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VOL IV.
AMKKICi;S,GE )RGIA. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5.1882.
NO 8J.
A NEW DEAL I
Having purchased from II. C. Black his slock of
Bools, SSioes, Hats, Cass, Hirellas, Els.,
I WILL CONTI NTH THE BUSINESS AT TIIE 01.1) STAND.
Corner Xe&mar St. and Pvi'blio Square,
And will keep the Block up to the lii^rb *t:inil:ini in quality Mr Ul?n !; lni'i r*t-
tniiif**), »tn<l to ili-it «n<l hit t* w*curi‘»l tl*« mvices ot 11. Blink. .It., siivl I!
M. Brown, both experienced tnvn in the I'linim-ss, who will l»v ns>«*iHt<*«l by It M
.Stewart. Not only do lint'ml to keep up the quality »t the a took, but mV pile*
•hall always be as low as jronri goods can be told for. *1 irvite all the patrons of tb
old firm, my fri'iid*. a.vl all who mod anything in my line to call and see me, • \-
m HIi'II
ON A MODERN SILK FARM.
limine stuck at.-
B. B*. 9TEWAHT.,
^ ^ Ij !jj ^ ^ is-
PERSONS WISHING PICTURES TAKEN
I they live closely huddled together,
I and any disease breaking out
ids rapidly. The effect of
population is the same with silk
worms as witli the gcnu9 homo.
Making the most sanguine allow*
onccs for tlio increaso of sericul
ture in the Uuited States, the
worms will not ho crowded in
_ 1,000 years and no appearances ol
lie sneaker sat in a cozy office j j se nse should bo manifest in at
m Iioml street, at a desk covered I | c . aat „ century.”
An T'nMrclj’
IImImhI lu Mfw Jersey—
Aliutit Silk Itnlttlug*
“There is no reason why silk cul-
'iire should not boas extensive
and as luerativo in tlio United
S ates as anywhere ciso in tbo
world.”
WILL
- ■ ■ BY IKLE,-
PLEASE CALL
SOON!
AS I SHALE CLOSE BUSINESS IN AMERICUS ON ACCOUNT OF IIAVINli
MADE ENGAGEMENTS ELSEWHERE. DON'T ITT
OFF TILL THE LAST MOMENT, BUT
COMB
VA1T RIPER.
A VOICE Flltll TIE COMER!
H. D. WATTS
Wants the people to remember that he can still he found at his old stand,
Kfortlionat Corner of tlio Putolic Squnro,
and is ready and anxious to supply them with
Dry Goofls, Groceries anil Proriias,
1
Absolutely Pure.
mm OF Flll.li!
Iltivinfr .tarclr.ised from T. W. Aiialcy lb*
(WHIMS m MfflWIMS!
OL!) .STAND <»N LAMAR .STREET
HD. ANSI.EV.
TEN CENT STORE!
[ Cr. .A. TUH3?IKr, Ast
Fanrv lotions and Fancy firorcriox.
»nd every tiling H«
nib*. lie will tv-11 you qoud ^
Pu blio £J al3 oi Ltarad!
I G.&J.K. PfiM,
Livery, Kale and Feed Klr.iiic
A.Mi;i!Ki;y, c,\.
\V« liavr lint rrrivvsl a sto.-l:
ii, PrewMir Knr mi l »II- i fic 'prims,
nru atlllng nt har.aius. Will ».|l y. u u
Bussy and Haruoas for ^12Ci.OO,
H’k of IlarncM for from t
- v/»r l:fi "I t to thin market
!' »Mc!' we will t.ik.- ti ns, i
«Mnlrr IBP. wowvi : h .v. «
M- Imy in Mncoii, Col ii ml u
anythi n **1m* *n our line. <
jaromnlbn- i
Hfpt. vs, lSSimS
rSKrONIo HAND Itl'tMSlK*
* in linri cw, Mulct
the l
i (uirsciigcr train**, and cui-ringc an*l * nr
iv. g. a j. k. prince.
LOTT WARREN,
BROKER and REAL ESTATE ACEl'TT
(OFFICK IN HAWKINS’ 1IUII.DINU,)
LAMAR STREET, S ! : : AMERICA'S, (U..
Herr ha
SELL, HEW, EXCHANGE OK RENT
ountry or* Oity Propoi-ty or nil Hjlucta
BUSINESS SOLICITED.
S3E03MCE3 Gr JL. I PsJ 2
iiiivciijciii & Warivn,
JNSUKAXCE AGENTS.
: l.nciitii-Street, - Aineriitis. (.
I AM NOW RECEIVING NEW GOODS OK
Books, Stationery, Toys, Chronios, Frames,
FANCY GOODS, &C.
SCHOOL BOOKS AND SCHOOL STaTIONENY !
FOR ALL THE GIRLS AND BOVS
HAPPING PAPER A.\D PAPER RAGS at SPECIAL RATES
WILL HAVE NEW AND BEAUTIFUL
GOODS FOR TIIE HOLIDAYS.
SIBSCRIPTIWS RECEIVED FOR ALL NEWSPAPERS A\J)
MAGAZINES.
Macon Telegraph, Atlanta Constitution, Now York I k-rald |
and other papers tor salt; every day. I ™«.i. ’>'■
Terms Cstsls.. j Kest inraiil
| ■■«-. ...
AGNES JkYGQGIZ. iS'lHV
VI.NCTOX.
UESTIFKI'.T COM
J. J. HANES
Fiil
!!i<* lliirlovv Louse
vitli papers and proof sheets. He
a tall, lair-complcxioned man,
with blue eyes anti blonde mous
tache and goalee. It was Mr. W.
!i t^mitli. President of the Ameri
can Silk Exchange, upon whom a
Star reporter has called.
“What port of the country is
best suited for sericulture, Mr.
Smith?”
“Wherever the worms can ob
tain a supply of young, tender null
berry leaves. We have what we
call a modern silk farm at Park
Ridge, Bergen county, New Jcr-
-ey. The enterprise is a new one,
hut will practically demonstrate
hat. Americans can make silk equal
to the product ol Lyons.”
•‘llowr extensive is your model
farm?”
“We have thirty acres, divided
into eleven |)lols of varying sizes,
The price of land is from $80 to
$ilf)0 per acre, according to loca
tion. The soil is gravelly loam,
with a clay subsoil, and is admirn
bly adapted to our |)ur,,ose.”
“What sort of people do you ex
pect as colonists?”
“Oil, (irst-class people, of course.
We encourage no others. Perhaps
I may as well say that the ex
changes does not intend to assert
anv right to regulate the actions
of the colonists. It is not at all a
communistic affair. Each person
Imys a plot of land and raises silk-
worms is his or Iter own way. Our
Superintendent, M. Viron lies
1,miners, is a practical silk cttl-
t in 1st, and will visit the colonists
to given them advice and instruc
tion; hut of course they need not
necessarily follow Itis ideas ”
“Are there indigenous mulberry
tr.’i < at Park Ridge?” the reporter
asked.
■ I don't think there arc anv in
the countty. The trees we intend
to u-e will come from Italy. There
are different kinds of nitilherrics
suitable 'or different climates. The
mortis j-iponica. lor exam-tic, gives
| a rich, juicy leaf, hut thrives heat
in warm countries. Outlie other
| hand, tin- morns nigra or black
j mtlibcrrv is very hardy, though its
.‘j leaf is not as rich as that of the
j japonit-a. In um- colony we will
... j try liic experiment of grafting the
1 • | japonica upon llie nigra, thus
j si'-tiling the best leaf with the
hardest stock."
; “Slow much time is required to
! produce one crop of worms?”
:it ! ".Six weeks."
••Then you can raise several
j etops a year?”
I “Yes, that can he done and is
, n . done, hut when several crops of
ll " ! worms are produced yearly ilicy
l are smaller and weaker titan the
5 ‘; annuals, as they are called, and the
ot I cocoons are of a correspondingly
r . inferior quality.”
"What will your colonists pay
- j for
“’1 tie best, imported from tlio
i south of France, cost $5 an ounce
or uvcnty-Hve cents per 1,000.”
“Ilol I on, Mr. Smith,” cried the
reporter “at that ratu there would
lie 10,000 eggs in an ounce.”
“Don’t let that tux your creduli
ty,” replied Mr. Smith, “In fact
l here are no less than -10.000 egg*
to tin-ounce, and we guarantee ali
the eggs ive sell.”
“You seriously assert that for
$.’i you c.-iretully examine 10,000
eggs and that you guarantee them?
"No. 1 assert nothing ol the sort.
'I’ll*- soundness of the eggs is test
ed by examing tin: bodies of the
worms laying them. The eggs are
laid on a piece of paper, within a
space which a trade dollar would
cover. The worm laying is pinned
to a conic- of the paper, where she
is ii-ll until she dies and is as dry
as a smoked herring. Then she
is pulverized and the particles ex
amined. A fungus growth upon
them is a *-ign of disease nlid the
eggs are rejected. Otherwise they
are known to lie good.”
“Do silkworms live on mulberry
trees alone?"
"That is tlu-ir only diet, and they
are vi ritablc pigs in the matter of
feeding. They eat tlicirown weight
ci uy day. litre arc some eggs,”
said Mr. Smith, allowing the repor
ter a piece < f paper hearing several
Inin- -ed dark brown sin-aka.
“Will the worms raised on your
r a ny lie as good as those of
France?”
“They will lie Letter. In Europe
“In what form will your colon
ists send their produce to market?”
“In cocoons for some time to
come. It will not pay them to reel
the silk. That requires expensive
machinery and a high degree of
skill. In Europe, French and Ital
ian girls work at reeling.”
“How much profit is there in
silk raising on a farm like that in
New Jersey?”
“Every acre should pay from
$200 to $000 per annum. Not such
a poor profit in nn enterprise that
takes only six weeks of time in the
year. The land oan be used lor or
dinary farming without interfer
ence with the silk business. Our
ground is high and well drained.
Low ground is unwholesome for
silkworms.”
“When your lots are all taken
will you establish another farm?”
“I don’t know yet. One ot the
objects of our colony is to arouse
an Intcrost in silk culture in Amer
ica.”
“Is not tbo business pursued
here at all at present?”
“Yes; the Mennonites in Nebras
ka and other Western states do
something at it. They grow the
black mulberry only. If one pre
fers to cultivate silk worms for the
sake of the eggs the profit is more
than double tlmt derived from the
Bale of cocoons."
“Do you ever see in silkworms
any evidence oY intelligence?”
“Yes, it would be strange ifeen-
turica or association with humani
ty Imd not developed some brains
in them. They permit themselves
to he handled without showing tho
least agitation.”
Somi-tbing About Jute.
Tlic Savannah News presents the
advantages of the cultivation of
futu as a Southern industry in tho
following article:
The peoplo of tbo South Bbould
begin to examino the advantages
claimed for this plant to see wheth
er they have any interest in its
cultivatiou. It has already bcon
well tested in Louisiana, Missis
sippi mid Florida, so that there is
uo longer any doubt nliout its
adaptability to the climate and
soil of tbo Southern States. It
will grow as luxuriantly here ns in
India, where thousands are engag
ed in its cultivation and thousands
more in its handling and manu
facture. On rich bottom lands i:
will grow Dflcen feet in height, in
rows only tlireo feet apart, and with
good preparation of the land the
young crop takes care of itself af
ter one hoeing anil plowing. Plant
ed thick in the drill, it soon takes
sole possesion ot the soil, and so
densely shades the ground that no
weeds or grass can thrive in its
vicinity. Ou our common pine and
hammock lands in Georgia and
Florida, of course it cannot be ex
pected to equal its growth In the
rich creek and river bottoms, but
it will grow surprisingly on then
and yield fur more profit than cot
ton, with much lest risk, labor and
i-xpcnse.
But it does not prevent farmers
from producing cotton all the same.
It may, indeed, be cultivated as an
additional crop. Planted in April
it will come off in July and be out
of the way of the fall crops, while
it will put money in the pocket of
remains after pressing, but also to
soften and whiten the fibre. This
cannot be dispensed with, if the
high market values are to be real
ized. The chemical process now
in uso'does not effect this object.
It greatly improves but does not
perfect the marketable condition
ot tho flbre. That perfection, so
far, is found only in the wator-
rotting process, which may be ex
ecuted perfectly on nearly every
farm in lint country, without the
cost of mills or chemicals.
For the best fibro, however, the
jute is cut green, that is, just about
the time the flowers begin to ap
pear. It then has a rich green
look, but when it comes out of the
water and is dried a few hours in
the sunshine, the fibre becomes
white, soft, smooth and glossy,
and it is then a first class article.
If tho plants are allowed to grow
old, or left to mature the seeds, the
fibre will bo of a brown color, and
is an inferior article, in washing
and removing it from the water
tlie fibre or several plants is grasp
ed together and kept straight, so
that it is not tangled or wadded,
but lies straight when latd down.
In this condition it is baled for
market. We will have yet more
to say on this interesting sabject
in future.
Oar Rapid Transit.
From the Detroit Frao FreM.
I had often read of the slow
speed made by southern railroad
trains, but noticed nothing unusnal
until reaching Macon. The train
pulled out at about fifteen miles an
hour, slowed down to twelve and
the waits were long and tedious.
Some of the crowd didn’t seem to
care if we never got there, but the
drummer lor n Philadelphia bouse
took on terribly. He was blasting
away when the conductor came
along and inquired what ailed him.
"Why, I’ll be left!" hotly ex
claimed the drummer.
“Let’s sec? You go to Thomas-
vllle?"
“Yes. sir."
“You change cars at Smithville?"
“I ought to, but tho train will
be gone.”
“Not a bit of it. That train is
two hours behind time.”
“Well, I’d rather wait in Smith-
ville."
“You couldn’t wait in that town
two hours without being asked to
driuk some of the worst whisky
ever made, and if you refused
you’d have to fight."
“I could go to tlio hotel."
“Then you’d have to walk a mile
in the sand. No 'huss comes down
until our train whistles.”
“I might drum up a customer."
“You couldn’t drum nothing.
The last northern drummer in
Smithville had to fly for his life."
“Couldn’t I wait on the plat
form?"
“No, sir. There is no platform
to wait on, and if there was, you’d
be suspected of wanting to start a
turpentine fire.”
“Well it’s awful slow."
“What of it? Tho other train is
still slower; no dinner can be bad
until we get there; there is nothing
to see; the depot won’t be open;
you can’t sell a paper of pins in
the town; you can’t get on to
Tbomasville; no one in the town
plays poker; you can’t find a de
cent cigar there, and from what I
know of Smithville I can assure
you that it has at least thirty citi
zens who would tako a pop at you
on general principles within six
minutes of your landing there.”
Soon alter our speed was reduc
ed to ten mile* an hour, but the
drummer had nothing more to say.
The t'rnst of Tarter
Speedily leaves the surface of teeth upon
which the clennsinR and preservative ra
the farmers or, the very dullest son
; son of the year. We do not ad .
vise our farmers to drop everything ’ of HpSMDONT is daily exerted,
cise or anything else, an/ rusS j u^Mla'tS.* I?L*
wildly into jute cultivation, but a moreover, a mom refreshing effect upon
crop promising so muob for the
South ought to receive considera
tion at the hands of intelligent,
thoughtful agriculturists, and we
think it would be wise for them to
procure seeds and plant a lew acres
on trial.
Almost every farm has convenient
creeks or ponds in which the jute
can be steep* d to remove the pith
of stems, and the process of strip
ping, washing out the gum sad
hating lor market is so simple that
the most un-intclligent may per
form the labor with facility.
Machinery has been constructed
for washing or crushing the pith
out of the stems. In this machin
ery the stems ore passed between
rollers, in the same way that Juice
is pressed out of sugar cane, bat
jute thus prepared must afterward
be subject to a chemical process,
not only to remove the gum, which
ths month, in which it leaves a very
agreeable taste, besides rendering the
breath fragrant. If the mouth be nosed
with it after smoking, the taste of tho
tobacco is entirely dissipated. As an
auxiliary to personal comeliness it can
not too highly be extolled. Hold by drug
gists.
The Young Men’s Christmas So
cial Union, of New York, arc to
debate to-mofrow night; “Is dy
ing justifiable under any circum
stances?” There is on evident de
sire on the part of these young
men to reconcile tho dry goods
trade with Christianity.
Tbs Height st rally.
To wait until you are in bed with die.
ease you may not get over fur momha, Is
the height of folly, when you might be
easily cured during the early symptoms
by Parkar'a Ginger Tontof Whave
known aieldy far. lies made the health
iest. by a timely use of this pure medi
cine.—Observer.