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Bv Clem. G. Moore.
VOL. XVI.
CROP REPORT j
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PilR FOR I1IC m MilYTll MOM II nr 01- JUt, tpvp ioao 1892 ;
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Returned to ,h. Department o, tgricul )
_ r - ture for t!»e State of Georgia. |
General Remarks.
The growth of .... all the crops has , been
greatly retarded for the want of a gen
eral rain In Southern Georgia mi
many localities, the drought lasted from
four to six weeks.
CORN.
The condition of this crop is better
than at the same time last year; while
the effect of the drought has been to
make the crop backward, the plant, as
a rule, is iu a healthy condition, and
with good seasons, will grow off
rapidly.
COTTON.
The reduction in the acreage devoted
to this crop has been emphasized State by cor¬
respondents. In tbe the stand
compared with an a\*erage, ® 88± and
the condition 88}.
OATS.
More than any other this crop lias
felt the effect of the dry weather, and
in many places spring sowed is reported
as being a,mu»t a total failure.
WHEAT.
The yiild of wheat will be the largest
for many years. In ad tition to an in¬
creased acreage the season Las been pro
pitious, and but little iuj ary has been
done by the rust.
RICE.
tVecote an increase of 4 per cent, in
the acreage devoted to this crop. The
condition is about an average.
MELONS.
The more Southern counties that
grow melons for shipment report ar in¬
creased acreage, while those further
north report a large reduction. lathe
State tbe acreage is 11 per cent, less
than that of last year.
FRCIT.
The forecast of a large yield verified of peaches
made in our last report is by
this, and ttie yiel l will be much larger
than lor a number of years. The grape
prospect is good, but that of apples and
pears not so favorable.
TOBACCO.
The drought prevented the trans¬
planting of a large number of experi¬
mental acres in this crop, but notwith¬
standing this, the area planted is much
larger than heretofore.
The following table shows the con
dition of averse, tbe principal prospective crops compared yield
with an with
of grain compared with average.
Corn. s | 1 || as s I beat. \V
North Georgia.... '!«* 06K ;92^ 188# t»J 89&US .!,-!) CJ.K
Middie Southwe’t Georgia... Georgia-U» -SO 84 6s
-»f >\
Southeast Gt :—xna '.»i ; < } :
fV-i r
Notes from Corre-poilileuts.
NORTH GEORGIA.
Banks.—The wlieat crop, where land
has been properly prepared, is tiie finest
for twenty-five years. Clover and
grasses are exceptionally flue. Cotton
injured by cold weather,
Bartow.—Hail iu this section dal con¬
siderable damage on the 22d of May,
compelling some farmers to replant in
places. Some bottom laud for corn still
unplanted. Season for getting and perfect
stand was very favorable stand
good until injured by hail. in tobacco
Catoosa.—Acreage very
small; too much rain; no summer yet;
crops backward.
Chattooga.—'The cold weather has
had a particularly damaging effect on and growing
crops, cotton corn.
Some transplanted. preparation For for few tobacco, weeks but during little
a
the season the weather was warm and
favorable to the germination of cotton,
consequently the young plants had a
vigorous and healthy appei;anee and
were free from the depredating condition instets,
which usually appear. This
was reduced by tiie cold weather which
followed.
Cherokee.—Wheat looking well; some
rust. Stand of corn and cotton good.
The cool weather, however, has made
crops somewhat backward. Farmers
are well up with their work.
Cobb.—In some sections of the
couny damaged by T frost oh tiie low¬
lands; corn damaged by bud worms;
oats suffering for rain.
Dade — Acreage in wheat, corn and
trass much larger than for last few
years. Farmers iu this section show a
very strong disposition to Less raise more
wheat and the grasses. cotton
planted than for years. Frost ou the
24th and 22d checked the growth of
plants but did no material damage,
Hail storm in Southern portion considerable of the
county ou the 22:1 did
damage to gardens and small plants.
Dawson.—Cold weather has greatly
retarded crops in some sections of the
countv. Frost on the 24th killed corn,
beans'peas, etc. would The injury be greatly done allay- by
tbe cold weather Fall
ed oatsf by rain and warm weather.
poor stand: spring, good.
Floyd.—There is a good stand of corn,
but f.vo weeks late. Cold weather, al
most amounting to frost, has caused
bud worms to destroy a good deal of it,
The stand of oats is good but snort, and
will tie troublesome to cut. Wheat
bids fair to turn out well, is free from
rust and otherwise promising. Cotton
is a perfect stand, and until the recwit
cold snap looked better than ever before
at this time of the year. The season
has been fine for Irish potatoes. P-aehes
are shedding badly, also apples and
pears. Cool damp weather has been
the making of clover and grass. Stock
io good condition.
Forsyth.—Cold weather Hail has tbe injure-1 221
tbe cotton prospect. the 24th. Corn on injured by
and frost ou 1 far
bud worms to some extent. lie
mere of this section, having decided to
raise their supplies going at home, debt or less as much than
as possible, are in
usual.
Franklin.—Crops are , late on
inss? sssr as“ ^
Corn was damaged bv the bud worm,
during the cool weather. Wheat is
better than it has been for years. (Jat»
are looking fine. Tne farmers are w .re
ing to make:nome self-sustaining. .->e-v.T
al farmers m the county have from five
to ten acres m tobacco: it is, in a small
measure, tax Jg tbe place of cotton.
Gotu*l.— viTseat looks better than
She Crwrf atwillc Democrat <*
Wheat is low anil irregular but w filling
Fayette.—Owing to the cold and dry
spell ^ of weatlier corn is small for the
f the ^ bn , BeeIU3 tobeiua
healthy and has much im
proved since the recent rains; the 1 ite
rains have also improve ! the stun l of
Farm stock in fair condition
* Uveene:-The f hnnefnl
spring has been so cool
anJ dry that !lU crops are backward;
cotton stand poor and dying from the
effect of the cool nights. Corn stand
^ , bnt verv ' sm:l li fluid worms bad. a
8e asoa would stop them. The
ia coltoa is at icnat one third
0 g ■ The acreage iu cor a has been iu
about one-fonrth. )f Fall oats
^ , Ht 0 ona half bv me
arougUt ® . Spring k b oats are an entire
-
Hancock.-The low per cent, of crop
con<lltion reported u dne t0 the ver y dry
weather. Cottou iu many places portion not of
yet up, iu the south-western
tbe coau t y the crops have secured the
benefit of partial showers, and in the
nofcUwesteru pHrt it U as Wn entirely
dpy We have hud only two nights cofton; iu
three weeks warm enough for
corn also needs warm weather. Far
mers are wrll with their work,
Halris ._ The growth of nil vegetation
hag boen V(tfy mnch reUld ed by the
protracted drought. Pastures are be
COIU1U g % poor and cattle not doing good so
welL rn is waal , bal has a
co j or _ stand of cotton poorer than we
have had for years. Have just had a
g 0od IU in, which will cause u great i.u
p rovemeu t in all crops. Wheat is very
d d free from rust; some say the
we have bad iu ten years. Fall
0Htg very good ni somo p arl8 „f the
countv, but geueraliv the crop Inis been
.j * ; d by / tlus drought. ° Spring oats
„ oor
Heard.—Six weeks of <iry weather has
be9n to upJand oat8 ; the same lsste.
cau9e makes a stand of cotton
Irish potatoes also off on account of dry
wea ther. Many apple trees that were
j ast year d j d uut t,l 0< j.n this year;
wheat “„., blU area auiaU . Farmers
we]1 u t h ti.eir work,
Henry.—No rain in six v*«eks, except
light showers; corn sun... but good
stand; oats very poor.
Jasper.—Corn checked small but in dry good con¬
dition. growth by weather
when first up. More wheat sown til: n
usual, yield per acre better than for
ten yoars, heads full and grains plenty.
More attention is being paid to grasses
and forage crops. section dry. having
Jones.—This, is
had only a few light showers since the
20th of March; the corn and cotton is
consequently small; it is however free
from grass and weeds. Cold weather
has also retarded growth. Oats stubble
will be very renovating largely planted in peas its a
forage and crop.
Lincoln.—The season has been too
cool and dry for crops to grow. We
had a considerable frost on the 24th,
which makes young cotton look sickly.
Oats heading injured very by bud slowly. Early Wheat Corn
was worms.
good, but small acreage sown.
McDuffie.-Spring oats a failure on
mat, and cut worms have injuria! the all
stand on gray lands; poor stand ou
red land
i„a r srs r ™“r-s retarded tsx toe
The dry weatlier has
growth of all vegetation. As to culti
vation, crops are in fine condition.
Monroe.—Rains have been partial. lo
Oats were cutoffbydroug.it. Some ground
calities still suffering tor rain;
dry, and in clods, hard to work.
Morgan.—The severe drought lias
affected every crop; much of the cot
ton is not up and caunuot come up un
til we have rain.
jxs^asr*sMi: Cottoa ' have a
cool weather. seems to
grown but little, if any, iu ten days,
Corn, perhaps (partially from drought),
is quite small and of poor color. Have
not had one halt inch of rain fall in tins
Oglethorpe.—Good rains in some sec
tions, very dry in others. The cold
wei it her lias retards i the growth of
vegetation; cotton and corn both smalt,
Corn looks healthy and well in some
localities, but unhealthy in someplace*, others. 'Jut
worms very destructive in
Wheat is ripening and will soon be
ready to cut; small grain needing rain;
spring oats heading very lo w.
Pike.—Tbe month of May has been
dry and cool; spring oats considerably
cut off; fall oats and wheat are free
from rust, but not all on account of dry
weatlier; heads are full; corn small hut
>u good condition. Tne Irish potato
crop generally damaged by dry weather. their
Farmers generally up wtih
work. lias
Rockdale—The oat prospect ,
fallen off considerably on account of ury
weather; cool nights retarded the
growth of cotton. Corn small, bu
healthy, some complaint ot -uu
worms.
Spalding.—Owing to drought and
coo 1 weather our corn is far beyond tiie
average in size; cotton rather small but
healthy; ground in good condition, and
j well worked, and when rain comes
; plants wifi grow rapidly,
j Talbot.—We have had a continued
j droU yht in this section for nearly eight
; wee fc.<; B ome partial light showers only.
Cotton and corn behind one month;
poorest stand since 184o. Spring half oats
| almost a total failure; fall about a
j crop. Peach trees that are healthy
have a full crop but yellows have killed
ma ny this spring. Too dry for gardens
; and forage crops.
j j Xronp —We have had month, an unusual
j t emperH ture during the p irtieu
j arl at n jg|,t. During April and Mav
| there was but little ram; on accvunt, o:
tblj4 j iar e a very poor stand of cotton,
gg ttn d corn very backward. Oats, excep
- oats, nearly a complete failure.
Upaon .__Co t ton looks very bad ou ac
count of cold and dry weather; corn
, blte but looks very weli; wheat is g'«>4
b , lltt]e rnBt; peach prosriect
K %^al ht, riles molerate
t on.-Oirn small; bud worm
tbtv destructive on bottom tends. C,,l
“hfgrowth and wm dv weatlier have retarded
: fc ofhotton: oat- injirel by
, * ht Fh11 0iltH ai ^, lt naif
, £ra ts aiwo » t a
j ar e. Wheat has rust on sufficient blades,
; f aTora ble weather not
^ »_
£2?,^ g t J* CJ ,, jt c >ni is small
.L in g(J0 .l condition. 8;
» f.iinre m. account of
! J£.«, . W1 „ a m fair.
d wheat: wheat fine, crops work
__a f,rtn«rs well an with their
Wilkes—Corn repiamm’g. -mail; bud worm
d mn( . h
,
for years; some rust, , but , the prospect ,
for a full crop is gool. Cotton lau-;
corn (TiM.mett.-tv..ol good. stand of 1 i
c^ri an
cotton m a greater part of the i >u
JXVi'* caused cotton to ^ L «■ 1 T»n 1 e o, v * ,n 'l ive
been worked over the irrst t.mc. hat o
account ot cola dry weather nrei. it
off rajiidy. Bees for some
cause are not stcr.gl.6ney as here.o-
1
Habersham. tt i , No » T . rust . on ......s... g .■ * ■
,
of _
weather has retarded the gvm. tu
plants; tobacco being transp.aiited. dayslite
Hall.-Cotton and com tea
on account of tae cold weataer. Out
with favorable weather, no serous
damage will be done, borne <-ci.Lt.es
have had plenty of ram; m others oat*
aud Irish potatoes are suffering fur the
nee.i ofit. Farmers are paying more
attention to horticulture, and is tth bet
ter results than eier before.
Haralson. But little rust on . e.
or oats. Cotton was looking well un »
the recent cold weather, and wi i K' MH
seasons no great injury has been done. -
Corn crop planted late ou bottom
...... ^°° dr y ^ or 0tl . *•
lu.e cold .
consequence of the spring and
weatlier all crops are backward. On I
May 24th there was a light trust in low
P .V es .'- The . , larger !
Madtson. corn crop is i
this count v than has been for years. :
Very good stand, and loaning well. |
Cotton is not so good; the \\ eed is ve
email, and gr.-at man> farmers con -
piuiatng of stand. Goal nights not di>
winds mate the weed looa sick Wheat
cron is very good throughout the
county. Oats needing ram; fall sowing
goou; spring sowing not so good.
Murray. Farmers in this section are
generally up with their work. Work
in^ over corn the second time, and
chopping out cotton 1 he acreage in
cottou has fallen off y pe ecu .
Season favorable. ^
Paulding.—Crops a little late. Cot
ton looking very had. A large portion
Of the county vis. ed by hail on the 221
of May, followed by cold weather, with
some frost, ilie area in wheat smal ,
but tbe prospect good. The farmers are
working harder and buying less ou
credit than any time iu twenty years.
Pickens.—We have had four s-asons
for crops in coming up. rain especially wheat, cot¬
ton. A little too much for
and some cold nights for cotton.
On the inorirtfg of May 21tli
tbe thermometer registere 1 40 de
grees. witb frost- on lowlan i, but
little damage done . Fruit of all kind
holding on splendidly. Local hail
storms have done some damage to all
kinds of tender vegetation.
Polk.— late, cold
Towns.—The season is very
althrough April and May.“We In 1 frost
as late as the 23d of Mar,, but no damage
done The farmers are well up wi n
their work, and taking more interest i l
farming and stock raising than Hereto¬
fore. Stock of all kinds look well.
Union.—We had frost ou the 231 of
Mav, bnt no damage done.
Walker.—Corn generally a good stand,
but small and yelly : frem . tLeSOIot tz. of
00*n-;’btk. w^fflETwinitrt!7iTrK. Cote_ /#> „-o -_ ttai. p5ie^ 1 Jussi.
r :
well. Clover very poor; w. 11 not make
half crop, | IPeachea plentiful; app-es
and pears halt crop. kill¬
Waite. —On May the 24tli frost,
ing Borne vegetation and injuring (iff
growing crops. Quite a per cent, of the
fruit lias already fallen, and if the cold
weather continues much longer a great
deal more will fall.
Whiifieid. —Cold, dry,'windy . weather,
damaging all crops except wheat.
MIDDLE GEOK0IA.
Baldwin.—Corn is small, bnt looks
well, and in fine condition. Cotton just
Up. Tiie wneat and oat crop is better
than for several years past, Tl-e
droughts in April have greatly retarded
all crops. In some localities not euon rh
rain falling to bring seed up. Fruit
crop abunoaiit. in months,
Bibb.—V.ry little rain two
injuring the oat crop. Cold lias re¬
tarded the growth of all vegetation.
Potatoes iiave been transplanted, looking mid a
good crop is expected, plants
well.
Campbell.—Our people are becoming
aware of the fact that raising so much
cottou is suicidal, and are diversifying
their crops. Labor has been more
plentiful than for five years, cause less
cotton and more grain. The cold, dry
weather has made the crops very back
ward; in many places not enough rain
to bring cotton up. Corn has been dam
age l by tho bud worm on the bottom
laud. Wlieat is better than for many
years. Oats not so good, on account of
drought. May has tieen dry iu
Carroll.— very
all the county except the western por
tiou, greatly damaging oats. Wheat
good, and no rust. Cora small. F ruit
crop promising an abundant yield,
Gardens and potato patches dried up.
Clayton.—Continued dry weather lias
injured crops very much. Cottou com
ing up slowly; affected by the cold
weather and advanced hail; stand considering very imperfect. the
Work well baked and
condition, which was left
hard iu many places by the early
rains. injured by drought;
Columbia.—Oats .Crops
spring oats almost a total failure.
generally very irregular, caused by bad
stand at the start. Corn is smaikr
than usual; growing well at tins time.
Cotton is free from grass, but looking
badly from recent cool weatlier, causing
lice and cut-worms. continues,
Coweta.—^The dry weather
with little prospect of ram each day
giving evidence of the necessity of early
planting of corn, cotton and gardens,
and of thorough preparation and
thorough cultivation. Corn is very
smali, owing to drought and cool
: weather, and for some cause cotton is
small, but clean. Farmers have had
| but little use good for extra compared la-or. to the Wheat last
and oats very
five years. made ,
Douglas.—Cool nights , have the L
crops backward. Some frost enough to
see the effect on cotton and potatoes.
Corn injured by bud worms; oata very
short on account of dry weather.
Elbert.—Tins county has been very
dry, have not had a.good ram sincethe differ-
6th of April. Partial showers m
en t parts of the county, always followed
by high winds that would dry the mois
ture out Of the ground immediately.
®
by bud worms: field well cultivated and
free from grass. Outcome hopeful,
with go*yl rams in near future. Cotton
et «nd, with the except.or^f red lan.k
»nd late planting, very good. The cul- i
tivation of fields excellent, but the wee
small Oats suffered for rain and the
yield jured will and be spring small. oats Fail nearly oatt really rained. in-
“DEVOTED TO ,'J.IE PEOIT.E GENERALLY.”
CRAWFOKDVILLE. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUlfjt 8, 1892.
Qavs late; stand oU gray land good, on
red land poor. Oats almost mined by
dry weather. 1 have proven de
etructive to poultry this spring; young
chickens and tm tera died by hnn
dr ,. ds .
(To l«* ('onttaued.)
SOAPING GEYSERS.
..... -mm I’xrimi*. - ■".»
Spm.t net a v.o>
Tom-ists in the Yellowstone Na
tional park got into tbe habit some
veers mo of soaping the geysers to
make make them tut m Hirin' sp n— expelled and ™ tho inu park 1 au
thorities were to onfoi-ee
the rule agiuiist irowmg objects of
any kind into 1 .0 springs, pei’xniuiently because
somo of them hi Leatmeut. .1 been
injured by siii h The art
of soaping goys‘K was accidentally
discovered by a < biueae laundryman
iu the Upper t:. yser basin'in the
summer of 1885,
One day he f- * w some soap into
tho hot spring i,..om which he was
accustomed to,uaw water, and,
greatly to his sie prise, be produced
au eruption r< ve»'-Hug that of a true
geyser. distances Tourisif to see'eruptions vho hadcome.long began to
ex]ierimeut on fthe larger geysers
withsomosucqeB. They found that
they could coax! tbe unwilling gey
sers to perform.|uul if the practice
had tieen conti. -ed it is probable
that tho geyser- would long before
now have lost much of their spectae
ular value. 'A '
Mr. Arnold Eft. tie investigated the
curious phenomenon. By a series of
experiments on l ie action of soap in
stimulating the ' uptk-ns of geysers,
he found that so “e were much more
susceptible to Jtho “treatment than
others. He fouM that many of the
hot springs and surface* geysers were quiet
even when the -^above temperature
of the water w tbe boiling
point for that altitude. Any disturb
ance, therefore, h-T.agin, £ as'likely to cause
the ebullition as the water
was in a state eonceltrirted of «5ist£hlo equilibrium
If soap or lyewnsudd
ed, a viscous final was produced
which seemed to. -ause the retention
of steam, and in-.‘be case of super ,
heated waters, when the tempera
ture stands ai.< *-riiu natural boijing
point, explosiyt *J*sr*itioti must fol
p A •
)W
Mr. Henry M ViHp ©■ ■11, tl'ni English
geologist, who <1 tho yellow
to stone t he park soaping amldk<$j| some >:t;m st'.ys attention thul
Ml » gy *1
tho fuutous
seeing to bo p»WK
Aiirriifted i N? trnmo bf Its
Ip — „
vals, patriot u* ‘ /««null fo Uie art
f u ] dodge to ^bt tlifitn in action,
Among those is .the Beehive, which
>-• ~ *»* k 4**« In ral,
to tliO action ' y SOftp. g( 1 H
however, it seeniB doubtful whether
much reliance can bo placed on that
m ,.(i 10 d 0 f producing eruptions.
j ft paper ‘ on soaping * geysers,
which , , Mr. Hague ... read _ be ir,,.,. foie a „
scientific society a while ago, ho wad
“Outside of a few exceptional in
etance8i which could not tie repeated
fm d j n which action was probably
•»****» time, geyser eruptions ™'z » produced T'rr liy
soap or alkali appear to demand two
essential requirements: First, the
8nr y a( . e caldron Of reservoir should
^ ^ BmBl] araomit of water,
exposing only a limited area to the
atmosphere; second, tho water should
stain 1 at or above the boiling point of
water for the altitude of the geyser
basin above sea level.”—New York
Sun.
Watflh n Cblld’a I*4*nt.
Let the parents watch tho bent of
the child’s inclinations and judge
from them only what calling he
seems most fitted for. In the vast
majority of cases, where it is essen
tial that the child should ho a bread
winner ns soon as he attains years of
discretion, it may ho necessary for
him to do much work that is irk
some arid for which he has no special
adaptation before ho can choose a
calling of his own.
The man who is compelled by pen
ury to carve out a career for himself
acquires a rugged strength hjvtlie
means that often enables Imn to out
distance his rival who has molded
his life from more plastic circum
stances.—New York Tribune.
wj, y s.mie “Tlnproat" Uulhlliiic* Burn,
The boat unite in tho tnanv cords
Of pine - wood , partition, rtition sheathing sheathing,
etc., in what purports to bo a Blow
burning warehouse of heavy mill
construction will often bo found Kuf
R ( . 1( . nl to hudi-Iv * *, churooal enough J" to
melt , . large charge of . pig . trow . in , a
a
puddling furnace. in It the thus happens
that one often finds J-ap'-is a
j record of the complete destruction
j i „ r ; r( ., e w v, a * v iaj , called either
i fireproof f tmilduig, or a Ymildirar building of of
a
j so ha ^l null construction, or a s ow
! burning building, free from hollow
spaces and free from many of the
which infest tlio ' common ex
t amplee of , combustible , architecture. , , ,
-Lngmeenng Magazine.
--
’ The Oreat Porcelain Tower.
In 14^) A. D., after nineteen years
of ceaseless la I Sir and an expenditure
r ,f about £WJd (XX> the Cliinese gov
. fir,iKh<sl the wonderful nor
’ for nearly four and a quarter cen
turies, until 1856, the most marvel
rnlH ^ „v(n-erected bv human
^ ” ?,/ ia Umn
2?X) . feet . Ul height, with nine stones,
each having a cornice and a gallery
without.—New York Recorder
HOW rr FEELS TO BE HIT IN BATTLE,
------
A Soldl«r of th** Lat«* War Gives an Ac*
rounl of Ills SeiiHHtlonS*
When the lieutenant had disap
peared from view I turned my face
to the front, bolstering my trembling
hones with the thought that this Tl ^ hist
that the sharpshooters could not get
the range on our end of the lino.
Then followed a “thud ’ close to mo,
and my next sensation was that 1
was prostrate i on the ground, v pierced
, , .
with a lod and pinned to the until.
Tins was tne physical sensation,
but of coiu*se was not tho fact.
Then through my brain there Hit ted
quieWy a \usiou suth as the thought
of a battle most commonly brings to
mmd mtmses of waning men sting
ghng individually for U 10 nnwtoiy.
Iseemeilto be m the midst of tho
melee, and with all the indignation I
could express w.m shout mg to the
men in gray. There, j ou have hit
we!
Next I was being bfted and sup
ported by some one, and a voice said,
“Ho isn’t hit but something is the
matter.* “Yes, stud another voice
sternly, be is bit and as gooil aa
dead. Take linn to the real'. llnul
so far recovered as to comprehend
those remarks, and instantly con
eluded that 1 was the subject of a
practical joke. Iu another moment
I was seized with the keenest pain I
have ever experienced in my life, in
the region where it had seemed in
my swoon that I was run through
with a rod.
Now what had happened was this:
I had been in a sitting posture, rest
ing partly on tho ground, part ly upon
my’legs doubled beneath me, the left
hand holding my weapon, tho arm
well braced across my chest so that
the middle of the upper hone pressed
against tho heart. On my arm were
two shirt sleeves, a jacket sleeve, an
overcoat sleeve and the overcoat
cape, and a musket, ball moving iu
the direction of my heart and spine*
—that is, obliquely to, tho front of
my person- had ticked the limb of a
bush a few feet away, keeled over
and struck, flatwise on thy mm, im
bedding itself in the liimnei and tho
fj<?sh. T Oeorgo L Kilmer in Popular
Science Monthly.
1
Ti’iiu Stoll', . * .
\ j||,
In tdie upper reservoir ^at Moun¬
tain View cemetery are planted a
Inrgc nurd her of Gen nun ('•atp—the
Hamm now rftttgiM a ti’om four
Tin
TTvoir Tltrdi-rr. . ij’rfjwT.;
yv eat, and the menagmue lit the park
consists of a big Tern oat. Tom
is an expert fisher cat. Ho creeps
along the margin of tho reservoir,
and when a carp pokes up its nose
into the gross at the edge of tho lake
to feed, Tom deftly pulls his carp
ship out and cats him. This is a
true cat and fish story, and no dia
grain is considered necessary to
prove it. -Oakland Times.
Frof^M ami Hfiak«n4.
The common snake ih very fond of
water. Its food consists exclusively
of frogs or fishes. All snakes eat
either living food, Including eggs, or
creatures they have themselves
killed. When pursued by a snake
the frog seems to be half paralyzed
with fear, leaping less approaches and less pow
erfully as the snake it
more nearly, and uttering feeble
cries. If a stick be so pushed through
the grass toward ft frog as to imitate
tho movement of a snake the frog
will exhibit tho symptoms of terror
just noted. (Quarterly Review.
'I'li ia 1'ifclii from h Corn.
The exquisite pain caused by corns
is generally due to the presence of a
small abscess temeath the indurated
skin which constitutes the corn.
Ilie pressure of tho shoe irritates the
flesh beneath and causes soreness
and a small accumulation of fats,
which cannot escape, and so in luces
a jiuin that is often iutense. To cut
away tho coni is sure to relieve the
trouble entirely, but piercing it with
a needle will often accomplish the
same result. St. I/nlis Globe Gerno
crat.
tin lluctinfc Colored I’ontrrk.
The latest fad ill the line of eollecb
ing is the collecting of colored post
ere the hills with which the enter
prising [sisp’r adorns teiards and
fenwis and dead walls atenit town.
In France and in several of the Ger¬
man cities this new mania has taken
a deep hold and is spreading rapidly.
In England the foil is frowned upon
by dealers who have other curios to
sell anil who fear that this new rage
will harm the “legitimate.” Chicago
News.
A Cat TRat Mke» Chicken.,
Portland * ’ lri.l claims
to . tie ^ Uie owner 0 oi , amrgeia a h Toln i wit o»t
who long ago developed a great 1 > >
for the anrqiamonshlpof the they poultry do,
trite* It eats everything ^Pand
l U c<J when night
Comes perches U8UI tl-c r.sist
alongside of a rooster as contented ,
as if it were with those of its own
land—Philadrfphia Ledger.
-----
a Mean Thing u« i>«.
mean <» •** for a «**+ passenger ■- rx? te kiss “,.‘r i»
buck of hi* h«><l With a load, nr
sounding smack. When daylight is
readied it '*us«. the other pamen
K m . r , - to eve i i-ju ' h otlier with painful
earnestness and dire suspicion. . Ixm- ,
don Tit-Bits.
Early Sju lllu£.
Uniformity of spelling is a strictly
modern accomplishment. In the do- j
friptions of early meeting houses,
"A roofo Dormans, 1
stpiare wtinou i
J ' 1 Liucoms on each idde, evt
dontly a ln, ' ! ‘ :is u rouf w ‘thout dormers
«; »«m.s and with Iu. antes, hut
...................... ... ..... .
g
, r) “ , . .. ,‘ , ■•tmritts” I
ld and
.g uvytH " aud "feri. ‘ l tH" and ' tym-ts" V
™ biryettes tuitl timot s am .
“eliyrists,’ which were one and the
same thing. One church had orders
f()1 , A,- a nU)1 .. mv W and
•
.. . , , ...
*
. ^ »» Co , w,^ ir‘ivln*lH” sttlvrs mil a ‘ a'hEaP “milnvt”
• id
j of ‘
jt y tho mnw entry ono wol . (1 I
S J j„q U «1 in three or four different
WH ; S A portion of the contract in I
Uu Koxlnirv clmreli rqcpitbr wads:
., SaVl , ,T„i in i* t-fence in the Bur
pf as witlt R Fesy ston wall, sett
hattl „ <lon f 01 . 8 tr«nk and work
manship, ^ as also to mark a Dohall |
; oJ . ei ht fot0 wi(1 a)ul l0
• J. jfcM
..gejwhattly" ^ is sufficiently til,, intelli
- bk , OI oan fancy double
t0 a „ llillglM i i i nlt who could guess
^ ^ “fesy" is “faey ” or faced
„ moot m v? ;L Kxc hange
IKlHiintlarMiood tilt- Mlnl-tfcr.
A well known local ministur, who
is in the lmbit of making weekly
calls at the armory for the imipose
of difltfibutiug tracts and words of |
comfort to hearts- bleeding with
shanto and sorrow, had an experi
once tho other day which has fur
nished excellent material for a story
which lie toils With great gusto at
the Club. Ho made a visit to tho
anoory for the purpose of speaking
with some of the inmates.
A brawny now policeman met him
ot jho door.
“Pfwat do ycz want?” tie asked,
with a dignified swelling of the
chest.
“1 desire to get access to the prison¬
ers confined here."
“Pfwat! Axes, is it? Begorra,
divil an ax will yez take to them
varmints there. Out o’ hero wid yoz
or Oi'U cut yure t'roat fur ye/.I" |
Luckily some of tho officers who
were .acquainted with the divine iu
terropted further dlscussimi on this
point.—Chfcago 2*
-*
What a V Kujoy*.
There nrc few ft i mrttemntisimr
than to Ava tcl; mlyqd mibihifUiig to
piciously at thjstwig winch you arc
tulvaiiciiig toward him. But after
two t\A r o or 01 throe till 00 misses pnssi s down (town his Ills hock I.U.K
his manner undergoes a marked
change, hia eyes done with art ex
pniHsion of infinite rupture, he pluiita
his feot wider apart and his body
swells out to nearly double its ordi¬
nary size, as if to obtain by these
means more room for enjoyment.
Thus he will remain until you
make some sudden movement which
startles him, or until ho has had as
much potting as he wants, when,
with a puff of regretful delight, lie
will reduce himself to his usual di¬
mensions and hop away, 1-ent once
more on the pleasures of the chase.
- Our Dumb Animals.
Tlir /%<1 titijt'H of NJof.ll.
Tliose who lira opposed to early
rising and as time goes on tho mini
hers seem to increase will learn
with interest the opinion of a (lor
man doctor, who has been collecting
information about tho habits of long
lived persons, and finds that tho ma
jority of long livers indulged in Into
hours. At least eight out of ten per
sons over eighty never went to bed
till well into the small hours and did
not got u)> again till late in the day.
Ho nunsidera that getting Up early
tends to exhaust tho physical power
and to shorten life, wliilo tho so
called invigorating early hours are,
ho thinks, apt to produce lassitude,
and are positively dangerous explodes to tlio some old
constitutions. This
maxim of early to bed and early to
rise. London Court Journal.
A (ihud
A druggist of Atlanbi has invented
a cx.ntnvtti.ee U, prevent sono.iH mis
taken in rihrig preHrnpUouH. JIih
inveotten is a bottle, just like others,
except in one particular It has a
glass stoiqxT coverwl with inuumer
able sharp points that sensibly prick
the hand if one is not careful in re
moving it from the bottle. All jxii
sonous and dangerous drugs are to
te; kept in teittlcs like this. Tho i>e
cuhur contrivance will make the
druggist careful, no mathir how
great, his hurry, and if he is made to
lie cautious in handling bottles ho
will make no mistake in filling pro
seriptions.— Hartford Times.
Collectors of Curious ripe*.
Collectors of cun--us . p:js*s are as
numerous nowadays m Other people
who find amusement in hunting
^^ fif ter the ‘ miaint 1 and untioue ‘ There
are many enthusiastic , j tjl . si/ K u|(jk( . re rb in
New Vork who make-it a jaum to
call regularly at their tobacco deal
, ask him if he has got
er’s and any
; smokers thin : uh *.r ns) ;rr
.
, enthunastic of H.eee te MrJ., Cole
man Drayton He has a magmfiu nt
assortment of meerschaum and liner
w(K/l }} pines and never loses a dmnee
| to . ad . 1 to t his it .j Ip./ainn — New York
Advertiser
Terms: $ 1 . 25 .
AO. 27.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
Stone*Mountain*Ro!ite.
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Office Gknkbai. Nov. Mana< , }
AtrousTA, (Ja., V , >. )
Commencing Sunday, 1.-th inst t t fol ..
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All Trains Daily, Except .Sunday.
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No miLoction for GufnoHvillo on Sun
day.
Train h No. %7 and 28 will atop and re
reive oaHMon^erM t<» and from tlx? f<dIow
J?i(r HfatloriM only, Grovetown, Harlem
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a safe, speedy cure, ftetnrn*
TOshi bloom« ,u cheek a, hesutiiU-s Complexion.
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