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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
VOL XXL
The Cheapest, Purest and Best Family
Medicine in the World!
For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaun
dice, Bilious attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Colic,
Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH,
Heartburn, etc. This unrivailed remedy is
■warranted not to contain a single particle of
Mercury, or any mineral substance, but is
PURELY VE KTARLE,
containing those South Roots and Herbs
which an all-wise Pro\ lias placed in
countries where Liver L ,es most prevail.
It will cure all Disease ed by Derange
ment of the Liver and i is.
The SYMPTOMS of 1. r Complaint are a
bitter or bad taste in t mouth; Pain in the
Back, Sides or Joints, of;. i mistaken for Rheu
matism; Sour Stomach 1. .s of Appetite;
Bowels alternately costix . and lax; Headache:
Loss of Memory, with ; . inful sensation oi
having failed to do sonn . . ne which ought to
have been done; Debility: Low Spirits, a thick
yellow appearance of the Skin and Eyes, a dry
Cough often mistaken for Consumption.
Sometimes many of tlw -e symptoms attend
the disease, at others very fe> ; but the LIVER
is generally the seat of flic disease, and if not
Regulate;! in lime, great suffering, wretched
ness ami DEATH will ensue.
The following highly esteemed persons attest
to the virtues of Simmons Liver Regulator:
Gen. W. S. Holt, Pres. Ga. S. \V. R. H. Co.; Rev.
J. R. Felder, Perry, Ga.; o*l. E. K. Sparks, Al
bany, Ga.; C. Mastcrson, Es ~ Sheriff Bibb Co.,
Ga.; Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
“We have tested its virtues, personally, and
know that for Dyspepsia, Biliousness and
Throbbing Headache it is the best medicine the
world ever saw. We tried forty other remedies
before Simmons Liver Regulat or, but none gave
us more than temporary relief; but the Regu
lator not only relieved, but cured us.”— Ed.
Telegraph and Messenger, Macon, Ga.
manufactured only by
J. H. ZEILIN & CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
Belladonna
PIoaW /fix
Lumbago mm \
by touching / /\A\
the spot
t PARKER’S C’NCER TONIC
Sbat»*a Lung Troubles, Debility, di.-trowing ptoir.aMi end
female III*, and is noted for making nires when all otiier
treatment fails. Every mother and invalid should have it.
PARKER’S
HAIM 3A-.SAM
Cleanse* and beautifies the hair.
Promotes a luxuriant growth.
Never Pails to Restore Gray
Hair to ita Youthful Color.
Cure* tcnlp di-lease* St hair failing.
30c. and f 1.00 at Druggie*
JORNS The only sure Cure for
Corns. Stop* all paiu. Makes walking easy. 15c. atDruggi**.
THINACURA
FOR THIN PEOPLE
Are you thin?
Flesh made with Thinacura Tablets by a
scientific process. They create perfect as
similation of every form of food, secreting
the valuable parts and discarding the worth
less. They make thin faces plump and
round out the figure. They are the
STANDARD REMEDY
for leannets, containing no arsenic, and
absolutely harmless.
Price, prepaid, $1 per box, C for .$5,
Pamphlet, “HOW TO GET FAT,” free.
THE THINACURA CO.,
D4D Broadway, New York.
Chl«’he»tor> Engl !• Muiuoikl ItmirJ.
Pennyrcf a PILLS
ll Original i. ilnly Grnulne. A
bate, always M-U.l'j. • •dies ask /X\
Druggtyt for Ch neater a Enyliah Dia JRf\\
MSC\mond Brand in • ted and Gold met*llic\VJr>y
sealed w • lu*i ribbon. Take W
other. R* ise dangeron* aukstitu- w
Aft ion* and imit At Druggisia, or aend 4«.
J V in stamps for . ncuiars. testimonials and
H **Relief for ' .sidle*,” in letter, by return
,\F Mall. 10.00.: r 'timonials. Same Paper,
r Chlche»tf rllcmicall'o.,Madlsoa Square,
Bold by ail Local Druggiita. I'hllooa., i’a.
Y J* REAGAN
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice*in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
othercollections. Will attend all the Courts
At Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Weekly office.
A. RROU >,
# attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit , the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. janl-ly
yy.n. t. dicker
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
he Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-ly
p>Di:i;Mn At
ATTORNEYS at law,
McDoxolob, Ga.
Office over Star Store, south side square
At business carefully and promptly at
ende ' to.
E3T'Am prepared to negotiate loans on
eal estate. Terms easy.
nrs.C-eo/Udw,TmZß,
UK.VriMTN,
Grant B’ld’g, Corner Broad and Marietta
streets, Atlanta. Ga.
Will lie in their office at McDonough, Ga.,
from the :2lst a. m. till the last of each
month.
«. I’. CAMPBCLI^
DENTIST.
McDonough <-»a.
Any one desiring work done can be ac
commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
KcDoNOI CH, Ga. I
Prompt attention aiven to all professional
duties day and night. «
S Office in Nolan building, room north of
til, Brysn and Die ken.
ASK the recovered
dyspeptic* bilious
sufferers, victims of
[fever and ague, the
mercurial diseased
patient,’ liow they re
covered health, cneer
ful spirits and good
appetite; they will tell
I you by taking SlM
moxs Liver regu
lator.
STOI.K TEAM AND COTTON.
Ri-markahlr llol»l>cry at Stock bridge
Thursday Night.
A gang of theives invaded the little
town of Stockbridge, miles
from Atlanta, Thursday night and stole
a two horse waggon, two mules and
three bales of cotton from Messrs. W
C. Milam, J. P. Baugh and C. M.
Shields, all farmeis in that neighbor
hood.
They went to the baru of Mr. Shields
and took a pair of mules and a waggon.
Hitching up the team, they drove over
to the farm of Mr. Baugh, not far dis
tant, and took a bale ot cotton from
his warehouse. Not satisfied with the
booty they had thus far secured, the
thieves drove to the gin-hnuse of Mr.
Milam, where they found two more
bales of cotton.
The farmers were ignorant of their
loss untill tho next morning. All
three compared notes and judging from
the track of the loaded wagon the
thieves had started toward Atlanta.
The first clew was found on Peters
street, at Askew's wagon yard. The
boy in attendance there stated a white
man had leit a team auswering the des
cription there about 8 o’clock yesterday
morning, but had never returned. An
investigation showed the wagon and
mules to be the property of Mr. Shields.
The boy in charge of the wagon
yard could tell very little about the
man who brought the wagon in the
morning. The stranger had inquired
the price of boarding his stock, and
then left. The wagon was not loaded
when driveu into the yard.
From the condition of the mules
they must have been driven very hard.
Just what the thieves did with the cot
ton is a mystery. If they loft it at any
of the warehouses in the city the ofH
cials have never been able to locate it.
It is thought the cotton has probably
been shipped from the city to some un
known point. The detectives are work
ing on the case, and they may possibly
locate the stolen cotton to day.—(’on
sfitu'don. -
Hampton’s Successful Young Teacher,
Prof. J. O. Adams,.son of Mr. R. C.
Adams of Hampton, has for the past
two years been teaching a flourishing
school at Price, Ga., near Gainesville
in Hall county. We find the follow
ing, with a handsome picture of the
prefessor, in the last issue of the Gaiues
ville Eagle, being a portion of a circu
lar from the trustees of the school:
The eitizent of Price, realizing the
fact that more room is needed for school
work, are making an effort for a larger
buildiug to be erected in the near fu
ture. We have had a better school
this year than we have ever had, and
appreciating its growth and knowing
its work, consider that it is worthy of
great confidence. The school has been
under the management of Prof. J. O.
Adams for the past two years, and ils
rapid and continued growth proclaims
the good work done by him and a great
appreciation on the part of the people.
He is one among the best teachers of
our county. He is ambitious, a great
worker in the Sunday School, and no
one could fill his position more satisfac
torily than he has done.
There are over two hundred and fifty
pupils here that will be in proximity of
this school, and the teason that an
effort is being made to do this, is be
cause the conditions assuring our pros
perity demands it.
This school has prepared more pu
pils for collegiate work than any school
in the county, three having entered the
freshman class in one of our State Col
leges this year from this school, and in
every respect it is one of the best
schools in this part of the country. So
let us as patrons and trustees of this
school begin now, or having begun, go
to the completion of this much needed
work.
If the year were divided iDto 13 in
stead of 12 months, with 28 days in
each of them except the 13th, which
should have 29 days in ordinary years
and 30 days in leap years, then calen
dars would be practically unuecessary
and many calculations, as of interest,
the maturing of notes, etc.,* would be
matters of great simplicity. For, with
such a division of the year, each day of
the week would come at the dates in
each mouth. If Jan. l.sav were Mon
day, the Ist, 6ih, 25th and 2 2nd of
each mouth that year would be Mon
day; the 21, 9 th, 19th and 23d Tuesday
and so on. The advantage of this sys
tem are obvious, anjl scientific persons
arc seriously discussing what chances
there is of persuading the world to
adopt it io 1900. Yl&any Herald.
t9»WIN! OF CASDUI, s Tonic foTwomsn.
McDonough, ga.. Friday, dEqhmber i, ihdo.
THREE YEARS AGO.
C. W. K nailer Was Cured of Chornlc
Catarrh—His Cure Remains
Permanent.
C. W. Kuauer, Sheldon, lowa, writes
as follows: “I had been troubled with
catarrh for over two years; so bad at
last that I could not work but two or
three days in a week. I tried two
doctors without any reliqf. At times I
was so bad that I could not he«r.
After using niue bottles of Pe ru-na I
was completely cured and believe Pe
ru na- will do all you claim if the di
rections ate followed. I heartily recom
mend it to all who are aiilicted with ca
tarrh. I should call my cure lasting,
for I have been working in an elevator
fer three years (among the dirt and
dust of wheat.)”
No greater test could be made of any
cure, than three years’ exposure to the
dust and dirt of a grain elevator. This
letter is a sample of those we receive
daily. They come unsolicited and un
rewarded. They express the send
ments of the writer in words that are
direct and forcible.
A book on catarrh will be sent to
any address by The Peru ua Drug
Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio.
Originating Business.
‘•Been appointed two months,” sigh
ed the rural justice, an’ not a case come
before me yit!’’
“Thar’s a case o’ liquor somebody
sent you,” said the bailiff.
“Shore?”
“Thar it sets!”
The justice was silent for full three
minutes. Finally he roused himself
aud said to the bailiff;
“John, you tackle it fust, an’ git
btliu’ drunk an’ thee come before me
an’ lernme fine you $lO fer contempt!’’
Stanton.
More Curative power
Is contained in a bottle of Hood’s Sar
-Basarilla than any other similar prepar
ation. It costs the proprietor and
mamrfa«tarer raora.-—-It costs the job
ber more and it fs worth more to the
consumer. It has a record of Cures
unknown to any other preparation. It
is the best to buy because it is the One
True Blood Purifier.
Hood’s Pills are the best family
cathartic and liver medicine. Gentle,
reliable, sure.
Mixed Up on Alimony.
“You are granted a total divorce,”
said the judge to the woman, “and you
shall have alimony.”
“That’s all right, jedge,” said the
exhusbaud, “an’ suits me ter a ‘t,’ but
I want ter say in this here presence
that ef Alimony knowed her as well as
I does,-he’d never take her, ner none
er her family.”—Stanton.
A tired stomach is very much like a
sprained aukle. If you suffer from
any of the symptoms of dyspepsia, your
stomach is tired. It needs a crutch.
We must relieve it of all work for a
time, or until it is restored to its natur
al strength. To do this successfully,
we must use a food which is already
digested outside of the body, and which
will aid the digestions of other foods
that may be taken with it. Such a
product is the Shaker Digestive Cor
dial.
The Shakers have utilized the diges
tive principles present in plants for the
manufacture of this article, and its sac
cess has been truly phenomenal. You
can try it for the nominal sum of 10
cents, as sample bottles are sold by all
druggists at this price.
Laxol is the best medicine for child
ren. Doctors recommend it in place of
Castor Oil.
A Big Hog.
Sandersviße can claim the distinc
tion of having the largest hog iu Geor
gia. The hog is the property of City
Treasurer Walton, is af the Duroc Jer
sey breed, aod was 3 years old in July
last. It measures eight feet in length
without the tail, which is eighteen
inches long, and seven feet two inches
in circumference. It is as large as the
body of a horse and is a giant porker.
Mr. Walton raises hogs of this breed
and has sold a large number to farmers
in Washington county. This is the j
: largest one that has yet been seen and
is viewed with much curiosity, as many
I people go to see it nearly every day.
Those who aro considered competent
judges estimate that the hog will weigh
: 900 pounds gross and about 750 pounds
| net, and is worth as much as an ordi
! nary horse.
The “nail trust” has collapsed and
the price oi nails has been reduced $1
1 per keg.
Which Is Correct.
Many of the simplest words in the
“King’s English” have through all eta
tion aud fully, beeu so changed in their
pronunciation that one must ofte* re
for to the dictionary or glossary fsr the
correct pronunciation of even djssyl
tables. J.
A gentleman sitting with a |i iend
who is a railroad ticket agent wrftes.
“I’d just like to know what d #p-o-t
really spells,” said the ticket agetit.
• Why 5 ” I asked.
“Because it is pronounced in a lozen
different ways every day at this wiidow.
Now you just sit here and listen. I’m
going to open the wiudow for thd sale
of tickets.”
A very stylishly dressed but rather
affected-looking young lady appeared
at the window.
“Is this the Roston and Albany day
po?” she asked.
“It is, Miss,” politely replied the
clerk.
Then there appeared a dapper little
fellow, highly perfumed, dressed in the
extreme of fashion, his dainty! mus
tache curled, aud every hair in his
head laid “just so.” He wore gold
bowed eye-glasses, and carried a tiny
cane.
“Ah, may I ask, please, when the
train leaves this dippo?”
Then a large old lady, weafing a
gingham dress and a green suu-bonnet,
came bustling up with a basket on
either arm.
“Is there any train a-goin to Wurs
ter after six o’clock tonight from this
deepot?”
“That’s three,” said the agent, “and
I’ll wager anything that the young la
dy coming wjll ring in another change
on the word if she speaks it at all.”
“Is there a parcel and package win
dow at this depoe ?” she asked, giving
marked emphasis to the final syllable.
,vu artificial looking woman, with
the powder in bloches on her red face,
came next.
“I am going to New Yark,” slip
simpered; “am I in the right d'fpob?”
“That is the newest and wjrst of
*11!” cried the agent, sinking into a
ctuurjvitti an affected gasp. m ..."
A stout old man, with a
collar of unbleached muslin ami a long,
loose coat of brown linen, came to the
window.
“I’m looking for the Boston an Al
bany railroad station house, llev I
found her?”
“You hev,” said my friend, with per
feet gravity, and a moment later we
were both laughing heartily, the old
gentleman who had “found her” hav
ing disappeared.
“But how is that word pronounced?”
asked the agent.
“I’m sure I don’t know,” I confess
ed, honestly.
An exchange has the following
words of wisdom to parents: “The pa
rents who don’t know where their
boys are at night, will not remain long
iu ignorance. The sheriff will inform
them.”
Told in the Ainen Corner
“Speaking of the colored vote,” said
the Georgia colonel, sitting iu the
“amen corner” at the Fifth Avenue
hotel, according to the New York Mail
and Express, “reminds me of the story
of the darkey who voted for a candi
date running against his employer.
When the fact came to the ear of the
latter he summoned the darkey employe
and demanded in no mistakable tones
why he had dared to vote against him.
“ ‘Why, yo’ see, sah,’ explained the
confused negro, ‘dey gimme two dollars
an’ tought d’war no harm in exhaustin’
der exchequer, so I took it.’
“ ‘But, you black rascal,’ put in the
white man, ‘couldn’t you have voted
for me all thg same?’
“ ‘Sbo’s yo’ born, boss,’ replied the
darkey, ‘but yo’ doan understand. I
did vote for him once, but I voted for
you nine times.’ ”
The New Y’ork Evening Post says
that eastern capitalists will refuse to
loan or invest money in the Houtb
hereafter, because that section voted
for free silver. If the South were to
withdraw her patronage from the East
the number of vacant bnsinesa bouses
in New Y'ork would be au eye opener
to the editor of the Post. Boycotting
I is a game that two can play at, and the
j South is in first class condition for such
an entertainment.
Twelve hundred aud fifty dollars
will buy a good house aud lot, with
nice small farm attached, jnst in the
edge of McDonough. Apply at once,
this office.
RISC'S CURE FOR
25 CTS
CU.iib WHERE All LSI FAILS, _
Beat Cough Syrup. Taste* Good. Use
in time, fold by druggists.
CONSUMPTION
They Both Got Mad.
He w:is a typical mountaineer from
his brogan shoes to bis wool hat, aud
he had walked to a neighboring town
to visit relatives. It was his first visit
away from his home. The second day
after he arrived he went to the post
office to get a letter from his girl. He
was sure it would be there, as she had
tearfully told him she would write him
while he was away.
“Air there any mail for me?” he in
quirod of the postmaster.
“What’s your name?” was the in
quiry.
“Louder.”
“I say what’s your name?” asked
the postmaster tu a little more positive
manner.
“Louder.”
“I say what’s your name?” yelled
the postmaster, sticking his head
through the wiudow iuto the face of
the young man.
“VYhy, dad dart your ugly time, I've
told yer three times my name was
Louder,” yelled the mountaineer, “T.
J. Louder, and if yer didn’t belong to
ther gov’ment I’d crawl over dar aud
pick your years. Soon as a man gits
er gov’ment job rouud here he begins
to put ou airs, and I am oue not to put
up with it.”
The postmaster fished out a letter
from a musty hole and gave it to him,
although he was mad himself.—Wash
ington Star.
A Fisherman’s Story.
“About ten years ago—yes, just ten
years—l pulled a bass out of the water
that looked to weigh about a pound and
the line broke at a distance of about a
foot from the hook,” said the fisher
man.
“And then, about five years after
ward,” another hastened to interrupt,
“you caught him again, with the book
and line still in his mouth, and the fish
had grown to weigh ten pounds.”
The fisherman looked pained at this
tuthless capture of his best story And
answered: “No, sir. He weighed less
than two ounces. His vi.ality’lfad all
been consumed by thelice, wbifch had
grown to feet 2| inches of clothes
OASTOniA.
An exchange gives the following un
ique description of the man who can
drink or let it alone: “The man who
can drink or let it alone is again with
us. He is a genial sort of a fellow
and it might be harsh to roll him to
gether as a scroll or to boil him in oil,
or hake him over a slow fire, as he de:
serves. He feels sorry for the slave to
rum. ‘Why,’ says he, ‘all you need is
the will power. When I want to quit,
I will surely quit.’ The day will come
wheu he will quit, sure enough. The
coroner will be notified wheu the time
comes, and there’ll be a nice inquest
with home comforts and all modern
improvements, and if our friend is rich
the verdict will be that he died of heart
failure. If he is poor, it will be that
he died of alcoholism. The man who
can drink or let it alone is worth study
ing.”
A few papers in Georgian take a
special pride in saying cutting, uukiud
and ungenerous things about Geu. Gor
don, and a few other papers take a
pleasure seemingly, in reproducing
them. John B. Gordon is the idol of
the people of Georgia, all the same.
He is the last of the great generals who
illustrated Georgia on bloody battlb
fields, and the people not yet forgotten
his services during the day that tried
men’s souls. —Brunswick Times.
“Can you tell me what sort of weath
er we may expect next month?” wrote
an American farmer to the editor of
his local paper, and the editor replied
!as follows: “It is my belief that the
I weather next month will be very much
! like your subscription bill.” The far
mer wondered for an hour what he was
driving at, when he happened to think
of the word “unsettled.” He sent a
postclfico money order.
Duly a little while ago the politi
cians were talking about how to pre
\ serve the parity; now they are talking
about how to preserve the party. The
election has knocked an i out. —Savan
nah News.
It is an old story, but each succeed
i ing year more and more proves its truth.
The secret of success and prosperity
| for S ruthern farmers is to raise at
home what they have to live on, and
make cotton their surplus money crop.
If the agriculturalists of tho South will
do this, wo will soon become the most
indepen lent and prosperous section of
the country —Augusta Chrouicje.
25 CTS
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U 8. Gov’t Report
ABMUimV PURE
Words of Wisdom.
A dollar never buys much for a stin
gy man.
Misfortunes and imprudence aro of
ten twius.
It is better to be right awl poor than
wrong aud rich.
Better be a lamp in the house than
try to be a star in the sky.
1 here is no virtue in doing right
simply because we have to.
How many times good fortune has
come to us through our mistakes.
If we try to please everybody we shall
soon have the respect of nobody.
Do what you cau do well and you
will soon be able to do better.
The man who thiuks his sin will
never find him out has deceived him
self.
1 he man dies well who dies with the
consciousness that he has doue his best.
Ihe man who loafs when he should
be at work will have to work when he
might rest.
Many people want to move moun
tsius simply to attract attention to
themselves.
There are people who would like to
do good if it could be done without
effort or sacrifice.
Many a man grovels in the dust who
has an arm long enough to reach the
sky if he would only put it out.
Many a man is screening gravel who
might be dressing diamonds had he
properly improved his time.— Ram’s
Horn.
CASTORIA
' ’ -r.
For Infants anil Children. *
A felt want is that gnawing at tho
stomaching after you have eaten a full
meal, aud cau’t eat any more, and yet
there is that feeling as though yon had
eaten nothing. What is wanted then
is a dose of .Simmons Liver regulator,
the Dyspepsia cure, for that is what
that gnawing means. “Simmons Liver
Regulator, is all that is recommended
for Indigestion.”—A. It. Dyche, Lon
don, Ky.
The faculty of Emory college have
prohibited the students from playing
football, because of the many accidents
resulting iu iujuries to the players, by
reason of the brutality of the game.
Dlvernlflml Farming.
Question. —Aro there any statistics
to prove that diversified farming is the
safest and most profitable?
Answer.— The United Statos census
for 1890 shows that 98 per cent of tho
farms sold nnder mortgage wore de
voted to only one or perhaps two crops,
while of farms upon whloh several crops
were grown only 2 per cent were thus
disposed of. This fact should be a
strong argument iu favor of diversified
farming. State Agricultural Depart
ment.
CASTORIA.
Notice.
I wish to say to my customers that
I now have their guano notes on hand
and while they are not due, all who
are disposed to do so can settle, and
get their notes any day.
I wish to call special attention to
those who owe me balance ou last year
and previous purchases, I will make it
greatly to their interest to see me and
settle the same before Sept. 20tb.
I am also iu the cotton market again
and will pay Atlanta prices for all
cotton brought to me at Flippen, Ga.
Very Respectfully,
John It Pair.
New York sends the “youngest mem
ber” to congress this time. He is Tom
Bradley, who defeated Tim Campbell
in the Ninth district, lie is just 2G
years old, and is a Tammany brave.
flisfioo
To the Editor I have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-positive ant I
of its power that I consider it my duty to
send two bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption,Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me their
express and postoffice address. Sincerely,
T. A. SLOCUM, M. C., IBS Pearl St., New York,
gy The Editorial aod Busine a Management of
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5 CENTS A COPY
Muck For Cotton*
Question,— Would it be a good plan
to open a deep furrow, put muck and
leaves In and cover It with another fur
row, and then in the spring bed on it
and plant cotton? What kind of ferti
lizer shall I use for poor, sandy land
where cotton tiros badly?
A nsw eh.—lt would not be advisable
to use-the muck as you suggest. Fer
mentation of the mock is necessary to
make Its ingredients available as plant
and after having appliod, it Is some time
before they are thoroughly incorporated
with the soil. Will you, for the benoiit
of myself and other poultry raisers, tell
mo of some plnn by which I may keep
them in good condition, and at the same
time render them at once available for
any crop I may plant?
Answeh. —Your plan of keeping the
droppings in boxes or burrels is, of
course, proferable to leaving them in
tho poultry houses, whero they not only
affect the health of the fowls, bat fur
nish a breeding place for soveral forms
of insect life more or less injurious.
Bofore the droppings are placed in the
barrels, mix them with an equal amount
of dry earth, to which has been added
kaiuit in the proportions of a peck to
each bushel of earth. Then place In
the barrels and keop damp, not wet,
until noeded. The soapsuds from the
family washing are excellent for this
purpose. When the time comes for ap
plying to fall crops tho mixture will be
found in line condition to be immedi
ately taken up by the crops. During
the winter and early spring the best
plan is to broadcast tho Wrappings as
fast as gathered up and chop or harrow
them into tho soil. This will prevent
them from becoming hard, and the neces
sary chemical and mechanical changes
will at one;; begin.—State Agricultural
Department.
How to Build a Good Barn.
Question.— l inteud patting up a nice
barn. Ain a young farmer Just start
ing out und would bn glad if yoq would
give, mo a few important points to be
looked after in order to ljocuro a comfort
able andconvoHleht barn. -
Answer. —The location <if you* barn
make additions tniv alii TjVvVm” ti.cn,?
but if tho situation fs bad the defect
cun never bo remedied. Build on a hill
side and you can so arraugo as to have
second Btory ou a level with the wagon
way, which is a great convenience in
driving in and out, and in unloading
and storing tho crops. May also be ar
ranged to have a level drivo way, which
adds greatly to the expedition und ease
with which the feoding, tho handling of
tho manure and other operations may
bo carried on. Tho situation should
also bo selected with a viow to conven
ience; that Is, within easy access from
the fields and also tho dwelling, without
being too near the latter. While good
drainage, to prevent dampuoss or stand
ing water, is important, it is equally
important to prevent washing. Two
often wo see tho rich, dark streams from
our barnyards borne off to the nearest
watercourse, to be swept beyond our
reach, when a little caro and fore
thought would enable us to preserve
and add these wasted but precious ele
ments to our hard run fields. If possi
ble the barn should be protected from
tho oold north winds, although, at the
south, this is not a matter of so much
moment as In the colder regions of
higher latitudes. Having determined
on these main points, examine different
plans and settlo on that which suits you
best, allowing for ample room, and also
having an eye to an attractive and in
viting appearance, to whioh a little
whitewash adds a wonderful per cent.—
State Agricultural Department.
Question. —Please give me a simple
plan to ascertain the net weight of
hogs.
Answer. Uudor usual conditions,
that is, when the hogs are in moder*
ately good order, four-fifths of the gross
weight is about equal to the net weight!
that is subtract one-fifth from the whols
weight of the hog.—State Agricultural
Department.
Oorn '
is a vigorous feeder and re
sponds well to liberal fertiliza
tion. On corn lands the yield
increases and the soil improves
if properly treated with fer
tilizers containing not under
7 % actual
Potash.
A trial of this plan costs but
little and is sure to lead to
profitable culture.
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periment on the best farms in the United States—la
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