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,1L IJREYITIES.
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, rir ia Slate Agricultural
HI meet in Macon on
m ,rv _
Suited Stales Supreme
artba^iwi'led that the “Civil
I,,.-- i,jii of ('(ingress is uncon-
monal.
I a" action is taken on the
riff '[’rt-iden! Arthur threatens
Irail an extra * es *‘ on of Con '
-noiiasthe present term
fcchuyl^r Calfax says that
. Republicans have a poor
L cc for winning the President-
I election in isSl. A prophecy
L viirli a source will discourage
Democrats more than any
fcermislortuuc that could befall
lein.
Die time is rapidly approaching
jlVisgias’ great storm to appear
Id carry death and destruction in
1 wake. It is to he particularly
[•ere in tliis part of the moral
L.stool. Wc refer to tliis grave
Iijeet for t lie benefit of certain
Klinqucnt subscribers who we
low arc not prepared for eterni-
LV sensible exchange remarks
ht the man who values a news-
lper according to its size, does-
ft lack much of being a fool,
lore are some men, however,
ho subscribe lor papers and buy
jots upon the same principle—
i largest to he had for the mgn
Mr. Randall, in the Augusta
hroni de writes thus from‘Wash-
pton; ‘‘The theat re appears to
, in great part, surrendered to
unclean spirit, because the
trld is lowering its moral tone,
[lo not wonder that some preach
or.ls of warning, when
[many proformances are not lit
ra modest girl to witness.”
here is to be some kind of an
(position in Boston, some of these
|ys, and Georgia ought to be re*
isented with lier products, but
5 governor does not think it
brth while to address those peo
1 who do not read the daily
ipers. The products of the cities
id towns seem to he all that are
'cessary. There is no proclam-
ion published in any of the
untry papers.
file portion of the infamous civil
khls bill called the Ku-klnx, lav
l? been declared unconstitutional
He and again by subordinate
furls, but, on Monday of last
?k, the Supreme Court of the
kited States in an elaborate opin-
n. declared the law uneonstitu-
fnal, null and void. The diei-
p is not calculated to inspire
ly whites and disreputable
L’roes with anv great amount of
flit
A correspondent ot the Country
ntleman says: “I have seen a
niber of inquiries as to cotton
d meal as food for cattle. 1 wish
kite lor the benefit of whom it
y concern, that I have used in
lust two winters thirteen tons,
ieh 1 fed to my cattle. I never
jd them do better. I only wish
id kept some of it occasionally
^ m 3 the spring and summer,
dieve a feed of it twice a week
"Id prevent red water. It is
d when fed unmixed with any-
n A but can be much improved
adding corn meal and wheat
® u > or either of them. I would
advise the use of more than a
1 of seed at first, which may
increased to as much as the
frill eat. I think one-third
ton seed meal, one-third corn
P ea meal and one-third wheat
fa—say four quarts a feed,
'filing and evening, an l plenty
hay—will gi ve as muc h and as
milk, and keep the vows as
00 th and fat as any other ration
i can give. I have never seen
slightest bad effect from its
• I paid from S18 to §20 per
1 !or the meal in Montgomery,
l oht added.”
crime, holds its own in Delaware.
It ought to he a recognized mode
of punishment in all th_ States.
There are certain offenses for
which no other punishment is so
appropriate.
Two cents will pay postage on a
half ounce letter after July 1st.
This provision is in the post-office
appropriation bill, which has pass
ed both Houses, and there is no
doutitofits obtaining the Presi
dent’s signature.
The case against the Deaf and
Dumb Academy, on the charge
that the pupils were poorly fed,
has been heard by the Governor.
It was decided that the charge was
without foundation. The evidence
sustained the decision.
The following U. S. Senators
have been ele'Cted : Harris, Ten
nessee, Hanson, North Carolina ;
Saulsbuiy, Delaware; Garland,
Arkansas; Culloms, Illinois; Frye,
Maine; Hoar, Massachusetts;
Plumb, Kaffsas; Coke, Texas;
Ivenna, West Virginia; McPherson
New r Jersey.
More is lost to the productive
industries of the State by idleness
on the part of many who do not
work, than from any other known
cause. As a rule, even on tliri farms
there are more consumers than
producers, and there are but few
of the lat ter who work six days in
the week. These facts should not
be forgotten in estimating the
cause of hard times in Geoigia.
The mother of a little gird babe
of Smith vrille, Lawrence county,
Arkansas has discovered that the
child has three tongues. It is now
three years old and talks tolerably
well. If a one-tongued woman is
so terrible to the average man,
what in the world will become of
a husband or son in- law of this
Arkansas heroine?
Dearest, in my admiration, and
worthy of adoration: after a long
consideration, and much medita
tion and full deliberation’ I would
make a communication, without
hesitation, tnat I have an inclina
tion, with due discrimnation and
without equivocation, or any ex
aggeration, or modern innovation
but some indication, and all mod-
deratioii, and no obstination, or
any prevarication, or further pro
crastination, by your co-operation
if it suits your calculation and
present anticipation, and future
premedition, and by your free
participation, and your full ap
probation to become your relation
and will make preparation for the
marriage celebration.
The Columbus Enquirer-Sun
says: “Probably few personsons
who, while traveling in Florida and
other of the Gulf fstates, had their
attention attracted by the' vast
quantities of gray moss hanging
upon the forest trees, ever
thought that it was an important
article of trade. Yet it is very
extensively used in stuffing mat
tresses and chairs, and its use is
increasing every year. No
Southern native in the localities
where it grows remembers or ever
heard of the time when it did not
grow, yet it seems never to have
occurred to any one that it could
be made an article of commerce
until the Yankees went South
during the rebellion. The trade
in it began soon after the war
closed, but 'like most other such
enterprises was ot slow growth.
The moss sent to market was for
some years mainly obtained in
Louisiana, but the trade gradually
entended to Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia and Florida. The finest
moss is said to be that which
grows in Florida. The gray moss
is absolutely an air plant, taking
root and perfeetipg its fibre and
substance in the pure atmosphere.
There is no danger of the supply
being exhausted, for as fast as it
is removed it produces itself. Moss
factories are located in many
’parts of the South to which the
gatherers take it, and are paid an
average of one cent a pound.
Bill Arp on Intensified Fannins-
We farmers thought we were
mightv nigh ruined year before
last, and we grunted and groaned
around amazing, but with last
year’s crop we got out of that
scrape pretty well. The fact is
that farmers in the south never
did go into winter quarters bet
ter supplied with food for man arid
beast. But we must keep a dig
ging. plow deep, and harrow, and
roll, and ditch, ami drain, and
intensity, as Mr. Furman says.
Intensify is a good word abouUany
kind of labor, whether of mind or
body. We have got to intensify
sooner or later, for the world is
filling up mighty fast, and there
used to live a philosopher by the
name of Malthas, who said that
mankind would finally be destroy
ed by starvation, for the world
didn’t grow a bit and folks were
increasing every day, and it was
only a question of time when
mankind would starve. I don’t
know about that. Man is a migh
ty smart animal,^md Providence
never made a mistake, and there
will be some way to feed us, sure.
There is no telling how far this
intensifying business can go, and
we have already found out that
the air feeds plants more that the
soil does.
Clothing was getting pretty
scarce when the cotton plant, was
discovered and the loom and the
gin were invented. Wood was
nearly all used up in Germany
when coal was discovered. Steam
came along in a good time, but
steam takes too much fuel and
electricity take its place.
The sewing machine was invent
ed just wheu the woman was
mighty tired of plying the needle
and thread, and so it is with every
want. They are always supplied
just at the right time, and that
gives me faith to believe they
always will be. Faith is a good
thing to have—plenty of faith.
Providence hasn’t failed to provide
the ways and means for six thous
and years, and we can afFord to
trust Him awhile longer, I reckon
Mr. Malthus never dreamed of five
bales of cotton to the acre and 150
bushels of corn, but it has been
done—done by intensifying
Bayard Taylor wrote
about two Indian jugglers who
planted an orange seed in the
ground before him and covered
it up with a tin can, and in two
hours it came up and put out its
leaves and branches, and bloomed
and lore fruit, and he pulled an
orange from the little bush and
cut it, and he says it was no fraud
or deception, for he watched them
every minute, and he said the only
solution was intensifying the
elements of nature and forcing
her to do her work qhickly.
How's that ? It takes us all sum
mer to raise an ear of corn, but
suppose we knew- the secret of
the Indian jugglers and could
raise it any day, what then?
Nobody would starve, would they ?
We know that we can hurry
her some, mayby there will a
way be found to hurry her a good
deal. We don’t need it now, but
the time will come when Ave will
and their it will be found out.
All's well that ends Avell. This
Avorld fits us and we fit the world,
and there is no danger ahead.
When the world is destroyed, or
comes to an end, humanity will
ha\'e ano’her and better one all
ready. It would be like moving
into a uew house. So let the
years roll on, and let every man
do Iris duty to God and Iris fellow
men and be calm and serene.
hiring Far to Fare Worse.
Pas’-Appeal.
The heavy emigration from
Georgia to the South-west will go
far toward counterbalancing the
accessions to our population by
the influx of immigrants from
other states. At a time when
Georgia is more prosperous than
ever, and when her future is full
of promise, it is remarkable, that
thousands of our people should
sell their homesteads, sunder the!
ties of kindred and friendship, and
bid adieu to the old red hills of
their native State to try their
fortunes among strangers in
strange lands. The gorgeous rail
way posters shining forth in bril
liant colors and embelished by
every resource of art are respon
sible to some extent for this spirit
of emigration among our people.
The seductive pamphlets setting
forth the inducements of Texas
and Arkansas, which are flooding
our State, have something to do
with unsettling the minds of the
people. Men who work hard all
the year round and barely suc
ceed in holding their . own,
naturally incline a listening ear to
anything that promises something
better. But there is a bitter dis
appointment in store for the ma
jority of those Avho are now rush
ing to the South-west. They will
find that the man who cannot suc
ceed in Georgia is not likely to
succeed in Texas, that the man
who comes out in bebt here at the
end of the ye ar, will get in debt
there, if he succeeds in obtaining
credit, which is doubtful. There
are now thousand of Georgians
in Texas who are broken in health
and fortune, who would give all
they have to be back in Georgia,
situated as they were a few years
ago. Something should be done
to counteract the emigration
craze, and the press should take
the lead in the matter.
Old Hickory’s Challenge.
The Eye.
A curious relic of AndreAv Jack-
son has just found its Avay into
print through the New York
Ledger, to which paper it was sent
by a grand-daughter of Jackson’s
antagonist. It is related in
Barton’s Life of Jackson, that
when Old Hickory was Young
Hickory*, just twenty-one years of
age, fought the first duel of his
life with Col. Wright-still AA r ery, a
distinguished member of the bar
of North Carolina. Young Jack-
son had a criminal case before the
court at Jonesboro, in which he
was deeply interested, Colonel
Avery being council on the other
side. In the course of the trial
Avery avus severe in his comments
upon some of the legal positions
taken by the young laAvyer, and
used language which he after
wards admittted Avas too personal
and sarcastic.
On the second morning of the
trial, Jackson, ‘acutely mortified
by the repetition of the offense,
tore a blank leaf from a law-book,
wrote a challenge upon it and
gave it to his antagonist with his
oavii hands. This challenge, now
before us, yellow with its ninety-
four years, is the relic to which
we allude. We copy from the
original:
“August 12,17SS.
Sir: When a mans feelings &
character are injured he ought to
seek speedy redress: You rec’d a
a few lines from me yesterday, &
undoubtely you undeistand me.
My charcter you hev injured; and
further you kev Insulted me in
the presence of a court and a
large audience I therefore call
upon you as a gentleman to give
me satisfaction for the same; and
I further call upon you to give me
an answer immediately without
Equivocation and I hope you can
do Avithout dinner until the busi^
ness is done; for it is consistent
with the character of a gentleman
when he injures a man to make
immediate reparation; therefore
I hope you will not fail in meet
ing me this day from yr. Hbl. st.‘
Andw. Jackson.
Col. Avery: **
P. S. This evening after court
is °djonrned.”
The duel was not fought before
dinner as the impetuous young
advocate desired, since Colonel
Avery could not immediately
“find a friend.” It occurred just
after sunset. Fortunately neither
of the combatants was hit, and
they, left the ground as very good
friends.
Journalists as “Domestic Animals.
The editor of the Philadelphia
Progress is of opinion that journ
alists should never marry. He is
satisfied that they a~e not fitted
to be domestic animals. He never
hears of the marriage of a journ
alists without regarding the ex
periment as a risky one. He
evidently entertains the popular
idea, or rather tradition, that the
newspaper man is an eccentric,
Avandering, careless sort of fellow,
nursing his neglected genius in
cheap boarding houses, and de
riving daily and nightly inspira
tion from a close communication
with John Barleycorn. The time
when that was the correct notion
of the average newspaper man has
long since passed away, if, indeed,
it ever existed. As far as our ob
servation has gone, there is quite
as much domesticity and temper
ance among tne men of the press
as there is in any other calling—
more, we think, than among some
oftlie professions. Farfrom being
averse to matrimonial life, the
fact is that those who are not
bound by the golden tie are in a
very small minority. They make
good husbands and fathers, and as
a rule they thoroughly enjoy thsir
homes—because, perhaps, they
generally are kept away from
them moie than most men are.
In looking around among the sons
ot genius AA'e can discern only one
of those who haA r e reached the
settling age, who has not been
caught in the chains of wedlock.
Why they all become domestic
animals Ave do not pretend to
kno\A r . Perhaps they marry be
cause they need some one to share
the munificent compensations
which they earn.
Be Ready Early.
A season of activity is near .at
hand. Spring is coming, with its
pressing work. Are farmers
ready for sowing and planting?
Every implement should be pro-
A’ided beforehand, that no time
may be wasted in making pur
chases or repairs after the work
should begin. We have known
a half-day of plowing to be lost be
cause the whifiletrees were not
at hand. Some farmers start out
with their spring plowing without
a single plow point in stock, and
when one is needed, the team
is taken from the field and driven
to the store. Such a loss of time
it a serious matter, and should be
thoughtfully guarded against by
ample provision of all such articles
of the farm. It is a poor time to
mend a plow when it should be
at work in the field.
We do not favor that economy
—if it may be so called—that
relies upon the nighbors for many
of the tools of the farm. There
are certain farm implements that
may be owned in partnership, as
a roller or reaper, but the constant
borrowing of rakes, lorks, etc., is
not a wise and economical prac
tice. Be provided wii h all these
essential farm tools and have them
in good order, and at hand when
the time may arrives for using
them. Now is the time to look to
these matters, and make all
needed preparatiotions for the
days that will soon be here.
An <*ld Actor’s Reminiscence.
Speaking of love scenes between
actors, I once knew two actors of
the opposite sex who positively
disliked each other, but were forc
ed by their parts into the most
devotional tenderness of conduct.
One night as he was playing at
love she was to rush into his arms.
Being a true artist she did her
work with energy, and between
speeches he muttered, “You need
not swallow me.” She replied,
“You are too bitter a dose.”
While holding her in fond em
brace Avrapped in delicious trans
port he growled in a whisper.
“Don’t lean so hard against a
man.” With her head in tender
repose upon Iris breast she retort
ed, “You are paid for bolding me,
and I intend you shall ears your
salary.” She married another
actor, and clings still to the dis
like for the man with whom she
plays.
Cuba Tobacco.
Easst Gadsden, Jan. 18,1883.
Editor Quincy Herald;
1 notice in the last issue of your
paper a request that sorne one
would furnish an article on the
culture of Cuba tobacco. Now
while I feel incompetent to write
a very interesting article, at the
same* time, I have several years
experience in the culture of Cuba
tobacco, and may be able to give
some information to those of your
readers wishing to engage in its
culture, and it may futher excite
the interest of others more com
petent to furnish the article de
sired.
Gadsden county is particularly
noted lor the successful production
of tobacco. I believe it is the
general impression that no better
tobacco can be raised in the South
than in Gadsden county, as re
gards quality and quantity.
For seA'eral years immediately
before the war, what was then
known as the Florida leaf, was
very extensively raised in this
county, its proportionate A T alue
was then greater than any other
money crop, but since the Avar its
cost of production to the acre
on account of the care required in
its culture, and the inefficient la
bor, it was entirely abandoned.
A LEADING INDUSTRY.
But now, with all the obstacles
in the way, the culture of Cuba
tobacco can and will be a leading
industry in this county, for several
reasons. The necessary outlay in
houses is not so great, owmgto its
being a smaller plant than the old
Florida leaf, and the product per
acre being much less though pro
portionately of greater value.
Another reason is that any of our
cleared lands, even old broom
sedge laqcls, Avith proper fertiliz
ers will make a good crop of sale
able tobacco. The manufacturers
want it mostly for fillers, the dark
heavy leaf being more prized on
account of its greater flavor aa hicli
is the desideratum in a good cigar.
Ac the same time it pays better on
fresh lands, if properly manured.
My oavii experience is that it don’t
pay on any land without fertiliz
ers.
MODE OF CULTURE.
My mode of management in the
the culture of Cuba tobacco is
nearly as follows: Burn off the
bed as soon as the ground is free
from ice, having previously select
ed a location (moist but not sob
bed,) upon which a lot of brush
and logs have been piled. Bum
it on tlve bed to warm the land,
and destroy the seed of weeds
and insects. The grourid is then
dug up fine, the roots and turfs
raked out and the seeds sown
broadcast, trodden down com
pactly, in order that the seed
which are small may come closely
in contact with the earth. When
the plants are about- the size of a
silver dollar they are transplanted
in rows about 3 feet apart and from
2 to 3 feet in the drill. The ground
then kept well hoed and plowed.
The first enemy then is the bud
worm, which if not at once taken
off will greatly injure the whole
stock. The next is the green worm
which will follow up its depreda
tions even after the tobacco is
cured in the bam. When the
blossoms begin to appear they
should be pinched off, and all the
suckers broken as fast as they ap
pear. I ne\ r er prime Cuba tobacco
but as soon as it matures I cut the
whole plant, and let it remain on
the ground until a little wilted so
it can be handled without break
ing. Then convey to the barn,
and suspend on poles until suffi
cient cured for the leaves to be
stripped off and prepared for mar
ket.
I would say in conclusion, that
no-body who desires to grow Cuba'
tobacco successfully, need to plant
more than he can purchase or raise
a great amount of manure, which
must be freely applied, in the cul
tivation of this hungry crop.
The age of miracles is still with
us. Grant has refused an office.
Injustice to the office it should
be stated that it had Ao salary at
tachment.
Railroad Bnlldiag. . .
Southern Lumberman. \ ,,
Nothing so well illustrates the
spirit of progress Which actuates
the great American people as the
record of railroad building in this
country during the year about to
close. The work done m this line
for t#ie present year will include
fully twelve thousand miles, an
addition of about one-eight to the
total mileage of the dountry, giv
ing. at the close of 1882, about
116,000 miles of railway in tho
United States. In 1880 the total
mileage was 85,000; so it appears'
that the increase since then is
twenty-two per cent. The total,
cost of this enormous amount of
work is estimated at $500,000,000,
a sum the magnitude of which is
truly startling. In view of this
unparalleled increase in the mile
age of our railroads, it is pertinent
to inquire if it is justified by the
increase in population, in wealth
or in any branch of production or
trade. It is argued with good
reason that with nearly a fourth
more railroads than we had in
1SS0, the aggregate of products to’
'no moved is but very little greater
than we had at the close of that
year, with a much diminished de
mand for those products from
abroad and every evidence that
the supply very considerably ex
ceeds any possible home demand^.
That the roads built are necces-
sary to the development and trade
of the country, there is no doubt,'
but in view of the enormous cost
of building, equipping and operat
ing such a vast number of miles,
of raihvay, it would be the part of
prudence to pause for awhile antf
await results, before going on with * 1
such enterprises at the rate pur
sued during the past two years.'
Two Cheap Medicine*.
One of the cheapest medicines
that mortal can use is sleep. It is
a soverign remedy for weakness
it relieves languor; it cures rest
lessness, uneasiness and irritabili
ty ; it will remedy headache and
backache; it also cures nervous
ness. When weary we should rest
when exhausted we should sleep.’
The lack of sleep causes neuralgia)
paralysis and insanity. Many a
person dies for want of sleep, and,
the point where many a sufferer
turns his feet from the yery gates
of death to the op«ri path of life is
where he sinks to sleep. Of al
most every sick man if may be'
said, as of Lazarus, “if he sleep,’
he shall do well.”
Another excellent medicine is
sunshine. The world requires
more of it, morally and physically.’
It is more soothing than mor
phine, more potent than poppies,’
It is good for liver complaint, for
neuralgia, for rheumatism, for
melancholy—for eyerything. Make
your rooms sunny and cheerful;
build your house so as *6 com
mand the sunlight all day long.
New Advertisements.
Gunsmithing.
We take pleasure in informtrg the read)
ers of The Dkxocsat, that there is a hrst
class gunsmith now at the store of Emery
John.on, and he wit, do all work, in that
line with neatness and dispatch and,.fit
reasonable rates. Call on him with foot
work.
Notice,'
Haring this day sold out my entire stock
of goods' to my brother I. Kwileeki I solicit
fot him a continuation of the lioeral patten-,
age bestowed upon me by the public. Parti*8,
indebted to me wilt please come up end,
make settlement promptly at my eld place'
of businesses I expect te place all account*/
not satisfactorily arranged in the h*«»da of
attorneys for collection.
Respectftilijr. • •
M, HwiifjcK.'
Strayed or Stolen.
From the yard of the undersigned on
h e night of the I6ii in3t, a medium s*ze
white and black spotted-hound dog with
the following flesh marks : Ka-a. black,
and over each eye is a ,tan-colored spot,
and in one ear are two small notches.
Wbe* he left let had attached to him
small red painted block, attached to the
small end of which by a staple wm a
large trace-chain. The block waa made
from the end of a wagon bolster and bad,
two holes in the small end, one square antf
one round..
I Will pay a liberal reward for the rw
covery of the dog or ior any information
leading to his recovery.
LOUIS ROBB
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