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6 What the Grange Has Done. R. D. Barber, of Darwin Grange, Fayette County, Ind., thus sums up the benefits of the order to the farmers in that locality during the past year : There is a better feeling among the members socially, and all seem to see the necessity of getting out of debt. The community generally are in better condition financially than they have been for years. There is also a disposition on the part of merchants to force collections, which will result in benefit to the membership, for they now see that the sooner we get to the cash system the better for us. Our Grange has saved several hundred dollars during the year on what we bought. Part of the members sold their hogs last year in one lot and made 90 cents on the hundred more than those who sold to the gentlemen that rode through the country cursing the Grange. The Grange Movement, as it is termed, has in a comparatively short time brought about the most extensive and beneficial reforms known in the history of the world. It has struck a death blow at the credit system ; it has brought the farmers and manufacturers, bankers, dealers, mechanics and artists face to face ; driven off the unwary and annoying speculator ; has en couraged widespread social, christianizing and familiar interchange among farmers, the neglect of which had well-nigh lapsed into a degree of indifference bordering on stoicism. The great compact awakens in the social circle pleasant and kindly voices and throws over all the halo of lasting virtue*— Southern Agent. Patrons, Plant Trees and Vines. Let each Grange require every member to plant out one or more fruit trees or grape vines (which duty might be held as a debt against the member until the proper season occurs). If the custom is permanently fixed, that there shall be as many fruit trees set out as there are meetings of the Grange, it will convert even the fence-corners into places of profit, and supply an immense amount of fruit to the country without feeling it pecuniarily or otherwise. On old fields where scarcely anything else will grow, peaches and grapes, plums and cherries may be made to yield in profusion. By all means, the fence-corners around the farm should be devoted to this pur pose. At present, they are usually given up to briers ami bushes, and form uncouth borders to our farms. Grange Exchange, or sale days, are what the Patrons in some of the States are now proposing; that is, they propose to establish regular mar ket days at stated places, for the sale of stock, grain, and produce generally. It is a good idea, and is already successful in many localities. A new game has been started in the moun tains called Granger seven-up.” Three per sons play for a can of oysters; the first man out gets the oysters, the last the can, and the ‘•middle-man” don't get anything. The Patrons of Goodhue Co., Maine., have organized a manufacturing association with a capial of SIOO,OOO, in SSO shares. It is held that a Grange cannot surrender its charter so long as nine men and four women, members thereof, vote against so doing. The Farmers' Fire Insurance Co., of Minne sota, which practically is under the direction of the Grange, reports most favorably upon the business done in 1874. The growth of the Patrons throughout the South is remarkable. In Alabama there are now reported to be 641 Granges, with 32,000 members ; in Florida, 108 Granges, with 5,500 members; in Arkansas, 521 Granges, with 21,- 000 members ; while in other Slates there are also numerous lodges with large membership. The Grangers of Haywood county, Tenn , are about to establish a manufacturing estab lishment at Brownsville. The Grangers north of Duck river in Maury county, Tenn., are raising a joint stock company for erecting a mill and manufacturing establish ment at or near Carter’s Creek Station ; and with such men as Majors Rogers, Cheairs, Gib son, Southall, Jones, ami others, success is doubly assured as soon as they go to work. G. 11. Slaughter, D. P. Safford, Charley War field, ami others, are getting up a joint stock mill, to be located at St. Bethlehem. Montgomery c ounty, Tenn., a thriving place. We are glad to know that in many other coun ties they are waking up to the importance of building up mills and factories on the co-opera tive plan.— Kura! Sun. if l I THX WAL SO BW & WW JAFKLJDKLSAFJLKF A LOVER’S THOUGHT. BY J. E. CHENEY. Love each minute, sweet, for life is such A little space; Keep closely at my side where I can see Your dear, dear face ; And let your feet keep step along the way Which mine must trace. It is a toilsome path, but love can make It seem so bright; And with your hand in mine I can abide The deepest night. And since He guides us both, I know the way Will all be right. For th* Rural Southerner and Plantation. Mr Editor: In the August number of your excellent journal, where “ Women and children” were called “ to the rescue,” I notice that the Editor of the Health Department has shirked his duty as one belonging to the fraternity to whom I so earnestly appealed for information in my arti cle of Tight Shoes and Hign Heels, by stating that while at “ fault in my physiology, I am cer tainly correct in my factsleaving me thus, without making the desired corrections. I made no physilogical assertions: but in the form of questions, appealed to the learned expound ers of that science for facts, of physiological ef fects, as produced or called into existence by painful causes. I am not willing to permit Dr. Wilson whom, I know capable of investigating the subject, or any other physician, to throw oft' so lightly questions of so serious and grave import to the welfare of my race. If I was in error, he must correct me in an article, that in the correction, it cannot be otherwise than beneficial to my sex; and when that is done, I shall have accomplished the sole object in view in the production of my article. He farther states that, “To make the argument effective, the writer should be able not only to give the science, but the facts,” etc. As he admits that 1 have given the facts, I solicit from him the logical deductions of the science, in consideration of the fact that ladies have not been permitted to explore the physiological laby rinths that he, as a physician, has been initiated into the mysteries of; and from which knowl edge no individual reasons have excluded us, but educational customs, which must plead for our ignorance. The day has come, however, when women de sire to become enlightened, at least in so much as regards their own individual welfares; and to who* shall they go, if not to those who stand as benefactors to their sex? Then, as an hum ble supplicant, I stand as her representative— while I also plead my own individual right—at the door of Knowledge and knock, begging Dr. Wilson, or whomsoever may possess the key, to open unto us and teach us ; not in an alarm call of “ Women and children to the rescue,” who, I am sorry to state, are. as a mass, as ignorant in physiology as myself, but for himself and others, who are professional physiologists, to come to the “Rescue.” Most respectfully, MRS. B. 11. HARPER. Atlanta, 1874. Intkllbctual Culturb.—A cultivated mind may be said to have infinite stores of innocent gratification. Everything may be made inter esting to it, by becoming a subject of thought or inquiry. Books, regarded merely as a grati fication, are worth more than all the luxuries on earth. A taste for literature secures cheerful occupation for the unemployed and languid hours of life; and how many persons in these hours, fir want of innocent resources, are now compelled to coarse pleasure ? How many young men can be found in this town who, un accustomed to find a companion in a book, and strangers to intellectual activity, are almost driven, in the long dull evenings of winter, to haunts of intemperance and bad society? Yikld a Littli.—lt is better to yield a little than to quarrel a great deal. The habit of standing up, as people call it, for their (little) rights is one of the most disagreeable and un dignified in the world. Life is too short for the perpetual bickerings which attend such a disposi tion ; and unless a very momentous affair indeed, where other people’s claims and interests are involved, it is a question if it is not wiser, hap pier and more prudent to yield somewhat of precious rights than squabble to maintain them. True wisdom is first pure, then peaceable and gentle. ATLANTA MARKET. CORRECTED TO MARCH 8, 1875. GRAIN. Corn—new white $ 105 “ mixed 105 Wheat—white 1 35al 45 amber 1 30al 40 red 1 20al 25 Oats—white S 3 black 90 mixed 80 Peas 1 40 Corn meal ..... 1 05 Grits, per bbl ' 6 50a7 00 FLOUR. Superfine $ 5 50 “ Extra 6 00&6 25 Family 6 25a6 50 “ Extra 6 75a7 00 Fancy 7 25a7 50 Buckwheat Flour, per bbl $lO 00 HAY. Timothy $ 160 Tennessee 1 25al 35 Clover 1 25 PROVISIONS. Bacon —clear sides. C. R. sides 12X Shoulders 9.% Sugar-cured hams, new 14?4a15 “ “ “ old 12%a13 Bulk—clear sides 11X C.R. sides UM Shoulders 8 Hams.... 12 Bacon hams 13 al4 Lard—tierces 15a16 Kegs and cans 16a17 Buckets 17 Mackerel—No. 3, per bbl 11 00 No. 3, per kit 1 25 No. 2, per one-half bbl 6 00 No. 2, per kit 1 50 No. 1, per <‘ne-half bbl 7 25 No. 1, per kit 1 75 GROCERIES. Coffee—Rio, per lb 22Xa24 Laguira 26 O. G. Java 38 Sugar—A, per lb 11M Extra C 11 Yellow’s 10 aIOM N. O. fair to choice BXall Molasses—per bbl 45 Syrups—New York 50 a75 New Orleans 70 a75 Candles—per lb 17X Cheese—per lb 15 alB Soaps—P. M. Soap 350 SALT. 9 Liverpool, per sack $1 75 Virginia 2 00 Rock, per lb Table, per dozen 1 50 SUNDRIES. Iron ties 6a7X Bagging—Gunny HX 21b 12X 2} B ' lbs 13 Standard 13X Borneo 18X Feathers 50a70 W 00l 35a50 Yarns $l2O Nails—for 10s and 20s $lO 00 Seed Potatoes—Early Rose 4 00 Goodrich 4 00 Pink Eye 4 25 Esculents—Onions 4 00a4 50 Irish Potatoes—Goodrich 4 00 Pink Eye 4 25 Russetts, west’n 3 40a3 50 Sweet Potatoes 50eal 00 Apples, per bbl 3 00a5 00 Dried Apples, per lb, coumtry.. 5 “ •* “ northern.. “ Peaches, unpeeled 4 a5" “ “ peeled 18 a2O Honey, strained, per lb 20 Tallow per lb 8 a 9 POULTRY. Chickens—dressed, per lb 12c Turkeys—dressed, per lb 15c Turkeys 75al 25 Chickens 15a 20 FRESH MEATS. Beef—Loin 15c Roast and Steaks... x 15 Pork, nominal 12 Mutton 12X&15 SUNDRIES. Cheese—State dairy 15 a!8 Factory 17 aI7X Onions—Silver Skin, very choice 4 75a5 00 Red 4 75a5 00 COUNTRY PRODUCE. Butter 20 a25 Eggs 18 a2O Feathers 50 a7O Wool, washed 32 aSO unwashed 25 GRASS SEEDS. Clover $8 00 Timothy 4 50 Orchard grass 3 00a3 50 Blue grass 2 25 Herd Grass 2 50 Hungarian millet 2 00 LIVE STOCK MARKET. Cattle—Tennesec 3X»BX Country 2Xu4X Sheep—Tennesee 1 Country 2 a-3 Shoats 5 a6 FINANCE. Buying. | Selling. Gold 112 X 1 14 Silver 1 03 1 05 Exchange on New York par. X prem. Loans lalX JUNK MARKET. Rags... .buying prices 2 &2X Waste paper—buying prices x PAPER. Book 14 a!8 Manilla m a!2 News, best rag llXalX Wrapping bx RAILROAD_SCHEDULE. Atlanta <fc Richmond Air-Line Railroad. Leave Atlanta 8 45 p.m Arrive at Atlanta 7 30 p.m Georgia Railroad. DAY PASSENGER. Leave Atlanta J W a,m Arrive at Atlanta 5 45 p.m NIGHT PASSENGER. Leave Atlanta 40 40 p.m Arrive at Atlanta. 6 20 a.m Atlanta and West Point Railroad. PASSENGER. Leave Atlanta 40 30 p.m Arrive at Atlanta ° 45 p.m ACCOMMODATION. Leave Atlanta 45 p.m Arrive at Atlanta 4 30 p.m Western and Atlantic Railroad. DAY PASSENGER. Leave Atlanta ® 40 a.m Arrive at Atlanta do p.m NIGHT PASSENGER. Leave Atlanta. 40 15 p.m Arrive at Atlanta " P ,m Central Rairoad —Atlanta Division. DAY PASSENGER. Arrive at Atlanta 2 00 P ,ni NIGHT PASSENGER. Arrive at Atlanta 5 00 a.m USEFUL TABLES. PLANTS UPON AN ACRE OF GROUND. Distances apart. No - 6 inches by six inches quo.. 7,260 3 “ 3 5 .. 5 • :: U ::::::::: 10 “ 10 “ 435 QUANTITY OF SEED USUALLY SOWN UPON ONE ACRE- About Dwarf beans, in drills 1 to 1J bush. Pole beans, in hills 8 to 12 qts. Early peas, in drills 4 2 hush. Marrowfat peas, in drills 4 Corn, in hills 9* 3, Beet, in drills 4 4° & lbs. Carrot, iu drills 2to 3 “ Cucumber, in drills 1 to 2 Onion, in drills 4to 6 “ Parsnip, in drills 4to 5 “ Radish, iu drills 6 to 8 “ Spinach, in drills 8 to 10 “ Squash .2 “ Salsify, iu drills 6to 8 “ Sweet corn, (for soiling) 2 to 3 bush. Turnip H )S - Chinese sugarcane... .' 10 to 12 qts. Broom corn, in hills 10 to 12 qts. White clover, alone 12 to 15 lbs. Blue grass, alone, (for lawn) 56 “ Rye grass, alone 2 bush. Orchard grass 2to 3 “ Mixed lawn grass .4 “ Red-top grass, alone, (for lawn) 4 “ BUSINESS) LAW. 1. Ignorance of the law excuseth no one. 2. It is fraud to conceal a fraud. 3. The law compels no one to do impossibili- ties. 4. An agreement without consideration is void. 5. Signatures made with lead pencil are good in law. 6. A receipt for money paid is not legally con- clusive. 7. The acts of one partner bind all the others. 8. Contracts made on Sunday cannot be en- forced. 9. A contract made with a minor is void. 10. A contract made with a lunatic is void. 11. Contracts for advertisements in Sunday newspapers are invalid. 12. Principals are responsible for the acts of agents. 13. Agents are responsible to their principals for errors. 14. Each individual in partnership is responsi- ble for the whole amount of the firm. 15. A note given by a minor is void. 16. Notes bear interest only when so stated. 17. It is not legally necessary to say on a note “ for value received.” 18. A note drawn on Sunday is void. 19. If a note be lost or stolen, it does not re- lease the maker ; he must pay it. 20. An indorser of a note is exempt from liabil- ity if not served with notice of its dishon or within 24 hours of its non-payment. 7he Southern Publishing Co. want agents for Bingley s Natural History—lo4o pages and 1070 illustrations.