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I . it m 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. m 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 -1W_- 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. 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