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Bv Giem. S. Lcur:?.
VOL. XVI.
CROP REPORT.
Selections „ , . irom , the , May _ _ Cuxti- _.
:ar of the
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AG¬
RICULTURE.
Acreage Plo.aied in Cotton--Corn the
Crop-Condition and Prospect.
Circular No. J, Fourth Series.
GENERAL REMARKS.
Since , issnmg . or,,!. the October crop report, .
which closed me work of that branch or
the Department fur last season, the nnm
ber of correspondents has been very
largely increased. This was done that
the labor of ihose who were then serv
-by ing yerthityng twiDpriment them to igUt confine be u their gUt , ob- t ed
servetioasto tbeirown imuiemute neig.i
borhood and iiiat fuller and more accu
rate mfoimation miglit be obtained
from each section of every county.
The result has been gtatiiyrng, an.l
cren 0 ?tt 9 l «1rH “or “
tSuSZ th« individual . JlS theIndustrial enterorisp an 1 i ngrkml- g-orpi l
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tural Much development material of oar furnished State. would
of the
have been fact publithed in this report required but
for the that the space was
for the work of the Exprriment Station.
In future reports and for reference we
will he able to utilize, we trust with
benefit, the communications, and hope
that subsequent painstaking reports will be made
with as much c re as lias
characterized the work of all the corres
pondents for this report.
The abnormal condition presented of
our less staple than the cropTwinging Vts production, in the market de
cost ' :
mauded a change in our methods, aud
ihe comprehensive view of the acreage
devoted to the various crops, exhibited
by the tabulated statement, shows that
the farmers have done all in their power
under present conditions, to me--t the
Exigencies of the case.
The large area planted in cereals is a
cause for congratulation. The further
fact, not apparent from the tables, I bat,
where facilities for supplying the North
ern market with vegetables are afforded
and large cities oifer a home market, an
imrietns has been given to truck farm
ins .•••id gardening, is also a source of
satisfaction.
WEATHER.
Wiiile the beginning of the season has
not been tnull in some sections of he
State as weald promise a hardy stand,
especially of cotton, yet we trust tba;
the r-oeiit the
Awrecoiva uo oilicial report, wd’
develop a more favorable presinct. The
State ha- been almost universally free
from late frosts, and but little damage
has been done to fruit or vegetation.
corn.
In this crop tho largest increase in
acreage is shown, amounting in Middle
Georgia to over 17 per cent, and ovar
the State to over 14 per cent. The gen
eral tendency for several years has been 1
in the direction of planting a large area
in this great food crop ; but at no time
,
since records of this character have been
kept by the Department has so great an
increase been made. As to general con
dition, compared with the reports of
previous plant is generally years, the crop is godd. The
in a fair condition as
to cultivation.
wheat.
This crop, which has been regarded as
move and more and more uncertain each
year, shows for the fiist time in sev.-ral
years an increased acreage. A revival
of interest in the crop may lead to ascer
taining the cause of the poor suqpess
with which its cultivation has been re
cently attended. Should this be accom
plisbed, North a great benefit will be derived
l>y Georgia, vrliere at one time it
was cultivated to a large extent. The
condition and prospect, compared with
an average, is good, being 1 per cent.
above aa average.
OATS.
The acreage planted in this crop is
greater in every part of the State, except
Southeast Georgia, where there is a de
crease of 6 per cent. The condition and
prospect is good in North and East
Georgia, and poor in Southwest and
_^atbeast Georgia. The proportion of
the crop sown m tho fall and spring is
about the same, particular lucidities
wnjie otner ijcalitl©^, ^’“an'd^v ap ncalty
similarly situated, sow in tho spriug.
cotton.
_ ... find ^ ,
(Onoy crop, we
r t^lar|e
dne
extent, to the low price the cr p brought
last season. Another cause which
led to the decrease U the effort on the
part of many farmers to raise their sup
plies at home. This tendency is
trate.1 by a comparison of the tables
published In oy the sections Department of tbe for several the
years. many state
crop is reported at from ten to
days late, The condition and prospect
ia very poor, and we ca* only hope that
more propitious seasons will develop a
hardier and more vigorous plant and
bring out a better stand.
FRUIT.
On the prospect of a fruit crop it is
gratifying to repori that a larger yield
is While promised injuries than by for frost any year have since ton 1889.
re¬
ported, the damage done is not so great
but that there will be a bounteous yield.
In those sections of the State where the
orchard is a source of profi; no material
damage is reported and a flattering yield
is promised.
GRASS CULTURE.
The cultivation of the grasses ami for¬
age plants is attracting North Georgia. more* attentio i
in Middle and This is
evidenced by the increased area that has
been planted. So lono- fed from as the stock in
our large cities are tbe field* of
Tennessee and other States, too much
cannot be said in favor of Georgia pas¬
turage and in behalf of the cultivation
of Georgia hay.
BTOCX.
The conaition ot stock throughout the
State is generally reported good. In some locali¬
ties cholera is among tbe hogs.
A question of very sy-iou- moment to
every stock owner iitoti-e State ;* that
of glanders among our horses and mules.
A number of case* have been reported
to tbe department, which, upon investi-
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®s CrattH ^ ocutmle mm? _t||| A .4,^ 4. .44 luaftiwno'in
gat ion of competent veterinarians, have
been pronounced glanders.
Every means at th • command of the
Department will nlw'.ys 1 m direct’d to
suppressing dis-ase, with this loathsome lined anil fatal
but no it po-.veis to
act, it is difficult r-> .:.-.-wmp.s. n ,-.u
SUPPLIES.
Tiie Miry ly of ci-' ■ Did f-i-age oa hand
thi; so son i-' mncli g: .‘.ater i. s* 1 ha; of
last year, s.mie counties in X a n (>; r
gia ; 1 ; oiling a tu;i su.q iv, 1. li:. : ■ to
srli. The cash price fur corn ranges
from 50 to 70 oti.. < nor bn.ih.-i, \vi h ha
w-'.iit from 60 ceuts io depending
on ihe section of tiie Sra e.
FRR TTLIkKKS.
The consumption of fertil’2-re,
Shown bv the recci- ’.s of the Depart
meat, is 80 per cent, less than that of
last season. As an evidence of the care
p v corrcR .,„ n j c . n t s it might he
...m betweentin'record th»f timw. i« Venn i-liff»r«»n.
T- and the ‘fertilizers made
Zninukited by t 1 eui t’re amnnnt ’^therl of l i ,, J?
““ ?“.“*„t * home ZZ ofLtveai i
S^iuX that
used . TUegl , ara encouraging results.
and show that we are working in “very
direction to ruibr ourselves self-sns
taining, and to become sellers, not pur
chasers.
tobacco.
A great deal. f intme.-t has been nvm
- -tiv.t .of tim Ut
thr-iughout uiem-u,-. l:i m ; r . v.xy
P-’Wt of tt; ■ .Stale . x eri... ; ms a. e b-n, ; 4 j
made yvitu a number ot diff-reut y vie -;
tjf 8. Alter tue crop has been pn. tiered i
the adaptabiliiy of onr soil to tio < plant
w .‘ 1 1 be thoroughly tested. W bile ad-,
. -:ital planting have
lwil «x|K-r.r-. small vve
“ 'f - vs suggested that 1 a sufficiently acreage
11 " 1 u >>*• '•'**«
demonstrated that tobacco can bem-rne
a money crop m lieorgia, much nn.l white the,
acreage this year:- ...nor than
heretofore, r, do not believe any loss
w ! n rtsnlt > a "' 1 ' vp lrust tii<J expenmeuta j
' v ' ! ’^ prove put ce; Mil. j
consolidated crop report for may— tt i
sections.
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; iy wit h an averag e.
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Percentage of crop up.
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a I -to Condition, compared
with an average.
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to . 5 „
rit 5! -C -S Peaches.
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— £ 15 I^Pjtirapes.
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compared wish last
^ “'f-j year. S3
'Conditionof Work
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To The Farmer, of Georeia.
It is with great p ensure that . I r issue .
my first ret ort of the present crop sea
son. coutam.ng as it does, the gratify
ing intelligence ,.f a
REDUCTION’OF THE COTTON acrf.aoe
and a diminution of tbe intiiicriruinate
use of commercial fertilizers. Having
made last season p-rhsps 14100,000 b;d-s
©f cotton, at a heavy loss to the m»j r
itv of producers, the present year found
us feeing conditions appalling in riieiv
significance and importance. Without
staple crop a drug in tbe markets of the
world, with debt and an impoverished
soil to remind us of the necessity o< a
change in our agricttltnrai methods and
tbe inanagemeut of our farms. w« to
Kan r t ded by conditions which wusedThe
atoaupt heart to qaail, and produced
general, almost universal, murmuring
and discontent. How to operate <,w
even attempting its s dutiou. But these
difficulties and others perhaps as grave
developing, forced ns to take counsel to¬
gether, and the result of our delibera¬
tions is seen in the reduced consumption
of fertilizers, and the redaction of at
least 20 per cent, in the cotton acreage.
We have w speeding about
SKVEN MILLION DOLLARS PER ANNUM
for fertilizers, using it often in a care
less manner, unmindful of its adapts-
"D;;vnri'H >pbk gf.ni-’u.u < \.’’
OKA\VFOUI)VlLJ.E.(jli •!• ! ,, FRIDAY. JUNEIV. 18 » 2 .
tended bility to the soil or the crop it was in¬
to benefit, and most of this large
amount has been applied to cotton. The
present season witnesses
A REDUCTION OF ONE HUNDRED THOUS¬
AND TONS
in the use i f commercial fertilizers, rep
resenting a saving to the farmers of
about two ami a half million dollars.
Another significant fact is, that much
of what has been purchased has been
used under corn and small grain.
THE MARKED INCREASE IN' THE SMALL
URAIN CROPS
momlc Si™ihn . _
have bv tiie !
and the blessing of {>f curly and ihe in
ter raimt, an abundant food crop for
man ttlui lK ' ils t- To make assurance
douWy that full sure, however, I would advise
crops ot
millet and sorohum
hephuited. A few neivs well prepared
«“d manured with a phosphate will givs
■“ “ bn “’ lan ‘»‘> f ‘" ost umntions food
for cattle, hogs and mules, and will save
^ ^
for the next few months
the very best generalshio is required iu
handling the crops. Rapid and thor
ougli, but shallow cultivation should be
the cry from one end of the State to the
other. Never let a crust remain longer
«•»« vo« can get to it to break it Noth
sturii “fXi'Vtho^nrf „ or me t.ui taco sou. i have nave re re
« «•«
wduun* the acreage and f, <
REDuema the cost of cotton,
our staple crop, by increasing the yield
per acre. Here we have the solution of
a problem which endeavored for twenty years we
have vainly to master. Unr
i ng that pmii.d we have steadily in
creased tremendous the acreage, aud only by the Uss
of amounts of commercial
fertilizers have we been able to keep the ;
average yield tip to about om-thml of a
bale to the acre. The immense increase
in the crop lias not come from any itn
provenient iu the land, but simply from ;
the fact that, as a rule, fanners have
been straining every uerve impairing
their credit and impoverishing them
selves and their families, by adding acre
after acre Too to large, the already because too large cotton
area. in many cases
it has boon planted at the expense of
other even more important provision
c i’°PJ' i have never ceased to urge tlw
absolute necessity of
building up ouu I.ANDS i
by renovating crops and by better meth- i
oils of prep (ration and culture. To
make ourselves an independent mid
prosperuus people, we must olningH our
system of farming. Tho day law passed
when large bohliiigs. except a; rare ca<
ses, are made profitable. The small
land owner wilt be the man to red ,m
this land of oura from the Wight of
rr.fntg.-gcB, jc. I u tenant System » -.
’.VS ■ S'- ‘ " • ‘.‘A, to. au
'
crop of cotton at a cost of less than sev
en cents a pound. But would it not ba
better to produce small that small crop and
realize even a amount on it than
to make a large one at a cost of from
seven to (en cents, and lose from one to
four cents on each pound? - Indeed our
common sense would teach ns that we
should plant no crop, unless wqfipm re
time on it more than it cost us to m ike
‘t- *** >.« the south Ulis - 111 lhu “to”’ 11
this amount represoutidg the difference
between the cost of making our crop of
nine received uiilliou for it. bales Every and the practical price w<: farmer have
in the entire cotton belt realises Unit we
cannot con tnme tins losing game, and
has been eagerly and anxiously casting
about for some plan of relief.
'that the a iv co so often given lias
been largely sc < d upon is illustrated by
a comparison ot t he acreage devoted to
cotton and toe acreage devoted to grain
and provision crops.' The lesson so re.
V ere y taught by tho low price obtain, d
or p 1( ) cotton crop for tho last season is
one which I believe wo " ill nut soon
Sr done of't Imse^ue-Htotog much torn^we
have towar is laying tho
foundation of our future agricultural
independence. staph: having been pitched
Our crops
sat» "i.rsiis.ss, sz
not neglect tho
SMALL THINGS OF THE FARM
which add so much to tiie comfort of
the bousehold and save many a dime
and dollar that would otherwise have to
go to purchase and necessary poultry provisions.
The garden yard afford
splendid sonrci-H ot a wholesome food
eupplv, ami facilities m uiany afforded, instfiuc<*H whore
market are can be
come the means of purchasing articles
wiiicli would otherwise have to be
bought on a credit at a higher price,
and { paid for out of our money crops in
It is essential to the succes-ful man
agement of our farms that attention be
paid to the demandtj of the markets of
our neighboring town or city, where fn
cilities lab-.r for properly be placing found. the results
of our are to Uv casi
ing alxiut in this direction we wiff often
find onrselves able to supply for cash or
goods, farm products that can be made
with little labor, and which in the Hid
wi}] gn . at Jy reduce the amount which
compelled ‘ to pay out of the pro- 1
^ingmad^^suTh, , (
the right di
rectioo. let ii < not turn back, allured by
a»pecnlative in prices. hope But of let a very lar^e in
crease us use our en
trgies so that we may hasten th-day
wton, instead of the fC-ntocky mule fed
on Tennessee hay and western gram, we
will have the Georgia mule fed on G or
gia grain and forage, and our large cit
to and towns supplied with provisions
—the products of the Georgia farm.
p> j Scahitt ' Commissioner. ' ' '
The circular from whied th»se selec
tions are taken contains forty-eight pa
gee, and ▼.'ill \>e gladly hent, with oth
er work of the Department, to any far
mer in the State.
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Your Biood
thorough . . .
Undoubtedly needs a c.cansing
this season to exp.-l impurities, keep up
the Iiealth-tone ! rir4?v#»nt
Yoo should Hood Sarsaparilla, tbe
best blood p fif-r and nyistem tonic It
j s nnecjual led in positive mcdlcinial merit.
Hood's Pill’* are purely vegetabk. per
fectiy harmless, effective, butdonot ca
pain or gripe. Be sore to get Hood'-.
IN A FREE RE ',! C ROOM.
People Who l*atr«s*i One Built by
the Tato T’i^w ji in'r.
Uniaue ^ alwar-in .Urn- p” durimr
Sh^fhltvuf tolwuiot ui ... Umao mding to room
tivo rlirnt" “S. 'w'wStt itthoir i SSK»i niove"
recreation in scuimi- ,tU© WO dailies,
countless wecklic . ir.u'aainos and
the thousand rolum * bo had for
o
the asking. Earlr the morning
comes a curious cot -resit from
lodging houses sir y out of
ployment. InviM: ; flic warmth
of the great room,•*!■.. J.ujuvat often
overcomes the tlmvk * k lw
«... disheartened off n to
bn be iimml roused lw by iii« tlio i t .' iofuoer - with
whom they are liu ; Uavea per
sonal TZfrfr acquaiutanci L
l0 weod ont ' dijectionablo « .,
_ , , f “
ago, requiring eocb (tor to state
h>8 occupation and , roje’ ,-acdB.
Of 3,000 cards Cohn j ia
900 save down town <W,1 „ iiticcs
^ “ reforcuces. This 4 a '
a w t m ‘ fW* ,
Si uorccu S uo wo^a. a' ak . . ^ S they bleep S
“ ntl1 u<)OU > whyu |«vk Cooper’s,
icals To newspaper they antt dtfvi, / i|i ,,.»todl>eriod
are Inveterate
readers, not infreOiKt,«« V fbpv arc
storehouses of pone t,7 t»fr,«„nlioti w foriuaUon.
After supper ttlUi „ ..f filled by
moohames, clerks nr men.
Every table, every 1, „ ^crowded,
Day ' and night tilen; .1 *1 Viovm y,,®” stn.nil ’
oft n two ", 1LJ da(S , v , , U i' ttU ,
devouring ,g n tills mls%h^ )U3 fount l
provided by 0U6 iutlltd in his
wealthy days of tbo 'teiirivations of
Jfig youth, commtmifiifia when he, *< o hungered
f m «.i- «* j ?' i ! ea * n £ W
to «« poo. ^ without T the
expenditure Of U coflt
Characters are not, ting in this
motley throng, alU 'upresoata
tivo of the vory pcop »ti t nti<m
was founded to bem ,,-iy a p
mogaziuea nro t dtors
tlie nionth exp gtes
100 dailies are a!" and
the want advertise - eare
fully scanned. The' ., p ’
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pel \ . io , ik ,... 1; , i; . ( ®‘
^ rv,, J r ’ L 1 r „ i “ v, J. .k. .. ■" .
rcccn ,[ y " j cto, " ’ Jjljity ‘ ”•■
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three Tii.il.ir '
ljifr — lr
A .IT Up 1
-I........... foinier handle i«i then Z jjbioaiflBlfl with
the greatest care. TJiAte is scarcely
a finger mark on thef French nuvu
zincs. On the contrary, til® Herman
arc battered beyond recognition.
But probably there are many more
German readers. There are Hovon
teen German foreign periodicals pro
vidod. Rarely is a 'halier willfully
destroyed jzsjBs&tftitgsg; or a book lent.
1 Bridently thfy are cooks,
tailors, drepsniaker;i or household
decorators. The awkward poi ' ion
of tlio women’s reading rnoin—at tho
further end of tho'room—makes it
anything ,, . hut . , a defsifrlv) , retreat . , foi ,
ladies, thirty is tho average at ton
dunes in the room. Curious folnin
inity tiro wont to gather there. Fro
quontly two crouies are found slyly J
lunching. , ■ OlW r \ day i an indufltrioue . . . .
old Soul stealthily took out ot hor
pocket ft piece of clotll and traced out
upon it tho pattern of a ideovo from
^ Baxar Bupplemeilt, and the gown
pf Bomobrwly 8 darhiig Wfl« Comploted
b) accordance With I>a;HO FiU-hioil’s
behest. Tiie majority of tho habitues
have a weakness tor tho advertising
«*»«- -** iotk
Tlio Hlrd of
Tlio noi ‘ and ogg of i bird of para
dire (Ptiloris victorim) wore found on
island the coast of Quocnslund. _
au on
Tl 10 nofit wan about ten foot, from tile
ground, Vougl. arid tlio biwi ret quietly, al
Pa. tho party /.J. wtm camped about
five & feet away uom the ,< tl eo. Tbonefit
wa^ttomewliat looaely constructed, of
broad dead leavesand tfreen Irranch
fo* of climbing plan to and .fibrous
lmd lined by tw^ largo
loaves situated tinder piocfm of dry
tendrils, which fiftlafid a Mjiringy
lining for til© egg or young to rest
on—Nature.
Benefit «>f th« H r CriticiMtn.
A . worthy timber merchant „~„u, „* an
nounced that he WC, relieved to find
that he need not believe literally tho
various It ,J tamaa.”*# in tho Bibb'which
ho had otton ften proved r m>v( «] to to to to imnoeeibk* impoemrilc.
Being pressed to name one ot the«
pasaagen he mentioned the ark. It
wan, ho imdorHtood, 4-tO feet long, 70
feet broad and 45 feet high, affll wa®
fit ‘0 tod 0 with live animals Hev/a«con
tmw, I, therefore mti .1 , that the Israelites
could not have carried it afloat-twh ...
them for forty yeai a. raff Mall Ga
zette.
“
Changed tots Adult*.
When the civil v. ar liroke out
young lads north and south forgot
their play* in their interest in na
tiomil afeir«. Tlxe inuaterg w weal
most do*--rt .d in our great citiee
Girls ceased to trifle over tiie fash
and th^iu made them men tod w<anen.—
Youth’s Coaniatoiot.
A haahe Tliat Bitw StineV,
The Hirake known as tlic sheep
stinger is very common in Sotth Af
rica, where it cauw s mm-hupre in
jury to sheep, dogs and teller ^ntoiala Re
thin ^ does to man - Quartet !y
j view.
The tluil^ti'i Change.
Few persons in this world arc
called upon to suffer more or bo more
embarrassed . , on many occasions . and ,
at tlio least opportune times than
thoso nfaicted with abseutinind.'.l
n<m Thero is nrt politician in this
statowhodocsm.t know Judge Austin
*■*•**«*?!<?*?**:™ f* u l & t»> at t ud co mtj, 11. m i s , i
*f d nataona conventions, am w m
always has smnotlung good o say nt
alb Judgm Yate is the most absimt
“ H « 18 l?® 1 /."f
,
“S S, ®d U mo ' tooL Htioison me'
.
whlto ago^&dNTSited eifibtional, sensatiopnl H theater where iihd
most ,C
a ^ ... :eotl .. “8 ......t U»locU«na &
ress. He had a fnend with him, and
ho laid down a twenty dollar bill at
b office to purchase two lick¬
ets man l.clnn.1 the little hole
toSi . eiUllol)[us toboaril.-umtiuiilsoven
^ . dolbnn ^ in chanae rT^o Inteut ill-m on
wluit lie i wim going t_ hi , tlm 1 ■■■
very naturally seized til© tickets and
went on his way rejoicing, leaving
the balance of the twenty dollar bill
behind. Ho and his friend had seats
in the midst of a remarkably select
company, the play was enjoyable,
and the judge, who is nothing if not
earnest, sat there spollboimd. At
lost tho villain in tho play said to ono
of liis partners in crime, and with a
hard leek—applicable to th<< stage:
' How much money docs tho wretch
want?”
The word ‘'money” brought the
judge’s thoughts back to tho box
effice and to the change ho bad loft
lying there. Forgetting where he
was and thinking for the instant
that the question had been applied
to him, he slapped liis knno and fair¬
ly shouted:
“Seventeen dollars, by the Lord
Harry?’ the midioneo be
The effect on can
imagined, but never described, and
nothing can induce that villain to re¬
cite lines wherein money appears,
for with all an actor’s * apcmtitioii
he imagines that the judge’s inop¬
portune, although pat. remark 1ms
given him hud luck lorover.- Now
York Rccordi •v.
Wftole \ l 11 it j? u (4 »sfr u Fond.
, and
■ to.' ol b’455tton . g
niUHTG. Hg ait pmtdMfnncat who re*
| flection resides incited Brooklyn a young and man labor* in
m
New York to talk to a friend in this
fashion; “Did you ever observe the
Brooklyn bridge traffic 111 the Ikisy
hours morning and evening? Yes?
Well, tlion you must have been mi
. pressed with tho fact that each
crowded tram moves enough persons
from one side of tlio river to the
other to make a good sized village,
Tlio trains are packed early m the
morning and between f! a,nd 7;.!0
oclock at night. Biuili train mines
between 000 and TOO passengers.
| Now a noun try village with that
number of inliabitantH trunks vory
well of it;-:;*U ! . It lias tbroo or four
church<:(», a library, an opera house,
mid is clamoring at tbo postoftiee
department in Wtothington for a new
postoflico. And yet the vchIIi-hh cable
that stretches across the bridge yonks
theso villages bnek and forth at the
rate of twenty five or thirty no hour.
I tell you thiii is a moving ago in
which wo live.”—New York Times.
Hi. Slel.j lli-u<llaiigf|.n ypi-ech.
One evening Mr. Babe itch ore and
Mr. Uradlaugh were boi.Ii to speak
at tho same poiiii. nl ineeling, Tbo
latter hud tbo headings of bis speech
written in bold handwriting on largo
sheets of fooiaenp paper spread out
before him. Mr. Labouchero, wlio
was tho first to opeak, seeing timso
headingK, thouglit ho could not do
better (ban n e them, mid theroupon
begun t® deal with Mr. Bradlaugh’s
points ono l.y one, taking them in a
roundabout order so us not to arouse
his friend’s suspicion;-; At last Mr.
Bradlaugh found himself wi(hent_a
[Flint to sp:-nk on, mid tie ;--niize.l
that he was dealing with u humorist
as well as a statesman, fsmdon Cor.
Now York World.
A Valu»hl« floMfl,
A. You are in mourning, my old
friend 1
B Yoh.
A. For whom?
B. For my wife. Sh<; wont out
tiding tho other day, fell from her
horns, » and thereby lost hor lift;,
A.-* I r am mm sorry f„r for you t
o.—ttumir*.
A* By tl ’ >y » ^
ti> sell me that horeto
B.—'Very Horry, but 1 intend get
ting marriwl again.— Zeitgeist.
_________ ___________
a t««i in • Tr«e.
When cutting opm the trunk, it . an
elm a live toad was found lying con
cealed about three fret from the root.
Jt gkiDrsri away very alertly, yet, w©
told no tree was more sound, nor
&m i d any aperture be discovered
through whifih tlus little captive could
: have penetrated. It is supposed that
- b<j K i,awn from which it originated
ment o{ vegetation.—London Tit
Jjite
A Comyllment on Is*.
| Mrs. Ga/ld You do not show your
age at all.
Mrs. Gabb (delighted;- Don't I?
; Mrs. Gadd - of No;, I see you’ve Bible
acratehed it out your family
—New York Weekly.
SOME QUEER OLD LAWS.
Forgotten Statutes That Have Nevt-r Been
llepealotl nmi Ho Eufoioml.
“Undo Joe” Brown, of the county
clerk’s office, ia one of tlio queerest
men in the court house ami also one
of the boat informed. Wfumever any
question of an especially puzzling
nature comes up for settlement and
no one 0 ] w can answer it the seek
era f 01 , i n f 0 nnntion go back to the
r<)oni whw - 0 .-Unclo Joo” ^tisfuJtion. works, and
hb lain8 to fhoil
Ibis suit of prm’clure is a matter of
daily if cummce, and the old gentle
man’s encycloptnlittil knowledge is 1
p roV erl>ial.
t* vAAqq.vAj 1*
infornintion seekers had learned j
what tlioy wove in search of, they
hung around “Undo J 00 V” desk to '
hoar some of his reminiscences which
their questions called up fresh to his
memory. the old laws
“It is strange how
cling to the statute books,” lie said j
meditatively. “In tbo eastern states !
many of tho strict colonial laws stand 1
unrepoaled on the books. Of course,
where they conflict with tlio more
advanml iVlcns of today, they have
become dead letters. I was the vic¬
tim of an attempt to revive one of
the old statutes myself when 1 lived
in Washington city a good many
years ago. I was tlio manager of the
Washington Gas works, and some re¬
ligious i n■ huaiast brought violating a prosecu¬
tion again.;! imi for the
Babbatli by operating the works on
Sunday. I know that unless tbo
works ran on Sunday there would lie
no gas on Monday night, and on tho
ground of public necessity felt sure J
would he sustained in the suit.
' -To my surprise 1 found tbo law
not only exactly against me, but
learned that it wan supplemented
with severe penalties. For tho lirst
offense tho penalty was aheavy fine,
and for each succeeding offense had a
term of imprisonment. I finally
to settle the cuso out of court, by tbo
payment of a considerable sum of
money and the granting of Homo con
cessions. That law still stands on
the books, but l have heard of no at
tempt to enforce it since my unhappy
experience. “Tobacco is legal tender in Wash
ington at tho present time, tl urn Its to
another of thi) old eojonial laws. Iu
, rer) iWj-i -rtinn- ,f Tf* 1 i-erj-n iuwt pKvHiy
n f foVineco amt vory little money, a
j ftw W!UJ j )a p ljU (i which made tho
woed w 1( !?ul tender for debt. If !
were in ^.tshhatton today and had a
debt to ^ , coUl(1 t nmd)o a. load of
fop ttcco down to my creditor’s place
of business and pay i the debt, and he
wouW huv „ tl0 ri , ( u lho of
fer It wouI(1 bu „ iHU u > the
mombel . 8 () » .. ongI . 0 ,H some fine day
if they should find tlioir salaries paid
in 'long green. 1 When this law was
madei wll!lt iH now the District of
(j,,},,,,,p,, t Vv - aH part of Virginia, and
W } )ljM p W|W coded to tho oid general
govOTnnont it retsinod the stut
ut()M ... i„,ii u uul ,oU M News,
Not Oulto IIIn fdoali
During f l*n war talk over tho Bohr
ing sea eon frmvrsy with England a
certain gallnot naval officer dinod at
a swell Wmhington house, where
tiie pet of ( lie household was a little
boy. He wns told that tho naval
captain, who would ditto with them
that day, was a very gallant seaman
and had s< nn ( to l v ;r nervico.
Tlio youngster'!. -ifo to see the
gallant enptuin was great. At din
ner he hardly took his eyes off
old sea dog, and evidently highly
approved of a sear across tho vet
emu's face. When tho captain had
gono tho youngster was asked his
opinion of liim.
“Oil,” he said, “that scar on his
face in all v«--ry well, hut if hehnan’l
got a fow guHio'3 on his breuntand
logH I wouldn’t give tntich for him.”
-Washington Font.
flow 114 IiitoiutUlctd.
There aro two eyatenui in um> tor
i^temeifybig tho ligiito ot the laimsH
used in floating or fixed beacoim. By
the catoptric system the light is re
fleeted by a silvered copper parabolic
reflector, i<y means of which the
beams of light are brought into par
allel rays soot in the direction de
sired. By the dioptric system tho
diverging rays of light are tout to
th© dirt i-tn.o required by refraction,
the flame Is ing placed in the focus
of a glass ions, by means of which
tho diverging rays are bent parallel
til each other, so as to form one solid
I . beam of light, -New York Times.
i m.^n.ri. tv.....
Pnnrtnfjul I have ' been ' made
to manufucture lbuh.irb wine an , 1
j some meaauiof «m<;res„H<Towned tlio
| labors of tliiiHO who essayed making
a strong drink from tbo rhubarb
utolLu- stalks, i..,t but tl tbo wine wmo will will never n vur he Is
popular. It ih idefiiiant, nagrant anu
altogether a dcluoous liquor, Imtita
effect* uikhi tho digwtion are said to
j he harmful lmd cniough, Wine but mad© rhubarb of parsnips wine,
»
.
• CHpc^'iaily to a ^ aii w^bTitary
■ habits, is u tolerably swift poison,
: Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Mi*i(iri{; ft Attractive.
A sfaicuiuti ve Scutch gentleman
wantwl to disjKrH© of gome Ijucb. So
aa to attract purchaaers he printed
till) following placard^: “Extensive
sale of live eterck, comprising no leas
than 140,000 head, with an unlimited
right of pasturage.” Tito ingenious
trick suc<'*oded to admiration, for
his stock brought high prices.—Pbil
adelphia Jxtigcr.
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lowing PijM«jiger Si;liqflulq will ,.be> op
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1 Hillman 7: 6 56 ‘ I -40 ‘ 6 32pm
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1 Wlnlerv'e 32 11 25am 4 .51 pmj 6 50pm
A1 Athens ;40:11 40am ; 5 15 pm; 7 05pm
Bv Athens : 0825am H Kill rip' 3 50pm
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Ar Union I'’tt40‘6 5li a m. 11 35 am; 5 lHpm
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Bcllolo . VI 7 *55 pm 6 40 am
Ar < dir.....53 25 pro 7 30 am
Vo roniuG'timi for (i-tiiKUiviUc on Siui
day,
Trains No, 27 and 2 ; will stop and ro
i-eiv'e piiHsonget's to and front til*- follow
ing Matloos only, to...- own, Harlem,
Thompson, ( amak, Norv,r>(»l, Barnett
r.iawfurdvlllc, t':i; .n Point, CB -cn-sboro,
Huckhcad, MndiMin, hid ledge, .Social
< m-ie, t'oiivi-ntion B'oiiyus, Lithonla
stone Mountain and tic dor.
J. W. OUEKN, Bon. Manger
E. K. tioiiSKV, ton. Pa cugc Ag’t
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RELIEVES attest blatrjs.
REMOVES Co r a, Sense of WOamt,
Jabs'. f« F/.l K,
REVIVES FAlias ENERGY.
RESTORES Normal CbcuMfeag and
Wm.t io Tom Tnn.
Oft. HUTEft MEmCIKI CO.. St. Limit. Mo.
fry BLACK PWAUGHT tea lor Dyspefatl,