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THE PEOPLES s FRIEND.

The Store that sells one line OF
goods at Actual Wholesale
Price on each day OF the year.
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Save your orders until you see
my prices. | wall save you money.
w. E, Cross. Lamar.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
The Jopna Orange.

Mr.. 3. T. Dixon, who these last ten
years has been prominent as a successful
orange raiser and nurseryman near Es-
condido resided from 1879 to 1889 in Kan
sas, and spent the winters in Florida, says
the California Fruit World. In Kansas,
like here, he was a grower Of fruit. When
he resolved to settle in California, he sold
his winter home in Florida, as well as his
summer home and business in Kansas.
For the former he took in part payment
q, $50 young orange trees, nursery stock.
Among them CHANGED to be few seedlings
of a variety not before developed. OF
course this did not reveal itself before the
young trees began to bear fruit. That
fruit was remarkable for the thinness of
the rind, its wonderful iuiciness, and the
richness of its flavor. 1t was oblong, a
little above medium as to size, and prac-
tically seedless. On Mr.. Dixon's ranch,
which is very sunny, and on slope with
southeast aspect, 1t did ripen about the
close of May, and bore till the closv of
July. Fully rlpen they did not at the
time first mentioned, but they would be
ripe enough for shipping.
Mr. Dixon did bud the variety described
on sour Florida stock, which stock he
prefers 20 any sweet stock because he be-
leves it exempt from foot rot. Thus he
DID stereotype the variety ana gave II the
name of Joppa. Ever since he has propa-
gated it extensively, and sold it in his
nursery, so that now it is known through
out San Diego county. The Joppa orange
is found on over thirty fruit ranches. Mr.
Frisby, the prominent orange grower near
San Diego city, has twice ordered buds
from Mr.. Dixon. When an orange ranch,
among the trees wherein are Joppas, is
offered for sale, the fact that it does con-
tain those trees is usually mentioned in
the notice as a point in favor.
Mr.. Dixon prefers the Joppa TO the Va
lencia because he considers it as having
all the good points of the Valencia. be-
sides being more solid. 1t weighs heavier
than any other orange.
Mr.. Dixon has shipped Joppas to all i'm
portaut Eastern markets, as New York
city, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago. St.
Louis, Salt Lake City. etc Invariably
they did bring price So per cent. higher
than that secured for any other variety
in the same carload. He never vet has
been able to fill all the orders for Joppas
That is, for the fruit. The nursery bust
ness he Is about to give up. as his nur-
sery stock IS in the orchard. between the
fruit trees, and they begin to require ali
the ground with nothing between.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28

One of the greatest drawbacks in cab
bage raising is the depreciation OF insects.
The harlequin or Lincoln bug is one of
the most troublesome of these, says DR..
W. L. Jones. 1t does not bite the leaves,
but sucks their juices, hence it cannot be
killed by poison placed on the surface
of the leaves. The only effective mode
as yet known of combating them is gath
ering by hand and destroying. This is
best done in the early morning, when they
are less active and more easily caught.
Gathering and destroying their eggs is
also an effective mode of combating them.
The eggs. which are grayish in color,
are laid on the under surface of the leaves,
in a double row about three-fourths of an
inch long. Destroying one of these esq
masses is equivalent to killing some fif-
teen or twenty of the bugs. Whilst this
insect relishes all the cabbage family. It
has a special fondness for the radsh, aud
this plant may be used as a trap for
them as they will congregate upon il
and can be easily caught, the small leaves
of the radsh affordng little hiding place
for them. This insect passes through the
winter in its adult state and comparative
ly few survive. If these are trapped on
the radish in early spring, the summer
crop of them may be considerably reduced.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
Farm Literature.

The National Rural saysi Farmers
should take advantage of every opportuni-
ty for acquiring information concerning
their calling. The experiment stations in
the various states publish frequent bull
letins reporting results Of the experiments
conducted by them. There are many mat
ters of general information and interest
which they are not called upon to publish
These are placed al the disposal Of the
farmers by the publication OF series OF
farmers bulletins by the United States de-
partment OF agriculture al Washington.
The following have been issued recently.
Suggestions 10 Southern Farmers: Hog
Raising IN tho South. Raising sheep for
Mutton; Three Insect Enc mics 81 Shade
Trees; and Experiment station Work. X.
containing "A number ~ short articles Of
great value. AL Of these bulletins are
ful Of plain, practical statements ana are
worthy u careful study,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28

A cheap fence of reasonable lasting quail
tiles may be built Of plastering lath and
boards Set posts feet apart and put 3
siX-inch boards inches apart at the bot
tom and one six-inch board near the top
of the posts to nail the lath to- NV posts
are five feet above the ground and lath ex-
tending one foot above the posts. But if
you want to make fence to last great
number of years put posts % feet apart
and stretch No. wires as follows: The
first wire inches above the ground. sec
ond is inches above the first the h,rd
Is inches above the second, and then
stretch S6-inch poultry netting, (2-inch
mesh being besD and wire this fast to the
three wires stretched before. Above these
stretch five wires spaced as follows: first
two, inches apart; next two, inches
apart, next one, 81 inches. This fence Will
turn almost all breeds. Breeder
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
SimnIe ThinEs.

How little understood are the medicinal
virtues of hot water and common salt Hot
water alone used one way or another is a
powerful agent for good in many of the ills
that aftict he body. As a bath, as an early
morning drink, as a douche, as a "poultice"
much can be done with 1t to alternate pain
and 10 purify the body.
And salt, tool its praise may be sung
also as a gargle,as an eye tonic, as an en-
ellie as component of the invgoratng
bath, as poultice dry and hoO
A tumblertul of hot water with a thin
bofui Of salt dissolved in il and taken the
FIRST thing an the morning after getting out
OF bed, and continued daily for several
weeks viii keep the System in such pure
condition there viii be little danger of con-
tracung fever lee The weather be what 1t
may. a sulphur bath or times week
or even once a week viii tend greatly 10
keep the body ia a healthy condition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
Drief Matters of interest.


Newcomer" would like some informa-
ton about the guava-wheiher it is easily
cultivated and to what extent it could be
made a crop for money. We trust some
of our readers, who have full knowledge
OF the guava and its possibilities, will give
us an exhaustive article relative to it.
What we know Of the guava is merely
that Cleaned from the books and various
short contributions in the agricultural pa
pers. We believe it has been grown at
several of the southern experiment sta
tons but with what results we do not
know. Ii is usually characterized as
that delicious little fruit" highly sus-
ceptible to cold.
A recent writer says: THE amount of
fruit it produces is wonderful OF the
common guava there are two forms; the
pear-shaped, which usually is oval and
resembles a lemon in form and color, ana
the apple-shaped, or round, which is more
solid and is finer favored. Some are the
size and shape of a Bartlett pear, but
most of them are smaller, There are also
two hardy kinds the strawberry" which
ripens in July and the Chinese" that
ripens in October. Let us hear from our
readers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28

Talahasseean: There seems little doubt
that Gainesville win be named as the
place for holding the Democratic state
convention. There does not seem to be
any opposition to that city from any quar-
ter.
Tampa Tribune; The condition of Editor
w. c. Crum, who was brutally assaulted,
Beaten and subjected TO other indignities
at the hands of a masked mob, near Peck,
was slightly improved yesterday. Col.
Crum is SILL however, suffering consider
ably from the injuries he received.
The Pa!atka Advertiser has interviewed
Congressman Bob DAVIS on the subject
of his standing for the nomination of Gov
Crnor of Florida, and has been informed
that Col. Davis will he a candidate for re-
Uomna lion for Congress from the Second
district, but that under no circumstances
VIII he run for Governor.
The National Hotel Reporter says thai
orders have been given by the Florida
East Coast Hotel Company for ave 90
horse power Westinghouse gasoline en-
gines, to be built by the WestinGhouse
Machine Company, P.ttsburg, The West
inghouse Electric Company will supply
The generators for The engines which are
10 be used 10 light five hotels in Florida.
Citrus County Chronicle: Two convlcts
escaped from Buttgenbach's Floral City
mines few days since. They were over
taken at Trilby by one of the guards
They showed fight, and one Of them was
killed and the other wounded. whereupon
the guard was arrested by a deputy sheriff
and detained about an hour and in the
meantime the wounded convict made his
escape. and no race of him has since
been found.
The occupation tax, as proposed by the
Jacksonville Cuy Council, viii be taken
up on its second reading on Tuesday
night The provisions of the ordinance
are 50 numerous that IL may require sew
eral special sessions to dispose of the mat
ter. Ii is now self-evident that h Will be
amended 10 a considerable extent, and Il
IS not at all unlikely that a change wiz
be made in almost every occupation now
embodied in 1t.
Jacksonville CAN: The issue is now or
between the Railroad Commission and the
railroads with respect TO the Scent pas.
scnger tarin order made by the commits
sion a year or 80 ago. The question 1,
now judicial one, ana it becomes a ques.
ton Of proof OF what Is reasonable rate
The United States Supreme Court has rem.
oered q decision IN case from Nebraska
that sets forth The law by which this test
case viii d. made That the Railroad
Commission has come 10 stay. and viii
be fair ana Just tribunal. giving The
railroads their Fun rights and privileges
We firmly believe
Arrangements have ban perfected al
iah' 20 again operate che nuch saw mill
in ne eastern suburb Of Jacksonville. and
@nllh' owing no legal complications. no.
N.tn 'ipa'l ipr fhr past cirhl months az.
u. -. nt iNmhof Company now owns IA.
l.i's' "i winch charles J.. Buch. ih,
9fmff owner D. prosaeut "A certain 49,
stsl' astbey m ihst cliy has closed .
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
Sugar Cane-HOw Much Seed Per
Acre, Etc.

r. F. NJ. asks How much sugar-csne
should be reserved per acre as seed for
another year? O. What is the average
quantity of sugar produced on an acre of
land such as would make twenty bushels
Of corn per acre? 81 Does the stubble
make as good a crop the second year as it
did the frs, and how is it best preserved
from decay"
1t depends upon the distance apart of the
rows and the length of the stalks how
much cane is required TO plant an acre
The rows for sugar-cane should be at least
five feet apart and at this distance in
Louisiana about 10000 pounds of seed cane
is used TO plant AN acre. This allows Of
two stalks and lap continuously in the
furrow. If the stalks were six feet long
and they were placed end 10 end without
any lap it would require lao stalks 10
cover the SIS feet or row 10 each acre
Double the stalks and it will be $500 If
they are Tapped il will require still more.
CO At the Louisiana sugar station the
yield of cane is between thirty and forty
tons per acre and each ton of cane yields
from 200 to 2O pounds of sugar
besides the molasses. Good ordinary
upland produces about 1860 pounds
Of sugar and something over 100 gallons
Of molasses.
60 Stubble cane has come TO be regard
ed as good if not better than ordinary
stocks for seed. After the cane is cut in
the fan the stubbs that are left are COW
cred with such trash as is handy, and with
a big turn plow the soil is thrown over the
Stubs and if necessary, is rounded up
with the hoe. The covering must be sutfi-
cient to protect from frost or freezing. In
ordinary winters the stubble is easily pro-
IN he Is
dragged down and the first blowing given.
Last winter was the severest on cane that
had been experienced in many years, and
it Is not likely that we will have such a
severe winter again in a long time.
Where cane culture is undertaken in
new localities it is very desirable to do
il on the cooperative plan to some extent
at least. 1t is true small outfit for sugar
making can be procured for a sum that is
not beyond the means of the thrifty small
farmer, but the cultivation of several
hundred acres in cane could be more eco
nomicallv done in proportion than it could
be with only twenty or twenty-five acres.
Brief Matters of Interest
A farmer near Valdosta, Ga, brought
into that town last week a watermelon
that weighed 1883, pounds and it brough,
him the nice little sum Of s.. A farmer
near Monticello, Fla, marketed one tina,
weighed 1870 pounds.
Doughteu and Litrel of Hood county
Texas, sold a flock of 500 Angora goats 10
w. c. NcFai of Weatherford. Tex. The
price was 81 per head. No doubt in the
course of time we will see a great many
of these goats bred in Southern Georgia.
The Texas Planter and Breeder, under
date of Aug. y, reports that large quanti-
ties OF peaches were then being shipped
from Eastern Texas to Northern mar.
kets. Here in Middle Georgia we have
not seen an edible peach this year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
season.

The Southern Planter says: We again
repeat our advice not to waste time pull
ing corn fodder and cutting tops. Let the
corn alone until the grains are glazed,
and then cut down the whole stalk and
set up in large shocks 10 cure. This is
the only way in which the whole value
of the corn crop can be utilized, and
times are not yet SO prosperous with
the farmers. much as they have improved
THAI they can afford to spend time. labor
and money, in producing a crop to be left
largely unuti,ized In the field. Save the
stalks. as well as the fodder, and run
through a shredder, and they will make
excellent food.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
Texns Pecnn Nnt Crnn-

Tyler, Tex, Aug. l2,-Contrary to all ex.
pectatons the coming pecan nut crop E,
going TO be very short again this wear
Generally we have a fair or good CROP the
next year following a short one. Il Will
be remembered that las, years erop was
almost a total failure. less than 1000 bon
pounds having left the state. Pecans bave
had "a hard time OF II again this year. Firs,
we had the coolest weather on record tba
thermometer ia February having dropped
90 IS degrees below zero. ana next We hnd
o. caterpillar invasion wIch totally lie.
eiroyeu the crop in come sections and de.
nudei the trees of an foliage. Next came
the floods which materially affected the
pecan crop eoDditQn, apd altogether the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
GEORGIA.

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gained his health to resume active work
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Blake,y Observer: The near approach
of the time for the RECOMMENDING of the
legislature has set the newspaper boys"
TO discussing dog laws" again. Cnttl a
legislature Is elected whose mem PEI
TANK more Of now 10 pehe"' men S'I'T
than theN 90 OF no" 10 get Ie-eiVN'eu '"e
ooss are saie.
Mr.. G.. +. Mcleod has recently pur-
cbosad : 5oo acres Of timber In Coffee
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counties which they are now WORKING
very pioH'apIS'
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Hon T. j. Cawsey, Jr., tax receiver OF
Tattnall county. states that the digest of
that countv shows q net increase Of s15O
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28

The Juice OF lemon taken IN hot water
on awakening In the morning is an excel
lent liver corrective. ana Tor stout women
g. better than any anti-fat medicine.
Giycoune and l,mon-julce, half and hair.
ON bit Of absorbent cotton is the best
,hlaR 90 tho world whorowth 70 r,osten
ias 1928 and tongue Of a foy,r-parchod pa
n.rt
a dash Of lemou-iuce iH plain water o.
Hn excellent ttofh-WAsh. d. nor ouly re-
moves uuar but snectcns che BREATH.
isasl -oalu - as joe. ia q small
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
The Use of Lime About the Farm.

The Use of Lime About the Farm.
1t is probable that the real value of lime
about farm is little appreciated, or il
mould be more generally used. says the
Ohio Farmer. As a disnfectant about
chicken yards and houses where cholera
or other diseases exist, or where the
fowls are troubled with lice or mites. it
probably has no superior. There is no
surer preventive of cholera than plentiful
supply of lime about the roosting places,
and where the fowls are in the habit of
wallowing. An old chicken raiser who
has used it for years, says that disease of
any kind has never been in his flock since
he first tried It, frequent sprinkling of
lime about the feeding ground OF sleeping
places of hogs, while 1t may not affect
cure where once the cholera has begun its
work, will do much toward preventing its
spread, and where used among healthy
hogs it is the cheapest and the surest of
preventives. A neighbor of ours always
has a barrel in his hog house and sprink-
les ii about frequently. His lots are sit
uated on a creek. This creek is lined with
hog lots for several miles above him. There
is hardly a season passes that cholera does
not get into some of these pens. AS his
hogs swim and root about in this creek
it would seem little short of miracle that
he was not among the losers. He attrib-
utes his escaping to the use of lime. By
using it about the dwelling house, in the
damp places and in the cellar, malaria, ty-
phoid and other diseases of a like nature
might be avoided Rats too, will avoid
a place where they are forced TO run
through lime, and it is an abomination to
all insects.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28
The HOG House.

In all of mans doings and undertakings
it seems TO be a general rule that the
simplest device is the most effective, says
this rule holds out better than In the
building OF hog houses. We have seen
plenty of expensive hog houses built upon
all sorts of combina tions and complica
tons, tended TO accommodate all sizes,
conditions of hogs, TO all freaks and con-
dilIons OF weather, but to our mind not one
of them has yet been abe 10 compare
with the simple shed whose pitch roof IS
calculated TO ward off the rains and SHOWS
break The force of the wintry northwest
ers, gather the warmth of the sunshine
and give the pure air that is at all times
demanded for the health of any animal
that lives. The simpler the character OF the
shelter made for hogs the more case with
which it is kept clean. Big and dark
house with occasional port holes to adj
nit Struggling rays of sunshine are 1T
tie out of date. We want something that
will accommodate the hogs and pigs with
the very best conditions, the most days
in the year No single house can be con-
triyed that will successfully meet all eX-
tremes of conditions, but one thing we are
against is the notion of building an eX-
pensive house that has nothing to rec
ommend il barring exceptionally stormy
weather. Never make the hog house dark.
Keep it light and clean. Whatever your
plan may be study the comforts of the
hogs Their comfort is your profit.
The best floor we have ever had is the
natural dirt floor Grade up the earth
about two feet above the common leve.
for a foundation on which to erect a
shelter With a good roof above this in
sures perfect dryness for the bed, and it is
this the hog enjoys better than anything
else If anything is made use of for
bedding purposes see that ii is changed
frauupDt1V
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-28

Of mention. Fifty per cent. of the mock
ing birds nests in the neighborhood OF
cities and towns are robbed Of their fieds-
lings, only small percentage Of which
are successfully reared by their captors
There is plenty o lazy" to render this
state Of affairs impossible; but law TO
be effective must be enforced. The situa-
ton can De summed Up in four short
words "Our birds are doomed" We fear