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THE HEN RY COUNTY WE E KI,Y
VOL XXL.
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The Cheapest. Purest and Rest Family
Medicine In the World!
For DYSPHPSIA. CONSTIPATION, Jaun
dice, liiliousat tacks, SICK. 11 . A DACHK, Colic,
Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH,
Heartburn, etc. This unrivalled remedy is
warranted not to contain a single particle of
MERCURY, or any mineral substance, but is
PI RELY VEGETA IiLE,
containing those Southern Roots ami Herbs
which an all-wise Providence has placed in
countries where Liver Diseases most prevail.
It will cure ull Diseases caused by Derange
ment of the Liver and Dowels.
The SYMPTOMS of Liver Complaint are a
bitter or bad taste in the mouth; Pain in the
Back, Sides or Joints, often mistaken for Rheu
matism; Sour Stomach; Loss of Appetite;
Bowels alternately costive and lax; Headache;
Loss of Memory, with a painful sensation ot
having failed to do something which ought to
have been done; Debility; Low spirits, a thick
yellow appearance of the Skin and Byes, a dry
Cough often mistaken for Consumption.
Sometimes many of these symptoms attend
the disease, at others very few; but the Liver
is generally the seat of the disease, and if not
Regulate*'! in time, great sintering, wretched
ness anc. DEATH will ensue.
The following highly esteemed persons attest
to the virtues of Simmons Liver Regulator:
Gen. \V. S. Holt, Pres. Ga. S. \Y. R. R. Co.; Rev.
I. R. Felder, Perry, Ga.; Col. K. K. Sparks, Al
bany, Ga.; C. Masterson, Esq., Sheriff Bibb Co.,
Ga.; Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
“We lmve tested its virtues, personally, and
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Throbbing Headache Jt is the b» .t medicine the
world ever saw. We tried forty other remedies
before Simmons Liver Regula 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.
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Office in Nolan building, room north of
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McDonough, Ga.
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Special attention given to commercial and
Dthercollections. Will attend all tne Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairß over
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THK KN I KUTAINMKNT
At the Unit of Hampton High School
Last Friday Night.
The ringing of the bi ll at an early
hour, at College Hall, reminded the
people of Hampton of the literary en
tertainment that l’rof. Murphey had j
arranged to give at the ilose of his
school. Owing to the circumstances,
the anticipated programme was not
canied out. A number of the little
boys were expected to make an exhi
bition of school boy oratory, but this
part of the exercises was omitted.
The occasion, however, was by no
means a failure, l’rof. Murphey had
procured ths services of some distin
guished speakers to address the audi
ence. Prof. Wilder ol Hampton was
the first speaker introduced hv the
honorable chairman, Mr. J. VV. Ste
phens. He gave us a Hue of thought
which commended itself to a thought
ful consideration. Owing to the chil
liuess of the night, the speaker did not
impart to his speech that degree of
earnestness that was necessary to iu
spire his hearets with the iutererst they
would have otherwise felt in his talk.
Following Prof. W. came Prof. J.
O. Adams, who had been placed ou file
for an interesting address. I make no
fulsome eulogy iu saying Mr. A. did
himself great credit iu this effort.
Space will not ullow me to furnish an
outline of his highly appreciated ad
dress. Suffice it to say, Olie is a young
uiau destined to move to the froDt.
llav. Mr Speer was next introduced
aud gave us a short talk worthy of our
appreciation.
Parsing over the call made upon this
humble scribe for a few words, we
come uext to state that Prof. Murphey
was introduced as the old war horse,
who in his native attitude of a grand
old champion of moral and brain cul
ture, brought up the closing part of our
meeting. There were several other
prominent gentlemen who were expec
ted to be on hand to speak to us, hut
called for, some were “non oomatibus
iu swamppo,” while others hail mar
ried a '•vifjj jUiii.aaaE-.'jl-j-iay-Aln-o -H-tve
me excused.”
We are authorized lo say that Miss
M. S. liutler, a distinguished lady, a
graduate of Centenary Female College,
Cleveland, Tenn , will give one of her
admirable recitals at College Hall on
Monday night, Dec. 28. The proceeds
of this highly interesting entertainment
a: o to be appropriated for the benefit
of the Methodist aud baptist churches
located iu Hampton. Every boy is ex
pected to be there and bring bis best
girl with him. Just two. quarters will
admit them both, aud 15 cents will ad
mit the little folks. Hoys, don’t spend
all of your pocket change before you
attend this interesting entertainment.
Lookout for our report of the
Christmas tree at the Haptist church,
and of the musical concert, connected
with other interesting enjovment, to
be bad at Berea on Christmas night,
free to all, cotne or go.
On the 26th of November past, at
the house of the officiating clergyman
Elder W. S Fears, Mr. Loyd Dickson
aud Miss Vella Purseley, and on the
29th by Hon. Judge Brown, Mr. Char
lie Criddle and Miss Ilassie, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Pursley, of Luella.
In Hampton by Rev. FI. M. Hooteu,
Mr. P. VV. Derrick aud Miss Mittie
Moore, daughter of Mr. R. H. Moore
W. T. G.
The cure of Rheumatism has often
taxed medical skill, but it’s prevention
has been very easy by an occasional use
of Simmons Liver Regulator. It keeps
the liver well regulated, and the system
free from poison. Therein is the secret
of health. “I have used it for year for
Indigestion and Constipation, aud also
found it gives one relief from a touch
of Rheumatism.”—N. Hughes, Lords
burg, N. H.
A unique plan for tbe development
of tbe country through which the Sea
board Air Line railroad runs is now
under consideration by those interested
in that railway system, if reports be
true. This plan contemplates the es
tablishmeDt of oue hundred experimen
tal farms, at a distance of teD miles
apart, along tbe main line of the sys
tem. These farms are to be operated
by farming experts for the purpose of
showing what the soil along the Sea
board will produce, when properly cul
tivated.
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
ISs fw-
3.
mcdonough, ga., Friday January i, isot.
Credit Refused to Mrs. Cleveland.
Washiugtou, Nov. 27.—The remark
able spectacle of a big dry goods firm
refusing credit to the mistress of the
White House was witnessed by a
throng of shoppers several days ago.
The affair has thus far beeu kept out
of the papers, though it was whispered
around among the friends of the peo
ple who weie gathered about the coun
ter at the time the incident occured in
oue of the stores ou Peusylvania ave
nue.
While the usual crowd of bargain
seekers were making their purchases.
The President’s carriage drew up ju
front of the establishment. Mrs.
Cleveland maid alighted aud went in
side. Steppiug toward the counter
where children’s dress goods were dis
played, she looked over the goods.
Then selecting several dress patterns
she handed the clerk a note bearing the
engraved inscription, “Executive Man
sion.” Smilingly, she said:
“Mrs. Cleveland said to charge to
the President.” -
There was a moments hesitation.
The clerk beckoned to the proprietor
and together they talked in low tones.
Finally the clerk turned around and
stammeringly said.
“I am sorry, but it is strictly against
our rules to charge goods. I assure
you”—he begau, but was interrupted
by the maid, who, with flashing eyes,
in an excited maiiuer, exclaimed:
“What, you refuse to give credit to
the President of the Uuited States?”
All eyes were turned toward the
girl, who stood staring at the clerk.
“We do not exactly refuse to give
credit to the President; but, you see,
we do not open hook accounts.”
“Then you doubt my comiug from
the White House, do you?”
“Not at all, we only regret not being
able to comply with Mrs. Cleveland’s
request.
1 he maid to the most popular wom
an in America turned from the counter
and lapidly made her way to the White
House carriage, followed by a small
crowd of curious spectators. The
manager of the store later explained
the occurrence
‘■We regret annoying Mr. Cleveland
or his wife.” he said, “but had we
granted the request it would nave been
a violation of our rules. VVe loog ago
found it safer to abolish the credit sys
tem and go on a ‘p a y 0116 pay all,’
plan. This we were forced to do for
our own protection. It is hard enough
to collect bills anyway.
“So far as distinguished people are
concerned, w i have found that they
are able to avoid payments, for there is
a ‘code of etiquette - absolving them
from the harassing collector.
“However, it was not that we did
not believe tbe White House exche
quer is adequate to pay all legitimate
bills, but a rule which applies to one,
should be enforced without discrimina
tion.”
We know of butoue community in
tbe world where dyspepsia is practical
ly uuknown, aud that is the Shakers of
Mount Lebanon, N. Y. There good
people have been studying the subject
of digestion for more than a hundred
years, that they understand it pretty
thoroughly, is evidenced iu the forego
ing fact. Their Digestive Cordial is
the safest and best remedy in cases of
indigestion that we know of. A trial
bottle can be had through your druggist
for the trifling sum of 10 cents.
The Shaker Digestive Cordial sup
plies the system with food already di
gested, aud at tbe same time aids the
digestion of other foods. It was al
most instantly relieve the ordinary
symptoms of indigestion, and no suffer
er need to be told what these are.
Laxol is tbe best medicine for child
ren. Doctors recommend it in place
of Castor Oil.
“Talk about gaining in weight, why
I know a fellow who weot out west for
his health and gained ten pounds bo
fore he had been there two days.”
“Great Scott! is it possible?”
“It’s a fact. He got into a fuss with
the cowboys aud they filled him with
lead.”
“Harry, before we were married you
begged me to go band in hand with
I you downjlife’s pathway.”
! “So I did ”
‘“And now you get mail when I ask
yon where yon go without me five
nights In the week.”
Editor Smith, of The Ashbiuu Ad
| vance, advertises for a dog that can
whip every other dog that comes to
town, and eat up all the fice dogs that
1 live there,
The Georgia ltazorback.
There are some frisky razor-backed
bogs in Georgia, but Gordon county
'akes the prize for them. A citizen of
'hat section describes oue of them as
follows:
“One day 1 jest simply bid out in
the woods an’ watched tliet hawg. I
teed hit come a trollin' down the path
au’ stop sudden, lookiu’ all around to
see if me er the dawg wuz about.
Then hit jest pranced right up to a
hickry sapliu’ ’at stood jest outside the
fence au' op thet sapliu' hit went
more samern a ’possum. When hit
got to the top he sorter brace ! hisself
an’ give a swing. Thet sapliu’ beut
samern a fish pole when you hang a
mud turkle aud drapped thet blamed
hawg ker plump in the corn patch.
Then I kuowed why I never could
drive the thing out. They weru’t no
trees inside fer bit to dim’ an’ swiLg
out ou.”
A Christmas Legend of Belgium.
The children of Belgium have a
charming Christmas legend about San
ta Claus’ Pony. They always place
their wooden sabots on the window
ledge, stuffed full of oats, hay, aud fod
der for the “dear Christmas pony.”
In the early morniug they run on tip
toe to look; and behold! the hay is gone
and the sabots are brimming over with
toys aud sweet meats! Then the
children clap their hands with glee,
wish they could have only waked in
time to see the pony munching his oats.
That would have been such fun! —Ella
F. Mosbv iu St. Nicholas.
The Whole Story
Of the gieat sales attained and great
cures accomplished by Hood’s Sarsapa
rilla is quickly told. It purifies and
enriches the blood, tones the stomach
and gives strength to the vigor. Dis
ease connot enter tire system fortified
by the rich, red blood which comes by
taking Hood’s Saisaparilla.
Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick head
ache, indigestion, hiiionsuess. All
druggists. 2ic. >
Mr aud Mrs. Turner, of Pierce
county, have 327 grandchildren, lot)
great-grandchildren and one great
great grandchild, a total of 4'Jl). Mr.
Turner is in good health and frequent
ly visits his children at BUckshear and
other places.
Castoria is truly a marvelous thing
for children. Doctors prescribe it,
medical journals recommend it and
more than a million mothers are using
it in place of I’aragoric, Bateman’s
Drops, so-called soothing syrups and
other narcotic and stupefying remedies.
Castoria is the quickest tiling to regu
late the stomach and bowels and give
healthy sleep the world has ever seen
It is pleasant to the taste aud absolute
ly harmless. It relieves constipation,
quiets pains, cures diarihoea aud wind
colic, allays feverishness, destroys
worms, aud prevents convulsions, sooth
es the child and gives it refreshing and
natural sleep. Castoria is the child
ren’s panacea—the mother’s friend.
Castoria is put up iu one size bottles
only. It is not sold in- bulk. Don’t
allow any one to sell you anything
else on tbe plea or promise that it is
“ju3t as good” and “will answer every
purpose.” See that you get C-A S
3-
The girl who takes as much pride
! n learning to dust a room properly as
she does in learning to draw, who
broils a steak with the same nicety
she embroiders a rosebud, who makes
coffee as carefully as she crochets, is
the girl who will make the oconomical
cheery wife, loving mother and delight
ful companion. It is not a crime to
know how to keep bouse. Every girl
expects to have a home of her own
some day, yet the girl aod her mother,
when circumstances permit, too often
act as though there was no such thing
as a servantless home and foot! grow
on bushes reody for the picking—Spec
ulator in Rome Tribune.
The News says: “Maceo
was not a fighter of the tent and type
writer kind. He did not merely direct,
but fought at ibe head of his forces.
Twenty three scars on his body, ac
quired in twelve years of fighting
against the Spaniards, marked the uura
der of times he had given blood for ibe
cause of his couutry. He was a man
of mixed blood; a mulatto. But he was
a soldier, a strategist, a command, r, a
hero.”
“Mrs. Murphy calls her slipper Cas
toria” ? ? ?
“Because tbe children cry after it 1”
Things that Happened on Friday.
It is interesting to refl ct on what
are the reasons for ascribing to Fiidiy
so many sinister and unlucky associa
tions. It was on Friday that Adam
sinned; ihat Christ was crucified; that
; Cain killed Abel; that Ettinue was
stoued; that the muoceut were killed
; by Herod; that Peter was crucified and
Patll decapitated; that John the Bap
tist’s head was cut off; that the child
ren of Isreal were chased across the |
Red sea; that heaven will close and
hell open; that marriage was first con
sumated; that Lamech took two wives;
that all but one seventh of the fruits of
the earth and the ligh tof the suu and
moon were takeu away; that briars,
siny and venomous plants issued from
the ground: that tho deluge covered
the earth; that the confusion of tongues
occurred; that the tower of Babel was
begun, and that plagues came to the
King of Egypt. These reasous are all
furnished by French investigators.
A Rich Man.
They had just arrived to Brooklyn
from the Island. They walked across
the great bridge. As they approached
the New Y'ork side they stretched their
necks and viewed the massive building.
“Oh, he must be rich,” she ventured.
“Who?”
“The man who owus all those build
iugs.”
“Oue man doesn’t own them all.”
“Oh, yes he does,” she assured him.
“How do you know?” lie a“ked.
“Because,” she said “his name is on
them.”
“I guess that’s so,” he agreed as he
looked up at u sky-scraper. “Mr.
C’astona must be pretty rich.”—Print
ers’ Ink.
A Pushing Salesman.
“Them pants is too short,” said a
huckster who was harganing for trous
ers in Baxter street.
“But dey vill stretch, my frenl; dey
vill stretch. Y 11st ban veights on de
legs uud stretch deni efery night; dot
keeps de pags out of de kuees.”
“They are too dark, continued the
customer.
■ ’ T ' " - t i - k j>' -•
“Dark,” said the dealer. “Vat mat
ter ish dot? De color tsh not fi.st, uud
dey vill fade three shades in two Hays.”
“They are too wide iu the legs,”
objected the customer, and thedealeriu
accommodating garments said:
“Veil, veu you stretch dem, de long
vays? De more you vears dem de bet
ter dey fits you.”
“Look at that big grease spot,” said
the particular buyer.
“Oh, dots notings,” said the derler.
“You vill haf dem all ofer vaggiu crease
iu less as a veek. I drow off den cents
for dot spot. You take dem for a tol
ler forty.”
He took them.
OA.STOHIA.
The Little Darlings.
111 1 1 eland a belt of woman’s hair is
placed about a child to keep harm
awav, and garlic, salt, bread, steak are
put into the cradle of a new born baby
in Holland.
Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons
around the ankles of their children to
keep them from barm.
At the birth of a child iu lower Brit
tany the neighboring women take it in
charge wash it, crack its joints aud rub
its head with oil to solder the cranium.
It is then wrapped iu a tight bundle
aud itß lips touched with brandy to
make it a full Breton.
The Grecian mother, before putting
her child to bed, turns it around three
times before the fire to ward off evil
spirits.
In Spain the iufaut’s face is swept
with a pine tree bnugh to give it good
luck.
Potash
is a necessary and important
ingredient of complete fer
tilizers. Crops of all kinds
require a properly balanced
manure. The best
Fertilizers
contain a high percentage
of Potash.
All about Potasb—ibe results of its n« by actual tl
penmen! on the best Ur in, in the United Slates—is
told in a little book which we puhlish and will gladly
nail frea to any farmer in America who will write foe U.
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9} Nassau St., New York.
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Royals
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The First Year’s Titll,
Few married couples pass through
the first year of their union without
disputes of some sort. They do not
always quarrel outright, but hasty
words are spoken and there is more
or less friction, due largely to misun
derstanding of each other’s disposition
or to circumstances which,'if properly
explained, would give no cause for
oither anger or distrust. There is al
ways the monentous and dangerous
experiment of people with different
points of view, brought up in different
environments, trying to adjust their
lives to a common standard. Then
there is the inevitable disenchantment
when Jack aud Jill discoverer they
have espoused common mortals aud
angels, aud that the voice that has
been wont to whisper honeyed nothings
can he over done, or that the eyes that
have been likened to stars can weep
perfect deluges ou tho sligliest provoca
sion
Kisses and honeyed words cannot he
exchanged at all times aud seasons.
Sometimes the young husband is wor
ried by business cares aud forgets the
little caresses to which his wife has
beeu accustomed. Or perhaps the may
have a slight headache aud feel irritable
or peevish. Whatever cause, there may
be a slight coolness or a few hasty
words, aud the bride of less than a
year fancies herself the most miserable
of mortals and her busbaud the great
est brute on earth, A woman of ex
perienca, speaking of this eubject )
blames thoee of her own sex. “They
want the man to he as sentimental as
they are,” she says “whereas man
won’t be, for it isn't his nature. He
doesn’t worship her one whit less now
than when he won her assent to ftiatry
him, but his time is now partly spent
in earning mouey for her to syend.”—
Exchange. •
OASTOHIA.
Ti« fie- * , .
He Kuisod Them.
A few nights ago a minor from the
West who had lately sold a claim, had
money to burn and was in ani incenda
ry mood, caiue down to Spokane to
make the currency bonfire. He was
'ather rusty looking when he struck
Spokane, but he was hungry, and, be
fore going to a barber shop or bath,
diopped into an up town restaurant to
get something to eat. There was hut
one waiter, and he, busy carrying
champagne to a party at another table,
paid little attention to the hard looking
miner. Finally the waiter was called
over, when the miner said:
“See here, kid! Do I eat?”
“Sorry I can’t wait on you now,”
was the prompt reply, “but the gentle
men there have just ordered a fifty dol
lar dinner.”
“F'ifty dollar dinner be hanged'
Bring me a SIOO worth of ham and
eggs, and he quick about it. Do I look
like a guy who can be bluffed by a
mess of popinjays? He was waited on
promptly.
CASTORIA.
The fie- /f .
is*
The person who starts iu the morn
ing with no fixed purpose generally has
trouble before night.
The report comes from St. Louis
that thffmarket is already glutted with
green peas from F’lorida. This is par
compeusation for the loss of the or
ange crop.
Notice.
I wish to 9ay to my customers that
I now have their guano notes on baud
aud while they are not dne, all who
are disposed to do so can settle, arid
get their notes auy day.
1 wish to call special attention to
tboa© who owe me balance on last year
- and previous purchases, I will make it
i greatly to their iuterest to seo me and
j set lie the same before Sept. 20th.
I am also in the cot!-,n market again
i and will pay Atlanta prices foi all
cotton brought to me at Flippen, Ga
Very Respectfully.
John R. Fair.
“How to Cure All Slctn Ofaense *
Simply apply “Swaynk’s Ointment. ” Ne
internal medicine requireJ. Cures tetter,
i eczema,-itch, all eruptions on the lace, nose,
innds. etc., leaving the skir clear, white
and healthy. Its great heating and curative
' power* are- possessed b» no other reni dy.
Ask vour druggist for Bwaviie’s Ointment
5 CENTS A COPY
SOURCES OP PHOSPHORIC A CIO.
The phosphorio acid of commercial
fertilizers occurs in three forms: “solu
ble,” that is that which is easily taken
up by plants because readily soluble in
water; "reverted,” or that which is
Insoluble in water but readily used by
plants, and that which is soluble only
in strong acids and therefore is taken
up very slowly by plants. All throe of
these forms are derived from materials
called phosphates. “Organic” phos
phates are those containing organic or
animal matter; "mineral” phosphates
are those which contain no animal mat
ter. Of tho formor, bone in its various
forms is the chief source. Of the latter,
the river and laud phosphates of South
Carolina, the “soft,” “pebble” and
“rock” phosphates of Florida, the mine
phosphates of Tennessee, are those with
which we are not familiar. Tho “min
eral” phosphates are insolublo and
liavo to be treated and acted upon
strong acids before they become availa
ble as plant food. They are first ground
to powder and then mixed with strong
sulphuric acid, which changes the in
soluble phosphocio acid to tha SO. üblu
form—they then become “superphos
phates.” This name is applied to any
material containing soluble phosphoric
acid as its chief element, and of course
those containing tho greatest amount
ore the most valuable. The "soluble”
distributes itself iu the soil and goes to
tho roots of the plants, while the “re
verted” remains where it is placed and
the roots of the plants must oomo to it
An important fuct to remember is that
phosphoric acid is not washed from the
soil; it becomes "fixed” by combinations
with lime, iron and other mineral sub
stances. Bone or “organic” phosphates
are mure valuable than the “mineral,”
because of their greater tondency to de
cay, and because they may be used di
rectly on the soil without other treat
ment than the grinding necessary to
mako them more easily available. Tho
finer this grinding the moro valuable
the product, because very fine ground
bone is more easily acted on by the
forces which cause it to decay and
thus it becomes more quickly available.
Another fact which adds to the value of
bone phosphates is, that they contain
considerable nitrogen. Pure “raw bone”
usually averages about 22 per cent of
phosphoric acid and 4 por cent of nitro
gen. Iu “boiled” or “steamed” bone
not only is the bone made finer, but it
j is softer and acts moro quickly than if
iit is merely ground. By boiling or
i per centk-of nitrogen -is re
duced, while the phosphoric acid is in
! creased, “steamed” bone is therefore
much richer in phosphoric acid than
raw bone. "Tankage” is a bone pro
duct which contains considerable nitro
gon. Tho amount is variable, depend
ing npon tho proportions of bone and
meat used in its preparation. “Tank
age” is not used as much ns bone. Of
tho other phosphate*derived from bono,
“bono black,” “bone ash,” etc., are
much less valuable than the forms al
ready mentioned. Superphosphates
mode from animal bono contain nitro
gen in addition to phosphoric acid, aud
are therefore often called "ummouiated
superphosphates. ”
SOURCES OF POTASH.
All forms of potash are soluble in
water and are considered as about
equally available, but it is important in
selecting any form of potash to specially
consider its suitability to the crop to
which it is to be applied. For instance,
it ha* been demonstrated that muriate
of potash lias an unfavorable effect on
tobacco, potatoes and certain other
crops, which is not the case when other
forms of potash are used. Our chief
source of potash salts are the German
mines, from which we obtain the kai
nit, muriate and sulphate of potash and
other forms in general use. Kainit,
which has obtained such favor in recent
years, is a crude product of these mines,
and contains, besides potash, common
salt and magnesium sulphate. It con
tains on an average abont per cent
of actual potash. The muriate and sul
phate of potash are more concentrated.
They are manufactured from the crude
forms and coutaiu about 60 per cent of
actual potash.
111 purchasing the ingredients for
home mixing of fertilizers, the follow
ing may bo depended upon to furnish a
uniform amount and form of certain
constituents, no matter whore seepred,
and for that reason they are regarded
as standards: Nitrate of soda, sulphate
of ammonia, dried blood, superphos
phates and potash salts, all come under
this head, aud like other articles of
trade, have a certain commercial rat
ing. R. T. Nesbitt.
Sugar Made From Beets.
Question. —How much sugar is made
annually from beets iu Europe? How
much iu this country?
Answer.— During the season of 1894-
66 there was made in Germany, 1,860,-
000 tons; in Austria, 1,050,000 tons: in
France, 790,000 tons; in Russia, 620,000
tons; iii Belgium, 285,000 tons; iu Hol
land. 90,000 tons; in other countries,
106,000 tons; a total of 4,847.000 tons.
In the same year the product iu the
United States was 267,000 tons. —State
Agricultural Department.
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