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VOL. V TUB. . NEATS & FARMER. BY ROBERTS 6b BOYD. Pubtishe& every Thursday Mornin * ~ - AT - J.OUISVILLE, GEORGIA. rRICEOFSUBCRU’TION. H I* ADVANCE. Ifi> OPT en ? car r- ®; 4 1U ■ -/ *ix mouths 1W *• 'lire© months.. 5O A Club ol FiVb or more we will make a ol'sift per cent. AD/iiamivo iurm. Transient Advertisements, One dollar p** 6quai© (ten liueaoi this type or one inch) tor the first insertion and 7oct tor cam mioser dueiit insertion A liberal deduction made Ou advertisements running over one month. Local notices will be charged Fifteen cents per line each insertion. 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OX and after SIJNU.VY the *2o:h June, til' 1 Pavsengcr trains n the Georgia C. ntral Kailroa i, its branches and connections will on ns ollovrs: Leave Savannah 9:15 n m Lesva Angus h - 9:05 p m Arr.ve in Augusta.. 4:00 p ni Arrive in Macon tv.45 p nl Leave Macon tor Clu 0bit5...... .. h;|s p m hHf Mhooii for Eiifaula 9:10 * ni Leave Mncmt fur Atlanta 9:15 p (n Arrive at V’olunibtis 1:45 a m Arrive at Fnlaula 6:17 p m Arrive nt A iauta 5:0*2 a m Leave Atlanta ...10:40 p m Lave Lufaul i B:*2*2 a m j*; ,v e Cos umb up l :>o p m .ni rive at >!:•..n f r ni \f auta ' 40pm invent Mh.v n from Kuta'il* 5:15 p m Arrive at Macon from Columbus 0:55 p m Ljh e Mnceii 7;(/0 a m Arrive at Augusta 4:00 p m Arrive at cSavninuh 5:*25 p m t-onncc r dsily at Gordon witli Passenger Trains to and from Savannah and Augusia. iH'ofcssionaHEacUs. % I\. L. GAMBLK, JR. ATTORNtV AT LAW. R-ouiauilu, <d3a. _ Jai.uarj ti lv. *** * "*“*• * mu ■ i 1..1MH u. Cum. J. *l. Foliiiil CALN & POLIIILL, i T TOUNJSV!) A ’i’ LA W LOUISVILL GA. M:iy 5, H7I. 1 ly T. S. BOTH WELL. Aitorney at Law, Cherry Hill, mar LOUISVILL GA June Srdt* 875. 6m A. F- DJRKAM, M- D. fUjblC.aa Uui) oa. Sparta, Ga. SUCCESSFULLY treats Diseases of the Lungs ami I'ln'oHt, diseases of the Eye, rftkseaiiU End afiii ail nf.ihs id i'/opsey i Uis- Arses of he Heart Kidneys, Bladder wud Stric ture, secret diseases, long standing Llcers.— Kemnves Uemoirheidal Tumors wimout pain Maltes a sp'iality ol diseases peculiar to l-e males. Mcdiviues sent 10 any point u the Kailroad. AH correspondence coulidential. Foby 15, 1*74 ly HOTELS. CENTRAL HOTEL. LOUISVILLE , GA. Mrs. A. M. Kirkland, Proprietress. Board, $2.00 Per Day. Lanisr House, Mulberry Street, MACON GEORGIA. B. Bflßo Proprietor |'r *.m lb i> fr in and to iiie Uepo . MRdUAL iiOUSL, savannah, ga. A. B. LUGE, — Proprietor- BOARD PER DAY 13.00 POBTftY. THE MASKER. I have a tim'lfiß face, aha raid I have a josi for all I meet, Ihaxe a garland lor my head all itd fl.wers are sweet— AacUo you ca l me gay, she said Orio f laughf to me this smile, she said, And wrong did teach this jesiing bold. These flowers were plucked from garden bed While a death bell was tolled; And what now will you say, she said, t Behind no prison grate, she said. Which slurs tbs sunshine half a mils Live., captives so uncomforted A., souls behind a smile. r God's inly lot us pray, I know my face is bright, she said— Such brightness dying suns diffuse, I hear up-n my forehead shed The sign of what I lose — The eudiug of ray day, she said. If I dared leave this smile she sail. And take a moan upon my mouth And t>e a cypress 'round my head, And lei my tears run an 10th— It w,re the happier way, ska said. And since that must not be, she said, I fain your bitter world will'd leave ! H >w Cilinly, ca m y smile the dead Why do you not. theref ,re. grieve ! The yea of Ueaveu rs yea. she said. Hut in you hitter world, she said, Face joy’s a t ot|y mask to wear, 'Ti bought with pangs long nourished, And rounded to despair. Grief's earnest makes life’s play, she said. Te weep for those who weep, she said— Ah fools! I bid you pass them by. Go weep for those whoso bear's have bled What time t mirey-s were dry. Whom ssi is. cm l say J she said. OUR NEIV YORK LETTER. The National Misfortune— T ir r. Volcano at Washington—Lent in the High Church —Tilden and Tweed—O'Connor and Field. A Fat Fee —A Good “Record"—lrre pressible B o w e n Cai*t. Kidd on the East River. [ From Our Own Correspondent]. New York, March 10, 1873. Editors News A - Former :—No thun derbolt f: mil a clear sky could have fal len with more unexpected violence up on the community than the late tele gram! from Washington, revealing the most startling instance of corruption in high places which the country has yet been called on to witness. For the mo ment political dilferenccs vanish like smoke before a whirlwind. Our citi zens are neither Republicans or Demo crats, Coutraotionists nor Inflationists, but only heart sick Americans as they look blankly into each other’s faces, like men who sea that the g-oun 1 on which they stand is the bubbling crust of a volcano. •Under whose feet will the next ex plosion take place? - ’ is the question that arises in all raincU ; and an answ er is already more than hinted at iti the threatened exposure of another of the Cabinet of the President of the United State—-men whose position are higher in power and dignity than the sover eignty of many a foreign State. The whole affair thus far is like a horrible dream, a nightmare, the reality of which one hardly dares to admit. There were none of the usual preparations of the public mind—no vague suspicions, no rumors, no gathering of the storm. It was “a word and a blow, with the blow first.” The accusation, the trial, and the sentence were announced in one breath “impeachment” headed the col nmn that gave us the first intimation of this new shame. At this moment the events are too recent for anyone to foretell their ex act results, biit it is hardly doubtful that impeachment will now, for the first time, be successful at the national cap ital. And for how pttinu a mess or pottage was this splendid birthright sold ! What amazing, what incredible weakness must he his who would ruin himself, his family, and a honored name, would spread demoralization throug the arm}' of one ot the greatest nations of the earth, and force his country into the dust and ashes of bit ter bumilliation for a few thousand dol lars 1 It seems impossible that all this could have been done with any inten tion ; but what shall we say of a man who walks upon the edge of such a prec ipice and realizes no danger? He has not even the excuse ot't-he ostrich,which, plunging its head in the desert sand be lieves itself safely hidden from its pur suers. But one explanation of these things remains, an i that is, that the atmos phere of public life has in some way be come posionous, and that like the fu mes of charcoal, it so dulls and stupefi es the senses of those who breath it that they succumb to influences whioh thoir normal strength would easily throw off, aud the country itself is like a man whc t nearly suffocate! by the same mi asma, lias to be roughly handled, and even to sutfer some cruel blows, to be saved from a sleep which might prove endless. Truly the Centennial year brings with it abundant cause to moderate M tional transports and humble national pride. But if its t empest* have the re- THE NEWS AND FARMER. LOUISVILLE. JI&TERSON COUNTY. GA.. MARCH 10, 1870. suit of clearing this deadly atmosphere, and letting in the fresh air of rugged honesty to aid in rovivftg .the nation from its moral lethargy, the devasta tion which they work nothing to the benefits they will confer. With so memorable an Ash-Wednes day as the last, Lent ought to be well and mournfully kept. In New York, however, the effect of the Lenten sea son is getting rather weak, excepting among the extremely High-church com inunities, and even such people will oc casionally indulge in a solemn and de corous little hop during the forty days, just to “keep their loot inand it might be difficult to prove how much they are spiritually damaged thereby. A really useful and valuable enter prise la the Carloton’s .-“iv monthly, “KecoiM ot the YNir.’M.f which \hey are just about to issue the first number. Its plan makes it a sort of reference scrap book, containing a record of every event of the month worth preserving, together with a careful seleetionof real- ] ly good current miscellany, all properly j indexed. It will also contain a series I of fine engravings, the first being a steel , portrait of the late William B. Astor. j The editor is Mr. Frank Moore, famous j as the projector of “The Rebellion Rec ord.” Any one can see at a glance how exactly this new perio lical meets a real want—how much trouble and fruit less search after facts and dates it will save, and how indispensable a resume of the month’s doings it will be to many a busy man. It will be a great sue-' cess. There have been two incidents of the Tweed suit this week which served to recall public attention to it fora time. One was the reappearance in court of Charles O'Connor who, as he wouldn’t die and leave this suit in its then con dition, shook off the tightening grasp of the old chap with the scythe, and came stalking back into the court room the other day, gaunt, grim, and determined, like the ghost of some -Id warrior re turning to rally his wavering hosts.— Amid general applause he at once re sumed charge of the prosecution, and is still busy in forcing David Dudley Fields back from the vantage ground gained daring i.is abseuce. The other circumstance was the ex amination on the witness stand of Gov ernor Tildeu by Mr. Fieid. Now the Governor is a very clam for seeretiv ness, as is well illustrated by a little story of Charles Nordhoffs, who relates a visit to the executive mansion, du ring which Mr. Tildeft, mysteriously hinting that he had something to teil hi m, led the way through savCi-nl empty rooms, shutting all doors behind h in, until safely closeted in some private den of his own, he softly whispered his communication, which, as Mr. Nor 1- hoff remarks,was not so very incendiary in its uature after all. Besides this reti cence, the Governor is a very sharp lawyer, and knows all the tricks of the trade; and further, he knew that the defense would do their best to connect him with Tweed. So, as may be sup posed, questioning him was pumping water from a very deep well. But Mr. Field’s pump has a r markably good suction, and was operated with perse verance and vigo r . The examination, of course, failed to educe anything dam aging to Mr. Tilden, but was one of the occasions when Greek met Greek, and the sharp hitting on both sides was re ceived with raptuon s delight by all list eners. It will be of interest to those who are inclined to pitty the sorrows of the poor lawyer, to state that Air. D. D. Field's fee in the $15,000,000 suit, is re ported to be $250,000. No wonder he manages to eudure the sneers and at tacks that are continually showered up on him on account of his position as Tweed's defetider. That amount of greenbacks would make a plaster big enough to cover a very large wound in his feeliugs. In the Beecher matter Mr. Bowen has made a statement which, like all other papers in this case, is regarded as absolutely convincing, or weak and pu erile, according to the settled opinions of the reader. A western paper exact ly hits the general attitu le toward Br oklyn when it says the American people may be classed in turee grand divisions: Ist, Those who know **-, Beecher to be guilty. 2d, Those who know Mr. Beecher to be Innocent; and, 3d. Those who don't know anything about it anyway. The ranks of the lat ter class are being daily swelled by the number of those who are getting tired of playing shuttlecock between the two sides. Our journals are justly indignant over the reappearance of river piracy in an aggravative form. Some years ago this nuisance became so pronounc ed, that the authorities were forced to recognize the popular outcry and hang a couple of ringleaders, which ha I the effect of temporarily discouraging the gentry. Of late, however, they have recovered their spirits, and have been “going through” the crafts in our har bor with perfect looseness. One night, something less than a week ago, four of the Captain Kidds robbed five ves sels in succession, wounding and threat ening to murder the occupants, who thereupon made fuss enough to start the river police, and the gang were ar rested. What their fate will be is un certain. but what it ought to be is quite the opposite. They ought to be invited to a dance in which each one would have the yard-arm for his partner. Radix. The Government sues the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad for $300,000 unpaid taxes. MismLaises. THE HOMESTEAD ACT. The Law to "Adjust the Rights of Parties Where Homesteads Have Been Sold. The recent decision of the .Supreme Court of Georgia to the effect that homesteads which had lieen set apart could not be sold, and that sales where made were void, ma te, it the duty of the Legislature to provide some meas ure for the protection of parties in such cases. Senator McDaniel introduced a bill to meet the exigence? which passed both houses and approved by the Governor is now a law. At BILL, to be entitled an act to provide for the adjustment of the rights of parties in cases where property which .has been set apart under the homestead and ex emption laws of this State has hereto fore been sold. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this act, courts of c pi'ity alone shall have jurisdiction of suits for the recovery of property which has been set apart under the homestead and exemption laws of this State and which lias been sold, or for the recovery of any inter ests therein, and that it shall be lawful for any party to prove that the purchase money of such property, or any part thereof, has been invested in 0.h.-r property, or lias been applied to the benefit of tbe family for whom such property has been set apart as afore said. Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That in cases where the proceeds of proper ty sold as aforesaid, has been invested in other propert}Pof equal vatue for the benefit of said family, the court shall confirm the sale ail I the purchase, an 1 therefore the property so purchased shall be held by the family as a home stead and exemption in lieu of the property so sol I, which shall be dis charged of the particular estate vested by said homestead and exemption laws of said family. Sec. 3. Be it further enaetel, That in cases where all the proeeels of th - sale of property have been applie 1 to the benefit of sai l family, the court shall confirm the sale, an 1 thereafter tne property so sol 1 shall be discharged of the particular estffce afore sai 1. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That in cases where part only of the pro ceeds of property, sold as aforesaid, has been invested as afore j aid, the court shall take an account of the proportion that the amount so invested bears to the entire value of the property sold, and shall confirm the sale as to that proportionate part of the property so purchased held by said f inily as a pait. of their h.mestsal and exemption, in lieu of the proportionate part aforesaid of the property so sold, which shall be discharged of the particular estate aforesaid. [ Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That in cases where a part only of the pro vince sold as aforesaid has been applied !to the benefit of said family the court ! shall take an account of the proportion 1 that the amount so applied bears to the entire value of the property so sold, and shall confirm the sale as to that proportionate part of such property, which shall be discharged of the partic ular estate aforesaid. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That in cases when any portion of the pro ceeds of property sold aforesaid has neither been invested in other property, nor applied to the benefit of said fami ly, the court shall ascertain the amount thereof, and in the interest of said fam ily therein, and shall mould a decree to protect the rights and interests of the said family in the property so sold, and at the same time to protect the rights and interests of the purchaser in the reversion of suoh property after the particular estate aforesaid, shall have been determine 1, an 1 shall require par ties complainant to do complete equity in the promises before obtaining equi ■tr Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That in eases where a portion or all of the purchase money of property so sold lias not been paid, the court may con firm the sale and order the re-invest ment of the proceeds, or may set aside the sale, and compel the restoration of any part of the purchase money which may have been paid and may grant re lief to the parties according to the principals of equity. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all suits herein provided for shall be brought within six months after the passage of this act, or the right of the party c implainant, and all right of suit for its enforcement, * shall be forever barred. Sec. 9. Be it farther enacred, X hat in cases where suits are now pending in courts of law or equity for the re covery of property sold as aforesaid, parties defendant shall bo entitled to the defenses and equitable relief pro vided for in this act. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act be and the same arc hereby repealed. A breed of dogs without tails has been discovered in Africa, and how the misohievous boys there utilise old tin kottles and fruit cans, we cannot pre tend to say. j A GOOD STORY. | From Ohio comes a capital temper ance story. Judge Quay, the temper ance lecturer, in one of his efforts there, got off the following: “All of those who in youth acquire a habit of drinking w .iskey, at forty years will be total abstainers or drunk ards. No one can use whiskey for years in moderation. If there is a per son in the audience before me whose experience disputes this, let him make it known. I will account f r it, or ac knowledge that I am mistaken.” A tall, large man arose, and folding his arms in a dignified manner across his breast said : “I offer myself as one whose own experience contradicts your statement.” “Are you a moderate drinker?” ask e 1 tliejudge. -S V “1 am.” “How long have you drunk in mod eration?” “Forty years.” “And you were never intoxicated?" “Never.” “Well,” remarked the judge, scan- ning his subject close from hca Ito foot, “yours is a singular case, yet I think it is easily accounted for. lam remind ed by it of a little story. A negro man, with a loaf of bread and a flask of whiskey, sat down to dine by the bank of a clear stream. In breaking the bread, some of the crumbs droppe 1 into the water. These were eagerly seized and ea’en by the fish. That circumstance suggested to tiie darkey the idea of dipping the bread in the whiskey and feeding it to them. He tried it; it worked well. Some of the fish ate it, became drunk, and floated helplessly on the water. By this stroke of strategy he caught a great number. But in the stream was a large fish very unlike the rest. lie partook free ly of the bread and whiskey, but witli no perceptible effect; he was shy of every effort of the darkey to take it. He resolved to have it at all hazards that he might learn its name and na ture. He procured a net, and after much effort caught it, carried it to a negro neighbor, and asked his opinion of the matter. The other surveyed the wonder for a moment, then said : “Satn i'o. I understand dis case. Dat fish is a mullet head ; it hain’t got any brains.” ••In other words,” added the judge, “alcohol affects only the brain, a id of course those having none may drink without injury !” The storm of laughter that followed drove the moderate- drinker suddenly from the house. SA M. INTiI TS - S E LOT E MBS T. “Yes,” sail the old lady, as she wip ed her eyes an 1 proceeded to tell the sympathizing neighbor about the elope ment of her daughter. “Yes, Mrs. Blobbs. you may well say it ar’ a dread ful stroke. I ain't had suoh auother shock since that last spell o’ rheumatiz. To think that a daughter of mine would do such a disgraceful thing after all the care an' alfection me an" her father have lavished on her from her infancy up. I couldn’t bear up under the alllction no how, butter her conserlation of religion. Religion is powerful enervating in seoli trials as these.” ‘Did you not suspicion that they were 'contemplating such a move?’ asked the neighbor. 'No, we never suspioioned nary con templation. After I’d runued the eon cepted upstart otf the premises with the mop, I didn’t think he’d have the insu rance to speak to Samanthy agin. An’ she seemed to appear so consigns 1 that I never suspected her of having any underhanded contentions. But all the time—so I've uearl sence—they used to meet clandestinely, when 1 thought Samanthy was at meeting, an’ decoct their plans to run otf an’ elope. Well, Samanthy lias made her bed, an’ she will have to lay on it. I wash ray hands of the ongratet'ul girl from this time forthwith.’ ‘Did you make any effort to intercept them?’ ‘You see, we didn’t know it, or else wo’ a intercepted ’em within an inch o’ their lives.’ ‘X mean did you try in have them stopped when you found they were gone?’ ‘Yes, indeed, father telescoped to five or six towns, an' give their prescrip tions—cost him lots o’ money, too, but ho said he wouldn't mind spendin' the price of a cow to git Samanthy hack. But we never heard nothin’ from them aud I told father to let ’em alone and they'd come home after awhile with five or six children behind ’em. But I tell you, Mrs. Blobbs, they shan't set a foot in this house except over the dead body o’ my defunct corpse. Y r ou jest remem ber that.’ THE ORASGE MEANS PEACE. In a late circular the Executive Com mittee of the Missouri State Grange very truthfully says: “There arc many professional and trading men, and even some of our own bretheren, who seem to think that the mission of the Grange is fight everything and everybody. Never was there a greater mistake. If any body of msn on earth moan “peace on earth and good will to men,” it is the Grangers. We desire the prosperity of all good men. We have no antagonism to any honest calling, trade or profession. We want all to°flourish and to prosper, but wo do not want them to be our masters. While other trades and professions are pros j pering, we want the farmer to prosper also. We want the ‘man who holds the bread’ to reap the fruits of his own labor, and not have them go mainly in to the pockets of the drones of society. We want agriculture to flourish and the tillers of the soil to be elevated fi nancially, socially and educational! y And why should we not try to build up ourselves, if we do not aim to pull down anybody else who ought to prosper? Tliere is no agrarianism in the Grange. Every patron wants all the property he can honestly get by his toil. We do not wish t,o injure the lawyer, though one of our cardinal doctrines takes away a great source of their prof it. One of our proudest achievmerrts is to stop strife and lawsuits among fanners. Where Granges flourish lawsuits di nAnish, and the little breaches that, Arise between bretheren are healed without litigation. A HINT TO GRUMBLERS. “What a noisy world this is !" croak ed an old frog, as he squatted on the margin of the pond. “Do yon hearthose geese how they scream and hiss? What do they do it for?” “Oil just to amuse themselves !” an swered a field mouse. “Presently we shall have the owl's hooting; what’s that for?” “It's the music they like best,” said the mouse. “And the grashoppers ; they can’t go home without grinding and chirping, why do they do that?” “O, they are so happy they can't help it t” saiil the mouse. ''You find excuses for all. I believe you don't understand music, so you like the hideous noises.” “Well, friend, to be honest with you,” saiil the mouse, “I don t greatly admire any of them ; but they are all sweet in my ears compared to the con stant croaking of a frog.” WISE S. 1 VISES None but a fool is always right. Some men, like pictures, are titter for a corner than a full light. To most men, experience is like the stern light or a ship, which illuminated only the track it has passed over. If a man do not erect, in this age, his own tomb ere lie dies, he shall live no longer in monument than the bell rings and the widow weeps. There are many men who, appear to be struggling against adversity and yet arc happy ; but yet men who although, abounding in wealth, are miserable. Friendship is the only thing in the world, concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed. Show me the man who has warm friends and bitter enemies, and I will at least show you a man of character and manhood. He who will not reason is a bigot— lie that cannot reason is a fool—and he who dares not reason is a slave. Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it—do anything but live for it. Never join with your friend when he abuse his horse or his wife, unless the first is about to be sold and the last buried. Gunning is an invention of wise men, to keep fools at a distance, and good breeding is an expedient to make fools and wise men equals. If you hear a person slander another mark that person ; the same will slan der you in a like manner when oeca sion offers. The slanderer always speaks evil of those whom she hates, be they saint or devil. Beware of the man who makes a dis play. If ho makes a display of his piety he is a hypocrite. If he make? a display of his charity, he is a miser. If he makes a display of punctuality in paying his debts, lie would swindle his i creditors if he had a chance. If be makes a display of his honesty, he is a knave. In brief the man of display is a sham —all he appears t, be is unreal. MELLOW SOIL AROUND TREES. Unless the surface of the ground is mulched around young trees over an area of six to ten feet in diameter the ground should be kept clean and mellow. Every farmer knows that a hill of corn or potatoes will not amount to much unless cultivated, and yeti there are many who will neglect to yive the same care to a tree which is worth a hundred hills of either of the former. In rioh soil trees may grow rapidly without cul tivation. and no amount of weeds and grass will retard them; but they are other things besides growth to be looked after. If the weeds and grass are al lowed to grow up around the stem of the app'e, peach or quince trees, the bark will become soft near the base by being shaded, a id thereby in a suitable condition for the reception of the eggs which will oventually become peach or apple bores. Take any dozen young apple trees in sections where the apple borer is abundant, and allow a portion to be choked with the weeds and the re mainder well cultivated, and then watch the result. From our own experience wa believe the chanoes are nine to one iu favor of those cultivated being ex empt from tho post—-Not. Agriculturist. The man who has no desire to please others won’t amount to much iu this world. I never know a man to brag of his money or his pedigree who had anything else to brag off />>’; Billings. TIMELY FARM NOTES. The time for active operations on th iarm will soon be upon us. and we should prepare for it by embracing every op portunity in getting everything ready. Arrange your manures, reset your j fences, clean out the ditches and ovei haul your farming implements, j The first favorable spell of weather i should bo used in making and sowing your tobacco beds. Sow at*least half as much as you intend to sow during the spring. Do not plow around old logs in your fields but have them burned or removed. 1 Laziness or carelessness are the onlv excuses that can be brought to bear Nmai suchJn|mders. Though f.o;, much work in the *>-7ir. (fen can be done this month in ’the planting line, yet it is the tune for get ting the ground ready an 1 the plant beds in shape, cut your “pea stick” and portion out the enclosure to suit your coming plants. Small and tough cabbages will grow upon poor, thin soil, but’if you wish large tender crisp cabbages plant them in rich mellow soil that has been well prepared. Now is the time to prepare. Do not keep a drove of poor, worth less cattle that must be an expense t f * the owner. Better keep a few of the fine breed and attend to them well, if" you wish to see profit in the cattle line. Careless irregular feeding of stock is the next thing to no feeding at all. If you wish fat, healthy cows and horses feed them regularly. System in feeding will improve the stock aud the provender hold out—try it farmers. Eve-y farm should possess at least a half dozen bee hives, lhey are a very little or no expense, and if right ly attended to, will yield much more net profit, than the guano—freelabor cotton fields. Honey finds a ready market and a good price. This is a good month to kill out your dogs and place pigs in their steads. The useless curs usually found upon the farm are double the expense of‘the same number of pigs— Leave the dog and care for the hog if you don’t wish to buy meat on time. Farmers should not forget to keep their working utensils in-doors. Have a place for your plows, hoes, gear and wagons, and see that everything is in its place when not being u*,ed. Trv it, it will shorten the expense account. Trimjup your fruit 'rees and see that they are m a prosperous condition. Good fruit will not grow upon a dwarfv. sickly tree. Fruit raising is a paying business in our State and we should turn more attention to our orchards and seo them properly cared for. Do not waste your woodland by use less clearing. \V hen you can improve your old lands, with the same amount of labor expended upon the clearing, so as to produce as good a crop and ■ then the farm is much more valuable. “Woodman spare that tree.” Fariuers make your homes pleasant to your boys, by not “bearing on the grind stone too heavily,” learn them to lovr the “old farm,” so when they come to be men they will not run to the city for a position behind the counter, bat ler them be satisfied. Keep your horse lots clean by having a manure pen under cover aud see tha' all the scrapings of the lot are thrown into it at least twice a week. Such ma nure beats the bought guano, and thc-i it is paid for. Auother point for tin hard times. Reduce your store account by mak your own soap. Put up vour a ie* wel. under cover, and see nat they ar. not wasted or injured ig when you get ready to you will find that you K \ v ' , ygjh ter article than you pnfcure in a store Shall we have hogs? it so> )t< to raise them by making a “obj crop for it would be well tq remember that hogs can not be fed profitably on cotton money. To make hog "rais ing a paying success you must make .your own corn, railroad corn don’t and oaiFt pay. AN OLD Woji. H TEN 'dollars to any farmer. Take one part by weight rosin, oa* part bees wax and four parts good fresti or sound lard. Mix and melt together over a fire so as to be sure not to burn th* mixture. It makes an ointment superior to anything I have ever tried for tho flesh, or either fresh or old sores and especially good to remove old scaled It comes off, leaving the skin soft and tough. I was using a horse a void winter day and the next uioruiug hjs legs were owolen and rough, and so Btiff that it seemed very diiticult for him to move. I brushed off the dirt and aj - plied the ointment as soon as I could after finding it out. I made the appli cation morning and evening for twe days, and the tnird day one application aud the horse was cured. I was com pelled to use the horse a little the third day and alter two hours ligßt work he worked as good as ever aud 1 kept on using him every day. The mixture is the best thing i have ever used for boots aud shoes fqr oin door wear, aud it makes spongy leather water-proof and hard leather soft Tho man whose only ambition is to make fo ks laugh will never- get above the reputation of being a ttratssiaas monkey. jS O. 45.
