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Job For Somebody.
A census of the school- children ot
Giorgia will soon be taken. Referring
to this the .Atlanta Journal says:
"Next week Commissioner Brad-
well will issue a circular asking the
city and county boards throughout
the state to meet on the first Tuesday
in March and select the. enumerator*
These enumerators will be paid two
dollars a day, and they will be en
gaged about two months on the work,
for Commissioner Brad well will only
allow that mnch time to be occupied.
It will be their duty to go from
house to house and ascertain how
many children there ate in' each be
tween the age* of six and eighteen
years, the race and sex, whether or
not they attend school, whether or not
they can read and write, and how
many children there are that are blind
ordeal and dumb.
When the enumerators have gone
over the territory assigned to them
they will report to the county school
commissioner of the county, and he
will compile the figures for the whole
county and send them to Cora mis
siouer Brad well, who will compile
them for the slate and publish them.
That Big Votb.
The Watsonites have claimed that
Richmond county voted early and
often in the late congressional elec
tion. According to the evidence
adduced in the contest now going on
the democrats simply paid up all
back taxes, and brought out a full
vote. About eleven thousand votes
were polled.
The testimony of Tax Collector
Bohler that Richmond has 11,336
voters on the digest and that the di
gest is always at least 15 per cent,
short of the complete list satisfactorily
accounts for Richmond’s large vote.
New Companies Not Wanted.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 9.—Governor
Northen has officially disapproved of
the action ot the military advisory
board, which at its last meeting ad
mitted a large number of new compa
nies to the state service. The state
has no available equipment for these
companies, which were organized
Middle and North Georgia, and under
the law they cannot become part of the
state militia until the equipment is
available to supply them.
Inman Steamers Under Our Flag.
Washington, Feb. 9 —Secretary
Foster of the treasury department has
been notified that the A nerican flag
will be formally raised upon the In'
man steamers City ot New York and
City of Pans at New York on Wash
ington’s birthday, Feb. 22. The
event will be celebrated with great
pomp. Many distinguished people
have received invitations to be present
and President Harrison * ill himself
hoist the first Aug.
THE STARS AND STRIPES.
The Richmond Terminal.
Atlanta. Feb. 9.—The
Point Terminal c uipany will be re
organized by Drextl, Morgan & Co.
with Sam Spencer in charge. The
oontroling interest in the property hss
been purchased by Fred Vanderbilt
W C. Whitney, McK. Twombiy, and
Mr. Crimmena of the Traction
P*ay.
Can This Be so ?
Chicago, Feb. 9.—The World
prints a New York dispatch statin:
that Judge Walter Q. Gresham has
been tendered the secretaryship of
state by Mr. Cleveland and
accepted. The dispatch says that
Mr. Cleveland will make the fact
public in a day or two.
Gen. Beauregard III.
New Orleans, La., Feb. 9.—Gen
Beauregard, who was reported very ill
last night, is in no immediate danger.
He is suffering from aggravated heart
disease brought on by excessive smok
ing. The doctors are hopeful ot his
recovery, but the heart disease will be
a constant menace.
Confirmed by Springer.
Dallas, Tex., Feb. 9.—Congress
man Springer of Illinois telegraphed
a friend here tonight as follows:
"Judge Walter Q. Gresham of Illinois
has been tendered the office of Secre
tary of State by President elect Cleve
land, and has accepted.”
No Silver Repsal Now.
Washington, Feb. 9.—The house
has recommitted the entire silver
special order to the rales committee,
which kills the silver repeal for this
Things a Woman Can Do.
Some can come to a conclusion
without the slightest trouble of reason
ing on it, says the London Tropical
Times, and ho sane man can do that.
Six of them can talk at once and get
along first rate, and no two men can
do that.
She pm safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he is getting one under bis
thumb nail.
She is cool as a cucumber in hull a
dozen tight dresses and skirts, while a
man will sweat anjl fume and growl in
ono loose shirt.
She can talk sweet as peaches and
cream to the woman she bates, while
two men would be punching each oih>
cr's heads before they had exchanged
ten words. .
Sue can throw a stone with a curve
that would be a fortune to a base ball
pitcher.
She can say ‘‘no” in such a low
voice that it means “yes.”
She can sharpen a lead pencil if
you give her plenty of time and plenty
of pencils.
She C2n dance all night in a pair of
shoes two sizes loo small for her, and
cr joy every minute of the time.
She can appreciate a kiss from her
Hinifetcr, husband seventy years after the :nar-
United j riage ceremony is performed.
I She can go to church and afterward
tell you what every woman in the con-
,, ... . JERK*..
American Flag Unfurled Over the
Hawaiian Islands. V
San Francisco, - Feb. 9 —The
most important news brought by the
steamship Australia, which arrived
from Honolulu last night, is that
United States Minister Stevens had
established protectorate over the
Hawaiian islauds.lt was acknowledged
at 9 o'clock on the morning of Feb.
1, when the stars and stripes were
raised over Aliuoiani hall, and Minis
ter Stevens issued the following proc
lamation :
To the Hawaii People: At the re
quest of 1 he provisional government
of the Hawaiian ialauda, I hereby, in
the name of the United State* of
America, assume protection of the
Hawaiian islands for the projection
of life and property.- and occupation
of public building? on Hawaiian soil
as tar as may bo necessary for the
purpose specified, but not interfering
with the a iministration of public
affairs by the provisional government.
This action is taken pending and sub
ject to negotiations at Washington.
* John L. Stevens,
Envoy Extraordinary,
Plenipotentiary ol
States Legation.
Feb. 1,1893.
Approved and executed by C. C\ j gre^uion had on, and in seme rare
VViltse, captain United States navy, instances can give you some faint idea
commending United States steamship • of what the text was.
Boston. ' | She can walk halt the night with a
colicky baby in her arms without once
expressing the desire of murdering the
intant.
She car. do more in a minute than a
The Next Cotton Crop. j
The season is at hand when farmers j
must determine the area of their va
rious crops. Reports trom all ever
the south show that, stimulated by the
late rise in cotton, planters are pre
paring to put in another b'g crop.
This will be a fatal mistake. Another
big crop of cotton will about do up
thcsouihcrn planters, t he world can
consume just so much of the staple,
and no more. When a big surplus is
to be carried over prices are naturally
depressed and lowered. Oa the con
trary if no surplus is in sight, prices
will go up. This is a natural law ol
trade. It never fails, never. These
facts have been so often explained it
would seem that southern planters
would not again comm t such an error.
Discussing this question, tfie Ne
Orleans Picayune says:
The time is now near at hand « he
preparations tor planting the next crop
will begin to absorb attention. 1:
parts of l exis it is said that prepara*
tions are already in progress. Tacit
is great danger that planters, forget
ting the teSfocs tft..t by the ever pro
ducuon ot recent seasons, may results
to greatly increase tneir acicag-:. Tit :
woutd be a very unwise po xy, p irac
y in the face ui the existing i:g«.
demand tram foreign sp Dvr
man can do in an hour, and do it bet
ter.
She can drive a man crazy in twen
ty four hou.s and then bring him to
paradise in wo seconds by simply
tickling him under the chin, and there
does not live that mortal son of Adam’s
misery who can do it.
m acreage,
>i me buu.h
hand 10 reduce
cash crop, and
against theev.i
,C> !
erpro
Avalanche of Snow.
Denver, Col., Feb. 30.—A11 i«>
railroads are badly blockaded by snow,
and trains are seriously delayed.
At Ouray, California, an anus-iuby
heavy snow storm prevailed l-.r t-vo
days,blockading t he SSilverlon raiiioad
and cutting of! communication with
the towns of lied Mountain and
ton, besides blocking many -:f the
trails to the miccs.
Snow slides are nuorerou* ami fatal
to life, and much damage has been
done.
Last night word wai received <•[ a
terrible avalanche that occurred be
tween Ouray aud Porter. Four
wero instantly killed, and it wili
probably be months before their
bodies can be recovered.
They were teamsters and were in
charge of four teams, all of which
were buried and destroyed.
Fond Recollection.
She—You haven't brought me a
box of candy since we were married.
He—Yes, but think of the tons I
brought you before we were married.
Colquitt Improving.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 9.—Senator
mud Mrs. Colquitt continue to im
prove. The senator has decided to
leave for Washington on Feb. 22.
Clifford Anderson for Senator.
Macon, Ga., Feb. 9.—It is rumored
here that ex Attorney General Clifford
Anderson will be in the race for the
United States Senate.
8niw8torm in-New York.
Syracuse, N. Y., February 10.—
S worst snow storm for several years
; fn,the northern part of the
Die railroads are blocked.
Mardi Gras Under Way.
New Orleans, Feb. to.—The Mar
di Gras festivities, which reach their
climax next Tuesday, bet»an to-day
with a preliminary service, and a great
scries of festivals and parades will fol
low quickly, one upon the heels of the
other. While nothing has yet been
made public as to the nature of the
great float display, it is announced
that it will surpass iu splendor and
magnificence the ceremonies ol any
previous year. Crowds are expected
to s ! ream into the city. Excursion
rates are in effect from all points of
the compass by sea and by land, and
it is estimated toat fully 25,000 of the
usual 100,000 Mardi Gras visitors will
be here by to-night.
Here’s an item from the Quitmarf
Free Press :
•The Free Press is sorry to see
so much guano going out. It means
too much cotton, and too much cotton
means about 5cts a pound next fall.”
Will the farmers heed the sugges
tion? Not likely. They will say
that an editor don’t know a “darned
thing about farming.”
Minister Stevens assumed a good
deal when he hoisted the American
flag in Hawaii and assumed in the
name of the United States, a protec
torate over the islands.
Hoke Smith.
Washington, Feb. 10.—By all
odds the sensation of the hour here
among the Georgia folks is the appa
rent certainty that Hon. Hoke Smith
wiil be a member of Mr. Cleveland’s
cabinet, but whether he will be attor
ney-general or secretary of the interior
is stiff a matter of doubt.
Mr. Smith was here yesterday, hav
ing been summoned by telegraph for a
conference with on;: of his friends,
is learned on the best cf authority
that the president-elect not only has
been inclined to offer Mr. Smith
place, but that a very strong appeal to
Mr. Cleveland iu his behalf was made
Dy the late justice Lamar.
u is a fact that just buore his death
judge Rainer wrote Mr. Cleveland a
leitcr iu which he said that he had but
on-. 1. quest to make, and that was
that me president appoint Hoke Smith
a piuCi* iu his cabinet. Ol course
mis w.-.o Hound 10 have weight and
certainty was calculated 10 remove any
doubts die president-elect might have
.1^ :o the fitness of Mr. Smith for that
p ace. Geu. Gordon is lor Mr. Smith.
Harrison Favors Annexation.
Washington, Feb. 30th.— Unices
tlw Presideut change? his mind he will
: seed to congress by the end of the
I next week a special message on the
! Hawaiian question recommending the
! annexation of the islands. This was
■ g«ye*i out to Iriends of the adminiftra-
I ti n by ;i cabinet officer after the
I cabinet minting to-day. It was ex-
• pff’.iiK’d that the President was prac-
I ticiilly satisfied that the % queen and
• the other representatives of the old
[government had no real objection to
jtho annexation ot the islands, pro
ri led arrangements were made for
the support of the queen ami the
heiress apparent, but on the contrary
were entirely willing to accept what
rued to them to be inevitable soomr
later, although they would much
prefer to be recognized rather than
the provisional government as the
:pr66entative$wt.the island.
Judge Gresham.
There are opinions and opinions
about the propriety of the appoint*
meat of Judge Gresham to the ex
alted position of Secretary of State.
It is sharply criticised, by*some demo
crats, while many of tho ablest men
in the party endorse it. The Atlanta
Constitution, while holding that Bay*
ard, Gorman, Morgan, or some other
pronounced democrat should have
been appointed, says:
"Judge Gresham is an able man,
and he comes nearer to being a man
of the people than- other modem re
publicans whose names occur to us.
iie.is a tariff reformer;. he is in favor
of the tree coinage ot silver, and his
sympathies and convictions meet those
of the people His honesty, his sin
cerity and his ability are unquestion
able. Ho never has been, is not now,
and never can bo a mugwump. All
his recent tendencies are democratic,
and for tbie much the country has a
right to he thankful”
Governor Northen in discurairg the
matter «iy«:
“But it n»C'«t be remembered that
the democratic party has high hopes
io'tbe west— been matting inroads
that section and « looking forward
with earnest eyes and strong desire
for greater conquest out there, it is
understood that such grand democrats
as Senator Vila?, Representative
Bynum, Representative Springer and
other wrr sotsca of the west urged
this appointment with a view to mak
ing stronger and cementing the demo
cracy of that section, and they surely
thoroughly understood and fully ap
preciate the oecdz of the party and
are devoted to ita bc^t interests. 1
therefore consider the appointment
of Judge Gresham a good and wise
one. It cannot possibly militate
agr nst the good of tits country and
will redound to the benefit of the
democratic party, and therefore to the
vast majority of the-people ot this
country. In my opinion this appoint
ment involves not the slightest com**
promise of democratic principles for,
aside fromthe commanding ability and
unspotted character of Judge Gresh
am, he is thoroughly in sympathy
with the purposes ami policy of the
democratic party, and will continue
so to the end.”
Mr. Seerin, secretary of the Demo
cratic National Committee, says:
We are enabled to secure a land
slide such as it was, mainly because
of the co operation ot such men as
Judge Gresham and his followers, and
in order to feel assured of success the
next time we must continue in the
confidence of those people. Judge
Gresham is a peerless American, and
we do not menu by that that he iB
likely to play jiogoism and go about
with a chip ou his shoulder, but he is
au American in tho true and broad
sense of tho word. Hu is no Anglo
maniac and the p.*op!c are satisfied
that should any question involvim
the rights ct m« American, in any
way rffiecmig ‘his country’s relations
with another arise. Judge Gresham, a=
Secretary \vi:i be found at
' Judge Gresham
-Criticisms are already appearing;
scoring ^Cleveland for appointing
Judge Gresham to a position in his
cabinet. However; Bayard, Uiekin-
son, Gorman and other leaders fully
approve the appointment.
Franklin McVeigh, when inter
viewed on the subject, said: “Well,
of pourse until the appointment is
acknowledged by Gresham or Cleve
land, .we cannot assume that it is
made, hut can express our opinion of
suoh an appointment; however, I
have-no hesitation is saying a better
personal, or a wiser political selection
could not, by any possibility, be
made. If Mr. Cleveland -baa asked
Judge Gresham to be secretary
State lie has made one of the wis<
FotOSh M • Fertiliser. . . l
Of the three greatoplant foods phos
phoric acid; nitrogen and potash, the
farmer perhaps more often has the
value of potash illustrate than that of
tho others. The increased yield on
those spots in the field where old brash
or Togs have been burned - bear testi
mony to its efficacy as a fertilizer. The
benefits derived may not bo felt the first
political moves made by any pub,,. tion -- f «r is .'oioWatlvitS.TtW iertili-
man in recent years, and f;c fun. zer material to render, them fertile as
therciore. helped tho party iulcrest, S?" tal *| 8 in <hc formation of which
. . 1 1 J . 1 these rocks did not enter. Potash bo-
in an admirable manner, w. is cef* • ing very soluable is easily loached out.
tainly an extraordinary and even a ! <f.th® " oU .- and consequently in washed
. . . _ , ■ ciaxu, originally containing a large
surprising appointment. I have the
greatest confidence iu Mr. Cleveland's
judgment and wisdom as a leader and
of the breadth of his political views.
Blit this act of his exceeds any thing
he has done before. He evident y
recognized the larger recent nccecdoa
to tho democratic party, and I10 evi
dently wanted to incorporate this ad
dition with the party. He has alra
evidently socn clearly that it is the
northwest that should bo recognized.”
oughly enough
have supplied with it the other mate
rials necessary for plant growth.
In America, potash as a fertilizer, has.
never been so highly regarded as iU
Europe. The reason for this is evident
frbm the large per Cent of potash shown
in analysis of many of onr soils as com
pared with those of Europe, and the
further fact that our Staple crops do
not require as large a per cent, of this
ingredient as other crops more largely
cultivated iu densely populated dis-
tricts. The natural sources of P°tAsh no t takon up by the plants remains in the
in tto soil is from the disintegration of to be weigbe4 in behalf of increaa-
feWsnathm and micaceous rocks, and ; lng the proportion of potash. The small
for tms reason tlie clay lands in tho p,, r cent> 0 {potash found in the average
sate domed by such .disintegration are Commercial fertilizer, the great diff»-
Chemical analysia of the various crops
shows that they contain a large percent,
of potash, and if the composition of the
product is a criterion by which to judge
the manure to be used where potash is
deficient a large per cent, is demanded.
Wheat and wheat straw ashes in 1,000
dry parts contain 861 potash and 529
phosphoric odd; corn and corn stalks,
857 potash, 020 phosphoric add; oats
and oat straw, 453 potash and 365 phos
phoric add. The ashes of turnips and
potatoes show, much larger amounts of
potash than of phosphoric add. In 1,000
grates, air dried, of cotton stalks and
seed there is 15.8 potash and 18.8 phos
phoric add. ' In dealing .with these
analyses the fact that somq soils con
tain a supply of potash is to be consid
ered as favoring a larger proportion of
phosphoric acia. On the other 1 hand
where fertilizers have been previously
used the soluble character of potash
and the fact that phosphoric add when
likely to require 0
3 applica-
Tho
I the
i'*mo*THtsc party
rn states The
t*:-t is last over
A dispatch from Washington yes
terday says:
‘The belief is quite general among
democrats to night that five members
of Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet may be
considered as stated, namely: Gresh
am, Secretary ot State; Carlisle, Sec
retary of Treasury; Lamont, Secreta
ry ot War; Bissell, Attorney General,
and Hoke Smith, Secretary of the
Interior. Mr. Smith’s personal
friends here quote him as authority
for his assignment The fact that
cabinet slates are brittle is fully re
cognized, however.”
The crowded grave yard, where am
bitious young newspapers have been
buried by the score in Atlanta, has no
terrors. A new morning daily, to be
called ‘ The Sun,” is soon to be start
ed, backed, as the saying goes, “by
ample capital.” Hon. W. L. Scruggs,
late minister to Venezuela, is to be
editor in chief, with Sam Small as as
sociate editor. It is said that Mr.
Hooper Alexander *ill be one of the
editonal writers on the new paper.
The paper will be independent in poli
tics, with a leaning toward democracy.
great and »: r »
shadowing N- w England, £
With tiltf r.. <qj -f.l,. Ill nf ihc South,
largely d un'ri tlu »•»« hi lure polities ol
tho count' ♦
The republicun? wiff make a des
perate effort to regain control of the
government in Mr. Cleveland
is laying his wires to prevent this, n<
his own interest, lor bis second term
will doubtless bo his la*t, but i
interest of the great party of the peo
ple, the democratic party. The doors
of the - democratic church arc ahv.
open.
A Maiden Fait*.
rirgia will have no stately I.lidd
ing at the World’s fair, but the
fairest, sweetest, nv'st winsome
in the state wi l l be there.
With rosy cheek; eud goHon hair,
This fair maiden nil! be '-U«rrc.
Be there from Georgia hi the fair.
Aff youug men should have a care.
Lest they be caught n ithin the sn
Of this lair raaden at the fair.
Yes, young rani!, you should htwar
For, before you arc aware,
This fair maid with golden hair,
Will have you tangled in a snare,
So that you'll not know where you
When you see lier you’ll staud and stare,
And worship her, though from a far.
While on her cheeks, up there will flare,
The tell tale blush of beauty rare.
You’ll only know tha*. you arc there,
The willing slave of this maiden f.-ir,
Ready to do aed to dare,
Ready to worship, and to swear
That jou’d die for this maid n fair,
This Ch orgia girl with the g lden hair,
This southern girl at the fair.
Who would have thought even one
year ago that the great engineers of
France, Ferdinand de Lesseps and
M. Eiffel, whose name is linked with
the great tower bearing his name,
would both be sentenced to prison for
years, the former for five and the
latter for two years. How the mighty
have fallen: The Panama scandals
have blasted the reputation of many
Frenchmen.
Iowa's Blizzard
Sioux City, I A,, Feb. 31.—The
blizzard which raged yesterday con
tinues with unabated fury. A getters
blockade prevails ou all the '.lues o
South Dakota. Engine-- a*Tt 3 jOW
plows have been snowed .*> a :d
several trains have been r.bc-j-'on
in the enow. Iu some pt.eoii--.oj
drifts which cover the ra\ !< oac? r.c li
tre 10 feet deep and extend lor m cs.
while the surface of the suov; : i 50
hard that it sustains the weight of
horses and cattle. The storm is gen
eral throughout the northwest and iu
regions famous in former seasons for
game, it is said that bears, deei a-id
other anima’s have peri-hed by bun
dreda.
Uncle Sam Hard Up-
Washington, Feb. 10.—>S«<- ci.ii->
Charles Foster, of the Treason-, went
to New York tonight to conthr v.i:h
the bankers who have offered, !;•» say*,
to let him have gold to the a mow nr
of 150,000,000 if necessary, tr. met
the demands on tho treasury. wb : ch
offer he says he has accepted 1' r.. 3
a great relief to President Harr' - :>
and tho rest of the adunn'-L■ e : «>u
when the secretary announced r the
cabinet meeting to-day i-hal ]-.*? -.v M
uot have to issue uew bonds :u- order
fo get gold, because he bad i«v:' v«*d
his morning this gent-roii> «»*• ?r li
the banks in New York.
More Adyice.
The Woodbury Messenger makes
this sensible point:
Leas cotton and more meat, nx e
money and less debt, that is cwnam.i
A full smokehouse is never
a loss, but sometimes a big livid of
a ie brankrnptcy. Friend, don’t
be fooled, by thinking that you ; re
the only one making preparations 5m*
; crop; farmers of the whole son h
are doing the sann thing. That
means low price, and low prices (0
you means debt, you can eat meat,
riregra?8 heg goes well these hard
times; you would starve frying to
digest cotton seed.”
Tho Columbus Enquirer-Sun, lorn-
menting on the salaries paid our
judges, says:
“The question has been agitated
time and again belorc, but never, we
believe, so earnestly or with such
unanimity of opinion as now. It is
difficult to understand why, in view
of the facts, and tie growing public
sentiment*in favor of increasing these
salaries, the legislature docs not taue
the proper steps to accomplish what
is so much needed.”
quantity, little is to lo found, and
much clay soil might bo found to pro
duce a larger yield by a greater applica
tion of this clement.
Tho agricultural potash of commerce
is principally tho salts of potash or
kainit, imported from Strassfurth, Ger
many, anil contains about 13 per cent,
of actual potash and muriate of potash,
which contains 80 per cent, of muriate
of or about 50 per cent actual potash.
Freed from combination, ppre potash is
very caustic and absorbs water front
the’air very rapidly in this state, the
cost would bo increased and the diffi
culty of handling very groat. Another
radical objection to potash fn its caustic
state, is, that jt cannot bo composted to
advantage, as its chemical action ro-
leases tho ammonia in tno manure.
Among, trackers and'fruit growers
tho value placed npon this in&redionj ot
onr fertilizers'ad promoting the growth
of 'vegetables and fruit#'Id evidencedbjr
the high'per centage contained in spe
cial preparations' xpaae for, weir u§e.
Indeed tlie value of potash in those par
ticular .prancheS 9f agriculture,, i^ tep
well recognized lo admit’ pf discttsalin,
and the fact of its’iise in combination
1 with phoepborid acid and nitrogen ex-
1 eludes further refe‘rebo4 to tho
in this .vticJe, the purpose of which is
to ffiscuss v’hQther this ingredient
might uot in some section of our etaje
bo’ adyantageously increased in* Cur
commercial fertilizer and jn making
compost. In advice on the subject'of
fertilizing no empirical direction^of
a general nitur© can‘ pd, £ivefi,'kfiqj5k-
periment alone can bif yelled to
accurately tell the demands of the soil,
ter this reason would uot 1?0 hndor*
stpoa as advising a fanner to largely
increase the quantity of kainit he L
custom to use in his. >— —
without fir. . havingktrii
Crease 6n a small part of
ted the effect on the yield, it Jnay oe
that the land does not detnan$ potash,
but iS difficult in phosphoric acid or ni-
trd&ftn. 6t that the ordinary compost
terrohte Xoj contiand cotton is well
adapted tq the loll. The value ot ex
periments 'to test the wants of the soil
cannot bfe Overestimated, and thgfarmor
thus has at his command a sphplo and
inexpensive method of ascertaining
what should be applied to his land,
which is superior to an expensive chem
ical analysis of the soil. Too often we
aro prone to roly on soil test made by
others, without properly considering
their relative merits as applicable to
our land, and to reason that tlie same
fertilizer that produced a largo yield
■jn one field, will produce a large yield
1 -m all fields whereas different chemical
and mechanical conditions may demand
fertilization of a very different charac
ter. Those farmers who have made a
suecefe. and have converted worn lands
into fertile fields, have done so by
studying the wants of tho particular
soils, they aro seeking to bring up and
by supplying organic matter, phospho
ric acid, nitrogen and potash, aa experi
ment:. demonstrated it was demauded.
We are thus careful to emphasize the
immense value of experimental test of
tho soil by the farmer, as we believe
that old rules should not be departed
from until new methods have had their
worth demonstrated. Personally, wo
have no doubt that on much of our
land, especially in Southern Georgia,
an increase in tho amount of potash
ordinarially used would be found ad
vantageous. yet it would be unsafe to
ask tlie adoption of such an increase
until its merits have been tried, and
tliejbest combination of the three great
plant foods ascertained. From Terrell
county-reports have been made to tho
department of an increased yield from
the ‘use of an additional* amount of pot
ash, on the other hand in tho general
fertilizer experiment ou corn conducted
at the State Experiment station, arnon^
tho conclusions reached wero these:
That tho soil was diffieient in alj three
of the elements phosporic acid, potash
and nitrogen. That it was particular
Georgia to add aft
SUCCESS AT LAST.
A gray-haired, brokan down old n»an,
With sunken eye &nd cheek.
Climbed up the steps one wla tr’t dar t
Vi h hurnbfs raisnand meek. . ,
He rang the bell, end a woman came
And 1 tood in the open door,
And a smile spread over bis wrinkled fact
As he taw his wife ones more.
And the old glad light shone ia his eyes,
And his husky voice grew clear
As be said, “It almost knocked'me out,
Bi» I matched that ribbon, dear,**
—The Clothier and Furnisher.
The day was a warm one, and the
gentiet&an from Kentucky wax c >m?ng
.up from the spr.ng at the foot of the
hill with a bucket in his hand* “Ah,
Colonel,” inquired ao Ohio visitor, siu
tine on the porch, “have you some
thing to drink in that pail?” ‘*Ob,
no,” responded the Colonel; “its wa
ter.” —Detroit Free Press.
enfie In orfr lands as regards to this ele
ment, the injury resulting trom its es
sence, call upon ihe farmer to exercise
his best judgment in rogard to its rise.
Tho value of home tests as enabling him
to reach a proper conclusion fcannot be
overestimated. Where soil is wanting
in all three of the principal plant foods
thd.^ analyses would advocate a much
larger per cent, of potash than is ordi
narily used. Experiments alone would
therefore inform tlTB farther what ho
should do. . <t.
In coftclusi^r* we yrquld advise form*
era In Southern Georgia and ou the
sandy landS Nftrih G
additional amount of 1
part of a field foot Inch
effect you financially \v„»„ vv « .. .. M ... .
failure, put such 5 Ano aa would by ihe j in Memphis on Feb. 22, will formu-
ytohUlKW whethef thtf Soils fiemogd (a! late some argument that will convince
The 8’ockholders of the Central are
rapidly depositing their securities with
the Southern Bank . ot Savannah.
They regard the reorganization plan
proposed, as the bait that can bo
adopted for all parties interested in
tho great system.
The News says : “It is to be hoped
"potash* on *sorae j that the general meeting of the Cot-
:h a trial as ^uld 1 ton Growers’ Assocation, to be held
,*« at P,u 00 «.:il
aso in the amount Of potash
vholh£r {ho ideftwo in thp yield
<54de a bfouf over tho cost ol the tef-
tiliiSf; &b5hld eiiuh experiments be
fdade we wgp^l eateem iu a favor if
they were reported to tho Dopartmefit
of Agriculture, Atlanta; Ga.
XIotne Market* far Home Product*.
BY HON. E. T. NESBITT, COMMISSIONED OF
AGRICULTURE.
From tho Southern Cultivator.
Iu passing along tho thoroughfares of
our capital city one’s attention is at oficA
arrested by the amount and variety of
farm and garden truck disp\dyed on
every side, fruits and vegetables m well
as the more staple product*, in tempt
ing array and profuso abundance gtegt
the passer-by, and to a Btrafiger tho6b
disj>laya suggest local thrift, diversity ot
homo agriculture and attendpnt pros
perity. But when we enquire from
whence cofflB these evidences of tho
fanners’ industry, we find that Illinois,
Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Tennessee,
California, Florida, North Carolina, all
contribute their quota of onions. tur>-
planters of the lolly of planting too
much cotton.
Bacon for Senator.
Macon, Ga., Feb'. 11.—It is stated
bere upon unquestionable authority
that Hon. A. O. Bacon has his eye
on the senatorial plum. His friends
here are zealously booming his intcr-
It is said that Count de Lesseps is
dying. He is ninety years old. It is
not probable that he will ever be
conscious ol the disgrace attached to
him by the decision of the French
couits. It is better so.
cabioct position.
Hon. E. P. S. Denmark, of Quit-
man, will move to Valdosta. Quit-
still stands a fair show for a man loses a most excellent citizen and
Valdosta gains one.
The stockholders of the South
Western are hesitating about accept*
ing tho plan of reorganization. They
might fare wore.
And now some writer claims that
the Chinese discovered America. This
would make Columbus torn over in
his grave.
The secretary of the treasury will
probably have to issue bonds in order
to keep the government from bank
ruptcy. This is a fine state of things.
Four years of republicanism is at the
bottom of the trouble.
Only fifteen more days of the fifty
second congress. And only one of
the general appropriation bills, the
army bill, has become a law.
A green goods dealer met his deserts
in New York the other day. One of
his would be'victims shot him.
The other day a hugging bee was
given for the benefit ot a church in
Alabama, and it was 15 cents a hug.
A man, while blindfolded, hugged his
own wife for several minutes. When
he found out who she was he got mad
and demanded his 15 cents back.-
Ex.
The Smiths are coming to the front.
One has been elected to the senate
trom New Jersey, and now Georgia
contributes one of that numerously
numerous family, Mr. Hoke Smith,
to Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet. Where
are the Joneses ?
Here’s a bombshell from The
Cuthbert Liberal Enterprise :
'•We move to confirm the present
officials, from governor down
bailiff, for twenty years, and have no
more elections in that time. Can we
get a second r
General Wade Hampton was given
an ovation in the senate yesterday.
Grand old man, he is.
Mr. Cleveland will hardly -be able
tolatisfy everybody in the make up of
his cabinet.
Mr. Bissel, ot New York, is the
latest addition to the cabinet. So
rumor has it.
President Harrison and h's cabinet
are wrestling with the Hawaii ques
tion.
Nashville is having an epidemic of
fires.
diffident m nitrogefi, because nitrogert
variably produced the most marked ini
crease iu the yield. That phosphoric acid
next in order of deficiency," sinde
ita'effcctivcT.ess iii increasing the yield
next after that of nitrogen. That
potash was least effected, was leost
needed. The results of this experiment,
while showing tho efficacy of nitrogen
and phosphoric pci<\ as fertilizers, does
not by any means demonstrate that where
there is a deficiency of potash in the
increase of this element in com
bination may not prodneo a large ip*
crease in the yield. A large number of
experiments- conducted ot the Hatch
Experiment station of the Massachusetts
Agricultural college sustains this view,
and the conclusions thero reached place
a very high yalnp ou potash as a fertil
izer for corn. In comparing the results
of the experiraentsjho director of the sta
tion says: “These c uparisons indicate
the surpassing imp ,• lance of potash foj
corn upon this soil, thus confirming the
general result Qf the work with corn
during the two preceding ye
viaij of the almost universal res.
corn to this fertilizer upon soils of so
many different classes and pt all degrees
of fertility and in so "many widely sepd*
rated localities, the conclusion that it
should be a prominent ingredient of fer
tilizers used for this crop appears to me
irresistible.” \
The director Of tho samo station ad
vocates from experiments the use of
potash with Ordinary ham yard or stable
manure for com, and finds that fertil
izers containing a larger proportion of
potash produces in Massachusetts better
results than the ordinary special corn
fertilizer. The conclusion reached as tq
the formula to be used on tho soil oh
weicb these experiments wepo conduotod
are so large in potash that wo mvo tho
formula recommended by the director,
as shown to what extent potash 44
fertilizer may be successfully used i
60m where the land does not natural .
supply this element. The formulh rec
ommended is nitrogen 25 to 80 pounds,
g ' h 75 to 80 pounds, and pernaiT "*
da of phosphoric held. A aty)
ire of this" formula' is tho (
int of phosphoric 0$$ recommended
witn a doubt as to its value oh ibis soil.
The widely different results obtained
by the Georgia station and that of
Massachusetts station furnishes
ground whatever for questioning the
aopurocy of tho work of either station,
but rather bear testimony to tho value
of experimental work. It would seem
from tho results obtained at Griffin that
the soil is well supplied with potash, and
that thero is little need of increasing
the quantity of this ingredient while on
increase in tho quantity of nitrogen
would result in great benefit. The work
of the Massachusetts station is of more
value as a potash test, as most ot the
experiments appear from the results
obtained to have been made on land
depleted of this element and the
creased yield from a very large use of it
testify directly to is value as a
six hundred thousand dollars for
truck and vegetables, nearly every dol
lar of which should belong to Georgia
farmers, and yet it is doubtful if they
get one-tenth part of that amount,
Surely if tbeso farmers fror*
frozen regions of the west, whej
sells anywhere from ten to fifty tj
high as in Georgia, can piake 4^
butter, for instance, and realize a
some profit, Georgia farmers,
cheapor land, open winters and co
ativeiy nominal freight, ought to mako
more.
Our manufac turing population is in
creasing each year, and as time moves
on tho demand for such articles will in
crease correspondingly. Cannot Geor
gia farmers prepare to meet this de
mand? There are hundreds of acres of
land flow idle or worse, that could bQ
made to pay a handsome interest, if In
telligently and carefully managed.
Wherever a first-class article is pro
duced, it makes a market for itself. A
few years ago the Georgia peach and
the Georgia melon had no place in the
general market, bnt by sheer force ot
excellence, they have made their way.
and are now universally recognized and
sought.
This is not the result of a mere per
functory gathering and throwing to
gether of a few crates of peaches, or a
few carloads of melons, but it repre
sents the success crowning a business,
has been studied and arranged
its minutest detail,
not tho fanner delude himself
into the belief that ho can produce an
inferior article and command a hlglj
price, and let him not underrate th©
effect of careful handling and prepara
tion for market. Often theri) is a wide
3, owing to the fact that one
carefully handled and more temptingl;
arranged than the othor. Iu a busines
of this kind, after a solid fpuqdatyol
has been laid, and the prolii
done, the success or failure ,
dertaking depends largely on wh-jthf
tho important details of handling 4p a
marketing have been intelligently at .
carefully studied, and faithfully exe
cuted,
Let us set our wits to work to over
come the difficulties and grasp the bene
fits which lie in our teach. In View of
these difficulties and our want 6t ex
perience, let us study methods of prepa
ration, of planting, of gathering and
preparing for market. Seek infortfik-
tion from every attainable soured, an<
having done this, study the markel 1
themselves, for the successful trupkp
knows not only how to produce ij]
class goods, but also how to sell thee
the best advantage.
AtfoaoUIn of Gold In the Xstfoa.
DenisJn,Tex., Feb. 3.—Several #&k |
ago a ma& named Dent, of tE^ Choftil
Natjon/ahived here with fibeciti
rich ^old-bearing quartz, It wj
warded fo St. Louis fop as?ay.
Enough men have been euggexted
to Mr. Clevoland to make halt a
dozen cabinets. Grover is testing the
timber He wants it sound, all heart,
and proof against dry ro\ No sap ia
wanted.
Marseilles, Feb. 10. — Twelve
deaths of the choleraic complaint pre
vailing in this city were reported to
day. Among the eases is one in
Valette, a suburb not infected before
to day.
Dr. Novin Green Dead.
Louwville,' Ky., Feb. 11.—Dr.
Norvin Green, president ol the Wes
tern Uuion Telegraph Company, died
in this city at 7:30 o’clock this morn-
Aw Nation.
Hon. John F. Dunn, a wealthy rnd
prominent citizen of Ocala, Fia., if
dead. He made millions out cf the
phosphate finds in Florida.
The shadow of base be’ 1 . c jmufg
on with its “strikes” “home runs/ 1
bases,” “fouls,” etc. May ihe Lord
have mercy
The Gresham matter still claims
the attention of the politicians. In the
meantime Grover goes ahead making
up his cabinet.
Miss Canada will probably ask for
annexation next. Uncle Sam is get
ting old, but he does not mind a little
flirtation.
pOR
S. S. S. tak«*n at the proper time may insure yc
heal-.h for a years* two. rheyefongactfctoitev.ru
IS IMPORTANT
that nature he arsis ted at the risht tino&KKS"
ner-r fails to relieve tlie system of i ln TC'fl5sX5
polities, aad is an excellent toaic aLso.* wr '
He Wants to Add Ills Name.
1 Permit me to add b*7 name to yon - tunny otlier
certificates in commendation of thetres* coral
cruperties contnl-rcd in Rvift s Specific (S. N. S.)
is certainty <>n« of the txu^ tonics I ever used.
“Joim W. Daniel, Andersen,&.C.
Treatise o. t.lood and skin diseases nuiled: ms.
SWIFT SFECIFIQ Cf), Atlanta, Ga.
IT IS COMING.
Soon fashion from the stage 1
The d
Instead of, “Pray
Twill he, “Exi
■u.l pen;
-Ex.
Estimate:' of ieadiug Montj.ua cat
tlemen are that ai least 25 per cent,
of the cattle on the ranges have been
ist from (he storms and the terribly
old weather of the past two weeks.
The Hussars, ot Savannah, will xct
as Governor Northen’s escort at the
inaugural. No company in Washin
gton will make a fiuer showing.
To-morrow will usher in Lent. It
will last forty days. Catholics and
Episcopalians will religiously observe
it.
Anti-crinoline societies are being
formed in this country. But Paris
says the hoop skirt must he restored.
The street caw and side walks will
have to be enlarged when the hoop
skirt gets here. And its a “comin.”
Mrs. Cleveland will employ a
private secretary. A lady will be
employed at a salary ol $2,000.
With the annexation of Hawaii
will be created a lot ol new offices.
This will fill a long felt want.
It will be Secretary ot State Gresh-
o. Well, Cleveland can be trusted.
He rarely makes mistakes.
Senatorial dead locks will be things
ol the pswt when the people elect
them by a direct vote.
Dr. McGlynn, the noted priest, is
visiting St. Augustine.
All aboard for Hawaii I
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