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n* Weekly Times-Efiterprise,
THOMASVILLE, GA.,
John Triplett, Editor and Manager.
Saturday, January 21SO893
Satclhe soldier* horn:.
The north and west is going oo
skates now.
The rascals will have to go after the
4'hof March.
Ben'Bntler left a fortune of s. ven
million'doilars.
The dispatches yesterday reported
sleet in Jacksonville.
J.“Frost seems to have a pretly fair
grip on the country.
Thera is a lively fight for senator-
ships going on in several states.
Boodle and not blood flowed around
the polls in Savannah yesterday.
The man who (predicted a cold
winter can how say, “I told yo’u.jo.’
There are*thirty-two candidates for
senator) before the Nebraska legisla
ture.
“Stop the pension steal” should
ring from ono end of the country to
the other.
Boodle and blood both flowed^it
tha municipal flection in Savannah.
Both are bad.
Uilis will likaly make the landing
for Senator in Texas. Roger Q. is a
hard man to down.
Preachers and laymen are 'discuss
ing the whereabouts of Jay Gould.
Ret up on Jay. he’s dead.
The weather has been a fruitful top
ic of conversation for the past three
weeks. It is an icteresting subject.
The site of New York, Menhaltan
Island, was bought by the Dutch for
$140. It hu increased in value since.
“The Solid South ”
Mxthng Jan. 1C.—Never in the
history of the central south has ttcrc
been so much suffering from c.»Id
wealhet as at present. All rivers are
blocked with ice and snow, rendering
pas.age over them impossible: Manj
trains are late, some abandoned by
their sttOcring crews, _aod the mest
intense sulieiiag is prevalent among
the mountaineers. The- snow is from
10 inches to.three feet deep in eastern
Tennessee and western North Caro-'
lina Labor is suspended in 'Ken
tucky.
Knoxville, Jan. 16.—Not for
thirty roars hoe -there been such
severe weather as now prevails in
Uiis section. ' The thermometer is far
below zero, and a dozen or more peo
ple are reported frozen to death.
Business ’of all kinds is suspended,
and united efforts of city officials and
ehurch members are being utilized to
aid the poor.
He Drew a Knife on Him.
__A Wheeling W. Va., trio of young
wags fixed up-a dummy to look all
the world like a living man. Watch
ing their chance they smuggled the
effigy into a saloon while the propri
etor was out and leaned it up sgainst
the bar. When the saloon-keeper
entered the room one of the wags,
who atood behind,the dummy, oidered
drinks for throe. The two men drank
and qnietly slipped out, leaving the
dummy to pay to bill. After wailing
several minutes the barkeeper de
manded his pay. Receiving no an
swer he angrily Mixed a bottle and
felled the dummy to the floor,
rushed the conspirators, the picture
of horror. “You have killed him!"
they exclaimed. “I could't help it.”
pleaded the now terrified liquor deal-
he drew a knife on me first.”
Your Uncle Jerry Rusk appears to
havs loat his grip on the weather.
Ue is lost losing his grip on his posi
tion.
The fate of the anti.option bill will
probably be decided in the senate to
day. It will probably pass in a modi-
fled form.
The happiest thing we ever saw was
a negro at an election; the most mis
erable, a poor man at a cash sale.—
Hale’s Weekly.
Mrs. Felton) has tackled two big
preachers, Dr. Hawthorne and Dr.
Candler. Mrs. F. appears to behold
ing herJowD.
The Savannah Press is in earnest
about ballot reform in Georgia. The
whole press of the state" should join
in tbe fight-
The world's fair should be opened
en Sunday. Less harm would result
from this than turning the throngs
loose m Chicago.
Now that Georgia is through with
elections and politics for the year
lets all tnrn in and boom the Empire
State ol the South.
A strong effort is being made by
the 1 military of the state to retain
Lieut Batteries. Georgia’s congress
men are moving in the matter. ’
“I see that 1800 girls wese gradu
ated from tbe Boston Cooking School
last year.” “H'm! No wonder that
tha proprietors of patent dyspepsia
remedies get rich.”
The Central is playiog in hard
luck. Now the stockholders of the
Montgomery and Eutaula road are
praying to have the road restored to
the original owners
Some gentlemen in Atlanta have in-
vited Col. Bob Ingenoil, the noted in
fidel, to deliver a lecture in that city.
Dr. hlonison and others have protest-
ed against their action.
. “There is one objection to your
flannel cakes,“Mrs. Small,” said the
star boarder. “What is that, Mr.
HnnketF’ '‘They may be all wool,
bot lhey are not a yard wide.”
Reierriog to the convention
negroes to he held in Savannah the
latter part of this month to organize
a branch of the democratic party, the
Sparta Ishmaelite says: “It is a wise
xtep hndit will nndoubtediy rvsnlt
practical good to their people.”
The Venable Bro’s., of Atlanta,
have offered $ too.ooo for the pro
petty of the Soldier's home. And this
valuable property, not to mention the
high and patriotic aime ot the home,
has been rejected by the Georgia leg.
Mature. Oh, shame, where is thy
blush!
II the democrats are at all careful
there need be no doubt of their ability
to organize the senate alter March
1st They bold the balance of power
in Nebnuha, Kansas and Washing
ton, are tn a better position than the
repablicaiu in California and Mon
tana and control tho legislatures of
Wisconsin and ^Wyoming. Under
such circumstances it would be a
political blander amoaating almost to
a crime if the democrat* should fail
to gem complete control of the na
tional government and fulfill its
pledgee to the people to the letter,-^
Ceistitutioa.
Cold, Colder, Coldest.
The present cold spe'.l is unpreoe
dented. Here are a few weather
items gathered from the telegraphic
reports of yesterday which are ealeu
iated to give one a chill.
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 16.—The
unprecedented cold weather here hag
ctu cd tho most inten*o suffering
among poor and rich alike. The
peculiar construction of the residence
houses renders thorn almost incapable
of being heated with a temperature
below S0°, a thing rarely happening
till this year. It has been freezing
almost daily here since Christmas,and
History to b8 Taught-
Atlanta, (-a.. Jar*. \y.—The stave
board of education to day heid an ini'*
portant meeting, at which the question
of makin history a part of the course
of study in the common schools of ihe
state cam - up for final action, this
matter having been discussed at a
meeting he’d-a*week ago. At the
former meeting it was practically-- de
cided that his ory should be added to
the course of study, bu* at the meeting
to day au order was passed making it
compulsory on the various board i oi
county school commissioners to adopt
a history and compulsory on studenfs
tbe suffering is intense and wide* in the common schools of the tale to
Georgia’s Camping Grounds.
Atlanta, Ga , Jar. 16 —Quarter
master General Wes-, after conferring
with Cols Kell and Calhoun, the com
mittee appointed by the military advi
sory board, to-day let to Sulliva » &
Culpepper of Griffin the contract to
repair and improve the .buildings at
Camp Northen, the encampment
ground of the state military. The
contractors are to receive $1,71760
for the improvements specified, includ
ing the building, of a cottage for the
watchman, recovering with the best
Southwest Georgia shingles every bald
ing on the grounds and the removal
of six mess halls, six kitchens, sx
bath houses and.lhree closets, sinks,
etc. The work is to be completed in
time for the May encampments
Snow in Mississippi
New Orleans, Jan. 17.—D..patch
es received to-night state that three
inches of snow has fallen at Summitr,
Fayette, Popiilarviile aDd Perkins,
Miss., and at Linton, La. This is the
heaviest in years.
SNOWING AT MOBILE.
Mobile, Ala., Jan. 17.—.Snow be
gan falling here at 6 o’clock this even
ing in larger flakes than has been seen
here in vears. . It has snowed for two
hours and lies halt an inch deep.
Tennessee’s New Governor.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 16.—At
noon to day a special committee of the
legislature and officers ot the Supreme
court went to the home of Gov.-elect
Turney at Winchester and swore in
the new executive. Gov. Turney was
unable to leave his bed and only tbe
briefest cermony of induction was
performed. This is the first tin e in the
history of the state that a .ovfernor
was ever inaugurated except at the
capitol.
Cleveland at Lakewood.
Lakewood, N. J., Jan. 15.—Presi
dent-elect Cleveland remained at
home to day. He received, a few
friends in the afternoon. As Mr.
Cleveland has made no arrangements
to go to New York this week, it is ex
pected that he will be visited hy sever
al prominent democrats. It is said
tbatj. Randolph Tucker and Mr.
Carlisle will probably call on Mr.
Cleveland to-morrow or Tuesday.
Gen. Butler’s Funeral.
Lowell, Mass., Jan. 16.—Gen B.
F. Buder was buried to-day. State
officials, grand army officers and pri
vates, members of tbe Btate national
guard, members of the bar associ
ation, and many distinguished gentle
men were present from all parts of tbe
country. Over 30,000 persons view
ed the cortege as it passed through
the streets to thexemetery.
Weaver in Arizona.
PfltKNix, Ariz , Jan. 15.--Get?.
James B. Weaver opens the populist
campaign in this territory on Jan. 18.
Efforts are beiog made by tbe popu
lists to control the next legislature, in
anticipation of statehood and tbe elec
tion of United States senators, Gen.
Weaver will be assisted by Gen. A. J.
Streator of Illinois, and later by Mrs.
Lease of Kansas.
spread. Todajr tho mercury went
down to 22° and ice has remained in
the streets all day, even in tbe sun.
Milwaukee, Wis , Jan: 16.—Dis
patch* s from all parts of the state
report the coldest weather for years
In Milwaukee it was 14° below zero
yesterday. At Sparta the msreury
froze solid at 40° below; at Whitehall
it was 45° below; LaCroise 36°, Med
ford 42°, Neenah 26°, Watertown
30°, Kaukauken 35°.
Staunton, Va., Jan. 16 —The mer
cury at 6 o’clock this morning regis
tered to 9 below zero, the coldest
weather here for forty years.
Memphis, Tenn., Jaa. 16.—Never
in the history of the central sooth Has
there been so much suffering from
cold Neither as it present. All the
rivers are blocked with ice a-.d snow,
rendering passage over them impossi
ble. The Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers arc frozen over from the head
waters to the Ohio fer the find time in
thirty-five years.
New York, Jan. 16 —Last night
was another co d one, and (he result
jras that the : nner harbor wa« practi
cally closed to all cralt. If the weath
er should moderate at once it is not
probable that the bay steamers wou d
resume their trips inside el four or fire
days.'
Asheville, N. C., Jan. 16 —Aspe-
cial_to tbe Citizen from Hot Springs
says that snow to the depth of six
has fallen there, and ice has
formed in the French Broad river tor
distance of a mile a id a^ half,
ice gorge s piled up in the river to a
hight of fourteen feet at the hotel
bridge atd is twenty feet high at th<
Western Nor.h Carolina railroad
bridge. "
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 16.—Not
for thirty years has there been such se
vere weather as now prevails in this
section. The thermometer is Ur be
low zero, and a doz;n or more people
are reponed froz;n to death Busi
ness of all kinds is suspended.’* .
Here is a sentence from Dr. Tab
mage’s recent lecture in Savannah:
“Every grasshopper has a solo,
every snowflake has a song, every
honeysuckle a censor. The sunset
is but the open doorway through
which the light of evening flashes
into the great forever.
“The world is what we make it
and is good or bad just as we our
selves will it.”
‘•The world is growing better aud
brighter every * year. —No matter
where on the globe we rest our finger
we find a brightening prospect. Take
Spain’ with her cruel inquisitions.
What light is that beyond the Apen
nines ? It is the light of morning.
Take Italy with her ruins and her
buried granduer. What light is that
upon the Alps? It is the light of
morning. Take India, benighted
India. What light is that beyond
tho Apennines? It is the light of
morning. The world is growing
brighter as it wheels out farther and
farther. The day is everywhere
brightening upon the mountains and
the morning is steadily advancing.
America for God, the world for God.’ :
study tbe history prescribed. The
board also requires that all, teachers
in the common schools shall be exam
wed. on history the same as they are
upon other studies Qtjlie common
schools 'currculum before they are
granted license to teach, in referring
to the action of. the board Commis
si oner Brad well said that the adoption
cf history as pari of the studies in the
common schools, meant the outlay of
about $100,000 on the part of the
people of tbe state who are patrons of
the common schools.
Oranges Frozen in Florida.
Ocala, Fla, Jan. 16—Yesterday
afternoon waa springlike. After 8
o’clock last night it grew colder, and
has continued cold to day, and at 6
o’clock tonight threatens colder
weather than Friday night. Oranges
in this county were nearly all picked
and shipped. Those now on the trees
Are frozen. . - •
Andpow’the manufacturers of type
writers jhave formed a trust Up
* 1 prices will likely go,
Satterlee to Remain. ■.
Atlanta, Ga,, Jan. ..,17—Lieut.
Satterlee will be Continued at his post
as assistant adjutant general ol the
stajte of Georgia by the Uuiled States
department. Got. Northen today
received a telegram from Speaker
Crisp, in response to a message’ from
the governor requesting Judge Crisp
to act,with the Georgia delegation in
congress to secure the suspension of
the order recently issued directing
Lieut. Satterlee to report to his regi-
meat for duty, relieving him of his
work among the Georgia'state troops.
Judge Crisp’s message stated that in
response to the request.of the Geor
gia congressmen the war department
had suspended 'tho order removing
Lieut. Satterlee and that he would
remain otf duty in Georgia until
further notice- This action by lie
Secretary of War will be received
with satisfaction by the military of
the state, while tbe governor is him
self very much pleased that the
miitia will contiue to have the benefit
of Lieut. Satterlee’* services.
The Brunswick Times has a word of
good advice to the farmers of Georgia
and the south. The Times says:
“It is within the power of the farm
ers in the next three months to decide
the destiny ot the south for yean to
come. If they plant largely of cotton,
they will ruin themselves and every
body else. Ii they succeed in raising
wine or en million bales of cotton in
T893, tbe price will decline to 5 or
cents per pound; but it, on the contra
ry, they d;crease-the acreage of cot
ton and increase the acreage of a'l
food crops, cotton will bring 10 or 12
cep s per pound, perhaps more.”
A Georgia man who emigrated from
Douglas county to Texas, about three
years ago, write3 to The Constitution
as follows;
“I came out here to Ttxa*;. mf age was
twenty-one;
I had a pile o’ money then, bat now I ain’t
got-one;
Bat back to Georgia I will roll, and plant
myself end grow—
The Lord bavc mercy -op my son!, from
- whom all blessings flaw!”
Here * is a queer obituary, taken
from the columns of a Georgia ex
change: V
“Sacred to "the memory cf Jacob Shaw,
Who for forty years followed the law,
_ 'And when he died the devil cried
'Jacob, give us your paw.’ ”
Editor—-“You say youwant a check
lor some jokes you left here two weeks
ago. Why,.those jokes- have been
paid 'for.” Mr. Chestnut—VHow
long ago, sir?” “Oh, about fifty or a
hundred years, I imagine”—-Lite.
“I am dying for love*” the young mac said,
' And you will not be my wife 1”
And the maiden said, as she be.nt her head:
“How much have you on year life?”
To Watermelon Growers
Georg a’si comm ' ssior.tr of agricul
ture-warns g;owers against a large
melon crop this year: He says:
I wish to call the iuiaicd ate atten-
of melon t rowers to the effect
that a cholera epidemic, cr even the
fear of ilut disease entering our ports,
Id have oti the ntcloa trade. We
would advise cur growers to reduce
airc?geso that if the disease
shou d again break cut the resujt to
them would not be so disastrous. It
is well known tha 1 ihe fear of choleia
wilt oHe.r induce the authorities of
large cities to enforce the regulations
again?’ toe sale of fruits, and that
when the disease is across the Atlantic
the sal- cf fhe melons is great’y t fleet
ed. Confronted by such conditions
bo farmer caw . afford to plant very
largely, and none on bofrowedi^puat.
Should the choiera be stamped .out in
Europe growers will lose but very lit
tle, as enhanced price will compensate
lor reduced yield. \Ye trust that ad
who raise melons for market : will se
riously consider the financial loss they
might incur by planting too largely-
Medical experts have warned us that
this disease has been lurking io sever
al Enropeah states for two years, and
the chances are favorable for an oht-
bretk in the United States the coming
summer. The man who is financially
able to make the exper ment, who has
the money to invest, can afford to in
cur the ruk, if, in his judgment the
'chances'for success are greater' than
for failure, but the man who borrows
money to invest in so doubtful an en
terprise is courting overwhelming d.s
aster.” < .
Major Screws, in a recent lctter+i-
from Washington to the Montgomery
Advertiser, says: .
Mr. Cleveland is always showing
his extraordinary common . tense.
HU latest demonstration in this
respect is in the report that he has
made up his mind to have a poor
man’s cabinet. He insists that Min
isters of State must not bo worried
aud annoyed by social functions un
less they feel disposed that way. It
seems to be Mr. Cleveland’s set inten
tiou to make in perfectly agreeable
for a poor man to sarrein his cabinet.
He has staled frequently to men who
have conferred with him that he
wanted bis cabinet officers to have
the privilege of living at hotels the
same as members of congress cr other
people residing at Washington, and
not to feel burdened with the necesri
ty of keeping a house or engaging in
the social work of entertaining
Fights the Silver Act.
New York, Jan. 17.—President
elect Cleveland came to town yesh
day from “Lakewood to meet certain
persons with whom he had appoint*
meats. He spent a large portion of
the time at the Lawyer’s clnb with
Senator Vilas, who, it is said, was
summoned* to give an idea of the
prospects of silver legislation in the
upper house. It is understood Mr.
Vilas departed at the end of the in<
terview with assurances that the pres
ident’ elect hoped no effort would be
spared by democrats in the senate to
secure a repeal of the Sherman act
before March 4. Mr. Cleveland
spent last night in town, not having
completed the business which he hod
in hand. He will retnrnJo Lake-
wood this afternoon.
How Far She Traveled.
Girls who shrink from attending
to household duties who are too fash
ionable And limp, not to say lazy, to
aid their maternal ancestor about the
house have wonderful staying quali
ties at a dance.
The calculation rune this way:
“An average waltz takes one over or
about three quarters of a mile, and a
square dance makes you cover a haU
mile and a galop equals a good mile,
ran, too. Count for yourself
how much the girl with a well-filled
programme traverses in an evening.
Twenty dances it the average. Of
these about twelve are Walta^a. There,
at once, are nine miles. Three
galops and she has done twelve miles.'
Five other dances at a half mile
apiece, which ik hardly ajairly big
estimate, brings her close upon fifteen
miles to say nothing of the intermis
sion stroll in the garden and the trips
to the dressing room to renovate one’s
gown and complexon.’ 1
In an editorial headed, “Keep Him
in Georgia,” the Macon Telegraph
says of Lieutenant Satterlee:
“Lieutenant Satterlee has won-his
way among the military of Georgia by
a strict attention to bis duties and we
believe has raised the standard of the
different companies very considerably.
He is a conscientious officer and a
good soldier, and recognizing his
worth the officers oi the state troops
have petitioned that he be allowed to
good work. The Telegraph joins in
this petition and sincerely hopes that
Lieutenant Satterlee may long re
main in Georgia.”
The Brunswick Times sugges a
setileraent^ot the Cleveland cabinet
difficulty in the following:
“There are far too many Georgians
aspiring for cabinet places for this
state to be honored with one. The
aspirants ahonld “get together” and
decide on one man, say Tomer or
Blount.”
All right, either one will spit ns,
though we have a “,’eenin” towards
Mr. Turner.
Ex-President Hayes Dead.
Fremont, O., Jan. 17.—Ex-Presi
dent Rutherford B. Hayes died at 1
o’clock to-night. Early in the even
ing an inquiry elicited the response
that the general had passed a (airly
well day and was resting nicely. The
change from, better to worse was rai
p.d, and at iz o’clock the cx-President
passed away. The first intelligence of
this was received when Webb C.
Hayes went down town and quietly an
nounced that his father had just died.
Murphy to Bb Hill’s Colleague.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 17.—The
balloting in the separate houses of
the legislature for United States sen
ator to succeed Frank Hi*cock took
place at noon'to-day. Edward Mur
phy, Jr„ of Troy, received a majority
in each house, getting seventy-three
votes in tbe asrepibly and seventeen
in the state senate.
~ Quay Gets There.
Harrisburg, Jan. 17.—Tho re
publican caucus this morning nomi
nated Matthew S. Quay for United
States senator. The vote jras: Quay
146, DalzeU 18, Gobin 1.
Senator Bate Re Elected.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 17,—Ex-
Goy. William B. Bate was re elected
to the United States senate by the
legislature. He had a walk over.
Butler, Hayes, aud others die. but
Mr. - Blaine holds un to life. Mr.
Blaine shows wonderfu yitality.
Here are two of Stguton’s squibs:
A Georgia editor wrote to a railroad
manager as follows: “I have publish
ed your schedule three months steady,
I have got to leave this town. Send
me one free pan, or a pair of boots at
once.”
**#
la ihi.3 old world it's lots ot fum
(Heaven grant it may not cease!)
One of the moat exciting contests
tor the mayoralty for years occurred
in Savannah on Wednesday. ‘John
nie” McDonough, the present incum
bent, beat Harmon six hundred and
twenty-three rotes. Mayor McDon
ough has been enforcing the Sunday
laws too strictly to suit some of the
people in Savannah, and hence their
fight on him. He Is the right man in
the right place.
Alluding to the fact that Hon.
Hoke Smith had called upon Mr.
Cleveland, the New York Herald
says: “When the southern editors
were here a month ago his rival, Capt.
Howell, stole a march on Mr. Smith
and made peace with "Mr . Cleveland.”
DImma from Saai|(d Fodder.
It is a serious mistake to feed fodder
that has been damaged by rain and wet
weather to animals without first dust
ing it out to dry. The injurious effect
which such food has upon stock more
than equals the entire loss, of all the
fodder gathered. Such fodder is gath
ered from marshy lands and meadows
that have been inundated during the
mowing time. Sedge hay or common
upland hay that nas been wet at the
time of mowing will be impregnated
with disease germs that will bo commu
nicated to the animals that eat the hay.
Stock of a very robust nature will find
their hoalth seriously impaired if fed
regularly npon such fodder. *, c
A great deal of our sedge hay must be
cut and gathered when the feet of the
plants are wet. During many seasons
the meddows never get dry enough to
allow a dry harvest. This hay is gen
erally stacked^for fodder in the barn
yard, and in a very few weeks mold and
rot show themselves near the bottom
and Bionnd the sides. If this decompo
sition goes on long enough the stock
will refuse to eat it, and as a rule nearly
one-third of the stack is sheer waste.
The storms of winter only aggravate
the matter and make the hay poorer
than in the fall. It is. a cheap fodder,
however, and probably the manure
which it forms eventually pays for the
work of gathering it. Otherwise the
great loss would make it unprofitable to
cut salt hay.’ _
All fodder thus stacked when it is
wet, whether it be salt hay, fresh npi
land hay, corn fodder or any plant
growth, will contain disease germs
which, under favorable circumstances,
will develop rapidly. s The heat of the
stack and the constant moisture are just
the conditions that are needed to de
velop fungi.' TBs color of the fodder
changes gradually, and the odor that
arises from it when mowed is strong
and disagreeable.
If such damaged fodder is to J
to stock, the ration of each day
be hauled out of the stack and
up so thoroughly that the wind will dry
it, and all odor will .be destroyed. Iu
this way the sun and wind will dry it
and make it safer for food for the stock.
After it has been dried it will be well to
moisten it a little with a weak salt or
acid solution. This not only destroys
disease germs but makes the fodder
more palatable for the animals.
Grains are often damaged in the same
way and fed in a moldy condition to the
animals. There is just as much danger
in the grain as in the fodder ration.
Damaged grain is often bought by far
mers for cheaper rates, and stock is
kept upon them right along. This will
not be so cheap as the pure grain if it is
going to injure the health of the ani
mals. Nevertheless all danger can be
avoided by dusting the grain out well
and moistening it with the weak solu
tions mentioned. In this country and
abroad it is quite a common t^ng to
feed wet, damaged fodder to animals re
gardless of consequences; but for all
such carelessness there is strict pay
ment to be made to nature.—0. S. Wal
ters, in Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Let Speculation Alone.
It may be that the present crop of cot
ton Will not go beyond 6,000,000 bales.
Possibly it vml fall a trifle below that
estimate, and its price may be still
further advanced.
The danger is that the situation will
Invite speculation. In past years the
ile of the south have loet millions of
irs in futures. They now see a
chance to get their money back, and
they are yielding to the temptation.
But it shornd be recollected that cer
tain-speculators are interested in forcing
prices down, and they may be success
ful. No man is shrewd enough to fore
cast the result. It will be argued that
they should be opposed by other specu-
lators trying to force prices, up. There
will be plenty of men in New York to
look after that part of the business.
The safe course for our people is to let
futures alone. We have fonnd that out
in the past.
A southern expert discussing the sub
ject also gives this piece of advice:
“One .word more of warning: Do not
settle your acreage for next year on the
basis of present prices. An increase
even in acreage will strengthen the
bears and lower the price of cotton.
Cut down for ’03 the acreage of ’92, and
put the land in vegetables, in fruit, in
sheep, or in corn. The cotton crop of
’92 cost the producer less than the cotton
crop qf any recent year. By diversify
ing your products and reducing still
further your acreage, the cotton crop of
’93 should cost lees than that of’OO.
There is more hope of relief in this di
rection than in any government aid.”
This is sound counsel. A further re
duction of acreago next year will be to
crur advantage, and diversified agricul
ture will make us independent.
It is no time for the south to plunge
into the folly of speculation or into the
other folly of increaaing our cotton out
put.
noma Owners. ^
There are 12,000,000 families In the
United States, and of this number nearly
two-thirds own their homes.
Anarchists and lawless men who cams
hero from Europe to stir up strife i
not Understand our conditions. The
come from countries where the land —
owned by a few persons, and whete the
masses are not homeowners.
Now, this makes a big difference.
Every home owner ts to this extent i
capitalist. He is interested jn protect
ing the rights of property, and » pre
serving law and order, He can uerefe
have any sympathy with anarchy be
cause he would lose mort thah he would
gain by a social upheaval.
The American home is our great bi
work against disorder. It is plant
everywhere, and whether it la a state
mansion in the dty, a little cottage
the village, or a log cabin In the Irildc.
pees, or neetling in some nook on ins
mountain side, It is alive with the hum
of industry and the laughter of chil
dren, There is a family of God-fearing
people in it. with on old-fashioned Bible,
ana out of that homo go the men and
women who build up the Republic and
Jfarmsrs Should Be Thankful (if Some
Good living returns have come and
are sure to come to the farmer who does
his best. As in any other line of busi
ness, there will be good and poor years.
I am thankful that the average returns
from farming are reasonably good and
certain.
“On my farm I' am king. No man
can spit tobacco juice about me, or be
foul my air with the smoke from his
mouth, or make me listen to swearing
or any impuro or foul conversation. I
do not have to put up with anybody’s
impudence as a matter of business pol
icy,” said a merchant to me the other
bows when. you are just
aching to kick a man across tho street.
J am my own boss, except that I must'
produce what the world wants. No one
can discharge me or find fault with my
work. There is always work. to do. 1
am never out Of a job. and still am not
closely tied np. except foT a few weeks
of the year. Many farmers are as close
ly confined as other business men. I
am not, thanks to not undertaking too
much.” _
Continue the work of opening out
ditches and draining the wet places on
the farm. By so much as'the land is
kept dry, by somuch is it kept warm
and fitted to become a proper seed bed
in due season. Few crops succeed with
their “feet in the water/’ There should
be good drainage to the depth of at
least two feet in all land under cultiva
tion. Iuthis two feet enough water
will be stored to keep the land moist
and serve to srtpply the heeds of the
crop in all ordinary seasons. Below
that depth the Water should not stag
nate, but have opportunity to drain
away. We made a practice of putting
all drains down to a depth of three feet
where practicable when draining lnd,
and saw marked advantage in doing so.
In our last issue we wrote somewhat
fully on the ubjectof rotation of crops.
We hope th it our readers have given
the subject consideration sad decided to
practice a sound system of rotation
during the coming year. Hie fields for
— t crops shonld now be dt-
tiWn, In deciding upon
of the crops to be raised, we would once
again strongly urge the importance of
not attempting too much. Do not work
an acre or land which you cannot prop
erly manure and fertilize. Much of the
unprofitableness of farming arises from
the neglect of this rule. To rely simply
upon the natural fertility of the soil to
produce's crop is in the south to rely
upon a broken reed. It only means that
you will get your labor for your pains.
There will be no profit How can there
be a profit in growing ten bnshels • of
wheat or twenty bushelaof corn on the
acre? At least three times this yield
should be produoed to leaves profit, and
this can be accomplished by good prep
aration and good fertilization, and the
labor involved will not be nearly so
great as will be required for the culti
vation of the lamer area.
Better let some of your open land re
main uncultivated than cultivate it at a
loss. Make every acre you cultivate
rich, and then after taking a crop from
it, it will take well in clover or grass,
and continue to increase in fertility
whilst resting, and other acres can be
brought into a like profitable' condition.
It is too late now tb sow any crop, but
the fine weather may well be utilized in
plowing the land intended for spring
crops as long as this work can be done.
Do not, however, plow when the land is
wet or when frozen. Frost buried
under the furrow will be found there
late in the spring, and will have made
the snbsoil cold and unfit fora seed bed.
Diversified Industries.
As has been said of southern commu
nities, “onr people must learn not only
how to create wealth, but how to save
Vt, They must live less on themselves
and more on the outside world. Tfiey
must locate the leaks that drain them
of their profits and stop them as soon as
possible ”
By kee: ing money at home the south
will rapidly and positively increase la
wealth and prosperity. The surest
means of keeping money at home is in
the manufacture at home of all neces
sary supplies—the planting in a commu
nity of small industries for diversified
manufacture.
The south’s future rests in her people
Harbors Blockaded.
Wa.hingtob, Jan. 17.—Dispatchs
ca toroight indicate that all harbor,
on the coast from Delaware break
water north are blockaded with ice
and the coast lioed With ice boond
Tereela. — J; ' . ■; ..
Dr.'Graves Granted a New Trial.
Denver, Col , Janr 17.—The su
preme court thi, morning granted Dr.
Graves, convicted ot the murder of
Urs. Josephine Birnaby ol Providence
R. I„ a new trial.
Even Gould and Ben Butler had
their good traits. Let them rest in
peace.
low, Sat lands, or tans.
wash co mfich as hilly
hilly land occasional nil
restore the cU^miqdf fit
though it 1
other ertps
bohefit to the cotton £?65. ' Xft 1
it used to bo tHb Me to Bills-0-.
three years, hut Some would i
every two years and it p-"*
well. The most promt
the southern soils, and rui
those of Texas, is the large [>
of carbonate of lime that they
There is also considerable potash a3i
fair amount,of phosphoric acid.'
snbeoiljng you bring sip '
Now Comes the Comet.
Sxn Francisco, Cal , Jan. 17.—
The following was received from Prof.
Heldea, of Lick Observatory Lst.'
night:
“At 6:30 o’clock to night Mr. Ber
nard found that Holmes’s comet has
undergone another remarkable
change. The comet is now again visi
ble in a very small telescope. Io such
an instrument it appears like a very
small star in tbe eevehth or eighth /
magnitude; in a twelve-inch telescope
it is small, round and strongly con
densed, with*, a small nucleus. The
micrometer measures its diameter at
twenty-eight seconds arc. It has been
cloudy here for several days and the
comet could not have been seen until
night The position of-this wonder-
-fol comet at Greenwich, at noon.
Febrnaty 11th, will bo right ascen
sion 1 hour and 22 minutes; north
declination, 33 degrees, 39 minutes.
It is moving slowly east.”'
loe Gorge it Florence.
Florence, Ala., January 17.—Ice
is gorged in the Tennessee riyer at the
foot of Muscle Shoals canal *for the
first time on record. The government
steamer Corbet was forced to return
ihis evening 00 account of the gorge
sod Captain Garrett, of the Colbert,
reports the gorge as piled up to the
height of twenty feet and in a solid
waff from bank to bank The sight is
an unusual one here and those who
have seen it dilate upon the beauty of
the scene. The river fias. been filled
with floating ice for a week, bvlt it *as
not thought possible for it to gorge.
Tbe Muscle shoals are partly frozen
and the ice has formed in beautiful
and anique figures.
The death ot Rutherford B. flayes
removes another conspicuous figure in
history. He was conspicuous, mains
ly, on account of having occupied Til-
den’* seat as president of the United
States for four years. He atoned for
this, te some extent, by adopting a
fairly liberal policy toward the south.
T(* invite IngenoU, or uo-. to mite
Ingersoll, to lecture in Athmta, is sgi.
taring the people of that city,
if he wou'd talk about a hot p!a<
kiad of weather, there would be some
pleasure, if no? profit, in hearing 4mn.
But Mr. Iogersoll does not believe in
any hot place hereafter.
Now
east for necessities that can be better
and more profitably manufactured at
home. *
The south is a great wealth-producer,
but tho east and west reap nearly all
tiie profit. Unless a stop la put to this
drain there dux be but little accumula
tion of wealth and no satisfactory pro
gress.
All the government aid in creation
will not relieve the planter unleaS he be
gins to fertilize tfie Impoverished soil.
And now Busan B. Anthony bobs
up and says that marriage is a failure.
How does Susan know? She has nev
er tried the experiment; and, without
being ungallant, the chances are that
she never will.
A Congress of women will be held
in Obieago this summer. Only three
•r four will be allowed to talk'gt the
same time. This restriction will
make the proceedings very tame.
"At last the reorganisation plan of
the Central haa been giTen oat. It
proposes to wipe out all old indebted
ness, stocks and bonds, by issuing
ninety millions of new securities.
The, elections in Savannah, for
county officers and municipal places,
That ia'tha corner stole of onr society, move, the pre,, of that citj to de-
and there is no anarchy, no lawlessness mand ballot reform. Let it come, and
all over Georgia.
store the rei^o^iaSe^^^b 11 ^ **
umphont democracy. It lathe hi ..
vrehave given to peace, audits svrecthees
ana light win conquer every evil that
stM:dv in the wajr ol onr peace and ™
perity.
The Effect of Subsoilis?.
SubSoUing la one of toe greatest \
fits to the soil and is one of its |
needs. By plowing the land on
deep or more every two years it
up new dirt or loam to tho 1
first rudiment of good f
plowing: poor plowing _
bad cultivation for crops,
ing gives life to the soil an
lana to produce a good croi
fertiliser and plowing ‘ ‘
the feubsoil will cause _
duce its best the next
The World’s fur will soon, be
opened. It opens on the first day of
May and continues' six months.
There are already whispers that it will
be run in 1894.
Mr. Blaine’s condition yesterday
was unchanged.
The Tif:on Gazette thinks we have
too many elections.-The Gazette sayn
“There have been many elections -
the past lew mouths until the people
have become thoroughly disgusted
with them. The Gazette renews its
motion for a consolidation/ and . it
woaldn’t hurt to make thfm less fre
quent”
The last act in the presidential dra*
ma will be plaj ed on the 8th of Feb
ruary, when the senate and house
comes together to count the vote of
the state. Mr. Morton, the vice presi
dent, will preside and announce the
result.
The latest in Georgia politics is
that Mr. Fern DuBignon has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
senator from Georgia. It is not un
likely that Northen, Crisp, Blount,
and a half dozen others will be in the
race.
Asiatic Cholera in St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn., January 17.—A
German immigrant named Hoog dud
here to day of Asiatic cholera.
Tbe reorganization plan of the
Central still hangs fire. Some peo
pie are growing skeptical about the
success of tbe proposed plan.
This would be an appropriate occa
sion for our northern brethren to re
vive the question of the authorship cf
•The Beautiful Snow.”
Four territories are waiting admis
sion as states. These do not include
rica. That will bs tbe last to be
admitted—if it ever is.
Now is the winter of the south’s d 0-
content; bat all will, ere long, be
made glorious by the old time sunny
sontfa.
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away women suffer from Exccuive cr [
Suit Msastrastipn; they don’t know *
wkete eenflde lit to get proper ndvico.
Don’t eetfido in anybody -bu^ try
IradOeld’!
Wm W. Li DOUGLAS
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