Newspaper Page Text
; rK SON CO. PUB. COM’Y, )
proprietors.
fOLIIMK V.
published every fuiday.
,nT $ HOWARD, Editor and Publisher,
JACKSON CO., GA.
v . P COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS.
Jfffr -
terms of subscription.
, nnV 12 months $1.50
K* f °P- ,J - 1.00
t 4 j “ 50
Club of Ten subscribers, an ex-
If the paper will bo given.
RATES of advertising.
Dollar per square (often lines or less)
he tir-t insertion, and Seventy-five Cents
l!!ch subsequent insertion.
‘T. t square is a space ot one inch, measured
Slow., the column.
Vlll Advertisements sent without spccihca
f the number of insertions marked thereon,
*jj° ba published TILE FORBID, and charged
tf-Busmcss or Professional Cards, of six lines
Seven Dollars per annum; and where
! t v do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars.
jtcgnf Jlilocctiscineiits.
''jackwii Sheriff’s Sale.
(ifILL be sold, before the Court House door,
yj in the town of Jetferson, Jackson count}’-,
, i within the legal hours of sale, on the first
jftiesday in February next, the following property,
(hat tract or parcel of land situate, lying
ad being in the county aforesaid, on the road
Irt'iimrfrom Jetferson to Athens, about four miles
(fom former place, adjoining lands of Mrs.
U'Brien, Strickland. Sarah Freeman and others,
lit place whereon James E. Hayes now resides,
onUining one hundred acres, more or less. There
irtibout sixty acres of said tract cleared and in
cultivation, balance of said land in old pine fields
imloriginal forest. There is situated on said land
i food two-story framed building and necessary
out-houses. Said land levied on by virtue of and
U satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the County Court
rfsiid county in favor of S. P. Thurmond and
Miry F. Rawson, Adm'rs, Ac., vs. said James E.
Hives. Written notice given to James E. Hayes,
the defendant and the tenant in possession, as re
quired by law. Property pointed out by plaintiff
by assignment.
T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh’ff.
Jackson Mortgage Sale.
\yiLL be sold, before the Court House door,
ii ii’/he town of Jetferson, Jackson county,
fi.. witnin the legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in February, 1880, the following pro*.
**rty. to-wit : One two horse wagon, one sorrel
Buie, nine years old ; one black mare mule, eight
years old ; one dun milch cow. All levied on by
nrtue of a mortgage li. fa. issued from Jackson
Superior Court in favor of 11. Atkins <fc Cos., as
vgnee of <J. S. Duke, vs. Crotf Duke, colored.
Property pointed out and more fully described in
Mid mortgage.
T. A. McELIIANNON, Sheriff.
jjKOIU.IA, C'oimiy.
Whereas, Louisa Millsaps, Executrix of Mar
'ilie Millsaps, late of said county, dec'd, repre
*<nts to the Court, by her petition duly’ filed, that
re has fully administered the estate of said (le
wd in terms of the law, aud is entitled to a
Miargo—
hs is to cite all concerned, kindred and crcd
to show cause, if any they can, on the first
Monday in April, 1880, at the regular term of the
wt ol Ordinary of said county, why Letters of
■'.'mission should not be granted the applicant,
t "„ v ’ en Ul '<ler my official signature, this Decem
w J!st, 1879. H. W. HELL, Ord'y.
I®o Tlie
People of Jackson!
0 IV! Rl STOKE is now being opened, and
£ *‘ l,)C complete, in all its details, in a few
conducted by the StatC<l " l thi ‘ S papCr ’ lt will b °
jfiMe of pimacy in Northeast Georgia!
JACOBS, well known to the pco-
W® have already received on
pa UIUMI [ ‘ rom somc of Jackson’s best citizens,
1 fATuriff th ° im P°J ta " ce of
11 I'KLGn from competent per
bur stock of
UNCY and TOILET GOODS
SF.in\r l,,lDAVS will I>C the LARGEST and
oVer brought South of Baltimore.
LOOK AT THIS!
have reduced all One Dollar ’atent Modi-
U] m f ' st 90c
n % Cents to 43c
'ny-Fivc Cents to 22c
NOW
Uofl, ti,u ' to take advantage of this reduc
„cts ATHENS PHARMACEUTICAL CO,
S' \A T 0 s,;oo ° A YEAR, or $5 to
p S2O a day in your own locality.
k , n No risk. Women dt> as well
snv v' an * V !ore than the amount stated
- an \ C) °. llc can fail to make money fast. Any
I ■-an h i " You can make from oO cts.
?>10,K.“?d cvotil .'S our evenings and spare
; '>iK‘ss ° ,! Us 'i)ess. It costs nothing to try the
Offered Ijef *''^b' n g like it for money making ever
~ra hlo. i>° re *, Ihisiness pleasant and strictly hon-
Ute best • V . a< er * if 7 ou want to know all about
Your • iM ln ® business before the public, send
Isanti''.. (lrcss ai d we will send you full particu
frfce; Vl) ’ ate tcr *ns free ; samples worth So also
' f,' ‘t . , (an fben make up your mind for your
lu.l n, ross GEORGE STINSON <fc CO.. Port
- ;: l<Uno - junel3
, PATENTS.
b r ol ' ‘pbehinann, Solicitor of American and
;'"'s ,lten ts. Washington,- D. C. All busi
vatent <V/h . tC< " 'th Patents, whether before the
■G el lar , 1c or the Courts, promptly attended to.
circuj. Uia ' u unless a patent is secured. Send
dr “ nov 7 —tf
THE FOREST NEWS:
The l tlieir own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
PIANOS stool , Cover and Hook only $143 to
!■', V r ? ans 13 st °l >s - 3 set Reeds,
2 Knee Swells, Stool, Hook, onlvs9S. ffisT'lldli-
FKEK * Address Daniel F.
Bratov , A\ aslungtoii, N. J.
A WANTEII For the Host and
Eastest-Selling Pictorial Hooks and Hibles.
1 rices reduced 33 per cent. National Publishing
Cos., Atlanta, Ga.
Agents Read This!
We want an Agent in this County to whom we
'' l pay a salary of SIOO per month and expenses
to sell our wonderful invention. Sample free
Address at once Sherman A Cos., Marshal, Mich
igan.
000 ret . urns * n 3d days on SIOO invested,
r, Official Reports and information free.
Ijike profits weekly on Stock options of $lO to
SSO. Address T. Potter AVight & Cos., Hank
ers, 35 Wall St., N. Y.
$25 to S6OOO|SSS=?
I’*>* |.Toil; l.v t 1... New rpiii|*ati>m
P'jstcni ot op-THtiug hi Slim krf. Fu-lCAjdfuiittidU on r.pnDcu
tiou to Adams, Know* & Cos., Bull kern, *l6 iiro.-id Si., N. V.
FIFTEEN POUNDS SAINED IN THREE WEEKS.
Messrs. Craddock & Cos.,
1032 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentlemen: —Please send me twelve bottles of Dr.
H. James Cannabis Indira , one each of Pills and
Ointment, for a friend of mine who is not expect
ed to live; and as your medicines cured me of
Consumption some three years ago, I want him
to try them. I gained fifteen pounds while taking
the first three bottles.
Respectfully, J. Y. HULL.
Lawrenceburg, Anderson Co s., Kxj.
j-pg-ffrfSygTy- rrXITS NEW
ELASTIC TRUSS
***'* TiBM I s cup shape, with Self-Adjusting
Eallin center, adapts! tselfto all
M SENSIBLE S positions of the body, while the
VQ; tdi icc M allln the cup presses back the
Sl® 1 Intestlnesjustasaperson would
with tho Finger. With light
1 pressure the Hernia is held securely
lay and night, and a radical cure certain. It Is easy, durable
and cheap. Sent by mail. Circulars free.
EGGLESTON TRUSS CO., Chicago, 111.
Cancer, Tumors, Ulcers, Scrofula,
and Skin Diseases, without the use of
l I Ilia ill fc n if e> OT jogg 0 f blood, and little pain.
¥ori nforraation, circulars and references, address,
Dr. F. L. POND, Aurora, Kano Cos., Ill*
S>IO,OCO. ,
C 5 A tw*<m whonnw jMen flti..|
So 1 u with our PATENTED SAFETY AT*
n r\ TACIIMEXT.
Mjk a May use any lamp or burner.
a ■ prevents dripping mid heat in-.
*""a Send lor samples,with size o; collar
'. 1 Hml ilenth of your lamp.
1 ’ ‘"-'l S. S. Newton’s Safely Lamp Cos.,
13 VV<st liro.J\vv, New \. rk.
Factory and Office, Binghamton, N. Y.
OSAISODAYSTftiAL
W e will send our Electro-A oltaic Belts and
other Electric Appliances upon trial for 30 days
to those suffering from Nervous Debility,
Rheumatism, Paralysis or any diseases of the
Liver or Kidneys, and many other diseases.
A Sure Cure quaranteed or no pay. Address
VOLTAIC 13ELT CO., Marshall. Mich. [dJ2
lIONEI Ullinu WAYS of AVAUi ST.
A llannal for ■nveslorx. —Shows how Jay
Gould, A anderhilt and other millionaires make
money in stocks. Copy sent free, with official re
ports of the market. Address J POTTER WIGHT
& CO., 35 Wall St., New York.
ST Si £ “y HOW to become Rich and
fA £1 I Watch sent free. U. S.
Agency, Mount Winans, Md.
a Month and expenses guaranteed to
4 Agents. Outfit free. Shaw & Cos.,
Augusta, Maine.
A YEAR and expenses to agents. Out
iJ / / / fit Free. Address P. O. VICKERY,
Augusta, Maine.
Purest and Best Medicine ever ni;;aeJ^
A eomLinritirm of llopi Biirhn, Mandrake
and Dandelion, with all the and most cura
tive pro pert ies of all other Hit ters makes the great
est Blood Purifier, Liver Kesru lotor, and Life
and Health Restoring Agent on earth.
No disease or ill health can possibly long exist
where Ilop Litters arc used, so vuricu and perfect
are their operations.
They give new life null vigor "to the csd and Inarm.
To all whose employments cause irregularity of
the bowels or urinary organs, or who require an A p
pe: izer, Tonic and mild '■ timulan t, Hop Litters are
Invaluable without intoxicating.
No matter what vnur feelings or symptons are,
what the disease or ailment Is, use Hop Bitters.
1 lon’t wait until you are si ole, but if you on'y feel
bad or miserable, use the Litters at once. It may
save your life. It has saved hundreds.
#SOO will be paid for a ease they will hot cure or
help. l)o not suffer nor let your friends Buffer, but
use and urge them to use Hop Litters.
Remember, Hop BittcrsD no vile, drugged, drunk
en nostrum, but the Purest and Lest Medicine ever
made; the “Invalids Friend niwl Hone, and
110 person or family should l>e without tlieim
Get some this day. KfcaSSSS
Hop Covgti Cvue is tho sweetest,safest and l>esl
Ask Children.
One Ilop Tad for Stomach,Liver and Kidneys Is
superior to all others. Ask Druggists.
D. I. C. is an absolute and irresistable cure for
Drunkenness, use of opium, tobacco and narcotics.
KAI!*M)ld by dru-gisU, Hop Bitters Mfe. Cos. Rochester, N.
Scud for Circular.
GUIDE to SUCCESS,
WITH FOR
~. , BUSINESS
FORMS „>&,
j s |t\ r pAR the best Business and Social Guide
and Hand-Book ever published. Much the latest.
It tells both sexes completely BEOW TO OO
KVEKVTIIWfi in the best way. How to be
Your Own Lawyer, How to do Business Correct
ly and Successfully, How to Act in Society and
iii every part of life, and contains a gold mine of
varied information indispensable to all classes for
constant reference. AGENTS WANTED for all or
spare time. To know why this book of REAL
value and attractions sells better than any other,
apply for terms to
1 1 11. B. SCAMMELL & CO., St. Louis, Mo.
We pay all freight. dec 12
w. flkming. emory f. axdekson.
FLEMING & ANDERSON
(Successors to J. W. Burke and W. Fleming.)
BOOKSELLERS, STATION EllS,
—AN IT—
NEWSDEALERS.
Nov 2* Athens, Ga.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 23. 18S0.
Pay the Printer.
M hen the cold storm howls round the door,
And you by the light of taper,
>Sit cozily by the evening fire,
Lnjoying the last paper,
Just think of him whose work thus helps
f o wear away the winter,
And put this query to yourself—
Have I paid the printer?
I rom cast and west, from north and south,
I* rom lands beyond the water,
lie weekly brings yon lots of news,
From every nook and quarter ;
No slave on earth toils more than he,
1 hrough summer’s heat and winter ;
How can you for a moment, then,
Neglect to pay the printer ?
T our other bills you promptly pay,
Wherever you do go, sir;
The batcher for his meat is paid.
For sundries is the grocer;
The tailor and the shoemaker,
The hatter and the vinter,
All get their pay, then why neglect
To settle with the printer?
[Written for The Chicago Ledger.]
A NIGHT OF HORROR.
BY NUX VOMICA.
’Twas midnight. The moon had veiled its
face from the world below. The stars, man’s
best friends, whose eyes always twinkle at
his mistakes, and fill with tears at his mis
fortunes, had to-night closed their eyelids,
refusing, it would seem, to countenance by
their light the dark scene about to be enacted.
The calm that precedes a storm had settled
upon all nature. The scene changes. The
dark, threatening clouds, so long confined,
were filling the air with muttered warnings.
Sharp flashes of lightning occasionally pierc
ing the gloom made the darkness still more
intense. The deep-rooted pines, that had for
years withstood the onslaughtof winter storms
and laughed defiance at the mad lashing of
summer gales, were to-night helpless in the
hand of the elements, and, stripped of their
1 ranches, they moaned and sighed at the
destruction that had come upon them. Each
successive Hash of light coming from the great
beyond revealed a large white house, standing
silent and alone.
The storm without increased in violence.
Within the mansion silence reigned as deep
and undisturbed as that which inhabits the
grave. Those within lay quietly sleeping,
unmindful of danger, and enjoying that sweet
repose that accompanies a conscience void
of offense. There -were two persons in the
house—the one, a man beloved by his friends
and respected by his enemies ; times without
number had lie placed the cup of cold water
to his neighbor’s lips, and many a poor woman,
applying a fresh faggot to the dying embers,
had, witli uplifted eyes and clasped hands,
prayed God to bless him as the friend of the
widow and the fatherless.
Although ho had yet scarcely reached the
top of the hill of }’ears, Mr. Graham had a
well-established reputation for honesty and
business integrity, and a record of which any
man might be proud.
Now, as our minister used to say, “ I have
dashed the picture upon the canvas I have
told } T ou all the good things I could about
Mr. Graham, and now I must say, with all
his virtues, ho had his failings.
In conversation with a friend a few days
before the event about to be recorded, con
cerning a recent burglary, he said : “ I do
not wish to take human life, but, let any man
enter my honse in the dead of night, with the
purpose and intent of robbery, and I would
shoot him on the spot. As I said before, 1
do not want my hands stained with human
blood, but I have a wife and a home to protect,
and that I will do, even at the sacrifice of
m}’ own l'fe. I seriously hope, for the sake
of my wife, that nothing of the kind will
happen at our house, as she is naturall} -
nervous and excitable, and I fear the shock
would be too much for her.”
Perhaps, reader, in jmur experience with
men, you may have met with such a character
as Mr. Graham. There were quite a number
of them around the last time I looked. Men,
you know, who, when their neighbor comes
down in the morning and relates his experi
ence with a burglar the night previous, how
he heard him at the blinds, and, looking out,
saw him stealing along the side of the house,
throw their hands into their pockets, and,
after stamping around the room several times,
ask hitn why he didn’t go right out and grab
him, remarking they’d like to see some burglar
fooling around their house in that way.
These are the kind of men who are very brave
in the day time, but when the day puts its
night-cap on, and the black curtain of night
is drawn over the world, they seem to lose
their grip ; their backbone loses its stiffness,
and, in walking home late at night, they
imagine every tree's a man, and that every
post wears pants.
Have you been awakened from a sound
sleep at about 2 o'clock in Hie morning and
fancied you heard a noise in the adjoining
room? You heard the clock tick ominously,
and then one of those long, cold, slimy shivers
would start at your heels and feel its way
swiftly the whole length of your back, and,
before you had time to crawl under the bed,
another one would start at the same place
and travel in the same direction. Oh ! how
you wished it was morning, and then, when
daylight fairly came, you remember how you
told your friends how somebody was prowling
around your honse tho night before, and
how you laid for them, and you just wished
they’d come again, j'ou’d fix’um.
It was under circumstances similar to these
that Mr. Graham was awakened _this dark,
stormy night by bis wife, who whispered in
his ear:
“ James, James ! wake up ! I tell you,
There’s someone in the house.”
Hut James, though he heard the disturbance,
Lay quiet and still as a mouse.
Being urged by his wife, at last he arose,
The picture of woe and despair,
While standing erect from that manly brow
Was eacli individual hair.
There he stood helpless and trembling.
Not daring to stir from the bed,
While the fear that fastened his feet to the floor
Was shaking the teeth in his head.
A loud crash was heard down stairs, then
all was quiet. At the earnest solicitation of
his wife Mr. Graham had dragged himself
from the bed, but his feet refused to move,
his hands clutched the bed clothes convul
sively, his eyes started from their sockets,
and with a shudder he sank back helpless
upon the bed. a used-up communit}-. Again
his wife urged him to take the light, proceed
down stairs and determine the cause of the
disturbance. Casting a reproachful look
upon her he said : “ Wife, do you want me
murdered ? Who' would protect yon if 1
should be taken away ? I will never leave
you when there is any danger around. Let’s
lay quietly in bed and mako them believe we
are asleep ; we haven’t got much they can
take, anyway.”
“ James Graham, I propose to know what’s
going on in this house to-night, and, if 3*oll
ain’t got spunk enough to go, I’ll go alone.”
“ Well, wife, if you will go, I’ll go with
yon ; you just take the light and go ahead,
and I’ll keep right behind 3*oll with this
pitcher of water, and if I see anybod3 r I'll
let fly at them.”
So the solemn procession startml. Mrs.
Graham held the light high above her head,
and tiptoeing along behind came her brave
husband. Cautiously descending the stairs
the procession wended its way to the dining
room. Mrs. Graham bravely threw open the
door ; the draught extinguished the light, and
Graham, thinking the burglars were upon
him, threw the water and pitcher with all his
might and started for the stairs on a dead
run, leaving his wife to follow as best she
could. The pitcher, of course, came down ;
but, fortunately, it did not come in contact with
the person of Mrs. Graham. But the water—
true to the law of gravitation—also came
down, and unfortunately for Mrs. Graham—
as she was attired in her evening costume—
its struck her squarely on the head, and lei
surely ran the whole length of her body. Af
ter groping her way back up the stairs and
striking a light, she looked around for her hus
band, but he was nowhere to be seen. After
calling him loudly several times, he at last
lifted the bed clothes from his head and
asked his wife, in piteous tones, if it wasn’t
pretty near morning.
Upon investigation, next morning, it was
found that one of the shutters had become
detached from the building, and the wind,
blowing in the right direction, had
forced itagainst the window, breaking several
of the glasses. This was the crash that was
heard.
The papers, next evening, contained this
account of Ihe night's proceedings :
DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY!
The following account of the attempted
burglary at the residence of our respected
townsmen and fellow-citzen, Mr. Graham,
will be read with interest by all who have
the honor of his acquaintance. We get this
account from Mr. Graham himself, whom we
have no doubt could truthfully magnify the
facts here recorded, were it not for his mo
desty and his wish to give to the matter no
undue publicity. At about 12 o'clock last
night, he was awakened by hearing a distur
bance in the room directly underneath the one
in which he was sleeping. Slipping quietly
from the bed, so as not to arouse his wife,
who is very nervous and excitable, he took
his revolver and started down stairs. The
thieves must have heard him coming, for the}'
were just departing through the frontdoor as
he came in sight. lie fired three shots at
them, and he is confident he must have hit
one of them, as there were several drops of
blood on the steps next morning. Nothing
of value has been missed. Mr. Graham is
entitled to a great deal of credit for the
prompt manner in which he acted on this oc
casion, and we will say we think if we had
in our town a few more men of pluck, such
as Mr. Graham, we would have fewer mid
night prowlers.
For the first time in a good while, Mr.
Graham neglected that night to take the cven
ing paper home to his wife.
Kalamazoo, Mich.
[From the Southern Farmer's Monthly.
Fruit Tree Borers.
BY ritOF. J. r. STELLE, MOBILE, ALA.
It is common to hear farmers speak of “the
borer," when referring to some Insect cutting
into the tranks of their orchard trees, and it
may be possible that every fanner is not
aware of there being more than one species.
There are three very common species, how
ever; two infesting the apple and one the
i peach—cash differing from the other in many
particulars as widel}' as a Guinea-fowl uitfers
from a goose.
The two species of borer, peculiar to tho
apple tree, arc now coining to be pretty gen-
known to well informed orchardists
respectively as the “ round-headed borer” and
the “ flat headed borer.” The round-beaded
borer is scientifically called Saperdci bivittati,
while the other is called Chrysobothris femo
rata.
Of the two insects just named the round
headed borer is considered by far the most
destructive, as it cuts deeply into the wood
of the tree, causing it to dwindle and die,
leaving the owner, in many cases, without the
slightest suspicion as to the true cause of the
trouble. The other species usually works
just under the bark, though in exceptional
cases I have found it deep in the wood. It
is not so large as the round-headed species,
and, although a veritable pest, its natural dis
position to keep near the surface, renders it
less injurious to the tree, and easier of de
struction.
An extended description of these borers is
scarcely necessary, as all owners of apple
trees in this country must bo quite familiar
with their general appearance. Borers some
what similar arc found in various forest trees ;
wc often come upon them in cutting or split
ting timber, calling them simply “ wood
worms.” They are entirety common to dead
trees, though we not unfrequently find them
in green, making holes, more or less oval in
shape, from the size of a mustard seed to that
of a marrow-fat pea. The apple tree borers
are “ worms” not unlike these in appearance
and character ; about tho only real difl'erence
resting in the fact that they work in the ap
ple tree and its near relatives, as tho pear and
the quince, while tiie others confine their ope
rations to certain trees of the forest.
Tho two borers under consideration ma3*
be rcadity distinguished from each other Il3*
the characteristics referred to in their com
mon names, one having a round head, but
little larger in diameter than its bod3*, while
the head of the other is flat and much larger
in diameter than anj* other part of tho insect.
When fully grown the round-headed borer is
about one inch in length, while the flat headed
species, in the same condition, measures in
length from one-half to three-fourths of an
inch. Each is the larva or young of a beetle,
which, though often met with, is not so well
known as is the borer, and, therefore, not so
invariably dealt with in accordance to its just
deserts.
The parent of the round-headed borer is a
cinnamon brown beetle, measuring a little
more than three-fourths of an inch from end
to ond, and having two white stripes on its
hack running the entire length of the insect.
“ Face,” “ feelers” and legs are white ; in
truth, white is tho prevailing color of the en
tire underside of the body. It flies at night,
but keeps closety concealed under bark,
leaves, etc., during the day, hence one is not
likely to see it often without making special
search for it. During the months of April
and May it makes its appearance for the sea
son in the cotton States (later further north),
and deposits its eggs on tho bark, near tho
root of the tree. In a few days these eggs
hatch out minute worms, which at once work
their way through the bark and into the wood,
where thc3* live a3 a worm three 3*ears, grow
ing in size and cutting about through the
trunk of the tree in various directions. At
the end of the time named they change into
the pupa state, and after thus remaining for
a brief period, come forth tho perfect beetles
already mentioned, reacty* for starting a now
generation of borers.
The beetle producing the flat-headed borer
is a little over half an inch in length, of a
greenish-black color interspersed with brassy
lines and spots on the upper surface, and
having a burnished, coppery appearance be
neath. It flies by c]ay, and deposits its eggs
at the base or in the forks of the tree at about
the same time in the season with tho other
species. The hatching and boring in of the
worms, transformations, and so on, are about
on the same plan, with the exception that the
flat-headed borer seldom cuts much deeper
than the inner bark, as already stated, and it
lives as a worm but one year before coming
forth as a perfect beetle.
The borer found in the peach tree has a
large flat head, and looks something like the
flat headed borer of the apple tree, though it
is an insect widely different in many respects.
It is not even the larva of a beetle, but is pro
duced by a little steel-blue moth with yellow
markings, which, with wings fully expanded,
would about reach across a silver twenty-five
cent piece. The female is much larger than
the male, and has more yellow upon her body,
but less upon her wings. The wings of both
have a peculiar construction which distin-
guishes them from most other moths : they
are very narrow, and when at full spread, give
the insect somewhat the appearance of a
dragon fly or “mosquito hawk.” The scien
tific name of this moth is JEijeim exilosia.
The peach tree borer works in the forks of
the tree, or at the base of the trunk near the
earth-line, living as a worm but one year, and
coming forth a perfect moth cotemporane
ously with the beetles of the apple tree borers.
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
) SI.OO For Six Months.
In a word, a* far as depositing eggs, hatuk
ing, cutting through the bark, etc.,' Ii
cerned, tho natural history of the three In
sects is the same. The peach tree borer con
iines its operations mainTy to the sap wood
of the tree.
1 he symptoms indicating the presence of
borers are in the apple, the cuttings or dust
sifting down the bark, or, cemented together,
protruding from the hole as a small brownish
plug; in the peach, knots of gum accumu
lating over the wound. A sickly condition
and general decline of the tree is apt to ho
apparent.
'The usual inode of operating against theso
pests is to watch for their start and cut them
out with some sharp instrument while they*
are jet in the neighborhood of the bark.
When already in some distance they may still
be destroyed, in many instances, by inserting
a slender wire into their holes and forcing it
alter them until it does the work. Some per
sons attempt to scald them to death with hot
water, but I regard this as decidedly an un
certain remedy. It might be effectual where,
the worms happened to bo very near the sur
face, but in no other case, of course.
But preventive is always better than cure
where it can be successfully employed, and
in this case it can. An application of soft
soap, made at the proper time, will never fail
to keep an orchard entirely clear of borers.
Hub the trees well with it about the base and
in all the main forks early in April, and keep
them well soaped throughout the egg-deposit
ing season of the insects, and nothing more
will be needed—not a borer will find its way
through the bark. No eggs will belaid upon
the soap, and it would mako hut littlo differ
ence if they were, for they would not hatch ;
and even should thej- hatch the tender youg
worms could never live to work beyond the
influence of the alkali.
The application of this valuable preventive
kills two birds with one stone, for while it
works death to the insects it gives life to tho
tree. Nothing is better for trees than a gooii
rubbing with soft soap, for it destroys fungi
and cleans and enlivens the bark, and when
the rains have washed it down among tlio
roots, it proves a most grateful fertilizer.
How Shot Are Made.
A shot tower is certainly a curious placo
to the uninitiated visitor, and the-process of
manufacturing tho leaden missiles is most,
interesting. Of course it is necessary that
the shot should fall a considerable elevation,
and the height ol many of the towers is over
two hundred feet. As pure lead will not.
make perfect globules, it is necessarily “tern,
pered.” This “temper” is prepared by tho
addition of ingredients, of which arseaic is.
the main property. It is run into bars con
venient for use. and, with pig-lead, hoisted
to the top of the towor. 11 ore are two small
rooms, one about twelve feet below the other
and each containing two huge kettles In
which the pig-lead and tho “temper” aro
melted. From one or tho other of tho two>
kettles in both rooms—as each room has a
separate shaft—streams of shot are constant-,
ly flowing. At the bottom of each kettle the
melten stuff pours into square pans perfora
ted at one side. These perforations aro>
large or small, according to the size of shot.,
desired, and seperate the mass into distinct,,
delicate, gleaming streams, which, in turn,,
as they come in contact with the atmosphero,.
separate into perfect globules or shot, which t
are cooled in their two hundred feet journoy
and the water into which they fall below..
Out of the shot pit, np through the water,
an endless belt, with cups attached, carries,
the wet shot, depositing it in a huge revolv
ing heated cylinder, where the globulos are,
thoroughly dried. From this they pass out.
upon a descending series of slightly inclined
tables, the lower edge of each one being
few inches above and distant from tho sue.
ceeding table. The perfect globules, from,
their specific gravity, go bounding over those.'
spaces, hut the imperfect shot are gradually
forced along until they reach them when,
they fall into receptacles, and being remolten,
go over the same journey again. From these,
sorting-tables, the shot are carried to a series,
of sizing sjeves, with perforated shoot-brass;
bottoms. Moved back and forth by machiiv
erv, the shot of a smallc- size pass through,
these perforations, larger shot of different,
size, from the motion of tho sieves, and fron*
their weight, gradually sorting
with absolut perfection. From the sorting-,
sieves, the shot pass into polishing-barrels,
containing a preparation the main coivstitu-.
ent of which is plumbago, and emerging
from these, burnished like silver, (Uyi their
way into repositories in the story below 4 t*x
the mouth of each of which is attached a del
icately-adjusted automatic scale, which wilß
discharge precisely twenty-five pounds of
shot into the bags beneath. —Amerioan Men t-_
ufacturer.
Facts About Flour..
Flour is peculiarly sensitive to the atmos-,
pheric influence, hence it should never bo.
stored in a room with sour liquids, nor where
onions or fish are kept, nor any article that,
taints the room in which it is stored. Any
smell perceptible to the sens© will be absorb
ed by flour. Avoid damp cellars or lofts,
where a free circulation of air cannot be ob
tained. Keep in a cool, dry, airy room, and
not exposed to a freezing temperature nor to
intense Summer, or artificial heat for any
length of time above 70or 75 degrees Fahr. ll
should not come in contact with grain or
other substances which are liable to heat.
Flour shoul l bo sifted and tlie particles thor-"
ouglily disintegrated and then warmed be
fore baking. This treatment improves the
color and baking properties of tho dough.
The sponge should be prepared for tli# oveq
as soon as the yeast has performed its mis.
sion, otherwise fermentation sets in and
acidity results —American Miller.
NUMBER 33.