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!' r TjJIKJ 'with farmers Conducted By C H. Jordan ♦♦♦><>> >♦♦<«s>>»♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ t : Subscribers «r« requested to ad- ♦ dress all Inquiries for information ♦ * on sublets relating to the farm. ♦ ♦ field. garden and poaltry to the * ♦ Agricultural Editor. AU Inquiries 4 ♦ will receive prompt and careful at* ♦ ♦ tention. No inquiries answered by ♦ ♦ mail Please address Harris Jordan. ♦ ♦ Agricultural Editor, Monticello, Ga. 4 I>M*MI !•>•♦♦♦♦ THE COTTON CROP. Within the past six weeks there has been a decided change for the worse In the condition of the crop. Up to the mid dle of August quite a large area of the cotton belt east of the Mississippi river gave promise of a fairly good yield. In some sections of thia state planters an ticipated an extraordinary yield. But cot tea is a plant which never indicates dert ■ttely what it will do until the bolls ma ture, open and the staple is ready for harvest. Unfavorable climatic conditions will paralyse and ruin a good prospect . within the short space of ten days. And so it has been during the closing days of the passed summer. The fields which had been early planted and well worked took on a very good crop during the month of July, which has been retained. The August crop has from va rious causes disappeared until now but few fields show atty top crop at all. Too much rain in some section, too little in others, and the damaging effects of the boll worm, boll rot and other insects have worked untold damage and loss to the crop up to the present time. The great trans-Mississlppi or cotton area west of the Mississippi has shared ' a worse fate than the erop in the old states on account of long continued drouth during the growing season. When, in Texas, the rains finally came, they were too late to be of material benefit, but rather Injured the crop instead of bettering It. Thousands of acres of land planted in cotton were converted Into hay fields on account of scarcity of labor to keep back the grass, and I have seen many large fields of cotton which would not produce one bale to ten acres, and that tn jom« of the best cotton territory of this state. Th* Anticipated Yield. It Is of course impossible thus early In the season to formulate any definite Idea as to the exact yield this season. We can. by comparison of existing conditions with those of previous years, based on the same acreage, form a fairly good opinion as to what the crop will yield* in the aggregate or at least come within the neighborhood of it. There has been a considerable Increase in the acreage this year, but it has been largely discounted in that a proportion of the crop was thrown out after being planted and the late cotton planted after what, in Texas, failed to mature on account of dry weather. The Texas farmers seem firmly convinced that the crop of that state, in cluding Indian Territory and Oklahoma. Will fail short this year I.SOO-'MO bales as compared with the big crop harvested in those states last year. Indeed, many far mers who grow cotton, tn some of the best counties in Texas are reporting that they are already through gathering and have turned their cattle in the fields. The re port of a short crop is so general and widespread aU over that section that there can be no question of the present short yield anticipated. In Arkansas the crop is decidedly inferior to that of last year and the output of the staple will be cor respondingly small. ’ • New. with an indicated heavy shortage west of Mississippi the crop in the old states must be looked to to make up the deficiency in order to harvest a crop the else of last year, which amounted in round numbers to 10.353.000 bales. Will the old states make as much as they did last year and in addition thereto the es timated Texas shortage? Except in a tier of counties in the northern part of the state I can bear of no section in Georgia which now has prospects for a better yield than the season of 1900. On the con trary. we have had nothing but com plaints during the past four weeks and now nearly all sections report the antici pated yield short. The state of Georgia had brighter prospects up to the first of August than any of the old states except Mississippi The same conditions which have so materially Injured our crop have prevailed in the other states, hence a general reduction all along the line has occurred within the past six weeks. From the information which has come to me by correspondence the reports in the dally papers and my observation of the crop in various sections I do not see how it is possible to make more cotton than we did last year In the old states. Certainly we cannot make up the deficiency now re ported from the territory west of the Mississippi. Price of Cotton. The monthly report issued by the Cotton Growers' Protective Association of Texas on September Sth estimated the yield at *>.<<7.ooo bales, by giving the states east of the Mississippi an increase of I per cent over the yield of last year. A re cent detailed report sent out from a New Tork statistician, who claims to have made a careful estimate, based on a large number of reports received from all sec tions of the cotton belt, figures the yield for this season to be not larger than 1.500,00) bales. Mr. Ellison, the cotton sta tistician for the European r pinners, re cently issued a statement in which he declared that the world would require lI.SSO.OOn bales of American cotton for con sumption during the next twelve months. It is a well known fact that but little or no surplus of last year’s crop will be carried over, it having all been consumed by the mills, and the spinners must now depend upon the present crop for the sup ply which Mr. Ellison says they will re quire to meet consumption during the next twelve months, or until another erop ean be planted, cultivated and harvested. If our crop should yield 10.000.000 bales this season we would still fall short of last year’s crop several hundred thousand ' bales and bales short of antletpat- ' ed demand. We received 10c per pound for i a larger crop last year than we are likely to make this year. The trade with China hag been resumed and the dry goods trade WARNING TO MEN. Nine men out of ten sooner or later suffer from a weakening of their manly functions. Overwork, a strain on the nerves, worry, excesses, etc., are sure to rsoult tn an Impairment of vigor, which may appear slight at first, but will load to a complete derangement of the sexual system. Buch cases. Involving as ■e DR. {uShawAY. m*!h J. NEWTON HATHAWAY. M. D.. S 3 Inman building. 221-2 8. Broad St.. Atlanta. Office hours, 8:30 a. m. to S p. tn. Sundays, 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. occupies a much better position now than it did a year ago. Last year the farmers, with not as good prospects for better prices ahead of them as now exists, held their cotton firmly until the buyers came Into the market and offered them the value of their staple. This year, for some reason, known only to themselves, the producers seem disposed to rush their staple on the market and sacrifice it at about sl2 per bale less than its value. In other words, we are getting rapidly back to the old ruinous system of letting the buyers take our staple at thier prices, when last season, we forced them by a little firmness to pay ours. We need 10 cents per pound worse this year than we did last, because the coot of growing the crop has been more and everything we ' have to buy at this time has greatly ad- I vanced In price. If the farmers of the ! south would only sell such cotton as was 1 needed to meet pressing demands and ' hold back the remaining, selling a certain percentage of the crop each month, it would lighten up receipts, they could easi ly become masters of the situation and this erop could be sold for its value. The Texas farmers are now discussing a proposition to sell one-tenth of their crop each month. If such a policy were gener ally introduced we would not only get better prices, but we would have money in circulation among the cotton growers every month In th'e year. Now the plan Is to have the money for the entire crop received and spent during three or four months and go without and on a basis of bad credit for the balance of the year. I can see no good reason for the pres ent low price of cotton except to gratify the wishes of the spinners and give them an opportunity to build up big dividends again Nor can I understand why it is that the farmers knowing the true sit uation eo well, will deliberately sacrifice their'money prop on a market 3 cents per pound below Its true value. Perhaps when it is too late the producers will see their mistakes and gain wisdom from dearly bought experience. All reports indicate a short crop and with light receipts the market must rally within the next 80 days. HARVIE JORDAN. INQUIRY DEPARTMENT. D. B. 8.. Bryant, Ga —What do you con sider the best method of harvesting pea vtne hay* Is it possible to save the hay If baled immediate!}’ after it is eut? Name some method of saving it in case of bad weather soon after cutting. Answer through Semi-Weekly Journal. Answer—l have been cutting and cur ing crops of peavine hay for the past 20 years and have no recollection of ever having loot a crop within that time. I al ways notice my weather reports about the time the vines are ready to be harvested, that is when the pods are about three fourths ripe. When the weather Is likely to be open and clear for three or four days. I have the vines mowed when the dew is off. They are permitted t«r lie as cut for 96 hours, when they are naked into win drows and hauled to the barn or stack pale, and firmly peeked down as they are unloaded. The vines will cure up nicely if packed down hard and firm and will not mould. I have never tried baling green pea vines and would not recommend baling them until the vines had wilted in the sunshine for a day or two. If the vines should be cut in wet weather I would put in stack poles same as for fodder, nailing cleats across them three or four feet apart and fork the vines up around the poles until they were thoroughly dried out. The pieces of plank nailed cross wise on the poles would hold the vines apart nicely and permit circulation of air. It will not do to pack down wet peavines. The rainwater will cause mill dew or rot. and endanger the lives of stock fed on it. Cut the vines when the pods are about three-fourths ripe and not much trouble will be experienced in curing them in anything like fair weather, ac cording to the plans suggested. Peavine hay is well worth all the care and atten tion necessary to its proper cure and care. EXCHANGES. Agriculture In the South. From an Exchange. That the south is to be considered an Important factor in the further extension an<f development of American agriculture cannot be well overlooked at this thne. Not only immense sums of northern and western capital 'have been invested in farm lands of the southern states, but, in many cases, the men furnishing the mon ey have gone with it. In Georgia last summer we found the Hoosier, Buckeye, Pennsylvania Dutchman and New Eng land Yankee, each owning and managing large plantations, employing thousands of native laborers. The more intelligent per sons were imbibing new ideas dally, and the stimulating influence of up-to-date methods on the local population was ap parent on every hand. This is true In a measure of the Carolinas, Virginia and westward. The effect the large quantities of fresh vegetables and fruits coming from the south will have upon the canning indus try of the north will be watched with much Interest. The development of the dairy interest In the southern states is just beginning to dawn, and the northern and western dairymen mky yet experi ence future competitors there. The re cent Introduction and cultivation of cas sava in Florida and the manufacture of starch in large quantities from that plant will no doubt have a bearing on starch manufacturing centers tn other places. From the agricultural point of view a new era has opened for the southern farmer and great is the possibility for future development. Cut Hay Early. An Exchange. Practical feeders have all noted that farm animals are less likely to make sat isfactory gain during the spring months. Sometimes they will even lose flesh unless given the very best of care. They often refuse to eat the usual amount of forage. I have found that by saving, my best for> age until last that I can keep the animals from losing flesh and in a great many cases can make them gain. For this reas on I find it desirable to have on.hand a little supply of early cut hay or cobn fod der. With milch cows this early cut for- they do the most delicate organs of the body, should be treated promptly by a competent specialist who thoroughly understands their every phase. The aver age practicing physician, no matter how skillful, is unable to treat this condition Intelligently. The greatest mistake that can be made is to jeopardize your health and future happiness by experimenting with the many so-called “free" samples, which are often poisonous stimulants, and are sure to do more harm than good. Your case needs intelligent. Individ ual treatment. The unapproached success of my treat ment. extending over a period of twenty years, prove* beyond all question my superior ability in curing men. It matters not how obstinate your case, nor what other treatment has failed, it Is your duty to in vestigate my special facilities for restoring men to the full vigor of their youth. I can furnish you with any reference desired as to my professional skill and resoonslbHlty. I can cure you at home, if you cannot see me personally. Consultation free at office or by k THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1901. age makes it impossible to keep up a fairly good flow of milk until the cows are turned to grass. Not only do the animals do better when the best forage Is retained for spring months but the animals seem to be in bet ter condition for making satisfactory gains when turned onto pasture. • This is reasonable, for this kina of forage is slm lar in compostion to grass, consequently when the change from winter to spring feed comes, there is but slight difference in me character of the food. Early in the winter animals are in bet ter condition to consume and make use of the more mature fodder crops. This is due partially to the appetite being keen er during cold, crisp weather, and the di gestive organs being in a more healthy condition. Where a large amount of hay is to be put up. It is of course difficult to cut It all when in bloom, but every effort should be made to harvest as much as possible at that stage. Perry Davis' Pain-Killer.— its valuable properties as a speedy cure for pain cannot fall to be generally appreciated, and no fam ily should be without it in cue of accident, or sudden attack of dysentery, diarrhoea or cholera morbus. Bold everywhere. Avoid sub stitutes, there Is but one Pain-Killer, Perry Davis'. Price 25c. and 50c. CARTER ADJUDGED INSANE. Valletta Boy WIU Be Sent to the State Sanitarium. VALDOSTA, Ga., Sept. 26.-Wlll Carter, a young white man who has been in jail here for some time under the charge of stealing a suit of clothes from a room mate. was adjudged insane today and is to be sent to the state sanitarium at Mil ledgeville as soon as room can be secured for him in that institution. The young man has been acting very strangely for some time, but it was thought that he was only feigning insanity. Deputies were placed in the jail to watch him closely without letting him know of their pres” ence and their evidence showed conclu sively that the prisoner is really of an unsound mind. A jury was summoned and he was pronounced a fit subject for the asylum. LAWYERS GO TO STATENVILLE. A large crowd of lawyers and citizens went to Statenville, In Echols county, this morning to attend court there. Judge W. N. Spence, of the Flint circuit, Is presid ing and a busy session is expected. The most important case will be the arraign ment of the two Mobleys and Harrell, the three white men charged with the assas sination of Captain Adams, near Fargo, several weeks ago. The grand jury will take up the case lat once and the trial will be at this term of court if the grand jury returnsa bill against the parties. As was wired The Journal some time ago, Harrell made a partial confession and implicated the other men. All three of them have money and friends, and the case promises to be hard fought on both sides. VALDOSTA’S BIG FAIR. The business men here have organised for Uielr fall fair and races, which are to come off a week after the Atlanta fair. The citizens have raised $1,500, which is to go into the fund of the fair associa tion to guarantee the purses, etc. Many attractive features have been planned for the week and the ouflook is that a large crowd will be in attendance. Valdosta’s reputation in the entertainment line is state wide jand the city never fails to draw good crowds. It also never fails to give a good show. CONGRESSMAN LIVINGSTON r~ Makes Liberal Donation to the Monu ment Fund. The first Georgia congressman to send in a subscription to the McKinley Peace Monument fund is Hen. L. F. Livingston, of this, the Fifth, district. Congressman Livingston had not been addressed on the subject, but came for ward voluntarily with the handsome dona tion of $25. Like every other southern congressman he entertained the highest respect for the late president, notwithstanding the dlf feitnces in their political creed, and it gives him pleasure to thus assist in hon oring the man who did more than all oth ers to wipe out sectional linis. Although Mr. McKinley was a Repub lican he was broad enough in his states manship to recognise the rights and claims of the south’s representatives in congress, and they all bear testimony to the fact that he ever treated them with the high est consideration. It is altogether likely that the majority of southern congressmen will consider it a privilege to be able to contribute to the south's monument to the fallen chief, and it is believed that they will follow Col onel Livingston’s example in sending in their subscriptions at once. Congressman Livingston's letter is as follows: House of Representatives United States. WASHINGTON, D. C„ Sept., 25. 1901. Major John 8. Cohen, Sec., Atlanta, Ga.: Please subscribe for me to the McKinley monument $25 and advise when and to whom to send check. Truly yours, L. F. LIVINGSTON. LAKETCH~IS HANGED. GREENSBURG, Pa., Sept. 26.-Vassel Laketch was hanged in the jailyard at 10:15 o'clock this morning in the pres ence of about 400 people; death resulted from strangulation tn eleven minutes. On October 30. 1900, Paymaster Wil fred Hassler, of the Southwest Coke com pany, and his colored driver, Harry Bur gess, were driving to Moorewood with $5,000 to pay off the coke workers, when they were held up by Vassel Laketch and three companions, all foreigners. In the ensuing fight Paymaster Hassler and one of the highwaymen were killed and an other highwayman was seriously wound ea. Burgess whipped up the horses and escaped with the money. Later the three men were discovered hiding in a ravine and before they were secured one of them, Vassel Nicholas, was killed. The oth ers, Mike Markovitch and Vassel Laketch, were taken to jail ana one day, while wafting for trial, Markovitch hanged him self tn his cell. Laketch was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on August 8 but was respited on account of the report that his father was hurrying here from his home in Montenegro tor the pur pose of taking farewell of his unhappy son. PICKED UP ROPE WITH MULE TIED TO END. Joe Gauley, of Waycross, Ga., is In trouble and an aged and Infirm mule is the cause of it all. Gauley picked up a rope while at Waycross several days ago and a mule was tied to the other end of the rope. When Gauley saw he had captured a mule he bargained with another man and soon disposed of the animal for $9 and a bicycle. The mule remained in Waycross in the possession of the purchaser, while Joe shipped the bicycle to Atlanta and then followed it himself. Wlta the $9 in his possession Joe was taking in the sights of the city when information readied the police that he was wanted in Waycross for hauling off the mule with a rope and selling the ani mal. Cali Officers Arthur and Hubbard located Joe and his bicycle and they were soon at headquarters. A deputy sheriff from Waycross will escort the prisoner back to that town. , A WOMAN’S HEART. (Copyrighted, 1901, by Short Story Company.) In a miserable hovel that faced an alley, a woman sat beside a bed, fanning the fevered brow of a babe that moaned and tossed. The room was small and din gy and poorly furnished, but everything was spotless and neat. It was night—a stormy night. Without, the rain fell dismally; within, a light burned on a broken stand, its glimmer shaded from the face of the child by a sheet of paper that was scorched and yellow. ' ' The woman’s eyes were red and swol -1 len and her face was furrowed with anxiety. At intervals she turned her head as though listening for some sound without. Then a louder moan frtAn the child would cause her to bend anxiously, her face drawn and pale, her bosom heav ing. A clock, somewhere in the darkness, struck the hour of 2. and she trembled with a vague fear. She arose ana walked to a window. A form came through the darkness—a man’s form, running, dodg ing into the shadows. He turned in at the gate, bolted through the door and hur riedly closed it auer him. "Jack, dear,” the woman exclaimed, placing her hands on his shoulders and looking into his eyes. He roughl}- pushed her aside and cross ing the room, blew out the light. She fol lowed him and touched his elbow. "Jack," she said softly, ”the baby is very sick.” “Can’t help it,” he growled. “You ought to take better care of him ” “Oh, Jack.” the woman sobbed “I ” “Shut up?” “But, Jack,” she persisted, “We ought —we ought to have a doctor.” “A doctor, hell! The kid's all right. Now shut up, I tell you, I don’t want any more blubberin.’ ” The woman sank into the chair beside the bed. She placed her hand upon the child's brow and sobbed, while the man hurriedly undressed and threw himself upon a bed in an adjoining room. Pres ently from his measured breathing his wife gnew he was asleep. So she relit the lamp and resumed her place beside the child. And the night wore away. When the sun arose the baby’s fever was somewhat less. A brightness stole into the woman's face and she stooped and softly kissed the child's forehead. Then she went into the kitchen and, quietly closing the door behind her, began preparations for breakfast. She was worn and weary from her long night’s vigil. So she made slow progress, and finally her husband swaggered into the room. “Ain't breakfast ready yet?” he de manded. She glanced at him and tried to smile. “No, Jack,” she replied softly, "not quite, dear.” "Well, why in hell ain’t it? What makes you so d —d slow?” “Dear Jack,” she said, ignoring his harshness, “you’re out of humor this morning, ain’t you?” “Don’t want no more of your lovey dovey talk,” he replied. “I want some thin’ to eat.” The woman’s face grew sad. A sigh es caped her, but she said no more, and pres ently she placed his meal before him. As he ate, she stood beside the stove and watched him. The light of affection crept into her face and, stealing softly behind him, she put her arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek. ' “Oh, go ’way!” he snapped. "Don't bother me." She sat in a chair and faced him. “Jack,” she said, "where were you last night?” "Now, that’s none of your d— business,” he scowled. “But, Jack," she insisted, “I—l You weren't In any mischief, were you, Jack?” He laid down his knife and fork and stared at her, his face growing white with anger. • ’’ 1- "I’ll break your d— jaw if you don’t keep your gab khut;”''lie thundered. The quick tears sprang to her eyes and she knelt beside his chair and gazed anxiously into his frowning face. “Jack,” she said, appealingly, "I love you, Jack, and I don’t want—l don’t want you to get into no trouble." The man arose angrily and picked up his hat. He stood and looked at his wife a moment, biting his lips in his rage. Then he suddenly turned and put his hand on the knob of the door. Instantly the woman was at his side. “Don’t go ’way mad, Jack,” she beg ged. “I didn’t —” He turned sharply and struck her with his first, and as she fell heavily to the floor, he opened the door and left the house. And presently from the adjoining room came a baby’s cry—the cry of the help less and the fever-stricken. But the one ic “Don’t go away mad. Jack.” to whom It pleaded lay in a pool of blood upon the floor, her pulses throbbing, her eyes closed and her ears deaf to song or sob. • •••••••• Again it was night. Again the light, burned dimly in the hovel, and a sad faced woman sat in silence beside the bed of her babe. A livid gash was upon her fore head. the glare of fever was in her eyes, and, in her heart, was the poison of de spair. But patiently she sat beside her child, fanning it, pushing the ringlets back from its flushed forehead, listening to its moans. Again and again she went ?o the win dow and gazed anxiously out into the blackness; no footsteps entered the gate. Monotonously the long hours fol lowed one another Into the past, and at last the east grew gray with the promise of a dawning. Gradually the great city awoke to life and energy and action. Wagons rumbled along the streets; dense clouds of smoke arose from chimneys. Another day was come. And still the baby moaned and tossed In sleep; and still the tired mother rat beside him, nursing her sorrow and her pain—and on her lips a prayer, but no complaint. When the sun at last was high ’n the heavens a man came down the alley. He wore the blue of an officer, and he turned in at the gate. Loudly he knocked on the door with his club and the woman opened it, her face pale, her eyes staring. "Your man's in the lockup at the Cen tral station,” the policeman said, blunt ly, “and he wants to see you.” "My man? In the lockup?” gasped the woman, pressing her hand to her breast. "What—what’s he been doin’?” "What’s he been doin’?” sneered the officer. "He held a duffer up, but got ketched. He’s a bad 'un. We's been after ’ im for weeks. Got ten cases agin 'im, an’ he’ll sure go over the road.” The woman covered her face with her hands. “Poor Jack!” she sobbed. “My poor, poor Jack.” Then tfie officer strode away and the woman threw herself on the floor beside her moaning child and burled her face in her arms. It was mid-afternoon when at last she stood outside her husband’s cell and watched the jailor unlock the door. He came to meet her, striding doggedly from the dim corner in which he had been sit ting. "Jack!” she cried, throwing her arms passionately aicund his neck, “poor, dear Jack!” He rested a hand on her bowed head. “Anhie," he sail, hoarsely, "I’m sorry I —I struck ye." She smiled up Into his face and brushed . D “He rever knew.’’ she said. _i back a lock of hair that hung over his forehead. “Oh, don't think cf that. Jack, dear,” she said. "You—you—l hadn’t ought to have made you angry.” Both lapsed into silence, he awkwardly stroking her hair, nrd she clinging to him with all the strength of a woman's love. And then “Jack,” she said softly, “I’d a come sooner, only—only ” “What, Annie?” “Only baby’s much worse, an’ I couldn’t leave him alone. Mrs. McCarthy’s with him now.” The woman tried to stifle a sob, but failed. She bowed her head upon her hus band's bosom and her tears dropped upon his woolen shirt. < t “There, there, Annie,” he said, “the kid'll be all right in t'he morning, an' you can bring him—” He paused. “No, no, Annie, for God’s sake don’t bring him here into this hell-hole.” “Jack.” said his wife, raising her face to his, "I’m sorry you—you got into trou ble.” The man hung his head. “I was afeered you’d—but I won’t com plain. I’m your wife, Jack, an’ I love you. I love you same as when I married you, an’ I’ll stick |o you. Jack—l'll stick to you. If they send you to the pen. I'll remain true to you, as true as I am now, Jack. An’ When they let you out. I'll be t!har at the gate a-waitln ’an’ a watchin’ for you. Jack.” He pressed her hand, and she kissed him. Then the jailor led her away. The last beams of the setting sun push ed through the morning-glory vines that Annie had planted by the window, and stooped to kiss the cheek of a baby asleep in a trundle bed. No more were the marks of pain upon its brow; no more was the fever in its vein. But on its face was a smile—the smile of that ffreat peace that passeth all understanding. And Annie, kneeling by its side, clasped one pulseless little hand in hers. “He never knew,” she said, the ring of thapkfulness in her voice, “he never knew his father was a—a criminal. Oh, God, I thank Thee for thy infinite mer cy.” The twilight deepened Into night, and somewhere, out beyond the shadows, lov ers strolled, arm in Arm, under the happy stars. bar'tlett well again. WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—Representa tatlve Bartlett, of Georgia, accompanied by Mrs. Bartlett, has arrived in Washing ton from Saratoga, where Judgeßartlett has been seeking to regain his health, which was so shattered by his long ill ness. He looks very well and is confident that he has practically recovered. • He called at the white house this morn ing to pay his respects to the new presi dent, and was most cordially received. Mr. Roosevelt is cordial to all callers, but he seems to have an especially warm feeling for all Georgians, remembering, as he does, that his mother was a Geor gian and feeling that he is half a Geor gian at any rate. < Judge Bartlett also called at the war department touching some army appoint ments. He and Mrs. Bartlett will leave for home tomorrow morning. Prince Chun Ready to Return Home. BERLIN, Sept. 26.—Prince Chun will leave this city Sunday and will embark on the German steamer Bayern at Genoa October Ist, the vessel on which he came to Europe. He will return to Berlin to morrow. and will make his farewell visit to the foreign office Saturday. Its True Character. Catarrh is Not a Local Disease. Although physicians have known for years that catarrh was not a local disease but a con stitutional or blood disorder, yet the mass of the people* still continue to believe It Is simply a local trouble and try to cure it with purely local remedies, like powders, snuffs, ointments and inhalers. These local remedies, if they accomplish any thing at all. simply give a very temporary re lief and It is doubtful if a permanent cure of catarrh has ever been accomplished by local sprays, washes and Inhalers. They may clear the mucous membrane from the excessive se cretion but it returns in a few hpurs as bad as ever, and the result can hardly be otherwise because the blood Is loaded with catarrhal poison and it requires no argument to convince anyone that local washes and sprays have ab solutely no effect on the blood. Dr. Ainsworth says. “I have long since dis continued the use ot sprays and washes for catarrh of head and throat, because they sim ply relieve and do not cure. For some time past I have used only one treatment for all forms of catarrh and the results have been uniformly good, the remedy I use and recommend Is Stuart’s Catarrh Tab lets, a pleasant and harmless preparation sold by druggists at 50c., but my experience has proven one package of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets to be worth a dozen local treatments. The tablets are composed of Hydrastin, San guinarla. Red Gum, Guaiacol and other safe antiseptics and any catarrh sufferer can use them with full assurance that they contain no poisonous opiates and that they are the most reasonable and successful treatment for radical cure of catarrh at present known to the pro fession.” Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are large, pleasant tasting 20 grain lozenges, to be dissolved in the mouth and reach the delicate membranes of throat and trachea, and immediately relieve any irritation, while their final action on the blood removes the catarrhal poison from the whole system. All druggists sell them at 50c. for complete treatment. . Dairying and Live Stock Conducted By B. W. Hunt J Readers of the Berni-Weekly t ♦ Journal are Invited to send en- ♦ + qnirlea about dairying, live stock ♦ <|» rod veterinary matters to B. W. ♦ + Editor of this department, at ♦ + Eatonton, Ga. No questions an- ♦ swsrod by mall, but careful atten- ♦ + tion will be given to inquiries and ♦ answers will bo printed in this do- ♦ 4< partment. ♦ !♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦l l l< is >»»*t Obstacles to Be Overcome in Southern Dairying. A correspondent who requests that I do not publish the communication, calls attention to the scarcity of competent milkers. In the south. This correspondent Is located near the successful commercial creamery at La- Grange, Georgia, and therefore, has the best facilities for the profitable disposi tion of the dairy output. The gross In come from this dairy is from sllO to $l6O per month from twenty-six cows. If the average for twelve months should prove to be $145 per month we should have a gross income per cow of about $67 per year. A very satisfactory yield. This Intelligent correspondent is very much pleased with Alfalfa as a dairy ra tion and wonders that all farmers do not cultivate so profitable a forage plant. I would answer this question for myself, as I have cultivated Lucerne more or less for over twenty years. The reason why I did not plant more extensively was the difficulty I experienced In getting negroes to mow and feed it. I have never yet seen a negro who had mastered the art of mowing successfully with a scythe and we have no other than negro labor. I would like to say a few words on the side of bur-clover as the earliest spring grazing plant. It iq so easy to raise in our climate, so green and refreshing to the artistic sense to see acres of green meadows early in the year being grazed by gentle klne. Bur clover is not eaten greedily as is Alfalfa, still it should be planted on every southern farm. It, like Alfalfa belongs to the trifolium family, a tribe of plants 'that enrich the land upon which they grow, thereby benefiting the future as well as the present. I presume that others have some form of labor troubles that I have encountered in the dairy business for many years past. I do not desiije to exaggerate any of the obstacles that the pioneers have to mas ter, to make the way smooth for those who follow us. Still it is due all those, like the correspondent referred to, and the creamery at LaGrange that we con temporaries recognize and acknowledge what altruistic benefactors they have been to our country. I have no plan whereby one writing In the papers can supply the immediate and pressing demand for skilful milkers, or competent dairy labor. Each dairyman must train his own labor as best he can. The negro Is with us to stay. All we can do is to accept the situation and try by patience to guide the natural barbarian Instincts in civilized methods of action. That I and my neighbors who have fol lowed me in stock raising have not made brilliant progress In suddenly uplifting tfie burden of barbarism is not to be ex pected. The commercial creamery, the separator and modern methods, however, have met, solved and ended half the difficulties that beset the dairymen In Georgia when I began dairying at Panola farm. I think the futqre grows brighter, the country greener, the pastures more abundant and that American pluck will win over all ordinary obstacles In all the higher de partments of diversified agriculture. We must remember that the negro was simply a cotton raiser. We who are pioneers in dairying and stock raising must educate our necessary labor in the south. Every well-conducted dairy farm Is a school, whose benefits to posterity will be incal culable. B. W. HUNT. Thanks to the LaGrange correspondent for her Interesting letter. Swollen Leg In Horse. Mr. Hunt—Dear Sir: I wet sponges In vinegar and bound them 'with horse leg bandages to my horse’s ankle as you di rected. It takes the swelling out. but when I let him stand all night without the bandage the swelling comes back, not as large as it was at first, but too large to look well. He Is not lame any more. Now, I wish to know, if you please, whether a permanent cure of the swelling can be effected by further bandaging. If so. about how long will I have to con tinue it do you think? I look at it so often that I cannot say whether It Is gradually going down or not. I know it is smaller than at first. It lacks only a little of being natural in size. By an swering you will greatly oblige, yours re spectfully, w J- J- A. Newborn, Ga. I do not know the age of the horse. If a young animal it-is likely the swelling under careful treatment will entirely dis appear in time. Our correspondent gets a habit of mind that prevents his point of view being a just one. He has seen and thought of that swollen leg until he can not see It as it really Is, but he sees It as his mind pictures it. AH that is necessary is to attend to the general health of the horse and the leg will take care of It self, now the lameness is over and the swelling mostly gone. The correspondent can omit bandaging for a month and see how the leg acts. If it continues to improve without treat ment, let it alone. If it does not do well, go back to the former treatment, which appears to have been successful. In my own experience I have had driv ing horses on the hard roads of New York that after a long drive always need ed to have their legs bandaged. These horses lived and died with practically sound legs, hence the matter is not one upon which too much anxiety need be expended. In medicine, veterinary surgery and in all pursuits good judgment is the final arbiter. I think this case in good hands and I will ask the correspondent to let well enough alone. B. W. H. Cow Pox. I have a cow with young calf. Her teats are broken out In sores perfectly raw. Old skin peeled off. H4ve to hold her to let calf suck. Please name dis ease and give iipmedy. C ( . R. W. Chalybeate, Ga. ’ Answer: There is no medicine known that will cure cow-pox. I would anoint the sores with glycerine 50 parts, water 40 parts, carbolic acid 10 parts. Mix and apply. | The milkers will carry the disease to all your other cows without they disinfect their hanfls thoroughly. T’4> milk of dows affected with cow-pox should not be used. The disease will run itjs course In from 4 to 6 weeks, without ybur milkers carry it from cow to cow, as your herd comes in fresh. In such a case it may trouble a dairy for months at a time. B. W. H. Extermination of Moles. Being a steady reader of yoi r most val uable paper I wish to know! if you 'can give me a remedy for moles. They are destroying my garden. J. G. L. Valdosta, Ga. Answer—l do not know how to extermi nate ground moles. The paten: mole traps are the only means I know of catching them. Why should our cc rrespondent want to get them out of his garden? They are not vegetarians. They vill not eat his garden seed or vegetables. It is the grubs and worms : tb&t • are- eating tha cultivated plants of the inquirer’s gar den, and the ground moles are eating- lip these enemies of the garden. There is no more voracious carnivorous animal known than the mole. If he is deprived of his favorite bugs and worms, he will attack and eat animals of nearly his own size and strength. If my reading is right, the mole is the friend of the gardener, not the enemy. He is to be invited to assist in successful gardening, not hunted and killed. B. W. H. Rest, Health and Comfort to Mother and Child. MRS. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP, for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays al! pain, and cures wind colic. Perfectly safe in all eases We would say to every mother who has a suite ring child: Do not let your prejudice, nor the prejudices of others, stand between you and your suffer ing child and the relief that will be sure—yes, absolutely sure—to follow the use of thia medicine, if timely used. Price «Sc. a bottle, SOME STORIES OF ROOSEVELT, Some additional anecdotes of Roosevelt as a soldier and as a political campaigner are told by the New York World: When the Jlough Riders, after their Cuban campaign, first landed at Montauk Point from their transport and marched to the detention camp the first demand of the soldiers was to see Roosevelt.' The next day Colonel Roosevelt walked through the camp. He stopped at every tent and looked in. "Don’t get up, boys," he would say; "lie still. Ah, Jim, how’s your leg feeling today? Getting better? That’s good. You’ll soon be all right now. Billy. I hope your back doesn’t trouble you so much now. You’ll have it easier here.” And so It went all along the line. He had a word for each man and he knew each by name. He even knew just what ailed each one. Colonel Roosevelt was shown a picture of himself during the war. It showed him waving a sword, and dashing up hill on horseback In one of the fights in Cuba. “Is it a good picture?” he was asked. “Yes.” he replied. “It’s all right, ex cept that my sword is still wrapped up in a bundle in Tampa and I didn’t ride a horse. Otherwise It’s all right!” • • • ! . He was going through, a street in the Tenderloin one night and had been point ed out to a number of policemen, one of whom was patroling his beat just behind the commissioner. ‘T feel like the caliph of Bagdad," said Roosevelt, laughingly, to his companion. “Begorra,” said, the patrolman, “that man thinks he’s Haley, of Bagdad. Com mish or no commish, I’d better be run ning him in for a crazy man.” • • • Before Santiago Rev. Peter McQueen approached Colonel Roosevelt and said, “Well, you’re getting to be quite a gen eral now am’t you, coWnelT’ “Not a bit of it,” replied the leader of the Rough Riders, “I’m just getting to ba a middle-aged military man.” AN UNMILITARY SENTRY. It Is told how at one of the camps in the south, not long after Wood and Roose velt joined the Rough Riders, a cowboy was on jpiard near Colonel Wood’s tent. Colonel wood was sitting at the entrance, and the guard was at the regulation dis tance pacing up and down. Suddenly the sentry walked straight up to the colonel and said: “You’re Colonel Wood, all right, ain’t you?” “Yes. sir; I am Colonel Wood,” gasped the astonished officer. “Well.” said the sentry, "I want to tell you the boys didn’t much know what to make of you and Roosevelt when you first came down, but we’ve been sizing you up and .talking it over, and we’ve about made up our minds you’re both white, and I reckon most ot the boys would go plumb to h—ll for you now.” I • • • During the campaign of 1900, one day the train bearing Roosevelt was halted within, calling distance of that from which William Jennings Bryan was making "rear-platform” speeches. Roosevelt rec ognized his political opponent and called: “Hello, Bill!” “Hello, Teddy!" came the Democratic candidate’s answer. "How’s your voles?" “About as strong as the Democratic platform.” shouted Roosevelt, hoarqely, “and yours?" "Oh,’ wheezed Bryan, "mine’s in about the condition of Republican promises.” And the trains passed on. • • ■ The remarkable popularity of Colonel Roosevelt among newspaper men is said to be due to his unfailing good nature. At the end of an exhausting day of speech making the colonel, so the story goes, had retired early to his room. He had been sleeping soundly for some time and the house was very quiet, when he was aroused by a violent knocking on his door. The colonel hastened to open the door and modestly poked his head around the edge. He saw there a solemn individ ual who said, that he knew it was late but that he did desire very much to take a flashlight photograph of the candidate. "But,” said the colonel, “I am just go ing to bed,’ and a blush mantled the sun brown cheeks. The photographer was not In the least abashed. Far from it. His eye lit up with joy. "That would be fine,” said he. Anybody else but Colonel Roosevelt would have either got mad or would have made the photographer mad. They parted, however, on the best of terms, though the photographer, when he came down stairs and told about it, still seem ed to think the colonel was a strangely modest man. BOERS MAY GO TO MEXICO. LONDON. Sept. M— The Daily Express says the Boers are contemplating a teck to Mexico, estates there having been of fered for a new settlement. Part of the land js the Floreschales es tate, a concession from the government of Mexico to certain financiers, one of whom is a member of the house of commons. The purchase price has been set down at $2,500,000. which will buy »,000,000 acres, this being the aggregate of two conces sions now in the hands of syndicates. The small offer of the two estate* comprises 5,000,000 acres. This land has seaboard of 200 miles and will thus offer shipping facilities, which were denied to the Boers ifi South Africa and which they so much desired. 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