitations have been issued for the
marriage of Mr.. VIM. Roberts and MIss
Lily Taylor. at Monticello, oct. 20.
J. II. Hubbard, DeLands new postmas-
ter, has received his commission and viii
take charge of the office on Nov. ].
]. B. Clark, wife and three children,
are in Gainesville. having recently arriv-
ed by private conveyance from Chicago.
They were one hundred days on the road.
Mr.. Clark will locate in Florida.
Cards have been sent out by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Butler King, of Ellenton, an
nounclng the marriage Of their daughter.
Mary Batty. to Mr. Bard L. Hendrv
Wednesday morning, Oct. %, at II o'clock.
A drawing of the monument which is to
be erected over the graves of the Maine
heroes in Key West shows a very appro-
PIRATE design. The base is octagon in
shape. Above it is a large square block
on which will be engraved the names of
the heroes. On the top is 1ife-size statue
of an American sailor. The entire hight
of the monument will be 10 feet inches.
Francis Delaney, a lad of IA years, died
at his home in Niece Sunday morning at
s o'clock from the effects of lockjaw, with
which he was first taken Wednesday
night. Lockjaw was caused by a fish bone
of drum fish which stuck in his foot
about two weeks ago The wound healed
up, but a piece of the bone must have re-
manned and irritated the nerve
Braidentown journal and News: Mr..
lie Count Lowe of Venice. in the southern
part of the county, while out fishing last
Thursday morning, was bitten by a rat
tlesnake, and after about twelve hours
of the most intense suffering died from
the effects of the poison. Mr.. Lowe was
an Industrious worthy and honoTed citi-
zen Of the county, and leaves large
family 10 mourn his. death Mrs. Lowe is
a daughter of Uncle Jesse Knight OF Ven
ice.
Titusvlle Advocate: Charles Waine,
the young man who married Miss Minnie
Louisiana, daughter of Joseph louisiana,
a worthy citizen of LaGrange, and de-
serted her, lately died in Tampa. 1t win
be remembered that at the time of the mar
riage to Miss Louisiana. Waine already
had a living wife. and on the coming of
the brother of the first wife to look after
him, the doubly-wived Lothario departed
for parts unknown. but finally went 10
his first wife in Tampa, where he died
as stated.
Tallahassee Tallahassean: Miss Nellie
Wilson, the accomplished telegraph oper-
ator lately in charge Of the instrument
in the general office of the Carabelle, Tai
lahassee and Gulf Railroad here, having
resigned. the general manager of that
company has placed in charge of the key
perhaps the youngest and smallest oper-
ator in the state, in the person Of Master
Eddie Crawford This young gentleman
is only four feet three and one-half inches
tall and weighs but flfty-fve pounds
While he is young and diminutive, there
are few better operators in The state, and
not one on the line of The Carabelle, Tai
lahassee and Gulf Railroad that can rat
tie the little gentleman
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24

Representatives Denny, johnson and
Bryan of Floyd county and Senator r..
T Fouche of that district favor the Aus
tralan ballot system, and win work to-
gether in its behalf.
j. L. Duggan. a Cordele brick mason.
became involved in a quarrel with his
wife Thursday and struck her with his
trowel. inhicung serious wounds. He i'm
mediatey fed. A warrant was issued for
his arrest. Duggan has caused the police
much trouble.
Hon. R A Smith will resign the office
of clerk of the Superior Court Of Hail
county. in order to take up his duties as
representative in the legislature DIT. J.
W. Oslin will be appointed TO the position
of clerk of the court. Mr.. Smith has been
clerk of the Superior Court for thirteen
years.
Lee county will vote on the Goth TO
choose between open bar-rooms or a dis
pensary. 1t seems now that the dispen-
sary system will be chosen. The present
regulations require a barroom to close at
shutdown and open at sunup, and TO be
run exclusively and apart. and not in con-
junction with any other business.
The City of Hawkinsville has been
bought by the new stock company con-
sisting of merchants of Hawkinsville and
Brunswick. She will soon be making reg
ular trips between those cities. Another
boat will be built at once, and the new
company viii in a short time have sew
eral steamers in operation. Capt. Miller
will have charge Of the City of Hawkins
vile.
Irwin County News: on last wednes-
day, while returning from market, Joe Ell
lis of Coffee county fell from a mule cart
and his neck was broken by the fan
Mr.. Ellis had bought some fish and was
returning home, and the supposition is that
one OF the wheels dropped in hole. thus
throwing the occupant on his head. He
was IS years old and enjoying most ex
cellent health, Weighing All pounds. His
sudden death was a sad blow to his rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs Charles Meadows. formerly Miss
Caroline Diehl, the nurse who was dis
charged from the Fort Mcpherson hospital
a few weeks ago for marrying, has re-
turned from her home in Kentucky and Is
located just without the gates of Fort Me-
Pherson. where she and her husband will
live for the present. 1t is said they have
about given up hope of getting the hus-
band released from the service, although
every influence has been brought to bear
at Washington.
Big preparations are being made for the
Townsville Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair which opens on Oct %. A splendid
programme has been arranged by Manager
Hopkins for each day of the five that the
fair will run. Special attractions have been
provided and those who attend will not
only be instructed but amused and inter-
ested as well. The railroad people have
been extremely accommodating and have
granted every request. Low rates have
been given from Savannah, Jacksonville
Montgomery, Albany and all intermediate
points while all exhibits will be returned
free by the railroad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
A Snncrh New PInnt.

The most strikingly beautiful ornamen-
tai plant introduced within many years,
pha Sanderi, several specimens of which
were exhibited by Mr.. julius Roches at
the recent fair Of the American Institute
in New York city. 1t belongs TO order
Euphorblaceae or Spurge family, and was
discovered by Mr.. Micholitz in the Bis
marck archipelago, New Guinea While
in most of the Acalyphas the most dis
tnctive feature lies in their highly col
ored foliage, the most striking charac-
teristic of this species is its brilliant scar
let crimson infiorescens. The plant is Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
WnStefnI Farming.

wasteful farming does not consist alone
in wasting the crops produced. This is
only one form Of waste. although too
many farmers are guilty of it. says Farm
News. Another form of waste Is more uni
versal and Is practiced by some of the
most careful farmers in the country, The
great source Of waste on the farms in this
country is waste Of fertility, and this
may go on although not a weed is allowed
to grow nor crop remain uncultivated.
No man has a moral right to allow his
Sarn 10 decrease in fertility, because he
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
sOUTH CAROLINA.

The South Carolina Synod Of the Luth-
eran Church meets in annual session in the
city Of Charleston on Nov. ..
The South Carolina Holiness ASSOCIATE ton
viii meet at Leesville tomorrow, and last
through until the following Monday
Capt W. r Cave Of BarnweR is a can
didate for sergeant-at-arms Of the Sem
ate. There are only about dozen appli-
cants for the place. II pays $3.50 a ses-
sion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
Cineraria Folium seed ana Powder
Where can seed of Cineraria Folium
and the powder of the plant be obtained?
IN

Any first class scotsman should be able
to supply you with the seeds and any first
class drug store should supply you with
the powder. 1t is usually listed as Per
sian insect powder" but Buhach is the
more common name for the California
product. We buy the fresh powder at our
drug store in Mnedgeviile at SO cents per
pound, when a year or two ago it was Is
cents. ltsis cheaper 10 buy the powder
than to attempt to raise the plants II
is by all odds the cheapest and surest in
sect eXterminator we have.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24
Pnpershen Pecans, Chestnuts, Wal
nuts, FiIbertS

]. A. M, Scarboro. Ga. is DESTROYS of
procuring fresh seed nuts of the above
species. If any of our readers know of
any Southern grown seed we should be
glad to have them inform ]. A. NJ. where
they may be procured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-24

Old Oats Best For Horses.-The
amount of moisture in new oats
makes them much dearer than old when
used to feed horses. The difference IN
price is almost always offset by the loss
in weight when the oats are kept uh
freezing weather dries them out. But
still more serious loss from the feSdlhA
of new oats is their laxative effect on
horses hard at work. They also oi-eH
cause collie in horses not used to them
1t is best always to buy some old oats 10
mix with them, and thus gradually az,
custom the animal to their use. II no %
oats can be had, mix some wheat oran
with them, feeding dry, of course, anu
give at first very few oats, gradually M
creasing the quantity as it is found that
the horse Is not injured. Is this ration
is to laxative give some wheat fine mo
dlings with the oats. These cause a cos
live condition of bowels. and should not
be kept up after the darrhoea as once
checked.
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Questions ard communications relative
70 agricultural and horticultural subjects.
II addressed to Agri. Editor. Drawer NJ
AiA !dgeville. Ga, will receive immediate
attention.