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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, OCTOBER 36, 1882.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.—It Is our aim to make
the Soutubbn World a medium for the diffusion of
practical Information upon all Agricultural and
Mechanical subjects, and to this end we Invito com
munications upon all rural subjects, experimental
results, crop news, domesUc economy, etc., and upon
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ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBEIi 15, 1882.
WEATHER BULLETIN
In the Cotton Belt ffom Sep. US to Oet. 0.
Observer's Office Signal Service, U. S. A.,
Kimball House, Atlanta, Oa.
Ther.
Atlanta...
Augusta
Charleston.....
Galveston
Mobile
Montgomery..
Memphis
LltUe Book...,
New Orlesns.
Vicksburg......
Savannah.
Wilmington..
Jl Iff it Max
82 on 1st
noth
82 on .will
89 on 5th
87 on 3d
81 on noth
80 on 3d
88 on 4th
87 on 29th
88 on Until
85 on 29th
81 011 9th
fxiw'ilMax
75° on 25th
75 oil 27th
on 27th
81 on 25th
80 OH20III
77 on 26th
74 on 20th
73 on26tli
82 on 20th
80 on 26th
79 on 20th
67 on 27tb
Average maximum of cotton belt from September
ISth to October 9th—81°.
Average minimum of cotton belt from September
25th to October 9th-62°.
Note.—Average maximum means heat In the day !
average minimum, heat before day.
RAINFALL.
Atlanta .38in.great'atfall .11 on Sep. 27th
■— .1 In. " " .1 on •* 27th
Augusta
Charleston 12 In.
Galveston 1.87 In.
Mobile 82 In.
Montgomery 15 In.
Memphis 72 In.
Little Bock S3 In.
New Orleans 2.62 In.
Vicksburg... 1.61 In.
.7 on Oct. 6th
1 .43 on “ 8th
.03 on " 1st
.15 on Sep. 30th
.22 on Oct. 1st
.28 on * 1st
1 1.40 on " 1st
.83 on " 1st
.27 on Sep. 29th
.02 on ** WMh
Total rain fall In cotton belt 9.91 Inches.
Greatest fall at oneplace-Ncw Orlcans-2.52 inches.
Greatest fall ono day—October 1st—3.80 Inches.
CIIABAOTEE or WEATHER—NUMBER OF DATS.
Cltte*. Otar. Cloudy. fhtr.
Atlanta 10 2 *
Augusta.... 9 8 3
Galveston....... 6 7 3
1 ndlanola os 4
Montgomery 7 6 8
New Orleans 7 4 4
Pensacola 7 0 2
The Southern World ig ono year old to
day.
The sketch of “Plantation Life,” on our
second page, is true to life.
In another column will be found Hon. F.
C. Furman’s address on “Intensive Farm
ing.” It is an able presentation of the sub-
jeot.
Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, is an
nounced to deliver the annual address at the
North Carolina State Fair, at Raleigh, on the
18th Inst.
De Kalb county comes to the front with
some valuable facta about an intensive farm
er in that county, and we will give it a place
in our next.
The average increase in the price of farm
products in the past 60 years has been from
300 to 400 per cent, while the average de
crease in the price of manufactured goods
during the Bame period has been from 20 to
00 per cent
The September report of the crope in Geor
gia, by Hon. J. T. Henderson, Commission
er of Agriculture, shows the estimated yield
of cotton to be 87; of corn, 110; sugarcane,
109 ; rice, 101; sweet potatoes, 111; sorghum,
104; peas, 100.
We acknowledge the receipt of a com pi 1
inentary to the fair of the McNairy county
(Tcnn.) Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety at Purdy, commencing on the 17th
inst. President Warren and Secretary Har
ris have our thanks.
We have seen thy working model of a car
coupler belonging to Dr. John M. Rendle-
man, formerly of Decatur, now of Iowa, that
seems to be jnst the thing. It can be used
on the side of the car, or on top, and dispen
ses with the necessity of going between cars
to couple them. It is a life-preserver.
We are indebted to C. H. Moise, secretary
of the Sumter Park and Agricultural Asso
ciation of Sumter, S. C. for a specimen of the
Diploma given to exhibitors of that Assoc la
tion. It is a very handsome document, and
well worth preserving. The Association is
live and progressive.
The Chicago Screw Pulverizer is a satisfac
tory labor-saving implement. It does its
work well. 8ucli men as Hon. B. F. Cray
ton, Anderson, S. C., W. G. Childs, Colum
bia, S. C., Hon. B. C. Yancey, Athens, Oa.,
and Richard Peters, Atlanta, Ga., useitwith
eminent success.
Col J. H. Seals, editor of the Sunny South,
recently delivered a lecture at De Give’s
Opera House, in Atlanta, to a large audience,
on “That Ugly Woman.” It sparkled with
wit and humor, sentiment an<| sound doc
trine. It is urged now that Mrs. M. E. Bry
an give the pubiicsoon an opposition lecture
‘That Horrid Man.”
Owing to the " fickleness ’’ of the mail, the
paper on " Home Life in Florida "by Helen
Harcourt, did not reach us in time for this
issue. It will appear in our next
Norman J. Colman, editor of Colman’i Ru
ral World, of St. Louts, made an elaborate
speech before the tariff commission in oppo
sition to a tariff, except for revenue.
The New York Graphic wants not simply
to “pull down the vest,” but to pull it off
altogether. Weobject to divesting man of the
vest. It is a vested right and not a vestige
of barbarism. Five le veil!
The American Agricultural Association
will hold its third annnal convention at the
Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, commencing
Wednesday, December I5th, 1882, and con
tinuing three days. Addresses will be de
livered and papers read by able agricultural
ists and scientists and public men upon agri
culture and kindred topics.
The Commissioner of Agriculture, Statis
tics, Mines and Immigration of Tennessee,
has called a Convention of Land Owners in
Tennessee at Monteagle Springs, in Marion
county, Tenn., on the 17th inst. A large
number of gentlemen from the Northern
States are expected to be present to confer
with the land owners with the view of mak
ing investments and seeking homes.
Montgomery, Ala., should feel proud of
possessing a child so gifted as Lulu Porter,
not 13 years of age, who as an elocutionist,
will rank among many of those of riper
years, and more enlarged experience. Her
petite and graceful form, silvery tones and
well-modulated voice wins at once the hearts
other audience. And the applause they
give the child-elocutionist is more a tribute
to merit than an offering to charity. She is
now in Atlanta and will give a reading soon
to a large audience.
According to the report of the Department
of Agriculture, the crop of wheat in Great
Britain will this year aggregate nearly 90,-
000,000 bushels, so that the British demand
will considerably exceed 100,000,000 bushels.
France will require from 40,000,000 to 50,-
000,000 bushels; Spain possibly 10,000,000.
Germany’s crop is disappointing. Holland
suffered from prolonged rains. In some
sections of Russia crops are good, in others
bad, the general average being below a good
one. Roumania, Servia, Bulgaria and
European Turkey are understood to have
had good harvests.
Farming In Hlaslsalppl.
The Friar’s Point (Miss.) Gazette publishes
a striking report from Clarksdale Grange of
the crops grown by A. K. Bobo, of Coahomo
county, Miss.
12 acres in oats yielded 497 X bushels of
oats, and 12 tonsof straw worth $557.00. The
cost of raising was $03.83, leaving a net gain
of $493.67 or $41.13 11-12 per acre.
88 acres in wheat, (13 in clover) yielded
385K bushels of wheat, 38 jtona of straw and
26 tons of clover, worth $1,127.88. The cost
of raising was $199.88, leaving a net gain of
$928.00 or$24.42 2-9 per acre.
No fertilizers used.
The Mississippi Talley.
We are pleased to notice that work has be
gun on the Improvement of the Mississippi
River, and trust that our next Congress will
push on the work of placing such barriers in
the way of floods that the people will be se
cure from the disasters of overflows. The
great Mississippi valley cannot be over
looked. Its wants must be attended to. Says
an exchange:
“The Mississippi valley contains 1,238,043
square miles or 703,730,880 acres of the most
fertile land in the world. A thousand miles
in length and over two thousand In breadth
it enjoys all manner of climates and is able
to produce all the crops of the temperate and
tropic zones. The farms in the Mississippi
valley embrace 305,256,000 acres, of which
233,750,000 are improved land, of the value of
$5,005,070,000. There still remain 487,000,000
acres which have not been touched, virgin
soil; which, when it is open to cultivation
and is producing crops, will more than
double the productiveness of the valley.”
With its head pillowed on the waves of
the beautiful Ohio; its feet bathed by the
billows of the Gulf of Mexico; its arms, the
one taming the tumults of the stormy At
lantic, the other grasping the peaks, of the
mountains of the West; it is a mighty giant,
possessing within itself all the material fora
proud and august Empire, Let us hope then
that a due regard for so valuable a part of
our territory will induce the statesmen in
our national councils to devise measures
that will still further develop her resources
and greatness.
Onr Celestial Tiaitor.
Comets have been regarded with supersti
tious dread and terror by the ignorant for
ages, and the advent of our present celestial
visitor has not been an exception. There
are not wanting even learned men who pre
dict that it will run into the sun and pro
duce darkness and disaster. This marvelous
wanderer of the skies is pronounced more
beautiful than the great one of 1858.
A remarkable feature of the tail, is a nar
row, dark rift running through its entire
length. With a telescope this dark channel
can be traced close up to the bright, plane
tary head. The changes in color which the
comet undergoes as it rises is very interest
ing. When its head is just clear of the hori
zon it shines with a reddish, flickering light,
the upper part of the tail being light yellow.
As the morning twilight begins to appear
and the comet gets above the mists, all trace
of redness disappears and the head exhibits
a clear white light, while the tail assumes a
silvery hue. The remarkably sharp outlines
of the tail, especially on the southern side,
attract the attention of all observers. The
southern or lower edge of the tail is brighter
than the other edge toward which it fades
off, thus giving it the appearance of a gi
gantic feather. At times faint flashes seem
to extend for some distance beyond the end
of the tail. The telescope shows a mass of
nebulous matter surrounding the head, ap
pearing to be banked up in front and parting
and flowing back on each side to form the
tail, as if the comet were ploughing its way
through a luminous sea, leaving a great wake
of light behind it. But in fact it is moving
away from the sun tail first, and this makes
it clear that the tall is the result of some re
pulsive force exerted by the sun, which
drives the material of the tail ahead of the
solid nucleus, just as a strong wind drives
the smoke of a steamship ahead of the ves
sel.
Prof. Geo. R. Cather, a well known scien
tist of Alabama, discusses the general sub
ject of comets in this issue, and in our next
will give a continuation of this interesting
subject. His views come emphasized with
years of observation and study and will be
found valuable and instructive.
The fourth trade issue of the Augusta
Chronicle and Comtitutionaliet of 10 pages is a
handsome specimen of typographical excel
lence, and the illustrations and exhibits pro
fuse and cheering. Augusta is a solid city,
and her prosperity is well deserved. The
Chronicle and Comtitutionaliet is an old and
popular paper, progressive and prosperous.
The census of 1880 will fill thirty volumes
of nine hundred pages. Ten thousand copies
will be printed of the complete work, and
one hundred thousand copies of a compen
dium in one volume, and an extra ten thous
and of the volumes on agriculture and popu
lation. The printing will coet $1 000,000.
Kansas has a population of 900,700, a gain
of 37,254 over last year. This year she has
produced 35,734,840 bushels of wheat, 157,-
005,722 bushels of corn, 4,450,400 bushels of
rye and 21,046,284 bushels of oats.
Care for Diphtheria.
The Medical Prett says that Dr. Deuker,
who, during twenty-four years of very ex
tensive practice in the Children’s Hospital,
St. Petersburg, has treated upward of two
thousand cases of diphtheria, and tried all the
remedies, both internal and external, em
ployed in this affection, has obtained the best
result from the following method, which he
has employed for the last ten years. As soon
as the white spote appear on the tonsils he
gives cold drinks, acidulated with hydrochlo
ric acid, and every two hours a gargle com
posed of lime-water and hot milk in equal
parts. Dr. Deuker affirms that when this
treatment is commenced early it is generally
and rapidly successful.
Southern Display In Boston.
At the second annual exhibition of the
New England Manufacturers' and Mechan
ics’ Institute, the display made by the Rich
mond and Danville railroad was one of the
finest ever seen in Boston, and the managers
of the fair gave the praise just where it be
longs, and it was unstinted. The Richmond
and Danville Company had 3,000 square feet
of spnee, counting in the display mode by
the Georgia Pacific. The latter company had
260 different specimens of ores and coals in
all, while the former was not so large. By
comparison with what the Richmond and
Danville showed at the Cotton Exposition,
the exhibit was fully twenty times as large
National Cotton Planter*’ Convention.
The National Cotton Planters’ Convention
will convene in Little Rock, Ark., to-mor
row—10th.—An address will be delivered be
fore the Convention by many distinguished
men, among whom will be Senator Farish C.
Furman, of Georgia, on his plan of growing
five bales of cotton to an acre, and other
kindred subjects; John C. Calhoun, Presi
dent of the Calhoun Land Company, on the
profits and merits of syndicate farming, a
new departure for the South. Addresses will
also be delivered on practical silk and jute
culture and Mississippi Improvements. The
Now England Cotton Manufactnrers’ Asso
ciation will be represented by a delegation
headed by the President of the Willimantic
Linen Company, while the various cotton
exchanges of tho country will all be repre
sented. Governor Lowry and staff, and Col
onel Ned Richardson, of Mississippi; Gov
ernor Roberts and staff, of Texas, and ex-
Governor Patton and other distinguished
men will be present from Alabama. The
State House is being profusely decorated, as
a place for holding the convention, and the
fair grounds are teeming with bustle and
activity by the exhibitors getting their
goods In place. The race men are exercising
their horses. Exhibits have been pouring
in at a great rate. The capacity of machin
ery has been doubled to accommodate the
demand for space. The most interesting ex
hibit will be the plantation cotton seed oil
mill, which exhibits for the first time, and
destined to create a revolution in southern
industries.
The Sanitarian for October is a particularly
rich number. Plumbing Fixtures:—Wash
basins, bath tubs, water closets, etc., by Wm.
Paul Gerhard, Sanitary Engineer, answera
many questions which have been agitating
housekeepers on the dangers of bad plumb
ing and how to avoid them; Panama Canal
Sanitation, by Geo. Halsted Boyland, M. D.,
showa the good effects of practical sanitation
under the most trying conditions of climate,
and should be read by all persons interested
in such questions; New York Tenement
Houses—their Victims and their Tyrants,
by Geo. C. Bcoth, Is by no means limited in
interest to New York, and is likely to sur
prise many readers, by the terrible picture
here drawn of the landlordism of a great
church property; Horseback Exercise and
Malaria, by J. W. Pinkham, M. D., admira
bly illustrates the best way of curing "ma
laria,” under a great variety of circum
stances. The leading editorials are on the
American Public Health Association, and
the National Board of Health, and should be
read by all sanitarians. The plan in prog
ress for stamping out Yellow Fever in
Brownsville, by a cordon confining people to
the locality, is severely condemned, as being
worthy of the age only when such a practice
was common in the effort to stay the plague,
three hundred years ago, barbarous in its
tendency and promotlve of the epidemic.
Besides these leading papers, there are many
shorter ones, current news on sanitary sub
jects, reviews of sanitary publications, and
the important announcement that after Jan
uary 1st The Sanitarian will be published
weekly. A. N. Bell, New York.