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shade as an Improver of Soils.

When a shade is beneficial TO the soil
it is usually accompanied with moisture
else the Improvement is due TO something
which accompanies the shade and not to
the shade itself, says the American Far
mer. Thus the soil under house i'm
proves. because il is the resort of animals
Of various kinds and their excreta or re-
mains are deposited there. Again, the
soil under houses is usually protected from
washing away by rain, or the teaching
out of its soluble substances. In such case
the only direct effect of the shade, appar-
emily, is the prevention of excessive heat
ing Of the soil by direct rays of the sun.
Certain volatile substances in the soil, such
as carbonate Of ammonia, which are gen.
Grated in soils where organic matter IS
UNDERGOING decay, are Yolatllzed and
driven into the air by great heat. Whilst
the heat of the soil under a house seldom
reaches 80 degrees Fahrenheit, that freely
exposed to the sun may reach 30 degrees
or upward. If q plank is laid on the
ground the conditions are quite different
from the case of q house. 1t shades the
soil as the house does, but in addition it
prevents the moisture and gases of the soil
from escaping. Although it cuts the soil
off from direct wettng by rain, its mar
rowness allows the moisture from either
side to diffuse itself through the soil under
the plank hence such soil is usually damp
that under the house is usually dry.
Again, insects, worms, etc, gather IN
der a plank and their excreta and remains
accumulate there. OF course the soil I'M
der a plank is protected both from wash
ing and teaching. and more or less salt
petre is developed by nitrification. And
finally The heat of the sun is more or less
cut off from the soil, but In this last re-
spect the soil under a house has the adj
vantage of that under a plank. Now,
the shade of trees, or a thick-growing crop
like clover or COW peas. differs from both
Of the above. In the first place, these
plants are constantly pumping UP water
from tho soil and making it dry-the area
involved is too great to allow water from
its sides to diffuse through the soil under
them There is no special collection Of in
sects or other animals under them TO en-
rich the soil by their excreta or debris.
Chemical changes in the soil which can
only take place in the presence Of mOis-
ture are diminished or stopped. The more
prevention Of excessive heat in the soil
and consequent yaporizing and escape of
gaseous matter, seems to be the only part
taken by such shade In the improvement
Of soils The Improvement of soils by the
crops named is not due so much to shade
as 20 the collecting of nitrogen from the
air and contributing it to the soil in their
remains Upon the whole, the value of
shade as an improver of soils is either
misinterpreted or over-rated.
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Growing plants directly affect TIE sOl
IN which they grow, save the Farmer Re
view. The mobilization N occupied soil
over sbarren soil is very great. A soil
beating no plants tends 60 destroy certain
qualities o. plant food. Thus, the dust IN
a read vii burn up al vegetable matter
that IS thrown into it. provided that
enough time De given. This Is shown in
the case Of eartn closets where the dry
earth CT dust burns up even the paper
used IN a lesser sense this applies 10 al
uncovered ground. especially when it Is
exposed 70 the fierce rays of The sun ia
q time OF drought. It also applies to pas
lures where the SOL is allowed 10 become
thin b. close cropping.
4 son 70 BE kept fertile must be kept
loose. and il such q condition that the air
can penetrate. This requires that it be
kept more or less moist. the moist soil
seeming 10 be more porous than that com
pletely dried up. This moisture is pre-
served by the growing plants above IT,
THIS locgeniEg Of Inc soil under plants is
helped by the earthworms, which, We be
iisye. are seldom found in soil entirely
dry. Thus The pants On the soil keep IL
moist and the moisture encourages the
earthwOrms They open the earth deep
into the soil for che penetration Of both
ar anu EDDts. -dEllhG.ll5 also Eel0eE
the humus in the soil more soluble. To
snow that the earthworns seek most the
ground that is covered with yerdure il is
only necessary TO refer TO some expert
Tnents by Darwin.
After a careful test he decided that the
weight Of worm CASTS OF an acre Of naea-
COW for one year was IS tons while on
an acre Of good arabic land it was 10 tons.
There was therefore a difference Of
tons between these two locations. But
even this contrast fails between meadow
and barren land This arabic land had
been doubtless covered with crops more
or less Of the year, add most certainly
through the season Of drought. Therefore
on il the moisture would be largely unre-
served. Now, II the comparison
had been made with absolute
barren land it is doubtful If
even one ton of casts would have been
found Now as TO the value Of these
worm casts. DR.. Gilbert, F. r. s., sub
milled worm casts 10 analysis and found
that they contained O.3+ Per cent of nitro
gen which is several times more than
is found in ordinary soils. Ten tons
Of these castings Will therefore yield 50
pounds Of nitrogen. This would be almost
as much Nitrogen as is contained in 50
bushels Of wheat How deep Darwin
went with his tests we do not know, EOr
do we know if the roots of most cereals
would 90 to the depth that ne figured
out in getting his 10 tons Of worm casts.
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increasing Farm vaIues.

Much the most satisfactory way for
farmers to acquire wealth is to make the
farm Itself more valuable from year to
year. The gains in personal property may
accumulate much faster, but they are more
uncertain, says the American Cultlvator.
When the Improvement is made on the
land, or rather in the land, it is there for
all time, and if it has been made judiclous-
ly, it means the yearly Increase of the
farms productions over what they could
have been without 1t. To grow rich by the
rise IN the price OF land has long been a
faVorite method with American farmers. 1t
is this which brought into cultivation i'm
mense areas Of new land all through the
West, the buyer having the certainty that
so rapidly as new settlers came in, such
land, without any effort on his part, must
become more valuable. That is not what
we mean. nor can 1t now be done except
In very few localities, and with q strong
probability that most who try Il will find
land dcpreclating rather than rising on
their hands. Land used for farming is
generally cheaper than It was a few years
ago. only those who know how to make
the best use Of it, and gradually improve
its productive capacity. can HOPE to escape
this general tendency.
one of the reasons why land has declined
IN value Is because most systems of farm
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LAUDANUM AXD MORPHINE.
Two Remarkable Cases known of at
Pembroke.

Pembroke. Ca. July IL saw IN yester-
days Horrlng News. quoted from the
Pnilalclp-ia Record. q Morphine Eater
Record 7 think that I can tell the tale
q two nen that bat the Records man.
S5m.e time ago man. supposed 10 BE- a
tramp. called al the house OF DR.. ". J.
Williams and asked for a dose Of lauca-
ram- TIE doctor set out a pint bottle
Tor MIN. TIE supposed tramp filled q
co-nrccn-slze1 goblet and drank il down
In a few Ui1gtes ne drank the remainder
in tne bottle IN all. ne drank nearly a
Drt ana taen said he only had half q
dose. Tie doctor asked MIN how ne got
- using iaudanVna He said that h was
Dharmacsst ia Atlanta, and being up
81 night, gC- 10 taking a little 10 stiml-
late him. and IL grew on him, 50 that
le became la5ied 70 q. and lost his jo5.
The other case Is q a very prominent
physician, VINO. having great many pa
uents - attend Tor some time. and be-
Ing up night, got Il into his head that
q ittle morphine in his arm would slim
ulare him, 50 that he could get around
better He al first began with a quarter
II a grain. and finally GOT Up 20 ten, then
twenty. taen thirty and finally goa as
high as eighty go grains Of morphine J IT
day. Re would take the morphine in his
hand and eat IT, having done away with
the needle, but before he did away with
the needle his arm was a perfect mat Of
psrforatOns- The dCctor's record covers
q period Of Jess than two years.
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THE II. d o.
what n Traveller Thinks of the I'M
provements.


Mr.. Arthur G. Lewis the Southern pas
senger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
at Norfolk, has received the following let
ter from Mr.. D. Humphreys, district man
ager Of the Northwestern Mutual Life IN
surance Company:
Il have recently returned from a trip
over the 3. and o. to Chicago via Pitts
burg, and am greatly pleased TO notice
the marked improvement as regards road
bed, equipment and general service that
has taken place since my last trip of some
eight years ago.
when I first decided to make this Jour
ney via the b. and o.. did so largely en-
your personal account. but, hereafter, for
my own sake. shall avail myself of your
most excellent service to the West
Not only, as above mentioned, was the
service superb but a marked courtesy. on
the part of every one connected with your
company added greatly to my pleasure,
while, for the first time I'm my life / was
exempt from car sickness during a long
railroad trip"
The 3. and o. is in splendid condition
throughout the entire system, and its fam
GUS Royal Blue trains are the finest in the
world. The new station. MI. Royal" at
Baltimore, is said to be the handgounest
depot building in the cnnnfrv-
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setting out a stramberrr Red.

Yes, this is as good a time to set out
strawberry bed as later an the season,
when young plants can be obtained from
the runners that put forth freely after
the crop of fruit has been gathered, saws
the American Agriculturst. Yet If we
were writing this in July or August we
should advise YOU TO plant them. The
truth is that to plant out a strawberry
bed when one has been for years without
this necessity is one of those reformauons
whose best time for beginning is always
now. Yet there are real advantages from
spring planting that cannot be always
obtained a midsummer. The soil Is now
moist, and if little heterogeneous manure
is put in the hill where the plants are set
they will grow with less check to their
growth than is usual in trans
planted plants. The reason why transplant
ed strawberry plants are often slow 10
start in early spring is because there is
little available nitrogen in the soil at that
time. In midsummer on land any way fer
tile there is always plenty of available
nitrogen. So,depsite the hot sun and dry
ground at this season, il the plants can
be sheltered and watered a few days I'M
ill their roots get hold of the soil they
will grow rapidly. One ing-transplant-
ed plant will cover several square feet
during the summer if no fruit is allowed to
grow. Even the buds should be picked off
as far as possible before the blossoms ap-
pear. Hoe around each plant as it is root
ed from the runner, and stop its growth
after 1t has run so as to make four or
five runners. In this way in a few weeks
the whole bed will be a mass of finely
rooted plants that should be taken up in
August or early September and used for
forming other beds, leaving. the first year
only the matted row. and that pretty well
thinned In this way, you can have, next
summer, from a moderate plantation. as
many Strawberries as you and your family
can eat, and grown much more cheaply.
il you have the land to spare, than YOU
can buy them.
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THE STANDING or L. CARTER.
Citizens OF Jesup Testify to His High
Character.

Jesup, Ca, July 15.-Editor Morning
News: We, the undersigned citizens Of
Wayne county. having our attention called
- articles In the Morning News Of the 18Th,
and 18th inst. in which appear statements
Of y. F. Harrington. rejecting upon the
integrity, character and good name Of L.
Carter. Of Odum. gentleman Of high
character and uublemished reputation. We
desire 10 express our hearty condemnation
Of such statements, having known him
personally for number Of years, and rec
oguiz.uB IN him citizen Of great credit
ana benefit 70 the whole community, and
fearing that said articles may mlsiead
those who do not know Mr.. Carter as we
do. We desire that this communica ton BE-
published in your paper: II. W Whaley,
president ". and r. >. Bank; g. w. VIII
iiams, cashier; James Steele, clerk; VIII
kins & Co.; Brecu Bros, merchants; J.
u. FUten. N D.. Geo. Z. Williams, drug
gist; q. ". Drawdy, ~ D., J. A. Wheel
er. iiveryman, J &. knight, druggist; D.
S Price. deputy sheriff, ". c.. Ga; L. IS.
Way, ticket agent; X. W. TindaH b.
George, W X. Causcy. L. r. Osborne,
pastor Baptist church; A. y. Talley, NJ.
D., r. y. Hops, john X. Dodge, D. D.
s. NJ. +. Beals. pastor NJ. z. church,
South; S. Il. smith hotel proprietor; A.
W. Eioal.
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Triton TOPICS.
Shipments of Peaches and Grapes.
Tiffs New Saw Mil.

shtD mcnts OF reaches ana Grupes.
Tiffs New Saw Mill.
Triton, Ga, July 17.-Peaches and grapes
and being shipped from here every day.
The crop Is about ten days late on &C
count Of the dry weather. The crop will
be light. but the peaches are the largest
and best ever grown in this section. Ship
ments VIII continue about three weeks.
The excessive rains are hindering fruit
growers in gathering and packing.
II. H. Tiff who lost his large saw mill
some time ago will soon be running again.
having rebuilt al the same old stand a
much batter mill. All the machinery is
Of the latest patent and the best on the
market.
Mr.. Tiff has been operating a saw mill
here for more than thirty years, but stll
has enough timber to run for about ff-
teen years. HIS trans ard railroads ex-
tend twenty and thirty miles around.
The Hotel Sadie viii change hands Aug
l. Mr. Wilson viii retire TO take charge
OF another large hotel offered him else
where. and Irwin w. Meyer one of the
most popular young men Of Triton. win
manage the Sadie.
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It depends greatly on how the manure
has been made ana kept whether you
would have good bargain in such pur-
chase. 1t would make vast difference
whether it was wet or dry when hauled
to you. Now IL il has been kept under
shelter and never allowed TO hrefang it
wiH be well worth the S1-Z per ton, and
you could hardly invest $40 better.
In a ton OF frst-cl3ss stable manure there
is ten TO twelve pounds OF nitrogen, about
the same Of potash, ana from SIX TO ten
pounds Of phOsphOric acid. Most any ma
nure from we..-fed stock that has been
kept under shelter viii come up 90 this
average. Compared with The average Of
commercial fertilizers ton Of this stable
manure IS worth anywhere from $40 to
$50
For top-dressing Bermuda grass pasture,
il will Do as good an application as you
can make. 1t IS possible, however, for
one 70 make an application Of nitrogen Of
soda and cotton hull ashes 10 such pas
ture that would BE- more economical than
the stable manure. but these substances
are not readily procured by the majority
of farmers. Truckers or gardeners
should never miss the opportunity TO buy
all the stable manure they can pay for at
such a price as you name.
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TO GIVE UP MIAMPs CAMP.
The site There Condemned by an
InspectOr-GenernI
From the New York sun.

From the New York Sun.
Miami, Fla, July l4..~That Miami is not
the proper place for troops has been dis
covered at last, but 1t took the Inspector
general Of the Seventh Corps 70 clinch the
belief which has been entertain
cd by all regimental surgeons
since the First Brigade was quar-
tered here. The representative of Gen.
Lee arrived here to-day and, it is authori-
tativly announced condemned the whole
encampment in the matter of water sup
ply ana sanitary condition. As a result
the troops viii be removed either 10 Jack
sonvfe or 70 Tampa preparatory to en-
barkat,on for Porto Rico
This VIII very seriously interfere with
an order issued to-day from division head
quarters defining a temporary rife range
and naming the detail to be in charge of it,
IL had been arranged to establish a range
a Cocoanut Grove, two miles from the
city, This viii now fall through and
fresh provision viii have TO be made
wherever the troops are ordered.
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Passenger Fares From Savanna

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Passenger Fares From SAVANNA
TO NEW YORK-tstbin. 81; Excursion
81; intermediate. "a Excursion, 81;
Storage. 30
TO BosToN-Cabln. 81: Excursion. es.
intermediate. 81; Ex carlson. Is; Steer
age. $lL75.
TO PHILADELPHIA (via New York;
Cahin. y; Excursion. 81; intermediate
W: Excursion; 81; Storage, 81
Inc express steamships Of this line ara
apsointed 10 sail from Savannah, Central
SsVth) meridian time. as follows:
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
CHATTAHOCCHEE, Capt. Lewis.
MONDAY. J 1ly IS, 40 p. M
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher TUESDAY.
July -. p
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins. FRIDAY,
July 2. a. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith. SATURDAY,
July 2. $50 a N.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt Daggett,
MONDAY, JAY % a. N
CHATTAHooCHEE. Capt. Lewis.
TUESDAY, July %, 10 a. IA.
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher. FRIDAY.
July ., 100 p. m.
TALLAHASSEE Capt. Smith, sATUR-
DAY. July 90, 2:S0 p. m.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
Z. m. daily. except Sundays, Mondays
and Thursdays.
". G Brewer. Ticket Agent. % Bull st..
Savannah. Ga-
E. v. Smith. Cont Frt. Agt.. Saw. Ga
R. G. Trezevant, Agt-. Savannah. Ca.
E. II. Hinton, Traffic Manager
John II. Egau. Vice Pr esident
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barge pointer dog. winch from the first
na1 shoSn ac intense owe for the baby
Wnen the child was taken sex the dog
v41--1 lse 5y the Grade and watch day
and night Wren tEe baby refused % eat
the cog would rot ear. When ths child
grew restless tle dog would put mis- fore
feet On tne cradle and sroan and appar-
cnty mourn over tae chid.s Sickness JUST
IS ore % TIE family E0lld A the cnild
e5u.d L0t eat neither wouid the dog The
dog fell away ~ skin ard bo1e and died
about the sane tine the child did.
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Charged with Robbery.

Stillmore, Ca, July 17.-Yesterday morn
Ing a young man named Jones appeared
al Justice Kents office and applied for a
warrant for a young man named Truett
claiming that he had been knocked down
and severely beaten by Truett. and also
robbed Of $50 and narrowly escaping hav-
ing his thrQat cut from car to ear. The
warrant was promptly issued and Marshal
Crimson was sent in pursuit Of the sup
posed murderer and robber and returned
with HIM about o'clock. Meanwhile NJ
i. Clements, who lived near where the
difficulty occurred, came to town and
swore out a warrant for Jones' charging
him with the same offonse as Jones had
charged TO Truitt Jones was promptly
placed under arrest by Constable Ianler.
They were given hearing before Justice
Kent and Edenhold this afternoon. and
the investigation disclosed the fact chat
Jones was the real would-be robber and
murderer. Truitt was liberated and
Jones was taken to Swainsboro and placed
in jail in default of $l0o bond Truitt is
from Montgomery county and Jones Is
from twelve miles north of here.
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and use the proper fertilizers for that pur-
pose. therefore let rs each ard everyone
90 our level best % make as large 4 crop
O. il as possible.
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stable Manure V. Commercial Fer

Il have a chance TO buy lot Of stable
manure at s1-z5 per two-horse load, about
200 pounds to tee load. 7 can get as
much as 10 loads. The party selling viii
haul it two miles. The question Is. VIII it
be better to invest $50 in the manure, or
same amount. wish 10 usa much Of this
manure on Bermuda grass pasture.
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ATTENTION. All owners Of Horses.
Cattle, Dogs. etc. Have you ever used
FAVORITE TONIC
Tor your anlmalsE II Dct. 20 to your deal
Ct al cree ard get a supply. II Is great
blood purifier and stimuistor. and the best
remedy ever put upon The market FOR
Heaves. Wind Broke. Rough Coat Hide
Bound. Cough, Mango. Scratches. Worms,
Loss OF Appetite and run down condition.
following Distenper. influenza. Overwork.
etc. Prepared only By the FAVORIIE
TONIC CO, Richmond. Va.
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Questions ard Communications relative
70 agricultural and horticultural subjects,
u addressed TO Agri. Editor. Drawer ~
AiA sogeyille. Ca, VIII receive lnmedia1s
attention.
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We solicit articles for this department.
4ns name OF the writer should accom-
pany the letter or article. not necessarily
Tor publication, but as AZ evidence Of good
latin