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Imm i STORY. aB ® ' “day school superiutend- i Harper’s Magazine, in to the children about cru- animals; said: “Only a would abuse a creature no way of protecting it- Why children,” said she, “I i knew a little boy who cut off alf’s tail I Think of it, chil dren—took a knife and out the tail right off 1 Can any one tell me a verse in the Bible that would have taught this cruel boy that he should not have cut the call’s tail?” After a momen’ts silence, a . small boy with a ‘ I happy thought’ ’ expression held up his hand. “What is it, my boy?” asked the superintendent, hopefully. “What God hath joined together, let no man put asunder,” responded the small boy. f The superintendent was so im pressed that he never brought his own verse to light. iH “l am using a box of Chamber- c m * 8 'Iain’s Stomaoh & Liver Tablets and find them the best thing for * my stomach I ever used,” says T. Up'" W. Robinson, Justice of the Peace, t Loomis, Mich. These Tablets not only correct disorders of the stom- . ach but regulate the liver and bowels. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect. Price 25 cents ppr box. For sale by all dealers in I J erry, Warren & Lowe, Byron. ■ >' — : A GOOD PLACE. Notice is hereby given to Indies and gentlemen who visit Macon that Mrs. w. H. Houser iE now running a -first- class Boarding House at 755 Cherry St. which is very near the businees center of the city, and she will be pleased to serve them meals at 2Bo. enoh. HAYING LEASED THE mi ! Mulberry St., MACON, GA., Next to Academy of Uuslo, It is my purpose to oohduot a hotel that will be liome-like and satisfying to all guests. It is specially suitable for ladies or others viBiting Mooon for a day or longer. We Strive to Please. 8. Kilby. IS , Gjeokge ■V- WM mm-Mi, mm „ ook NEWS paper, publialiod on 'lmrsilay of each weok, with all ■the lateBt noWB of the world, which oomoe ovor their lonsocl wires direct to tlicir olllco. Is an i elglit-pngo seven-column pap or. By arrangements wo liavo soourod a special i . rato with them in connection with OUR PAPER. OF ATLANTA, GA., Is. a twico-a-woolc Monday and Tlmrs the latost noWB of 1 and for we will send + : c> H0ME: JOURNAL, THE ATLANTA -Senu-WeeklY Jearnal- m p mm -■ . and tho Southern Cultivator ALL THREE ONE YEAR. I’hiB is the best offer we have over made onr ends and subscribers. You bad better take _..vnhtage of this offor at once, for Tho Journal may withdraw their special rate to us at any ttmo, The Semi-Weekly has many prominent men and women contributors to their oolumns, among them being Rev. Sam Jones, Rev. Walk er Lewis, Hon. Harvio Jordan, Hon. John Tom- plopravos and Mrs. W..H. Felton, besides their crops pf eflloient editors, who take care of the news matter. Their departments are well cbv* ored. Its columns of farm news are worth the the price of the paper. 8ond direct to this office $2.00 and secure the three above mentioned papers-one year Address THE HOME JOURNAL, PERRY, GA. Insect That Proves to Be the Planter’s Friend. THE CONVERGENT LADY-BUG Instead of Being Injurious to the Cot ton Plant This Little Bug Is of Inestimable Benefit to Same. Every one knows that the cotton, in common with nearly all other kinds of plants, is subject to the attack of in sects, but very few realize the im mense variety of them that depend more or less upon this" staple for food. The cotton worm, cotton boll worm, Mexican cotton boll weevil, cotton louse, etc., are but a few examples of the' most common, but fortunately only a few are at all apt to appear in serious numbers, and these are very variable in their appearance. Sometimes they occur in such abundance as to appear to jeopardise the entire crop in a more or less extended area, while’ again their numbers are so insignifi cant as to pasS unnoticed. This striking variability is due in part to a greait many causes, some of them easy to understand, others more obscure in their nature. Nothing is of greater importance, though, than the weather conditions at certain seasons of the year. Most insects thrive on a dry and warm season,- while the opposite is true of fungous diseases. Last year the excessive rains and long continued perlodB 6f cloudy weather made the conditions very favorable for the latter mentioned, and the result was an out break, quite serious in some sections, of the fungous disease known as cotton anthraonose. This season the dry and hot weather which has continued throughout May and Jane, will, unless July and August are extremely wet, render a recurrence of this disease extremely improbable, but it has been very favorable to the insects. Luckily most of the insect pests are restricted to a few generations per year, and it will on that account re quire more than one favorable season for such varieties to Increase to alarm ing numbers. A few are, however, dif fer oh t in their nature, producing a new generation every ten days or two weeks, and these sorts will, unless some other natural cause intervenes, increase many thousand fold in the course of a favorable season. Thq cotton louse belongs to the lat ter class, This Insect only requires about ton days to develop from a new ly born young to an adult capable of producing .young on its own account, and the rate of increase would be al most beyond computation did not nat ural causes Intervene and prevent such a disaster. It Is very sp-fe to say that without such Intervention this Insect alone would practically ruin the cotton crop the first season that it was allowed free sweep. , But nature takes cave of her own, both plants and insects, and such a calamity as that just mentioned will probably never take place. So sure as an insect passes the bounds pre scribed for it, and threatens serious destruction of the varieties of plants which serve as Its food, some ob stacle arises which prevents further increase, usually in the form of some predacious enemy or more commonly yet, of some dread contagious disease which sweeps through the insect ar mies and leaves hardly survivors enoughh to continue the race. It is only by some action, of mankind that the balance of nature is destroyed, as when some pernicious insect is intro duced into, a new country, or large areas of land are made-, to produce crops not eminently fitted for Just that locality. A very good illustration of a natu ral check to the too rapid increase of a noxious insect has been called to the attention of the State Entomological Departmnt several times of late. The season, has been especially favorable for the cotton louse, and many com plaints have been received concerning it. Recently, nearly every mail has brought in descriptions or specimens of a nejy insect which the planters are finding in number's on their cotton, and which they fear is. going to work them further mischief. Most of these Inquiries have been from the middle tier of counties; Washington, Jeffer son; Twiggs-. Houston, Schhley, Monro3 and Marion, but other sendings were from further south. It is With a great deal of pleasure that we are enabled to as sure our cofrespou dents that for once there is no harm to be apprehended from the abundance of the insect in question, but most decidedly the contrary. It proves to be one of the , true lady-bugs, known as the Conver -:.i—r B| fw “ converging white Tines on the black area just back of the head, and like all others of its family which I have yet found inhabiting Georgia, is bene- ficial in its nature. All of them feed largely, if not exclusively, upon the different kinds of scale insects and plant lice, and this one which has sev. eral times before been notioed preying upon the plantllce infesting fruit trees has attacked the cotton louse this sea son ’in a very. business-like manner Figure 1 represents the adult winged insect enlarged about twice. Figure 2 represents one of the young, also somewhat enlarged, as they may be found crawling about over the leaves. Both the young and the adult are very voractious, and devour immense quantities of lice. Figure 3 Is of the inter mediate resting stage known as the pupa, enlarged. This Is bright orange in color, with black spots, and may be found attached to the leaves and stems of cotton, or other louse in fested plants. The specimen from which the drawing was made was at tached to a leaflet of locust growing beneath a large plum tree which was covered with lipe. It Is specimens of this form which are more commonly sent us for determination, oftentimes 15 or 20 being attached to the tip of a cotton stalk, and nearly always on arrival some of them will have hatched into active individuals like figure 1 The eggs, which are not represented In the figures, are pale orange in color, and are laid In little clusters in situ ations where the young, which are very -strong anad active from the first, will have no difficulty in finding food. Two or th^ee weeks, if the weather is favorable and food- abund ant, will be sufficient for their entire transformation, and they will pass suc cessively through larger and larger stages of active crawling larvae, then through the resting stage, or pupa, and finally becoming active again, they ac quire wings, and are ready to lay eggs for another and more numerous generation. I n the autumn, when the food supply becomes scarce and finally exhausted, the full grown lady bugs seek shel tered places in the woodjf; under the rough bark of trees, amonggst dried leaves, etc., and in the earliest s-pri-ng come forth in numbers greatly diminished by the hardships of the winter, but with courage unabated. As- an illustration of the queer places which they choose for winter quarters, I once found a large colony, perhaps numbering hundreds, snugly ensconced amongst the bases of the leaves which thickly covered the twigs of a young long leaved pine. In conclusion, regarding the appear- anco of these insects in cotton fields, I would repeat that there can be no question as to their beneficial nature. Every one of them represents the death of hundreds of cotton lice, and the prevention of future generations of thousaands. Though these pests may still be numerous and doing some in jury, it must not be forgotten that Were It not for the check given by their enemy they would be present in munbers that might not injure merely, but destroy. Protect them, therefore, and do nothing that will hinder them in their good work.—State Depart ment of Agriculture, W. F. Fiske, Assistant Entomologist. Cures Eczema and Itching Humors Through the Blood. Costs Nothing to Try, B.B. B.(Botanic Blood Balm) is a cer tain and sure cure for eczema, itching skin, humors, scabs, scalds, watery blis ters, pimples, aching bones or joints, boils, carbuncles, prioking pain in the skin, old eating sores, ulcers, eto. Bo tanic. Blood Balm cures the worst and most deep-seated oases by enriching, pu rifying and vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a healthy blood supply to the skin. Other remedies may relieve,but B. B. B. actually oures, heals every sore, and gives the rich glow of health to the skin, making the blood red and nourish ing. Especially advised for old, obsti nate cases. Druggists $1. Trial treat ment free by writing Dr, Gillam, 213 Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble,and free naenical advice given- mm SEED HOUSE GARDEN AND FIELD HD! xi.■ Xj- groceries COUNTRY.PBODUC®.. Cor. Second and Poplar Sts., MACON, C*. AGENCY FOR ALfc STEflCL W0VEI8 Will ,'SSMCS Made of large, strong wires, heavily galvanized. Amply provides for expansion and contrac- r “" tion. Only Best Bessemer steel wires used, always of uniform quality. Never goes wrong no matter how great a strain is put on it. Does not mutilate, but does efficiently turn cattle, horses, hogs and pigs. EVERY ROD OF AMERICAN FENCE, GUARANTEES* by the manufacturers, Call and see it. Can show you how it will| save you money and fence your fields so they will stay fenced. '■ .IMliGwMtat -tomWMfcvi* At $1.50, $1.75 $2 and $8 per Gallon, DIRECT TO CONSUMER, SAYING MIDDLEMENS’ PROFITS. All Express Charges paid by me on all packages of TWO GALLONS or more. Terms, gash with order. Send yonr order and write for Descriptive Circular of Wines and Brandies, t References, the Coinmecinl Agencies, br any Jlercliuut Here. J. H. WOOLLEY, Cherryville. N, 0. PENNSYLVANIA. PURE RYE, EIGHT YEARS OLD. OLD SHARPE WILLIAMS Four fulIQunrts of this Fine vOld, Pare RYE WHISKEY, $3.50 EXPRESS PAID- We ship op approval in plain, sealed boxes, with no marks to indicate contents. When lyou receive it and test it, if it is not satisfactory, return it at our expense and wo wil return your $3.50. Wo guarantee this hrand to he EIGHT YEARS ‘ OLD. Eight bottles for $0 50, express prepaid; 12 uottfes for $9 50 express prooaid. One gallon jug, express prepaid, $3 00; 2 gallon jug, express prepaid, $5 50. No oharge for boxing. We handle all the leading brands of Rye and Bourbon Whiskies and will save you GO Pei- Cent, on Your Purchases: Quart, Gallon. ...$ 35 $1 25 40 160 45 165 50 190 55 2 00 60 225 • • . . . 05 240 65 240 ... 75 250 . . . . « 75 2 50 90 300 ..... 100 350 125 400 The Macon Telegraph. Published every day and Sunday, and Twice-a-Week, by The Macon Telegraph Publishing Oo. Subscription Daily and Sunday, $7.00 per annum. Daily except Sunday, $5.00 per annum. Twice a-Week, $1.00per annum. Best advertising medium in the city. Rates furnished on appli cation. BEANS, CORN, ONION SETS, EARLY AMBER and ORANGE SORGHUM. KAFFIR CORN, peanuts, WATERMELON, CANTALOUPE Stock and Poultry Powders. L.W.GRAY, MngbV 466 Poplar St. , BIACOIV, OA. - ? - ” Subscribe for the Home Journal . .... J Kentucky Star Bourbon........ 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The unparalleled growth of this paper de monstrates that there is /room in . the newspaper fields for a national paper de voted to the discussion of political, economic, and social problems. To the columns of the Commoner Mr. Bryan contributes his best efforts ;and his views of pplitical events as they arise from time to time can not fail to interest those who study public questions. ' The Commoner’s regular subeription price is $1.00 per year, We have arrang ed with Mr. Bryan whereby we can fur nish bis paper and Home Journal to gether for one. year for $1.90. The reg ular subscription price of the two pa pers when suberibed for separately i8 $2.50. - —- PERFECT PASSENGER AND SUPERB SLEEPING-CAR SERVICE BETWEEN ALL PRINCIPAL POINTS IN THE Connecting at SAVANNAH with STEAMSHIP 1 LINES PLYING BETWEEN Savannah and New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore •y • AND aTLs POINTS NORTH AND Complete information, rates, schedules of trains and sailing dates of steamers cheerfully; furnished .by ahy agent of the company. THEO. D. KUNE,, W. A. WINBURN, General Sup’t, • Traffic Manager, J. C. HAILE, General Pase’r Agent, F. J. ROBINSON, Ass’t General PawT Agenfe 8 AVAN N AH, G A> •' 2 i! : i i.. Ml i.. ..