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Bring Home Something. Nearly every farmer goes to the nearest Village to trade, visit a mechanic, or obtain bis letters and papers, at least once a week, lie often takes a load to market, but he rarely brings one home. lie can, with very little trouble, haul a load of material that may be obtained for nothing, and which will be of great benefit to his land. Most village people make no use of the ashes produced in their stoves or of the bones taken from the meat they consume. Scarcely any brewer has any use for the hops that have been boiled in his vats, and the blacksmith hardly ever saves the clippings he takes from the feet of horses. All these materials make excellent manure. A barrel of shavings cut from the hoofs of horses contains more ammonia than is con tained in a load of stable manure. Applied to land without preparation, they might give no immediate results, but they would become decomposed in time, and crops of all kinds would derive benefit from them. They ma}’ be so treated that they would produce im mediate results. By covering them with fresh horse manure they will decompose very rapidly. They may also be leached in a barrel and the water that covered them drawn •off and applied to plants. Water in which pieces of horns and hoofs have been Soaked is an excellent manure for plants that require forcing. It stimulates the growth of tomatoes, rose bushes and house plants very rapidly, and emits no offensive odors. A vast amount of fertilizing material is wasted in towns that farmers could obtain the benefit of with very •little trouble. —Chicago Times. Plant Young Trees. 'We advise people most decidedly, to plant young trees in orchards and gardens, especial ly if ordered from a distance, and for the following reasons: 1. Young trees cost less throughout, at the nursery, in freight charges, also in handling and planting. 2. They are surer to grow, having, in proportion to the size of tops, vastly more and better fibrous roots. 3. Having fewer tops, and almost perfect roots, the small trees become established, and grow off vigorously at once. The tops of large trees newly planted are often shaken and blown by the wind until they become leaning and unhealthy, even if they survive. 4. Making most of their growth on the ground where they are to stand, the small trees soon become more stocky and sturdy ; ever}' way perfectly adapted to the soil and location, as well as the preference of their owner. Setting young trees, the planter can fashion both bodies and tops, exactly to suit his sfancy. . 5. By setting such young trees, will he lose no time ? you ask. To answer truly, I reply, if you give these young trees the first year or two, a little extra watching and care, to the amount, say, of the difference in their cost, you will not lose a day, but get thereby a much ihandsomer and more valuable orchard. 6. Or, if not ready to plant out in the orchard ;permanently this year ; or, if about to open ‘in a year or two anew farm, as for a son or daughter, why not plant yearlings, or root .grafts, growing them yourself in the garden with but trifling cost. In the meantime, your children can study and learn all about them •as well as about colts or pigs. Root grafts are set in deep, mellow soil, with earth firm about roots, dipped, just before setting in “ grout,” i. e., mud and water, with the top of graft or scion, two inches or so above the surface. Plant one or two year old trees, and unless you plant on a hill side where soil washes badly, plant only an inch or two deeper than they grow in nursery, as deep planting ruins many trees. The first season in the orchard, two or three short stakes by each tree may be well enough and then see that the ground is properly stirred, the cattle, vermin and weeds kept away. Planting a few larger trees for immediate bearing and effect, as about cities and towns, is a very defferent matter. In such cases, expense and risk are no object. For complete homes, surrounding trees as near perfect maturity as possible, are im peratively demanded ; hence, large sized trees are of prime importance. Be sure to plant some trees at all hazards. As people in this country fell thousands of trees in the aggregate, we claim that they are in duty bound to plant some of the different and more useful varieties in their stead. It has always been a great satisfaction to the old farmer to take a stranger into his orchard and relate the exact time when this or that tree was “ set out” by him twenty or twenty five year ago. Go and do likewise ; you will never regret it, if you plant carefully. Wearing Out Tools. Farm tools will rust out sooner than they will wear out. Many farmers injure their farm implements more by exposure to the weather than by the use on the farm. An implement which, with good care, would last twenty years, will, when exposed to the weather, become useless in five years or even less. A farm cart which, with good usage, would last almost a life time, will last only a few years when exposed to the weather. The explanation of the reason why farming does not pay with money is found in this neglect to take care of the farm tools. All farm im plements are costl}', and the farmer who has to buy three or four times as many as Ins neighbors, because he does not take care of them, of course will not find much profit in farming. The same carelessness in any kind of business would insure equally as disastrous results. * Professor Stockbridgo before the State Board of Agriculture of Connecticut : “ The soil is best plowed when it is most thoroughly crushed, twisted and broken, with the°sod well covered. On some kinds of land I would have furrows lapped an inch, as the Canadian farmers plow. Let the air and water have a chance to circulate underneath the surface. Light lands, however, should have a flat vui'b lands more W txvysvAe, CWWxcyxaws. Dr. Tanner, of fasting fame, is peddling patent liver pads in Kentucky. It is said that the temperance fever runs so high in Southern California that in one town two saloons have been blown up with bombs. The Mississippi river this year has flooded a territory as wide as the State of Massachu setts and longer than from Boston to Omaha. The specie in the three banks of England, Germany and France has decreased $48,175,- 183 in the past year. Enough sweet potatoes will be made in Florida this j’ear to supply the United States. A Kentuckian recently stole four swarms of bees, carried them eleven miles in the night, and set up new hives without a sting from the bees or his conscience. The winter wheat in Central Illinois is re ported to be suffering from the chinch bug and Ilessian fly. Thousands of acres have been ploughed up to plant corn. The two physicians of Maquoketa, lowa, inconsiderately chose the same week for a spree, and their patients were dangerously neglected for several days until other medical help could be obtained. The model of the statute of Mr. Gladstone, which is to be erected in East London, has just been completed by Mr. Albert Bruce Joy of Fulham. It is a little over nine feet high, and represents the great statesman in the act of addressing a vSSt assemblage. A bank clerk in Boston was accidentally locked up in the vault a few afternoons ago. II is frantic cries brought no release, but, fortunately, a book that had been carelessly left out caused the reopening of the door. Electric lighting is in successful opera tion on more than sixty steamers on the Mississippi river and its tributaries. It is believed to add much to the safety of that kind of traffic and traveling. One Dr. Wild, of Canada, predicts fifty five years of war after 1882, and announces that the millennium will begin In 1935. A witness in an Ottawa court refused to be sworn on the old version of the Bible, and the Judge allowed the use of a revised New Testament. It is asserted that the tract of country, in cluding the celebrated “Everglades,” which the State of Florida is now going to drain, will be able to produce more sugar than the United States can consume. The death of a woman at Portsmouth, R. 1., revealed the unsuspected fact that for sixteen years she had kept a maniac son concealed in an attic room, attending to his wants her self, and never letting another human being see him. There is now building in the Baldwin Works, Philadelphia, a locomotive designed to be the fastest in the world, and intended to do 80 miles anhourwithouttakingin water. It will be taken to Europe, and tested on the railroads of England and the Continent. Prof. Dolbeare of Tuft’s College, one of the original inventors of the telephone, whose rights were bought by the Western Union Telegraph Company, has now invented an entirely new telephone, through which it is claimed conversation can be heard over an}’ length of wire. A German critic, discussing the tendency of his countrymen to exhaust any subject that they study or write about, and at the same time to exhaust themselves and their hearers, gives some amusing illustrations of the way the theologians of the fatherland have labored upon the Bible. Thus a Prof. Ilaselbach of the University of Vienna lectured twenty two years upon the first chapter of Isaiah, and had not finished when death surprised and carried him off. Chancellor Ulrich Penzi^er O of Tubingen gave 312 university lectures, covering a period of four years, upon the prophet Daniel, then lectured twenty-five years on Isaiah, giving 1,509 lectures, and then taking up Jeremiah, finished one halfof him in seven years and 459 lectures. At that juncture, in his 80th year, death ended his achievements. Professional & business (Ennis. Jon:* J. STItICKLA^I), ATTORNEY. A T- LAW, Danielsville, Ga., Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to him. dec 17, ’SO. DU. nr. 11. CASH, NICHOLSON, GA., Tenders his professional services to the surround ing country. Rheumatism, Neuralgia and the dis eases of women a specialty. Feb.l3th, ISSO. ly HOWAUD THOMPSON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Gainesville, Ga. Prompt .and faithful attention given to all busi ness placed in his hands. WILEY C. 110 AVAR I), Attorney :ml Counselor nt Law, JEFFERSON, GA. Will attend faithfully to all business entrusted to his care. mch4, SIIAIAA & THOMPSON, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, J EFFERSON, G A, Will practice in Jackson and adjoining counties. Outfit furnished free, with fill) instruc- tions for conducting the most profitable business that anyone can engage in. The busi ness is so easy to learn, and our instructions are so simple and plain, that any one can make great profits from the very start. ‘ No one can fail who is willing to work. Women are as successful as men. Boys and girls can earn largs sums. Many have made at the business over one hundred dol lars in a single week. Nothing like it ever known before. All who engage are surprised at the ease and rapidity with which they are able to make money. You can engage in this business during your spare time at great profit. You do not have to invest capital in it. We take all the risk. Those who need ready money, should write to us nnrii>. _A 11 furnished free Address Tkue fc LOOK AT THIS! THINK OH 1 IT I -AJXTD COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELVES. JUST RECEIVED 300 ELEGANT COOK STOVES, 3000 Dozen Wash Pans, 100 Dozen Splendid Baking Pans, 100 Dozen Elegant Dish Pans, And a large stock ol' goods in our line which will be sold CHEAP FOlt CASH. A. K. CHILDS k CO. Feb. 25 Opposite Reaves. Nicholson & Cos., Athens, Ga. MARBLE! MARBLE J A. 11. ROBERTSON, DEALER IN ITALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE Monuments, Tombs, Hed & 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, My Yard is Full ol* Marble, and Ready to Fill Any Orders. C3-XN7"E IVEE A CALL, -A.3STI3 GET IVEY PRICES. A. R. ROBERTSON, Monumental Builder, Athens. Georgia. BALDWIN & BURNETT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOTS AND SHOES, No. 3 Broad Street, Athens, Georgia. WE HAVE just received the largest and most complete stock of Boots and Shoes ever brought to Athens. The quality of our goods is of the highest order, and our prices within the reach of all. We 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 -A. C -A. LL . BALD WIN Sr BURNETT. Athens, Ga., October Ist, 1880. LOVE &c CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS, WINES, Etc., Etc. ALSO AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Stone Mountain Corn Whisky. Corner Broad and Jackson Sts., Athens. G-a. Feb. 25 V. W. SKIFF, DEALER IN FIXE WATCHES Sf- JEWELRY, Clocks, Solid Silver and Plated Ware. The Diamond Spectacles and Eye-Glasses. Fine watches adjusted to heat and cold, and re paired in the best manner. Hair Jewelry, and all other kinds, made to order and neatly re paired. Sign of llie “Rl Wateli, M BROAD STREET ATHENS, GA. A,. mi l uib Notice to Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons having demands against Thomas Dalton, late of said county, deceased, are hereby notified and required to present them, properly attested, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and .all persons indebted to said deceased arc hereby required to make im mediate payment. may 6 J. L. WILLIAMSON, Adm’r. To Debtors and Creditors . ALL persons having demands against Micager M illiamson, late of said county, deceased, are hereby notified and required to present them, properly attested, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law. and all persons indebted to said deceased are hereby required to make im mediate payment. mav G J. L. WILLIAMSON, Adm'r. Richmond and Danville Rail Road. Passenger Department. ON and after May 15th, 1881, Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta and Charlotte Air-Line di vision of this road will be as follows : : ! • ! ; U. S. Mail, ;N. Y. Express, U. S. Fast Mail,; Suwanee EASTWARD No. 43, No. 47, No. 40, i Accommodation A. j B. j C. ; No. 21. Leave Atlanta j 4.00 A. M. | 3.15 P. M. j 6.30 P. M. j 5.00 pTm. Arrive Suwanee 1); 5.18 kk 4.37 “ 7.45 “ 7.08 “ “ Lula Ei C. 45 “ 5.59 “ \ 9.0 G “ “ Toccoa Fi 7.58 “ 7.15 kk j 10.10 “ j “ Seneca Gi 9.20 “ 8.40 “ : 11.25 “ “ Greenville 11l 10.58 “ \ 10.20 kk j 1.00 A. M. ; “ Spartanburg K; 12.14 P. M. 11.40 “ 2.11 “ Gastonia Li 2.30 “ 2.04 A. M. j 4.27 “ Charlotte..... Mi 3.35 u j 3.15 J 5.35 “ j ; j ! t U. S. Mail, jN. Y. Express, ill. S. Fast Mail.; Suwanee WESTWARD. • No. 42. No. 48. No. 50. ; Accommodation 1 i j j No. 22. l ; • . : Leave Charlotte Mj 12.30 P. M. ; 12.20 A.M. j 12.10 A.M. “ Gastonia L; 1.27 kk i 1.30 kk 12.56 kk “ Spartanburg K: 3.50 “ j 4.05 “ j 2.53 “ kk Greenville II; 5.07 kk i 5.18 k * j 4.05 ki = “ Seneca Gi G. 50 kk j 7.02 “ 5.27 kk “ Toccoa Fi 8.01 “ ! 8.15 “ j 6.30 “ ! “ Lula E: 9.16 kk 9.31 kk j 7.59 kk j “ Suwanee D; 10.38 “ 10.54 “ 8.51 “ 5.40 A. M. Arrive Atlanta 1 12.05 A. M. : 12.20 P. M. i 10.00 “ ; 8.00 kk CO3ST3SrECTXO3SrS. A with arriving trains of Georgia Central and A. & W. P. Railroads. B with arriving trains of Georgia Central, A. & W. P. and \V. & A. Railroads. C with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad. I) with Lawrenccvillc Branch to and from Lawrcnceville, Ga. E with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and from Athens, Ga. F with Elberton Air-Line to and from Elberton, Ga. G with Columbia and Greenville to and from Columbia and Charleston, S. C. II with Columbia and Greenville to and from Columbia and Charleston, S. C. K with Spartanburg and Ashville. and Spartanburg, Union and Columbia to and from Henderson and Ashville, and Alston and Columbia. * L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guage to and from Dallas and Chester. M with C., C. & A—C. C.—R. & D. and A. T. & U. for all points West, North and East. N with North Carolina Division R. & D. Railroad to and from the North. B6TPULLMAN SLEEPING CAR SERVICE ON TRAINS Nos. 47 and 48, DAILY, WITH OUT CHANGE, BETWEEN ATLANTA AND NEW YORK. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. PARKER & CAMP RROB. We have within the last few weeks opened up a first-class stock of FANCY and FAMILY GROCERIES, CIGARS AND TOBACCO, STAPLE DRY GOODS, IIATS AND SHOES, All of winch we are offering at Hock. Bottom Brices. i Our Goods Are Bought From Manufacturers For Cash, And We Will Sell As Cheap As The Cheapest . GIVE US A CALL, •Kv\A fie CowvawccA WeWc ww 'WXvcA a Respectfully, PARKER & CAMP BROS., Feb. 25 No. 12 Broad Street, Athens, Ga. Marble Works JS/L ANUF ACTO R Y . GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA. WE call the attention of the public to our new and the ONLY MARBLE WORKS in Northeast Georgia. A\ c are prepared, with ample capital, large experience and skilled workmen, to till orders on short notice for G-IELA.'V'E STONES beautifully and artistically finished , Monuments, Marble Mantels, Etc. M c guarantee all work in our line, and will sell as cheap as the same can be procured in any market, North or South, and respectfully solicit the patronage of the public. Office on Main St.* near the Depot. IT. T. MENGS, Proprietor . December 17th, 18S0. Dr. J. B. PEJ?DEB GRJI SS, HAVING BUILT AND FURNISHED A SPLENDID BRICK. DRITGt STORK. 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 ill A first-class drug store, such as PAINTS, OILS, VARNISII. DYE STUFFS , PAINT BRUSHES, TOBACCO, CIGARS, SNUFF, STATIONERY, PENS, PENCILS, INK , HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY, DEN TRIFICES, MA TCHES, BLA CKING, BLACKING BRUSHES, 4c., 4c. Special Attention Given to the Compounding of Prescript tions at all Hoars. With thanks for the liberal patronage bestowed upon him in the past, he still offers hi* pro fessional services to the public, and will endeavor to answer calls promptly and treat diseases w it ft skill, after the most approved methods. Charges as low as the lowest.