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“MR. GRIS P’S WAY.”
It is not impossible t tat Mr. Crisp
of Georgia may get to the United
States Senate as a free silver mao. It
would be uofortunate for Georgia
and not desirable lor himself. He is
an ambitious man, of much energy
and considerable capacity, but his ca
reer will stop with his entrance to
the Senate as a representative of free
silve*-. He would be a conspicuous
and for the time an influential leader
ot the cause. But it is a lost cause,
as certainly lost as that of secession
and slavery, and for precisely the
same reason—bteause it is n ob
stacle in the way of the development
of the American people in strength,
prosperity and horn r. We should
have no hope of convincing Mr.Crisp
of this fact, but experience, it he lives
leng enough, will as surely convince
him as has been the case with equal
ly able men who thirty-five rears ago
though there was a political future in
secession.
Ti e progressive aud practical vot
ers of Georgia may, however, see
the truth in time to avoid the mis
take of sending a free silver man to
the Senate. The state has shown
great, power of recuperation and pro
gress since the war. It is far richer,
more busy, active and thriving than
before the war, and it has only cross
ed the threshold of a magnificent ca
reer which lies straight before it ifits
people have the sense to pui'sue it.
Its very varied and great natural re
sources, its geographical position, its
intimate connection with the railway
system of the country, are such that
there is no limit to the develoment
■which its people may confidently
hope, on one condition—that they
follow a policy which invites and jus
tifies confidence and does not repel
it. That policy involves putting
away®from them the free silver delu
sion. The great body of intelligent
opinion among business men, uot on
ly in the United States, but through
out the world, regards free silver as
the policy of those who wish to scile
their debts. It is universally accept
ed as partial repudiation. No slate
can favor it without creating a deep
seated suspicion as to the strict fi-
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THE PROPHET AND THE SER
PENT.
The Prophet was taking a stroll
in the country when he saw a ser
pent, stiff with cold, lying on the
ground. He compassionately iook
it up and warmed it in his bosom.
When the serpent had recovered, it
said:
“Divine Prophet listen. I am now
going to bi‘e thee.”
“Why, pray,” inquired Mahomet.
“Because thy race persecutes mine
and tries to stamp it out.”
But does not thy race, too, make
perpetual war against, mine?” was
the Prophet’s rejoinder. “How canst,
thou, besides, be so ungrateful,
and so soon forget that I saved thy
life?”
“There is no such thing as grati
tude upon this earth,” replied the
serpent, “and if I were now to spare
thee, either thou or another of thv,
race would kill me. By Allah, 1 shall
bite thee.”
“If thou has sworn by Allah, I will
not cause thee to break thy vow,”
said thee Prophet, holding his hand
to the serpent’s mouth. The serpent
bit him, he sucked the wound with
his lips and spat the venom on the
ground. Aud on that very spot
there sprang up a plant which com
bines within itself the venom of the
serpent aud the compasion of the
Prophet. Men call this plant by the
Dame of tobacco,—Coate Arabe.
ENGLISH AS SHE MIGHT BE
SPOKE.
A Hindu pleaderin British India,
who had evideutly learned his En
glish with the misleading help of a
book of synonyms, besides a dicliru
my, amazed a local magistrate, says
London Law Notes, with this extra
ordinary tangle of metaphors: “My
learned friend* with mere wind from
a teapot, thinks to brow beat me from
my legs. But this is mere gorilla
warfare. I stand under the shoes of
my client, and only seek to place my
bone of contention clearly in your
honor's eyes. My learned friend
vainly runs a inmk upon the sheet
anchors ot my case. Your honor
will be pleased enough too observe
that my lieut, is a widow, a poor
chap with cne post-portem sou. A
widow of this country, your honor
will be pleased enough to observe, is
not like a widow of your honors'
country. A widow of this country
is not able to eat more than one
meal a day, or to wear clean clothe,,
or to look after a man. So my cheu
had not such physic or mind as to be
able to assault, the lusty coropluinaut.
Yec she has beeu deprived of some
of her more valuable leather, the
leather of her nose. My learned
friend has thrown only an argument
ad hominy upon my teeth, that my
client's witnesses are all her own re
lations. But they are not near rela
tions. Their relationship is only
homeopathic. Ho the misty argu
ments of my learned friend will uot
hold water. 'Then, my learned friend
has said that there is on the side of
his client, a respectable witness, name
ly, a pleader, and since this witness
is independent, so he should be be
lieved. But, your honor, with your
honor’s vast experience, is pleased
enough to observe that truthfulness
is not so plentiful as blackberries in
this country. And I am sorry to
say, though this witness is a man of
my own feathers, that there are in
my profession black sheep of every
complexion, ands me of them do
not always speak gospel truth. Until
the witness explains what has be
come of my client's noee leather he
cannot be believed. He cannot b<-
Bllowed to raise a castle in the air by
boating upon a bush. Sc, trusting
in that administration of British jus
t ce, on which the suu never sits, I
close my ease.”
If strength is wnat you want you
should study what causes your weak
ness.
If is practically lack of food
But you eat three meals a day,
and ail you can eat at a time.
Yes, but do you digest it?
Food undigested is uot too l. It
is no nourishment.
It doesn’t create strength.
To digest your food take Shnk: r
Digestive Cordial at meals. After a
while you will digest your food with
out it. Then you will get well, and
strong ami healthy.
S;iker Digestive C irrlial cures In
digestion in all lls symptoms, such
as nausea, he dath ’, eruption , p< i
in the stomach, giddiness, loss of ap
petite, etc. It makes your food
nourish you, aud mko you ttroug
and fat and hearty.
Druggists sell u, trial bottle 10j.
HONOR TO THE ONION.
The nutritions anti wholesome on
ion accasionally finds its vindicators.
At the thriving Montana city of Ana
conda tLere is a dining club, caile I
the Anaconda Onion Society. Its
first feast was recently given with
distinguished success.
Down in the centre cf the hall,
says the Anaconda Standard, was set
a fong table, wi ll covers f >r all the
guests. At each plate was a large
and juicy onion; in the middle of the
table was an array of meats, bread,
fruit, crackers, cheese and other
things.
At one end of the hall fixated the
standard of the club in proud con
spiciousness. It consisted of a pole
surmounted by a string of the vee
table from which the society takes
• its name. On the wall hung this
j motto, beautifully wrought:
IN ONION THEBE 13 STRENGTH
Eeach meruber wore a pr<tt\
boutonuiire of little onions. The go
c sion was greatly enjoye I by all the
■ uarlieipaniH, ami the society hopes
to do much to if store the onion to
the honor and esteem of the world.
In Montana, as well us on the
whole of the Pacific slope, the onion
attains a deiiciounnees of qud.t
which is comparatively unknown on
the eastern side of the continent. If
the people of the East could have
onions as good as those of Montana
and C.lifornia, it is possible that the
Anaconda Onion Society might find
imitators in the East.
A high liver with a torpid liver will
cot be a long liver. Correct the liver
with DeWitt s Little Early Risers,
’ittie pills that cuie dyspepsia aid
constipation.
Dr. W. A. Wright.
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Commmissioner Nesbitt’s In
quiry Box For the Month.
MUCH INFORMATION FURNISHED.
How to Kid the Henhoime of Lice—Tle
Host Early lV:i For the Family Oartlen
nntl the Host For a General Crop—Gvr
imin Clover Not Adapted to Spring
Sow lug, Etc.
Question’ l. Every spring lam
troubled with lice in my hen house;
please tell me some cheap remedy for
preventing it ?
Answer 1. —Apply kerosene, or kero
sene emulsion liberally to every portion
of the house, including the roosts. You
can do this with an old whitewash
brush or a mop made from any old sack.
Repeat the application once a week for
three or four weeks.—State Agricultural
Department.
Hurtling a Kiln of Lime.
Question 2. — 1 write to inform yon
that I wish to burn a kiln of lime to use
on my farm as a fertilizer. How shall
I arrange to burn it, and how long will
it take to burn a kiln with wood.
Answer 2. —Lime may bo cheaply
and profitably burned on any farm
where limestone is abundant. Lime
may be burned in kilns or cheaper still
the stones may be piled in a heap and
burned, something after the manner of
burning charcoal. In the latter case,
as arch is made of the largest stones at
the bottom of the pile, and the cavity
under the arch is filled with well seas
oned wood. Lay the stones loosely,
and immediately above the arch, place
a layer of wood, then a layer of stone,
and so on until the pile is as large as
yon want it, then cover the entire heap
with earth, leaving an opening at the
top for the smoko to escape. A short
chimney increases the draft and is de
sirable on that account, as the wood
must bnrn freely. Start the fire be
neath the arch and regulate the draft
by opening or closing the month of the
arch. The wood should bo dry to burn
briskly. By the time the wood is con
sumed the stones will bo calcined, but
should be left until entirely cool.—State
Agricultural Department.
The Bent Early Pea.
Question' 6. —What do you consider
the best early pea for family garden ?
Wliat is the best for general crop ?
Answer 6. —Of the wrinkled varie
ties American Wonder, McLean’s Little
Gem mid Nott’s Excelsior are all excel
lent. Of the smooth kinds, Dan O’-
Rourke, Alaska, Early Philadelphia are
all good. The wrinkled varieties require
a richer soil than the smooth, and are
not quite so hardy. For a general crop
there is no better poa than the Cham
pion of England. It is a vigorous
grower and requires stakes at least four
feet high. It bears abundantly, and
the peas are wrinkled and of fine flavor.
Be sure to try them. The Everbearing
is also a good variety and does not
grow as high as the Champion of Eng
land.—State Agricultural Department.
Inject Warm Antiseptic Remedies.
Question 8. —What can I do for a
cow that has retained a part of the after
birth after calving? She eats heartily
and does not seem sick.
Answer B. —lf the animal seems well
and has a good appetite, it is probable
that you are mistaken as to her having
retained a part of tho afterbirth. Make
6ure that such is the case by a local ex
amination. If you are correct, it is too
lato now to remove the afterbirth by
hand, and all that can be done is to pre
vent, as far as possible, tho evils likely
to result from the decomposing mem
branes, by making injections of warm
antiseptic remedies into the uterus. A
1 per cent solution of carbolic acid will
answer, used daily for a week or ten
days. If there is no fetid discharge
from the vagina, and the cow appears
to be doing well, I would recommend no
treatment for the present. —State Agri
cultural Department.
U*e Kainit and Potaflh.
Question 5). —1 have some fresh land
between two ponds. I have planted It
three years in cotton; it does not exactly
rust, but sheds leaves and forms dry up
some. lam thinking of using kainit
on it. What quantity por acre ought to
be used, and how applied, alone or with
acid? The land makes plenty of weed.
Is there any objections to using salt
with compost composed of lot manure,
cottonseed and acid phosphate?
Answer 9. —Your land being between
two ponds would indicate, perhaps,
that there is too much water in the soil
for cotton. Could the ponds be drained,
or at least considerably lowered, the soil
would probably be remedied. If the in
jury results from a saturated subsoil,
the application of kainit will not remedy
It. If caused by a deficiency of potash
in tho soil, the remedy is plain. To
each acre use 50 pounds of kainit mixed
with 150 pounds of potash. Should thle
application produce a marked improve
ment in the condition of the cotton this
year, you may feel sure that the trouble
has been caused by a deficiency of pot
ash in the soil, and next year increase
the kainit. There is no objection, but
decided advantage in using salt in the
compost heap. The compost, though,
that you propose to make, will be defi
cient in potash, and I would recommend
the addition of kainit to make it a com
plete fertilizer.—State Agricultural De
dartmeut.
COTTONSEED FOR PIG3.
A Serie* of Experiment* Show That It Will
Produce Sic knew and Amtli-
Question 4.—lf I cooked cottonseed
meal, ortho whole seed, would it not
then bo good food for pigs ?
Answer 4.—ln Bulletin 21 of the
Texas Experiment Station, there is re
ported the results of a serios of expert- !
incuts in feeding pigs with cottonseed,
mul tlu> conclusion reached, is, that no
matter how prepared, whether boiled
or roasted, cottonseed fed to pigs will
produce sickness and death. The boiled
seed was a little loss injurious than t!io
roasted, the latter being almost as fatal
as the raw meal. The cottonseed was
not fed alone, but formed only a part of
the ration. In from six to eight weeks
the first symptoms of sickness appeared,
the animals became dull and moping,
and lost appetite. In 12 to 8(5 hours
they became restless, staggering in their
gait, breathing labored, sight defective
skin showing reddish infiamation. The
fatal cases all showed “thumps”—spas
modic breathing. Finally the animals
dropped down suddenly—sometimes on
their bellies, sometimes upon their
haunches with forelegs well apart to
keep from falling over —almost always
with evidences of acute internal pain.
At death a quantity of bloody foam
comes from mouth and nostrils. These
pigs were fed by tlio side of pigs that
had corn instead of cottonseed, and tho
pigs fed on corn remained perfectly
healthy. —State Agricultural Depart
ment.
Fertilizing; Element* In Unleacheri Aulioi.
Question 7. — 1 would like to know
j tho fertilizing elements in unleashed
\ wood ashes, nnloached hickory ashes,
cottonseed meaJ and acid phosphate.
In burning bones or dead animals, what
plaut food, if any, is lost ?
Answer 7.—Unleached oak aud hick
ory ashes probably vary but little iti
composition. They contain, when pure,
from 5 to 7 per cout potash, and 1 to 2
per cent phosphoric acid. Cottonseed
meal contains from 5 to 7 per cent ni
trogen, 1 to 1% per cent phosphoric
acid, aud 1 to 1 1 percent of potash,
acid phosphate, from 10 to 1(5 per cent
phosphoric acid. In burning bones or
dead animals, wo lose all the nitro
gen which they contain, but we retain
all the mineral elements. Burning such
materials, therefore, is a wasteful
method for making them available as
fertilizers. Tho better plan is to com
post the dead animals witli muck or
stable manure, cutting them up if large.
A thick layer of muck should bo
placed under and on top of compost
heap.—State Agricultural Department.
Strawberries For Bandy Soil*
Question 10. —What kinds of straw
berries shall I plant on a light sandy
soil, with day subsoil? I would prefer
the large varieties. Would sawdust bo
a good mulch?
Answer 10. —Sharpless, Bubaoli and
Triomphe do Grand are all good varie
ties, and will succeed if you will fertil
ize your land heavily with stable ma
nure and ashes, and put it iu good order
by deep plowing and thorough harrow
ing. Sawdust makes a good mulch, re
garded only as a mulch, hut is an abso
lute injury to tho laud when you have
to plow it under, Booming to render tho
land sour for some limn afterwards.
Where it can be obtained, pinostraw or
any other straw makes a much more de
sirable mulch, as it soon rots, and when
plowed under adds much to the fertility
of the soil. I would advise you not to
use the sawdust.—State Agricultural
Department.
Hardwood Ahlicx iin Fertilizer*.
Question 11. —Are the lime and other
ingredients in hardwood ashes worth
anything as fertilizers for field crops?
What, is the value of a toil of hardwood
ashes? How many pounds of ashes will
a cord of hardwood make?
Answer 11.— The fertilizing properties
in unleashed hardwood ashes are potash
and phosphoric achl.
The other ingredients have no special
fertilizing properties, hut do help the
crops somewhat by putting the soil in a
better mechanical condition, permitting
it to be worked with more ease and
rendering it easier for the feeding roots
to penetrate In every direction.
A ton of nnleached hardwood ashes
is worth from $5.00 to $6.00.
You will get from two to three pounds
of ashes to eveiy i OO pounds of wood; I
don’t know how much to the cord.—
State Agricultural Department.
Scmi>i>iK Away Dirt From I'littch True*.
Question 12.—Ts it the proper time to
scrape away the dirt from the base of
my peach trees, for tho purpose of kill
ing the borers? When must the dirt be
put back ?
Answer 12.—This work should have
been done much earlier, say about tho
first of November, but better do it now
than leave it undone, as the borers will
certainly do your trees great damage if
let alone. Scrape away the earth around
the base of the tree, down to the hori
zontal roots. Then kill all the borers
possible, by cutting out with a sharp
knife where they have not entered too
far in to the wood: in that case run a wire
into tho holes and you will kill most of
them. From the middle of February to
the middle of March—according to lo
cality—fill up the bole about the treo
with fresh soil from the woods If easily
obtained. Filling the hole with ashes,
is also recommended. ,
In either case, pile the earth or ashes
about the stem of tho tree, several inch
es higher than the surrounding ground.
—State Agricultural Department.
FOR YOUNG TR- C ' r
Coal Ashes Make an Ex*-• Ich.
.sawdust Can Also !*• I
Question 15. —Will coal vd
up about six inches arou >.. ole
trees, iiijur r the in . Is
fresh sawdust a go >.i mu. mg
fruit trees ?
Answer::. —0 nl ashes ex
cellent muien f< .■ youtur f 'id
you can pile them ar n i.i ng
apple trees with pcirl'e-r w
dust can be u >,l to u a
mulch, provided it is n • ito
tho soil. Hard wo. idT
ablo to that from pine— ul
tural Department:.
Planting Irijjli Pot i>
Question 22.--Winhiir: at
least two acres in Irish potat i 1 to
know the be-t varieties, h .-,v t > ire
uud plant the laud, how to forth. ■ eto.
Answer 21. — Tho best answer I can
give to your questions is to copy from a
most valuable bulletin recently is.-ued
by the Georgia Experiment Station on
the subject of Irish potatoes:
1. "The best varieties for the fi f or
spring crop, given in the order < < ieir
I maturity, aro Pride of tho South, i irly
I Rose, Beauty of Hebron, Carman No. I
and Peerless."
2. Preparation. "This should b" deep
and thorough, and the rows to- led
six or seven inches deep by tn ■ .ns of a
subsoil plow."
8. Seed Pieces. "The most, expedi
tious way to prepare seed, is to quarter
tubers weighing from 15 to (5 ounces,
without reference to eyes. ”
4. Distance. "Rows three feet apart,
and pieces 1-2 inches in tho row,
safest distance.”
5. Depth to Plant. “Four inches deop
in a thoroughly mellow, subsoiled fur
row, may be regarded as tho standard."
C. Time to plant. “Tho earlier the
spring crop is put in, tho better, pro
vided late killing freezes are avoided.
The second, or summer crop, will ma
ture if planted as late as tho middle of
August in most parts of the state.”
7. "Cultivation should bo rapid and
thorough, and on a level. It docs not
pay to ‘ridge up’ with a hoc, nor on a
largo scale to mulch.”
8. “Harvesting should not bo done
(unless for extra early sales) until tho
tops are dead, as the tubers continue to
grow as long as the tops are alive. In
gathering, the sun should not ho allowed
to staino on tho tubers any longer than
can he avoided.”
9. Fertilizer. "Six hundred pounds
high grade acid phosphate, 2:70 pounds
nitrate of soda, and 170 pounds muriate
of potash per acre —in all 1,000 pounds
applied either all under and mixed with
the subsoil in trenching, or half under
and half over, after covering tho seed,
but before tho furrow is entirely filled,
is suggested as tuo most reliable form
ula.”'
10. Preservation. "Tho spring crop
cannot be independently kept iu this
latitude with- any certainty. Tho sec
ond or fall cop can be kept by storing
in a dry cellar, with a cool, uniform
temporal uro. It is also well to barrel
them; they should never be stored in
bulk.” —State Agricultural Department.
Planting* Sandy Ivincl I Cotton.
Question 1(5.—1 hav i a piece of sandy,
very sandy ,and, which has been in cot
ton for several years. I would like to
put it in cot'on again, bud am at a loss
as to the right kind of fertilizer to use.
I know that tho land uoods vegetable
matter. W mid it, pay to haul leaves
and plow them under and then apply
commercial fertilizer, or how shall I
manage it, so as to produce a paying
crop of cotton on it?
Answer 10.—Hundreds of acres of
land in the state j n.t as you describe
have been crop, I and recropped
in cotton until the humus is exhausted,
and tiie quality of the land Is such that
ft will retain neither fertilizer nor mois
ture for any length of time. While
the hauling and plowing under of tho
leaves would doubtless supply tho hu
mus in largo measure, it would be an
expensive process and the increase in
the yield of cotton would scarcely pay
for the outlay. A cheaper and more
reasonable plan would bo to plant the
land in a renovating crop—-cowpeas, for
Instance —which would supply the hu
mus and at the same time yield a return
for the investment. These should be
fertilized with phosphoric acid arid pot
ash) in equal proportions. When the
hay is cut turn under the roots and
stubble, going deop enough to bring up
a little of the clay to tho surface. The
object is to change the mechanical con
dition of your soil and the clay
will tend to accomplish this by binding
together tho too loose surface. The
humus will furnish the moisture
absorbing and moisture retaining ele
ment, both of which will prevent the
leaching out of any fertiliser which
may afterwards be applied. Unless
some such plan a* this is pursued, there
can be no reasonable expectation of
making profitable orops from these hard
run acros. The mistake which we have
repeated year after year has been , that
we have appropriated every available
element of plant food that we oould
wring from the toll, while of the ferti
lizers, which wo have applied, nothing
remains after the crop* are gathered be
yond a little insoluble phosphoric) acid
and potash, which In the case of sanay
land, snefi ua your* U soon beyoud the
reach of tlv Agricultural
Department,