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Americus
Recorder.
ESTABLISHED 1879.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MARCH 27, 181)1.
GEORGIA ORCHARDS.
WHAT MR. FREDG. W1THOFT SAYS
OFTHEM.
A Pnper Read ffefore the Montgomery
Ohio County Horticultural Society—
An Ohio Man’s Evidence.
*I'l,e Dayton (Ohio; Daily Times
publishes in full Mr. Withoft’s ad-
<lre*a on Georgia liorlicu! lure be
low the Montgomery (Ohio; couu-
ty Horticultural Society. It in as
follow:
IIOltTKTI/lTLK IN (JF.OIUHA.
j nhull confine myself principally
to Southern, Central and South
western Georgia. The State lies
between 20 and BO degrees north
latitude* its northern boundary be
ing south of the lowest parallel of
the contLieut of Europe. The cli
mate and noil are most favorable to
♦he production of all kinds of fruit.
It is the home of the peach, pear,
grape, fig and luscious watermelon,
ami lias already obtained a national
reputation as a fruit growing State.
From Atlanta to south below
Fort Valley, a distance of about 150
miles, is a ridge from live to ten
miles in width, the elevation of
which is from -400 to 1,000 feet ubov
the sea level, and is the highest
point between the Atlantic ocean
and the gulf, which, for successful
fruit growing L said to be unequal
ed on the Atlantic slope. The soi
la Southwestern Georgia u a rich
brown, sandy loam, underlaid with
a rich red clay containing pot
asii and lima. This possesses great
productiveness.
SHIPPING FACILITIES.
With mild and healthy climate
cheap lands, unrivalled fertility
great diversity of fruits and the
present facilities for shipment to
northern and western markets
(being within two days of New
York city and Philadelphia by rail,
and three days from Savannah by
steamer, and Cincinnati, Chicago,
•St. Louis and Louisville ure
readily reached from Atlanta , no
part of the United Slates otters
greater advantages for profitable
fruit growing than that of this sec
tion.
i’lie Refrigerator Car Company,
wli »»e headquarters for the south
are at Atlanta, send their cars down
to Port Valley, where they are
loaded with fine fruit, the tempera
tur* i' -t right. In a few hours tho
trai l r~*chen Atlauta, where the
* a. Agent is ready with a force
'*) *tu-u and ice; the cars ure mu on
hack near au ice chute, and
•a u very few minutes re-icing is
, slid go forward without de-
la y« At Lynchburg, Va., an agent
company does the sh
"f iU
l ^ n K* At New York another agent
1‘XamiueH the fruit and takes the
temperature of the ears. The fruit
,uu ■’ ul ’rive in good condition. In
CiH “ tl,erw i* any trouble between
1 -Uppern and commission mor-
«’h..ni* as ro the couditlou of tlie
r uit, the records of the company
* re a protection to the shipper.
•iQdreds of these cars are now lu
use und their advantages to ship
pers are greatly appreciated.
Thexe facilities for shipping and
l u *ek transit, run on passenger
!! ni< ’ os are used in Southern
Illiti
berries
for tlie shipment of . *w«
h> Chicago;-, have done
more tt mn anything else to induce
•ur i'Ml'urists to ti.^est here amt
largely.
ki ° r a W»i*s there are sixty-live
* which can be grown h«*»- j
1 fair success, one of the >st
, ies bei » r the Shockly, which
,l kept for nearly a year.
„tV ac /T beuin to ripen about the
A *y nnti continue until the
* 1 -Iuly; grapes in June,
undo Uar| d water-
, 0f,, t justly famed for their ex-
t° ripen in Houih-
iV e ° rKla 1>y lho rtrst (jt
tir,' n,, ‘‘ ,a:, t until September the
r ,. ,1 ,,Je, dh>u hero that the
' ‘cxuriantly and is nl-
P'-U etunJiy in bloom.
. A DAYTON SFTTLEB.
exi.,. r i. 1 ’ < ^ eor Kia, is tho state
lu, '" l ul farm, which reminds
1. ;.. , .' l . f:lr,u in l * u * Miami valley.
Henry GaHjouse, a for-
of |) r y ‘ ‘ f Dayton, also a eon
lat*. ., r ft . r * Cincinnati, the
I’u, . / '' n \ of American
•<, * i \ a8, °olatioii. They eecm
'•-‘t:-well.
*1;. ,l /.. mut ‘ l ' rous peach or-
n ' v,,, «yards here. It is
tr.uv t rr. t .L oc, ‘' ufei for grope
«x Iwri A " tJ:,t 1"reqolrsd isan
bl 'sine a . 6 ' a,k,:r l <> maka the
profitable There are
thirty three kinds of grapes that
succeed here. The 8cuppernoug,
from which au "excellent quality
of wine is made, grows without
any attention. This wine Is to be
found upon the tables of thecitlzeus
and is furnished free at the princi
pal hotels. The Scuppernoug is a
vigorous grower. I have seen the
vines of this variety cover a space
seventy-live feet square, and have
heard of them covering one-fourth
of an acre.
At Kurt Valley may be seen tho
largest peach orchards In the south;
in fact, in a few years more, if tlie
present rate of planting is contin
ued, this will become tlie largest
peach centre In the United Hlates
The State Horticultural society re
ports fifty-live kinds of peaches
tlie best quality that do well her
T..e trees are botli grafted and hu.l
iled, while we, bore iu the n
only bud them. Tlie Klberta is the
leading and most profitable variety
bringing as high as eight and te
dollars per bushel, ripening vei
early and being tne first lu the Ne
York and Philadelphia market
Tlie original treeof this variety
stilt standing ou ilie farm of M
Kuinpli, wtio lias the largest or
■■hard here, having over 400
100 acres of which was planted last
year. He lias a hundred acre or
chard from ten to twelve years old
iu which not a dead tree Is to be
seen, looking as line ami healthy
as can he desired. Iu fact, I hav
not seen as tine and thrifty au or
chard iu til. United Stales, and
have been iu nearly every section
The “yellows” are nnknowu here
Ills stated that Mr. Humph realized
*00,000 In 1880. He manufactures
Uls own packages. To give some
Idea of the magnitude of his liusi
ness, I will mention that he say
that his packages for packing in
that year, or crates, cast him in the
neighborhood of *10,000.
THE AI.llAUClH COMPANY.
The AlbaughGeorgia Fruit Com
pony, the majority of whose stock
holders live in this val|ey, pur
chased 1,200 acres of laud hero last
April, and iu November and De
comber plauted 70,000 trect, cover
iug about 400 acres of the Klberta
I,tidy Ingold, (a fine variety orlg
seated iu North fcaiollnal, tho
Diamond,” a seedling peach
whicli received tho highest premi
mil at the Ohio centennial in ISSs
Karly Crawford, Smock, Old
Mixon and a few other old kinds.
As one drives down the main
avenue, two and a'half miles long
lined on either side with the Kiel
ter and I.e Conte pear trees, and
then looking down the rows of the
youug peaeli trees as far as the
eye call reach, straight and regular
laid out liy tlie gurveyor—some a
half mile deep, ail whitewashed to
prevent tlie rablts from gnawing
the hark, ono feels like exclaiming,
this is surprising!”
Mr. II. T. Moore lias 110,000 trees
mostly Klberta; Capt. J. H, James
ha, 1111,000, of various ages; a Michi
gan firm nas several hundred seres,
and many others have orchards from
five toten thousand trees. In all,
some 3,000 acres or nearly a half
million of trees, all within a short
distance of each other—a half day’e
drive.
Mr. J. H. Hale, a large peach
grower of Kouth Qlastoubury,
Coun.,who visited Georgia last sum
mer in the interest of tlie United
States Census bureau, to gather hor
ticultural statistics,saw thegre- 4-
vantages of Fort Valley, and at once
purchased 000 acres of superb level
land, of which he will plant 500 acte»
ip peaches.
rltEOIt’O FIll'IT I.AN '.'ONIPANV.
The I tellur an I.e Cjnte pears
are also extensively planted here,
with good success. The Ohio Fruit
I.and Company purchased 1 ,HC0
acres of land here, upon which
they intend to plant the largest
pear orchard iu the United States.
Some 110,000 trees will bo planted
next fall to begin with, mostly
Klefier, a cross between tlie Chi
nese sand pear and ilaridett, which
IS also one of the mosc profitable
[wars iu the north, is apparently
fret from blight, and bears early
and abundantly.
This,' company h*s laid off part
of !tt< land in 50 and lw) acre farms,
and ihe station on their purchase,
called' Myrtle, in one acre lots,
which will be donated to the pur
chasers of these farms for bunding
homes. Mott of the white farm
er, here live In the towtu and
cities. The land In Georgia is all
In large tfaols, and It ia difficult to
get small farms.
Kverything here goes by the
mule; 40 acres Is a on* malt farm.
I asked a negro farmer how much
rent he paid, and he said, “two
bales (cotton) to de mule, sab.” 1
then asked him why hedid not buy
some land, and he replied, “that he
could not because dey wouldn’t sell
him a small place. He had to buy
too large a tract and dey asked him
*15 to *J0 an acre, and he didn’t hsb
de money.” Wlieu auked did he'
make enough to have beef steak
three times a day, he looked up,
showing his white teeth aud rolliug
his eyes so that the whites could he
seen, and said, "I'so satisfied if I
get good bacon.” iiut leaving ail
jokes aside, some of them are thrif
ty and are making money.
THE HOME or THE I.E CONTE l'KAIt.
Leaving Fort Valley, we come to
Kinithville, Tliomasviiie and Alba
ny, tlie home of tlie Le Conte pear,
a cross between the Chinese sand
pear and Bartlett or Howell, which
is said In lie absolutely Wight proof.
Tie firm tree of this kind was
p!a.,:nu lu Liberty couuty, Oa., by
Mrs. .1. M. Hardin, whicli was sent
lo*r by her uncle, Maj. L.* Conte, of
1’hiladtlphla, who first saw it ill a
nursery labeled Chinese sand pear,
rom which Che large orchards orig
in a ted. This tree still lives, so that
n >w it. is over 40 years old. Tills is
remarkable, for many of our tree-
are kille I by blight before the trees
are half that age. The tree still
hesrs abundantly,yielding annually
from ta'enty to thirty bushels, rip
ening during the first weeks of
July.
Although there is a great deal of
mouey made ou tills pear, it will
not sell half as well as the Kietler,
but there is another mode of dis
posing of them at a profit. They
can be evaporated in the same man
ner as apples or peaches, and iu
that condition they bring from 25
to 30 cents per pound. When dried
the tlesh is a beautiful white, sweet
and sugary, very much like dried
figs. A bushel of tine pears, wlieu
evaporated will weigh from six to
seven pounds. Of course, when In
this shape, they may keep as long
as desired. We found orchards
from one to ten thousand trees
grown from cuttings, which is re-
marknhie as they will not grow in
all latitudes. Cuttings are taken
from the trees as it has checked Its
growth for the season, and planted
at once; tlie time varies from Oc
tober to February.
The way this is done, is this:
trench is dug about sixteen laches
deep, filled iu with fertilizers three
or four inches deep, Then it is
tilled aud the cuttings stuck
straight dowu, an inch or two of
the top being left uncovered.
A negro is hired at 50cents a day,
who sits down at tlie side of a pile
of scions, three to six feel long, and
with large - pruning shears cuts
thousands of them a day. They
are left to remain in the row until
the following November. ;How-
ver not more than 15 to 25 percent
of theiiYgrow ) The twigs or cut
tings are generally from ten to
twelve inches In length -nd about
one-fourth to one-half inch lu
diameter.
By fall they have made a growth
of from five to six feet, and then
they are ready to lie out iu the
orchard where they are cut hack to
within eighteen inches of the
ground. The following year the
limbs aro cut back two-thirds of tlie
year’s growth; the same the sec
ond year, care being taken to 'savo
the last bud ou tbe outside of the
limbs so that they may grow out
from the centre of the tree, to give
as much head as possible, as the
tree Is inclined to run up too high
ill the centre. They make a beau
tiful orchard, and one cau see from
twenty to 103 acres without a dead
tree, hut, unliko a pear tree ill tho
uorili, they ueed cultivation, prun
ing and attention, the neglect of
which for one year will stunt them
and they fail to bear.
It is said that the Kietler also will
do well here from cuttings, hut
it is much better budded on the
Le Conte or its own root. They do
not hud tlie trees near the ground
as wodo, but about eighteen Indies
bovo. .
IMMENSE OBCHAKI S
At Smithville, W. .V. Thompson
has twenty-five acres, chiefly L-
Conte, also noma Klefier aud Bart
lett, ten to twelvo yean old, which
yielded in all 800 bushels last sea
son, the Le Conte selling »k 80
cents per orateand the Kietler from
*2 or *3 per bushel. Ona Le Conte
-tree, ten years old, produced on an
average ten bushela for aix consecu
tive years; In three ol tbe rows of
Klefier grafted on LeConte, tbe
tope were broken ofT, being over-
loaded with fruit which could have
been averted by tbinnlug out the
fruit. Auotber peculiar bi?ht was
three iowm of Bartlett’*, budded ou
LeCoute, which bad au uuuatural
growth at the end of each limb, the
terminal bud formiug a sort of
wooden |>*ar, giving the trees an
appearance of being loaded with
unnatural fruit. This proves that
this variety is not a success when
budded on the Le Conte. For this
orchard Mr. Thompson asks$400 an
acre.
At Albuuy we saw large pear and
aud also some pencil orchards. The
soil here very good and the hor
ticulturist'* bright aud pushing,
even unto a ripe old age. One on-
turprUiug old gentleman by (he
name of Tift, 80 years of age, has
planted 75 acres o' a pecan orchard
from tho nut, which takes seven
years te bear, an 1 expect* to live to
gather the fruit. He also takes a
lively iutercst lu railroads and
other enterprises, Tills ought to
make a 59 or 00-year-old horticultu
rist fell ashamed when he says:
“1 am too old to plant.” Tho pe
can nut dues well in Georgia, is
loug-liveil uud makes good lumber.
TJIK GARDEN CITY OF THE SOUTH.
At Thomaiivillw, the Gai deu City
of the South; u famous wluter re
sort, there is a boulevard which
makes the circuit of the city ut au
average diatauce of two miles from
its center. From the city splendid
hard roads diverge from the city in
every direction, like the spokes of
a wheel. It has pleasantly laid out
wide streets, and some of the grand
est hotels. The city seems to b j
encircled by extensive pear or
cliarda—Le Coute—tlie driest in the
south.
Messrs. BUckshear au<l Sanford,
two of the leading nurserymen
here, make a specialty of growing
Le Coate and KietFer pears. They
also have lino hearing orchards.
One tree ou Me. Hanford’s place,
llyours old, last year bore thirty-
four bushels, on which he realized
$7«
The Le Cuute l’ear company here
owns 225 acres, 100 acres of which
were plauted two years ago, most
ly Lo Conte. Near by is au or
chard of two acres, ou which whs
cleared $70') last year. But there is
also one of fourteen acres, four
years old,which 1ms horn*- nothing,
because it was neglected, which
goes to slio v that tlie Lo Conte
needs attention. Mr. Blacksheur
also makes a success of hi rawherry
growing. The Wilson does well
hereon account of the soil, whicli
is a rich sandy loam.
ATLANTA TO THE SEA.
At Atlanta, a genuine northern
city, and Mucou aud Havannah, ty
pical southern cities, we dlcl not
get out into the couutry. Macon s
noted for her large manufacturing
Interests and her schools and col
leges, particularly among which Is
the Wesleyan Female Seminary,
being tine of the foremost iu the
laud, the first that ever conferred
college degrees upou ladles, being
tilled with beautiful, charming ami
sensible young ladies from all parts
of ihe country.
Hivauuah U the largest shipping
point iu Georgia. Here can he
seen vessels f rom all parts of the
world. Millions of bales of cotton
are shipped annually from this
port hvdirect line of "<tearners to
rthern eilies and t« Europe.
At Augusts, Oa., we visited the
nursery of Mr, Beickmnu, the presi
dent of th»» American Promologlcal
society,a gentleman of aboutD*) years
of age, who Is as hale aud h- arty
and spry as a man of 40. This
nursery is famous throughout the
United States for its original trees
and shrubs.
It remind* one of the large
oro.imsutal nurseries in eastern
New York. Here originated the
orients! peaches Yum Yum and
Peen too. The land here lies high
and rolling, and is we*l adapted for
nursery and the growing of fiuit.iu
fa^t the state general ly, where lands
are high and roiling, is destined to
he a paradise of fruit growing iu
the coming years, and well deserves
the earnest attention of horticultur
ists.
STILL DRY.
The publishers of the Recorder
having been unable to make terms
with the Water Commissioners for
a supply of water for motive power,
are compelled to again issue a half
sheet. Buch a course is as unsatis
factory to us as it can be to our
readers, and we shall remedy it as
soon as possible, and then try and
make the Recorder so much bet
ter ns to make np for our present
deflcJencf«»«i.
Among the n»<
of the filial w«M*t
Gen. J us. E. J 1 '
A TAWNY HEAD FROM EGYPT.
With tufts of hair warm l.roaae, within a caso
It rata, this marvel from the ant (quo land
Of pyramid and sphinx, or palm aud sand,
Aaillustration of the domiuaut race
That swayed tho worl 1 for centuritw, and that
planned
Archives of art and catacombs, to *t u*l •
'Gainst all time's efforts laboring to efface.
These slfrhtioe* SOcfcMa onco with love light
gleamed;
Tilt* brow oommandinontover mon has beamed*
And with (hi Intelk'et may liftvo i»iven tone
To goveymnents, and even touch.kl our own!
While lips that may have graetol wife and young:
Aro now with brain that thought, with voice that
r York Sun.
An lsstlmatc of Carlyle.
“I never knew Carlyle,” nays tlie an
ther of "Glances of Great and Little
Mt impoi taut events ! Men,” "except by sight. To tell tho
ttih of | truth, 1 <li<l not greatly covet his ac
quaintance in those last days of liia,
! when alone I could have known him.
I was even not without n certain dread
of this roaring apostle of taciturnity.
Once, however, finding myself sitting
opponfte to him in a Chelsea omnibus, I
ventured to address him. I tried the
weather—the recognized conversational
aperient—bet L* this case it failed of it?
maud eikt-ct. He gave no -»uswer, but
| bat there, loosing on his&t.uT in brood-
JumcH \V. Lancaster, Hawkins-
ville, Gu.. writ*-*; “My wife «-*«
in bail In Hit/i lor years Five
doctors and as many more patent
medicines had rionw le-r n<» g<*» d.
8ix boltlcM of B. B. B. has cured
her.”
GEORGIA AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
Gov. Northern win* is ulwa>hfully
alive to the interest* of Georgia
and endeavor- l » a !v.»nc»* them In
a practical way, has issued a call
for u convention to he held in •' t-
lautit, on the Gth of May, to con si
or what action shall be taken in re
gard to a ti exposition of Georgia'*
products at the World’s Fair. At
that meeting twoemiuent constitu
tional lawyers will deliver their
opiniou a* to the legality of tho leg
islature making an appropriation
for Bit* purpose. One of these law
yers has already expressed an opin
ion that such un appropriation
would come wlthiu the limits of
the constitution.
Col. Liviugston, v. ho K chairman
of the World’s Fair committee ap
pointed by the State Agricultural
Society, has called a meet iug of the
committee for the 15th of April,for
the purpose of consulting as to the
be*t method of securing » r« prcpeu
tation of Georgia a! the Fair.
The people «»f Georgia are awskrn
lug to the importance of uinkiug u
proper display of h-r matchless re
sources beside tlio«c of Lor sister
Slnics, and wo believe that these
meeting* will result in th • foimuta
tion of Horn*, plan Rich will give
us such an exhibit as w ill attract
tin* attention of the world and In
duce a movement «,f people and
money Into Georgia- that will fill
her wa*-te places withjan industrious
and thrifty popuiafi.m uud develop
our industrial res.micvs.
If you decide, from what you I»h
h'-unl or read, thut you will tase
Hood’s .Sarsaparilla, do not he in
duced to buy any substitute iustesd.
P. P. P. stimulates the appetite
and aid* the process of assimilation,
cures nervous troubles nr.d iuvlgoi-
atea and strengthens every organ
of the body. Nervous prostration
is also cured by tin* great and pow
erful P. P. P Its eilects are per
manent and Iami iug.
A «1v in Moth«o».
Mrs. Winslow’s hoothinci Syr
up should always be u*ed for cbll
dren teething. It soothes tbe child,
^rtecs tbe gum*, allays »U pain,
cures wind colic, and is the beat
remedy foi dlarrhom. Twenty-five
o uifcs J ?r bottle.
Wanted. ' * ,
oxen. Address
8. Joiin.-on.
Mr. Raudall Pope, the retired
druggist of Madison.Fla., says (Dec.
8, 1880,) he regards P. P. P. rprick-
ly Ash, Poke Root aud Potassium)
a* the best alterative on tho market,
and that lie has seen more benefi
cial results from tho use of it Hihii
any other blood mediciue.
I\ P. P. cures Scrofula, Salt
Rheum and all humors. Dyspepsia,
Sick Headache, Hilipiisnesa. It
cures that tired feeling, creates an
appetite, strengthens the nerves
and build* up tin* whole system. P.
P. P. is unrivaled, aud since Its In
troduction lias cured more cases of
blood disease than all the other
blood purifier* put together.
Trades and Occupations,
The Youth’s Companion for 1891
will give an instructive and help
ful Series of Papers, each of which
describe* tho character of some
leading Trade for Boys or Occups-
tion for C.lrls, They give informa
tion ns to the Apprenticeship re
quired to learn each, the Wages to
be expected, th** Qualities neod«d in
order to •liter, and the prospects of
success. Address, tfiB Youth’s
Companion, Boston. Mass.
ice and with introspective eyes,
mi til he reached his destination. When
he lu«l got ont, I, affecting not to know
him, asked the conductor who he was.
Tho latter had touched his bat to him.
" ‘Oh. yessir, I know him well enough.
’E orfeu ridea in my ’bus. ’E”*t wot you
call a littery geut—writes h...As wot no
body can understand.*
"The conductor paused, as if mentally
summing up fr.nu his superior stand
point—tho footboard — poor Carlyle’s
characteristics, and then added, with a
touch, half of pity, half of contempt in
the voice:
" 4 ’E’s a bit oil his chump, like many
of those gouts; but he ain’t a IkuI sort if
you hike him tho right way.* "
Artur* IVlio Paint.
speaking of jieople who paint, Edward
W. Kemble, the artist, said: "1 know
many actors who are art 's with tho
brush and i>oucil, and very imr artists at
that. Joseph Jefferson goes in for water
colors. Dixey draws queer caricatures,
and I saw one of his eccentric drawings
on a Parker house (Boston) lull of faro
only the other day. Louis Harrison, tho
comedian, is a rapid draughtsman. Tim
Murphy used to bo u house pay»UT in
Washirgtou, so he comes rightly by hia
taste for pvu aud pencil. His dressing
room wherever he may bo is covered
with daubs roughly but effectively done
in grease, jiaint and crayon. Lotta,
Minnie Mnd’dcru, Madeline Lucelio aud
Alice King Hamilton draw very neatly.
E. II. But hern has made sketches winch
Dan Frub man considers worthy of hang
ing framed in the lobby of the Lyceum
theatre. George Fawcett Rowe used to
go in for oils. Alexander Salvini, son of
his father, has presented a very neat
water color to Mnrie Burroughs.—New
York Herald.
. Job Printing.
Although the Recorder is for
.tho pfeseut iu * state of a*.sp**t3 .o‘
the job office Is still alive and pie-
pared to turn out all kinds of print
ing. Ho Grlng on your work and
we wijl turn jt out prompt!\* And
cbe.pty. . v , ,H ‘ i
i Muftis
Work In Lecturing.
A popular lecturer who ha? appeared
before big audiences ou hundreds of
platforms during the past ten or twelve
years, says that lecturing is the hardest
way of earning a living. The lecturer is
all tho time exhausted with travel from
place to place by railroad or steamboat,
or stage coach or other convey.ince' Ho
cannot get solid sleep any time. Ho
finds himself in uncomfortable qurn tors
in all sorts of hotels. Ho caunot get to
bed till nearly midnight after uny lect
ure. Us is bothered with committees
and agents. Ho often finds tluit both tho
audience and tho receipts are light. Tho
lecturer hero quoted says that he is worn
out down to the bones after a few weeks
of lecturing, and (list ho never had as
exhausting work when he w:w u deck
bninl n'oonrd ship as ho has Inal during
the Clears in which he has lx*e:i on tho
lecture platform. His nervous system
has Ix'en shattered by it.—New York
Sun.
Krrtihtitiiru of lli« Air to u Locomotive.
Experiments on the French railways
show that the resistance of the atmos
phere to tho motion of highspeed trains
amounts often to half tlie total re.-istauctx
Two engines, of which the resistance
was measured separately and found to
be 19.8 i>oufkis per ton at thirty-seven
wiles per hour, were coupled together
and again tried. The resistance fell to
14.8 pounds per ton. Tho second engiuo
was masked by the first. It may be ar
gued from this that by a suitable adap
tation of the front of a locomotive, elec
trical or otherwise, a saving of from 8 to
10 per cent, of the effective power could
bo made.—Electrical Review
1‘arrow* on lliu Finger Null*.
Nearly twenty years ago Dr. Wilks <li-
rvotwl attention to tbe carious fact that
a transverse farrow always apiiears oa
tue nails utter a serious illness. Medical
men Ignored wlutt they called the vision
ary opinions .of Mr. Wi.au. giving tho
■patter out little attention iu r.uir med
ical worka * Recently a new interest in
the subject haq been revived and patho
logical toctulits have begun an investi
gation. One remarkable case shows nail
furrows caused by three day’s seasick-
uess.—Herald of Health.
It the feet of a fly is pat aader the
glass of a good lakroecepo it maybe
seen how simple is the contrivance that
seems able to defy the laws of gravita
tion. She foot L made op of two pads,
coversinu.ih fine h v luJrs, with a
pairofeJ __
bind each pad is a t’.ny
clear, liquid gum, the bain
v aud fuled with the
Mi