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R *iso More Stock. ;<cion ».i raising more st« ck ;ia is attracting the'attention t- : e fanners' This is a subject iu which every ittrojer-ia duly iuuresied. Il J-. u uuluttuQw laci that UftdUaudg, jmy huu-frtOs f.i i^ousiuidal datum, are ..mill ui) seui out ol Georgia to • he'%V tat tor mock, which u»ig*»i be raved m borne, i'enucrtee, Kentucky, aiid* u uuiiihtr -of Western fetal* s. ttu- *0r0„. aopualiy, much ol Georgia’s health giving in return horses; and rank-?. These could be rained here d they rLou d be ' Any tanner cae Growing Pensions- ; Taylor Hanc ck. The tax payers are brcorn.n^ re-*- Ev- ry im*v u <1 then lids irra c live under the gt *at and ?a- r increas mg load of pensions Speaking of Raum’s last repor:, the Washmgtoi. correspondent of the Constitution, Mr. Barren, ia/s: fhirte u million dollars is the ,y'- . Clev»* a* d (h*?*>«<-jr tort a k*refual /Lxkqyroo"., N J.\ J*r awhsl*. 1^*1 * • Co to .Boetod bud a big .blase yesterday Lo a oyer a n.H!:«*r and a hall. The bL dr> uo.oCs- firm ■ C..J."Juhu<».of has fatied Ham m-.de a 0 Secure a» NAl.vil first p-a form * Both arnap/i nn improving 'I bi- Goverwr-elert i'junn tee, will be imtug Mr.-. Colquitt arc Mvlo- rae news. vd of Tenr.es • the lGrh Georgia, it seems. wiir not he re presented a! tho World’s, lair. This it union una c. p uue **r two brood' ui»ct» ami n.uies cau be raised in Georgia at corupaiaiively small co t. Iusleud oi. doing this, Mr. Junes or Mr. Smith will pay—or give hit note, coupled with "a mortgage—for $125 or $150 tor a western mule or horse. This.it jg. * Mr. Joues and Mr. Smith could -rake aa-go d a horse or mule, lor $25 It is no wouder that the farmer complains. Much ot his hard earnings go in buying stock and pro ducts', which ho might, a d should, raiep ou his farm. \Ve hope the farmers of Georgia ill turn over a new leaf, and, in ibe future raise more stock Edwaid^Murpli y has received the caucus nomination for Senator 1 tfew York. Ht-re i t «ken fri ni * he Ne genius b^b 4 about hi’it I Y-.rk World : Indianapolis Jan. 7 —Mrs M irtha Foster, a ‘spirit ph: byraph- held at the Central Police Sta- tnnair at whtch Cororoi-sionrr oljchs »-htn iu this city, but at whose iu- oMur The republicans aro out of pmt Colorado for tire first lime since the State was wganiz-vl. It is said That, i.uuber grave crisis has arisen iu Eumj**. A little blood letting may be the result. Another erhi* ».conned jc*>terday in Franco ‘S he e.iir.- talmvet re signed. I’he r. punisc i.-,8 ill shaky. . The Ccnt:ra.T tr-.ub cs appear jo tu iqtermmab c. It re m>w * ded by tn* R.& D li*r :om- t-vir a rn.hiun. Severa have s'iui they say, tion. Colcrad, pro du Tom W hybrid sub The m-.aau tion. The gre P. notified tt> quit i he u for Hie tv- Mary is Out - The following letter is given to the public through the as-ociated pre*&: Sauna, Kan., Jan. 4.—Many friends have seen fit to mention my name in connection with th- senatori al con Lett and I am complimented by many usairnnct s of popular and leg- is alive support; also by the fact that i the first and only woman ever mentioned tor the place, nolwith- s anding that I have never announced my sell as a candidate tor that or any other office. I am not willing iu any way to divide our forces or to lend-r possible thu el ction ot one who is n<>l in full aifi iatmn with our priu i-ipits I therefore consider it mv duty lo &af~tfiat I shall not permit my nnmo to -ba presented or any .claims tu be consider! d at the coming •o**ial e’ectiou. The person elected should be a middle-of-tho way opuli't. Respectfully and fratern illy, Mary F. Lea-e. Let ns hope, fondly, trustingly iope, that. Mary F will iu'k-future sehfw politics and give her'attention o the tiliU* Leases and to Mr Le«ttV wardrobe. Gcor. number worlo’s I to foot ■ And i Pans t. M*. iron Jim Bi • p&ble va- It is pu contest i Mr Mtlu the gover Govern sutub'c s>' Mr. would feci ment; and < the positict The popt ceeds that Phdaficiphi. and ibe&e a cities havin habitants tc Rabbits ar.- nutsance in sen Barber couim \ cents • each, i u about 5000 sc there since la: < The Spring :4 11 11. •*fhere are soo.e i u never' be allmve 1 to ; simply because th y more fitted for she farm or the store :tma Jo- pre ing,'Tawing’ or writing .Dick Gr ibb ■ electoral voici aro wid dni>> r m Presides :t Wtt-o • Georgia remark i T 0n the 4th *d Ma . - however, forget Sterling Robins. : *xpenence r vc-’.rs ago. The next and last formality, iu the election president will occur on ibe 8th ol February. On that day th* senate and house will meet and canvas the vote. And vico president Morton f ^y||l officially declare that Grover Cleveland if elected president and A.dlsi Steve]»80u vice preeidetit of the United States, ■ Mr.'Cleveland has had a number of new chbmets arranged lor him dur ing the past week. Parties..a number of therh, have undertaken the iob of coDStrticung these caninets, and it must be said that ihiy have not been It is more tbiri probable tljat , C9e»el»nd"wiil revue, tie » Kr>inr» Hnn#' fnr him. . Rauro places.the deficenc es to pensd»r»!»’for the current fiscal year. It RCO<lrre.d that tho treasury d-partmem some time ago estimated these deficiencies af ten mtlltors. fouf ibi* matter has ncr^a-ed b\ nin e im U .iis makt g ttie t^it l'p»n sum expenditures lor the year $*s8,s 000 000, and the estimates for' pen sioos next year ts '$165,000,000. Raum admitted thav.these figures wetc necessary estimates, and they might be enlarged as the new fiscal year ad vanced m that event creating deficieticy From the best ink ti »M ob amab:e in this matter, u 1 Card d as Ccrtaio that t»e pens;* r.»- will cost during the fiscal yrar e> diiig Jut1c 30.1894.1-ot less tha« $i75»” ooq.ooo. I here is not the >>gh cst doubt but sevcra* mulions, perhaps many mllions, cuuid be saved to tnc people by a thorough weeding out ot the pension list. There are m quea- tio ably many cases of fraudu ent pen sions, aiith- many o-htr cases *turc pensions have been granted to peop e »ho do not stand in the slightest need. I ibem. and all such case- shou-d *»c ferreted out and srxkcj* lr ra he runs. Ih«re is one simpl proy sto wmcb, if enacted and strictly c<rried ou*. would do more in tnts d rct i o*- ban a thousand agents in -the fit Id. and that is to publish the pension li>t once a year in he coumy » ewspap*r> at he United States, and to keep printed lists ot pensioners oust id n some < onspicuous p aces, »ay poe offices, u-roughout the country- This pub iciiy would 11 Jure no hones* pen sioner, but 11 w.»u d bring abuu the detection of the fraudu ent pe ti n - and those un.iccessarny receiving pen sions. Its adoption wouid.be the'fir> >r<tcuca! steps toward a reform wh-ch caunot be much longer po^poued ” Let 1 he lists be made pub ic. . Ham’s Great Hit Columbus. O., Jan 10.—A Geor gi* colonel has invaded the Capital of Ohio, led an assault, fired ujion his ci ad*-), and carried everything by stuuce is not c<early.known. Mrs Foster says she CHme to ludi- anupolis at the request of William Hancock, the wealthy rot ry p'ougb manufacturer, for the purpo-e ol takiog a spirit pti»^>gra< h ot bis child, wnica/lias h eu d**a<L. 8eveo years. While at Hauc‘>ck’s bouse ahe was called upon by several proniiaent cidxeus. for each of whom she did work. She claims that her arrest is due to a young nian at a leading' ho tel,.. ■ - _ ' v. r >’ • • •' '.* ’ Mr Hancock -was called upon ltf*t a -ought at bis r* sideline in K«w Y*»rk 'treat I-- UQQ Ciirner ot the room. psritd mu«1 si rung ou a wire were :unaiu.H at some biack stuff that might c ntiuii chemicals used b* phb- pht-ra The appearauc«*--«»t t:»e room indicated Mr Hancock’* strung i.KORGITS ELtCTORAL Vl>TE. W Itw! «'t the H*a(bei iii All la. ihe J-Hirual says: *■ most biting, ji*-uetratin^ oh- r **i the c ild spell was felt . mat ter .how mi-ffl d or nu i , .• iniurr.d u ru.n -n.giu larcuti’g uir, like cold need tlin-tigh all and se*ined to i (be very marrow iu ibe boms was said at th<» weather bureau his n. oiuel a ate of the at isero was ui«inl\ due to the great rlit * in th«-. air during *a»t night, h • i t Sititani of a very b* ibH * Souiher»i Geo/gia 'e*rZt aid gr..w i lif* iry. • he A Hit From Tho Should. Jacks.u.vilie i'iuics-Union: Recent s <1 iho legislatures ot South Caro a and Georgia have given them Je^picail and unenviable notorie A f-prcicnen criiicism is the fol- ving by the N*-w Orleana Slat' >: Georgia to accept the •me for Cmlederale Soldiers and uinlain it alter it had been bunt, lid for - and presented to the state, a b ot o i the escutcheon of that •muionwealth. It has been ^de- *unced i-s a disgraceful act by th ttercst republican organs ia the mb, w hi!e the feeling of disgust in ic s uih is too great for uny one to ^empt to describe.” It Kay 1)2 Wa r . The feituaiion in Eoro|)e grow*, m ue serious. Germany U incre<isiu fc - henuiiitary reserves; Franca with a turcaicaed internal revolution is still watching Germany with a jealous eye and holds herself in readiness to wipe out the stain' of Sedan, while the Russian.rrroy embracing hundreds ol tbou^auds i' clamoring for war. And •In- may conclude to acc<mitno> «l.*te them: I*, w -uld. to a great lent, divert utit-uti<«ii~- from home • r<*ur* cs. Taking it altogether the •utiook tor u long continued plate is to fay. the least, not very flitter* t> net i-Spiritualism. Mr.. Hancock said:. ‘I paid Mrs. Foster $50 for her three days* work b re and altogether she hasg»taV>ui $500 Jroin me She fiualiy got a •icturer**f my dead child that .a ufied me. l hepiciurt8 were always taken the dark, Siuce she has been htrv thHie has been ta k of iraud I Would give ill I posses* were 1 sure that (hia wofUau is uot a fraut^ and that Spirit pbotography is au assured fact. If sue i« proved iunuc- nt aud. uotbiug is Io iud iu her truuk I will give her wiiuugly half I pus-esa ” ; I he World’s correspondent has the i>ame wrong It is evidently-our layl*r. i he tra* s*ciiuu smacks very much like him. it WAS CAST SOLIDLY F08 CLEVELAND AND STEVEN ON The Lucky Thirteen. Atlanrt" j n. 9 —Georgia cast nir 13 electoral vu.es fur Grover Dcvcaad to-day. At the sam hour me 0 ctoral colleges ,ol ah the o.t>cx states performed their work. ffic-re< s(i;t wiii b - . 280 Vp.v'8 ior Cicveiana 144 r n^iTisOii, acd 20 tor Weaver . ru Georgia eiectolri wna~. tn.t' »,* A lanta art "Joe James ot Doqg a , \\, T. G*t. d Ricbmoi <J,.A»ired H't ng'.o i ut Ematiu- , W G. AoarnsoT ut Carroll, J W Walure ui Doughcr y, E. F. Minton, cf Suia.cr^ B. il Btackburn of Fui on Frank F-tut 01 ^paidmg. P. M.tf YuUai ot Bsrto*. J P shannon ut E bert, Winutn . E n'iimiou? vf-GsilijpcO, J. W._ Li oeay. W .Mi.sou. McE. F. McCook ■■■i Giyuu. T 14 her i^triutc* w.rc Alien D, dir Hal. Dup >nt Gurrry - hj B im D ii K. Gro a».r. t Bui ■ch. r> G. o«.L *.00 . *d hofn^ft, I E St. pj t D F D., Peabod) of Mu »*u ai«. J F u ci.iosun id - Cuy>wi>, ,G •V. fir*an ui He r , rt. E Cukm J ■it Poik G. W. Adams of Putnam, v\ £ Canffier of U- ton, B n Walker • '. ti-a- ock, and B Vi Fczz il of Tn naus for the New YcarJ - D'ErAntiisxf op Ac me ultube . Atlanta , x Gn., Jan. 1,1893, now year, with all ifcs- hopes, opens jeforo ds.- Let ns take tho opjionvmi- ties which it brings, antTbcgin onr work with welt defined plans an< purposes. Our lossesauul disappointments aro bo hind us; to rejine over them is. folly. Tho gonileman who has thus vio laud thv> comity between the stales is U n. H W. J Ham Ham was the ien-r&l attraction the ba quet ot the Jack>oa C>ub in cerbrati-m ot Btonewa* Jackson’s day It Was >be most notable 1 oliti- Cil bn-quoi. ever held in Ohio, at tended by three hundred and fitly • t the state’s most prominent denmcieti Kmm ibe introductory sentence to the last word, Orator Ham h*d hi? audience langhiog. howling cheering and applauding. He wa-* th** io ol the occifiou. Hw »o *f pict*ir« «*t me *8n.-ll)g*-i‘tvr iu PtJiiH!*” m. t with instant r*-cognitiou. Wh*n Co onel Hhiu finished United S-*te» Brice ah* ok ha d* liiai and c ngratulated him. nt* •mil ie being followed by other di*tiugm*bed m n-. Ihe entile audience hen ro-e and gave him three cheer* I"he visitor ba« been the recipi nt of tuauy delicate attentions -rom the ci ix*u* *if Columbus and member* of too Ohio legislature, and has left a must delight nl impress->n A One Legged Patriot The fe udicra Huuio question will uot down at any one’s bidding. The Atlauta Juumai of yesterday, say?: ’Up m m V ii a R ea tm* tn *ruiug came a oue-iegged vtnerau of the war ot meo»n aderacy. ami when the b >ard •»l trustees oi the fe.»idier»* home meets ou lhuredu? he will lay before;Tu» member- a pio;*osiii<*u ciub*<dyicg all the piinctplc* of .oynUy a ddevoii- n The veierau’Hjiiame is J. B feauiple. ‘•CuloneTfeampJe?'’ he was asked this morning inquisitively.. “No, sir, Private Sample,” was ihe sturdy reply. Private Sample was one ot the many heroes who wore the gray who felt Iheit blood boil when the soldi* r» home was rejected uy ihe legtsaiure. Private Sample proposes to se.Por rent bis farm o> 175 acres uear Villa Rica and devoid the pruce*ds together With what other umls he cau raiae towards running ihe home. 1 win taae care of the old fellows. * eaid ibis age«l warrior as he sat in Limits Ga.hollo’s •dice, *ss Grady Would »ave them 'Cared t**r. .'i ( wual .»• a ciiauCe o ?h *w ’em ail nat 1 cau do II 1 fall a- a »y iuie. ho f.e c u go nacK to thr trust- »u- l -V* I I.e er I 1 ” aud there t is all wo can. gain frbm them, rtunatejy some of us aro" in debt, but having arranged terms, with ered- tora; let each take fresh courage, and ot as. all begin at once to put oUr plans, into execution. In doing this, let us. thoughtfully consider whether. These plans arowell matured, well digested, evolved and clirystalized from ‘ patient and painstaking methods, or are they simply tho result of that hopefulness which springs afresh in our hearts with every recurring season ? Uyxlcss they are founded ou the moro substantial basis, yro need scarcely hope for progress or-for success. "We should consider thoughtfully not only wherein succeeded, but wherein we hive failed, and to what causes thos^ failures are due. Have we handled our affairs on business principles? , Were our lands thoroughly prepared before planting? Were ma nures wisely and judiciously used? Were they distributed on land that bad some vigor left, in it, or did wo follow the old aiid oft-triedTplan of attempting to make a crop on land which, from years of unwise treatment,- is rendered powerless to pay any dividend on -the capital and labor expended 5 -—— 111 D ck Grubb was«el< c*td m sscd^* •> «ake he cert fica c ot the vote t WasMog'ou. " Ballot Reform Tho R *iue Tribune c >ms* out in a leading editorial rquarely. in tavor of>h« vustraliau ballot system. Ihe Tritium* say*: * Tue Ausdtra ian ballot is now in US-* in about three fourth* ot tic Uuion, and it has given tath-facnon evt-rywhere In no state would t' e p-npie g«» back to old methods. N w it a g>*od time to begin a movement tor the same reform in Gwnreia. We have got to take some snch step it we wi*h to remove oar elections bej oud tbe p**yihility of being carried by a purchasable floating vote ” Kansas’ New Regime. Topeka Kan , Jao. 9 — he state jowrumeut was formally surrendered to day to tbe new officers, all pupo- lists. I he ceremony took place in ibe f all of. the house of repreaenta lives, an 1 was witnessed by probably the great*at crowd that has ever a** seaib.ed iu Kansas ou a similar occa* Tradfcd Her for a Horse* Fort Scott, Kan., Jan. 8.—Last 'Suu(U) a young farmer named. Gar ner, living fifteen miles west of btre, naviug learued that hb wife and hi* brother-iu law. Charles Kirby, loved • acl) other, traded hb wife to Kirby for a 'horse. . More Tro uble at Coal Creek. Knoxville, Jan. 11.—The citizen* at Coal creek arc about ready io get up tn, arms again. Their anger is caused by the arrival at the miaei yes terday of filty more convicts. ' HelsComina. Secretary of State Foster has just received a letter from FranCts Mc Nutt, Charge d’Affatres at v adrid, civtng the particulars of the trip of i^e Duke ol /eragua to the United States a* the guest of this government. Tbe duke is the direct descendant ol Chm- t-*pher O* umbus, and as such was in- v ird b. act of congress to attend the w r tf* fa r at Chtcavo ^ i he duk*. wilt oe accompanied by i hr Uuchrss of V ra 6 ua ms -mo Chris topher and ms daughter. .It it posti bie that tux bro-her, the Marquis of Birbo'ts, and h % w-fe may accompi' oy Him, bu> thtsM not yet certain. Tbeatudy ot history baabeqp made compulsory in the common schools by tbe state board of education. The county boards are allowed to select the books. Commissioner Bred well recently instructed county boards oi education that they only bad ibe right under the law to prescribe the text hooka s<instituting the curriculum oi the cimmon schools. Orthography, read ing, writing, EuglUh grammar, geog raphy and arithmetic^./ Editor Hale is tbe author of the fol lowing pithy advice to Ulmers; . ^One pig is worth seven million pup pies. Cotton will not grow * when' shaded by a double barreled shot. gun tod a pointer dog. Can’t Accept Utiarity. Atlanta. Ga, Jau. 10.—Maj feidu»-y Root of this ciiy h*» receivnl a le ter from Mrs Jeflerooh JDavi**. K> which tbe brluved widow of ihe dt-u*i ex president of the cunf*-d«racy »»)<■ • bat it will be impossible f.»r btr i- accept the mouey propot-ed to i»« raiiwd for her. a*si-Utice by public fubxcripiion. The advisal.ility oi en dea.voring to have the last Jcgialaiurc appropriate a $10,000 peueton t>* Mre Davis di*cu8*e<l at lengui rectnily, but it Was lound that ui.d r the con siituti n this could not be doue. GuVern- r No-then and others iu- (eresied, however. c*/nc-'u*f«d t j min that amount by a public tubrcripiioi iu the *tate, and Mrs NorJierti w»i instructed a ith th* task nl preparing • he Call tor this unmey. J bi* wml the governors wife has juet ahuit completed, bat the letter which b < j is: come to Maj r Rio* from Mrs* Davis, who i* Jiviog io New Ypik. puts a stop t<> the undertaking. I her .slier Mrs Da*is give* her -itic* r thanks for those who would Itav rtons this loib e work iu her beha but kedcAtely and firmly declines » accept such chanty, though ch trunk > udmits that she aud in daughter are in fiouncial straits. tions I find that OUR GREATEST MISTAKE this hopeless effort to U3e elo- ments which ore so firmly bound in the soil that only the "open sesame” of en lightened agricultural methods will un lock them to us. Instead of applying these methods wo go on from year to year, hoping by taking a little from each A southern txptri diccu-tcmg th ubj ct g'vea ;h*v piece o» advice «ri.in, ; do? o 1, of . 61 . Pn B.d> in -k- a c. idoi • siaud* hi- farm n..o e h*. •(• a. cnipa i«»u« iu arms, was :*r,-e« siugti. tluriug ifi«* caugulu— c • fl c •• be oi* al war ” u*' G mJ hiecs Priva e” Siiupl. . Georgia in the Cabinet If tn- preki leut is c**rrec : »y repre «»* d prefers llo*. J H R» uut Ge rgta f >r the c<<uiheru memtier of the cabin*t- Mr. Biuuut wi»ul*t be good tuan for p **ima»ier-g*netal. for his -ervice upon the committee K«t< ffices and postroad* has made him an experienced and avuiUhle mem er for that position. Mr. Blount has served as chairman of the committee on postoffic-a and postroads more ihan once, and with this session of the house he c impletes his tenth term in congress Mr. -Glevelaod doubtless realizes that there is ton much experience and g«H»d material in Blr. Blouut to put aside. It would be very natural that Georgia should be given a place in the cabinet. Mr Cleveland recoguizifc tact that me delegation irnra this state stands at the h**ad ot the list. It would not surprise us to see Mr. Cleveland pick a cabinet officer from men like Can dler, Hammond, Blount, Bants, i'urner or Lester. Georgia ban not furnished a democratic cabinet offio* r of the United ‘ S a tea since Howell Cobb 1 was secretary of th** tretwo f under James Buchanan.—Savannah Press. . Cold in the Sooth. Winston. N. U., Jau. 11—The thermometer at this place regis tered zero this morning.. It is. the coldest weather here tor fiiteen years. Camden, S. C., Jan. 11 —The con. tinued cold spell here iraomewbat remarkable Tor th s c imate. Thi» murniog tbe ibermumeier was down to 1T° and a large (>ond uear tb*. u»wo was fre ren, over for ibe firm tittle since 1885* - A Tenuei-see wts- kly editor make* thi* aiiuounce uent to his «ut>so. b* : “Wh leave this town never to retoru For three nights past a bucket >!t t-i and feathers was placed ou oar door step, with the notice that they war meant for us. We do nut fear beii ). tarred and feathered, out we oouldu’i afliird t«» pay for the tar. and he pei pie. of this town wouldn’t pay for it lor they’re too darned mean.” IUC - f cr-p • tnan (hat ot 92. fn* r f relief in «hi d>r«c io ov. r. m nt * d.” COM lc mure h**p It is iter Way. She t ok tbe- leittr iu h*;r baud. be eu\elope *he keenly tc<*nued: Th** address several time* s«-e rea-', • I wouder who it’s fron ,V *U- ?aid; •I know tbe writing very well, But whose it i I cannot tell.” With curiosity She burned. Aud straightway to tbe postmark turned. “The postmark! that will eud tb- duunt/’ ’T «as blurred; she could not mak it out. A dari« cloud o'er her r sage stole, And keenest anguish wrung her soul. Tue «ddres* ahe again permc i, ••Who- an .bare written it?* she mused. She could cot with the problem cope, And to she broke the envelop*-, Her last resource she had no better— Aud then she knew wbo wrote the :etl(r. Arrival of the First Messenger. WASIU5GT0N. Jan 10. W. . Cupelaud. of the iSauvilie Register, tm-*seuger for the presidential elector 0» Virgiuia, arrived in the city rewiat' with a copy of the ceriificate of tte votes, cast for Cleveland and Steven- ron at R-chmoud yesterday The. were delivered to Vice President Mor too this afternoon. He , is the first report at the capiuil. messenger t Work on the South Bound. Jacks»j«ville. Fla.. Jau. 9—A hutn-and hand* are grading the new r*ad between Jackaonville and 8a annah Several niilva of grading l>»e oe**n completed from Hart’s Road north vre-st. Mrs Dr Feitou ia after Dr. Haw theme, because ot tbo latter’s serum: •mf time siuce i» which he consigneo •Jay .G »u d to a very warm climate, ira Feltnn writes vig »ro\isly on tbe '•object, * ;• •• ' r ' atiiciiug. I-know of in- staaves where farmers have mado a bale two acres, and have received from SO ' ;to 23 uents per - pound for * their crops. W hat conid we substitute that would pay a larger per cent per-acre! The seed trill deteriorate, but if wo aro suc cessful Ta producing: a fair crop, this broad acre to better our fortunes, when THE ONLY WISE, THE ONLY TRUE PLAN, is u> take our best lands, study its needs, supply its deficiencies with n liberal hand, and concentrate on it all the en ergy which is too often but wasted oa the opposite method. By this plan wo have an opportunity of treating tho worn acres.* Each farmer should study the best methods for doing this; con sider his surroundings, and adopt that allow hich-best suits tlio condition of hia land aud his individual means. resolved hat we will not bo led away from legitimate methods because our chief money crop is now bringing a fair price with a prospect permanent advance. Let us 1 this fact to blind or mislead are passing through a period of great financial depression and embarrassment. * t us realise that this has, in a large ■asurc, been induced by our own mi.,-' takes, and not allow tho glittering pros pect of-high prices next full to-allure'us into forgetting tho hard lessons of a quarter of a century. Boar in mind that while wo arc, to a great extent, in dependent of all other nations ia the production of Cotton—-that is, that J ho other nation can produce it profitably at 10 cents, yet when we p 1:1 pi«>uueiug u iiur wup, iuia .uiu uucuui yumiuca uuiu v difficult v-can bo o,yercbxu6 by the intro- From four to six hundred pou; is au wo can. cam Irom them. &op ^ aay that wo plaKt . and as it is a largo grower it requires great dis tance. Should any farmer wish infor mation as to.'sced, etc., 1 will cheerfully »ld him.- - ' ; ‘ TOBACCO. About a year ago great interest was manifested iu-the cultivation of tobacco, and. some neighborhoods became greatly exciied over tho reports of fortunes being made in tho production * of this crop, in niy addresses amLm every ar ticle I have written on this subject, I have advi't -«l a conservative cotxrse. The. res alts of the past Reason establish beyond a don.hi: that good tobacco can bo grown'in Georgia.’ Both bright and mahogany wrappers of good-toxturo cau be raado. But ia many ihstancos far- uS(?fa iiavo made the mistake of planting too largo a crop of only ono or at the outsida, two varieties, and as tbo result of-inexperience and other attendants on a now industry, the tobacco has turned out umuiirkelable. - TILE rilOPER PLAN in entering on this, to us, untried iudns- to experiment with small patches of sovoral different varieties, and ac- tlxe cultivation, but for tho curing of tho crop. Everything d9pondS on proper handling of tlio crop after it is made. Tobacco is different from cotton in this, that tho wido margin iu price® is due solely to tho condition of the to bacco marketed, and is not influenced by. combination’s or speculation. The following table apf ? .nates prices, and gives an "idea of the w nlo difference be tween poor and good samples. FILLERS.. Common to medium........3 to C cents Medium to good. 0 to 8 “ Good to fine. 8 to 15 “ A difforc-fico of 12 cents from lowest to highest grade. ' . SMOKERS. Common to inodium OA to 0 ceut3 Medium to good. 6 lo 8 “ GoodtoiLio 8 to 10 “ A di'fferenco of 0} cents. Common to rued Medium ro good Good A diff who 450 pounds. . In putting up t- _ card in both cul- hay or cotton press can 69 used. Neat * ’ ,r 1 and well-packed corn will bringa better price than when carelessly packed. Be fore packing tho. brush should .bo as sorted, as etookedand /defective heads ,will injure the sole. The price of broom com varies very much, tho best corn being worth from $7 to $13 a-mufldred, and inferior qualities from $2 to $10. — " - caa nati and St. Louis are perhaps the best markets for southern growers. THE MELON CROP. I wish to call the ubmediato attention of melon growers to the effect thgt a cholera epidemic, or oven tho fear of that disease entering our ports, would have on the melon trade. Wo would advise • our growers to reduce their acrcago so that it tho disease should again break out the result to them would not be so disastrous, -ftrjs well known that tho fear of cholera will .Often induce the authorities of large cities to enforce regulations against tho sale of fruits, and that when the disease is across tbe Atlantic the sale of melons is greatly effected. Confronted by snch conditions no farmer can afford to plant very largely, and none on borrowed cap ital. Should the cholera be stamped out in Europe growers will loose but very little, as enhanced prico will compensate for reduced yield. Wo trust that all who raise melons for market will se riously consider tho financial loss they might incur by planting too largely. Medical experts have warned us that this disease lias been lurking in several European states for two years, and tho chances are favor able for an outbreak in the United. States the coming summer. The man who is financially ablo to make tho ex periment, who has the money to invest; can afford to incur the risk, if, in his judgement, the chances for success aro greater than for failure, but the man who borrows money to invest in so doubtful an enterprise is courting over whelming disaster. HOGS. Among tho many plans which have sunk into “innocuous dissuetude” is that of making our own juicy hams and beautifully whito aud wholesome lard. In curing our own pork we have > tho satisfaction of knowing just how these hogs were raised, their condition when converted into pork, aat^ tho quality of meat in daily nsc on our tables. Wc all can remember with what pleasure wo once looked forward to tho “hog kill ing.” But the very same reasons which induced ns to give up making our com and wheat, namely, the price of cotton? tho low figure at which we could obtain our bread from 1I10 west: our changed labor, introducing tho restless tenant and renter system; the ease with which credit could he obtained ro make cotton • and buy all food supplies; the losses from cholera and other diseases, all combined to influence a majority of our farmers to abandon tho reusing of hogs. But because we have erred iu this mat- 8 to 11 cents 11 to 12V “ 12V to 2d' ” " .10 lo 10 c .10 to 20 .20 to 30 A glut inimslung tne all important food < E SACRIFICE THE INDEPENDENCE which-this monopoly would* given, and any reduction in tho price falls with distressing effect make tlio world's cotton. \Yo have no competition worthy of serious ation. Tho world's cotton market i= own. We must utilize THIS TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY to the very best advantage. We overstock the market and giving the profits to the foreigner, who buys from us. or'by a DITEESlFICAriON ^ at homo we cau place ourselves in po sition to take advantage of favorable markets. In -this wo aro more fortu nate than our western grain-producing brother, who can only furnish tho world with bread after the supply countries has been exhausted. The south can produce cotton cheaper than other countries, and to that extent sh j an opportunity to make a profit 0.1 tho crop..’As yet ho rival which Is strong enough to wrest this advantage from us lias entered the field. But car industry j* iu a MOST CRITICAL CONDITION, because wo put- into our cotton crop •ly all our brawn and muscle, as ns the larger part of our hopes and plans.' TOE SITUATION CAN BE IMPROVED by directing a larger portion < orgies than is at present giv< production of largo said that i puux'is of tobacco can acre. ’ ut it depends on . i subsequent handling cunt would be market er both “wrappei '' and .•I fre ...t experience r th. to tlio If this is done generally and our lands treated in a way to demonstrate that wo appreciate tho untold blessings which surround us, and also that wo have solved to cast aside our past unsatisfac tory methods, wo can take hope, and will be in position to reap advantage from any favorablo changes in tho ket. Our lands would tSus be left in better condition for subsequent crops, our hom’o support would bo assured, and our cotton crop would bo almost clear profit. In a short time wo would begin to realize the benefits of the change, and eventually our section enriched to an extent scarcely dreamed of now. Nearly EVERY FARMER WHO READS THESE LINES, or who has read previous “monthly talks” and followed mo in tho policy which I have marked ont, must agree that I am correct, and yet concert of ac tion among ’farmers seems a physical and moral impossibility. EACH FARMER, ACTIAG I\»R niMSELF, must decido this quest k : for. his own best intorest. Let each individual re solve to abandon a r lorn which time and experience has . roven leads only to financial embarrassment, destruction of onr lands, and a paralysis of our ener gies; consider his financial ability and Inst how much land Go ean afford to put in cotton, without incurring HEAVY I ABILITIES, which, under the post favorablo cir cnmstances.he will* barely able to meet. Then let him detr? mine what part of his land is in such condition as, with suitable fertilizers, intelligent methods and aveiugd seasons, will yield a fair profit. Lot him adapt his crops as far as possible to the conditions of his soil, his distance from igarket, and tho needs of his farm. Don’t lie misled into planting any crop, whether it is cotton, tobacco or broom corn, to tho exclusion of those necessary to FILL THE BARN, THE CRIB, THE- SMOKE HOUSE. Resolve from this time, that yon will be farmers in the broadest 6ense of that term, and decide, before tlio first week of the new year has passed, what crops and. in what proportions they will have to be planted to Insure independence, PLENTY FOR YOUR FAMILY.— Study carefully tho question of fer tilization, and don't plant land which, Under tho most favorablo conditions. Our exchanges an that, »fcc resent is onr ot ’.he coldest wintrrs r many years. It is said thatx good r ip vc ?r alwa s follows a cold win er I’htre is sotnr conso'ation in this. Fhey have a duel legislature in &tn*ag The republicans have or- :«niz-d one, and the populists the ,.iber. Three democrats are looking on and enjoying the situation. . 5 No definite rule can bo laid down as to the quantity or kind to bo * applied. Each fanner must, experiment and do» termine this question for kim?clf. Acid phosphate, in conjunction with co'tton seed meal, kuinit, or muriate of potash, furnishes a forth of plant food which smy farmer cau prepare, and is in a ma- 4 “7 of cases suited to the needs of opr, *auua. If you have good lands well supplied frith humus, uso liberally and work well into the soil. If your land is «*nm down” take only the best portions, put all your work on" .those, and-by planting renovating crops, in conjunc tion with fertilization, gradually “bring up” tho other poorer portions. LONG 8TAFLB COTTON. Binco the introduction of commercial „ and-their judicious uso op tho * in.sfipvil.wt' lOL'.-.l 1 ... . . .vu state, it will :o unko tobacco, except for asutnpiion. Let our farmers ate ‘V.t they’are willing to bo- eare and attention, which this . lires; iu other words, let them cod tobacco, then warehousemen, ■reed and’ competent classifiers. .0 factories, axil! follow. BROOM CORN. is always been our policy to eu- ;e diversification of crops and ex- ;r.te in untried branches of agri- 6 that tho full capacity of our soil iv into may bo thoroughly tested, s.uuo time advising that tho cul- ia of no Limit bo undertaken on a c.be until a sufficient number ,of kr.vo i vi profitably marketed to that there is money iu its cultiva- It is always necessary before en- r.pon a new agricultural under- : ta carefully consider market a.ul facilities for marketing, and LT.ier himself is best fitted to deal these questions In regard to hia :S3 questions m regard i-ket, Its demands, other kets, their demands, freight rates, etc. We thus preface a fevr words on broom corn aird its cultivation in reply to quiries on this subject, iu order to ] vent any fanner from undertaking colfWata it cu too largo a scale without having thoroughly weighed tho condi tions that surround him cr proven it a pr^ta^c s pre- rod ucf ion of broom corn into tho United States has been credited to Ben Franklin. It 'is said that in a whisk broom from tho East Indies he found a ed_, and that from tha planting of this s d has extended the cultivation until it has reached its present largo proportions. -Whether this bo true or uot, tlio plant belongs to tho sugar cane family, essentially North ’ lx?' rown in any part of tho United States. tilizxl, il adapted to common corn will good for broom corn. and. like ess the soil 13 rich; or well fer- iil bo very poor. Eolation will Lo found advantageous, though tho crop will grow ou tho same ground for years. Any ordinary com plete fertilizer applied in tho hills or drill will^do to manure with if required by the sciVarul its use and that of bum- yard manure will nearly always be found to largcly incre.no tho yield. FLANTINO. x. • Prepare your land well, as if for ordi nary corn, and row in hills 3 foot lay 4, or in drills 3> feet apart! Tho rows should bo; rau-north and south, that all tlio plants uny-recrivo tho benefit of tho sun alike. In each hill from forty to eed should bo dropped, covering them from an inch .to an’’inch and a half. Whbro seed .are sown in drills they should bo about two inches apart. In thinning out leave from 3 to 10 stalks to the hill. Tho seed should bo planted littlo later than common cultivation. In cultivation weeds should be exter minated, and for this reason work should begin as sooii as tho plants aro large enough to bo distinguished, and con- tin uo. an til the pL.nts.nro a foot or more high. The harrow tooth' cultivator, with tho front tooth removed, is tho best implement* and when tho condition of tho crop demands it, it should bo hoed over. VARIETIES. As to habit, tho plant is both dwarf and standard, tho former growing from threo to four feet, and tho latter as high as fifteen feet; • Ia harvesting the dwarf .variety, tho brush .is jerked out of tho. sheath of tho upper leaf without bend- ' breaking. In Jlio standard ur ucoa .pi .. rietios, v. here the season is likely to bo too short for the corn to mature,' tho brush_shonld be lopped, that is, tho top bent over twelve or fifteen-inches below the brush, allowiag. it to. hang down against the stalk. As our seasons 1 usually long, lopping necessity. *1110 time to . blossoms begin to fall. • With tlio stand ard varieties, where tho stalks are too high to bo reached,.tabling-is roquired. Thik. consists in breaking, down tho stalks of two rows about ttvo and a half feet from the ground - , so that they ’Rill cross each other diagonally. t'ri S' ' ' . CUREKO. .. Tho com shchl&bo cured under a rod! where there is a free circulation of air. From two to four weeks will be all tho time required. The seed are remov<' aud should be abandoned . EVERY MAN WIIO OW> and fifty percent, of tho; principle l FAR} ifty { with a little extra labor 0 pare pastures and plant crops, which will corno on at different seasons of tho [rear, rye and barley in tho fall, fol lowed by oats, then field peas, these tc bo succeeded by ground peas and pota toes, and in this way ho can rairo his meat at a nominal cost. Tho present year I have cured a beautiful lot of Thick we had a quantity; the slops and ve,-; tables from the kitchen; the wastii fruits from tho orchard, and then fi tened ou tho patches of peas,’ groan peas and potatoes, baldened with :i 1: tie com, has cost mo so little that 1 ha' scarcely felt it. There in the state, who will fail to make t a success if ho will give «.o it tlio sa thought and care that ho gives his cc and cotton. If yon aro RENTIN’.; YOUR advise with your tenants pie, as well as by precep to attend to this quostioi profitable! to you'and of them. If the and careless, tho spirit. hick will bo al benefit to ner is unmethodical enter is apt to exhibit The good farmer in a neighborhood is worth all the letters or essays that conhl bo written in a year. Tho. ueed for intelli gent energy and business forethought pressing than now. Push v< well in hand, ana don’t for moment suffer it to fall into unprofi 1 able ruts for tho want of a little at toi tion, a little forethought. The mistake and follies, as well as the successes, of quarter of a century aro km 7 from ; imil.v like our fears t us into deeper di flirt days when too wot giving to the old ■opine, and by permittin; •-’.Mo coat of whitewash can afford it. a coat and out-building."., posts, either having soaked them in oil. t tar; trim up tin. the yard as mTfi means will r.llo—. daughters will v;.b. years tho grander..I. call the days speiu Wo can't stand si -T. go forward or ret ■•'».• to be a drone. Parties wishing our department cu cheerfully aided, an dress a postal cr l it department, hew c. large number of tlio now handling tho depextment, and I \\ [minds! 91a with . adorn aftei UvsjIvo not could.bo in the state. 11m aro not now to tho department i:tform:v_fi-.n which tor to ngricnltural ipitiA Arhmta. A pr.Mii-ati.r.is of the •«»nld h- gl.iu.if ;li«*y 0;; i...;y county .1 will writo n\i* for pub lication, etc. Ii. T. l\; .riiTr, Commissioner of Agriculture. 'I'h* 4 death ot Bonjamiti F Boiler moves ore of the conupteimus and •nique figure* m American poMtics. Rtitler’s name i* familiar in pvery southern household. There i* still a dead 1 -ck in the Kansas legislature Bmli sides s’ept on th* field of battle last night after lunching on bologna eaussgo. France is cabinet making just now. France cou’d get pointers from the pre s c-f »hi« coumrv *n »he business. • Death has reaped a rich harvest of prominent men within the past forty- eight hours. YOUNG We offer you h remedy 'which il used-ns directed, insurc^ 'Cafcly- to lifo of lwQi mother aud child. “ MOTHERS FRIEND” n-.5.-??T! and, Robs confinement of its-1* Risk, as many testify. ' 1 Mrwlft audonljr t ivoboidr.i J. & Mobto.v, llarei Scat by^ express, ccipt Of price, *1.30 per I druggist*. Book To *" Be vumbu) Keqclj