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The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29

turn. Salt sprinlxled in the oven I'M
der baking pans prevents their burn
ing. Salt in whitewash makes it stick;
in cold or boiled starch it imparts
gloss Rub fiatirOns on salt before US
ing them. Salt scattered on carpets
when sweeping keeps down the dust
and prevents moths. A small quantity
of salt thrown on a coal fire when low
will revive it. Sprinkle salt on the fire
before broiling. Dip piece of damp
flannel in salt to clean piano keys,
knife blades, stained teacups and
glasses spotted by hard water. Salt
put on freshly spilled ink removes the
spot from the carpet. Prints soaked
in salt and water before washing fast
ems the colors.
For neuralgia take a small bag of
muslin or flannel fill with salt, heat
and apply to the affected part Many
cases of so-called diphtheria could be
cured by a gargle of salt and water if
taken at the start, gargling every hour
or half-hOur if necessary. One teaspoon
of salt in a glass of water is a cure
for many stomach troubles. relieving
collie and Indigestion when taken regu-
larly once a day. Wash the head occa-
sionally with salt and water to lessen
the falling out of the hair. Salt dissolv-
ed in warm water is restful and healing
for tired and inflamed eyes. Brine is rec
commended for mad dog bites. Wash
the wound well with the mixture, then
bind 1t with a cloth covered with salt
One remedy for snake bites is common
salt mixed with the white of an egg
to the consistency of paste, then spread
on the wound.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
ARM, GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD

= a condition that the soil water will
/ render them Immediately available for
! the use of a crop.
In the analysis of the potato given
above, you will note that potash forms
by far the largest proportion of these
| three elements, that we have to pur-
| chase in commercial fertilizer. 1t is,
therefore. self evident that, other
things being equal. potash should rep
resent the largest element in a fertil-
izer for Irish potatoes. But we must
, consider the soil to which this fer
tilizer is to be applied, as well as the
crop for which it is intended
In order to demonstrate exactly
what your soil requires, it will be nee
essary to conduct a series of expert
ments with potash, phosphoric acid
and ammonia in different proportion,
used under the same crop. And right
here | wish to say, that every really
progressive farmer will conduct such
experiments to determine the needs of
his particular soil. and possibly of
the different soils on his one farm. 1t
will pay to do it, We may however.
obtain a fair idea of the needs of a
soil for potatoes by our experience
with this crop on similar land, and by
the character of the land itself, and
the growth of the previous crops which
it produced.
In the first place a sandy soil is al
most invariably lacking in potash. Then
If the land produces a rank growth
of top, we may assume that it is
fairly well supplied with ammonia
If the ears are light, or the grain
slow in maturing, the land needs phos-
phoric acid. If the stalk of grain is
weak, or potatoes scattering and
watery, potash is lacking. If all growth
is poor, we may be sure, that such
lands need everything, not emitting
drainage, tillage, and vegetable mat
ter. little careful study of your
soil, win soon put you in a position
to fertilize not only the potato crop,
but all your other crops intelligently
Don't go to much by guess work, how
ever, it is far better to know what
you are doing. The Irish potato re-
quires a complete fertilizer containing
the three principal elements of plant
food, ammonia, phosphoric acid and
potash, Potash, however, it must have,
If II is to yield big crop of fine mealy
potatoes. F. j. Merriam, Battle Hill.
Ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29

| hogs directly from the chufa field
| without giving them a grain OF corn,
and never had better, firner pork IN
his experience. 1t has been the prac-
tice Of most chufa growers. however
to top Oft with a little corn to firm the
I flesh and lard before stretching their
/ legs on the gambrels. Doubtless in this
! case the chufas had become very SOL
id-heshed by fully maturing, and had
grown on dry, sandy land. which
would make them freer from moisture.
Instance number two: This farmer,
having prepared the ground thorough
~ and MANFRED in the drills three feet
apart with ground bone and cotton
seed meal, about the middle of April
planted a little less than half an acre.
The ground was worked twice after
that time and then laid by. the vines
pretty well covering the land.
About August, finding a fine growth
of tops he moved them off, getting
about a tor of as fine hay as neat
farmer would wish to look at. He found
that both cattle and mules accepted
it with relish. He found upon con-
Guiding the digging of his half acre
that he had SO bushels, which would
make about $50 bushels per acre. The
soil from which this crop was grown
is a light, loose, sandy piece-poor pin
ey woods handmade moderately fer
tile by the use of artificial manures;
and he firmly believed that by increas-
ing the amount of manure one-half
he could nave more than doubled the
yield.
Here we have on land that would be
thought doing wen to produce rs or
30 bushels of corn yield of $50
bushels of equally as rich, nutritious
hog-feed-or five times as much-with-
out taking the hay into account. And
then. still more, there remained on the
ground rs to 100 per cent. more for the
hogs to gather, as it is impossible on
account of the tangled condition OF
the roots to gather all the crop.
But it should be borne in mind that
the chufa is not crop to be harvest
ed; that is the hogs business. The
digging is tedious and expensive. and
the curing of the seed and the preserv-
ing of it until planting time is attend
ed with more or less loss
These experiences were in the
lower South, where the climate is mild
and the summers long; but, as be-
tween the spring and fall frosts, only
five clear months are required for
planting and maturing the crop, we see
no reason why satisfactory results
might not be obtained with chufa at
least in the middle South, If not still
father northward.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29

finished up everything this morning
and did not come back"
where's the Attorney General?"
He's hunting rabbits down in
Green county"
where's the Secretary of State?"
"Why, between the cold weather and
his crippled foot he has been unable to
venture out to-day"
Where are the Railroad Commit
sioners?"
"They haven't been up this way late
ly.'
What about the Prison Commission
ers?"
''Oh, they've all been pardoned out"
"And the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture?"
Hes down on the farm
well, is the Supreme Court here?"
mo their last decision was not to
sit during the holidays"
well, who in the world is here to-
day?"
Nobody but me and Tip Harrison,
and he's going home directly. Won't
you have a seat?"
The visitor gave a shout of triumph.
AS he was about to go he met State
Geologist Yeates coming up the steps
with another pocketful of rocks. After
all, Christmas had not done its work
completely.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
Chufas or Earth Almonds.

1t is not little surprising that there
is not greater culture of the chufa
or earth almond (cyperus esculentus)
as stock feed, says the editor of the
Florida Agriculturist, Those Florida
farmers who have had the largest and
longest experience with it generally
declare without hesitation that it is
unequaled for the purpose. and that
they believe 1t Will go further for the
labor and money expended, in the maxi
ing of pork, than any other feed
known to the farmer, not excepting
corn.
TO illustrate this we will give a. few
examples from farmers experience
with whom we have talked or been
acquainted. These men mostly lived
within neighboring distance. and
part of their operations came under
our personal observation from the
planting of the seed to the harvest
ing of the tubers by the hogs them
selves.
We should say, however, by way of
preface, that we do not purpose enter
ing, on the editorial page, into a fun
discussion of methods of cultivation
These belong more properly on our ag-
rlcultural pages; we shall conflne our
| selves here to results.
instance NUMBER one: In previous
years 1T had been this farmers prac-
tice to dig only what seed was nee
essary for the planting of next years
crop, then turn the hogs into the field
to do the harvesting for themselves.
Very little observation was necessary
10 show that the Dorkers enjoyed this
| programme immensely and grew "as
fat as they could wallow" without anv
resort to the corn crib. His neighbors.
| who some of them had been in the
habit of pursuing the same plan for
years, related a similar eXaerience
| One OF them, q gentleman of experi-
ence in pork making. stated in addi-
| ton that he one year killed his noea I
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
In the Poultry Yard.
The Republican says

The Republican says
One of the best ways of supplying
ground bone is to keep it in a box
where the fowls can help themselves.
The secret of success in raising early
broilers. for market is not so much in
the Matching as in the feed and care
afterwards.
The nests should never be fastened
to the poultry-house in such a way
that they cannot be readily removed
and cleaned.
Fowls are very fond of raw vege-
tables. Beets, carrots, turnips and
especially cabbage may be fed to ad-
vantage. The best plan is to chop them
fine.
In fattening geese, as soon as they
begin to show a lack of desire for food
they should be marketed, as they will
then begin to lose.
In raising fowls for meat instead of
eggs select the large breeds and those
that grow rapidly.
In dry picking poultry the picking
must be done while the fowl is warm
-as soon as possible after the fowl
is killed.
A dressed fowl may be made to
look plump by dipping it for ten sec
ends in water that is nearly boiling
bot and then holding it until chilled
in cold water.
When you begin to fatten fowls sep
arate them from those that are to be
kept through the winter. The latter
should not have fattening food.
With turkeys it is better TO keep the
same gobber two years and mate him
to his own offsprings than to select a
trio of chicks, year after year without
introducing new blood
For the breeding turkeys select both
males and females that are broad
across the back, squarey built and
shortlegged at the same time taking
care to avoid too long in-and-in breed
ing. Two-years-old hens make better
| breeders than younger ones.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
GEIGER WAS ARREsrrD

L. ID. Geiger. one Of Tampa's leading
merchants, was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by r. Rey. manager OF the
Garcia cigar factory. charging him
WIZ promoting lottery. The gentle
man gave bond for his apDeara1ca -
Iore the county Judge Tor a prelfp,in-
AIRY nearing. The case grows ort -
recent drawing for a horse. Nhirb
was faineq ~ Mr Geiger. Mr.. Gelaer
htni SOLO chances on his nne 500
uk. plt later withdrew the chanees
IsluhalnE the money 10 the purcbss,
Later NJ put ~ another horss
sse 1917 ABOUT si3a, ana this wns fhen
'-@'e@ hsF vas the winner, but L.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
Penr Blight.

Some years ago the Illinois Horticul-
tural Society met at Alton. In the
course of discussion the topic of pear
blight was called up. After the irregu-
lar discussions seemed to have been
exhausted, Mr.. Arthur Bryant, broth
er to the poet, offered a resolution like
this
Resolved, That the members of the
State Horticultural Society know moth
ing about pear blight"
OF course there was laughter all
around the board. We may truthfully
say that the situation is not greatly
changed at the present writing.
Still there are some points that have
a little bearing on the subject yet,
standard pear trees, that is to say,
pear trees raised on pear roots, do best
in a poor, clayey soil If they are
hurried the blight is sure to come;
second, after they are well headed as
to balance of head, they need little or
no pruning; third, in some instances
it has been found effectual to root
prune as a means to counteract the
profuse and abundant growth of top;
fourth, when you notice one or two
leaves only affected with blight cut
off the branch into the living wood
and follow 1t up if it takes half the
tree The malady is the result of a
minute bacterium, living and multi
plying in the sap.
Your trees may escape for two or
three years and then break out anew.
In our experience the seckel pear
tree has not been affected to half an
arms length in nearly thirty years.
And the trees-we have three stand
ing close together-have borne more
or less every year. They bloom and
set in clusters of four to five and in
order to insure good sized pears they
are pruned with thumb and finger to
one or two.
According to the standards this is
the best pear grown. We tried Dwarfs,
but have only a few unsightly trees
Iaft
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
FARM,

In the Garden-Early Negetables.
1t is not the things easiest raised that
are the incest always. In fact. the
more difficult to raise or procure the
more a thing will be priced. This holds
in reference to vegetables. The hardy
kinds most readily raised by a "tyro'
are not sought after so much by cult
waited tastes as those of a more delicate
character that require far more care
and expense to grow.
Still there are several hardy vegeta-
bles, easy to grow, that are valued by
every one. rich as well as poor. They
can be had at a season when ii is inn
possible to have anything better direct
from the soil. Among these are tur-
nips, radishes, carrots. satisfy. English
peas and lettuce. All of these can be
planted much earlier in the new year
than other more desirable kinds that
are susceptible to injury from frost and
consequently cannot be planted until
two or three months later.
Now turnips are considered a very
coarse and undesirable dish by many
people VINO IESdl u btitlAl 90 a iiiCAN a
propriate food for cattle, and yet a
dish of early. tender turnips served in
the best manner pOssible-to- wit, stew
ed in milk and butter-is not one to be
shifted at by any person decently hun
cry 1t depends very much on the quail
ity of the vegetable itself and the man
ner of serving it whether it is desirable
or not.
To grow vegetables of first quality it
needs to have rich soil to grow them in.
1t is almost impossible to have the soil
too rich for them. So that the manure
is not fresh and rank, and it is evenly
distributed throughout the soil
The hardest vegetables that we have
are spinach, satisfy. onions and English
peas. All of these can be planted just
as soon as the soil is dry enough to work
any time after Chritmas, if paintings
have not already been made before that
time. The beet is another hardy vege-
table that allows of early planting
thong in its early stage it is more sus-
ceptible to frost than satisfy and the
like.
In sowing seeds early the soil should
be well prepared and after being lightly
covered, the ground should be well
firmed with a roller The cold frames
now should be put in good shape for
growing early plants of cabbage, let
tuce tomato and egg plants Rank sta
BILE manure or any manure rich in am
monia is not suitable for use in cold
frames, though little may be used II
the soil is very poor and lacking in am
monia. 1t makes the plants to grow
spindling. Plants grown in only me-
dunn soil are always better for having
been so started off
Onion sets and seeds can be planted
wherever there is no likelihood Of
freezes that will heave the soil.
The soil for Irish potatoes should be
plowed and cross-plowed if practicable
before planting time. If possible broad
cast before blowing all the manure or
fertilizer that can be afforded. A little
extra blowing and manuring goes a
long way with this valuable crop. With
a good variety it is not very difficult to
make two or three hundred bushels per
acre. and there is no pleasure nor profit
in making only rs or 100 bushels. OF
course the latter is a good crop on poor
land, but it is not the crop that an in
tensive cultivator will be satisfied with.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
MESSAGES OF DEATH.

o. d. Hipp. of the Metropolitan In
surance Company, stepped into the
Western Union telegraph office at
Macon Friday, and after writing a
message to his father announcing the
death of his sister. was Informed that
message had been. received for him
which announced the death of his
father. Mrs. ]. F. Carpenter. Mr.. Hipp's
sister. died at the hospital Thursday
night at $50 o'clock. w. ]. Hipp. his
father died at LAGRANGE at O'Clock
the same night. Only 80 minutes in
tervened between the death Of father
and daughter.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
TRIED TO HANG HER.

An alleged crazy grandmother, Mrs.
Mary L. Rogers, thinking that her
granddaughter, Miss Alice Harrington,
was insane, attempted to hang the lat
ter to the bed post at her. home in At
lanta Friday night A hurried tele-
phone call carried officers to the house.
and upon their arrival they found the
old woman walking up and down the
front porch in a perfect rage She was
but scantilly dressed, but was paying
no heed to the cold. bleak wind as 1t
played havoc with her hair, giving
her the appearance of a truly mad
person. The granddaughter had run
to a neighbours in her fright
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
KILLING IN HART COUNTY.

Marion Massey shot and killed Earl
P. Sanders at the home of the latter,
in Hart county, Christmas afternoon
in a drunken row. Massey used a
shotgun The entire load was jemptied
in Sanders face and 126 shot were taken
from his face, neck and shoulders. Mas
sey at once took to flight. Sheriff Kidd
gave pursuit, tracing Massey with a
bloodhound. On the bank of the Sa-
vannah river Massey shot the dog and
swan the river to the South Carolina
shore
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
FLORIDA.
MURDER AT LAKE CITY,

Lake City had a Christmas murder.
Several negroes were standing just
back of Duncan's lower bar, Mathew
Irvine among the number Burton
Thomas, another negro, walked up,
and without any known provocation
or word of warning, plunged a knife
into Irvine's neck to the right of the
jugular vein, and after giving the wea-
pom a circular twist, pulled it out The
jugular vein was severed, and death
was almost instantaneous.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
Low Holiday Excursion Rates to All
Points via. Seaboard Air Line Ry.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway will
sell excursion tickets on Dec. %, "a,
rs, so. 81, and Jan. 1, with final limit
Jan. g. to Washington, Richmond, Nor
folk and Eastern cities: Brunswick,
Jacksonville and Florida points; Dub
lin, Macon, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Gin
cinnati, Birmingham, Memphis, Ameri-
Gus, Albany, Montgomery, Mobile, New
Orleans. and all other points south OF
the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east
of the Mississippi river. Tickets on sale
to the above points at very low rates.
Fast schedules and best service via
this route.
For further information call city Of
flee, No. Z Bull street, Savannah, Ga.
-ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
QUIET AT THE CAPTToI

Atlanta Constitution: The day after
Christmas, yesterday, was as quiet az
the capitol as Il is usually on sun
day, A visitor who Is acquainted wltb
most 81 the capitol officials walked in
out ~ the cold yesterday Afternoon
and began 20 make inquiries
rs the Governor hereG' hs asked
~" replle4 The capitol guard, he
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
HAND BLOWN OFF.

Monday afternoon a distressing ac-
cident occurred near Crewsville. Wal
ter. the 13-year-old son of Mr.. Alex.
Maddox, was out hunting and leaned
MS gun over log. In some manner
me weapon was discharged. the load OF
NO. shot striking Walter in the side
from hip TO shoulder. and SCATTERING
his hand so badly that amputation wa :
necessary. -
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29

Either of the above combinations of
materials viii make similar fertilizer
although surphate of potash is to be
preferred somewhat to muriate for
potatoes, and can be substituted for
the muriate in the last mixture If de-
sired. 1t will. however, increase the
per cent of potash slightly, but this
would not matter.
In an anlysis of the Irish potato, by
Paul Parey OF Berlin, Germany, in
1896, we note that 900 pounds of po-
tatoes win contain 34 pounds of nitro
gen, l.6 pounds OF phosphoric acid and
81 pounds of potash.
The reader will perhaps ask what
the rest OF the 1000 pounds OF potatoes
Is composed OF. To that l would an
swer that $50 pounds is water. 9.5
pounds ash and the balance about 800
pounds carbon. or woody fiber. This
Is that part OF a plant which goes up
~ smoke. when II is burned. and the
plant absorbs II from the air when II
grows. IN order 10 capture this 23O
pounds Of carbon and convert Il
into potatoes. that will hold $50
pounds ~ water we must have the am-
Wonia, phoaphOrie acid and potash In
ihf SOL ana in proper and sufficient
ton.
isy available mean in such q shaps
tnet plants can take lf % and a..
tiniiHif o. 70 do this. the plant must
hsff m soluble in water, f0r in 10
".hti eH@Hf cen plant take rs u0ur.
Nghifni from fhF f0ll
tNnWffnsi fertilizer che annfg.
~ thf ftff represents fnr amount
'f st'tNfnts "a reufalua. ln saah
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
MAMMOTH STICK OF OAK.

Among the attractions in Brooks
Vile Christmas was stick of live oak
forty-five feet in length and squaring
two feet. 1t was drawn by ten mules.
This mammoth piece of timber will
be used at one of the phosphate mines
in the county.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29

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was under the impression that he had
won the $500 horse. When he went to
the stables to get his prize, he was
very much surprised and refused to
take the horse. He insisted that Mr..
Geiger had tried to cheat him out of
the horse, when, as a matter of fact,
it was simply a misunderstanding on
the part of Rey. Mr.. Geiger Offered
.Rey $3.50 for the horse he had won,
but this offer was refused.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29

To keep table salt from Jumping mix
one part Of starch with eleven parts
Of salt. a tiny pinch Of salt added
20 the whites 81 eggs when beating viii
make thom froth quicker and the
froth will b. sitter. In whipping
creauA little salt helps 10 make Il
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29
COMMISSION ron MANN

A commission has been issued from
the office Of Adjutant General J. w.
Robertson TO James Tiff Mann as can
tain OF Company +, Fourth regiment
infantry, located at Albany.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-29

Peach Yellows Is one o. the most
serious diseases % the peach and has
utterly eluded all EFFORTS by scientific
men iq nnd out its nuse. There are
mhny things. however. known about
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CLAsPING A DEAD BABY.

Freezing, wellnigh starving, hud-
died in a corner of an old barn, hold
ing to her bosom a dead babe born a
few hours before. a poor woman was
found at Americus Friday morning,
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