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Swamp Muck. When composted with lime and "round bones this gives us a fertilizer inferior to few of the commercial manures. Oyster shell lime is preferred by some to ashes as a sweet oner for swamp muck, but neither will an swer. l’rof. Stclle sets forth the value of composted tnuck very fairly. He says: “ In cold climates, where there are several freezes in winter, swamp muck may be ap plied to lands by itself with great profit, but I could not recommend such an application for this country. There it is dug up and thrown in heaps or rows to freeze over win ter, and that freezing puts it through a rot ting process which fits it for spreading upon the. lands; but here where there are no freezes worth naming, placing it upon the 'surface does r.ot seem to work any very great effect upon it, hence it remains the same sour swamp muck still, and when applied to the grounds will not show much if any benefit done the crop. “Our best method of using swamp muck in the lower South is to compost it with other matter, as stable or cow-yard manure, weeds, grass, ashes and soon. It may always make up two-thirds of the bulk of the compost heap, and then give us a better manure than if no swamp muck was applied, and it is one of the finest absorbents in the world, destroying all odor that would otherwise arise from the pile. A dead animal chopped up worked into the swamp muck heap never smells in the least, even though its bulk should be one-fourth to that of the muck. “Composted with other materials, swamp muck rots promptly and undergoes an entire change of character, rendering it an invalu able coarse fertilizer. It makes a good ma nure for the scuppernong grape, composted with ashes. Rubbish, such as grass, weeds, leafy bushes, pine straw and pine cones, burned under a covering of earth on the plan of a coal pit, and then composted with swamp muck until the whole mass has rotted to gether, makes one of the best fertilizers that can be made on the farm. “Of course the reader is at no loss to un derstand what swamp muck is. It is simply the steepings of vegetable matter in water that have settled in the great beds, where we find it during the lapse of untold ages. You have doubtless noticed that the water in many of our creeks and small rivers has a dark, coffeeish color—that coloring matter has been extracted from decomposing vegetation, and that, when it settles from the water, is what we call swamp muck. In the swamps, where it is deposited, many forms of animal life exist, and these, when they die, contribute toward giving the deposit somewhat of an animal as well as a vegetable character, making it better as a plant food than it would be without them.”— Cotton. A Lost Art. The day was when planters on our rich river lands claimed that they had made forty and fifty bushels of corn to the aero. We are unable to vouch for the truth of these state ments, which come down to us as traditions of ante-bellum days. If true, then we re luctantly conclude that corn planting on the river must be classed among the lost arts. We think that the corn actually gathered along the river will average nearer to fifteen than to twenty bushels per acre. The cause •of this poor crop is not due to poor land, but to poor preparation, poor cultivation and poor management. The cotton planter, before planting his crop, puts aside an amount of land sufficient to make “ corn enough to do him,” calculated at the rate of forty bushels to the acre. The cotton or corn stalk and “ trash” are piled and burned, and the plow ing commences, say in March. The season is “getting on, ’ and the negro plowman, to save time, will “ lap” his furrows ; in other words, will cover up, under the ridge he throws up, a strip of hard unbroken land twelve inches wide. The strip i.s directly under the centre of the “ bed” on which the corn must grow. In the rush the planter has neglected to secure good seed corn, and, rather than wait, plants from a sack of “ boat corn” which has probably been heated. A bad “ stand” is the consequence, but the cotton land is only half prepared, and time is pressing. A part of the cotton crop is planted and plowing still goes on. More cotton 13 planted, and the first planting needs scraping, and before this is through, the planter, who lias had no time to look after his corn, finds that it is up, needs thinning and is foiTl with grass and cockleburs. When it can wait no longer lie “ runs around it,” “ barring it of” with one furrow, and goes back to bis cotton. The corn is left standing on a narrow slice of land, with the roots ex posed, and if a hard rain comes much of it is washed down. When the corn is near knee-high, and the weeds in the “ middle” still higher, it is chopped out and two furrows thrown to it with the turningplow, aucTthe “middles” covered up with two more. It i3 then left? standing in this condition until it “ bunches for tassel,” when it is plowed out in three or four furrows and laid by. If the weather is dry, the blades shrivel and the corn will hardly be worth gathering ; if a good rain follows, the corn will recover from the clumsy butchering and make from ten to twenty' bushels per acre. The sugar planter does nut pretend to be a corn planter. When a “ cut” is exhausted he plows up the stubble and plants in corn, and when the corn is laid by he sows it down thickly in peas. The ground is plowed deep and well, but it is rough. The probability is that the corn will be poor and borne down to the ground with pea vines, which will overrun ' it. A wet fall will rot it badiy, and if it j proves not worth gathering it will be turned under with the pea vines. The next year the ground being enriched with the pea vines', will probably yield, with the ordinary cultivr* tion, twenty barrels of corn. This is a picture hard to realize, but true of many planters in the alluvial lands. The corn region proper of the United States planted and worked after the Louisiana fashion would not make the seed planted. Of course there arc honorable exceptions among our valley’ planters, who make twenty - five and thirty bushels of corn, but if there are any of the old stock still remaining, we would be glad to hear from them how they made “ forty or fifty” bushels of corn to the acre. — N. O. Democrat. Senator Boone’s Big Feet. In the early’ day’s of Indiana, one of the State Senators was a good-natured giant named George Boone. When he stood up his height attracted attention, for he measured nearly seven feet. If lie made a gesture, his hands were noted as the largest ever seen in that State. But it was his feet that amazed his colleagues. When about 18, young Boone thought he would call on a neighbor who lived a few miles off. Sally, the neighbor's daughter, was large and pretty’, and the y’outhful giant thought she would make a suitable wife. It was late in the fall, though too early to put on shoes, so that he started barefooted. His best butternet-colored suit had been made some six months before, and was much too small for him. The pantaloons reached just below his knees, while the coat stretched as tight over his body as an eel skin dried on a hoop-pole. After wading creeks and muddy bottoms the would be sparker arrived at the neighbor’s log hut just as the family were sitting down to supper of mush and milk. Being invited to draw up, he sat down alongside of Sally. The old lady offered him a large bowl, which he stretched forth his hand to take. Not making sufficient allowance for the size of his hands, he struck the big milk pitcher. Out went the milk over the table, and out went Sally from the room roaring with laughter. The old lady kindly remarked, “ It will rub out when it dries but the youth knew that he was already rubbed out, so far as Sally was concerned. lie saw nothing more of her. The clock struck ten. “ Mr. Boone,’’ asked the old lady, “ won’t you wash your feet and go to bed ?” “ Yes, ma’am.” “ Here’s an iron pot; it is the only thing I have that’ll do.” The pot proved too small for his feet to enter, except by sliding them in sideways. When in, they swelled so much that lie could not get them out. The pain was intense. As the clock struck eleven, the old lady asked : “ Mr. Boone, are you not done washing y’our feet ?” “ What did this pot cost ?” lie roared ; “ I must break it.” “ A dollar.” “ Bring rue the axe.” Breaking the pot in pieces, he handed the old lady a dollar, opened the door and started for home. Several years after, he met Sally at a husking. As soon as she saw him she burst out laughing.— Sketches of Early In diana. MORE YET! Notwithstanding the heavy inroads up on our stock, wc still keep enough of iv\u\ V Dry CSrOods on hand to supply our customers, and shall con tinue to add-to the same as the requirements of the trade demand. WE ARE STILL OFFERING BARGAINS Staple Dry Goods and GROCERIES. Call and price. We will take pleasure in show ing our stock. A. 11. BROCK & CO. Jefferson, Ga., April 29th, 1881. RIfiPAY agents jlav*a ii l. WANTED. M E A’ ANT A LIMITED number of active, ener getic canvassers to engage in a pleasant and prof itable business. Good meu will find this a rare chance TO MONEY. Such will please answer this advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have been engaged in. None but those who mean business need apply. Address FINLEY, IIARVEY & CO., Atlanta, Ga. Coffins! Coffins! I WILL keep on band, in Jefferson, a full sup ply of COFFINS —AND— BURIAL CASES of all sizes, and at prices to suit the times. Ever}’ effort will be made to serve parties promptly and satisfactorily. Respectfully, apl 29 W. A. WORSHAM. LOOK AT THIS! thixistk: of it i COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. JUST TtECHIVEID 300 ELEGANT COOK STOVES, 3000 Dozen 3Vasli Pans, 100 Dozen Splendid Baking Pans, 100 Dozen Elegant Dish Pans, CILe Jp FOIPcASH °* §OOdS ln our linc which will be sol<t A. K. CHILDS k CO. Feb- 25 Opposite Reaves, Nicholson & Cos., Athens, Ga. MARBLE ! MARBLE!! A. IS. ROBERTSON, DEALER IN ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE Monuments, Tombs, Head & Foot Stones, LARGE and SMALL CRADLE TOMBS, Marble and Granite Box Tombs, AT ALL PRICES TO SUIT PURCHASERS. A Large Lot of Finished Monuments and Tombstones on Hand for Sale and Ready for Lettering. 3ly Yard is Pull of Marble, and lleady to Fill Any Orders. g ‘ i VE me AX CALL, -A.2STID GET IvIVT PRICES. A. R. ROBERTSON, Monumental Builder, Athens. Georgia. BALDWIN & BURNETT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS J&LJSTJZ) SHOE3S, Mo. 3 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia. \YT E IIA A E just received the largest and most complete stock of Boots and Shoes ever brought ' f to Athens. The quality of our goods is of the highest order, aud our prices within the reach of all. Wc deal EXCLUSIVELY in this line, and promise the most courteous treatment and perfect satisfaction to all who may call. TO MERCHANTS: Our WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT is complete, and we guarantee prices as low as any house in the South, and will save you freight. GIVE XT S AX C _A_ LL . BALDWIN Sf BURNETT. Athens, Ga., October Ist, 1880. ISAAC LOWE. JOHN COHEN. LOWI3 $c COHEX, WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS, WINES, 33*0., 33*0. ALSO AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Stone Mountain Corn Whisky. Corner Broad and Jackson Sts., Athens, G-a. Feb. 25 .1 udsonA M ARBLE WORKS ATLANTA, G-EORG-IA, MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN Italian and Rutland Marble. Monuments, Box Tombs, Head and Foot Stones, Iron Railing for G-rave Inclosures, &c. OFFICE AND WORKS ON CORNER OF LOVD AND ALABAMA STREETS, Opposite Georgia Railroad Depot. Orders Solicited and Promptly fiM. Prices Reasonable. Terms Cash. Addrcs3 - - D. N. JTJDSON, Atlanta, Ga. Inducements Extraordinary! •J AT THE MAMMOTH China , Crockery and Glasswarelhm OF NORTH-EAST GEORGIA. No. 7 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia. H AVING just returned from the Eastern market, we are ottering the largest, most varied . best selected stock of . ' an I CHINA, CROCKERY, GLASS WARE, LAMPS, CIIANDALTERS, LAMTErA &e., &c., 25 per cent. lower thcan ever before known in this market. A full and complete line of HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS! Such as Buckets. Brooms, Seives, Traj's, Knives and Forks, Table and Teaspoons, Coif I Mills, &c. Also, a complete stock of Table Linen, Oil Cloths, Napkins, Doylies, Towels, Etc. SILVER PLATED WARE! A handsome stock of TRIPLE PLATE SILVER CASTORS, TABLE and TEASPOOXs Prices SURPRISINGLY LOW. Kerosene Oil by the Car Load. Also, Aladin and “Red i I Oil,” Staple .Dry Goods, Groceries, Canned Goods, BOOTS, SHOES, IIATS, CAPS, LEATHER, Etc., Etc. at prices as low as any house in the State. DON’T FORGET TIIE PLACE. oct - 1 J. H. HUG-GINS, No. 7 Broad Street. I PARKER & CAMP BROS. j * ' i '■ • I We have within the last few weeks opened up a first-class stock of FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES, i ,; el ,f G ■ ■ •' *• ’<* 0 HU. CIGARS AND TOBACCO, STAPLE DRY GOODS, HATS AMD SHOES, All of which we are offering at Rock. Bottom Prices. Our Goods Arc Bought From Manufacturers For Cash, il T<; -7 t And We Will Sell As Cheap As The Cheapest. GIVE US A CALL., *Kv\A fiy Co\\v-u\evd\. Y\\.va\ e Wttvw AVVuA \Y c Respectfully, PARKER & CAMP BROS., clj * , No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga. Marble Works 3VE LA INT XT 3J" _£L O T <3 R Y . xisr GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA. WE call the attention of the public to our new and the ONLY MARBLE WORKS in Northeast] TT Georgia. We are prepared with anrplc capital, large experience and skilled workmen, t" fill orders on short notice for STONES beautifully and artistically finished Monuments, Marble Mantels, Etc. guarantee all work in our line and will sell as cheap as the same can be procured in nay market, North or South, and respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. Office on Lain Si., near me i-^enot*# 11. T. MENGS, Proprietor. December 17th, ISSO. Dr. J. D. PEJfDEIIGUASS, HAYING BUILT AND FURNISHED A SPLENDID BRICK. DRUG- STORE. HAS OPENED UP A FULL LINE OF FRESII AND Pure Drugs and Patent Medicines of every description. He is’ now prepared to furnish the public with anything usually found in a first-class drug store, such as PAINTS. OILS, VARNISH . DYESTUFFS, PAINT BRUSHES, TOBACCO . C l GA R S. SN UF F, STATIONERY, PENS, PENCILS, INK < HAIR BRUSbiS. COMBS, TOILET SOAPS, PER FUMERY, DENTRIFICES, MA TCIIES, BLA CKING, BLACKING BRUSHES, Nc., sc. Special Attention Given to the Compounding of Prescrlo tions at all Hours. V\ ith thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him in the past, he still offers hi?. \ x f fessional services to the public, and will endeavor to answer calls promptly and treat diseasesm do skill, after the most approved methods. Charges as low as the lowest.