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Beware The Electric Bug.
The electric bug, which, has tees
rock a puzzle to scientist/, appearing
and disappearing in a manner most
mysterious, is in the field again, and
his kind are getting more numerous
around the old‘ arc lights every
night.
These bugs were for a long time
considered harmless, but there is one
man In Savannah who has a feeling
recollection of contact with one, and
now he says he had as soon handle a
rattlesnake. Some time ago Mr. J. Me
Laughlin, who had bandied the bugs
before in tossing them from his par
lor on a summer’s evening or in brush-
fas them from his door stoop, picked
tip one of the creatures in bis parlor
* where, in its frivolity, it had sought
a retreat, never dreaming that there
was any danger lurking in the fang?
of the thinly clad species of insect.
As he gave it a toss he also gave it
slight squeeze. As he did to he felt
stinging sensation, which quickly
overspread his hand aud then hi
The sensation was of a peca’i;
tore, and he knew there was come
thing wrong. A deluge of arnica,
camphor, alcohol and almost every
ether ingredient that the medicine
closet contained was of no avail; the
pain was still there, and all night long
he had to hold hi9 hand in fen upright
position, only to find next morning
that both hand and arm had broken
out with scaly ulcers, which extended
on te|his head. It was only after a
long and continued application of a
bismuth and vaseline poultice that
the ulcers healed.
The bugs which came with the
introduction of the brilliant arc light
were for a long time a puzzle to scient
ists, who were at a loss to locate them
in the category of the earth’s inhab
itants. They are about anfinch and a
halt long and from a sixteenth to a
quarter in thickness and seem to con
sist wholly of wings and logs. Mr.
McLaughlin says it is with the end of
their claws that they bite or sting, |
and he believes had it not been for
the immediate application of medi
cines the poison would have been far |
more serious than it was.
The electric bug is now believed to i
come from swamps and low, marshy j
placet, and is attracted by the bril
liant light, but their uppi-arai.ee ami j
disappearance seems still veiled in ;
mystery. They have heea looked up
on as innocent creatures without
power to do any harm, but the ah-.»ve
experience will probably put pe« pie
on their guard, especially aa the in- !
Beet is growing more abundant. !
The above, taken from the Morn- I
log News, will be read with inter, i
by those who are likely *o* crime in j
contact with the new bug.
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Editors Not In It. J5,
Washington;- March 12.—The
Po6t prints the following: **The as
sertion that editors are hot generally
to be recoguiyd by the new admin iss
tration is true. President Cleveland
believes that his predecessor suffered
through the ehargo of having sub
sidized the press, and he does not
intend to run the same gauntlet. The
decision is also to be made particular
ly applicable to newspaper m6n who
desire to bo postmasters in their
towns. Mr. Bissell has 'had the
names of some country editors pre
sented to him in connection with
armn3 postoffices, but has. uniformly
declined to givo any encouragement
to-ibe office-seekers. ~ He lays down
the principle that in small towns all
utterances of a newspaper over which
the postmaster-editor presides will be
regarded as the views of the adminis
tration, while, on the other hand, all
praise of President Cleveland’s acta
will be discounted because it emanates
from the recipient of official favor.
Therefore, Postmaster General Bissell
does not propose to appoint any edi
tors to postmasterships, and the Proa
idfcut will observe the same rule in
disposing of the higher offices.
From an Enemy.
“The inaugural is a strong state
ment of principles which the presi
dent thinks should govern the action
bis party. Well he knows the
need of emphasizing .the pledges
which he wishes observed, and he
rves honor for declaring that
nothing is more vital than a sound
and stable currency, and that danger
of depreciation in wages paid for
toil should not be deemed remote bo-
a (lie of the nation’s strength and
(.sources It is an inaugural full of
rornise. If the president works
faithfully up to the lines he has
ked he will dtserve honor as a
bravo and conscientious man, even
igh the trial of freo trade results
sastcr.’’
ie above, taken from the New
\ .1 k I rihnne, one of the strongest
iblicau papers in the United
is a graceful recognition of the
mou sense and sterling integrity
Grover Cleveland. In the face
ns rt cognition of the greatness of
man there are some democratic
i.s—only a few, however—whose
disposition to criticise
Pile* of S'lver.
Pmi-iBELPHi*, Match .11.—TIi’o
TAults of (he Vailed Suit a mint in
thia city to day hold the largest
amount of bar silver eTqr stored in
one place in the United States. Tho
quantity is HOtfOO.oOO ounces, or | Work of the Agiisnlhiral Depart
ment-Necessity of Agrl-
E THE STATE A8-
‘ SOCIETY.
follyenough, with tho usual alloy, to
make no less than. 150,000,000 silver
dollar* Tho ateel waned treasure AUO touowin .
holders are filled to overflowing and I Uvered before
bullion is being received from ihe
government at the rate of 3,880,000 and Its relations
ounce..month. B.-mde. this amount I ££"^.££5^ *£793^22
there are sealed in a separate’ vault aimi of timDepartmentare ret out and
850,000,000 in coins. The teal on I **1? ^““iMloner Is Saxtons
years. All the available . storage JSLV 1 !? faj.WMk. Thi 'tatroduo
u s i ...» , . . | tlon into our school system of stadias
«ar»°fa«»
bo in farm-
t othereto
to make tho
Who ablotocorporate
with him In tho work. The tntrodno
opvo having been ■ utilized, it has I that would be'
been found noomrery to have another
steel-lined vault constructed for the I investigate and
■ole purpose of storing bullion. The onr •££
new vault is about ten feet from the I b^S^ut
floor to the ceiling, about eight feet ,nco ® od »t anyoo-
wide and thirty-five feet long. It was qualification or" be^ngfittoi'brllduoaJ
completed yaterds, and the govern- ^xoemtoS’to « 9* k
ment will commence using it on Mon-1 it does m its entirety a lam
dsj. With ailyer piled clear up to feJT le ift e °! JaoMbiitiK
tho ceiling this new «orago place will ta^astog
contain but twenty million ounces ff^S 1 faf,3 0 « 0f «‘*Jf<>U.sndinus«U
»d at th. present ret, it will bo filled
the present rate it jrill be filled j tioalntdTw5«]ff5sMg, ,
in less than six months. The con- ?P$? f £ ra lL a 1 !? 1 * become i
•traction of still another one of these culture in Ihe futiufA Wstt
immense Stonge places for silver is an 1,11 who . , “ there reports will
.1—.c I care end thought what la si
absolute necessity should the purchase I subject!* monsnt wnM u Wdtathl.
of silver continue. Thia trend of I tt. Work of the Department,
affair* is far beyond all precedent in President and Gentlemen of
the history of the mint. Previous to Omvsntlont
1 In making this, my yearly report, be-
stored within the walls of the mint jects of utmost importance to which I
more than a single million of ounces wjraldlike ^ y 0nr attention, and I
of bullion. There up to that SS
ttmo never m day when there were 3,-1 nrxl Department and the Importance of
000,000 ounce, at once time on hand. g? e ™±° MS'itl® 1$
I culture to the Youth of our Land
Atlanta, Ga., March 10 —A feJSKSteS 'S? ^faff Taught tn
meeting of the Piedmont Exposition | Jfo order to arrive at a better under-
r. tit
! cl:.-.
Presbyterians to the Frr.nt.
It is interesting to note Unit ever
member of Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet
with one exception, is a Presbyterian
and that the exception, Mr, Cariide
is said to leau toward the Presbyte
rian church. Thia fact is said to Iclv:
been the only one in connection witl
the new cabinet remarked upon bj
•x-President Harrison. An oh
politician, quoted by a Washir.glci
correspondent, says there arc more
Presbyterians in both houses of con
gress than representatives of as:}
other two churches. And ho say?,
further, that the governors of more
than a dozen states are Presbyterians.
Can it be that the Presbyterian belief] (v.
in election lies anything to do with ?lu
this?—Ex. ! C11
Stands by Grover.
::o Athens Banner proposes to
id by Mr. Cleveland, and thus
i.ls the assaults that have been
Scarcely lu.s Cleveland been in
mated before the voices of the
runtUd podiician and factions
; • n.iei.t cau be heard saying,
dem. cracw docs its duty, it will
i.t power, but if it doesn’t, we’ll
1 :«rn them cut in 1896.?* These
'•vs don t know what democracy
over helped win the victory, and
the future will fail as heretofore
rcomp'bh its defeat. They might
•11 understand that no “ifs” are
;sary in this connection. When
ocracy pays a thing, it means it,
when it promises a thing in its
form » makes an honest and
termined effort to do it, aud keeps
entrusted with power.
!d v.'hc
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Postmasters in Fact.
Washington', 31 arch [>.-
master General Bissel is aoci edited
with the announcement that no local
business men need apply for post-
offices under his administration. lie
objects to commissioning local busi
ness men as postmasters for the reason
that the actual duties arc performed
by irresponsible and often incompe
tent clerks and substitutes. Post
masters under Postmaster General
Bissell mnst promise to devo’.e their
entire time to the work and personally
keep strict office hours.
March 1st Now the Date.
Under the law as amended by t!
last legislature all tax returns wi
now be sworn to according to th
valuation on March 1st instead of
April 1st as heretofore. Somthov
this change in the law has been kop
very quiet and will, in all probability
catch a number of tax payers una
wares who have been in the Labit v of
hiding out more or less property
or abont April 1st.—Quitman Ej
Press.
Non S. A. Roddenbury.
“* 5 voung citizen of Cairo,
dui faithful and efficient work m
ause of Democracy in the recent
T.ign) has been chosen by the
' as l - c orator of ihs occasion
u: Niritei Club Anniversary en-
i.mvnt at the Opera house in this
■" t } mo:raw (Friday) night; and
cr.ple who has never heard this
• orator are looking forward with
pations of pleasure to the oc-
Let cur people give him a
m reception, and at the same
encourage the ladle’s efforts in the
work they art? engaged in.—
•ri-Jge Democrat.
1 safely premise our Bain-
2 friends a rare treat. Mr. Rod-
:ry is both eloquent and schoh
diCunt
Hon. Robert A. Maxwell, of 1\cv
York, the new 4th assistant postiaas
ter general, will wield Adlai’s axe
during the present administration
He has the appointment of all the
minor postmasters in the Uni tec
States.
Atlanta, March io.—Macon has
derided to let other cities in Georgia
have the state lair every ether year.
The Atlanta Exposition Company is
taUng steps to have the fair held. in
this city this fall.
as Minister to Chile.
r Ai iiixcion, March 12.—Ihe
that cx-Bepresentative Blount,
li t: for Georgia last week, has
t stun monad back to Washington
. teiegram said to have been Bug-
■ d by President Cleveland, re-
- l,l :e report that he is to be sent
i in icier t > Chile. Ex-Ivepresenta«
McKenzie of Kentucky is slated
“illicit r «»f Peru.
Company wbl be held esrly next t ^2 nd i n ^ of ' th ,° I wiU outline th*
for th* purpose of comfdrriog lS!Sa£?^SSS^SS IS
secare the cute fair this year under I present management and the ben.fiu
the compromise contract recentlv which onr State agriculture receive.
. / from its work. Before openin* this
entered into between the btate Agn- subject, I will state that there la *wide-
cultural Society and the city 0 f spread prejudice in the mind, of aw-
Macon. President Kinsberry of the SSfaS^St ofSM’wMSSj:
* ut * d ^ ih>t — “ ^ <ss? ^ s
tno matter had been canvassed among | carried out—and it is in part ta combat
the directors of the exposition com- S ho3 ° Prejn.Uces and give the neededia-
j ,. . formation thnt tho present paper haa
pany, and that sentiment was in I been prepared.
favor of securing the fair (or Atlanta About reventoen years ago, owing to
this vear if noaiihle 11* 10 rupwUy increasing ure of commercial
inia year 11 poseihle. fertilizere, there waa a papular demand
for somo more iliorougb and effective
An exchange-yc: Advices from “ai^t frandW^'hL.'^SK
San Francisco are to the effect that 6°ods, and at tho same timo promol
6' wio i iwau ut tno same nmo 1
the natives of Hawaii are divided on I ‘ ?i ^ ble *° oor la ’
,. . | —■—to the needs of the crops under col-
tne subject of annexation. If they Ovation. We all remember the beanti-
«n’t decide for themrelves, they w,U
oe apt to him Uncle oam coy about | the distance from market; the tremen*
making a decision
istration has a way of telling lho*e in if b 7 “»aric, bnt
The new Admin-1 dous . ,ife -friving principles it possessed
ado new Admin-1 causing onr crops to spring torwixdju
also remember tmit
search of "recognition” to go heme | Si^S^T/rer Ihl^eTh^
and settle factional differences.
of cheaper Roods, which in many
~~ merit, and were prepared
legislature to day passed tho Austra- tl,eir . ns , e w ® r « n ? fc — «.
lian Kilifif tv. »i* cxpcetetl, and the farmers were natnral-
lian ballot law. The republicans | ly didnppointe«l and disgusted. Then
followed garbled reports of these results
_.„i j ... .. r , , | made by designing salesmen to mislead
would make it impossible for the pop- and entrap nusnspecting fanners. Asa
ulists to herd their voters together at ® e 9 u « l 8 « s P»cion crystallized into cer-
, a | I , , I riunty of fraud, ana caused onr courts
country school houses on election day to be crowded with litigation, the duped
and march them to the polls in droves hu y en seeking by law to right their
and vote them like ao many sheep. I Our lands wero deteriorating
Gov. Lewellyn will aign the bill. | of . mistaken agri
cultural treatment, and with the
quent spirit of unrest and dOsatisfaction
An exchange says: “Now that an “f 086 the demand for an Agricultural
ex-Confederete ha, become eecretary W
of the navy, it seems more inconsistent I countries, as the population becomes
foan eT ** fast sx-Oon federates should Se”. d m faai‘ h m“t tn th. P toSS2ta
be prohibited from serving in the demands, commercial fertilizers play
azmy of th. United States.^ It fa theTemradfe,
time that Section 1218 of the Uuited | more enlightened agricultural methods,
States.tatmea.lmuld be repealed.”
That statute is a blur and blot on j °f agriculture,
the book* n should b. wiped out. | thJ^o^rhe^TM^
,,, ———; of which ho atood ao moch in nred, that
WAsnixaTOX, March 10.—Presi- onr legislature in 187# established onr
dent Cleveland said today to a rep- &£ &
resentative who waa presenting a icism even from thdse for whose benefit
certain candidate for commimioner of ?^hfuhh34 it'ta’Kdt co^!
pensions, that he considered that bat prejudice, sometimes denunciation,
place st this time as important as Mtaf’ttS’SS,.‘“bS?
any in the cabinet and proposed to mistakes, but these are so far outnum-
get a public man of cabioet size for it, I S™ b { h i ‘i,“? Tn ? 1 , ,a «^l* ha l , I® ■ houM
,. , . ’ pardon them for tho sake of tho great
giving his personal attention to it work it has accomplished in securing
until he succeeded. the farmers against fraud, if nothing
The Free Press, Quitman, says: -Ti 1 ® important protective dnties
'Thomasvill. has - imported a laie I
slice of Cnba right to her doors and £® men d°ns amount of commercial fer-
■ • , , • tt I tilizers which annually cover hundreds
is going to make genuine Havanna of thousand of tons, aid the sampllnc
cigars by the million- Will Mitchell 5? at f ,ti 2* < ’f * h ® cnormdns bulk of
will please remember that we know “'%
just how to get all the fragrance out thes ? two '* rticlc8 needed and nsed on
of a genuine La Cub*” |
The old system of each fertili:
.. »r ytwTOsrain these r.-icts
nou(y ms at tho department. In this
wo have been able to have several
lots shipped hack to the manufacturers,
and we can thus create a decided
demand for farther legislation on this
important matter.
In its '
ment is
such farm
»s, . when properly pre
rid the farmers in the Intel-
2S«SB3SSS^»“
sneeisnfni InTMttgations of such emi-
MMMSMDeSanuiire. Sir Humphrey
»* h « r ». Bat for the patient
and icientific researches of these men I
w. would beAodajr groping in'darkness,
rf* ?5 )r SftW necessary elements of
plant food, but .as to the best methods
l^_5*etr application to the growing
“"Pfe It re only after rears of per-
plezing experiment that tiebig dlacor-
mwdshat three Memeota,to be effective.
mostbeiaaolnUe form, tad that the
waa the cans, of successive
itiag mop results, Thanks’to
aaawdMBJto dements of growth
in-solable form, or if tbrie was not snf-
— - - iefl- K
JWent mohdnre In the soU to render
the plants would aetnall
ttKWsjj death, the element^ of til
wlthla their reach, bnt entirely nnarail-
The deportment has used every means
fa IW .power, through the prees and
threngh its monthly seports, to dtssem-
faaUluch Information as would benefit
the farmers, but until the Interest in
these qwetleas is more widespread I
fool that orach of the labor is lost. The
Department has aUo contributed some-
gjsswBmrthreetfpnrths of e million of
fa fa* pnbUe school fund of the
itate, sad this brings me to the second
branch of my snbjeot, vlx.:
AO El CULTURAL EDUCATION.
The Relations of Agriculture to tho
yoctt of onr land and the Importance of
Its being taught in onr public sohools.”
of AgHcnlinre. and from this I have
taken the liberty of quoting at length.
The qosnperattte statements I hive col
lected most carefully, and their evidence
Is to my mind a very strong argument
on the affirmative side of this most im
portant aad far-reaching qnestion. In
discussing the subject it naturally ro-
solvea Itself into three heads—
Should agriculture he taught in onr
public schools ?
Csnjt be taught?
How eaa It be tanght?
1st Should it be tanght?
Among* the foremost of the reasons for
I affirmative answer and view of this
question is that the targe por cent, of
mannrexr-rran irerra, wc'wcro tmtr,
to tho government agricultural
lego.”
He conclmles with tho following re-
znarkablo statement, showing some of
the results of the French system: “In
England the owners of estates above
one aero in sizo are about 300,000.. In
France they aro 7,000,000^1n England
average extent of a single farm is
800 acres. In France ten acres—4,000.-.
000 Owners ^holding properties of two
fff 68 *! 200 acres are so.
row that they can be coanted pn‘ the
Hpgers. * In 1890 France ex
ported about $120,000,000 worth of food:
■England imported $380,000,000. In
rixtjr years 8,600,000 emigrants have
left England: less than 600,000 have left
Francs. In England the rural popula
tion is 83 per, cent, of the whole; in
Franco npwnrda of 75 per cent. In
England, finally, tu e peasant is misers-
ply housed, underpaid, servile, despair-
tog; in Franco he is decent, well-to do,
independent, hopeful.”
^ In the French Postoffico Savings Bank
there are $000,000,000 to 6,500.000 do-
posits, an average of less than $100 for
each depositor. The conclusions to bo
derived from a study of this question
rime<
1. Franco has found it advisable to
ipplement the work of her agricult
ural colleges by introducing agriculture
syste 8PeCia l ber general school
2. The work has been begun by train
ing the teachora first, and while general
methods have been prescribed, tho sys
tem is sufficiently olostic to meet the
varying abilities • of teachers and nu-
pils. y
8. The work is, ns yet, in only rhe
firet stage of development, and although
all the rural children of Franco have
J et been reached, and the end
at has not yet been attainod, the
cess achieved is very encouraging
and worthy tho imitation of other
tions.
G. C. James, deputy minister of ngri-
culture for Ontario, Canada, to whoso
valuable paper I am indebted for much
of tho information on the subject, says:
“It may not be advisable to follow the
lead of France in all particulars, but
her experience certainly warrants the
conclusion that the education of the ru
ral classes in their own work is very
beneficial. Tho imparting of a little
agricultural information in public
schools would doubtless have a good ef
fect upon tho attendance of onr agri
cultural colleges, and possibly create
“The agricultural colleges have, in all
countries, had to do too much begging
for students, while at the same time
schools of law. medicine, dentistry,
pharmacy, technology, have been
crowded. The United States schools of
agriculturo are also schools for training
teachers and for giving instructions —
manual arts and in commercial courses.
Many of these institutions, to obtain
students for their agricultural depart
ments, havo been compelled to rely
of tho booblo of Georgia are farmers, .,r
are obtaining their bring either directly
or indirectly from the soil, and four-
fitihs (4-5) of the public school popula
tion belongs to the farms and
In studying this phase of the subject
we must note one fact—that is the
movement citywards of ottr rural popu-
lltina. TKa fsvmsre 1 SAW- -n.l —1-
latloa. Tho farmers* sons and daugh
ters are each year being drawn towards
the towns, and as time mores on
changes produced by this tendency ....
becoming more and more marked, and,
if not checked, will seriously affect oui
prosperity. Various reasons have been
adduced to account for thia fact, which
Is also true of nearly every other coun
try, except, perhaps, France, but among
the most plausible is this, that the fault
Ues inthe defective systems of ednea
"** »* education mny
tion. The systems
not be the direct cause, but perhaps
through them Something may be done
to cheek the exodus from the country
to the towns. This tendency must
eventually affect our social and politi-
a rule it is taking
The LeConte pear trees are loaded bein ? a chemist and com
ith Moore. i-a -i . pr
with blooms, giving promise of a I during tho ^arii^'dayiT^wEen^the
Ti
for
tution says: “There is
«ar syndicate in Chicago looking
10,000 acres in a block suitable
fruit and truck growing. This
■prise is backed by plenty of
capital and the projectors are of the
highest standing. Each investment
of ibis kind brings another to the
, and nil are doing well.”
mil Georgia is the natural home
of the truckman.
has pntinalv 7 au Jfe 8 b 7 dOmpanson Wly nomtori.Tid
has entirely disappeared, and the thd latter system of inspecting to bulk
heart of the pear grower waxeth glad f ave . "° ea rijpUAhed,and 0 nr syi-
st the golden proepect in vien.-T.I- JP&SJBfiH STOW^
lahsss^ean. I tecting tho farmer at ‘‘
dealing fairly with the
Is oonsidored nearh
This is the time oi the year when I ys“Sfthe differen't morgtig
the editor rolnntoers scads of 1 advice I ^shed to the world, bul
^thefarmers ani it ». **>. the hZ
ignores such sdrice snd goes it strong „ m nm L
on cotton again. natmg oils a much simpler and less dlr-
Some people would like to know
what passed between the president
aad Senator Hill, when the letter
called at the white house the oilier
•far*
hemw immigration law, signed
by IVesident Harrison just prioi to
the expiration of bis term, excludes
from this country all immigrants
over lt> years old who are illiterate or
incurably infirm of mind or body,
and all who arc members t t anarch—
istio societua. This law, rigidly
euf^rctd, a-s it should be, in connec
tion with the previous laws on the
subject, should mult in admitting
only a disirublc foreign element into
the country.—Now?.
Editor, are not to be given post- tt*& *>?>*
the ear of the president, and that hisIdeS in^m^f^prebat^r— ■“««««.'
suggestion, a, to appointments «. I S
I sulphuric add, which tostjnet teachers to toaintog.tto'Vold
I rn nsed in refining the crude *«n, «r4i> #l. «____•!» — * .
• ■ I To meet this difflet" ’
'«• VonPolnitz, who was | special act of the It
Georgia will be largely followed.
Dr. J. 'R. VonPolnitz, who was I
convicted romoUme ago ol killing his iSSSktSS, defJSfin'S?^^ f
wife at Bainbndge, will be hung. I fa the pressure of other matters this OB ‘•VllhSe Ste In
The supreme court confirms the action thmSStSiH™'' «5 tU I? *“• •“dr Ref. w. Tnckw^l.an Eugusn-
lowercourt.
The annual talk about «Tn^n 1^*£&?£>3dRgf*?«L*
» going on in,Oanada. Wait until I
icd life, because
from the country its best element—
those from 20 to 40 years of age—and
leaving on the farms the old and infirm
and the younf and immature.
In the United States the rural popn-
^ 1100, which was, in 1790, 95.63 per
nt of the whole, was, iu 1890, only
70.88 per eent, In Georgia, from 1880
to 1890, the increase in cities of over
8,000 inhabitants amounted to over a
per cent, of the whole population, and,
if we include towns or 500 inhabitants
and upwarda. the increase in urban pop
ulation amounts to over 10* per cent.,
with an almost corresponding decrease
in rural population. We can thus real
ize the loss to our rural districts, which
becomes a subject for serious considera
tion when one remembers that we havo
lands to which we wish to direct immi
gration, and that ours is first and fore
most an agricultural country.
Again, instruction in agriculture
■honld be giren because of the largf
amount of eanital invested in it, ana
because other fndurtrtes are largely de
pendent on It, both for a market and
of •wply- The more care
ady this question, the more
convinced thalsnccess in «g-
andernet success in manu-
trade and to commerce; that
!o the number of jtersons
id directly dependent
he capital fnvestedrin it and
which it adds to the country
r ? agriculture stands way
rtofj/hdushy j n importance;
nythingdone to develop ag-
t> help those now engaged m
re soontoengagr in it, should
>ry encouragement. Thnt
rtrinly a possibility of enor-
irement in crop prodnctii
, comparison with many
countries, such as England,
Germany, will prove.
S foregoing it will be
»large majority of our peo-
nately associated with fnrm
thst the tendency is for tho
t to remove from this work;
t the wealth and commerce
»jr are greatly dependent on
i * hr *® wrong reasons why
should be taught if it can.
the second question, viz:
ilfure be taught in our pub-
we have only to point to
,e „ ino ! ,t ,.P ro F re " iT « ad-
. ril civilized nations in the
matter of agricultural education.
France has a population of 88.095J58.her
fa™* •" the best oUWvatod in feirope,
■md herproduce per head has increased
by one-halfinthe last qnarter of a cen-
l? 1 ?-. ’Mb* noted that It is within
that neriod that aarienltnral edneation
“»«»i compulsory In the (her) pub-
There are .Iso tn each of the eighty-
.besides the
time of tho year when the farmer | to drop m. a Unis, and tho trioSE et Parts, fw^ois ftrw^M ov^ for iu
Invoetiotioo, nor the three national ,
!S5°5i. 0 i!.*J r !£2? tnr !t. on# horttcnlt- compreHension of the processes of agri“
masterships, so says the postmaster I s '? ra ^ ?' offered for sals was nasssd compel^ng* erery'normal
graerai. They will probably be ^
It is said that Senator Gordon has] °/, m ^°h of the_oil the training of teachers,'a irtep cer-
oleaner than
_ # # * but
^Wf^ons econ-
toying oat, crops, the unex-
almost entirely upon short courses of
six months or two months.”
In proof of this lost I havo only to
mention the winter’s courso of two
months now being taught iu our State
College of Agriculture, at Athens. And
now we come to the third qnestion.
How cn.. ngiciiiture be taught ... .....
mblic schools? Upon this question
igs .the wholo difficulty, and here I
borrow agaiu language from Mr. James’
paper:
“All are now agreed that agriculturo
should be taught if it can, and many
who Have studied this question are quite
satisfied that it can bo taught in some
form, but when we come to tho ques
tion of how it is to be taught, much dif
ficulty arises from tfio variety of con
flict of opinins. Bat one or two conclu
sions are indispehsable, aud first and
* * this, that all or nearly all
t.’UioTiMrnraest- -
ig the co-operatit»n of this department.
The commission* r-;tands ready, to do all
in his power To prevent an increase iit
acreage. Will onr farmers not heed
any of those warnings vfcili a disastrous
experience ybt fresh in their minds? Wo
have confidence in the good scriso of onr
agricultural classes, and trust that they
will.
Tho following extracts frofli a letter
of a leading aad successful faxaucr, pre
sents to a concise way tho benefits that
will accrue from a small cr • >. and tho
low price and loss that come “ rein, pro
ductions beyond tho * demnnds of Con-
“It is generally ivlinittcHl that with
meat at 8 cents per pound and corn at
75 cents per bushel, tho average price
of producing a pound of cbtton is 8
cents. With these admitted facts h .-’
fore the cotton growers, their -liolicv
should be to still further reduce tho
acroage and place tho American
cr0 P A a* near as possible to
a 7,000,(X.0 bale basis, ttois in
suring 10 cents a pound for cotton, or a
profit to tho farmer of at least 2 cents
on the pound, but if to the contrary
they return to an increased acreage, and
an increased nso of fertilizers, and pro
duce n 9,000,000 or 10.000,0 0 bain crop
values will bo reduced below 7 cents’
and every pound of cotton will l>o sold
of 1 cent or more per pound.
ft OTHER’S:
vUtl immiloss; evory i
cnised valuo end In osoi—IXiir
- ^ira3P
‘ ho medical profession.
-*P Tjabor, Lessees Pain, DtaMsfes*
->.»utrcr to life cf Mother * —
2,3l2n)pcrb
afield EEEUUTOfl C3,(Mkil
Sold by an draectitab
Which will the far
crease of labor and plenty of
plies at a iian btime profit,or.
cribs
i th«'
•>4- and i
hesitate?
bale crop will bring 10 cm
numbers, >^5.).0(;0,(K;0; whi
bale crop will bring not ov
say $315.000,000, a lov; «f
$35,000.00-.). and how about
protluction? To rai.-o a 1
crop at 8 cents per v«n
$280,000,000, which i
will net tlie farmer?
above cost of production, of ATO.OCO.O(*0;
at 10
the other hand
halo crop nt 8 cents per noun
nan fi/v» te ... i ?
9.001),000
$300,000,000, which if sold
as 7 cents a pound,
$815,000,000, or a net loss
cers of $45,000,OK), sh<
in favor of the lesser r
and that with plenty
for the next crop.” ’
uld
will cost
' bring
mg
. difference
.15,000,000,
o supplies
©•©©©@G?0 O 0
Tfis caoBcat Pat fci tuo jycj:a j ^
tVhy do yoa Gtirrcc- 0
fefltn Zlj ^popala and £!cTi-a<*ad^v::c,
‘ ' Me, whau tha^-
: EicTs-a
ay la at yonr hand ?°*
r _ O
L'lJoO
/enable you tt
Crevonl hot
Vfcgoymento
nuddbrest ym
bo ami Imp
»to which j j
CURES ALL SKIM
AND ,
BLOOD DISEASES
- ^—jnn—
SaXoK iSi&SwU: r, v‘. w lip?man bbos.
©6©® OOOO®
too mush should not lie attempted
first. The work should ho introduce,
gradually, and tho understanding at th
outset should bo very definite that b■
teaching agriculture in the public school*
it is not intended to tench how to plow
bow to harvest or how to f
but rather the why and when
to arouse an interest in np
operations. Third, that the
mm and object of this instruct
public schools should bo the e
a sentiment in favor of ag
work; the arousing of a noble
d ?r.
successful agriculturalists; ;!,<
spreading abroad of the idea that la-
industrious, thoughtful, honest fanne.
is the most valuable citizen in this hm-l
of ours—a man to be respected, appre
ciated and honored by every member of
the community.”
Prof. Calvin Thomas says: “Very lit
tle can bo done by common schools to
check the drift towards th** cities. * * *
Whatever tends to improve the econ
omic status of the farm industry and to
elevate tho piano of the farmer’s life
will tend to correct this evil.”
In other words, let us insist on “show-
tog the farmer boy a world at home,
full of interest, of beauty, of thought
of study, of doing.”* It may be that the
condition of the rural school has been a
sending many a bov
repelling force
to the town and citv.
In arithmetic, in reading, in drawing,
In history, subjects now included iu our
E ublic school curriculum, a turn could
e given toward and applications made
to agriculture. If the purpose of such
instruction be carefully kept in mind,
viz.: to interest the pupils in matters
pertaining to agriculturo, and to instruct
toetn in tne use of their e}*es to
For gale by Hondurant, Pea
THE MUTUAL LIFE HOME
COMPANY OF NEW YORU
RICHARD A. McCURDY, Presidem
Fcr the year ending December C’.. IC
Liprmas's Clock, DiTlIll^
Assets - $i7S,oS
Ecmits. for rollflp^
s and Ta:
The Assets are Invested as follows:
United State* Bouufl r.nd ether
Hecnrltlc* -
loan* on llond and ~ortpa:
first lien - .
I-oaas on Stock* nnd Boa.
Real Estato - - - .
Cash In Banks and Trust Com.
lies ....
>d Interest, Deferred I\-c-
C Go, SC 9,1;
-’’ca.sis.o:
panics
rcrnedlnti
nUonu, Ac.
Insurance and Annuities
Insurance Assumed end Be-
in Forco
■ is bmvhtMM
lestfKic liitiiai
Annuities In Forco -
what lies on all sides of them, and
see eamctly, it matters little what part
of the immense field of agricul.rJro be
selected, the roads upqn which they
pome to school or which'so often keep
them from school; tho weeds by the
roadside and in the fence corners the
flowers, shrubs and trees beyond tho
fences, tho soil of tho fields and tho dif
ferent crops growing upon that soil;
the insects and tho birds, which
somo cases so necessary, in others
destructive to the crops.* the fruits nnd
“'“"“'tables. These and other subjects
instruction must
i-.ll part of what
-. . - . and most
prenensiye science 1;-own to man—the
will suggest that the
be confined to but a sn
is probably the widest
science of agriculture.
Prof. Huxley says: “The farmer
be made by thorough’farm work.
Nevertheless I believe that practical
prople would be all the better for sciem
tific knowledge. It would keep them
hopeless experiments and enable
Ik? »Jofake advanragu of tho innumfcr-
able hints which Dame Nature gives lb
thc.owho live in direct contact ftith
things. * * If I were called upouto
fi^me a course of elementary instruc-
of . w heat, of a turnip, of a
1>1 V ° f , a c ? xv ' properly treat-
S«S2^?5SdSlSriia , £s^:
thev mmn ,r, —oal.l givo nil the ’ele-
liich is needed for tho
—'-•“>*''*» -.-i the processes of ngri-
,s f z&szr bylhe e y“. d hfdnf;;:,r ,lsil ’ v ““ imiia,aj
Amm I quote from Mr. James: ‘'In
ponclnsion 1 would say that these soc-
gggg , J° not r any upsettin? or
J t l .° rreseut systom of
125™*!*.°”’“ nt / at,lcr aa cffaptatioD to
•gncnUnre M far as possibloof subjects
"™ n £ m , tl10 ™mculmn. If notbine
morek, done than to start onr fnrat
E?£!!*.L°. t F inki P g . ; . to them a
‘j™i»foet?ght direction: to
.hTdi° P * n i V ,em 5 tasta ,or agrionltural
b t0 l 5, ’.T : in 'T lt ^ ation; to orome in
them a desire to know more and read
more about agricultural affaire, and
caneciiuiy to increase iu them a tespoct
t ^ ir and a prido fa the{rci£
Cotloa. Acreage.
The monthly talk of tho commissioner
closes with an appoal for solf-sustainiag
*“d. a rednetion of tho cotton
SthSSd. 011 , the publications
!* tMa yportmont wo have endeavored
iSftSrJttL?*!? 1 - From the
Increase la Receipts -
Increase la Sarplas
lacreaseia Assets
lacreaae^a Iasnran
Increase la Insurance In Forco
Nctnt—In sccsrduoa with
ment u «monn»d in koTwnbcr, 1891,
1 naetoalljisnud
Hnndrei
the year 1892.4 0 ,
insonno* in for** u abors sutel indndes tba.
roltthUrr limit with bt
dating tis ‘
io December account*
in Dollars, tho
. Jades tia anion
slight iccr-iso ontri
From the Surplus a dividend st ill be a
ROBERT A QRANNIS3, Vioe-PbeoioenT
General Mar
Walter R. CiLurmt
Frkhkric Cromwbu.
£moky McCluuv^k llu, . Acti
E. M.MALLETTE, Agent.
Thomasviile, (!>i
3 11 dlt wit
THOMPSON
Iron Worts
JtUiSOV SXHEUT.’
THOMASVILLIi, - - . ga
(O)
I am boiler prepared than c\cr lo
do any ami all kinds of repair work
in iron and brats. In addition to loir'
years of cx|>ericnco, I am fully tmdpl
pel with the latest improvctl iooh
and ran guarantee all work entrusted
to mo Shops in rear of former resi-
Ueurc, on lower Jackson street (y ve
mo an apporlimity to make an esti
mate ou your work.
C. B. THOMPSON, At.
Tiio Pullman Gar Line'
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Louisville, Cincinnati
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