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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1897)
Good Eoadg. The spirit of road improvement b abroad in she land, and it is too ag gresaive to tolerate the old state ol things much longer. Ith&s been fasten ed by several causes. First, it is a nat¬ ural offspring from our p regressive age; second, she prevailing cheapness of horse flesh makes savipg of it less ne.eisary to farmers, so that faster driving and heavier loads are the or der of the day; third, She bicycle “fills a long-felt want,” and has "come to stay.” These, and sundry other conditions call for better roads. Our state is as yet too thinly set¬ tled to afford any really good roads; but fairly good roads, vastly superior to most of those now existing, can be had at a comparatively small outlay, if knowledge on the subject is em¬ ployed and natural resources under¬ stood and taken advantage of. It is the writer’s object in itlhis and follow¬ ing articles to impart some practical information on She subject for the benefit of the general public as well as those in charge of road work. Form of the Road Bed. The form or shape—cross section— of the road is one of its principal features. If a plow runs too deep we move the backhand farther back, or we shorten it, or we shorten the traces. Any one of these processes will cause the plow to run shallower because the horse lifts a greater portion of it that he did before. It is equivalent to making the horse higher. If a man pulls a wagon by the ends of the shafts, he has harder work to move it than if he grasps the shafts farther back, because in Ohe latter cose the wagon is partly lifted, so that the re sis tenee of the wheels tigainst the ground is lessened. From this it is evident that a horse's work is lighter on a road tha' is higher in the cen¬ ter, where he travels, than at the si ties, where the wheels run. Simply as far as esise of draft is concerned, it is plain that the softer and more resisting the road is, the higher should be the middle, until a certain limit is reached. As both single and double teams, horses of different heights, and vehicles of different kinds and construction travel over the road, it would be useless to lay down any rule lor the precise rise of the middle line above the sides at a certain distance from it; about seven inches above the sides six feet away will probably suit all couditions the best, on a level road, while it should be more on a sloping road. Wagons and buggies used in Flor¬ ida are in most oases made in other states, where the average horse is larger than ours. For this reason we see a small horse draw a buggy whose whiffletree is so high up that the trac re ° n a ^ eVe *’ case t^Sht>r»e_cfta^t_mt of the loud, which increases in resistance when the horse track is lower than the wheel tracks, as is too often the case. If a higher horse was substituted, the traces would no longer be horizontal, but sloping to¬ ward the buggy, and this meant that the animal lifted the vehicle slightly out of the sand, and thus had lees resistance to overcome. Or if we made the horse track a few inches higher than the wheel tracks, the small horse would have the same ad¬ vantage. But a convex cross section of the road lied is necessary also for another reason. When the middle is the high¬ est part of the road, and tihe sides slope away from it evenly, the rain water will run off laterally into the ditches as soon as it comes down, and in many tiny streams, each too small to w-ash away earth, and the road is kept dry and firm. Where the middle is the lowest part, as it usually is, the water will gather there and run down thill in a conceittrated, damag¬ ing stream, washing the old gullies deeper and channeling out new ones. The high, unworn places are left in¬ tact, but the hollows increased in size and depth. The more the road slopes, the greater the damage done. The road should be made as safe as possible at all times. If it is properly rounded and the track kept in the center, there is no danger of running into the ditches on dark nights, for -s soon as the vehicle leaves its prop »r -rack the driver will feel it, and its inclination he knows how to guide it back. And when two drivers, bearing this in mind, meet in a pitch dark night, they will not collide; for the horses come straight toward each other and will slack up in time to warn the drivers. Yet another point should not be omitted. In dry weather and high winds many wagon loads of soil are carried off each mile of road daily. On a fiat road this waste is greater because the surface is exposed to the wind ali Bhe time; is it uneven, the soil in the hollows is the loosest and first blown away, making the track rougher than before. But if the road is properly graded up and even, ael om more than one-half of it is ex¬ posed to the full fury of the wind at a time, ami there being no obstruc¬ tions to resist the wind, comparative¬ ly little soil is lost. The best theoretical cross section for any road is that of a pa.renBhesis [(] convex side up, the curve ning in the bottom at the dit-ch or gutter on one side and ending in that on thrt other side. This shape is nee essary for the streets in a town, make them more roomy and safe. Bat a d ioad van tag*- is. that the sterile sub so: : exposed along tfle sides has Uttle aohsokm sad is ncapsbte to soon ressH wish p si m i M It tether, and ia thus easily crumbled >v wheels and washed by rains. xmntry roads, where the travel is re¬ stricted, only th« oeutral two-third* need be eosnsa; an almost level shoulder may be left on stds, wish she origiaai turf undisturbed, and she vmUe of the ditehee steep. These shoulders, when smoothed off, make good tranks for wheelmen end pedeexri&ne, and She grassroots help to solidify the raed. Where the road makes a sharp bend, the outside of the bed should be elevated a few inches. This is nec¬ essary on a railroad and s race track, but mot so on a common road; yet It is desirable, for the road should be constructed for fast as well as slow ’ravel. If in a curve the road surface is flat, a rapidly running horse’s feel strike the ground with the edges oi one side only, and he is liable to slip If he draws a vehicle, its weight will come more or less on the inside wheels (or wheel) only, while the outside ones sometimes do not touch the ground at all. This is hard on rood, horse and vehicle, and for that reason the outside should be raised more or less, depending on the sharp ness of the curve, to give a solid track far every wheel and hoof. And articles in a wugon that is driven fast around the curve will then remain in place instead of trying to “fly off at tangent.” H. E. Lagergren. Starke. Pla. Cheap Poik for the South. A southern correspondent ocf She Ilural New Yorker asks as follows: Are artichokes, ehufas and other comparatively new crops more profit¬ able for the southern hog raiaer than corn, sweet potatoes, jieanuta and the other well-known southern crops? What is the cheapest way to make pork in the Gulf states?—Texas. The following replies were received from the director of the experimental Italians of Mississippi and Louisiana: No one crop will moke “the cheap¬ est hog food” for the south, though half a dozen ones may be the cheap¬ est at different times of the year. For Marly spring, 1 prefer turf oats, vetch¬ 's and alfalfa, the latter lasting well through the summer. For early fall feed, sorghum is the cheapest., and a :i title later, sweet potatoes and peanuts will make more pork in proportion to their cast titan will any other crops we grow. On suitable soil, such as may be found on almost every farm, from 200 to 100 bushels of sweet pota¬ toes oan be grown per acre, and the hogs do all the harvesting. Peanuts ire grown almos/t as easily, and hough the yield is not half so large, they are worth, acre for acre, fully as much as the sweet pottartoe*. These last until l)ooem>b©r, v\^hen «urti ' W tr Ay, HU t ' .ig ' gf ppl.v ot green food, all of which is ed by the hog’s themwelvea, 143 keprt, un/til omits aud alfalfa OtPe ready again, I have tried St-achys, chufaa and wev enal other similar crops, buit -have found none which gives as good re¬ sults as those named above.—8. M. I’racy, Mississippi Experiment Sta¬ tion. We have had exrteiiBive experience fli the growing of whait might be call¬ 'd the forage crops for hog and stock purpose*, and upon such soils as -we have in Louisiana, neither the arti¬ choke nor the chufa is as profitable to grow as many other crops bliat. we c-ouId substitute in tlheir place. We are growing very successfully in several j>arte of this state, hogs upon a most economical scale, by adopting Bhe following policy: In Bhe fall of Bhe year, rusit-proof oats are sown, which ripen early in May. Upon these oats, the hogs are turned (small areas at a time), and as soon as the oaits are de stroyed, a crop of sweet corn is p proaehing maturity in an adjoining lot. Upon this the hogs are turned, and so abtra<“tive is the corn that, at : Ji is stage, they will devour each its Ik, ear and all. From the corn field iiey are turned into an adjacent lot >f early sorghum, where they demol¬ ish the stalk in the same way. From his they are turned inito an adjoin¬ ing lot. of Spanish peanuts. From liis they are turned into a corn field filled with early Whip-poor-will pens Of course, if ia needless to sat that hey will greedily devour all of these plants. From the corn field, they are turned into sweet potaito patch** which last until late in Bhe fall, when the hogs are ripe for the shambles, fn this way, Bhe hog is made to gath¬ er hi* own crop, feed himself, and by i rotation of crops, a small area will be able to furnish a large amount of forage. There is one farmer in this sca-te who, last year, raised 07 hogs, weighing over 250 pounds apiece, upon less than 10 acres of ground sown and harrested in the above itanner and the only absolute money ■ost to him was the labor in cultivat¬ ing the crops, which was very small. ! regard the sweet potatoes and Span -»h peanuts as being, perhaps, the most profitable feed we can grow. I may say further, tha>t by the addition of an alfalfa pateh, which is ready for the hogs in early winter if sown in October, we can carry hogs the whole year through upon fresh fields ind pastures new, all of which will be ntoritiou* and fattening, a«id in t:h ’ s vra - v - ' ru> ? nairing can be corned " >n in ^ ***** of Louisiana ' lan * n an - v portion of “ estimated that ’* fanners are. by tbia premess, rai *ing bogs a* a net cost of less than one-half cent a pound —Wm, C. ^tobbs. Louisiana Expsrtmao* 9*s- Ayer's (j V ' Cherry Pectoral 'i k ^ i costs more than other inedi ' cines. But then it cures more S » than other medicines. i Most of the cheap cough <i ii medicines merely palliute; « i> they afford local aud tempo- > i> rary relief. Ayer's Cherry <j < r Pectoral does not patch up or v palliate. It cures. Asthma, Brouchitis, Croup, "Whooping Cough,—aud every other cough, will, when other 5 ■ remedies fail, yield to j Ayer’s . ii Cherry Pectoral It has a record of SO v S year* ot cures. j Send lor the ‘‘Ourebook’* < —free. <j ll /' J. C. Ayer Co., Bo well, Mass. ; 1 J AROIND 1 11il WORLD, __________ Important Happenings In Ail Parts of the World. •Hurt Stories Told bf (he nkmft About EvtrrtblM root * 00 - where— Storms, Tr»l» le Merles, Bte., Kte. tttc. PAYING HIS BROTHER’S DEBTS, A Danville, Vo., special to the IMs natch says: John W. Holland has filed a deed of assignmenlt to Berryman Green, trustee, to secure notes and debts on which he was endorsed for his brother, the late C. O. Holland, to an amount aggregating *148,100. The assets consist principally of valuable real estate in the business portion of the city, an Interest iu the tobacco Inuniiesa and bank stock, and per sonallty of every description. creditor* are principally bunks In I>anville, Lynchburg, Richmond, Ro¬ anoke, Norfolk, Baltimore, Chatham, Stuart, and other points, which hold notes of C. G. Holland, endorsed by J. VV. Holland. The assessed valuation by the latest assessment of the prop¬ erty conveyed is *170,000, aud con¬ servative buslneas men are of the opinion that it will pay every dollar of 'the ^ISTSa signiter owe.s not & dollar of aJl ithe indebtedne>»s being In* eurred as endoreer or wecurlty for the late C. G. Holland, A GEORGIA TRAGEDY. Charles VV. Wilscm was killed at WaycrottM, Go., toy Warren H. Wil¬ liams, and th« lartter was adjudged guilty of murder toy the coroner’, jury. Tlie tragedy occurred In the lobby of the Southern hotel. Four shots were fired, two toy Wilson and two by Williams. Hr. William* sur¬ rendered to the sheriff, aud to the coroner’s jury he made hi* statement. Mr. Williams is manager of ths hotel, having 00 me to Way cross -two months ago from GrainesviHe, Ga., where he was manager of the Arling¬ ton. He graduated from Emery Col¬ lege. He is proprietor of the Hart¬ well (Ga.) Bun. He is well connected in North Georgia. Mrs. William*, hi* young wife, is pretty and accom¬ plished. She arrived only « week or two ago from Atlanta, where she was ill for two month* from typhoid fever in St. Joseph’s Infirmary. Mr. Wilson was about 25, and a handsome man. His father, Ooloncl I. (1. Wilson, re¬ sides at Demopolis, Ala. Mr. Wilson was a nephew of J. C. 8. Timberlake of Hotel St. Simmon* Island fame, and was prominent in society in Geor¬ gia and Alatxuna. He was popular, and a Chesterfield in manner*. For hoarseness, loss of voice, and all affection* of the vocal organs, the favorite remedy with many clergy¬ men, singers, actors, auctioneers, snd public speakers is Ayerr’s Cherry Pec¬ toral. Am an anodyne-expectorant, its tw-neficlal effect* are promptly real¬ ized. McCULLAGH’S DEATH. Joseph B. McCullagh, editor of St. I*>uis Globe-Democrat, and one ot the best-known newspaper men in the country, i» dead, a* a result of a fad of twenty-five feet from the window of his apartment* at tlie residence ot hi* sister-in-law. Mr*. Kate Manion. ,vt 3837 West ifine Boulevard. Th,. body, wfliich was cold In death and r-iad only in a night robe, was dlscov -■ red iry Mrs, Manion’s colored man -ervsret abcait 7 o’clock a. m. Wa* ers, the colored servant, upon seeing the body, ran frightened into the bouse, where be told the cook of the discovery. He immediately called Mrs. M ar! ion, wh had not yet arisen, and hrr that yf r . MeUiillagh had -• fallen out of hts window and killed himself.” Mrs. Manion dlspa'ched : ,,, r eoachman to summon Dr. C. H j{, 1( fhes. w#io resides in the neighbor hofK j ^ n<j who wfLM Mr McCallagV-i ■ physician durmg his la«t illm-s*. He hastened to Bhe bouse, and. after ex am jning the body, ordered it rsnssved housa Dr 1-tgW M'Mtai that M« eallagli had comtuititeu a id*, but the coroner’s jury returnedA. verdict of accidental death. -—....... % A Yellow Croons A ilah man living life oU of .tut suburbs of Hew York bas soaner-ed crocus bulbs all over his lawn. In the early spring the love.;- bowers blooxn in profusion, tonsact in Beds near the south piazza, as* peeping through the grass in thexpeoted places and lighting up with rich col¬ ons—purple, gold and vhFte- -the broad of turf. Only the intimate trienfis of the owner of these crocus tielo under¬ stand his devotion to this beautiful spring flower. They know what he means when in an tkb$4kvminJded way he says thait he owes «d Ids suc¬ cess in life to s yellow eroeu. A young Englishman, hi nan** to America with a few hundred dollars, his mother’s savings, in s; inch of a career. The time* were ll 1 and he was disappointed in not lj ding cm ploy meant. Vicious oornp lone led him astray. Dissipate ; \;i| I followed by card-playiug mekfl [log. He went mU vulily down'^jH ,;||| The crisis of his to on a Sunday afternoon in J spring, Par a month he had tieeiA® g lieav ily at cards and he warn :||| end of his resources. Two gamblers, wfiioaejl o!. ick hod been as bud as his own, e*i to in traduce him to a gang oounter feiters, whose operations sflne mark edly successful. ■ In s tit of desperation ugreedjjf, onjthe prerl night he hud join the eoimter/eiiters aiui to a? thpii agent in putting their ulent pa¬ per money into circulate” le was to meet the leaders of the ig at five il1 t ' hv afternoon, a few miles .'torn Wl< -' city, in the bar room o‘ u country tavern. Having a tong walk befi* him he had made an early start id was sauntering along at an U.sy pace. (teaching the limit of city pavements ),<. had followed an old country road which reminded him at h<i home in ru , rlu ] England. He stopped in front of * (tidy farm house to draw a Inicket. of* iter at a w ,.n As he stalled over o lift, the bucket upon the vlwlf, b oaught nigh* (r f a yellow crocus growing close , () urell-oiirb. j( J 1 irH mother’s favorite flower, v round Ulie doorstep of'the farm house in Englaml wlmre he hod been born she liad pfamuai or^cua bulbs, and cvrv spring till ere a bright, oheirry l.laze of color in which she and her cih/ildreu revelle.l, He looked at the floe Vr .n.l iisaiU ed the errand U(xw .Vlinh he nad »tar<«L He knocked atilihe farm doou and artke<I If have Hie crocus. a— ____ g<ssl "it moUu'.r reminds iuYH i^^ ‘of my With the eroot the®^c' * ..UTtat bon-hole he strolled to ami;. sMted up and .town tlie mod. The\"i5* went liis hack eageriueas bo town, on-;iking to escape in 1 ptabtou; , run In _ and on Bhe wtay resolved t u abandon his criminal aNsociaies Tii* inoidwnl, allows Ui«t a brifle may restore a lost link In n"neglected memory or a broken tiopA To Bhe rescued presligal his yellow -Kower be cam* God’s token and he has good reason to love its company -Youth's Oompanion. Jk Growing Castor Beam • Tlie cultivation of cantor l**ns does not differ materially fnom that of corn. In a country where U)‘ e seasons are short the richest, ground,* 8 BOB d**" sirable ius it ha* a beudeuicj f*> moke too mnull stalk; therefore on gxiod, rich soil, where there is i ° ' ea -r of cliinch bugs, it is not tlie je*x*t desir abte crop. But upon light w ,, *i> where fertility in tint be f osier er 1 . W- is a splendid crop to raise, mA- H wiith Htanri* dry weather and 1x-f- r 't at all disturbed by chinch bugs. After the ground has become ward Jn Bhe spring, as early a* possible! •*> avoid all danger of frost, after flh* beans have sprouted, plaint »nd cil*t* v *1c In hills same a* corn. When tihe first pods have matured, select try piece of ground, thirty to sixty 1 square, according to ttiie size iff tiie^p'°P, ’here ful ly exposed to the sun, nd no water will sitand in any - von Scrape H po-rfaut ly lorei and ba-e of I grass (fr iseotis. Su: irt wi th] iinoffic < ung to k«*jp i ts- beau* from pop|*T V "to, of the enclosure, Tins favorite way to cut is to have a one-home si xi with a '""X thereon as large a* will rtide ire tween the row* w1 1 ere the titaUflS are nort too high. A two-borse wagon Im sometime* used, a* in gathe i iag corn, Eh* teem * are cut as tilie po¬ ia mature and are flrat piled upon She yard un til they have dried and oornrr teneed to pop; Bhey are then spread th inly over the ground, If “here is res, n on th< yard they • may l>e spread art. once, where they are ailowci to ,ay uati ‘ they have fully popjmd. 'jFhcy are then scraped up and clooneo wiBli an ordinary fanning mill. They p°P vrith <*mKid**raebke forr*, a»nd butt tor Bhe enclosure a great many won I J be lo»t When -the weaAber is fine t? <ty must l»e cut every seoood or ti drd day. When they are first piled ^f»n ^ the yard rain doe* not injure t.l **m, but after they have popped rain blockons them and injure* their sale, IV«rvi* or tarpaulins im <*t be at hand, and in She event of a i *ki they must, be swept in plies -*nd covered, and when the ground has di ^ *«/ may be respread. Ord or J 'hey yield from tmtUva to #gb*ser -.usbsls per acre. After a heavy frost, while there will be a good many yet uncut, they are of little value. Very little c&pi’tttJ, or in-HLuit inwry l with coixsituMit easy work is required, and the crop numerou* advantages tn many loos fit tee.—Prairie Farmer. Fatfnmm Grande. This is a good old plant that la not cultivated to half the extent that it deserves. Its beauty and ease of cul¬ ture should recommend it to all, yet it is seldom seen in the collections of imateurs. This can be accounted for very readily by the fact that it is listed in comparatively few of the many catalogues extant ; and in these few it is given little -pice But why this exclusion or reticence on the part of the florists—that is a mystery. The aBtractiveness of the planit lies wholly in its foliage, the flowers be¬ ing very insignificant. The leaves arise upon foot-stalks, six to twelve inches in height, and are of circular form, aix or eight inches, or more, in diiuneter. They are of a leat'lvery text “re. -kirk green in color, thickly spot usi with cream or very light yellow, from which the common name of plaint ia derived. The toll igv looks a* if voradahed, ami the older rt becomes live greater number and more pronounced tihe spots will be. The cultivation i» very simple. It likes shade, or at least (>art'ial shade, and a good deal of water; and like any other plant that Is grown for to ,mge aud not flowers, it should be supplied with rich soil and s large pot, for such are conducive to a lux¬ uriant growth. The Farfugiuin es¬ pecially demands room us it has ex¬ tensive lx Hit s. It ia just the tilling for a window that receives little or no sunlight, the tough mature of the foliage enable* it to resist to a marked degree varia¬ tion of temperature. It. can endure more tx*ld than most bouse phunts, for indeed it is almost hai-dy; conse¬ quently if one’s heating upjmra/lus is not up to dale, and the lire sometimes goes down ail night, the Farfugiuin will give much better satisfaction titan the usual run of plants, for it will thrive under circumstances to which tender ones will succumb. It can be kept free from dust by vaulting with u sponge or soft cloth, without fear of injury. It has no In sect enemies, or if it has 1 have never seen any sign of them. If one husu’t room for it. in the house it may be wintered in the cellar, ana will grow ill the lxrtU“r ufter its rent. The plant is increased by division.—Muy ,lower. Tobacco Growing. The people of Florida are waking up to Bhe importance of tobaooo cul¬ ture. There in no quemtion of the fact that better toibacco can be grown in Florida than.in any other state in the Unlion and those Who ought to knxsw Bay Bliat a leaf equal to .the Ha¬ vana wrupper can be produced In tlie start*. Toflwiieoo culture thus for several yoara received a <rin«idiirai>le amount of attention in Florida, tout it, has not been general. It has been mositly con¬ fined to Uudsdcn county and it has made tflinil county one of the most pnsqrerolls in the State, giving new life to traxle as well u« affording the fanners a profitable industry. The C'ntoan war and the wsuxflty of wrap |K>,r tobaetto of liigli griule resulting from it i* tilie cause of itlie wiil.-sprsad attention that is now being given to the lnduHtry. 'IDie farmers of Florida can supf.ly a pnsluot that wtll take bhe place of tihe Havana leaf Mini lias lieen so largely imported lie.relofore, and the prowpcoi now is t/liat tlicy will supply it to u cons'i.leral.le extent. The war in Cuba drugs along and no one can tell when It will end Those wflio plant totsuoo in Florida will have at least one year of freedom from Cuiban competition and may have more. At any rate American tobooeo is protected and this will give our grower an advantage, Wliertiher just or unjust even after the Cuban war ends. If as experts say our state can produce as gissl tobacco as Mint grown iu Cuba the growers will al¬ ways find a rcod.v markot ami gissl price*. In bhe pasb bhe agricultural classes of Florida have paid too tnuoli atten¬ tion to a very few crops, ThiH ml* take is now lieiog rocbilled. The freeze taught our |ssq>le diversified agricul¬ ture and though it ami the state a vast amount at the time there is every prospect tth.vt it will ultimately prove a blessing. 'Hie farmers of Flor¬ ida iiave not givan to tobacco culture the afbtemtfon it, dewervnrl. Tlliey ae*m to ie- at last waking up to the oppor¬ tunity Uiey might have gr<ui|md long ago, and though late tlie interest in the subject like all rrtiher lieneficial nivnement* is bet/ter coming late than c/m jing never. The diversity nliat agriculture in Florida i* cajiable of is remarkable.' Nowhere else in tihe Unon can it be found. . Tlie Eton . da i of , the - past . paid ,, HtUU-nt'uni U* ontriff**H, and th<* fv-HtiJt w:m nrark^U* and low prices The Florid, of the future bid r fair to distribute ita attention among almost all the product* of the tropics am) Blie teiujatrate zone, and Its . producU . . few . if .. atmmg many any will lie more profit aide than to banco. This diversity Which is so § for the ., future, . . .. It realized . promising as it shreild be. will pirt an end to She e-rii of over-supply so far a* the peo¬ ple of ithis state are <■ouceraed snd make Florida Hhe nctet jevwperous state in the t.'nion. JscksonrlUe Ibmoc Tk t. 5 UUUU MLLlUAlOH SKINS WANTED. MtMMMttMMWtmUW W ill pH\ \ Oil fOT , HHllJil ^ VtJI 4 l** O 20 CCD t8J 5 to b iti 40 t-entn; 6 to 7 ft., t>0 cents; 7 ft. and ap, 86 cents. Actual nwasumnemt and prompt returns. We also buy tor the highest market price cow hides, deer skim, wool, beeswax, furs, site. Otters a specialty. Try us with a shipment and we will convince yon. Send tie carc j for quotations, W.R.NAKINSQN COMPANY, KISSIMMEE FI*. JsuKsoDvms » now tlutsi sro-nruu! Hotel Geneva, (kirtM't • or my til wild «v«»»* Mt., J«rh ««*«• vll«(HcI« Completed In 1895. Modern improvements, baths, etc., on every ls#r. Gaa and electric lights, passenger elevator. Artistically and elegantly fur nlshed. Rates per day from *2.00 to $3.00. Weekly rates on application. Ed. L. Owens. Proprietor IS" MACRO DEAD? \ special from Havana Says Re ports that Macro is alive are coining MllstAlUly frolll the ticUi, and all tend to show thait he is recuperating rap idly. betters received in Havana from ^ medica , a , t1< , n d«„ta explain the |m(uro (>f |)ia womH | s Mld infirm previous reports of the character of saine lx>|) ,^ t the Btory of Zer tuclva’a treachery. They say that Maceo, with his staff, were wounded, managed tio escape and of truce, and that Clrujeda unit) his forces were nmbushed As soon a-. Maceo appeared the Spumianls opened fire. Maceo, being In front, fell from hie horse. Gome/ also fell at Ills aide. The rest of the stall', some of whom wer wounded, managed to escape ouil reached Baldoniere Acosta's camp, who Instantly gathered nil Us auv.vU Poroe anil rushed to the assistance They made a desperate tight and covered the 1 km lien and carried the ap [►arently dead Maceo with them. He remained nmxmacious four days and tlvx' nights, and when prcjwirtsl for burial it was found that he was still alive. An anil aa lie was able to be transported lie was oa rifled, with the greatest cure and under strong es¬ cort, to the Cienega hospital, though others say to Sguainea. It appear* that the (irojecl of the CuI nui*, n« soon as Mucea Is aide to move, Is to send him to the United .State*, and a steamer lias already been ordered for |He purpose, and thus |M*racmally prove Mint he is alive. Urealt exeitement prevails in llavamt over tlie news. It. is widely discussed, and even the Spaniards are talking of the posslbill'ty of his Itelng nlivc. A ineinber of (lie produce exchange cre¬ ated a senwitloai, Hie other day, when he announced the fact, and a commo ■tiun followed. Tito Spotted Hal lit. It is a gem us n summer plant, and Pur pots or garden ll bus few rivals Huiiullfitl, aleiin, free-growing, and what one plant- oitn com blue more kyxjkI quail ties? it in utterly im.|>o»Hil>le lt> way too much iu its praise. 'Hie Spotted ( allift never grown to I,he size attained by the vv inter bloom iug ( alia, and for that reason il can 1 m* ukisI for decorative purposes where a plant of larger growth would be objectionable. I’’he Ica-ves are narraw er and poinbsl than in tihe common variety, while the i^niits at tihe l»asc of the leaf u-re longer makitig tilie loaf (juitv aiTo>w di ii|Msi. Tin* (lowers, also, are smailer, not t^n> large for |H‘rHon nl decoration if one desires. Tin- S|K>tted ('allu bulb, when plant id, i* ready for immediate growing and can Im* 00 1 dirwitly in the sun liglit. In this rei|s-< l, blM-y arc vastly Hiipiiiflor 1 to most IiiiHih plantnl for in iIimu' Irlooiriiliig, for there mud lie wiiH-itvg wliilc the ronth lire forming in some dark closet. Soon after plant iiig a Htth- trUisit will up|K-ar, than Bhe l*- 0 f will unfold and the peculiar iMMiiit.y of nil.- plant will In- revealed. I n color the l<-rives are a lirlgli* Mjwi^lilly «tccii wl/tli wliifc umrkjiigH. Beware Of Mercury! Mr. Henry Roth, of 1848 South 9th fltreet, St, Louis, wa* given tlie usual mercu rial treatment for contagious blood poison, fie was twice pronounc¬ 'd cured, but the disease returned each time, he was seized with rheumatic pains, and red lumps and ered sores Ids body. cov “ “I was in a ■mw says, .!‘* aim . ,!’. more treat ment I receiv crj. I Ill* u, wns rI i 4-fa : a. V seemed to pet. * A New York -4 specialist sal , ft he COI-ld Cure ' m me, blit tre-ltmen ,|i Ilia ,1 rue no good whatever. 1 was stiff pain*, my left arm was useless so that I was unable to do even the lightest work. This was my condition when 1 beg..n to take H. 8. H., and a f C vv bolt!- . ixmvin- - d me tli.it I v..is being benefitted. I continued the u:u\r, nuA one dozen DOttD s ( urc« mc „ mln a and well My system and wa* I un def the effect* of mercury would hooii have been a complete ^laran^.ur.ly re 7 e(«We) ^only cure SSS for real blood dis eases. The mer curia! treatment f>f <he df>ctoril a |. ways doe* more harm than good. Beware of mercury! Book ii on the dmciiw: aoa it» treat ment miiua frec t0 any a ddre»» bj g w ;ft Specific Co., Atlanta. Ga. PISO’S CURE FOR 25 la iiB-q i~ -1 Sr tniasa. 1 CTS The white is not a dot set at regular intervals, but dashes of white that give tfhe plant the appearance of hav¬ ing lieen visited by a host of hungry insects. I'lKni closer investigation rlie delusion is still greater, for the white seems thinner t.liun Bite aur muiullng ffi'wn, though the sur fart* of tihe U*a»f had lieen eaiten away, e.vjiosing' tin* Inner substance. The .S[K>tted Onlla delights In. a deeji, rich, mellow soil with plenty of moisture. Indeed, it should never be allowed to become dry. Shade, partial or entire, is utao a very neeetS3ary condition, while fmjuervt applicu-tioais of liquid tiUMiure art* advisable. While visiting’ a neig'lrbonng city 1 was very much pleased with the Spot¬ ted (’.alias in the public park. They had tin* right conditions in regard to soil, situation aud (attention, and they developed into |w*rl’eiet s|K,‘iiiien*. So perl felly grand was eaoli individual plant that id would he almost imjKwi alble to say which was the tincat, those showing blossoms or those with otihly kmaves. 1 have in my mind an Ideal flower and I hope to live to realize It. I will m l a Star of 'll! Cumin alternate " iUl “ ►’I'wence Vaugiht (Juana, and a Spotted Cal la flietiween the (annus, Hvftt I would have ftrst a yellow * aIInit and a white lily, they a red U-amwi mud ii while lily. One eould iiuiltiipl.y .fills arrangetnent ae many as was possible or desirable ami M>« , ' llv< ' 1 Vl ' r .v pleasing.— Nettle VV ilikmna, Michigan, iu May flower. M. N. HAl-nttMAN, ('oiirlur-Jouriittl, PresMont or ihoip--)»t tarn*, vlllo miivm : Dn. WrNTBBMMiTH sir: 1 wulvn » rule r I tisv« otMurvud tor many yuars, tlio vuIuh of . your rein. 9 <ly prompting m - to say If rnnal two i’iimom ») ” 1 1 111 ,t to my family rtf U! i man. other i>*m*Mlieg tool fatted l do not hesitate to expreaa my l»e* lief Unit . (H.m |s a valoaltle N|N*eifl(i, aud performs nwportfullf. nil that you proinlMe for it. Very W. 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