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TD OUPINABIES, ADMINISTRATORS, GUABDIAX3, AO.
As heretofore, since the war, tlie following are the
pr , c *e for notices of Ordinaries, &c.-to he paid in ad
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Obituaries are charged for the same as other adver
tisements.
Professional Carts.
r\(). It. HAKT & J Y. ALLEN, have
• ) united for the purpose of practicing Law. One
(,r both may always be found in their office. Bv strict
attention to business and mir dealing with all they
h,.pe to merit a liberal sliare of patronage.
The senior member of the firm refers with confidence
to all for whom he has done business during the past
‘ Will practice by contract in any of the courts, or in
any portion of the State.
timnviston (>*., Jan. «2,1870. )an22-3m
\NI)KI\SON & McCALL A, Attorneys
at Law, Oovineton, Georgia. Will attend regu
jT,ami I’ra -t ce in the Superior Courts of the
counties of Newton, Butts. 18-nry, Spalding. Pike.
M,,nroe Up on, Morgan, DeKulb, Gwinnette and Jas
per. _ dt ' c °-Ly
r.VMES M. MATHEWS, Attorney at.
f | Laws, Tnlbotton, (la., will practice all the counties
,• Mp'ising the i hatiahoochee Circuit and elsewhere by
special contract. dedO-ly
W/’ILLIS .A WILLIS, Att 'rn“vs at Law
Talb-tton, Ga Prompt attention given to
business placed in our hands, declO-ly
pOHERT P. TRIPPE, Atrnvne.v at Law
t. t Forsyth, Ca Will practice in the State Courts
am in tho United States’ District Court at Atlanta and
Savannah, Ga, dec-0-ly
)A HUNT, Attorney at Law, Barnes^
• ville, (ia Will practice in all the counties c.f
tin- Flint i ircuit and. Supreme Court of tlm State.
'll \RIO\ r BETIIUNK, Attorney at
\ J L:i>.\ T.ilh itoii, (hv Will practice in all the
comities of the Clmttaliooi heo Circuit, and Upson and
Merriwether counties. declS-ly
| !) ALEXANDER, Attorney at, Law,
e \ n Thomaston, Ga. Will practice in all the coun
ties composing the Flint Circuit, and elsewhere by
special contract Special attention given to collodion,
and settle promptly with cliants. declß-ly
r jp!K)\IAS BEALL, Attorney a r - Law,
i i homaston Ga. VViil practice in the Flint. Cir
cuit, and else.vhere by special contract. decls-ly
I\U. RO(iE118 will continue the practice
/ of Medicine. Office as heretofore in the Webb
Block. decTS-ly
I y\ (1. W. T. TT \ W All, is pleased to
Si 7 notify the citizens of Upson that, he will continue
the practice ot Medicine in it* various branches at
Thomaston, Ga. declß-ly
JOHN I lIAI.L. JOSEPH A GOTTEN WM. T WEAVER.
H all, cotten & weaver. At.
lorneys and Counsellors at Law. Office in At
lanta and Thomaston, Ga Will practice in thecoun
ti'-s of Fulton, Cobb, Campbell and DeKulb *’apt. J
A Gotten, will give his attention to business in the
above counties and will be found at all t me* m the
office In Atlanta. Will also practice in the counties
of Upson, Pike, Crawford, Taylor, Talbot and Merri
wether, in the Supreme Court, and in the District
Court of the United States for the Northern District of
Georgia Messrs. Kali & Weaver will give attention
to business in the above counties and will rein dn in tlie
office in Thomaston, Ga. declß-ly
DBKTISTBLY.
IMIE undersigned Lein nr permanently
located in Thomston, still tenders his professional
sei vices in the practice o! Dentistry to the citizens of
Upson and adjoining eounti -s Teeth inserted on g Jd,
silver, adamant.il oor rubber. All work warranted ami
a good fit guaranteed Office up stairs over Suggs &
Oliphant’s drug store.
GocD ts N. BRYAN.
DENTAL NOTICE.
r PIIE undersigned takes pleasure in
1 notifying the citizens of Thomaston and the vieini-
U v that those wishing snv kind of Dental work done,
either operative or mechanical, and done right with
silty-faction given, can do so by calling at my office or
writing to me at LJ rnesville, and let me know where to
diem. . G P. CAMPBELL,
dec!) kin Bartlesville, Ga.
FURNITURE
MOONEY, BOYD & CO..
MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN
FURNITURE of every Description,
Onr Manufactory has boon overhauled, and improved wita
new machinery, engine, &c., and we are now prepared to fur
nish, the public with Furniture of all kinds at very low prices.
ihDiPipaHSa
■S-roR’iSSSSS'!!!*•' 1 !“ Dd » Sa'eo* assort
lhe eheunJaSn J NS ’ fl,,est Burial cases to
n Orders for Coffins should be
City Sexton.
'i? e i Ul , toV „ the ! ar - e Patronage extended to
thrtoi; ™ Ul,tl '«RI endeavor to deserve anincreaae
4 0 at t ,° ur extt ' nsi ’vo Warerooms on SOLOMON ST
> MOONEY. BOYD <fc CO. *
THOMASTON, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY MO, 1870.
CARRIAGES,
BUGSIES & WAGONS.
Having procured the services of
MR. JOHN BLAND,
the well known PAINTER nnd TRTMER,
and the best WORKMAN and BLACK
SMITH that enn be found in the country ;
nj)d have procured the agerwy of s une of
the first-class NORTHERN MANUFAC
tories, I am prepared to furnish
VEHICLES
of all kinds and styles, from a WHEEL
BARROW to the finest
Buggy and Carriage
that can be gotten up. BUGGIES will lie
my speciality. Samples will be kept on
hand at all times, where they can be seen
at my REPOSITORY. I can suit the fancy
of ail. I propose to sell as low as they can
he purchased elsewhere. The best season
ed Northern timber will be used, and the
WORKMANSHIP
will be warranted for twelve months—(and
no mistake). Two-horse Wagons of the
best and latest styles will be kept constant
ly on hand ; also, one-horse
WAG O N S
and “DUMP CARTS. ” Repairing done.
Bring up your old Buggies and have them
repaired. I will repair them cheap, or
trade you new ones for them.
Shop next, door to J. C. Zimmerman’s
Furniture Store. Call and see me. If I
should be absent Mr. Biand will wait on
you.
JOSEPH ALLEN.
Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 7. 1870-3 m
W IGLEY & KNOTT)
Importers and Dealers in
HARDWARE, CUTLERY
And AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
’ < f all kinds.
MACON, GEORGIA.
Sole Agents for the Taylor Cotton Gin
in Macon. Gin Bauds furnished at Manu
facturer’s Prices.
Agents for Brinly’s Universal Plows,
Doty’s Washing Machine, Universal
Clothes Wringer, Buckeye Cultivator.
Improved Dickson Sweeps, of our own
manufacture 15 to 30 inch.
FERTILIZERS OF ALL KINDS.
janls-3m
associatFcapital wanted
r I''IIE undersigned, for many years pro®
1L p-rietor of the Th< mastern Factory, located near
Thomaston, Upson county, Ga , which property was
destroyed by the Federal troops in the Spring of 1565,
is desirous of improving said water power, and wishes
to form a connection with someone or more parties to
rnise a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, to be
invested at said place The property is not offered for
sale, but will be out in at a low valuation, and an ad
d tional interest retained, amounting in all to twenty
five thousand dollars There are two privileges of 120
horse power each, tither of which is capable of operat
ing five or six thousand spin les and two hundred
looms. There is on the piace, ready for use. an elegant
residence, which cost $5,000 before the war, and
other residences for fifteen families as operatives: also
a dam and stone canai at the upper power, the latter
needing repairs; also an inexhaustible supply of ex
cel lent granite. The location is <f easy access and as
healthy'as the mountains. Address
DK, C. ROGERS,
dec S-ts Thomaston, Ga
Macon Telegraph and Messenger copy one
month nnd send bill.
ZELL’S AMMONIATED
BONE SUPER PHOSPHATE.
Thomaston, Ga., Jan. 3, 1870.
We are agents for the above Standard
FERTILIZER.
All persons who intend using it this sea
son will please call at our place of business
and get Certificates, and we will give all
information needed.
Respectfully,
ATWATER & SIIARMAN.
j anß-tf
JUST RECEIVED
A LARGE lot of Fresh Groceries, etc.
of allkinds.
New Orleans Sugars of all grades,
New Orleans Syrups of nil grades,
Fresh Mackerel, etc.
Having concluded to continue business will be
pleased to see all my old friends and as many new ones
as will call. 1 win sell very low ff>r the money.
WANTED to buy Five Thousand pounds Dried
Pafccbeß. Highest price paid.
•eptlfr*f Oh JU CUNNINGHAM
GOLDEN MOMENTS!
"lA"E would respectfully
V? infofm those wanting a ,
Time Piece of any description they <E: *ln ' ~ ! ’)[ '"V-jtja
would do well to call at
HIGGINS A WALKER'S
New JEWELRY STORE, Barnesrille, Ga., a* we keep
on hand anil are constantly receiving fresh from New
York lire latest and most improved style of
Waiches, Clock? and Jewelry,
w hich we are offering at astonishingly low prices, as we
are dealing diiectiy with i < porters we feel confident
that we can furnish this class of Goods as cheap as any
House in Georgia. We are determined to keep on
hand a GENUINE WaTCII and CLOCK, which we
can sell to our customers and
WARRANT AS REPRESENTED
7Ye are permanently located in
BARNESVILLE,
and are going to build up a busine* in this line purely
on merit., so if you want a FINE WATCH or CLOCK
cull at the sign of the ‘ BIG WATCH, ’’ in the new
BRICK BLOCK, next door to Blood worth & Murphey,
East side public square.
Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and
warranted.
IUGGIXS & WALKER,
Jan22-t,f Bartlesville, Ga.
ALL POLICES NON -FORFEITABLE.
THE HAmAKD
LIFE INSURANCE CO,
OF BALTIMORE.
OFFIC IN COMPAKY’S BUILDING,
NO 10 SOUTH STREET, BALTIMORE.
GEORGE P. THOMAS, President.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
HAMITON EASTER, HIRAM WOODS .Tk ,
ALLEN A. CHAPMAN, GEORGE 11. MILLER,
GEORGE P. THOMAS, THOMAS CASSARD,
11UGII SISSON, \V I LI.IA M DEVRIES,
CHARLES WEBB.
A. K. Foard, Secretary,
Clayton C. Hall, Assistant Secretary,
C. Rogers, M D. Medical Examiner,
M, Robku.B, Manager of Georgia.
Branch Office at Atlanta, Ga.
dOSEFII 11. SMITH,
jau22-3m Special Agent.
W. L FLAY & CO.,
WHOLESALE.
LIQUOR DEALERS
AND
Commission Merchants,
NO. 1 GRANITE BLOCK, BROAD ST.
ATLANTA, GrA.,
ZPZRICE LIST.
X WE P per gal SI.OO
XX W. P. pei gal 1.15
Ten Corn Whisky, per gal $1.25 to 2.25
Ten. Rye Whiskey, per gal 1.50 to 8.00
Roberson Whisky, per gal 2.00 to 4.00
Clay Bourbon Whisky, per gM. 1.50 to B.DO
» lay XXX Whisky, per gal 1.25 to 2.00
Clay Ky. Hell Whisky, per ga' 2.00 to 6.50
Lee’s Best Whisky, per gal 2.00 to 4.5!)
Ky. Marshall Whisky, per gal 2.00 to 5.00“
Old Crow Whiskey, per gal 2.C0 to 7.00
jan29-tf
M. E. KENNY’S
HEW ALE DEPOT,
NO. 4 PRYOR STREET,
£I.3STTj&., OA.
K EN NY is State Agent for the celebraU
ed OLD WICKLIFFE.
$3?~ KENNY is Agent for Lill’s CHICAGO ALE.
KEN YA’ is Agent for London Royal Nectar Gin.
KENNY' is Agent for old Tom Gin.
in' KENNY manufactures All Grades of Segars.
KENNY' S BITTERS cannot be excelled as a tonic.
Try them f
Go and see KENNY at his new stand on Pryor Street.
febs-ly
BOOTS, BOOTS AND SHOES!
I KEEP constantly on hand and am con
stantly making a good lot of heavv RUSSETTS,
BROGANS, WOMENS SHOES, and BOOTS Also a
good lot of Leather, such as Sole, Uper and Harness,
Kip and Calf Skins, all of which I will sell
LOW FOR CASH.
Hides, Tenhark, Tallow or Provision, Ac , taken ia
exchange Thomaston, Ga.
dec 10 rs B, B WHITE.
4LBANY HOUSE,
MERRICK BARNES, Pro.
CORNER PINE AND JACKSON STS.,
jy* Polite Servants constantly in attendance, and
the comfort of Guest studiously regarded.
Hacks always ready to convey Passengers to
and from Depot. J in '9-ly
M.C.&J.F. KISER,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c.,
NO. 76 WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLA3STTA, GA.
ENTOMOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE
COT ION WORM—ITS FIRST AP
PEARA NCE. HABITS, TRANSFORM
ATIONS, ETC.
Before the caterpillar is seen by the
planter, its advent is kn iwn by the peoubnr
ftti’.id odor ot the locality where the worm
is feeding. L"pon a very ciose inspection,
a small worm may be seen, about the thir
ty-second part of an inch ion£, closely ad
hering to the under surface oi the leaf, and
in the immediate vicinity of the egg, from
whence it has just emerged. By a close
inspection, with the aid of a microscope,
one will perceive a gma'l. striped worm, the
the head larger than tne body, covered with
minute round black dots. Touch it and it
springs ejuickly away, apparently having
fa len to the ground. It is a deception, for
it is suspended from the parent leaf by a
thread of delicate silk, by which it returns
at pleasure. This is the veritable, genuine
cotton caterpillar.
Emerging from the egg, its first duty is
to spin a thread of silk, attach it to the leaf
and begin to feed upon the under su i&lce of
the leaf. On the third day it has grown
sufficiently strong to grasp the edge of the
leaf between its greedy jaws and devour it.
Oo the fi u th d.iy all of its character.stiee
are perfectly developed. It has au amber
colored head, divided into two equal halves
by a depression running lengthwise, each
half covered with fourteen rouud black dots ;
on the under surface of which are two
heavy scissor-like jaws, by which the leaves
of the plant are devoured. On each side of
the head are five simple eyes, arrange t in
a half circle, the central one of the group
being the largest, of abiilli mt dark brown
color. It has twelve transverse sections
around its body, which, with the head and
anal section, divide the caterpillar into four
teen distinct anatomical divisions. The
first section is dotted^ with eight round,
black dots, and contain the beginning of
the lateral dark stripes which terminate
and are lust within the twelith section, at
the anal extremity. On the second and
third transverse section, just without the
margin of the black stripes, on either side,
is one rohnd, black dot; the remaining
nine sections have four dots in each. The
body and the feet are also covered with
these dots, from the centre of which springs
a short, stiff, black and pointed bristle.
The worm has, running down the back,
representing, as it were, the spinal column,
a narrow silver stripe, the entire length of
the body, on either side of which is a wide,
dark brown stripe, then a wide silver one,
then a narrow dark, and lastly a narrow
silver stripe ; all beginning in the first and
terminating in the tvreHth section of the
caterpillar. The abdominal portion of the
worm is light green. There ar9 three pairs
of pectorial feet springing from the first
three sections, each terminating inwardly,
with a sharp hook, by which the leaf is
manipulated when feeding. There are four
pairs of ventral feet, oval shaped, tormina’
ating in a series of minute hooks, which
spring from the sixth, seventh, eighth and
ninth sections ; the first pair appearing sup
ernumerary, as they never reach the leaf.
The second pair are defective, but grow suf
ficiently to reach the leaf on the filth day.
From me extremity of the worm spring the
anal pair of feet, which, in conjunction with
the others, constitute the organs of locomos
tion, which is that of the looper or span
worm.
By closely observing their physical de
velopments, the cotton caterpillar may be
readily distinguished. With short inters
vals of rest, they feed constantly for ten
consecutive days and nights. On the tenth
dav they have readied their maturity—have
grown to be one and a half inches in length,
and crawling out on a leaf, quietly await
their approaching transformation. During
the day they select the leaf upon which their
transformotion into the nymph or chrysalis
is to he accomplished—begin to weave their
winding sheet of delicate white silk, fold
the edges of the leaf around the frail cocoon,
and there await motionless and inanimate
the coming change. When the eoeoon is
completed the caterpillar contracts at either
end, the legs recede into the body, the dark
colors change to lighter hues, the eyes lose
their brilliancy and assume the leudea hues
of death. At the end of the second lay the
head and three of the t~an»verse sections
open and a green chryaalis begius to appear
It has neither eyes, feet, legs, wings nor
any appendage necessary to locomotion-, yet
perfect in the lesson taught by the laws ot
insect life, it frees itself from the integu
ment of the caterpillar by slipping it down,
section by secti tn, to the anal extremity,
when, with a single motion, it fastens ihe
hooks attached to the inferior en 1 of the
chrysalis into the silken threads of the co
coon, there to remain until the develop
ment of the moth.
Within the short space of ten days, the
caterpillar has eaten many times its own
weight of the leaves of the cotton plant,
and has cast off its hairy integuments five
times, at intervals of two days. Through
out this change it is attended by the same
physical and anatomical characteristics, ex
cept as to color.
I hav£ seen them in the early spring
feeding upon tender plants, c tton and
weeds, and recognized the cotton caterpil
lar,though devouring the leaves of the care
less weed. The color is light green, but by
aid of the mieroscrope one can perceive the
twelve sections of the body, the longitudi
nal stripes, the round hairy dots, the spot
ted head, the ten brilliant eyes, the three
pectorial, fear ventral, and one pair of anal
legs, and the looping gate of the cotton cat
erpillar.
Then it is certain that the evil omen of
the cotton planter is at hand, and will, so
sure as time progresses, multiply until
countless numbers come to desolate our c it®
ton fields and rob the laborer of the reward
of honest toil. Careless observers call them
gross worms, web worms, common cater
pillar, etc., I t;auße seen solitary ar.d alone.
In 1867. the first caterpillar I found was
feeding upoa the leaves ot the careless weed.
The cotton caterpillars in the fall are much
darker than those seen in the early spring.
No writer has satisfactorily accounted for
this change in color ; it is the result of the
coloring matter contained in the food upon
which the insects feed. By examining the
undersurface of the cotton leaf, numerous
round, blackj spots will be perceived about
the size and color of the spots seen upon the
cotton worm. It is the pigment of the leaf
and native to the plant.
When the green cotton caterpillar cf the
spring has passed into the thiri genera
tion, consuming only tho leaves of tue ct
ton plant, they have carried enough 6F the
coloring matter of the plant into their sys
tems to change the natural dirk stripes in
to those of still darker hue. Light colored
caterpillars confined under .a glass ahude
and fid on cotton leaves, and reared into
the third generation, produced the black
caterpillar or Common army worm.
After the caterpillar has coco »ned, at tho
end of the sooond and » it has changed into
the brown chrysalis, remains without aov
additional transformation seven days, and
on the eighth day the head of tho chrysalis
opens and the moth, miller, or parent of
the army worm appears, full oflife and vig
or, and flies rapidly away, seeking its mate
and new localities to begin again its labors
of love nnd desolation. The miller is about
one inch measured from the head to the tip
of the wing, and three-quarters of an inch
across the wings from point to point when
at rest, and represents a triangle, the two
points of the wings and the head making
the three angles. It is a light brown or
snuff color, and when stationary, folds its
wings overthe body angularly, resembling
the roof of a house. It has lour wings ; the
ends of the upper wings are : errated and
bordered by a delicate fringe of dark brown,
with a round black spot uear the centre of
each upper wing. The spot is pupilated,
having a white spot in the centre ot the
black. The head is small, eyes convex and
dark, surrounded by light creen. The an
tennae long, springing from the inner base
of the eyes, ft has six legs. The suct"ri
al oi gin, by which tho life of the insect is
sustained, is coiled within a groove beneath
the thorax. It belongs to the order known
as lepidoptera, and is called by entomolog
ists, noctua zelica. The miller, or moth,
is often mistaken for others of that order
less injurious to the cotton plant. More
than twelve thousand moths and butte; flies
have been accurately described by narura
lists since the days of Aristotle, but with a
careful observer no mistake can be made,
since none are 'ike the noctua zelina. Du u
ring the day, it secretes itself under the
cotton plant, or dense, overlapping weeds
and grass, and never seen biskingin the
sunshine. On dark, cloudy days, and at
twilight, they fly from leaf to leaf, and
plant to plant, selecting the must delicate
on which to deposit their eggs. This is
continued for about twelve days,-during
which time they have luid countless num
bers. When fourteen days old, the moth be
gins to lose its origiial color and becomes
paler, casts off its down on the upper por
tion of the body between tire wings, be
comes perceptibly smal'er, more feeble,
hoary with old age, and dies. Some of the
most learned modern authors estimate that
the moth of the army grass worm deposits
twenty thousand eggs; others have asserted
that they reach as high as forty thousand.
If so, the moth of the cotton calerpilier
has like capacity. The egg is a mere speck
in the fi>rir of a half globe, compressed,
regularly furrowed, and when newly laid,
is of a deep eea green color, attached by a
glutinous substance to the under sur a:e of
tne leaf. With each succeeding dty the
egg becomes more transparent, until the
embryo caterpillar can be distinctly seer
beneath the envelope. On the sixth dav
the caterpiller breaks through the shell of
the egg and begins its labors anew, having
consumed days to perfect its cy
cle of time. This is repeated from early
spring until the frosts of winter, when, by
! the death of the vegetation, the insect life
is suspended until renewed by the warmth
of the succeeding spring. Thus it is that
oi.e single moth may deposit eggs enough
to produce the army worm in the third gen
eration in numbers sufficient to desolate
whole cotton fields. lluw are they propa
gated? By what mysteri us laws of na
ture do they appear and disappear? Are
they the result of the eggs remaining dor
mant through the winter, or the inanimate
condition of the nymph? Or does the moth
herself seek winter quart< rs in some secure
and sheltered spot to be rejuvenated by the
warmth of returning spring? L>ke most
of the insect world, the moth performs its
round of duty, deposits its allotted number
ot eggs, flaps its feeble wings and dies.
In midsummer, when fed beneath a net
ting envelop rig w hole stalks of cotton,with
access to dew, rain, sunshine and its na
tive food, none survive th > fifteenth day. —
Could they survive longer, they wou'd
surely perish at the frrst touch of winter,
for they feed only by suction on living
plants. The m >th that during the summer
neat invariably escapes from the chrysalis
on the seventh day will, during winter, in
an enclosure, protract its stay within th t
chrysalis for thirty days. May not the
same inanimate condition of the ch/ysdis he
protracted throughout the winter in expos
ed and bleak 1 jcalit.es until spring, with
its genial glow, engenders new life within
the dormant chrysalis, when the moth will
again appear to renew the scenes of waste
and desolation ? The eggs are insoluble in
water, and may pass the winter without
germination, for it requires gentle and con
stant heat to produce the living worm.—
Should it survive the winter and hatch the
succeeding spring, the young caterpillar
would die of starvation, being able only
to sustain life by feeding on the in »st ten
der vegetation. Tne eggs, as before re
mark* and, are laid upon the leaf, which, be
ing decayed before the spring, could not
sustain insect life.
I hatched them on withered leaves, pluck
ed from the parent stem but twelve hours,
and the young worms not being able to ex
tra ‘t sus e ianc# from the lea f , died of star
ration the first day. During the heat of
summer, pending a protracted drouth, the
leal of the cotton plant becomes hard and
tough, and thousands of the young cater
pillars perish from hunger, being unable
to feed upon the leaves tor the first two
days: henoe experienced planters say that
during hot, dry weather the worms make
but little progress.
From the days of Aristotle down to 1639,
the entomologists of that age held the and Cr
trine of equivocal or spontaneous production
of insects, but Harvey, Redi and others of
lat er date have inconfcestibly established
the doctrine of “ Omni ex oco.” That the
noctua zylina is produced bv an egg, is ess
tablished beyond a doubt, but what myste
rious instinct teaches the moth to deposit
its egg upon the leaf of the cotton plant; the
philoo iphy of man cannot establish. Na>
ture is antagonistic in most of her laws.
All organized matter is tending to decay,
and each particular plant through ut tha
vegetable world is beset by eouie living
enemy. The mammoth b'onms of the
tropics are let!i,upon by g rgeous butter*
fltee, and the solitary fbwer that unfolds its
petals to the feeble ray«t of an Arctic euu
has its tiny moth. Wherever vegetntuu
springs, insect life begins. Man follows
along, and wi'h philosophy unfolds many
mysterious tilings, but the hi iden laws of
insect life are known alone to Him wk »
created all things for a wise and ber.eliciuQl
purpo>e.
PR -POSET) REBLDT.
So lar, there has been no remedy disco vs
ered that will destroy thee »ttou caterpillar.
Success lies more with ti e planter than in
remedies. Early preparation of the soil,
early planting, with an early variety of
B'ed, and good cuiivation, will always pros
duce a live hundred pound bale of lint cot
ton per acre, in Tex is, worms or no worms,
unless they appear as early as the month
«and July. Fortunately for the cotton plans
ter of Texas, the winters arc sh >rt, the
growing season long, the rich soil, and the
clima e sahib nous. Without the aid > f for*
tiliz >rs, despite the annual visitation of the
cotton caterpillar, the laborer can produce
more cotton than he c iu gather, unassisted.
The sluggard who defers the preparation,
planting and cultivation of his soil ‘ until a
more convenient season," only plants ani
cultivates for the benefit of the army worm.
The worms cannot be exterminated after
they have multiplied into the third genera
tion. In my opinion they can only bo de*
stroyed by exterminating the moth in the
spring and early summer, and that can
only be accomplished bv the use of artifi-*
oat light and poison. Lanterns set in ves
sels containing a s dution of carbolic acid
and placed in the cotton fields during the
dark nights of .May, Juno and July—ono
to each aero of land—will destroy every
moth within the circle of its influence.
They are allured by the light, fly rapidly
to it, and striking the declining sides of
the lantern, are precipitated into the 0.. -
-b <lic acid aud instantly perish. The lan
terns will accomplish nothing during noon
light nights, hence the necessity ol begin
ing their use early in the season.
H. T. FLEW ELLEN.
“THE LONE HOUSEMAN.”
A REXIMSCEXCB OF TIIR LATE CIVIL WAR.
It was nearly 5 o’clock r. u. on the 30th
of August, 18G2. The great battle of Ma
nages was raging with unabated, terrible
fury. The last reserves of either side had"
peen ordered to the front, and the struggle
was stubborn, deidlv, desperate’. The
Fodorals weie slowly, sullenly giving way
—obstiuately disputing every inch of
ground. One unbroken blaze of lurid light
sheeting the interval botweon the oppisin;
hosts. The incessant roll of musketry, the
hoarse thunder of artillery, the ringing
clash of sabres, the piteous shrieks of the
d/ing, the grim heca o nbs of the do*,
proclaimed t\e drsad empire of Molock.
Far into the enemy's lines, as you ap
jr ached from the (ii&'nesvJlc roa h on
probably tlie most advantageous elevation
for military purposes the battle-field afford
ed, was planted a battery, supported by fivti
regiments of Doited States Regulars, com
manded by Fitz John Porter. A murder
ous fire war poured into the advancing
columns of the Confederates from these
awful engines of destruction—gaping laues,
causewayed’with dead and w mnded, mark*
ed the track of the-dethcl missiles—scores
of bravo Southr ms fell at every vollied uU
te ranee. The supporting regiments, cover
ed by the crest of the hill, watched with
pleased anxiety the red carnival of slaugh
ter.
A Confederate ofiicer—the only nrountol
oie 1 saw so tar to the front—observing the
frightful carnage the battery is working,
determines to charge if. With him to will
is to do —and do quickly. lie gives the
order, and immediately may bo seen to
emerge from u pine thicket—from w hence,
after a spirited tigh f , they had alraady driv
en in disorder thrice their owe numbers
a single regiment of men, blown by the hot
pursuit, worn with fatigue, and, but for the
unconquerable spirit animating them, faint
ing from excessive heat, aggravated by the
sulphurous thirst of the battle-fiel 1. Is
this mere handful of men, unaided, to
charge that frowning battery so strongly
supported? Is thatjttlitary raiment to be
h irled against seveWiir.es its own numeri
cal strength, w ith every advantage of posi
tion, and plight, and arms, on the oppress
sing side? Are its tiiinnod ranks to breast
the double lire of artillery and infantry
with bayonets only, and to grapple with
the veteran Regulars of the Federal army?
Even so! “The Lone Ilorscmal has or ler
ei it, and he conducts the charge. Riding
along the line, he infuses into every breast
the daring resolve which burns in his own.
11 is heroic example is oontageaus, and ih~
spires the uob'e phalanx with that energi*
zed unity of will, of constancy, of o >urage,
of enthusiasm, of unselfish devotion whioh
Napoleon’s “0 and Guard” exemplified, and
which made it the glory of France and the
tprror of Europe. On they rush toward
the belching cannon, defying numbers, da
fyicg numbers, despising danger, courting
the ‘ austere glory of suffering” in Liber
ty's c mse ! The base of the hill is reached,
and the perilous ascent begun. The can*
noniers, dismayed at the spectacle of un*
matched daring, seek shelter behind the
wall of bayonets glistening like dimonds in
the sun behind the crest. With a bhout
that makes the “welkin ring” tho interpid
baud dash toward the summit—-each emu*
1 >us of the h n j of reaching tbeguns first.
Within » few paces of the fatal goal, suds
denly five hostile flagr, simu taneously
flung defiantly to the breeze, confront them,
while the whulr hill side, as is sowu wi:h
the fabiei Dragon's teeth, bristles with it#
crop of armed men. A tempest of leaden
rain pours upon the devoted ranks, mowing
diwn in an instant half their number; still
every ravin not disabled stands, unduuted,
at his post. Around that “Lone Horse*
man” thousand pullets hail; but 1 • “wears
a charmed life nor rider nor steed is
harmed-
Just now a battery on the right enfilades
the Spartan bravos with grape and caoh ter.
No reinfo o menta in sight, i> were mad*
ness to longer stand in front of and flanked
by tho terrible odds. The order is given to
fail back to a ravine two hundred yards to
the rear, and there, under partial cover*
Is O. lii.