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z w fit'/ - v/' 1 *"" ~- f S~ / A I 1 ; '®Py > -'s 4a p^AW£^«^< s ' _C> - JsF We solicit articles for this department. The name of the writer should accompany the letter or article, not necessarily for publication, but as an evidence of good laith. Questions and communications relative to agricultural and horticultural subjects, 11 addressed to Agri. Editor, Drawer N, Milledgeville, Ga., will receive immediate attention. Berkshire and Poland-China Hogs. Crimson Clover. Editor Morning News: Where can I get the Berkshire or Poland-China pigs, and nt what price? Second, Where can I get the crimson clover seed, and at what price. . D. F. Cole. Nichols, Ga. Wo presume our correspondent would like to procure hogs from some one not very far off, and animals that had become acclimated. If this be so, we cannot in form him of any one breeding them in bis locality. We know of a number of Ten nessee breeders. If any reader is breed ing these hogs in Southern Georgia we should be glad to hear from him. For crimson clover write J. H. Alexander & Co., Augusta, Ga. Oows With Blood Diseases. Waycross, Aug. 15.—Editor of the Morning News: I have a line Jersey cow affected with the following symp toms: Cough (not severe), and running at nose a thick, yellow phlegm. For a time it was attendant with failing milk and flesh, but she somewhat recuperated as to milk and flesh, and still the slight cough continued and in tfle morning her nose discharged phlegm as above stated. Recently I observed spattered blood against the barnyard fence and the wall of barn as if in coughing she had coughed up bloods There was no sign on her nose and mouth, and there being no other ani mal in the lot, naturally I thought it from her cough. What is treatment? There is no veterinary surgeon here. Kindly answer. Constant Reader. Your cow is suffering from some blood disease that exhibits itself in several disor ders, exactly which one, could not be de termined without a more detailed diag nosis. It may be catarrh or incipient tuberculosis, or it may be diphtheretic in its character. It will be safe to treat it as a bad case of Influenza. We presume you do not use the milk. It would not be well to do so. She should be isolated, and at night kept in a clean, dry place, which should * be disinfected by burning sulphur in at * least once a day, subjecting the animal to the fumes of the sulphur, taking care not to let her breathe the fumes more than a few minutes at any one time. Her bowels should be kept in good condition. As an alterative preprare the following mixture ahd give a wine-glass full twice a day: Liquor arsenicalis, 4 ounces; ace tate of potash, 8 drachms; water, 1 quart. Also give a teaspoonful of sulphur 'Once a day. ’Write again. Spring Forage and Green Food for Winter. Winter Is approaching. The, chief question that should now concern the farmer is the one of having plenty of food for his stock during the winter. To inade quately feed stock is nothing short of a crime. How is it possible for a farmer of proper feeling to sit by his comfortable fireside during the bleak nights of winter and reflect that his stock is shivering with cold, as the result of insutoolent food I Cruelty to dumb animals entails a curse upon whoever is responsible for it, and it may be that many farmers have failed to meet with success just because of such cruelty, not always willful, but arising in most instances from heedlessness— thoughtlessness. A farmer ought not to keep more stock than he can properly take care of, and there are very few farmers in the south who have any excuse for not having an abundance of stock food, both dry and green, all the year around. South of the H3° of latitude there is not a month in the year that something or other can not be sown for the purpose of stock food. Os course, there are two months when it is least advisable to sow anything of the kind,' but, it is true, that whore those crops that should be started in October and November are neglected, it is possi ble to start them oftentimes in December and January. The fanner who keeps up with his work, and starts his different forage crops at the projiQr time will have no need to take the risk of sowings in Decerhber or January, for there is always some risk involved in sowing even our hardiest plants in those two months. Where crops are wanted for winter grazing or for furnishing the earliest hay in the spring the seeds should be sown either in September or October, never sowing any of the small grain or clovers later than this unless forced to do so by circumstances beyond control. The reason why so many farmers in Middle Georgia have discarded the sow ing of fall grain, arises from the fact that for a number of years they fell into the bud habit of postponing sowing until November, and even until late in Decem ber. As the plants could take very little hold upon the soil before the January freezes occurred, frequent failures re sulted, and this has caused widespread dissatisfaction with the oat crop es pecially.. Now this is a crop that ought not to be neglected by any southern, farmer who has a proper regard for the economies in volved in raising Ms necessary stock food. If a farmer will persist in neglecting the clovers that are so well adapted to our climate and soils he should not neg lect that desirable combination and rota tion—peas and oats. The small farmer that sows ten acres in oats in October and follows the oats as soon as they are cut off in May or early June with peas, picking the peas and turning under the vines in September or October and again sowing oats and keeping this up for sev eral years, will see his ten acres improve in fertility, and at the same time furnish Dim with all the food for his plow stock that he will need. Oats are a cheaper stock food than corn, bnt most farmers seem to think that corn is the only’ suitable food for work stock and hogs. The best daily ration that can be used in the south is a mixture of three or four quarts of corn and eight to ten Juarts of sound, cican oats, along with fteen to twenty pounds of good hay. Let •very one-horse farmer this fall sow ten acres in oats, putting them in properly with harrow and roller during September or early in October, and the chances are very small that he will fail in making the cheapest stock food he can possibly raise. # # * If no more, try several acres in rye and clover. After plowing in thirty or forty pounds of rye broadcast, twelve to fifteen pounds of red or sapling clover, and roll or brush the land: let the clover take pos session of the land after the rye is cut off, for hay in April or May. This is an ex cellent plan. The Largest Fowl. H. M. C. asks (1) which is the largest fowl—the Langhshan or Plymouth Rock, (2) Which is the largest fowl of all? (1) The Langshan and the Plymouth .Rock are almost identical in size, the standard weight of each being nine and a half pounds for full grown cocks and seven and a half for hens. The light Brahma is the largest of all, averaging about two pounds heavier than the Langshan or Plymouth Rock; of course individual specimens of the latter may be found larger than the same of Brahma stock.-but we are speaking of the average. Which of the three is the best we are not prepared to say. All are excellent. Spurry—ls It Adapted to the South P Please tell me what kind of a plant spurry is, and would it grow on our pine lands? What season is best suited to it? H. M. C. Spurry (spergula arvensis) is a new plant to this country, but a plant long known and made use of in Holland ana Germany. It is regarded as a weed in Scotland, being common to sandy soils. We do not know of any successful ex perience with spurry in the south, and we doubt very much if it would prove of any great value to us. We have already a score of plants more desirable. Still it may be found to be of some value on poor soil when it comes to a trial. It is an annual and grows to a hight of from twelve to twenty inches, according to the richness of of the soil. When sown in the spring after the ground has become warm it matures a crop in eight to ten weeks. Two and sometime three crops can be grown in one season on the same land. We hope to have some seeds for distri bution the coming spring, so that the plant may be tested in a practical way by those who are interested in forage crops and soil improvements. The Jersey in North America. When Jersey cattle first began to ap pear to any marked extent on the farms of the United States they were on suffer ance, and it was customary for a farmer who bought one to say byway of apology that he took the weak step out of regard to the feelings of his wife, says |John Duncan of Kentucky. Better peace offering to the Goddess of Liberty never was made. So strong at the outset was the prejudice among country people against the Jersey that sometime after she was an acknowl edged feature of rare beauty on the sub urban lawns of the rich of our large cities, many farmers would not acknowl edge that she had even this practicably unimportant merit; and as for utility, that was regarded as wholly out of the question. Now almost every well-organ ized farm on which the head of affairs and his family rise above common drudges has on it some Jersey blood—the pure article with increasing frequency, and with good grades in plenty. The truth is that the Jersey is now in nearly all party of North America the sign and accompaniment of improved living; this in turn in a general way giving rise to better thinking and more progress and prosperity. It is not a word too much to say of the Jersey that the era of good butter making on this side of the sea began with the establishment of the American Jersey Cattle Club. Previously to that, which was done in-the year 1868, much good service was rendered, but there was no organization and no reliable security against, or authoritative means of penal izing fraud. To-day, through the intel ligent work of that club and its system of registration, the absolute purity of the Jersey is better guarded than that of any other breed of live stock whatever : and the great little coyv has been lifted .from a position in which she was the butt of the coarse stock yard and showering wits and bullies into the place of first honors among her kind, she being of the only breed of cattle that in recent years has uni formly earned enough to pay for its keep. It is to be noted here, as an important economic truth to be remembered, that at no time in these years of general loss and depression in the cattle industry has the Jersey, under anything like fair care, failed to pay a good interest on a gener ous, not infrequently even on a fancy, in vestment. It is still fresh in the recollection how many urged that the introduction and spread of the Jersey would, beyond what was possible to other breeds, spoil all the good beef and do great injury to the coun try at large. That was a mistake, for at the present time the beef is as good as ever it was. and the butter all over North America is incomparably better. And the end for good on account of the Jersey is not yet, and will not be until bad blitter Is everywhere a disgrace to the maker, and the good, pure article, sweet as a nut, and colored by nature, as only Jersey but ter gets colored, is on every table. In the train of the Jersey on this conti nent have come many industries, giving honorable and profitable employment to large numbers of men and women ; and among the other good results accom plished through the agency of this great little cow is the raising oi the standard of labor on every farm of which 'She has established herself. She is the product of intelligence and kindly care, and when these are given her she will pay hand somely for them, rapidly retrograding and answering to all the ugly things said of her in iguorance or narrowness when ever and wherever these are denied. That in the main the Jersey is perfectly suited to her adopted home in the new world is completely evidenced in many ways—in her extensive distribution in this country where all costs are counted (and the battle between her friends and her enemies commenced early and has gone on wit hout pause to the present time), in the wonderful results to her credit under actual tests tne most severe and exacting, so that there are many compe tent authorities who take the position that the Jersey with us is better and will yield more than the Jersey on her native island, and that, therefore, it is folly and without a rational objective point to con tinue to import. Be that as it may, the Jersey is now one of the fixed institutions of North America, beautiful to look upon, lending her powers in the most beneficial way to the man of large as well as to the man of small means—a perfect machine of the highest utility in a well-defined sphere. The wonderful capability which the Jersey shows of- adapting herself to the wildest sort of climatic and other conditions are really to be inferred from her surprising productive powers; for in both cases what is wanted to produce these results is not mere strength, but a high order of vitality; and this she has, and this it is that is enabling her to go and establish herself wherever there is civilization. Wheatbran and Corn as Feed. A correspondent wishes to know the feeding valye of wheatbran as compared with corn. To give the comparative value of these two feeds in the most practical form, namely, the amount of flesh formers which can be secured by these respec tively when fed to the average steer or hog, is impossible, sayr Prof. Georgeson in the Epitomist. First, because we THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1894. have no standard representing the aver age feeding quality of steers and bogs, and, second, because we do not have a sufficient number of records for the re sults of the two feeds. It is, however, possible to compare them ou the basis of the digestible nutri ments they contain as well as that of general experience. Tthe nutriments in any feed are al buminoids. or flesh formers, and carbo hydrates and fats, which together pro duce heat and energy and aid in the for mation of fat. Os these the albuminoids are the most valuable. Now, bran con tains of digestible albuminoids 12.6 pounds, of digestible carbo-hydrates 44.1 pounds, and digestible fat 2.9 pounds in every ohundredweight of bran. Corn contains, on the other hand, of the digestible albuminoids 6.25 pounds, carbo hydrates 60.6 pounds, and fats 3.14 pounds in every hundredweight of corn. We see at once from this that bran contains nearly twice the amount of digestible albumi noids that corn contains. Corn, on the other hand, has more of the carbo hydrates of fat than is found in bran. Average oil meal contains 27.1 digestible albuminoids, 34.3 carbo-hydrates and 7 per cent, fat in a hundred-weight. Now, every one knows that corn meal is better than corn, although it has only about one-half the amount of digestible carbo hydrates. The vqlue of oil meal lies in the great quantity of flesh forming mate rial found in it, and in like manner bran is better than corn as a feed, because it contains a larger proportion of the flesh formers (albuminoids). But there is an other point in which bran is superior to corn as well as to many other feeds, and that is in the per cent, of phosphoric acid it contains. This is a point that feeders overlook nearly altogether, but nevertheless it is a point of much value, especially when feeding young stock. Average bran, when burned, leaves 5.6 per cent, ash, of this 2.7 is phosphoric acid, a substance much needed in building up the bony frame. Corn, when burned, Reaves about 1.2 per cent, ash, and of this only .57 is phosphoric acid, hence less than 1.5 of the amount contained in bran. Ordina rily we take no account of the ash ele ments contained in the feed, because most animals, and particularly cattle, eat so much coarse fodder, which contains large amounts of ash, that they get in this manner much more than they need. When fed almost exclusively on grain, as in the case of hogs, ash elements must be furnished outside of the feed, hence the need of charcoal, or earthy matters of some kind, to animals which are confined in close pens and fed on grain exclusively. As a matter of fact, better results will, in most cases, be obtained by feeding a judicious mixture of bran and corn, if they are the only grains, rather than feed them separately. Bran can be fed alone to dairy cows, to calves or other young growing stock to good advantage and will, in such cases, give much better results than corn alone, but when we feed ma ture animals, either for maintenance or fattening, corn may do nearly as well as bran when the bran is fed alone; but bet ter results will in that case be obtained by feeding a judicious mixture of the two. What the proportion of bran should be will vary with circumstances. Half and half is used by many feeders with good results.' It is worth notice in this con nection that it has been found that bran is more digestible when fed dry than when fed moistened, or in the form of slop. Bran and corn must always remain the leading feed stuffs in the west, and we cannot give too much study to their value. Figs (Ficus Carica.) There is no fruit known to the people of the south which can be propagated so easily, and that will produce larger re sults in so short a time, says the Times-Democrat. A branch or cutting planed in the ground at any time during the inonths of December, January and February is certain to grow,and with any sort of care will produce a good crop the third year. We have planted a large branch, well set with buds, in January, which has produced fruit and ripened the first sea son. . varjties. The Celestic is probably the best known variety in Louisina. It can be grown in almost any situation. Nearly every garden and back yard in the city of New Orleans can boast of one or more speci mens, and it is more valued for family use than any other species that we know of. Next we will mention THE SUMATRA, double the size of the Celeste, very sweet and excellent for drying or preserving. The green Smyrna is also valuable on account of its earliness. This is the com mon summer fig of Palestine, and al though rather coarse and dry, will, by its extreme earliness, command a good price in the market. THE GREEN ISCJHA. Skin of a light green when ripe, flesh of a bright strawberry color, and so sweet when in that condition that if punctured the juice exuding will crystallize in a few seconds. THE LARGE WHITE GENOA, color yellowish white, the inside of a golden yellow* when ripe. In that state it is an excellent table fruit, and one of the most valuable for preserving and drying. Size, very large, equal to a medium pear, which it much resembles. This variety is a great acquisition, and should be in every collection. THE BLACK GENOA. Size, very large, of an oval shape, and when allowed to ripen perfectly on the tree, of fine quality. We consider this very valuable on account of its keeping qualities, and have no doubt, if properly packed, would stand forty-eight hours by rail. THE BRUNSWICK is also of mammoth size, and from its fine appearance always draws a premium at our fruit fairs. With us it is a very shy bearer, shedding most of its fruit be fore, ripening. However, the quality is excellent, and it will be popular on ac count of its beautiful appearance. Among other varieties brought to our notice we will mention the Brown Turkey, Black Ischia, White Smyrna. White Marseilles (large white), Adriatic (light purple). Lemon (an elongated form of the Celeste), and others—all good, and suc ceed nearly everywhere. PROPAGATING. The fig is so easily grown from the cut tings that we rarely use any other method. It has been our practice to plant in nur sery rows about two and one-half feet Mrs. Harry Tappan, of Reynolds Neb writes: -For two years I diseases peculiar to my sex. I had to be parried f rom my . had horrible dreams, sinking sensations, was very nervous and tS.W '’wo ba<s no a PPPtite. My ~ t>2 whole body was rack ed with pain. I had sis fl frequent attacks of B TL 7 I hysteria, and was IK / w k completely discour se if aged for no medicine \\ i„ j ff dm me any good. At A 7_ f last. 1 determined to 1 / try Dr. Pierce’s Fa- bSk / yorite Prescription. I had taken but two bottles before I felt so much better! I took eleven bottle® Mrs Tappaw to-day, lam well. I rs. iappas. have never felt the least trace of my old complaint in the last six yeans. We use the ‘ Golden Medical Dis covery’ as a blood-purifier. With its use, eruptions of all kinds vanish and the skin is rendered clear and soft, almost as an in fant’s.” Sold everywhere. ramiKMMgmj RADWAY’S READY RELIEF. CURBS AND PREVENTS Coughs,Colds, Sore Throat, Influ. enza, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Swelling of the Joints, Lumbago, Inflammations, RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA, Frostbites, Chilblains, Headache, Toothache, Asthma, DIFFICULT BREATHING. CURES THE WORST PAINS in from one to twenty minutes. NOT ONE HOUR after reading this advertisement need any one SUFFER WITH PAIN. Radway’s Ready Relief is a Sure Cure for Every Pain, Sprains, Bruises, Pains in the Back, Chest or Limbs. ALL INTERNAL PAINS, Cramps In the Bowels or Stomach, Spasms, Sour Stom ach, Nausea, Vomiting, Heartburn, Diar rhoea. Colic, Flatulency, Fainting Spells, are relieved instantly and quickly cured by taking internally as directed. There is not a remedial agent In the world that will cure Fever and Ague and all other malarious, bilious and other fevers, aided hr RADWAY’S PILLS, so quickly as RAD WAY’S RELIEF. Fifty cents per bottle. Sold by aU Dmc gists. RADWAY A CO., 33 Warren street, New York. wide, setting the cuttings about twelve to fifteen inches apart in the rows. This is generally done in the winter season. •Nearly every cutting grows. The young trees should be well cultivated during the spring and summer, and in the fall it was our practice to remove them from the nursery rows, tie them in bundles and heeled in where they could be protected from the cold of the first winter. During the month of February they may be transplanted into the permanent orchard. The ground, previously well prepared and fertilized, should it be necessary. The young trees planted in shallow fur rows, which maj’ be laid off with a plow, leaving the trees standing about twenty feet apart. We give them ample space for the reason that the fig is a rampant grower and will soon, if cultivated, fill the intervening space. TRAINING. We advocate low training; a tree should not be allowed to branch higher than four to five feet from the ground; this will shade the trunk and be more convenient for gathering the fruit. DISEASES. It is only within a few years that we have noticed any disease among our fig trees, but with a little care they can be easily combatted, First, the coccus or species of the scale insect similar in many respects to the insect which in fest our orange trees. Secondly, a spe cies of borer, commonly known in our pine woods as the sawyer worm, from the noise it makes while working be neath the bark. The former is easily extirpated by washing the limbs with a cheap alkali or by the use of a white wash made of lime and soft soap. For the latter, didging them out with a knife or searching for them with a probe, as long as you can see evidences of their presence; afterward a coat of white wash may be used on the trunk of the trees, which will prevent any further ravages. THE PRODUCT. of fig orchards on one acre of ground, the trees five years of age and well grown, should be at least 150 bushels, or about | one bushel and a half to each tree. This will increase as the trees grow older. We have seen many trees from which could be gathered at least ten bushels during the season. . ri. m t CRYBTAI|,IZED Flsß. A well-known confectioner who crys tallizes a large quantity of figs yearly, purchases fruit that is not perfectly ripe, and places them in a bath of clear lime water, where he allows themto remain for several hours. The syrup. previously prepared and made very thick id put into a copper or porcelain kettle, and when at the boilitig point the fruit is placed in a wire basket and immersed'in the bailing syrup, where it is allowed |o remain twenty minutes; it is then taken out and drainea, afterward put intoH large shal low kettle hung by chain taer a slovf fire, powdered sugar sprinkled over them and gently agitated until the fruit is perfectly crystallized. . PRESERVED FIGS. . The process of preserving figs is similar in all respects to preserving other fruits. The cans, or jars, must be hermetically’ sealed while hot and placed away in a dark, cool place. They should be looked after daily during hot weather, and if they show any signs of fermentation the jars should be placed in shallow pans of cold water, which should be brought to a boil, and when the fruit is thoroughly heated seal as before. The Forehanded Farmsr. The forehanded farmer always • has something to sell, says the Rural World. His crops are varied. He hesitates to put too many eggs into one basket, or give too much attention to one particular crop. He needs to produce plenty of live stock, and to have it ready for sale at pretty much any time, but particularly at the time when his taxes or other well defined and well-understood payments come due. His hogs form a staple crop, but he can, without much difficulty, raise as well a few colts and calves every year, a bunch of lambs or of wethers, an acre or two of potatoes, and a crop of turnips to follow the early ones. He has a good flock of fowls, and probably one of turkeys, or ducks, or of geese, either of which will affdrd spending money for the lesser expenses of the household every month of the year. Being fore handed, he keeps a few good milch cows, the female calves from which, if by a good sire, are always in demand, because good milkers, and the steers may be either killed in the winter lor home use or sold for beef. Then, his folks are apt at but ter making, and good butter is always in demand at paying prices, and his skim and buttermilk make an admirable food for colts and calves, poultry and pigs, and the more he has of it the better. His aim must be to get into stock as much as pos sible; to consume all his farm products; for the forehanded farmer cannot afford to haul hay or corn or wheat to town. His stock must carry it, then, in a manu factured form, and, therefore, at a mini mum expense. The days of all grain, to bacco, cotton, hemp, etc., are passed. Small farms, diversified farming, rota tion of crops, and everything done well, is now the order of the day. It is that or nothing. But here is a caution. The season is at hand in which the farmer will put in twelve or fifteen hours a day at work, and see that every hand on the farm does the same. He will hardly stop during that time long enough to eat his food properly, and take no time to either read or think. Is this good policy? Is it either wise, prudent or profitable? The women in the house will be compelled to work hours longer than the men outside. Will that paj’ Some of these are mothers and have duties and responsibilities as such, which, if found in any kind of stock, would justify a relief from work. Surely the farmer will not overwork his wife more than he would his stock, or himself to a point where thinking is out of the question and planning impossible. The average farmer, however, will aim at nothing short of getting the work done, no matter how or what the consequences, so long as it is done. - It is a foolhardy policy. It will not pay, either in money or health. Let us take time to think, to read, to plan, and to live. There are du ties in these regards that we owe to our selves, our wives, our progeny and our successors that axe not met with in brute force. Gleanings. The worm which attacks the tomato is the same as that which later attacks cot ton. The best preventive for its attack upon the tomato consists in planting corn with the tomatoes. Plant the corn early, and the first brood of the worms will breed upon it rather than upon the toma toes. Here they are often called the bud worms. It is doubtful .whether the ap plication of insecticides to the tomatoes for the destruction of the boll worm will i pay. THE QUALITY OF EARLY PASTURE. There is no doubt that available nitro | gen and mineral manures affect the quality of pasture. It is because until warm weather comes the grass in spring is poor and watery and innutritious, for its roots get little nitrogen or mineral ■ plant food until the soil has been warmed. | Grasses that have their roots near the surface find this nutriment first. We be lieve that liberal top dressings of nitrate , of soda and a gooa super-phosphate will I make the tender grass grown in April and I early May as nutritious as it usually is in June. In our boyhood an old, newly cleared stump lot was always used for the first pasture of cows in spring. They would eat the grasses close to the ground beside some half burned stump before they would touch the larger growth in long cultivated fields. It was not alto gether the potash that the cows were after either. Where the ashes had fallen they had put the vegetable matter into just the condition to make it available as plant food, and the warm sunshine against the bank around the stump did the rest. A dressing of nitrate and phosphate early in the season will make stock graze it closely all summer. NEW REMEDY FOR HEN LICE. Insect Life contains a translation from the French Journal of Agriculture. A. D. Scheneder tells bow he drove the lice from his henhouse by tying a few small bottles of bi-sulphide of carbon to the perches with the stoppers out, leaving the liquid to evaporate. The hens roost over the bottle and the vapor kills the lice. This is what he says: “The very next day after using it I was agreeablv sur prised to find that the enemy had* left, leaving none but dead and dying behind, and on the following day not a single liv ing insect was to be found, while my birds were sitting quietly on the roosts enjoying an unwonted peace ful repose. This lasted for twelve days, till the sulphide had evaporated. Twenty-four hours later a fresh invasion of lice put in an appear ance under the wing? of the birds in the warmest portion of the house where there were no currents of air. I replenished the supply of sulphide, and the next morn ing only a few of these were remaining. The next morning every trace of vermin had disappeared. Since that time I have personally made a great number of fur ther trials with the sulphide, with imme diate and absolute success. I should re commend the sulphide of carbon to be put in small medicine vials hung about the pigeon house or poultry roost. When it has about three parts evsporated the re mainder will have acquired a yellowish tinge, and no longer act so completely as before, but if it be shaken up afresh it will suffice to keep the enemy at a dis tance.” WOOD ASHES—BY N. J. SHEPHERD. Where wood is used for fuelia consider able quantity of valuable fertilizer can be readily secured in the form of wood ashes. These are valuable to use as a top dress ing in the garden, can be applied with benefit in the growing of nearly or quite all kinds of fruits, and will nearly always give good results in growing potatoes. They contain potash and phosphoric acid, two essential elements of plant growth,) in sufficient qauntitiejs to make them a valuable fertilizer, much two valuable to be allowed to go to waste, as is often done. With the garden crops especially in nearly all cases it will pay to use as a top dressing, and then working ip to the soil with a rake or hoe. A very good Dian . both in the garden and around fruit trees is to stir or. work the surface of the soil into a good tilth, and then apply the ashes evenly over the surface ana rake in thoroughly. In nearly all cases applying in the hill with potatoes when the plant ing is done will give the best results, not only increasing the -yield, but improving the quality. All reasonable care should be taken to save and apply all of the ashes, as they are easily handled and can readily be made very beneficial. OUTRUN A RAINSTORM. Every Time the Train Stopped the Shower Would Catch Up. From the Pittsburg Dispatch. Beaver Falls, Aug. 16.—At noon a Pittsburg and Lake Erie train had a lively race with a rainstorm down the Beaver Valley. When the train left Lawrence junction the shower was just vetting the roof of the rear car. The en gineer pulled out and got quite a little distance ahead of it. At the firs* stop pingplace the shower caught up and was again pattering on the roof of the rear car. but was soon left behind after the engineer had got the throttle well pulled open. At each station the shower caught up with the train, but never reached the second car from the rear, except at Wal lace Run, where the rain put on a lively spurt and managed to get as far as the locomotive. It was but a spurt, and soon the storm was left so far behind that when the train pulled out of Bea ver it was struggling helplessly in the rear. Cowboy and Bicyclist. Munich, Aug. 10.—The race between the cowby Cody and the’bicyclist Fisher, was completed to-day. Fisher won, having covered 160 miles while Cody was covering 180. Tile race was ridden in" heats whose total time was seven hours. PAIN AND MISERY Ayers Sarsaparilla Cures Rheumatism. “About 8 years o; / 'Sga ago, I suffered ° I from what the doc " o tors called rheu- o matism. Nobody ° knows the Pain o and misery which o y. I bad to endure ® and which clung to o me in spite of the o f. medicines pre- ® Z■ i scrib ed. At last, q vjw / 1 began taking O ’ Ayer’ s Sarsapa- ° rilla. After a short time, the pains o ceased. I continued the use of the Sar- O saparilla for a whole yeas, until the JJ rheumatism entirely disappeared.” § James Way, proprietor of livery stable, O Roseville, Cal. O Ayer’s »x Sarsaparilla i Admitted for Exhibition 0 AT THE WORLD'S FAIRO y9 0000000000000000000000 PEARLINE. Two ways of washing. k& -> One is the same way your grandmother washed -—but there wasn’t anything better, * n h er You rub soap into the clothes /I ' n —^ en y ou ru k th 6lll U P an< l down on A/ ZA *\ a was hkoard till you get the dirt worn \ i °ff* This is hard work—and while y° u ’ re wearing off the dirt, you’re W wearing out your \ clothes, too. /( ( J ¥ u\‘ /1 he other way is Pearline’s. You put the clothes j uiTj.* into Pearline and water—-then you ' // wait. Pearline gets the dirt all out. / f ft I A little rinsing makes them V / /) L perfectly clean. Pearline does T~ -7 F the work. There can’t be any- //' thing so easy, so economical, or ~ \ [till that keeps your clothes so abso- /) I 111 lutely safe from harm and wear and tear. 10$ Meddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell Ij s as K°°d as ” or “the same as Pearl ir.T.'ir * Y me. IT S FALSE—Pearline is never peddled, if • your grocer sends you an imitation, be honest— send it back. 425 JAMES PYLE, N.Y. ARTIFICIAL BAINMAKING. Expert Telford Credited With Bring ing Down Bain Upon a Great Area, From the Chicago Tribune. Salem. 111., Aug. 11.—Faith in artificial rainmaking is strong in this vicinity. The people have seen the cloudless sky wooed for moisture by strongly-compounded chemicals and have beheld the heavens open and pour down abundant rains, even as they watched. Thus it is that they assert, with a suggestion of boast ing, that their faith is based on. works. The Moses who has led tho people out of an Egypt of scorching desolation is James D. Telford. After many weeks of prevailing drought throughout this (Marion county), extend ing from the end of last May through June and part of July, the attention of some of Salem’s citizens was directed to artificial rainmaking and some of them declared their confidence in it. While discussing the gravity of the situation a small number of citizens decided to make an effort to give the rainmaking process a trial. The evening of July 11 these citi zens met and formed what they denomi nated the Salem Kain Company. The following day Mr Telford departed for Goodland, Kan., to negotiate term with E. F. Murphy, the noted Kansas rain maker, who has made the rainmaking business a study for a period of fourteen years. Satisfactory terms were made. Mr.Telford purchased the right to operate in this county, and entered into bond not to reveal the system,the names or quanti ties of the chemicals required, etc. Mr. Murphy then proceeded to thoroughly in struct him and revealed the names and quantities of the chemicals and the method of using them. Telford returned to St. Louis, after having received his in structions, and there purchased the neces sary chemicals. He arrived here on July 17, and that night commenced operating in a small house in the eastern part of this city. The people of Salem and vicin ity had subscribed the required fund to be paid if rain fell here withing five days to the depth of not less than one-half inch and to cover a territory not less than SIX) square miles. Rain began to fall the fol lowing afternoon, twenty-two hours after the beginning of the test, and when the rain ceased water had fallen to the depth 'of about two inches, and the extent of the territory was considerably in excess of 300 square miles. This rain was followed by two others a few days later, covering almost the same territory as that oLthe first. The second test made, by Mr. Telford was at Alma, in the vicinity of which is one of the highest and dryest points in this section. He began work there Jyly : 24 at 10:30 o’clock at night. On the fourth and fifth days thereafter rain fell through out this county to the depth of one-half to three and a half inches. In some places in the county the creeks overflowed their banks. Many who prior to this test had no faith in the rain making process acknowledged their belief in it, and the company is fully convinced in its ability to produce rain by the Murphy process, which is quite similar to that employed by Mr. Jewel, the Rock Island railroad rainmaker. The Murphy process Is cheaper than any other known method, the actual cost of the chemicals for a five days’ test not exceeding S4O, the weight of the chemicals being about 800 pounds. The Salem Rain Company has perfected arrangements with Mr. Murphy whereby Mr. Telford has the privilege to make rainmaking contracts with parties in any section of this state. He makes no charge if he fails to produce rain in five days. SOME CURIOUS WILLS. Nonsensical Provisions Made by Cranky Testators—Shortest Will. From London Leisure Hours. There is a refreshing quaintness about some old bequests. Walter le Taillour, for instance, in 1305, according to the will recorded in the city of London court of husting, left to Richard, his son, the re version of a tenement held by Richard le Bakcre for life, receiving yearly, imme diately after the testator’s death, a rent of half a mark and weekly one penny tart in respect of the said tenement.” He also left fourpence to London bridge. There is, however, a spirit of genialty about this will which is very different to that of the man who left his son-in-law “one penny to buy him a whistle.” The single shilling has, of course, been left in a large number of cases, but we do not often hear of a receipt being given for the money. Yet in 1699 Richard Harring ton of Guilded Morden, in Cambridge shire, left his daughter, Mary Martin, and her husband one shilling each, and his executrix paid it and got the receipt, still in existence, dated March 17, 1700. There was a man who. in 1791, left his shilling, to be paid to her within six months after his death, and, as his reason for doing so, remarked, “seeing that I have had the misfortune to be mar ried to the aforesaid Elizabeth, who, ever since our union, has tormented me in every possible way.” A good many single shil lings have been left as a cheap advertise ment with the object of keeping the testator’s name alive, much in the style of the man at Wath who left, among other et ceteras, a shilling to every poor wo man in the parish, a guinea to seven navvies for “puddling him up in his grave,” a guinea to the old woman who had “tucked him up in his bed,” and “forty dozen penny leaves to be thrown from the church roof at noon every' Christmas day forever.” Os this kind of thing there are many examples, but most of the shillings, six pences, pennies, and penny buns have to be displayed in all their glory on the testator's tombstone. One man leaves his money to his son “on condition that he shave off his mus tache,” another leaves it to his nephews “on condition that they rise at 4 o’clock in the summer and 5 o’clock in the win ter,” another leaves his to a friend “on condition that he always wear black,” another that the fortunate man should always wear a morning ring. There was John Reed, who left his head “to be pre paredso as to be used as the skull of Yorick in the play of “Hamlet by Shake spere,” having evidently felt the incon venience of not having an article of the kind in stock. There was Dr. Wagner who left rris limbs to different friends for dissecting purposes; there was Dr. Eller by who left Ins heart to one man, his lungs to another, and his brain to another to be preserved from decomposition, and pleasantly added, “if either of the gentle men named fail to execute this, I will come and torment them until they shall comply,” thus reminding us of the Mr. Zimmerman who desired in 1840 to be buried plainly and in a decent manner, “and if this be not done I will come again —that is, if I can 1” One gentleman, a cremationist before his time, wishes his body to be placed in one of the gas retorts of the Imperial Gas Company. Another, desiring his body to be converted to useful purposes, suggests fiddle strings, smelling salts and optical lenses as being the forms in which he would like it to appear for the benefit of mankind. Some prefer to be disposed of in the ordinary way, but in extraordinary places. But what shall we say of the gen tleman who wished his grave to be a bat tlefield, and left enough money to provide twenty Irishmen every year with knives and stout shillelahs, armed with which they were to meet over his grave and. drink whisky by the half-pint, and then, he* grimly continues, “knowing what I know of the Irish character, my convic tion is that with these materials they will not fail to destroy each other!” Some people are most considerate in their thoughtfulness for the welfare of those who have been dependent on them. 'Annuities have been left to animals of all classes. Count Mirandola left an annuity to his fish; a Mrs. Harper left £IOQ to her black cat; a Mrs. Hunter left £2off a year to her parrot; another widow left £SO a year to her canaries: Dr. Christian! left 60,000 florins to his dogs, with remainder at their death to the University of Vienna; a Mr. Garland left annuities to his mopkey, his dog. and his cat. A good many testators leave a joke be hind them, hoping apparently to enjoy ib in a future state. One of the most ab surd examples of this elaborate fooling was that furnished by the trousers man, who owned no less than seventy-one pairs .of those useful garments. These he di rected to be taken as they were and sold by public auction, no person being allowed, to buy more than one pair. The first pair fetched but a trifle, and great was the purchaser’s joy at finding bank-notes to The value of £2OO in the pocket. The bid ding progressed by leaps and bounds as every subsequent pair was found to con tain a similar amount; but the residuary legatee yras anything but gratified at the return he got for that £14,000 and the trousers. Some wills are In rhyme, like that of the worthy Smithers: “As to all my worldly goods now or to be in store, I give to my beloved wife as hers for ever more. I give all freely. Ino limit fix. This Is my will, and she’s executrix.” Some are commendably short,* like that* of the city merchant who left £400,000 to his wife and children by a few lines writ ten inside an envelope. But the shortest will at Somerset house is in eight words: “Mrs. Browne to have all when 1 die.” SEIZURE OF STEAMERS. An Officious Canadian Oustomu Office* Bounced Without Pay. Amherstburg, Ontario, Aug. 19.— The Dominion government has suspended Cus toms Officer McCormick of Pelee Island without pay, because of the part he took in the seizure of the American pleasure steamers Leßoy Brooks, Victor and Louise for alleged violation of the Cana dian fishery laws. The suspension is the result of the in quiry instituted by the Dominion govern ment into the seizure of the American boats It was found that McCormick had been altogether too officious in enforcing the fishery laws against American pleas ure seekers. The charge against the Louise has not been sustained and the case will be dismissed. The three steamers were seized some weeks ago just across the Canadian line. They had the members of a fishing club aboard, and their violations of Canadian fishing laws were purely technical. SOARED BY A MIGHTY METEOR. Negroes Thought the Judgment Day Was at Hand. From the Philadelphia Record. Coffeyville, Miss.,Aug. 17.—An immense meteor burst over the town last night with a concussion that shook the earth for miles around, and 'frightened the peo ple greatly. 1 The negroes were greatly excited and look upon it as a warning that judgment day is close at hand. Witnesses of the phenomenon say that it resembled a balLof fire passing through the sky, and, when it reached a point di rectly over the town, exploded with a dea’lening report. Fragments of the me teor were picked up in the streets. PREDICTED HIS DEATH. Remarkable Prophecy of a Convict Comes True to Day and Hour. Columbus, 0., Aug. 19.—John Verdon, a penitentiary convict from Cincinnati, who dropped dead from heart disease! yesterday, predicted the day and hour of his death. When he was received at the prison he wrote this prediction on a slip of paper,which was given to another con vict to keep. The paper was examined to-day and found to be exactly true. "What do you take medicine for? Be cause you are sick and want to get well, of course. Then remember Hood’s Sare anirilla cures.—ad. 3