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LOCAL NEWS.
For the next twenty days we will
the Advocate mid the People's Party
Paper for one year for $1 25 payable in
advance.
Miss Pauline Bristow is nt the post
office now, aiding our postmistress to
nttend to her daily duties.
Mr. W. M. Edwards, traveling photog¬
rapher for tho Immigration Society,
Atlanta, stopped over in the city last
week aud photographed some tine stock
raised in our neighborhood.
Mr. I.ee Hill, accompanied by his
beautiful young wife, sp»nt Saturday in
the village.
The Colored Debating Society of our
town discussed the subject of “which nin
de most benefit to de countiy—money or
education.’' Money won.
Mr. M. E. Bruckner, once u resident,
one ci.ty, died in Augusta last Monday.
Mrs. Bruckner wan the moflier of Mrs.
Carey Jones.
The Sunbeams met lust Friday night,
Mr. E. 0. Bonne spent a few days in
Atlanta thin week.
Major Jack Taylor, of the country,
visited his cousins in 11m city last. Mon¬
day.
Col. II. M. Holden went to Atlanta
Wednesday on a short visit
The members of the Ladies Memorial
Association are requested to meet next
Monday evening at 2 o’clock.
Why can’t the young people get up a
literary club?
Mrs. V. T. Sanford and her son, Mr.
Jordan Sanford, stopped over in the city
Sunday on their way to Augusta from
the funeral of Prof. Sanford in (Irecues
boro.
Jack Benzley delights in going a-lishing
now and then.
Mr. Abb Harris pays our city a visit
regularly every week. Hard to break off'
aint it, Abb?
Land is mighty cheap in Taliaferro.
One “sorehead populist” ventures to
suggest that there is an “over-produc¬
tion.”
Several from here attended the funeral
of Prof. Sanford in Greenesboro last Sat¬
urday.
Dr. Stokss of Madison, came down
Wednesday to do some dental work for
parties in the city.
A FIREMAN KILLED.
Last Thursday night about two miles
from Crawfordville there occurred one of
the most uncommon accidents in the
annals of railroad history, which resulted
fatally for Mr. Walter Iluckney, a fire
on a down freight. The engine which
pulled the freight broke loose from the
tender, and Mr. Hackney, the fireman,
who was standing with one foot on the
tender, fell down directly in front (lf~4lie
tender the entire train passing over his
body.
His remains were carried to Augusta,
and were brought up to Union Point Sun
day, where the interment occurred.
Mr. Hackney was the son of Mr. Sam
Hackney, of Greene, who has many warm
friends in this county, whoso heart-felt
sympathy he hus in this time of bereavo
PROF. SANFORD DEAD.
Last Friday our coinmunty was
shocked by a telegram from Augusta an¬
the death of Prof. V.T.Sanford.
His death had been expected ior lome
time, although his friends hoped that he
might be spared ior a few months longer.
ie funeral one irro i Sunday in Groenns
boro, and a large number of friends of
the family gathered to pay their last
tributes of respect to tho d< ceased.
Prof. Sanford was one of the ablest
hist 1o ichors in tli* State, and his
death is generally deplored. Ho taught
in Crawfordville from 1880 to 1800,
during which timo our pcorile became
much attached to him. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of tho entire
community.
Waterproof Leather.
All medical authorities agree as to
the importance of keeping the feet
dry. But aside from the use of rub¬
ber and such materials, nothing has
heretofore been invented that would
fully answer this demand. A new
process of tanning, however, gives
assurance that ibis much desired
article has at last been made saturated a possi¬
bility. Raw hides are
with a week solution of bi-chromate
of potash, containing sufficient hy¬
drochloric acid to free the chromic
acid. The skins remain in this pre¬
paration until they are of a bright
yellow color all through The moist¬
ure is then pressed or drained from
Miem, when they aro immediately
put into a bypcsulpliite of soda bath,
containing a little acid, put in to
change the compound oxidization to green of
chrome oxide. The
the sulphurous acids creates sul¬
phuric acid, resulting in a complete
reduction of chromic acid. At this
stage the leather must be dye 1 any
desired color, as in its present con¬
dition it is of a dull green blue tint.
After the dyeing and drying it is
extremely tough and flexible and ab¬
solutely water and damp proof, so
much so that it wiil take on no
permanent color, as the surface is
thoroughly non absorbent, The
process is said to be very readily
learned and easily understood. \\ bile
it sounds complicated and suggests 8
great deal of knowledge of chemistry,
it is as easily managed as the old
method of tan bark, and is, beside,
a disinfecting process as well as a
destroyer of any disease germs that
might by accident be lodged in the
gkins to be handled.
Lighting in London.
When it was first proposed to light
the streets of London with gas great
objection was made by the public
and newspapers on the ground that
the people would be poisoned, that
the trees and vegetation would 1
killed, and that domestic animals
could not possibly survive the deadly
fumes-
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
FEEDING POUXiTIlY AT NIGHT.
Tbo heaviest feed for poultry or
other animals should to at night.
Sleep favors digestion and keeping the
stomach full is tho best protection
against cold. If any corn is given it
should be at night. It will be all tho
better if warmed and some of it is
charred. A cold grain of corn, some¬
times ice cold, has to be warmed be¬
fore it can be digested. At night,
when exercise is impossible, no un¬
necessary burden should be placed ou
the system. Iu the morning it is bet¬
ter to feed poultry with grain scat¬
tered among the straw aud let them
scratch for it.—Boston Cultivator.
RENTING A FARM.
There is no doubt that a farm af¬
fords the safest means of living of nil
employments, and if one hus not tho
means to purehnso tho laud there arc
abundant opportunities to get one by
renting. There is a better chance to
do this in tho East than in the West,
on account of tho better markets af¬
forded by the more numerous large
towns and cities and the denser popu¬
lation. Tho safest way is to rent on
shares, as it is culled, paying a share
of tfke produce to tho owner, and thus
dividing tho risk of the seasons. A
good way to find a suitable farm is
tjb advertise in a local newspaper
Where one desires to live, and state
what is desired. If tho dairy busi¬
ness is understood, this is tho most
promising, and next tho small fruit
business. A. good stock of poultry
will help greatly to make a profit, and
the most profitable selling crop for
general farming is potatoes, which,
with hay, bring tho best prices with
tho least labor and cost. It is truo
that there are many farms in tha West
to rent, but as a rule they are iu poor
condition, having been given up by
tho owners on account of inability to
make enough to pay the interest on
tho mortgages. Fifty acres will be
quite largo enough to begin od, ami
by going on slowly and spending os
littlo as possiblo at first, ono may add
as may bo found desirable without
risk of loss.—New York Times.
WHAT CORN FODDER IS.
The common terms, corn fodder and
stover, have different significations in
different localities. Tho whole stalks
after tho corn has bqpn husked and
gathered are called stiver in New Eng¬
land, whence the term has been car¬
ried into the West. The moaning of
this term in common language, is any
supply of food, but agriculturally it is
applied to provisions for animals of
any kind. It is used in England to
signify any coarse forage, as the stubble
of a clover field or waste hay that is
used for thatching roofs of cattle shel¬
ters. It is usod in this sense by
Shakespore. The word is derived from
tho French—estover or estovoir, moan¬
ing simply any provision. Corn fod
d er or fodder corn is applied to the
.
wboIiTplant South (ipplies with only the ears to the ou. leaves In the
it or
blades of itlic plant; tho stalks, there
usually c4it off above t’m'eaSB, - Wiitch
are left on the stems, to bo afterward
gathered at any convenient time, are
called tops. In general, however,
corn fodder is understood to mean
tho whole stalks after the ears have
been gathered from them.—American
Farmer.
WINTER FARM AND MARKET WAGON.
Why shouldn’t the farmer talco
some comfort in his work? Let
put a cloth top upon his wagon aud
go to market warm aud
from the wind. It is an easy
to make a light, but strong,
work and cover it with duck, or
heavy cotton cloth. Tho
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COVERED MARKET SEED.
shows how to make it convenient
to get into and to get produce out of.
It is especially handy when
potatoes, apples, etc., in
weather. An oil stove can be
securely behind the seat on tho floor,
and in the coldest weather tho
perishable of articles can bo
safely, and with
Agriculturist.
improve the farm flock.
There is a good way, a quick way,
and a cheap one to improve the
flock if action is taken in season.
Taken now, just at the opening of
year, and before the mating and breed
ing season has fairly set in.
By the farm flock we mean
family flock of fowls, as
seen on the farms of the great
and Southern States.
We take it, that any man would
glad to improve his condition fifty
cent, in one season, if it could be
without too much outlay of cash,
too much effort on his part. We
not advise how to elevate tho
rounding conditions of any one to
extent, just now; but we can
out the way to improve the
on the premises without much
or expense.
The first move we should
would be to dispose alliEe
roosters about and
hens. Then we should select about
dozen of the best hens, and buy a
class Brown Leghorn
that is simon pure in blood and
ings, and mate him with the
hens. It would not matter much,
he should be mismarked in
but he should be a pure
nevertheless, in order to get the
able characteristics of tho true
horns—their great laying
established to a great extent in
chickens from the mating suggested,
In mating fowls we should bear
mind that the male bird is oae -ii ilf
the mating, aud the mating will
just one-half Leghorn, ii u
cock be used. Tnat would to the
enit of conmtoa^heiw, mating the pure Leghorn
the all the
would be lialf Leghorn in blood, and
therefore greatly superior to the hens
that hatched them. The pullets from
such a mating would lay much
younger, and lay a great deal more
eggs in the course of a year.
Thus it is seen that the introduction
of a male bird, properly managed,
will improvo the farm flock fifty per
cent, in one season.
We use the Leghorn as an illustra
tion; a pure bred cock of any of tbo
great number of thoroughbred strains
of fowls, might be used to the better
meat of tho fowls on the farm, Our
first choice is the Leghorn, and our
second choice the White Plymouth
Book.—Farm, Field and Fireside.
WOODEN COVER FOR PUMPS.
Pumps in cold, bleak situations are
liable to freeze up, causing a vast
amount of trouble. In the accompany
ing sketch is shown a simple method
of protecting one of the common pis
ton pumps. An outer jacket of wood
envelops tho pump. It should bo
large enough to allow a three-inch
space all around the sides. This space
should be filled with chaff, finely-cut
hay or straw, pressed firmly in posi¬
tion. Additional protection is giveu
by tho piece of board, a, which has a
liolo in it that fits closoly over tho
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PUMP PROTECTOU.
pump handle, and during tho coldest
weather, whoa tho pump is not iu use,
this board is placed as shown in tho
illustration, pressed against tho side
of the pump, and hung upon tho nail
at b. If in a windy location, the
spout should be stopped up with
cloth, leaving enough projecting to
readily remove it by. Any ouo who
has had to water cattle iu tho morn¬
ing and has found tho pump from
which he proposed to g<^ water frozon
solidly, will appreciate this simple ar¬
rangement for preventing such a stftto
of affairs. Careless employes may
leave tho pump unprotected on cold
nights, and find it frozen iu tho
morning. To fix in their minds the
duty of looking opt for it, let them
carry fifteen or twonty pails of water
fromamoro distant well for the morn¬
ing watering, aud they will not again
forget it.—Now England Homestead.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
Do you pay attention to the feet and
legs of your horses and colts?
Soft, hot feed Bhould constitute the
morning meal of the fowls in cold
weather.
It is quite as profitable to give skim
milk, buttermilk or curds to poultry
as it is to birds.
It is said that when wato* fails to
remove the stains on ogga ti a littlo
viuilgiii' -artf! bu ~TounuYoansw $r the
purpose.
Wheat and oats mixed in tho pro¬
portion of two to one and then ground
is reported to bo an excellent food for
milking cows.
You must always be a close ob¬
server of tho habits of your laying
hens to make them lay well. This ob¬
servation enables you to learn what
she needs for her comfort and useful¬
ness.
Turkeys will come homo the to roost if
they are fed regularly in evening.
Grain may bo fed entirely, but if
mixed with broad crumbs and scraps
from the table, tho turkeys wiil like
it much better.
A room host suited to keep your in¬
cubator in would bo one which ac¬
tually his no thermal changes. A
room within a room brings it nearer
to tho point desired. This is worth
your while considering.
To make “stone meal” heat tho
stones in the stove for half an hour;
if they are then thrown into water
they become so friablo that thoy can
be broken into small pieces by the
hands and may easily be pulverized
with a hammer.
Many farmers are in the habit
giving their cows hot water for thoir
drink in cold weather, claiming that
they yield one-third more milk than
when given cold water. Care should
be taken not to give tho water so hot
as to burn the cow’s throats.
The egg is one of tho most
tious forms of food, becauso it
easily digested, containing the
ments that go toward producing flesb,
bonPi blood and nerve, all of
nrG ei-Bential to robust health.
j n a ra w or cooked state it is
valuable.
Iq {eedi in to Bheop Iaed a
Bma ll qnantity oftol] . Keep them in
tbo * arjil givo them all tho salt
the nt This will have much to do
witb tho prcve ution of scratches. The
farmer who raises his own sheep
finJ it profita ' ble to market them as
h/JQB M ' SK jb] e
Tho t mo has passc ‘ ,i when f ruit an d
etable3 can b 0 sold by tho appear .
ftnoe of the specim ens ou the top.
9hi Ina rel npon it that ail
barre ] s and boxes are inspected by
commisBion merc haats and the cus
tomer8> They havo been taught by
expe rience to be cautious.
A \ c ° w may , hft 7^. a xecorfl , on . r
, farm, and it ,
owner s may prove vain
able to him It is not necessary to
secure a public record, or to
i 1 * 0 her ’ if you kao ” what 8h /, c f
do ! , h / your t ? sts , : yo “ Wl!l
able to regulate . the food and
tho entlre herd to Dettor advaljt:l “ e -
The sitting of Bantam eggs is
ferred until late in the season, as
<1° not then have time to attain
^ize they otherwise would.
smaller a Bantam is the larger
R will bring. Keep the chick
from ' ice and there will be no
j trouble than in the raising spring. them late in the season
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I Every violent storm ou the Engl
i Channel exposes wi ancient
I forest, which is usually covered
sand and water The location
■ curiosity i* pear St. Mala.
/YrjTTVrTT'a v/LL U iN lVO A17 W (7SAT VJV/IJL/. T\
BIG NUGGETS STUMBLED UPON
BY LUOKY MINERS,
The Largest Found t 'In California
■Weighed 151 Founds Six Ounces,
aud Was Worth $36,270—Lots
of Nuggets Worth $5000.
J | HAT findin^if story ■the Sun about
tho a gold nug¬
get Patagonin'worth in the mining regions
”6 of $5000,
said Colonel T. P. Brooks, who has
been a gold miner in California and
Arizona for forty-five years, “seems
to have made a gres|t oommotion
*J m ong fkose miners down in bouth
America, but that was onL a boy of
a nugget by tho side, of many that
bave been taken out of the earth and
roc l ;3 forma. 1 .miel xltil, who
dled o{ trcnens in a jail m
^os the luckiest Angeles several I ever y>|rs 'knew ago. or heard was
man
of in gotting suddenly rich twice. He
dug two chunks of solid gold out of
tho gravel as simply aid easily as a
man rolls a stone out ^ tho hillside.
Tho first nuggot wa. c :o'*c!tud in June,
Plumas. 1800, iu tho It Ruby BelS^.wim, fi north man’s of
was as \ go as a
head and was oombiuo with water
stained quartz. C. I’. 'Huntington’s
brother iu Sacramento bought it for
SI 7,000 cash down. I - , the fall of
1871 Hill wus plai ing on his
own account in Du v“. ““d. i>y
hunky, he washed out id-Saer nuggot
of shape gold of and quartz horse’s about ix|) f size Ho quit aud
a
work and went right lo? /to 'Frisco,
where ho got $14,200 his lucky
find. Ho had spent every cent of his
littlo fortune in six moi¥hs, and went
back to hard work in the mountains
again. But that ondc]x his streak of
luck, and ho never made over $10 in
any ono day after that; more often $2
or $3 a day, and Eosootimoa not a
dime.’’
The Miners’ Association of Califor¬
nia has among its grea* mass of liter¬
ature connected with the gold indus¬
try and the dovolopmcat of mining
operations in this State many inter¬
esting facts concerning big nuggets of
gold. Tho largest nuggot ever found
in California was that known as tho
Oliver Martin Chunk. 3?, weighod 151
pounds six ounces. Ti e precious oro
was mixed with white quartz, and it
was sold nftor being ;S&vortod into
bullion for $36,270. Hundreds of
pictures havo been made of tho goldou
mass, and all tho schoolboys in Cali¬
fornia aro expeotod to know tho
weight, sizo and valuo of tho famous
nugget. Thero aro bronze foe-similes
of the chunk in many mineral collec¬
tions in museums in Europe and Ainor
ica. Tbo nugget was found near Camp
Corona in Tuolumne County, in Cen¬
tral California. The chfth of tho find¬
ing was November 18th, 1854. Mar¬
tin, a poor miner, who had not evoq
tho proverbial dollar to his name, and
a companion, named John Flower,
were tramping on their way up coun¬
try ono to night now in diggings. a mount*.’ |piey kianou, oamped when
a sudden and terrific j|f||||!|»ter form camo
up in the darkness. Ho. in_the Tbo
canon stream gs ■
I. | oott! hill,
were carried down tm imT Flower
was drowned, but Ma though sev
erely injured, escapee Tiilo trying
to bury his companion's trlee, body Martin by dis¬ tho
roots of an upturned boars his
covered the rich nugget! weak that
name. Ho was too to move it.
He attempted to reach some neighbor*
ing miners, but fainted from exhaus¬
tion, and was found on tho trail by
thdm. When ablo to walk, sonjo weoks
later, Martin took them to tho spot
and tho nuggot was romovod. Martin
mado tho nuggot tho basis of a largo
fortune that ho accumulated iu the
next two decades.
Tho biggest nuggot of gold ever
found in Shasta County was discov¬
ered in tho spring of 1870. Ono day
tbreo Frenchmen, two of whom wero
named Oliver Longchamp, and Fred.
Boclion, drovo into the old town of
Shasta in search of a spot to mine.
Thoy happened to have aomo business
with A. Coloman, a doalor in hardware
and notions. The throe asked him
where was a good place to mino. lie
carelessly pointed in a northerly di¬
rection and said: “Go over to Spring
Creek.” They took his advice, located
a claim on the creek some oight miles
north of Bedding, and a few days
later one of the Frenchmen picked up
a nuggot of gold valued at $6200. Ten
years later a miner named Dent Young
found a $520 nugget on Flat Creek,
near where tho Frenchmen found their
famous chunk.
Sierra is justly famed for its valuable
masses of gold, found both pure and
mixed with quartz. Georgo N. Ilor
man and Frank Arnan found near Gib
eonvillo in 1807 a nugget that weighed
over 100 ounces and was worth $1700.
Iu 1851 at French Ravine a lump of
quartz and gold together was discov
ered from which $8000 in gold
ta *? n ' In 1 85j th,J sam .°
still more valuable . . murget of gold *ud
quartz wm found, and from it
wtt T s opined Co un f m ^
Gilbert in lns , dnft . mino near
er Ranch, twelve miles from Auburn,
f? u nd a ? n «« et K old a ? d
that t weighed twenty pounds. Light
P ounds L ? so,d at 810 ttn
<*$1530, „ the .
oun cc > remaining
twelv0 i , P° n “ da J ere 7 old ® 1 2 an
°? Dce ’ or 817 ? 8 / makmg ^ 20i . f l ° T
the rhe r Mrae umu *
years later, discovered ,. m . the same
mine another very valuable nugget.
It wab ten inches long, from tbreo to
8evt;n j ncbea wide, and over an inch
thick The gold was embedded in a
maHfJ of crys t a lized quartz, with clenr
cut corners, the side - of which shone
with great brillian , When tbor
otl ,, bly cleaned it weighed 147 ounces,
and was sent to the Han Francisco
Mint, where it brought $2852. In
1864, near Michigan Bluff, a
0 f pure gold weighing 226 ounces In and
valued at $4204 was found. July
1876, J. B. Colgrove, of Dutch Flat,
found a white quart/, boulder in
Polar Btar mine which contained
$7700 worth of gold.
In Eldorado Count; in 1853 a
ounce nugget of go 1 was
that is valued at 1 1809.
was found near Ke iu tins Efttu*
county whi.-li sold f< t -G700. In
at Pilot Iliil a bould - of gold
was found which yie l$8090.
with several smaller nuggets was
taken from tho Boulder Gravel claim
near the Pilot Hill Postoffloe. Severed
large and valuable gold nuggets wero
discovered in Tuolumne County. Iu
1853 a mass of gold woighing 360
ounces was found at Columbus. This
was valued at $5625. At Gold Hill.iu
the same county, a Mr. Virgin found
one weighing 380 ounces and valued
at $6500. A Frenchman in Spring
Gulch, near Columbia, in the sumo
county, found one of almost pure gold,
which was worth $5000. Tho rich
mass of gold renderod tho mirier in¬
sane on tho following day, and ho was
sent to tho Stockton Asylum. Tho
nugget was sold and the money for it
was sent to his family in France.
Near Magalia, in Butte County, on
August 14, 1850, Ira A. Willard found
ou the west branch of tho Feather a
nugget that weighod fifty-four pounds
avoirdupois aud was worth $10,690.
On finding this tho miners quit work
for the day and celebratod tho event
by a grand jollification.
Iu the last dooade several nuggets
have boon fouud in tho mining regions
of California that have brought over
$3000 each. Iu October, 1889, two
men who were tramping up tho coast,
wero put off a Southern Pacific freight
train at tho littlo station of Caliento,
and started off to walk to Bakorsliold.
Two days later they catuo back to
Calionto with a lump of gold and
crystalizod quartz. Thoy wore sus¬
pected of having robbed a mining
camp, aud oven of having murdered a
miner to get thoir gold. They, how¬
ever, provod that while going about in
tbo dry bed of an ancient stream of
water, two miles from tbo Boalovillo
placer mining camp, for faggots for a
tire, they had stumbled upon thoir
lucky find. Thoy lmd offered tho gold
for sale to a railroad man at Calionto
for $10, but ho, suspooting fraud,
would not bargain with tho straugors.
Subsequently tho nuggot was Fold iu
Los Angeles for $2750. It weighed
216 ouuoes. In less than a week after
the find thoro wero over 100 men from
all parts of Houthorn California limit¬
ing daily up aud down that, old rivor
bed for gold nuggets, but beyond a
few $3 or $1 fiuds thoro was nothing
worthy of search.
Iu January, 1891, a nuggot of puro
gold that weighed 140 ounces was
loiind in a drift of coarso gravel in tho
Golor district north of tho Mojave Des¬
ert. Tho very next day another nug¬
get of puro gold about tho size of a
goose's egg was fouud. Both tvoro
bought by a manufacturing jowolor in
Pomona. Tho former brought $1126
and the latter $975. Several mouths
ago a nuggot that sold for about $1400
was brought from Sail Diego by a
poor, woak consumptive from Now
Jersey, who had been roughing it up
in tho mountains with some sheep
ranchmen. In his long daily walks
for hoalth aud exorcise ho arnusod
himself looking for Indian rolios in a
canon. Ho found tho nnggot among a
lot of rooks ono day after a heavy
rainstorm had washod down immenso
masses of gravel and earth from tho
side of tho canon. Thero was no ono
more astonished than ho at tho value
placed upon his find when ho offered
it for salo in San Diego. Experienced
gold minors visited the locality whero
the chunk was picked up, but not ono of
bus yet, iojuid another porjjloxi- sLai
gold there. It is one of the
tMBwjgiggravations of hunting tor
IHRlrgest fields.
nuggot over found in
Nortn Carolina weighed eighty
pounds. Tho largest ever fouud in
Siberia woighod ninety-six pounds
four ounces.^The largest pieeo of gold
over found In Colorado woighod thir¬
teen pounds, and this washy nomenus
puro gold. The largest over fouud in
tho world was discovered in Australia
in 1852, and was known as tho King
of tho Water Moon nuggot. It
woighod 223 pounds aud four ounces,
and was worth about $55,000.—Now
York Sun.
The Hot Wind.
“Tho hot winds which cooked the
crops of Kansas aud Nebraska this
summer,” said the man from Iowa to
a New York Mail aud Express re¬
porter, “ivhiskod over into our State
one afternoon. From 1 o’clock until
sundown a horrible oven heat had bil¬
lowed down tho streets of my village.
Tho people closed tho blinds and re¬
treated to their collars, but tlio scorch¬
ing desert breath found them out
through stone walls and mortar.
“When I went outside I felt a sing¬
ing in my cars. My watcli burned its
wuy through my vest pocket like a
brand. I could see tho paint hlistors
rise on tho weather boarding of tho
houses and hear tho rust rattling on
tho sheet iron roofs. Tho leaves of
tho few shade trees curled up and
grew brown at tho edges. But tho
corn on tho outskirts of town was a
sight! It made rao think of tho seven
blasted ears of Joseph’s dream.
“That afternoon our chickens left
tho garden and camo down and sat
around tho well curb. Only tho
turkeys could bravo tho heat and a
battalion of them which was gleaning
over iu the hayfield reaped a fat har¬
vest. Tho wind seemed to make tho
grasshoppers dazed and listless, aud
they fell an easy prey to tho platoon
of hungry fowls.
“A cool hreozo sprang up that
night, and the next morning a dew
was ou the corn, so heavy that when
it had dripped off the blades tho
ground underneath was fairly In muddy.
That saved our corn crop. Kansas
and Nebraska tho hot wind kept up
for weeks.”
How to Size Up Things.
“Oh, that’s about a sizo too smal
for you,” said a salesman in a big
clothing establishment near Herald
square, as he critically surveyed a coat
into which he had assisted a patron.
“Yes, it is a bit too small,” assented
the other, taking off tho garment,
“but, tell me just how much is a
size.”
“In a coat,” answered the salesman,
‘‘a size is one inch.”
“Is that so!" exclaimed tho cus
tomer. He had been living for nearly
I thirty-two years, wasfairly intelligent,
but never knew that fact,
| him, And who there also are do thousands not know, just for inst- like
j | ance, that a size in underwear is two
I inches; in a sock, an inch; in a collar,
half aii inch; iu atiues, oiitt-aixti* of mi
j inch ; in trousers, one inch ; in gloves,
a quarter of an inch, and iu hate, outs
J eighth.—New York Herald.
GEORGIA RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
OFFICE GENERAL MANAGER.
Commenclng Dec. 23rd, 1894, tho following schedules, will be operated. All
trains run by 90th Meridian Timo. Tho schedules are subject 'to change
without notico to the public.
BEAD DOWN. BEAD UP.
No. Train 11 N’tExp No. 3. No. m’1 l.j’Traia No. 27 STATIONS. No. Train 28 No. m’1 2. N’t No. 4. Train No. 12
Day pay itxp
4 5 5 5 86p OOp 22p 40p 10 10 11 11 30p 58p 21p OOp 11 12 12 12 30a 04p 54a I6p 7 7 15a 45a Lv Grovetown Berzelia Augusta Belair Ar 8 8 30p 00p 12 12 12 1 36p 27p OOp 16p 4 4 4 5 37a 48a 25a 16a o -q -j 4 iHHO- oo^on
5 45p 11 29p 12 24p 8 00a Harlem Lv. 7 43p 12 09p 4 16a c& CO <S
7 28p (NHOKi'f co
5 54]i 11 38p 12 34p 8 06a Hearing 7 20p 12 m 4 07a ci
6 12p 11 58p'12 52p 8 19a Thomson 7 05p 11 44a 3 50a o «
6 24p12 08a 1 04p Mesena 11 33a 3 38a 05
6 82p12 16a 1 12p X 35a Camak 05C50C5 11 26a 3 28a a »c
6 41p12 25a 1 20p OCX 40a Norwood 11 19a 3 20a ci ao
6 7 05p 54p12 12 42a 56a 1 1 36p 50p O 04a 53a Crawforilvillo Barnett 11 10 0?>a 54a 3 2 04a 48a ci COC1 cS 4
7 25p 1 22a 2 15p .C Ar. Union Point Cl 10 34a 2 21a ert O o
2 30p 5 25a Lv. T
1 38a 2 44p C 5 38a Greensboro CJWWWCSl^iklfk^ClCTCl 42p 10 21a 2 04a
2 05a 3 lOp 1 C 00a Buekhead 20p 10 00a 1 37a
2 22a 3 28p 10 12a Madison OOp 9 45a 1 20a
2 41a 3 40p 10 28a Rutledge OOp 9 26a 1 Ola
2 56a 3 56p 10 40a Social Circle 38p 9 10a 12 45*
3 Ilia 4 20p 10 58a Covington 20p 8 46a 12 22a
3 41a 4 45p11 15a Conyers 02p 8 25a 1200nt
3 54a 5 00p 11 26a Lithonia 52p 8 13ft 11 45p
4 15a 5 21 p 11 42a Stone Mountain 86p 7 54a 11 24p
4 28a 5 34p 11 51 a Clark n ton 28p 7 43a 11 lip
4 39a 5 45]> 12 m Decatur 20p 7 34a 11 OOp
5 00 a 6 OOp 12 15p Ar Atlan ta Lv 05p 7 15a 10 45p
1 TBa Hop 8 40a Lv Camak Ar "0 50p 11 25alT rm[
h 31a 1 24p 8 47a Warrenton 6 43p 11 17a l2 08a
tc 06a 1 44p...... Mayfield 0 27p 11 01a11 30p
tc 30a 1 5Cp...... Culverton 6 lOp 10 49a11 18p
tc 50a 2 07p 9 22a Sparta 6 08]> 10 40a11 02p
c 22a 2 24p Deveroux 5 54p 10 20a10 38p
37a 2 83p cr. 43a Carrs 5 46p 10 18a10 25p
4 16a 2 55p © 00a Millcilgoville 5 29p 10 00u C5 54p
4 48a 3 13p Browns 5 14p 9 46a 05 30p
5 07a 8 24p 10 24a Haddocks 5 05p 9 ?7a Ci 14p
5 28a 3 35p 10 32a James 4 57p 9 28a 05 OOp
6 30a 4 05p 11 00a Ar Macon Lv 4 25p 9 00a X 15?
6 7 7 7 4 55p 05p 12p 3p 12 ff 11 11 30a 03a 08a 20a ^ fcS tv fcw 29p OOp 20p 12p Ar Lv Washington Hillman Barnett Sharou Lv Ar 1 1 1 1 2 32p 07p 40p lCp 8 8 8 7 50a 37a 27a 5 5a___ CIC5C5C;
77777 l5p ! flop Lv Union I’oint Ar 7777771 9 IlSaPTfip iuii*^cicicicicid
40p Wooilvillo ...... 9 08u 40 —
OOp Uairilstown ...... 9 04a 35 a,
01 p Maxeys ...... 8 51a 22p
08p Stephens ...... 8 44a 16p
19p Crawford ...... 8 30a 03p
85p Dunlap ...... 8 12a 4Gp
39p Winters ...... 8 07a 42p
55p Ar Athens Lv ...... 7 50a 25p
10 40a Lv Union Feint Ar ...... 2 05 p......
11 30u Hiloain ...... 1 42 p......
11 50a Ar White Plains Lv ...... 1 20 pi......
All Iiliovn trains run dally, exoept 11 and 12 which do not run on Sunday. No. 1 dinner at
Union Point; No 28 Buppcr at Harlem. Sleeping Care botwoon Atlanta and Charleston, Angiwta
and Atlanta. Augusta and Maoon, on night . xprox*. Sloeping cars between Macon anil
Yolk on (rain 27, Hiid train leaving Macon at II o’clock, a. nt.
Til OS. K. SCOTT, JOE W. WHITE, A. 0. JACKSON,
General Manager. Traveling Passenger Agent. Qoneral Freight aud Pass Agont.
Aoousta, 6a,
J. W. KIRKLAND, W. W. HARDWICK,
Pass. Agt., Atlanta, Ga. rass. Agt., Macon, Ga.
HAWKS AND RATS.
The Birds Cleared ■ Barn of Ro¬
dent*.
One morning rocently Farmer Re¬
solved B. llallstead of Elkland town¬
ship, Bonn., saw ft large white
broasted hawk dart into a sasliless
window near Die i>cn'r of a wagon
burn bmiirU<A‘kirtt 'ini* *d building
few days before. It ilew out in u
moment with u squealing rat. in each
claw and the interested fanner
watched it till it mot anotlior Jiavvk
in midair. Tho two circled and un
dulated side by aide for a spell, when
tho ono with tho rats rosumed its
flight toward tho forest. Tho other
hawk immediately pointed for tho
barn, shot through tho window, flit
tod out a few seconds lator with a
struggling rat in each talon, and
sailod off In tho same direction. Mr.
Halstead started to tell his wifo about
wliat lie had seen, when tho hawks or
a pair exactly like them, flow into
tho barn window, and came outshort
ly with thoir claws full of squealing
rats. Thoro was no grain or hay in
the new barn, and tlio farmer won
dorod where all tho rats camo from.
Ho was also in a quandry as to how
tho liorco forest birds knew whore to
find rats under a roof.
On going into the upper pnrtof tho
barn Air. llallstead saw scores of
rats scampering around on tho floor,
and tlio mystery of their presence
was solvod. Two nights before,a day
or so after the barn had been com¬
pleted, tho young pooplo of tho town¬
ship had a ball on tho upper floor.
The jocund rustics brought pocks of
pop corn to the party, und between
the dances they sat on rougli woodon
benches and munched it witli their
partners. When tho ball broko up
lots of tho pop corn was loft, and tho
rural merrymakers threw it at ono
another till tho floor was covered.
7'lie rats in the other barns soon got
scent of tho fragrant popcorn, und
swarmed into tlio now building after
it; but iiow tho hawks ascertained
that tlie rats wore thoro in largo num¬
bers none of tho smart local natural¬
ists wore ablo to toll.
Mr. llallstead’8 dog pitched into
the four-footed corneaters, and tlio
fierce rats pounced upon him, bit his
nose and ears till the blood ran, and
sent him yelping down tho stairs.
The farmer went at tho rats with a
shovel, and they ran up his clothing
and forced him to clear out. They
bit him on the neck and ears before
he could shako them off, and he de¬
cided to let them aione. At dusk
that night he saw two owls flit
through the window and sail out with
four rats. Tho hawks continued to
dart into tho barns several times a
day, and they always steered for the
woods with thoir claws full. When
tho useful birds of prey ceased to
come not a rat was to be seen in tho
barn, although a lot of popcorn still
remained on tho floor.
t HlNKSF, papers sny that the em
peror lias ordered six t wo edged
swords for Prince Kung. Li Hung
Chang, Li Hung Tsao, Weng Tung
Ho Kan" Yi and Gen. von Hanne
without asking imperial permission,
to cut off the heads of all person*
from the second rank down who pro
pose peace with Japan. This does
not look as if tho Chinese wish to
give ud the fight.
A man of excessive wit is lost except
in the company of fool*. He must
ulwayg have a bntt for the shaft of hi*
sarcasm.
Sheriff’s Sales, Taliaferro Co.,
Georgia.
Will be sold at public outcry for cash
to the highest bidder, within the legal
hours of sale, before the court house
door in Crawfordville,on the first Tues¬
day in April, m>5, hundred one tract and of thirty- (anil
containing one lall (137 'A)
seven ai acres, more
or Jess - uh tho Williams place,
doseribetl as f o’lows : “.Said tru
lying u ’ l
Georgit-SjjgM teo *»y
“ VUlliap
m n deceftsed; on the east by the draw- pul)
] ic highway or road connecting Hancock
fordvillo with I’owelton. in
county,und the White Plains, in Greene
county; south by lands of Dr. It. J.
Ig^^ViVcr. Vevied“ oTandlo ^
S(l j d w jt b a l 1 the improvements there
orlt afi the property of Louisa Darden,
deceased, in the hands of desso E. Dar
den, administrator on estate of said
Louisa according Darden, to to be law by to him satisfy .adminm- a «.
tered
J^he” «“£** linn.'If’the''superior imty. in favor of
cour( .’l!. 1W)4 „ f sa j d CO
M )f E Smith, guardian, etc., vs.
Jesse 10. Darden, administrator on
estate of said Louisa Darden, deceased,
Froperty pointed out by plaintiti s
1 ^“.^., roieHslon.of notice
bcvi y oull g, upon whom written
<>f levy and sale was served in person.
This the Otli day of March.
D- *’• Hknrv,
Sheriff 1 aliaferro Conn y.
Shariff’s Sale, Taliaferro Co,
Georgia.
GEORGIA Tai.iakkiiiu) Cim'.ntv :
Will be sold in front of the door of
the Court House of said county, to the
hightest bidder, for cash, ou the first
Tuesday in April next, within the legal
hours of sale, all that tract or parcel
of land lying in one body, containing
eighty-two and three-fourths 6<>4th acres, d
more or less, situated in tha |S '
trict, G. M.. in said county, adjoining
lands formerly of T. .1. l’ortwood, J. and r>
Acre, V. N. Brown, H. M. Holden
others, now of W. A. Legwen, Allen
Edwards, Tim Stewart and others.
Said land levied on as the property oi
Martha It. Brown to satisfy an Court execu¬ ot
tion issued from the Superior
said county in favor of Sallie A. Far¬
mer, as executrix of the last will and
testament of S. .1. Farmer, deceased,
and in her own right, against said Mar¬
tha It. Brown, this fitii day of March,
1895. he Sheriff
i). i>. niiv,
Sheriff’s Sale, Taliaferro Co.,
Georgia
GEORGIA -Taj.iafkkko County ;
Will be sold in front of the door of
the Court House of said county, in Craw¬
fordville, within the legal iioursof sale,
to the highest bidder, for cash, on the
first Tuesday in April next, 1895, the
following property to-wit: All that
tract or lot of land, lying in 601st dis¬
trict, G. M., said county, about three
fourths of a hi le from town of Craw¬
fordville, countaining the one property acre, more of
or less, levied on as lands of J.
Brown Tappan, adjoining north and East,
W. Hixon, on the on
the west by church lot, and on the
south by public road leading from
Crawfordville to Lyneville. Said prop
ert „ leT j e ,i on by J. VV. Tucker, consU
b [ ( . f or said county, on March 5, 1895,
to satisfy a ti fa. issued by Geo. S, Ed
wards, tax collector of said county.
for defaulting taxes against the said
‘ a “ said Tucker, to
tur e( , ver 4o mo b -,
advertise and se ||.
]> p. Henry, Sheriff
'Taliaferro County,
March fi. 1895.
Ip one does not know how to con
dllc t himself properly tlie he should ab
HeB t himself from eouipany o:
those who do kuow.