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FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Ppultry Note*.
Too much com or cornmeal is one
of the prolific causes of chicken
cholera.
Wood ashes form a good ingredient
to mix with sand or dry loam which
serves for the dust bath of the hen
house.
Farmers who do not recognize poul
try as farm stock, but look upon it as
an insignificant side issue, are not wise
in their generation.
Turkeys, geese, ducks, hens and
pigeons may be kept on the farm all
summer without using one square
yard of room available for any other
purpose.
An injudicious use of bran in the
poultry yard will result disastrously,
it causes scouring and so weakens the
fowls. Scald thy bran and mix with
ground grain and feed once a day.
If hens learn to eat eggs they never
forget the trick, and should be’ killed
before they teach others the habit.
Eggs should be gathered twice a day
during cold weather, and only glass or
port e'ain nest eggs left in at night. By
noticing which hens try to break these
Imitation eggs the guilty fowls will
soon be discovered.
The use of coal ashes under the drop
pings in the hen-house Is recommended.
The hens scratch in the ashes for the
hard, white bi's, and thus keep the
droppings loose and dry. The mixture,
spread on the meadow in the spring,
forms an excellent manure. The ashes
also serve in placa of shells and for a
dusting-place for the hens.
When a fowl is found moping about
with an abnormal development of the
crop it should be caught and looked
after. It is what is called cropbound,
which Is a stoppage of the diet leading
from the crop to the gizzard. If relief
cannot be given by gentle manipula
tion with the hands the crop must be
opened with a sharp penknife and the
contents removed. Wash the crop out
with clean tepid water and close with
a stitch, but do not catch the skin.
Feed on soft food for a few days and
give but little water.
It is convent* nt to have two hens
hatching at the same time; for not
only if accidents happen may the two
broods be united, but on the hatching
day it constantly occurs that, to pre
vent the newly-born chicks being
crushed by the eggs that are behind
time, we wish to give all that are
hatched t > one hm, while the other
takes change of the eggs alone. Not
only does this give security to the
chicks, who run great hazard of being
crushed by the eggs if they are kept
for any prolonged space under their
mother, but the unhatched eggs also
stand a far better chance; for when a
hen finds chickens uid:r her she sits
higher from the eggs, and less warmth
is afforded them at the time they ro
quire most.
f f mrm nA Übb4bt J*
jf cabbages are set out one yard each
way, nearly 5,000 can be grown on one
acre. Such being the case, it is a
profitable crop when successfully
grown, as this vegetable not only sells
well, but on account of its keeping
qualities affords green food in winter
for animals and poultry, tosay nothing
of the family.
In transplanting trees all the roots
which may have become bruised or
broken In the process of lifting should
he cut clean away behind the broken
part, as they then more readily strike
out new roots from the cut parts. In
all such easts the cut should be a clean
sloping one. and made in an upward
anil outward direction.
How shall 1 get a good herd of
cows? is the question among many
young farmers. Thoroughbred cows
cost too much, but you can get a full
blooded bull from good milking stock,
lire si to good native cows, and raise
the calves. The calves take more
from the male than the female. In a
few years you will have a good herd of
cows for milk.
Success in raising pigs depends upon
feeding liberally till the pigs are three
or four months old. I.et them have
the run of a grass or clover pasture,
and after the harvest they will do well
|on tho wheat stubble. The cost of
jraising in this way is very little. In
ithc winter they will need richer fool.
IThey should have warm quarters with
{plenty of warm straw,
f No kind of stock takes naturally to
hating lieans, possibly excepting sheep,
in Some cases even sheep have to he
taught to like them. Beans, however,
pre too nutritious and valuable as a
food to be thrown away. Discolored
lieans unlit for market may lie ground
ind mixed with cornmeal for hogs,
'bese animals will soon learn to relish
a nearly full been ration. Where beans
are boiled soft cows and horses will
learn to eat them if mixed at first witli
oats or corn.
The mechanical condition of a good
seed bed should be regulated more by
the 1 Ind of crop to be grown than by
the character of the soil. Thus barley
requires a solid bottom and a fin < sur
. Wheat and < ats will not thrive
jin a very loose subsoil, though a fine
top is of lees consequence, to wheat at
!< ast. Iloot crons, on the other hand.
require a seed I>l which is neither lirm
not likj.se, but fine ami deep. Grasses
and clovers flourish lie.st on a firm,
hard soil, with a fine surface.
The Scientific American says that
Qopal varnish applied to soles of shoes
ant repeated as it dries until the pores
a m lied and tiie surface shines like
p ed mahogany, will make the
s- 1 waterproof, and last as long as
ties, uppers. The Fete Ehgland
Fan ner adds that one of the best
thin; ps for farm hoots is an outer sole
or t; ip of wood, thoroughly dried,
soaki and in linsee l oil ands rewed to
the l ottom of tlm boot. It isn’t ele
gant, but It docs keep the cold from
“striking through” the bottom of
the boat.
A little charcoal thrown to the pigs
confined in pens will be readily eaten,
and will apparently do them more good !
than the grain. It seems to be es
pecially needed by pigs fed mainly on
com, which is apt to sour on their j
stomachs an l destroy their appetite, i
Pigs that are kept where they can i
reach fresh soil will often eat it, and
there is no doubt that it is good for
them. Hence, ringing their noses
should not be practiced except when
absolutely necessary. The charred
cinders from stove coal will be eaten
when charcoal cannot be had.
The principal points in cherry cul
ture are to have the trunk shaded in
some manner, to let the grass grow
dose to tho trunk after the fourth
year and never to place strong manure
on the surface nearthebody. Shading
the trunk either by upright boards or
bv allowing the limbs to grow within
a foot of the ground will prevent the
body of the tree from cracking. New
trees may be set out the last of Octo
ber, but they must be heavily mulched
before freezing weather with leaves or
straw, which should be renewed the
following March.
When sheep are exposed to the scab
they may not always take it, but when
one in a flock has it it will go through.
If there is danger of it the sheep should
be well washed at once in a liquor
made as follows : Steep five pounds
of coarse tobacco In five gallons of boil
ing Hot water, keep hot, but not boil
ing, for several hours; add one pound
of (lowers of sulphur, and stir it well
frequently; when it cools to 130 de
grees wash the sheep wot with it;
soak the wool thoroughly and squeeze
it ot as dry as possible. This b a.
safe preventive an l a cure if the scab i
are broken up well.
Many hogs aro kept comparatively
poor by the high dilution of their food.
Th“y take in so much water that there
is not room for a good supply of
nutriment. Hence the reason that
those farmers who carefully feed un
diluted sour milk to their hogs have so
much finer animals than those who
give them slop. The hog has no room
for much water and if food which con
tains much is fed to him it makes Idm
big-bellied but poor. Hogs, as well as
all other animals, should bo allowed
all the water they will drink, but it
should not be mixed with their food in
excessive quantity. The hog should
not be obliged to take more water than
he wants in order to assimilate the
food he requires.
Iteclpm.
Corn and Bran Soup. —Take two
pounds of beef, a pound of pork,
a pint of black or navy beans (soaked
over night), a large onion, a small
carrot, a head of celery. Put the
above ingredients into the soup pot
with a gallon of cold water, and let
simmer gently for five or six hours.
Take off and let get cold; remove the
gr*as, and place on the stove to boil
again. Aland, tin hour before dinner
add a quart of canned corn. Strain
the soup, season with Cayenne pepper
and salt, and serve it with or without
the addition of boiling cream.
Spanish Shout-Cake. — Spanish
short-cake is excellent for tea. Take
three eggs, half a cup of buttir, one
cup of sugar, two-thirds of a cup of
sweet milk, a little cinnamon, two
cups of flour and one teaspoonful of
baking powder; stir the flour in, do
not knead it; the eggs, butter and
sugar should be beaten together till
very light. Bake in a shallow tin;
when it is done spread a thin frosting
over the top; make this of the white
of one egg, a little pulverized sugar,
and a teaspoouful of cinnamon; set it
in the oven to brown.
Celery and Cabbage Salad.—
Wash a bunch of c dery, trim off the
roots, leaves and defect.va stalks and
chop the nicer portions rather fine;
thoroughly wash a small head of white
cabbage, slice it very thin and mix it
with the chopped celery. I’ut the
following named ingredients in a
saucepan, set it over the lire in a pan
of hot water and stir constantly until
the sauce thickens; the yolks of two
raw eggs, half a cup of vinegar, one
teaspoonful each of sugar, batter, mus
tard and salt and a saltspoonful of
pepper.
Imitation Plum Pudding. —Soak
some dried appha all night; in the
morning chop very fine, put a teacup
ful of them into a pint of molasses
and keep slightly warm for an hour or
two; after that a Id one cup of eh pped
suet, one of water, one of ch ipped
raisins, a pinch of salt, a teasp lonful
of cinnamon, three pints of flour and
two teaspoonfuls of baking p.iwder.
Put the flour in last and stir all to
gether thoroughly. Boil two hours in
a bowl or tin pudding-mold. This
rnay be eaten with lemon sauce, and is
a g' and im.tation of a genuine plum
pudding.
Household Ilfnto.
Cement for Stone Ware.—Gel
atine is allowed to swell in cold water,
the jelly warmed, and so much recent
ly slaked lime is added as requisite to
render the mass sufficiently thick for
the purpose. A thin coating of this
cement is spread, while warm, over
the gently-heated surfaces of fractures
of the articles, and let dry under strong
pressure. What oozes out is removed
directly with a moist rag.
Marble Stains. — Mix up very
strong soap-lees with quicklime to the
consistency of milk, put it on to the
marble with a brush, leave it for
twenty-four hours and afterward wash
it oIT with snap and water. Should
this fail the following maybe tried:
Take two parts common soda, one part I
pumice stouc and one part fmely-pow- j
(fir'd chalk, sift through a fine sieve j
and mix with water. Bub it well over j
the marble and wash with soap and 1
water.
llow to Boil and Stew.— To do
either properly the food must be im
mersed at the beginning in actually
boiling water, and the water must be
allowed to reach the boiling point im
mediately and to boil for about five
minutes. The action of the boiling
water upon the surface of either meat
or vegetables is to harden it slightly,
just enough to prevent the escape of
other juices or mineral salts. After
the pot containing the food has begun
to boil the second time it should be re
moved to the side of tho fire and al
lowed to simmer until the food is done.
This simmering, or stewing, extracts
all the nutritious qualities of either
meat or vegetables. The potshoul Ibe
kept closely covered, unless for a mo
ment when it is necessary to raise the
cover in order to remove the scum.
The steam will condense upon the in
side of the cover and fall back into the
pot in drops of moisture, if the boiling
is slow. Do not think that rapid boil
ing cooks faster than the gentle pro
cess I recommend. After the pot once
boils you cannot make its contents cook
any faster if you iiave fire enough un
der it to run a steam engine. So save
your fuel and add it to the fire little by
little, to keep the pot boiling. Remem
ber if you boil meat hard and fast it
will be tough and tasteless, and most
of its goodness will go up the chimney
or out of tho window with the steam
A Man in Whom Sound Produced a
Sense of Color.
In the Annate# tF Oculistique Pedrono
reports in detail the case of a man in
whom sound awakened a sense of color.
Many such tnstan es are on record, but
few have been so closely examined. In
this case the same sound always pro
duced the same color. On one occasion
a person speaking to liim of a friend
said: "Have you remarked liis voice?
It. is as pretty as a yellow dog."
l‘edrono'B patient replied very seriously:
“ Not at all, his voice is red, not yellow."
Whereupon the bystanders roared with
laughter.
Pedrono found in this case that each
note of the musical scale produced a
sensation of color; but, although his
subject was an excellent musician, he
was not aVdotodefinea special color foi
each note. High notes were accom
panied by brilliant, low by somber colors.
Bat if two consecutive notes of the
scale were compared tho colors appeared
m arly identical. In a perfect chord a
single color was produced. For
instance, the chord in F major produced
yellow, whilethat in A minor produced
violet. But in an imperfect chord
some of the notes detached themselves
with their propi r colors, although very
near the general hue.
There was no appreciable difference
between tbe colors corresponding to
major anil minor tones, between scales
in sharps and fiats. The same piece oi
music played upon different instru
ments produced different colors, show
ing the effect of timbre. For instance,
the Breton melody “Appel ties Patras, - '
played on a tenor saxophone was yellow,
on a clarionet red, on the piano blue.
I ntcnsily of sound produced distinctness
of color. With feeble sounds the color
seemed to show vibrating movements.
Noises of nil sorts provoked chromatic
sensations, but the colors were always
somber, generally gray or brown.
When the voice was use l in a conver
sational tone the vowel sounds only
were colored i and e being the most
brilliant, u tho most somber arid a and c
intermediate. The general hue de
pended upon the timorc of the voice.
If the voice was very strongly emitted,
the consonants became barely percepti
ble, the sibilants being brightest.
Singing simply intensified these results,
each voice retaining its characteristic
color. Blue voices w ere much the most
numerous ; green the most rare ; yellow
most agreeable ; red voices were not
unfrequent. Of course, different voices
repri sented all shades of these colors.
As to the localization of the colors,
all observers seem to agree that they are
projected mentally to a point just above
the supposed position of t he instrument
which is sounding or the person who
is speaking, and without reference to
whether die object is seen or not. A
vibrating guitar string appears to be
surrounded witli color, and a layer of
chromatic air rests upon the keys of a
sounding piano. —ileiUnal New).
S ory-Telling.
Charles Dudley Warner s ivs in the
Atlantic Monthly. It is not true that
! civilization or cultivation has bred out
l of tiie world the liking for a story. In
! this tiie most highly educated Londoner
and the Egyptian fellah meet on
common human ground. The passion
I for a story has no more diod out than
curiosity, or than the passion of love.
The truth is not that stories are not
demanded, but that the born raconteui
and story teller is a rare person. The
faculty of telling a story is a much
rarer gift than tiie ability to analyze
character, and even than the ability
truly to draw character. It may be a
higher or a lower power, but it is rarer.
It is a natural gift, and it seems that
no amount of culture can attain it, any
more than learning can make si poet.
Nor is the complaint well-founded
that the stories have all been told, the
possible plots ail been used, and the
combinations of circumstances exhaust
ed. it is no doubt our individual ex
perience that we hear almost every
day—and we hear nothing so eagerly
—some new story, better or worse, but
new in its exhibition of human charac
ter, and in the combination of events.
And the strange, eventful histories of
human life will no more be exhausted
than the possible arrangements of
mathematical numbers. We might as
well say that there are no more good
pictures to be painted as there are no
more good stories to be told.
A paper water-proof house is one ot
the latest inventions. It lias the ap
pearance of a substantial iiouse, but is
wholly covered inside and out with
paper, which is declared to be rot
proof and water-proof.
Flying Fish.
In the sea there are three flyers that
really, from the extent of their flights,
deserve the naive. Those of our rend
ers who have been at sea, especially in
the south, may l ave seen the common
flying fish, with its brilliant blue and
silver body and lace-like, sliei nv wings.
From tin: crest of a blue wate they
dart, singly or in flocks, fluttering
|along, rising and falling, turning in
turves, and returning to the water
with a splash—perhaps to fall a victim
to some watchful bonito (or dolphin)
that has been closely following them
beneath the water. These privateers
of tho sea are their greatest enemies,
as they rise in the air following them
under the water, and emerging just in
time to catch the luckless flyers as they
descend. Tho dolphins will take groat
leaps of tv city or thirty feet i'i fol
lowing the poor flying tisli, which, not
withstanding their long wings and
wonderful powers, often fall victims
to their tireless pursuers. They fre
quently fly aboard vessels at night, per
haps attracted by the lights, or, it may
be, caught up by (lie wind from the
crest of some curling wave and carried
high in air against the sails.
Tho gurnard, though it lias also
long, wing-like fins, presents otherwise
a totally different appearance. Its
head Is inclosed in a bony armor, from
which project (wo sharp spines. S me
of these fish are of a rich pink color,
while others are mottled with red,
yellow and blue, and as they lly along
over the water, and tho sunlight falls
upon their glittering scales, they seem
to glow witli a golden hsi r. With
such hard heads, it will not be surpris
ing information that they are disagree
able fellows io come In contact with ;
at least so thought a sailor who was
standing at dusk upon the quarter-deck
of a vessel, near one of the West India
islands. Suddenly lie found himsilf
lying upon his back, knocked over by
a monster gurnard that, with a score
of others, had darted from the water,
this one str.king Uie man fairly in the
forehead. The gurnards are also
chased by dolphins, and they are fre
quently seen to rise in schools, to
escape from tho larger fish, while hov
ering above them are watchful gulls
and man-of-war birds, ra aly to steal
them from the jaws of their enemies of
the sea.
In company with these flying-fsh
may often be seen.curious white bodies,
with long arms and black eyes. They
are Hying squids, members of the cut
tle-fish family, and the famous bait of
the Newfoundland cod-flshennen. On
the B inks they aro often seen in vast
shoals anil during storms tons of tliem
are thrown upon the shore. When
darting from wave to wave they re
semble silvery arrows, often rising and
boarding ships in their headlong Might.
So valuable are they for bait, that four
or live hundred vessels at St. liierreare
engaged in catching them by means of
jiggers.
Miuly of the squid family leavo tho
water when pursued. Even’the largest
of them, often forty or fifty feet long,
hive been seen to rise ten or fifteen
feet in the air, and sail away as If pro
pelled by some mysterious force, their
hideous arms dripping and glistening,
They are certainly the largest and
strangest of the flyers without wings.—
St. Nicholas.
The Bad Boy anil ills Pa.
Said the had boy to tlio grocery
man : “I think when a man is in
trouble, if he lias ii good little boy to
take his mind from ins troubles, and
get him mad at something else it rests
him. Last night we had hot maple
syrup and biscuit for supper, and pa
had a saucer full in front of him, justa
steaming, i could see he was thiiiking
too much about his mining stock, and
I thought if there was anything I could
no to take his mind off of it, and place
it on something else, I would be doing
a kindness that would be appreciated.
I sat on the right of pa, and when lie
wasn’t looking 1 pulled the table dith
so the sau'-er of red hot maple syrup
dropped off in his lap. Well, you’d a
dide to see how quick his thoughts
turned from his financial troubles to
his physical misfortunes. There was
about a pint of hot syrup, a id it went
all over his lap, and you know how hot
melted maple sugar is, and how it sort
of clings to anything. Pa jumped up
and grabbed hold of his pants legs to pull
them away from hissi If, and he danced
around and told ma to turn the host
on him, and then he took a pitcher
of Ice water and poured it down his
pants, and lie said the condemned old
table was getting so rickety that a
saucer wouldn’t stay on it, and 1 told
pa if he would put some tar on his
legs, the same kind that he told me to
put on my lip to make rny mustache
grow, the syrup wouldn’t burn so, and
then he cuffed me, and I think he felt
better. It is a great thing to get n
man’s mind off of his troubles, hot
w here a man hasn’t got any mind, like
you, for instance—”
At this point the grocery man picked
up a lire poker, and tiie boy went out
in a hurry and hung up a sign in front
of the grocery, “Cash paid for fat
Dogs.”— Peck’s Sun.
Smoking It Off.
In Germany smoking is forbidden in
certain aristocratic parks. An Eng
lishman was walking in one of the o
places, pulling a cigar, and accom
panied by his servant. Suddenly *
policeman halted him, and demanded
the fine of ten marks for smoking.
“Here is a twenty-mark bill,” re
plied Johnny Bull.
“ But I can’t make the change,” re
plied the policeman.
“Here is a cigar, John,” said the
Englishman to his servant, “ you smoke
oil the other ten marks.” — Siftinyt.
In Yazoo county. Miss., a cow died
with hydrophobia from eating the hay
on w’liich a mad dog had been lying.
FARM MACHINERY.
WOOD, TABOR AND MORSE ENGINES,
Harrows, Cins,
Cultivators, Reapers,
Sulky Plows, Mowers,
One-Horse Plo' /s, Feed Cutters,
Two-Horse Plows, Cotton Presses.
Rubber and Leather Belting,
From Ito C in. wide (2, 3 and 4 ply). Also, beet Rubber Hose of any diameter.
BOYCE FICKLLEN.
CARPETS
WINDOW SHADES, CORNICES. .
J list received, and will be displayed on MONDAY at our store, 713 Broad
street, late shipments of the above goods, in latest styles and colorings.
Moquet, Body and Tapestry Brussels, Scotch Ingrain, Stair
Carpets and Rods, Beautiful Turkish Velvets
and Brussels Rugs.
THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF LACE CURTAINS
Ever brought to this city, at all prices. A lovely lino of shades, in gold bands,
transparent and dado, just received from the factory. New line of
Wall Papers, Friezes, Dadoes & Center Pieces,
With cornices, window pole cornices, every Btylo and description.
ALL OF THE ABOVE GOODS WILL BE SOLD CHEAP
Will also open 100 rolls of oil-clotii. Carpets, similes, oil-cloths, wall papers and
coruiciiß made, and all work done in the best maimer.
JAMES G. BAILIE & SONS,
71a IIBOAI) STREET. AOOCBTA, GA.
Furman’s Formula.
My formula, ns famished by Mr. H. H. Colquitt, is mode, under my direction, of the'"'-
highest grade materials. Mr. Colquitt Ims my brand put on every wick, and be alone is
authorized to uie my name. Ido this as a protection to myself, and to farmers who itadre
to follow my method. F. O. FURMAN.
I offer “ Furman’s Formula,” the finest fertilizer ever sold, nt very low prices. Pur
chase this fertilizer, follow printed directions which I furnish, and yonr compost will cost
yon #IU per ton. None genuine unless branded “ Furman’s Formula.”
11. H. COLQUITT, 40 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Gu.
BUFFALO BONE GUANO; or, Forman’s Formula Ammoniated.
Really to put on the land without composting. A high grade Georgia standard Article.
JAMES A. BENSON,
DEALER IN
Groceries, Dry Goods, Farming Implements, Etc.,
WASHINGTON, GA.,
Agent for Farrish Furman’s Formula, the great Georgia farmer’s chemicals for com
posting. Also for Buffalo Bone Guano, or FFE Furman’s Formula Ammoniated, ready
to apply to tho laud. None genuine unless branded on every sack, “ Furman’s b ormula.
WOOD & JACKSON,
WASHINGTON, GA.
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We can offer extra inducements in
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Work of all kinds done in the best
manner.
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