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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
HERE AND THERE.

Rotation OF crops is an important
rule in good farming. II it does not
positively enrich the soil it will at
least retard its Impeachment.
Groom your horses and exercise
them through the winter. twill keep
them in health, make them feed better
and put them in condition for spring
work.
Profit in cattle feeding lies as much
in avoiding mistakes as in the skill OF
the feeder. The most skilled feeder is
the one who usually makes the fcwest
mistakes.
AT present prices the farmer can
not afford to burn grain for fuel, but
this is just what farmers are doing
when they house cattle in open, cold
barns and stables.
This country is sending beef cattle
abroad to the value of So, 900. 900 mon th.
ly, to say nothing of enormous addi.
tional exports of canned and salted
meats and dressed beef.
However heavily weather-boardcd
the hen house, il the inside be lined
with tar or felt paper, you will be sur
prised TO see The difference in tempera-
ture it will make, and the amount Of
labor and food it will save.
Cows may be fed very cheaply
through the winter on straw and poor.
ly-cured corn fodder, but they can not
be expected TO produce much on such
food. The owner will certainly be out
at least the cost of their keeping.
The training of colt should begin
with his birth, u training in which gem
tie kindness, patience, frmness and
uniformity of method all combine. At
the first appearance OF any defect in
disposition or temperament, begin al
once its cure.
If you feed nothing but sound :,
wholesome food, keep the quar- ters
clean and free from vermin, give
warmth and sunlight without foul air,
disease will pass by your fowls and go
to your neighbor who does not take
these precautions.
During the winter feed the horses
less grain and more hay and fodder.
Their keeping will cost less and they
will make better horses. In ordinar =
circumstances half dozen ears OF
corn, added to their rough feed, should
be q sufficient daily ration.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
WOMEN IN FRENCH FICTION.
Distorted Portraiturcs by NoveiistH
of French Wives and Mothers.

of French wives and Mothers.
Those who have gathered their opin
ions MS to the real character of the av-
erage Frenchwoman from the romantic
literature of the present century, more
especially that Of the last few years,
would necessarily bear a severe judg-
ment, tinged with considerable
amount of contempt. Such an opinion
would, however, be unjust and wholly
undeserved, as any impartial observer,
having been privileged to share French
home life, could truly tell them. The
average Englishwoman is very graph
ically depicted in English novels, and a
foreigner can form fair estimate Of
her merits and demerits from the de-
scriptions of English domestic life pre-
sented by popular writers. But it Is
not so in France or in French literature.
The real French gentlewoman deserves
to be better understood, for she is to-
tally unlike the heroines of modern nov
els, whose writers know about as much
of aristocratic life as the author Of "The
Lady Flabela" in Nicholas Nickleby."
The pictures presented in Octave Feuil-
let's writings are perhaps the truest TO
nature as ii is seen In some melancholy
cases, but he himself certainly would
have been ready to admit that the wom-
en- he met in daily life had nothing in
common with his morbid herones. AS
he belonged to good old family Of
the upper bourgeoise, he had better OPP
portunites of knowing the society
which he depicted so powerfully in his
novels of fashionable life than have the
upstarts who describe salons of which
they have never crossed the threshold
But even in the works of FelIilet, al.
though the frame is accurate, the por.
traits are those Of exceptionally dis.
cased minds. Women like Nine. dc
Champalon in "Monsieur de Camors,
or the dreadful Julia de Trecoeur may
exist in France or elsewhere, but those
who know French society will certainly
recognize more readily women like
Nine. de Camors and her charming
mother, or the Suzanne of la Gle
dor" with the home of Sibylle and the
dear old people so delightfully."- de
scribed there. Many examples might bC
quoted equally sweet and pure among
the heroines of Feuillet's impassionet
narratives, and one is convinced thai
these have been more faithfully COPIED
from nature than the others.
The fact is that the great majority
Of French novelists belong to the bo
hemia of literature, and are not admit
ted within the precincts either of aris
tocratc circles or of the less refined
but equally strict, bourgeoise homes
They know only the borderland, peoplet
in general by the wealthy and adven
turous foreign set which budded ant
expanded during the second empire
and has now taken its place by the sid
of French society, but not within it
pale.-Anna i. Bicknell, in Century.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
HUMOROUS STATESMEN.
A Few of the Notable Great Men OF
Congress.

Private John Allen, who represents
bumor in the democratic party in the
house of representatives of congress,
has put himself early into evidence in
the debates of that body. Champ Clark,
of Missouri, who was out of the last
congress, but is again elected to This
one, has not yet made an appearance
as a speaker. The democrats apparent
ly get all their funny men from the
south. Perhaps they have too hard
work to be elected from the north to
find time for joking. The republicans
do not elect so many funmakers. Sen
ator Mason, of Illinois, used to appear
in this role when in the house, but he
cr Reed raised more laughs than any
other member when he was on the floor,
but his even was always that of sar-
casm, and the merriment was over the
squirming of his victims. The nearest
approach that Massachusetts has made
to sharp-tongued member for many
years was furnished by the late Gov.
Greenhalge, when he served one term
in congress. His wit was of the classic
order. Quigg, of New York, has made
fcllow-members laugh sometimes, but
it has been more often laughing at him
than laughing with him. The humor-
GUS treatment of public questions is less
prevalent in congress than it used to
be. 1t is studied, rather than spon-
taneous, humor at the north, as rule,
though Mr.. Reed furnished a supreme
exception to it in his day. The peculiar
stumping system of the south encour'
ages greater freedom of speech, which
perhaps accountsf for its humorists more
than any natural prevalence of mind
there in that direction. The late Sam.
uel S. Cox is said to have regretted that
he indulged so much in humor in con-
gress, on the ground that it led to the
belief that he had not the capacity that
was really his for more serious achieve
ment,-Boston Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
SAVANNAH, COUNTY, TENNESSEE FRIDAY, MARCH lS
PlTH AND POINT

The Oddities of Language.-"shs
ictually flung herself at his head!"
"H'ml What did he do?" "ue flung
himself at her feet,"-Boston Tran
script,
-Patrice-"I don't think you will
find another husband like mine in the
whole worldl" Patience-"The world
must be getting better, then. lyon
kers Statesman.
ELLA, you have been playing all
the afternoon with these toy soldiers.
That's not a proper amusement for a
big girl like you," said her mother
"But, mamma, am not playing with
the soldiers, l picked out the officers
and played with em."-Tit-Bits.
Three different walters al n hotel
asked prim, precise little professor at
dinner If NE would have soup. A little
annoyed, he said to the last waiter who
asked the question; "Is it compul-
sory?' "No, sir" said the waiter; 81
think It's mock turtle. e."-Tit-Bits.
Refined Tastes.-Wcary Watkins
sinister, would you give pore man a
dime to git cup of coffee?" Mister
81 would not. Come along with me and
I'll buy you cup of good coffee. That's
the best I'll do for you" "Would you
mind havin' a little dash of brandy put
in it? always drink my coffee that
way."-1ndianapolis Journal,
Partial Diagnosis. - What's the
matter with him, doctor?" asked the
worried father. The young physician
took another look at the boys tongue
felt his pulse again, noted his tempera
ture, and proceeded to pour out some
medicine. "I've forgotten the technical
name for it," he replied, "But it ends
in ftis.' I'll fetch him out of it al
right."-Chicago Tribune.
The boats that pass up and dowr
the Clyde pick up and deposit numbers
of passengers at the various riverside
piers, and Govan and Partick are botf
well-frequented stopping places. A
jealous Salvationist captain was on thu
boat one day, and anxious to improve
the occasion he accosted stout
weather-beaten rustic with the well
intentioned question: "Man, are y,
forgiven?" "Nae, nae!" cried the rus
tic; "I'm for ck!"-Househol
| Words.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
Master and Servant.

1t requires time for northern man
10 correctly appreciate the value Of
the negro as laborer. With an ex.
acting master, who counts every min.
ute Of his time, the negro is not an ac.
ccptable laborer, but to one who some,
times INDUCES him in his propensities
he becomes intensely loyal, and will &c
through storms and tcmpests, by day
and by night, to serve him. No human
being is more grateful for favors re-
ccived than negro, though sometimes
he may appear to he wanting in graft
.ude, yet the experience of this writer
is that no act of beneticence rendered
10 him is ever forgotten.-Col. j. B.
Killebrew, in Southern States Farm
Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
One Dollar Per Year,

admirable place to raise winteT calves.
Those dropped in September and Oc'
tober get good start and will endure
more outdoor exercise, and they enjoy
II on fine sunny day for short time.
My experience is that calf raised in
winter, well cared for, does not stop
growing when turned out TO grass in
the spring, while the spring calf,
turned out to fight flies, or tied to the
feace, usually grows smaller all the
time.
The food for fall or winter calves con-
sists of the mothers milk diluted with
the separator skim milk until the calf
is two weeks old, when the mothers
milk is gradually withdrawn, and
warm separator milk, with small
amount of flaxseed jelly or linseed
meal is added. .ie careful not to give
too much jelly or meal. Increase the
feed as .the calf grows, One very es-
sential point, where one does
not separate but once day, is
not TO get the skim milk too
DtbltI uSC u
and get it rs near normal rs pos
sible. Keep all feeding utensils clean
and give clean, dry pen; occasionally
sprinkle in some land plaster. Give
little salt occasionally, or better yet,
keep it near them at all times. Some
times an old sod or band full of dry
earth to lick will be relished. Calves
dropped in the fall and bred to come
in the fall are more sure TO breed reg
ularly in the fall; at least that is my
experience. With clover hay or ensi-
lage as roughage, calves raised in the
winter when one has plenty of time to
look after them are raised the cheap
est and best. Do not feed too fatten.
ing foods, if desired for the dairy.
Bran or oatmeal is most excellent
food for growing calf.-Rural New
Yorker.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
How to Manage the Fail Calf.

Having for long time been con-
vinced that COW coming fresh in the
fall was more profitable to her owner,
and wishing to raise my heifer calves,
/ continued to do so regardless Of the
time they were dropped. have found
it much easier to raise fall or winter
calf If one has warm quarters for it.
1t requires more heat than mature
animal, hence one must be very care
full that it does not get frosted ears Or
feet. A small, clean pen in the same
barn where the cows are makes q most
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
A Cat CntunuIt.

A cat owned by the tenant of Car.
negie hall studio obtains admittance
when shut out by bombarding the
door with its body. 1t makes so much
noise that the tenant in the bedroom
overhead-the studio has two stories
is invariably aroused. When the cat
hears him coming plaintive meow sue
ceeds the use of its body as a catapult.
How the cat can bang the door so vio-
lently without injuring itself is mys-
terry. 1t never meows until it has
aroused somebody, knowing apparent.
ly that its feeble cry cannot be heard at
such distance.--N. Y. Sun,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
Must Not Ask Something for nothing.

The agriculturist must not ask his
land to give him crops year by year.
without rendering to it return for its
bounty. II you want your soil TO be
liberal, you must make 1t fat" The
farmer, in his dealings with his fertile
acres, can not always be simply bene.
iciary; he must all the while be bene'
factor also. The product OF the soil
must in some measure be returned TO
the soil II its fruitfulness Is to con tinue.
There are farmers who ''sltin" their
land by constant cropping and no fer
tilizing; but 1t is ruinous economy for
the owner and grave wrong TO the
community; for whoever reduces the
wealth of the nations soil and the
sources of the supply Of sustenance is
guilty OF unsocial conduct.-Washing-
ton Gludden
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
The Wny She Took 1t.

Elder Sister-Come, Clarence, take
your powder like man. You never
bear me making any complaint about
such little thing as that.
Clarence (sourly)-Neither would if
could daub it on my face; it is swal-
lerin it that don't like.-Tit-Bits-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04

The merchants of New York sent TO
the continent of Europe more ships
than the merchants of other cities, who
traded mainly with Great Britain, so
that this city was better known
throughout Europe, and her vessels
were the handiest for emigrants from
France, Germany and Holland. Agents
of the New York merchants and of the
government who were seeking and en-.
couraging immigration, could show
that this port was the most advan-
tageous landing-place for a man who
was going on west; and the sea captains
explained that it was the safest and
quickest port to make, because the
course lay south of the stormy, foggy
region north of Cape Cod, and the city
was much closer to the open sea than
either Philadelphia or Baltimore. At
any rate, immigration increased in
favor of New York as time went on; I;
and the stream of incoming people
swelled until in the decade from 1854
to 1894 it amounted to about half mil.
lion of immigrants year, 590666 ar
irving in 1890 alone, not counting those
from Canada and MeXico.-Ernest In
gersoll, in st. Nicholas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04

Bicycle racing is said to be supplant.
ing bull fighting Ia Mexico. The newer
pas>ime is locked rpon with almost ai
much favor as the ancient one inpartet
from Spain.-Every Where.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-03-04
Sadness of Sea Currents.

The polar currents contain less salt
than those from the equator
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-08
Traoelcrs' Guide.
HoUsAToNIC R. R. ROUTE

HOUSAToNIC R. R. ROUTE
 Commencing Sunday, June IA. isoe,
 oorNo SOUTH
 Leave North Adams c 70 am, Pittsfeid ib
 uanaan s 26. Arrive Nov Haven 10 ss, Leave Albany 10 a.m., State Line %, Pitss-
 neid & 10, Canaan %. Arrive Bridgeport
 IA O5 D. m., NewHaven 12, ,tb Now York t.t0. Leavs Albany 10 % N m., State line IT 10.
 North Adams IA 10 ?; m. PitlsnelS n ".
 Haven 35. New York 6.l0.
 Leave Albany 10 0o a. n.. State Line II 20. Pittsfield IA tb P. m,. Canaan ~. Arrive
 Bridgeport 7l6. New Haven 500. New York 900
 Leave Albany a2o p. m., State Lins sts,
 Pittsfield 20, oanaan s7. Arrive BrIdge-
 port 10. New Haven 8 o0 Sew York s00. Leave North Adams 8 co pm Pittsneld 70. Canaan tb6. Arrive Bridgeport 7to, Nov Haven 8 co. New York & co. Osnaan a5. Arrive Bridgeport 7ib. New Haven 8 %. New York ssS. ,sundays only) Leave Pittsneld SIS p. ma, Canaan 2 b. Arrive New York 10 ~. l.oaye New York no a. m. Bridgeport o5. New Haven 10, Canaan 70, Arrive fitts- neld Ii O6, State Line 10 Ai, Albany IA II D. m, Saratoga q 10, North Adams II ks. Leave New York 02 a. m., Bridgeport m. New Haven s5. Canaan IA 10 P. m. Arrive Pittsneld 20. North Adams ss. Aibahy 24S, Saratoga 70. Leave New York 02 a. m., Bridgeport DO, New Haven Q g5, Canaan IA Ss r. m. Arrive | Pittsheld 2 o6 p. m., State IAno ". A. bany 2 43. Saratoga 70. Leave Now York a. m, Bridgeport n Os, New Haven 10 90. Oanasn 6.oJ ?. m. Arrive Pittsneld 1000 p. m. Leave New York s 30 ?. m. Bridgeport 2o, New Haven 70. Canaan 2a. Arrive Pitts . neld 7s5, North Adams bS. btats Line 765, Albany 2 %.
 Leave New York 30 ?. m., Bridgeport go New Haven %, Canaan ta. Arrive P1tts- field 70. State Line bb. Albany 2 60.
 Saturdays onlyl Leave Now York % ?. m., New Haven 2 co, Bridgeport q Sa. Canaan B20. Arrive Pittnneld SO. Sundays onlyl Leave New Haven % m. Bridgcport7 06, Canaan 2 70. Arrive Pitu-
 field II 05.
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-08
FtaE WHEAT CROP.

The FlsSe N Occupies In the Regular
 Kostfne of the Farm.
 In spite of the fact that we hear so much of the great bonanza farms of the west the bulk of American wheat is still grown, according to The Rural New Yorker, upon the small farms where ths whnt crop forms part of the regular farm rotation. This authority in considering ths place which wheat fills in tls req. lar routine of the farm, states th.tt fa Nav Jersey more wheat is grown than nsr before, and 1t u su- ally follews EkRtoes in the farm rota- tion. Practice fly all of the fertilizer used in five Ts.rs Is applied to the DO tato crop, kar the potatoes are dug the grousA L htted by blowing and narrowing 0k sown to wheat with a fair seeding ( timothy. Wheat grown In this way t>lds all the way from Is to 80 buf:S<al pr acre. The grass fol- lowing A Ar sst two years Then the accumulatkss, ei stable maDure on the farm is spGIh on the sod to be plowed under in tlA aIring for the corn crop. Years ego e$eat followed corn, and a good deal sf Ge stable manure was ap- piled to tkR srop. The new rotation works much ssstter, giving on the whole better whgA more potatoes and better Rrass, whihs &e farmers all agree that rhe oosn ssau makes the best use of the mabls mAaEaA
 a great ohsatas in wheat culture of late ysars, snd As journal mentioned gives some noHn from correspondents as typical Of Hhr practioe of good farmers. One of ths,s srtses:
 "Ths vtlsa crop here usually fol L.ws oass fIs Erley. Land that has pre- yiously rsii~,l barley is considered the rest, as sS" esMnd can be plowed much earlier. Ths s.at farmers here blow the ground A l@sl Fs the oats and barley are harves.d Aad then roll as fast as .plowed, wtisA l.elps hold the moisture and sproat s&p grain that has been left on the srosad then they harrow with n spring tssodh harrow as many times as possibls btenre sowing and perhaps roll down . nuniber of times Many who have thistiss and quack grass go over Gu6 HAUL oLApAo Ol llluoc Mibu h Wucei oultivator tkat will cut up all the ground oc gang blow. Afew top dress with baraynrd manure, but most farm CTS put all their manure on the corn ground Nearly all use I50 to 200 pounds of fertilizer per acre There are of coorse good many varieties of wheat sown here. think that at least two-thirds A Lancaster or Lancaster and Clawson mixed, using six to eight pecks per acre. l"
 Another says: "The best farmers about here manure sod ground, plant beans; the next spring sow barley or oats; as soop as possible after harvest blow and cultivate thoroughly, put on all the fine rotten manure they can make through the summer and use phosphaies on whaf land they cannot cover with manure. They SOW about two bushels 10 the acre, using about 900 pounds of phosphate per acre on ground withopt manure"
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-08

. suiloing granucf InAR all the castles aR earth heaved jnfo D mountain of splendor-thst must be the palace of Jesus And lock there at those walks tined with folinas more beautiful than anything I evsr aw before, and see taose who are walking down those aisles of verdure Frpm what I have heard of them those two arm and arm must be Hoses and Joshua, him of Mount Sinai and him of tho halting sun over Gibeon, and those two walking arm in arm must bs John and Paul, the one SO gentle anG tho other % mighty.
 "But inuse not look any longer at thozs sarilens of beauty, but examine this butldbnS in which I have just awakened. k,ok cut of the window this wAy Nsll that srl up and down. and I find it is A Iaasssiol, of immense size in which I am GbIging. All it's win dows of agaso ia ibi colonades of DOT phyry and Alabals. Iv. Why. I wonder if this is not eiss 'tsoose of many man. sions, of which saad to read? It is. It is. There must bi nanny of my kindred and friends tn tA&l vsrv mansion. Hark W uOS0 hkp A1&Au W hOSo those bounding feet? I open the door and see, and, 10, they are coming through all the corridors sini up and down all ths stairs, oar losI absent kindred. Why, thwre is fabhsr, there is mother, there are the ohil1Er1. All well again. All young aglis. lll of us together again. And au,ft embrace each other with the cry 'Jaever more to part; {; never mcfe s> MIt, the arches, the al- cover, the ial twsys echo and re-echo the words. 'Ennd more to part; never more to part r ,Eken our glorifed friends say, Como out With us and see heaven And soane oi awan bounding ahead of ns and some cf them skipping beside us we start d,rwn the ivory stairway, ard we meet coming up one of the kings of ancient Ls.ael, somewhat small of stature, bat having a countenance radiant with thousand victories, and as ell nre making obeisance to this great ons of heaven I cry out. Who is he2' and the answer comes: This is the greatest of all the kings. It is David, who, after hs had served his generation sy the will of God. fell on sleep.
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-08
Ths Dividing Line.

IliD sword of Gods truth draws the diSadkSg line today. On one side of it are ssA and ruin and death on the other nde of 1t are pardon and usefulness and
 ha pDilsAs and heaven. You cross from - V1nnx- AAA - AhA s4ahk siAA xcS
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-08
Blissful Awakening.

And should not wonder If after we have served our generation and by the will of God have fallen on sleep, the deep sleep, the restful sleep, we should awaken in blissful bewilderment and for little while say Where am I? What palace Is thisf Why, this looks like heaven! It is. It is. Why. there is
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-08

Trains stop only on signal, or when condno- Additional trains leave New PsltS and High- land for Poughkeepsie every hour from N Trains leave oughfeepsis z 4s A m. ss |, m hourly until 10 ?. m. for Highland and New PaltL
 Trains leave Rhincclin goo m, an ID. m. arrive al silvernsils 10 ts a m., 5 fi ? m Trains leave silvsrnans ti &aa m tnap m. arrive at Rhinecfirc IA bq D m, Rs m Trains leave Poughkeepsie for Hopewvll . & and S a m, 0o and b0o ?, m.
 Trains leave Hopewell for PouRhkcepeie DO and 10 ts R m, a and 0 so D. m.
 Trains and 10 oarry through coach between winsted and Grand Central station, Ssw York Western Express, train 1, makes dircck con nsction at Campbell Hall with fast express via Ontario Western Ry for the West, due ChicaYo following day Q 90 D m also connects with hrt~ h fast western trsins special attcnti0n given to western travel Rates of fare tl Co " lower than any other line Write for rates and particulars before puchasing tickets over any ether route
 W.J. Martin, Gen Pass Agent,
 Hartford. Conn
Connecticut western news., 1898-09-08

hn excnange presents the timely re- hinder that last winter the legislature of New York rtate fixed the standard for apple barrsls-heads 17X inches across, slaves asJI inches and the barrel to bs at its bulgs 64 inches in circum- ference, the standard in most of tho fruit growing shtesL