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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

Townsville Times Enterprise: VIII
Branlley is a born fighter, but he should
have all the aid neeeded. And he will get
It. Georgia VIII send a solid delegation to
the next Congress.
McRae Enterprise: What few Populists
we have in this county are too decent a set
to be driven into the radical camp They
viii draw the line on these pie hunting
Populst fusion bosses this fall
Chattahoochee populists have nominated
Robert W. Christian for the legislature,
succeeding W. II. Bagley, whom is under
arrest for killing ]. M. Adams. The Re
publicans also met in convention, but just
as they were about to nominate w. *
Schley for the legislature the PopuHsts
suggested TO them that they better not do
this, inasmuch as the Populists already
mad men out and e would not do to have
two sets around. The Republicans deferred
action but are dissatisfied. The under
standing had been that their man, Mr.
Schiey was TO receive the support Of the
populists. Under the circumstances the
fusion plan may fan through. Rumor has
IL that Mr.. Sohley may run as an indie
pendent Republican.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12

1t is still not too late to sow turnips. 1t
is said that the red top and some other
varieties can be sown as late as October.
The turnip should have a rich, sandy
soil, and no location is better for it than
an old cow pen. New ground turned over
10 get rid of the weeds and insects also
makes good turnip ground. Plant the
seeds in drills ten inches apart, covering
them half an inch with light, loose earth
pressed down with a roller. The soil
should be kept free from weeds. When the
plants are we'll established thin out TO
two inches, and later TO six inches in
the rows. Keep the ground between the
rows well cultivated and free from weeds.
If turnips are sown broadcast they
should be thinned to about twelve inches
apart and all weeds kept down. SCOT,
wood asnes and land plaster promote
growth and tend TO drive away insects.
Though sowing broadcast may be a little
more convenient al first it will be found
better 10 plant in drills. This gives an
opportunity to thin out more evenly and
the plants can be better cultivated. But
in some way get them planted for life
on the farm without bacon and green is
shorn of half its joys.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
Starting an Asparagus Bed.

Asparagus roots may be planted in spring
or fall, but unless the ground is we'll
drained, spring is preferable. Good.
strong 1-year-old roots are best. The soil
should be made as rich as possible. If
very stony the stones should be removed
as they are much in the way of cutting
the stalks. In garden culture. it is best
TO dig trenches about three or four feet
apart and twelve inches deep; then put
in layer of manure to fill about half Of
the trench after it has been packed doyn
On this put two or three inches of soil
on Which place the roots, spreading them
out in all directions, and cover with fna
soil, packing down all around. The plants
should not stand closer than two feet in
the rows, and as they start to grow more
soil should be drawn into the trenches
until the surface is level again. All thar
is necessary during the season is to keen
the ground loose and free from weeds To
raise a first-class crop the bed has to be
MANFRED every year by scattering manure
over the plants in the fall. If white or
bianched asparagus is desired the roots
have to be set deeper and the rows have
to be hilled UP similar to what is done
with celery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
The Importance OF sheep Husbnndry

The importance of the sheep industry IN
the United States cannot be estimated by
the mathematician. It cannot be stated ac-
curately in figures. 1t would not be fair
TO the sheep industry TO say that the
maximum of its value is represented by
the number of sheep in the country, val
ued at so much per head This arises
from the intimate relation which exists
between sheep husbandry and fertility,
and between fertility and the production
of maximum crops
In reckoning the profit on growing sheep
1t Is customary to place value on the
lamb crop and on the wool, and to deduct
from that sum representing the cost of
maintenance The difference between these
is said to represent The profit. But that
mode of reckoning only tells half the story,
for the service rendered by each animal
an destroying the weeds and in fertilizing
the soil is oftentimes fully equal to the
cash returns which ii gives to the owner.
Sheep ought TO be multiplied in the land
because of their utility in destroying
weeds. Introduce a small band of sheep
on every farm. Give them a chance 10
do the work of scavengers. Utilize por-
ton of the land every year in growing a
succession of pastures for them and they
VIII improve the farm more effectually
stroying weeds and in other ways.
Some men claim that ii is not fair to the
sheep to make it a weed destroyer; but
those who talk thus know not whereof
they speak. Sheep are not fools in the
choice of foods. They don't eat what they
don't relish; hence, if they devour weeds
it is usually because they relish them aud
relish them they will if allowed to eat
them when they are yet tender and succu-
lent. And when weeds become woody and
produce seeds sheep will gather the seeds
with great diligence when they refuse to
eat the woody stem that produce them.
AS distributors of fertility on the farm
sheep have never had an equal since the
world began. 1t is that property in sheep
which has given rise to the trite proverb
that the sheep has a golden hoof. The
abandoned farms of New Englash are be
ing reclaimed by the restorative power Of
sheep. They are gradually driving the cat
tie from the ranges, but this is not mat
ter for regret, since the equilibrium of
fertility on the ranges can be far better
maintained through the growing of sheep
upon them than through the growing of
cattle. At least half of the $4,000 600 that
is being paid out annually in the East
ern states for commercial fertilizers could
be saved by the multiplication of sheep
upon these Eastern farms. And a great
portion OF that 100000 and more that
are being put out every year from the
Mississippi valley in the fertilizers contain
ed in the exported stuffs could likewise he
saved If sheep were so increased that
much of this food would be fed at home.
Prof. Thomas Shaw.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
Cultivation In Dry weather.

Whenever there seems danger that corn
or potatoes shall suffer from drought all
the cultivation should be near the surface.
That will provide a slight mulch of dry
soil, and will keep The soil all the moister
below it, as the mulch prevents surface
evaporation. If there are light rains, as
there will some times be even in dry
times, follow with the cultivator. turning
down all the soil moistened by the rain,
and turning to the surface some of The dry
soil below. When on going through the
field after rain you seem to leave the
soil drier than before it was cultivated
you may know you are doing a good work.
The water is put down where the corn or
potota roots will quickly find it, instead
of being left on the surface to evaporate.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12

for The oat crop should be well under way.
as We don't grow wheat in Florida, oats
have TO supply It's place, and the sooner
they are put in the ground after cool
weather the better. Winter or spring sown
ga b~1ever do wen in this section, and il
is a waste of seed and time to try it,
We add in conclusion: To succeed well
with all these fan crops, thoughtful and
careful planning is necessary, as Il does
not pay 10 90 at anything in a haphazard
manner. We can as easily as not carry
on an al the year farming system and not
have our soil lying idle half the time But
TO do 1t successfully we must plan ahead.
Every farmer should know what he is
going to follow his present growing crop
with, in fact more than one crop ahead
would be better. For rotation of crops
judicious planning as to work. fertilizing
and planting in season lies the secret of
profitable farming
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
Raising Rice without water.

The Louisiana Farm and Rice Journal
on this subject writes as follows:
1t is a well. established fact that deem
blowing and thorough pulverization as
sures better crops of all kinds, whether in
wet or dry seasons. There is a double adj
vantage in deep over shallow plowing. IL
land is broken deeply and a wet season
follows there is an under drainage from
the roots of the plants to relieve excessive
moisture: if a dry season supervenes the
deep blowing assists in holding the moist
ure against rapid evaporation and by its
porosity absorbs the dews falling at night.
1t is claimed that good rice can be raised
with the same amount of moisture requir-
ed for corn, and that the main objects in
irrigating or flooding rice is to drown out
and keep down grass and weeds. There
fore, If rice is sufficiently cultivated in
drills to keep down grass and weeds, it
can be raised without water or flooding.
As dry as the past summer was one OF
our Providence farmers averaged seven
sacks of rice per acre, broadcasted, simply
from the fact that he plowed his land very
deep and pulverized it we'll before plant
ing; while neighbors of his who ploWed
shallow had their rice burnt up by
drought, not even saving their straw.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
Remedy for Horn Fly.

In some quarters the horn fly is again
other cattle. An effective remedy consists
of seal or fish oil, worth about 60 cents per
gallon. and crude carbolic acid, about %
cents per pint. Mix thoroughly four ia
blespoonfuls of the acid in one gallon of
the oil, and rub on the cattle with rag
once a week. 1t will also kill the MARBLE
fly and vermin. Mr.. William Rennie, farm
superintendent at the Ontario Agrcultur
al College, who uses and recommends this
treatment, finds it excellent for winter
use, also going over the herd thoroughly
about three times in the season for vermin
and to put the hair and skin in nice hand
ling condition. A gallon of the mixture
would do about thirty animals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
The Golden HOof.

On July q last Mr.. budding of Riby
Grove, Lincoln, England, held his annual
sale of Lincoln bucks. The sale was men,
orable as marking the record price for
sheep of this breed. He sold 50 yearling
bucks for $226O6. or an average of $434 rs
per head For one buck the astounding
price of SIS. $50 was paid. This and many
other high-priced ones were bought for
the Argentine, whose great sheep breed
ers have learned to value the Lincoln
breed for crossing on their ewes. Truly
is the sheep the animal with the golden
hoof. When will our Southern farmers
learn to set a higher value on this animal
than the miserable notwithstanding sheep
destroying dog?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
Poultry Enriches the Soil.

An important point in favor Of the poul-
try business is that you are continually
enriching your farm and at the same tins
deriving a profit from the business. This
is an important point, for the soil of many
farms in log-settled sections has been
managed in such a way in the past that
farmers of to-day have the difficult prob
lem to solve of making a living and al
the same time of bringing the soil from
its WORKOUT condition to one of fertility. 1
have seen this done by means of poultry
culture. A friend has more than doubled
the crop capacity of his land and almost
entirely by this means.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
SYMONS ABAND0NS SEARCH.
HE RETURNS TO BRUNsWICEI CON-
FIDENT OF HIS SONS LOSS.

UnmisfuISabIe Evidences of the John
u. PIatt's Loss with All on Board.
Wreckngc Picked Up Showing the
loss of the Schooner Jesse C.
WoodhuII-Twenty PeopIe Perish
on the Two VeSseIs-Brunswi
Deeply GrieVcd Because of Young
symons' Death-A Popular Young
Man.
Brunswick. Ga, Sept. n.-Postmaster
w. +. Symons of Brunswick arrived to-
night from three days search along the
South Atlantic coast for evidence of the
safety Of the schooner John II. Plat, and
brought back unmastikahle news of her
loss.
With him was Capt. Townsend, brother
of Capt. Townsend, master of the schooner
Jesse c. Woodruff. and of which wreck
age was picked up, showing her total loss.
Evidently, not a soul on either vessel was
saved, and a total of twenty lives went
down to the bottom when the terrible hur-
ricane of Aug. 30 swept the coast
Not until to-day was it felt certainty
that the Plat and Woodruff were gone,
and in addition to the crews and the mas
ters, there were four passengers.
The Woodruff lost a crew of eight, in
GLIDING Capt Townsend.
The Platt lost a crew of eight, includ-
ing Capt Ives, his father, the wife of
Capt. Ives and his entire family of three
children.
On board, as an extra passenger was the
young son of Postmaster Symons of
Brunswick, and the almost frantic father
has been securing the coast for traces Of
mis- boy.
All Brunswick deeply sympathizes with
Postmaster Symons and his family in
their terrible bereavement. There is no
man in Brunswick more highly thought of
than he and the community feels a sin
cere interest in his trouble.
His son, who is supposed to be among
those lost, was a model young man and
liked by every one who knew him. The
particularly nigh standing of all the FAM
lily in this city makes the blow a hard one
for every citizen 10 bear
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
Success With Swine.

There are three things of prime impor-
lance in the raising of hogs, viz: Breed,
feed and care or management. With either
of these three not up to the highest STAN
dard of excellence success will not be
Of the highest attainable. To be safely
successful we must acquire a painstak-
ing carefulness and the habit of closest
attention to even the most minor details
OF the three essentials breed is placed
first, because without frst-class animals
of a first-class breed it is not possible
to win broad success. There will be an
occasional fine pig among a litter of no
breed in particular, mongrels in fact. but
for the most part they will be a sad fail
ure There cannot be that uniformity
of development, that ready response to
feed and care that characterizes the full
bloods. It is because of this inherent
quality thrift, of quick growth and fat
tening proclivities, that we insist upon the
breed being of the best, as well as the
feed, care and management.
AS to the name of the breed, that does
not matter so much if it is only thorough
bred We might say there are four Lead
ing breeds of swine and as many more
that have won more than a passing men
ton. Each has it's lovers, It's strenuous
supporters. Each perhaps has points of
excellence over the Others. No doubt
some breeds are better suited to some
persons than are others. But we can
not go far wrong in choosing from any
one of the four; namely, Poland-China,
Chester-White, Berkshire, and Duroc-
Jersey. Either of these breeds will af-
ford one pleasue and profit commensu-
rate to the effort put forth and good sense
employed in the feeding, care and manage
rent of ihem.-tA n. Springer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
Save Your Cattle.

Commission merchants who keep close
tab on affairs are positive that good cat
tie will be good money-better money
than they are now. There is an undoubt-
ed scarcity of the top class and prices
seem certain to advance considerably. OF
course the trouble is that few farmers or
trous experience with scrub lots has less
ened the demand for that sort of feeders,
and buyers do not know where to find the
other kind. The situation simply empha-
sizes the necessity of producing a better
class of stock cattle. The stock of cattle,
especially mich cows, has been greatly
reduced in the South in the past year or
so. Those who have cattle should prize
them more than ever for their value is
already considerably increased.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
A Question In Manuring.

Some people say they want all the man.
ure near the surface, because there Is
where nature applies it, and because the
tendency of the move of plant foods Is
downward rather than upward, says the
Practical Farmer. Some people want to
put the manure way down deep into the
soil in order to induce the roots of crops
to go down into the stratum of perpetual
moisture. In gardening operations we
usually want il all the way through the
titled surface soil, so that the plants can
feed from the first day to the last. let
their roots ramify all through the SOIL
and be strong and in vigorous growth
right along. Roots will develop best where
the moisture is, too. The manure, wnen
we'll mixed with the entire layer of TILED
soil, will hold the moisture far better than
when 1t is all in heap. We all know
that coarse manure left In chunks here
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
GEORGIA.
FLORIDA
AND CAROLINA;

missed the articles, and notified Oficers
Messett and Lyman who began a search
for the man. They found the goods be-
fore daylight, but not the man.
County Solicitor Robinson has filed at
Palatka information against the Mulberry
faction of The Colored Primitive Baptist
Church. The faction, which has been
headed by Rev. Mulberry, has claimed
the right to use the church in spite of
locks and orders of the court. The lead
ers, and those against whom iuforma-
ton has been filed, are James McPher-
son, Can Floyd, Henry Bryand and An
derson Hart They are charged with dis
turbing public worship Hart is the ne
gro who recently assaulted the pastor
of the church while in the pulpit.
Tampa won in the tax case Of A. ].
Knight ct al. VS.. the city of Tampa. The
argument was to make a temporary in
junction permanent to restrain the city
from selling the property of the petition
ers for taxes. Based on the decision Of
the Supreme Court in another case. Judge
Phillips declined to grant the permanent
injunction. The case can be appealed 10
the Supreme Court but the petitioners
know before they do what the decision
will be. as the main points they depend on
were settled by the court in the case al
ready mentioned, where Robert Mugge ct
al. were the petitioners. The city off,
Gals think that this means that the clouds
are gradually clearing, and that Tampa
will be out Of some of its many difficulties
soon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
RUM AS 1T IS MADE.
A Liquor That "Burns Like a Torch
light Procession"


From the New York Tribune.
Rum, that fiery beverage which is not
50 popular now in this country as once it
was but which has long furnished the
general name by which the temperance
workers denounce strong drink of all
kinds, is a grewsome- looking compound
when in process of manufacture. If the
prohibitionists could only exhibit to their
audiences the methods of rum-making IN
vogue in the West Indies, where most of
the liquor come from, it is safe to say that
most Of those persons who still have a
certain fondness for the pld-fashioned
upple would promptly cross it off their
list of drinks. True, they might merely
turn TO an indifferent quality of whisky,
but the cause of temperance would at
least have secured the Punishment of the
one beverage which seems to have been
from of old its especial bugbear
Briefly, rum is made from the refuse
juice, scum and general impurities of
sugar as that article throws them off in
the process of boiling. In sugar-making,
after the juice has been pressed out of
the fresh cane il is put into great watts
and boiled down for long time, to clear
it of waste undesirable matter. During
the boiling this refuse rises to the top
of the vat in thick, yellowish froth or
scum. The West Indian negroes, who
are usually employed in the sugar and rum
making Establishments. stand by with i'm
plements like oars, which they WELD back
ward and forward through the froth, con-
tinually sweeping it off the vat into re-
ceptacles placed at the sides to catch it,
When cold this scum changes it's yellow
hue for another and still more unpleasant
one becoming a striking imitation of the
| thick green slime which gathers upon
stagnant pools. At this stage it is mixed
with molasses, water and certain guam
| tlty of lees or dregs from previous fer
| mentations, and The whole compound is
| allowed to ferment for a week or two
| Then disuliatlon is begun, and the vapor
| which arises from the boiling mixture be-
| comes, when condensed, a strong, colorless
| liquid, which is rum in its raw state. 1t is
about 80 per cent. pure alcohol, and, ac-
cording to a Northern man who recently
tried it in that condition, sit burns like a
rorchlight procession" A tablespoonful
was all he wanted, but the West Indian
negroes and coolies drink it, when they
can get it, by the half-pint, and from long
| Eabit appear to be proof against both its
| fire and its intoxicating power. To become
| the rum of commerce, the raw, coloress
| product has first to be darkened to rich
! golden brown by the addition of burnt mo-
! lasses, and must then be allowed to age.
! Like most other liquors, the older it be-
comes the finer is it's quality. But those
| who have seen the stuff of which II is
| made will, despite its final good appear
ance, have no small difficulty in forgetting
| it's peculiarly unattractive origin.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
To Make a small Lawn Roller.

To make a small lawn roller, select a
hard elm or maple block, two feet long
and eight inches in diameter and be sure
that the ends are sawed square. Bore
small hole in the end of each of two light
sticks four feet long and two inches
square. Then get two bolts little smaller
than the holes. Bore a hole in each end of
the block a little smaller than the bolts.
Heat the ends of each bolt that has
thread red hot, thrust them through the
holes in the ends of the shafts and drive
them into the holes in the block. DO not
drive them too far, or the roller will not
turn easily. Nail a short piece of wood
across the ends of the shafts for handle
and brace it securely. The best time to
use a roller is directly after rain, as the
ground is soft and it does not injure the
grass.-H q. Shuman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
BrnsscIs Sprouts.

This seems to be one of the most neg
lected of the cultivated Brassicas, and
just why it is so it is hard to understand,
for it is certainly one of the best and also
one of the hardest. The cultivation is the
same all through as for cabbage only the
ground may be even richer and rather
more space should be allowed; the rows
should be three feet apart and the plants
eighteen inches distant in the rows; this
distance is necessary so that the plants
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-12
The RnzOrback.

It is not worth while to send over to
Great Britain and import at heavy ex-
pense big headed and slab-sided Tamworth
hogs to cross with our breeds for the pur-
pose of getting a bacon hog. The wild
razorback of our Southern states will do
just as well, if we can catch him. For
generations he has fed upon nuts and
wood products, and his bacon is sweet and
juicy. If lean meat is wanted, the Ameri-
can razorback has enough lean muscle to
enable him to outstrip a greyhound in q
race