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By the Eagle JPulblisliing- Company. VOLUME XL. 1899. L E. AIM & CO. START THE New Year BY GETTING IN NEW GOODS. rmb* :_aMaeuinM**aetA«MiaeeiaßMaMMiMßßaaaaßß This week we are opening up a large shipment of SHOES. To all our customers we wish to say that this year our stock of Clothing, Hats, Shoes, and Fine Dry Goods will be the largest we have ever shown. R. E. ANDOE & CO., 14 iVlain St. Telephone O. -■*- » Waterman, Burnett & Co., I Wiers, Tailors, GENTS’ FURNISHINGS and SHOES, I GAIHESVILLE, G--A-. --rllie a Time to Flow. The season for sowing grain is now here, and it is to your interest to have best implements. We have a large stock of < ' 1 ll IMF f: • Alp ' CUTAWAY HARROWS,-.- Torrent Harrows. 1,2, and 3 Horse Plows: AVERY’S STEEL, SYRACUSE, SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL WORKS, OLIVER PATENT. - U^ => Qtr/\ r P A stock. AH styles—ill prices.— I3?“OA1 JL vX U±l O» Breech and muzzle loaders. A new era in prices. Everything cheaper than ever before. Come and see us. S.C. DINKINS & CO THE GAINESVILLE EAGLE. PLANT LIFE, to be vig- ! orous and healthy, must have Potash Phosphoric Acid and Nitrogen. These essential elements are to plants, what bread, meat and water are to man. Crops flourish on soils well supplied with Potash. Our pamphlets tell how to buy and apply Fertilizers, and are free to all. GERMAN KALI WORKS, ©3 Nassau St, New York. Sour Stomach ‘•After I was iuduced to try CASCA -IXKTS, 1 will never be without them in the house. My liver was in a very bad shape, and my head ached and 1 had stomach trouble. Now. since tak ing Cascarets. I feel fine. My wife has also used them with benedcial results for sour stomach.” Jos. Khkhlinc. I'xil Congress St.. St Louis. Mo. CANDY TRADE MARK REOiSTERZO Pleasant. Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, 25c.50c ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Sterling Remedy Company, (h'esgo, Montreal, New York. 318 Hfl-Tfi RAP Sold an >d gunranippd by all drug -13 U“ I U DAU gists to Tobacco Habit. iOS ; * * JIS Cleanses and beautifies the Lr.lr > CMPromotea a luxuriant growth. J > Fails to Bestcre Gray I Hair to its Youthful Color, j I Curea scalp diseases & hair falling. ( 50c, and <I.OO at Druggists | trFaWs foolease, A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At this season your feet feel swollen, nervous and damp. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen’s Foot-Ease. It warms the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweat ing feet, blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and is a certain cure for Chilblains and Frost bites. Try it to day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES Alien’s Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet and Instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot-Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure fcr Chilblains, sweating, callous, tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists a«d shoe stores, 25c. Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. .-. Okleherter’aJEnrllßh DicWlw.il Brxm-I. Pennyroyal pills H Original and Only Oennfne. A OAFE » always reliable, ladies ask f'Sx Druggirt for Chichester s English Dia-jfßFv\ Brand in Red and Gold metallio\YksV sealed with blue ribbon. Take “no other. Jtefuee dangerous substitu- V I / ~ ftftions and imitations. At Druggist,, or send 4e. I J#' In stamp! for particulars, testimonials an 1 \ "C* © “Relief for Ladle*,” in letter, by return WA £r Malt. 10,000 Testimonials. Name Paper. „ ChtcheaterChemlealCo.,Madison Square, old br ail Local Druadsu. Phllnda., Pa, It rests with you whether you continue nerve-killing tobacco habit. N mTll-UAOIMMI removes the desire for tobacco, WJBWIjjS outnervousdistress. expels J 1 tine, purifies the blood, aI L It* fiynj Wo - stores lost manhood, «l ■ ■ boxes makes you stronger® V I■ I <OO,OOO in health, kJ A W JLw^casescured. Buy and TO BAC from book. a a own druggist, who ■ Eg vouch for us. Take it with AVl|Fa will,patiently, persistently. One box. SI. usually cures; 3 boxes, >2.50, guaranteed to cure, or we refund money. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago, Montreal, Hew York. DfsTrYDER & MERRITT, DENTISTS . GAINESVILLE. - - - GA. Dental work of all kinds done in a skillful manner. Crown and Bridge work a specialty. MONTHLY SUFFERING. *T*housands of women are troubled at monthly inter- xA JgA vals with pains in the head, back, breasts, shoulders,sides hips and limbs. But they need «gj£| not suffer. These pains are symptoms of dangerous derangements that can be corrected. The men strual function should operate painlessly. W«rdui makes menstruation painless, and regular. It puts the deli cate menstrual organs in condi tion to do their work properly. And that stops all this pain. Why will any woman suffer month after month when Wine of Cardui will relieve her? It costs fi.oo at the drug store. Why don’t you get a bottle to-day? For advice, in cases requiring special directions, address, giv ing symptoms, “The Ladies’ Advisory Department,” The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. ••••«©©••»« Mrs. ROZENA LEWIS, of Oenavllle, Texas, says: “ I was troubled at monthly intervals with terrible pains in my head and bark, but have been entirely relieved by Wine of Cardui.” JOHN MARTIN, NACOOCHEE, GA. REAL ESTATE. Mines and Mining Lands, Farms and Farming Lands, Timber and Wild Lands SOLID INVESTMENTS AT TEMPTING PRICES. Correspondence Invited. EZstaJblished in 1860. GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1899. ALL COTTON FALLACY OLD BLUNDER THAT FARMERS SHOULD AVOID IN THE COMING YEAR. RAISE SUPPLIES AT HOME Time Has Arrived to Stop Relying p» a Crop Which Sells Below 1 Cost of Production. Atlanta, Jan. 1, 1899. The beginning of the new year is upon ns and 1898, with all its hopes and dis appointments, is a thing of the past. It will be well for each of us at this time, before we commence our work for the year, to take a calm and thoughtful view of the situation, and then to act as become sensible men. What, then, do we find to be the con dition of the average Georgia farmer at this time? After working 12 months to make and gather a large cotton crop,; has he any money left from its sale? 1 say emphatically no. Those farmers are fortunate indeed who have been able to pay the debts incurred by them in mak ing the last cotton crop, the vast ma jority having unpaid accounts agains. them either for guano, meat, corn or goods of other kinds. Has the average Georgia farmer a supply of corn, oats, hay and fodder, with which to feed his stock of every kind until he can make another crop? Has he plenty of homemade meat and flour aud syrup, with which to feed all bauds ou his farm for the next ten months? Are his mules, and horses, and cattle, and hogs, and sheep in good order and well cared for, now in the midst of a cold, long winter? Has he an abundance of poultry of all kinds,, well housed and well fed? Has he plenty of good milk and butter from graded Jersey or Holstein cows? Hal he a rich garden from which he can’ daily gather the winter vegetable to add to his bill of fare? To all these ques tions I must regretfully answer no. Aqd yet I assert positively that all these ara within easy reach of every land owner in Georgia who will throw off the curse of all cotton growing, and return to the ways of our fathers. Shall we continue to grow aud sell cotton below the cost of production (to* the great delight of the balance of man kind, who care nothing for our suffer ings) until total ruin overtakes us, ox shall we make a united aud determined effort to raise our own supplies in abun« dance, and thus make our cotton crop 1 an absolute surplus? I see no hope fox our farmers save to adopt the lattex plan and stick to it regardless of tlak. price of cotton. Don’t delude yoursem idea neighbors vvißj diminish their cotton acreage and there fore you will increase yours in the hope of getting a good price. There could be no greater mistake of judgment than this, as the selfish farmer so acting will find to his cost at the end of the season. If Georgia made no cotton this year, the loss would doubtless be made up by the yearly increased acreage of rioh cot ton lands brought into cultivation west of the Mississippi river. We had better prepare ourselves for a long period of low-pnced cotton, for the outlook prom ises nothing else, and being prepared, we can better endure such a calamity. For 83 years we have relied on cotton alone with which to purchase every thing else. During that time we have made not less than 20,000,000 of bales, worth at a moderate estimate, fully $800,000,000. What has become of this vast amount of money, which, if kept at home, would have made us one of the richest states in the Union? It has all gene to pay the farmers and manufac ti rers of the north and east for supplies of various kinds, every item of which w 3 could and should have produced w Tun our own borders. Suppose wa had made only 10,000,000 bales in the past 33 years, and in addition had produced all the supplies that we have bought from other states, is it not self evident that we would be better off by $400,000,000 than we are at present? The entire property of the state, eities included, is now but a little over $400,000,000, and the farmers of Georgia ought alone to have been richex by this vast amount, ibid they not been deluded by the all-cotton fallacy. Look around you in your different communities and note the successful farmers of your acquaintance; invaria bly you will find them to be the men wbo have diversified their crops and raised their own supplies. No state ox section can prosper that relies entirely on one crop. Kansas tried it with wheat, until most of her farms were mortgaged, and she was only saved from utter ruiu, it is said, by the “hen aud the cow.” Now, with diversified farming, she is again on the read to prosperity. I write as a farmer to farmers, know ing and appreciating the difficulties in the way, but I believe they can all be overcome by a persistent and determined effort in the rignt direction. I by no means advise the abandonment of cot ton culture, for we have no other money crop upon whieh we can with absolute certainty depend; but I do urge upon, and plead with each and every farmer in the state, to plant no seed of cotton, until he has planted such an acreage of each and every other crop that will grow on his land, that, let the season be dry or wet, he will be assured of abun dant and varied provision crops. In ad dition to this let proper attention be given to the raising of stock of all kinds, particularly cattle, hogs and poultry. With proper management, it is easier and cheaper to raise a pound of pork or a pound of any kind of poultry, than it is to raise a pound of cotton, and yet a pound of pork is worth as much and a pound of poultry from two to three times as much as a pound of cotton. The papers stated that Atlanta alone used 10,000 turkeys on Thanksgiving day, and I venture to say that nine tenths of them came from Tennessee and Kentucky. What a commentary on our method of farming I A good beginning has been made in thq right direction in the sowing of the wheat crop probably in the late giistory of the state. A fair crop of fall -oats has also been planted, but the acre age should be doubled or trebled with out delay. Prepare to plant a good corn | ?rop, not less than ten to 12 acres to the , jlow; and be sure to either broadcast i ield peas in your coru at the last plow ' ng, or drop them on, or by the side of the . jorn rows at the second plowing. Then not less than five acres to the for such crops as groundpeas, po tatoes, sugarcane, millet, etc. After |that, put ten acres, and no more, in regardless of who may advise , you to the contrary. A crop like this swill give you 25 acres to the plow, and that is enough for North Georgia, {though in Middle and South Georgia, a ,few more acres might be cultivated in tcorn or groundpeas. f Buy as little guano as possible, but ’ ase all the homemade fertilizers that can get together between this and planting time. * Stop buying hoehandles, axhelves, rhames and other things that you can > and should make at home on rainy days. Never go to town with an empty wagon, but always carry something to liell, if only a load of wood. ■ Buy nothing on credit if you can pos sibly avoid it. Better suffer some pri vations than go in debt. we would be independent and pros- I perous, we must farm on the lines sug gested. No other road will lead us out of the woods iu vvh sh we are now al most hopelessly lost—but if we will fol low the course I have endeavored to Jalaze out, we will in a short time be a prosperous and contented people. ■ In the laudable effort to become self .sustaining, all must lend a hand. The merchants and the landlords can greatly , aid in the good work by not insisting 'that their customers aud tenants shall pliant large cotton crop in order to get ‘supplies. This course, hitherto pur- ■ sued, has resulted in greatly increasing Fthe cotton acreage, to the serious in jnty—l may even say almost ruin—of all hands concerned. If they would try /the opposite course, extending aid and ’credit only to those who make their food supplies, how different and how ‘gratifying would be the result. I ap 4>eal particularly to the merchants, who, by their insistence on a large cotton Mereage before credit would be extended, luave practically “killed the goose that •laid the golden egg.” Let them “face jabout” and refuse credit to their cus tomers who may cantemplate planting large cetton acreage. If such a course IshouM be adopted and carried out, it Needs no gift of prophecy to foretell amount of poverty and suf ferifi t would be banished from our than willing to help on this by every meauajp my power, and the greatest reward that the con duct of this department could offer me would be the satisfaction of feeling that I had aided, even though in a very small degree, in restoring to the suffering farmers of Georgia, that plenty and prosperity which they once enjoyed. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner. Work For the Month. Start the plows as soon as possible, and finish sowing wheat and oats. Take advantage of every day when the ground is in suitable condition and speed the plow, that you may be ready to plant the various crops at the proper time. Subsoil, or at least double furrow as much of your land as possible, particu larly for such crops as corn, sorghum and sugarcane. Arrange for a good garden by heavy manuring and deep plowing, and in South Georgia plant the hardier vegetables the latter part of the month. During the many days that it will be too wet to plow, repair the fences, gates, terraces, etc. Make your composts; mix your fertilizers; haul leaves and keep your stock well bedded; put good homemade handles in all your tools, and keep away from town. Too much of this month is often frittered away in comparative idleness, many farmers thinking they have plenty of time ahead in which to prepare their land for planting, and then should Feb ruary and March be very wet, planting time will catch them unprepared. Kalnit Dearer Than Muriate. “Throughout the entire south we notice a tendency among farmers to purchase kainit in preference to the other salts of potash, we presume be cause It is lowest in price per ton,” re marks a writer in Texas Farm and Ranch. “A ton of kainit at $lB is dearer than a ton of muriate at $45; while the freight on each would be the same, the former would contain but 240 pounds of pure potash to the ton, while the lat ter is half potash, or l>ooo pounds to the ton. On the score of economy, if from no other cause, this latter fact should be borne in mind.” Wanted Something Quicker. Some few years ago I issued a policy on the life of a man who was far from being a model husband. I called for the premium every week and rarely got it without a grumble from the wife. The last time I called she said “I ain’t going to pay you any more. There’s Mrs. Smith only had her old man in M. ’s society three months, and he’s dead and she’s got the money. I’m going to put my old man in that, so you needn’t call again ” —Liverpool Mercury The Time It Worked. Little Johnny always wanted to sleep in the morning, and finally Papa Mc- Swatters wondered how he would ever get the boy up betimes. At last he struck upon the following “Johnny, the furnace fire is all fixed, and the ashes have been carried out, and the leaves raked. Breakfast is al most over and only three pancakes left ’ Johnny forgot his ablutions in his hurry. —Syracuse Herald. An Antique Weapon. “Yon are an iceberg!’’ exclaimed her elderly but well preserved adorer, pale with anger an d mortification. ‘‘A dozen Cupids, with a hundred arrows each, could never find a vulnerable place in your flinty heart! ’' “Not if they used an old beau to shoot with, Mr. Wellup, ” coldly replied the young and beautiful Miss Flyppe.— Chicago Tribune. TO AID FRUIT GROWERS MEASURE PASSED AT RECENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN ATLANTA. SIGNED AND NOW IN EFFECT Bill Provides For a Commission to Inspect and to Destroy All Pest Infected Trees. For the benefit of the fruit growers of Georgia, the following bill was passed at the recent session of the legislature, and has now become effective: Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of Georgia: 1. That an act entitle! “Au act to re quire the commissioner of agriculture to establish a special department of horti culture and pomology, to employ an entomologist, etc., etc.,” approved Dec. 21, 1897, be amended so as to read as follows: Section 1. That from and after the passage of this act, the commissioner of agriculture of the state of Georgia, the president of the Georgia State Horti cultural society and the president of the Georgia State Agricultural society shall, ex-officio, constitute a board to be known as the state board of entomology, of which the commissioner of agriculture shall ba chairman, which board shall have full power to enact such rules and regulations governing the inspection, certification, sale transportation aud introduction of trees, shrubs, cuttings, buds, vines, bulbs and roots, that they may deem necessary to prevent the fur ther introduction, increase and dissemi nation of insect pests and plant diseases. Sec. 2. That the state entomologist appointed by the commissioner of agri culture under the provisions of the act cited above, approved Dee. 21, 1897, shall act as an inspector under the pro visions of this act, and it shall be the duty of the said board to promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with this act, for the government of said ento mologist in the duties devolving upon him iu the execution of the provisions of this act. Seo. 3. That the salary of the said entomologist shall not exceed $1,500 per annum, aud that said salary shall be paid out of the funds in the agricultu ral department arising from the inspec tion of oils. In addition to the above appropriation the sum of SI,OOO per annum is hereby appropriated out of the funds in the agricultural department arising from the inspection of oils, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the execution of this aot, —the equip ment of a laboratory, the traveling and other expenses of the entomologist and thj issuing of reportsand other publica tions. Sec. 4. The entomologist shall have power under the regulations of the board of centrol, to visit any section ot the state where such pests are supposed to exist, aud shall determine whether any infected trees or plants are worthy of remedial treatment or shall be de stroyed. And he shall immediately re port his findings in writing, giving rea sons therefor, to the owner of the in fested plantation, his agents or tenants, and a copy of each report shall also be submitted to the sa4d board. In case of objection to the findings of the.inspeo tor, an appeal shall be made to the said board, who shall have the power to summon witnesses and hear testimony on oath, and whose decision shall be final An appeal must be taken within three days and shall act as a stay of pro ceedings until it is heard and decided. Sec. 5. Upon the findings of the in spector in any case of infected trees or plants, the treatment prescribed by him shall be executed at once (unless an ap peal is taken), under his supervision; cost of material and labor shall be borne by the owner; provided, however, that in case the trees or plants shall be con demned, they shall be destroyed by the inspector, and the expenses of such ac tion shall be borne by the owner. No compensation shall be allowed for any plants that shall be destroyed. Sec. 6. In case any person or persons refuse to execute the directions of the in spector or of the board after an appeal, the county judge, or ordinary shall, upon complaint filed by the inspector or any freeholder, cite the person or per sons to appear before him within three days, notice being first served, and that the said judge or ordinary may hearand determine all the cases in vacation; and, upon satisfactory evidence, shall eause the prescribed treatment to be executed, and the expense thereof and costs of court shall be collected from the owner or owners of infested plants. Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful to offer for sale, sell, give away or transport plants, scions, buds, trees, shrubs, vines or other plants, tnbers roots, cuttings, bulbs known to be infested with dan gerously injurious insects or plant dis eases. Any person or persons violating this section shall upon conviction thereof be guilty of a midemeanor. Sec. 8. The said board of eontrol, its agents or employes, are hereby empow ered with authority to enter upon any premises in discharge of the duties herein prescribed. Any person or per sons who shall obstruct or hinder them or their agents in the discharge of these duties shall be deemed guilty of a mis demeanor, and, upon conviction theiuof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 9. The board shall have powef to also adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws and consti tution of the state and the United States, for preventing the introduction of dan gerously injurious crop pests from with out the state, and for the governing of common carriers in transporting plants liable to harbor such pests to and from the state, aud such regulations shall have the force of laws. Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any grower, nurseryman or corporation to ship within the state of Georgia any trees, shrubs, cuttings, vines, bulbs, roots, without having been previously inspected by either a state or experiment station entomologist or government offi cer, within 12 months of the date of 4aid shipment, and certificate es inspeo- si .OO Per Annum in Advance. tion to accompany each be.x or package. Violation of this clause will be consid ered as a misdemeanor and punishable as such. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, that the members of the said board, any two of whom shall constitute a quorum in the absence of the third, shall, within 30 days from the passage of this act, draw up and promulgate through the press of the state the rules and regula tions necessary to carry into full and complete effect the provisions of this act, carefully defining what disease or maladies, both inssct and fungus, shall constitute infestation in trees or plants within the meaning and purview hereof. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, that any person or persons residing in the state of Georgia, dealing in or handling trees, etc., shall be compelled to have his or their stock inspected annually on or before Nov. lof each year. If, upon such inspection, such stock is found to oonform to the requirements of the board of control., the inspector shall furnish a certificate to that effect. And any such person or persons making a shipment before the filing of such certificate with the chairman of the board of control, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Sec. 13. Each and every person resid ing in states or counties of the state of Georgia, dealing in or handling trees, plants, cutting, vines, shrubs, bulbs and roots in this state, shall register his name or firm, and file a copy of his or Its certificate of inspection furnished by the entomologist, fruit inspector or duly authorized government official of his state or county, with the chairman of the board of control. Upon failure so to do, said stock shall be liable to confiscation under order of the in spector. Sec. 14. When two reputable citizens of any county in Georgia shall notify the board, from belief, that noxious in sects or plant diseases exist in their county, the said inspector shall be di rected to ascertain as speedily as possi ble by personal investigation, and in such other manner as he may deem ex pedient, the extent of the infection, and shall act with all due diligence to sup press and eradicate the said pests and give notice to the owner, tenant or agent of such premises to treat such in fested plants according to the methods he may prescribe, or destroy them within ten days from date of such no tice, and if after the expiration of such period of ten days the infested plants have not been treated or the treatment has not been properly applied or is net effectual in ridding plants of the pests, the inspector* shall cause such plants to be properly treated or destroyed as his Judgment warrants The cost of the work shall be covered by execution from the owner, of the premises. Seo. 15. It shall be the duty of the in spector to make a monthly report es his work, both as entomologist and inspec tor, to the board of control, as well as the expenditure under this act, and said board shall report annually to the gov ernor of the state. 2. This act shall take effect from and after its passage, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Approved Dec 20, 1898. Refuse Salt on Compost. Question —I have a lot of refuse salt on hand. Would you advise putting it in my compost heap, and if so, in what proportion? Answer —Strictly speaking, salt is not a fertilizer, as an analysis shows it to contain little or no plant food. From ancient times, however, down to the present day it has been applied to land generally with beneficial results, so that experience, our best teacher, indorses its use. Ou lands that are near enough to the sea to receive the salt spray, which storms often cavcy to a oonsider able distance inland, or on such lands as contain chlorine and soda in any form, salt would have no appreciable effect, but on soils of an opposite char acter an application of salt is frequently very beneficial. By some means its presence brings about a chemical change in the soil which renders available an additional amount of plant food for the growing crops. Not only this, but the great affinity it has for water causes it to attract from the dews and the vapors of the atmosphere an amount of mois ture, which, in a drouth, enables the crops to resist to some extent, the effects of the dry weather. A liberal applica tion of salt is said also to prevent rust in cotton, though this is not well es tablished. An additional benefit to be derived from an application of salt is that it kills the larvae of many noxious insects, such as cutworms, etc. I would advise you to use it in yeur compost heap, in such proportion as that from 0 to 10 bushels will be applied to the aura. —State Agricultural Department. For Overworked girls and Feeble worn en, Simmons Squaw Vine Wine or Tab lets are nature’s greatest boon. What is a Dollar? An exchange asks: “What is a dollar?” The que-tion is an easy one to answer. A doWai is what some men promise to pay for their county paper. It is what a newspaper man enjoys more in anticipation than in reality. It is what the wife fre quently needs, but seldom has. It is the price of a day’s work for some men and a night’s drink for others. It is the power that makes or un makes. It is the hardest thing to get and the ea-iest thing to get rid of known to mankind. It is a bless ing in a small measure and a curse in many instances. It is mighty and scarce. No man ever bad more than he wanted and no man eier will have. A dollar is a snare and a de lusion, and every one of us is chasing the delusion. If Gloomy and Nervous, and looking on the dark side of things, take a few doses of Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Mtd iains, and the gleona will disapper. NUMBER 3. REPLIES TO INQUIRIES INFORMATION AS FURNISHED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. POINTS ON MANY SUBJECTS Best Months to Sow Wheat In North and Middle Georgia, Probable Peach Output, Etc. Question. —Please publish in yout monthly “Answers to Questions” soma formulae for making composts, and also for mixing fertilizers. Answer. The department takes pleasure in answering the above re quest, as it shows a disposition to di minish the cost of your guano bills, and it is to be hoped that the same intention exists in the mind of every farmer in Georgia. FORMULAE for composts. Stable manure 600 lbs Acid phosphate 800 lbs Cottonseed 400 lbs Kainit 200 lbs or Stable manure 750 lbs Cottonseed meal 150 lbs Acid phosphate 800 lbs Hardwood ashes (unleaehed).. 300 lbs or Stable manure 900 lbs Acid phosphate 800 lbs Nitrate of soda 100 Ibl Muriate of potash 50 lbs Kainit, or hardwood ashes.... 150 lbs Total. 2 000 lbs To mix, put down a layer of stable manure 2-4 inches thick, on that place a thin layer of cottonseed, or meal, or nitrate of soda, on that a layer of kainit or ashes, and on that a layer of acid phosphate. Repeat the layers until the pile is as high as you want it, and then cover with 6 inches of dirt to prevent leaching. Wet each layer thoroughly &s you go along. If too much heat should develop wet thoroughly again. The compost will be ready for use in six to seven weeks. Before hauling to the field cut the pile down vertically with hoes or spades and mix thoroughly. A GOOD MIXTURE FOR COTTON, CORN, ETC. Acid phosphate (16 per cent available) 1 000 lbs Cottonseed meal (8 per cent am- monia) 600 Ibi Kainit (12 per cent potash).... 400 lbs Total 2 000 lbs FOR SAME ON SANDY SOIL Acid phosphate (16 per cent available) 900 lbs Cottonseed meal (8 per cent am- monia) 600 lbs Kainit (12 per cent potash).... 500 lbs Total 2 000 lbs FOR PEACH, PEAR AND PLUM TREES. Acid phosphate (16 per cent available) 900 lbs Cottonseed meal (8 per cent am- monia) 500 lbs Kainit (12 per cent potash).... 600 lb'a Total 2 000 lbs Mix thoroughly with hoes or shovels, on a tight floor, making sure to pound up the lamps you are certain to find in the kainit. By mixing the fertilizers yourself you will save not less than $2 per ton, and such work can be done under skelter on rainy days. State Agricultural De partment. SHADOWS ON THE WALU When the room is tidy. Toys are put away. Eyes are growing sleepy, Skies are turning gray. Comes the children’s clauiot As they round me throng. Fairy lore’s exhausted, Hung each nursery song. In the mellew lamplight Hushed th«sir voices all, Whilst they watch me making Shadows on the wall I Through the happy silence Rings their laughter low As upon the wall there Shadows come and go. Nurse, unseen, unheeded, Watches from the door, Whilst the children’s voicefi Plead for just one more! One by one they leave me. Till I sit alone, Seeing in the twilight Shadows of my own. Long forgotten fancies. Dreams hi olden guise. Till from heart to eyelid! Tears, unbidden, rise. Happy, happy children! Time has joys for all; Only some are fleeting Shadows on the wall! —London Mail. HOW HE GAINED COURAGE. General Chaffee’s Way of Giving a Recruit Confidence. A youth of 18 who was in the trench es at El Caney carrying a gun was so badly frightened under fire that he went flat on his face aud was roundly kicked by his companions. General Chaffee came along and called to him, “Well, you’re a fine soldier!” Then he looked at the boyish face of the hid, and his face softened. "I suppose you can’t help it,” he said. “It ain’t so much your fault. I’d like to get hold of the fellow that took you into the ar my. ” By and by he put his hand on the boy’s shoulder. “There isn’t so much danger as yon think for, ” said the general. “Now, yoh get up and take your gun and fight, and I’ll stand here by you. ” The boy got up, shaking like a leaf and fired bis first shot pretty near straight into the air. “That’s pretty high, ” said the gen era). “Keep cool and try it again.” In three minutes that kid was fight ing like a veteran and cool as a cucuin ter, and when he saw it the general started on. “You’re all right now, my boy,” he said. “You’ll make a good soldier.” “God bless you, sir,” said the young ster. “You sav.ed me from worse than death. ” And he was pretty close to dry ing when he said it. After a while the order came to re tire from the trench, and soldiers had to ool|ar that kid and haul him away by the neck to get him to retreat with his company. And at that he’d got a bullet* through the fleshy part of his shoulder an'hour before. In the rest of the fights there wasn’t a better soldier In the comnanv.—Chicaeo Journal).