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THE FARM.
Laying By Corn.
The main point to ho soon red
in the last working of eorn is to
leave the crop as eleun of grass as
possible. It is too late now to
atone for early neglect of deep
plowing. The soil is now full of
t|io rootlets of the corn, and must
not he ruthlessly or unnecessarily
etit and mangled. Such injury,
as the least of evils,is allowable at
an early stage of growth,when the
] tin nit s life small and there is time
within which to recover from the
shook; hut after the tassels begin
to appear the injury from plowing
will he greater than the benefit.
The laying by should he done
\<ith very shallow runnifig sweeps
or cultivator—barely skimming
the soil. After a continued spell
of seasonable rains and growing,
weather, it is particularly hazar
dous to plow after the period nam
ed. The hoes, however may he
profitably employed in removing
the. remaining hunches of grass
and weeds, and cleaning around
stumps and trees, and other
places that have escaped the plows s 11
We were wont to to think that if 8<)Un< 8 *
but one hoeing is to to be given
Items of Interest.
Atlanta Constitution.
Almond trees flourish in South
Carolina, and arc said to be as
hardy as peach trees.
The English sparrows have built icompelled to rely upon the newspa-
During the coming year—a year
that Will witness the progress and
culmination of the most interesting’
political contest that has over taken
place in this country—every citizen,
und every thoughtful person will he.
O A - vw * vij upvi* mo uonopoi-
over 100 nests in the passerigep P ers for information. "Why not get j
depot at Macon, Ga. the best \ ^ bro , ftd T , h ® Constitution |
1 5 1 is recognized, referred to and quoted
The shirt worn by Charles I.
on his execution is preserved at
Asburnbam Place, England.
The biggest sponge ever seen
from as the leading southern journal!
-as the organ and vehicle of the best
southern thought and opinion—andj
at homo its columns are consulted for
the latest news, the freshest comment
and for all matters ofspecialaud cur-
Xew York has recently arriv- rent interest. Tiik Constitution con
ed. It is eight feet in diameter,
tains more and later telegraphic news
than any other Georgia paper, and
Alexander Humus'8 fortune is this particular feature will lie largely
■st imated at $500,000, outside of added to during the coming year. Ail
its facilities lor gathering the latest
his art collection, worth nearly as
Every penny of it he has will bo enlarged and supplemented,
ti'om his literary labors- The Constitution is both chronicle]
** T i 11 i 1 * *
much.
d(• rived frorn Ins liferary
A hag of gold coin worth $5,
000 weighs twenty pounds. When
you tell your wife that she
worth her weight in gold you val
to corn on myderatcly smooth documents received by a St. Louis
land, where the plowing has been man from his fifteen-year-old daugh-
well done,it had better be deferred
until after the last plowing when
there can be do danger of striking
an unnecessary blow on the one
band, or of relying on the plow
ing yet to come, on the other.—
Christian Index.
Plowing Cotton.
The main point in cultivating
cotton this month is to induce a
vigorous growth of stalk, so as to
have plenty of weed. If allowed
to rcriinin too Jdhick in the drill
and the roots to he partially suf
focated by the presence of grass
mid a too long formed crust on the
surface of the soil, the growth will
ho dwarfed; while at the sarrn^
time the plant will continue to sot
fruit, until all the energies of the
dwarfed plants will soon be direc
ted towards maturing the young
bolls, and growth will cease, It
seems to be a law of the plant,
that rapid growth and rapid fruit
ing cannot occur at the same time
It is well known that when a stalk
becomes loaded with bolls it
rarely makes any further available
growth, and il this condition oc~
eiirs when the stalk is too small a
full crop cannot he reasonably ex
pected.
These remarks are intended to
apply to cotton on old land, and
not to rich, fresh land or bottom,
where the weed is generally ex
eessively developed.
by which the cotton plant could 1
induced to shed most of its squares
her therefore, at from $25,000 to
$50,000.
The topophono is an instrument
recently invented by Professor
Henry Morton, of the Stevens in
stitute, Hoboken, N. J.,to enable
sailors to tell from what direction
omc.
Among the paid hills and other
ter, who was away at school, was a
marriage certificate. That was the
first news of her nuptials.
llobinson Warren, of St. Claits-
ville, O., had always been so sub
missive under the domination of
his wife, that when he finally nerv
ed himself to protest against her
clubbing their child, she furiously
caught tip a handy revolver nnd
killed him.
Three blind girls went out for a
walk, in St. Louis. They were fa
miliar with the street, and made
their way with ready confidence;
but they knew nothing of a deep
excavation lately made, and so
walked into it. One was killed,
and the others badly hurt.
A ferocious bulldog broke his
chain at W heeling, Vn., and at
tacked a very old woman. She
made all the defence she could, but
ho threw her down, hit her with
savage fury, and finally killed her.
Her son, maddened by the sight,
chopped the brute to pieces.
Some excavations lately brought
to light the gibbet on which Fel
ton, the Duke of Buckingham's
assassin, was hanged in lfi28 on
Southsea Common. It is of solid
oak, ten feet high.
Two tons of bells for use upon
sheep were leoently sent by mail to
<.. New Mexico in four-pound pack
ages, and one firm in Boston makes
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its contributions to the drift of cur-
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It aims always to be the brightest
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which grow in savory humor week b)
week. “Old .Si” will add his quaint
fun to the collection of good things,
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illustrating the folk-lore of the olct
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Call and see me on north end of 1 larris street.
Sandersville, Ga. apr 20-tt
On old land, we have long he- a business of shipping whifHetrees
licved that, any practicable method through the mails.
V French artist gave his last
work to a porter to convey to the
. n in to it nutu tv/ v-vmivv v iv/ ua
•tw'rtyataga-ray July 1st Sil | oolu .. Bo .weial-becareful,”
.m.lby the mime pracw ns rapid inid h .. tho ,, it . ture u 80 , lTO .| v
growth and future fruit develop-!, „ • . ,, , • v
1. 11, |dry, “Oh, never mind, exclaim
ed the porter;“my clothes arc old.’*
ment. be induced—it would bo a
most valuable discovery.
AN EXl’UI.M liNT.
' To illustrate our meaning: YVe
haveYepeatedlv tried the experi
ment of removing from a given
number of contiguous stalks in
one row, every boll and square to
he found—as late as the 4th of Ju
ly. In every instance tho un
loaded stalks immediately com
menced to grow, and the final
yield Jip'gidy exceeded that of the
sti^lkf left untouched. The in
creased height of stalk, and length
of limbs amounted to no less than
50 per cent. This increased size
of stalk and consequent increased
capacity of production,is practical^
ui .lined by planting rather late—
s.iy 1st to the 15th of May, accor
diug to latitude. This plan gives
the young plant warm, growing
weather from the very beginning
of tils life, and secures thereby, a
ilptO uninterrupted, growth and
fair size of stalk before the fruit
ing process taxes its energies so
as to sjipp al! growth.—-Christian
Index?-- '' - - '
Hope is like wing of an angel,
soaring up to heaven and bearing
our prayers to tho throne of God/
An Angel lint Ugly.
The other evenig an old gentle
man advanced the proposition
that never in the course of his
long life had lie seen a woman
that was not charming.
‘Oh, really, now,” said a lady
whose nose was ot the purest
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Telegraph & Messenger
[ Macon, Georgia,] for 1880-188J
The present year is pregnant with
stirring and important events. Gen
eral elections are to bo In Id for Na
tional, State, and county offices, and
the interest and excitement envolvcd
by the contest will be intense. Meas
ures of the most vital character, also,
to the future of the country, such us
the modifications sought to be inaug
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only you fell on your nose !’
A Cure for Distemper.
Terrance, Miss., May 31,
1880-^-In your issue of May 31 I
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