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VOL XXII.
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For DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaun
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Depression of Spirits, SOUR STOMACH,
Heartburn, etc. This unrivalled remedy is
warranted not to contain a single particle of
Mekcuky, or any mineral substaftce, but is
PURELY VEGETABLE,
containing those Southern Roots and Herbs
which an all-wise Providence has placed in
countries where Liver Diseases most prevail.
It will cure all Diseases caused by Derange
ment of the Liver and Bowels.
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 of
having failed to do something which ought to
have been done; Debility; l ow Spirits, a thick
yellow appearance of the Skin and Eyes, a dry
Cough often mistaken for Consumption.
Sometimes many of these symptoms attend
the disease, at others very fev ; but the LIVER
is generally the seat of the sease, and if not
Regulated in time, great suffering, wretched
ness and DEATH w ill ensue.
The following highly esteemed persons attest
to the virtues of Simmons Liver Regulator;
Gen. W. S. Holt, Pres. Ga. S. \Y. R. R. Co.; Rev.
I. R. Felder, Perry, Ga.; Col. E. K. Sparks, Al
bany, Ga.; C. Masterson, Esq., Sheriff Bibb Co.,
Ga.: Hon. Alexander H. Stephens.
“We have tested its virtues, personally, and
know that for Dyspepsia, I'iliousness and
Throbbing Headache it is the best medicine the
world ever saw. We tried forty other remedies
before Simmons Li ver Regu la t or. but none gave
us more than temporary relief; but the Regu
lator not only relieved, but cured us. M — Ed.
Telegraph and Messenger, Macon, Ga.
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female ill*, and is noted lor making :ures when all other
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Promote* a luxuriant growth.
*JMever Fails to Bestore Gray
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Corns. Stop* ail pain. Makes walking easy. 16c. atDrugguu.
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Grant B’ld’g, Corner Broad and Marietta
streets. Atlanta, Ga.
Will lie in their office at McDonough, Ga.,
from the iilst a. in. till the last ot each
month.
jjK. G. I». CANPIUXI,,
DENTIST.
McDonough (i*.
Any one desiring work done can he ac
commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
M. H.UITII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Business promptly attended to.
Loans negotiated on real estate at rea
sonable rates.
Office up stairs in Stewart building.
g J. REAGA.y,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
othercolleetions. Will attend all tne Courts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Wi kklt office.
■yy A. IIROW V
’ 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
.i STEPHENS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Office over Star Store, south side square
A 1 business carefully and promptly at
tended to
Am'prepared to negotiate loans on
real estate. Terms easy.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDoNOuon, Ga
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit,the Supreme Court
df Georgia and the United States District
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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
,* IF WE KNEW.
Could we l.nt <1: luck the curtains
'I hat surround each olher’a lives—
Sec the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives—
Often we would find it better,
Purer, than we judge we should;
We would love each other better
If we only understood.
All! we judge each other harshly,
Knowing not life’s hidden force—
Knowing not the fount of action
Is less turbid at its source—
Seeing not amid the evil
All the golden grains of good;
Oh! we’d love each other better
If we only understood.
—K„ in Newnan Herald.
Garlington-McKee.
Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 20.—Miss Mag
gie T. McKee ol this city and Mr.
Harry T. Garliugton of Montgomery,
Ala., were united in marriage at 3
o’clock Thursday afternoon, February
18, by Hev. Dr. R. A. Bowman, at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Ciumbley, uncle and auut of the bride,
243 West Fair street. The wedding
was a quiet affair witnessed only by
the relatives and a few intimate friends.
Owing to the recent bereavement in the
bride’s family Miss McKee was beau
tifully attired iu a gown of white or
ganize with white ribbou aud lace.
I’be only ornaments being bride’s roses
fastened at the throat and in the hair.
Miss McKee is a young lady possess
ed of a very lovable disposition and
many sweet and lovable traits of char
acter which go to make up a noble
woman aud true wife. Her many
friends wish for her a long and happy
life. .
Mr. Garlington is to be congratulat
ed on the prize he has won. He is con
nected with the W. & A. R. R., and
stands well in railroad circles. He has
many friends in this city who wish
him aud the lovely biide he has won, a
long aud prosperous life.
The presents were many and beauti
ful. Mr. and Mrs. Garlington left on
the 4:20 train for Montgomery, their
future home. M. E. C.
UO4KY CREEK.
Our farm work has been suspended
for several weeks on accouut of rain,
aud still it rains.
Public roads getting in a fearful con
dition. It is almost impossible io do
any hauling in this section now.
Oats were badly damaged in this
section by the receut cold weather.
Wheat is looking fiue for the season.
Plum trees iu bloom and peach trees
budding. It is very likely that the
fruit crop will be a failure this year.
There will be a large acreage of
cotton planted this year, judging from
the guauo that has been hauled out this
st ason.
The Cotton Growers’ Association
will be too late for this crop. There
is but one remedy, and that is the low
price of cotton, and very low too, a
good deal lower than it is now.
Rev. G. W. Owen filled his regular
appointment at Rocky Creek last Sun
day.
Messrs. J. H. Stilwell and W. T.
Bernhard attended services at Rocky
Creek Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Hale of Love
joy was in this community last week
visiting their daughter, Mrs. R. H.
Greer.
There is a great deal of building be
ing done in this section. The farms
being terraced aud brought up toa high
er state of cultivation. Come out
Editor and watch Rocky Creek grow,
as well as McDonough.
W. S. Davis of Hampton has pur
chased a plantation here aud has built
a nice residence and made o her
improvements which speak well for
that young and enterprising business
man. Abram.
A Point to Remember.
If you wish to purify your blood you
should take a medicine which cures
dlood diseases. The record of cures by
Hood’s Sarsaparilla proves that this is
the best medicine for the blood ever
produced. Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures
the most stubborn cases aud it is the
medicine for you to take if your blood
is impure.
Hood’s Pills are the best after diu
ner pill; assist digestion, cure headache,
j 25c.
The El Paso Herald tells of an ar
tist in Phoenix, Ariz,, who painted
cobwebs on the ceiling so truthfully
that the hired girl wore herself into an
attack of nervous prostration trying to
sweep them down. The listener
thought the problem ont and came to
the conclusion that such an artist might
have lived, and there may be more like
him; hut that the hired girl should go
down in history as th i only one of her
kind ever known.
McDonough, ga., Friday march 5, ihot.
A Scene of I.lfe.
A young man entered the bar room
of a village tavern and called for a
Hi ink ‘‘No,” said the landlord, “you
have had delirum tremens once, and 1
cannot, sell you any more.” He stepped
aside to make loom for a couple of
young meu who just entered, and the
landlord waited on them very politely.
The other had stood by sileut and sul
len, and when they had finished he
walked up to the landlord, and thus
addressed him: “Six years ago, at
their age, I stood where these young
men now are. I was a young man
with fair prospects. Now, at the age
of twenty eight, lam a wreck, body
and mind You led me to drink. In
this room I formed the habit that has
been my ruin. Now, sell me a few
glasses more, and your work will be
done. I shall soon be out of the way;
there is no hope for me, but they can
be saved. Do not sell it to them
Sell it to me and let me die, and the
world will be rid of me; but, for heav
eu’s sake, sell no more to them.”
The landlord listened, pale and
trembling. Setting down his decanter
he exclaimed: “fled help me, this is
the last drop 1 will ever sell to auy
one!” And he kept his word.
Katie's Reply.
It was one of the days wheyi little
Katie seemed }o be possessed by a spir
it of mischief, and before the afternoon
was over she had tired herself and ex
hausted her mother’s patience. At
last she did something so naughty that
her mother said:
“There, Katie, I shall have to pun
ish you for that.”
The child looked at her for a moment
in silence, and then, without warning,
burst into tempestuous weeping.
Just at this crisis her father came into
the room.
“Why, little one, what is this?” he
asked. “What are you crying for?”
Katie thought for a moment, and then
remembering that the manner of her
punishment had not been announced,
she answered amid her sobs:
“I don’t kuow, papa. Mamma hasn’t
told me yet.”—Loudou Answers.
Took Her Advice.
A clergyman in a southern state was
called to perform a marriage ceremony
in a poor white settlement. After the
knot was tied the mother of the bride
placed before the gue°ts refreshments
in the f)rm of rye whisky. The pas
tor, by virtue of his office as a Chtis
tian minister, remonstrated with her
for thus starting in life the new couple.
The mother, a largo woman, about a
foot taller than the minister, placing
her arms akimbo and looking him
straight in the eye, said, “Look a yere,
mister preacher, yer kim yere to marry
this yere couple. Yo’ve married this
yere couple. Now git.”—New York
Tribune.
A Man of Resource.
A good story is told of the late
Count Gleichen when he was an em
bassador in London. At a dinner party
it was his hard luck to have to conduct
to table a lady of a tacituru and unres
ponsive nature.
To all his polite nothings she answer
ed never a word. Nothing daunted, be
continued to ply her with small talk,
till at last she slowly turned her bead
toward him and deliberately yawned.
The count was equal to the occasion.
“Ah, madam,” he said loudly, “I
also have gold in my teeth.”—Strand
Magazine.
When a man sees an editor riding
along the road, and goes out and stops
him and pays for his paper a year
ahead without being asked, he may be
called a man after an editor’s own
heart.—Ex.
The Shakers have made a great hit.
Their Digestive Cordial is said to be
the most successful remedy for stomach
troubles ever introduced. It imme
diately relieves all pain and distress
after eating, bui’ds up the feeble sys
tern and makes the weak strong.
The fact is, foods properly digested
are better than so called tonics. The
Cordial not only contains food already
digested, but is a digester of other foods.
Food that is not digested does more
harm than good. People who use the
Cordial insure the digestion of what
food they ea f and in this way get the
benefit of it and grow strong.
The little pamphlets which the
Shakers have sent druggists for free
distribution, contain much interesting
information on the suject of dyspepsia.
Laxol is not a mixture of drugs. It
is nothing but Castor Oil made palaat
able.
PISO'S CURE FOR
25 CTS
CURES WHERE Alt a&fAiLS.
Best Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. Use
in time. Bold by drugglau.
CONSUMPTION
Brother Married to Sister
Wichita, Kan , lan. 21.—The vil
lage of Mulvaue, a few miles south of
here, is stirred up over disclosures
brought to life on the occasion of the
thirty ninth wedding anniversary of
Peter Wilson aud wife a few days ago.
Their nine children and several grand
chilreu were present, with many neigh
bors.
In the company was Isaac Ashton,
foster father of Mrs. Wilson, who was
en route to Oklahoma, and Robert
Wilson, foster father of Peter Wilson
who live 1 in a neighboring county.
The men were neighbors forty years
ago, but had not seeu each other since
Their reminiscent talk brought out
the fact that in 1838 Alexander Tay
lor, his wife and tyo children located
in Richmond, Ind., having moved there
from Noble county, Ohio. Taylor
weut as a volunteer to the Florida lu
diao war, and died while on the ex
pedffion. Mrs. Taylor died soou at
terward, leaving her children, Peter
and Rachel, six and two years old res
pectively, to the care of strangers.
Isaac Ashton and Robert Wilson had
beeu friends of the Taylors. Ashton
adopted Rachel and Wilson adopted
Peter Taylor. Ashton moved to lowa
soon afterward, and Wilson went to
Northern Missouri. They never spoke
to the children of their antecedents,
and they grew up to consider they were
the childreu of their respective foster
parents.
Wbeu Peter Wilson was 17 years
old he went to Sioux City, lowa, to
learn the carpenter’s trade, and at a
temperance meeting he met Rachel
Ashton, who was visiting her foster
aunt. They became sweethearts and
three years later married.
They settled in Sumpter county,
Kansas, where they have always beeu
highly respected. They have nine
children. Three children are deaf
mates and two others are deformed.
All are married except one of the deaf
mutes and two of the younger children.
Peter Wilson swooned when he
heard the old neighbors talk, and for
a time he was ihoiigbY to be dead, but
he was revived. lie and his wife are
almost crazed with grief. —New York
Herald.
New Silver Dollars.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints and Treasury offices for
the week ended Feb. 13, was $851,050
and for the corresponding period last
year, was $203,014.
The shipment of fractional silver
coin from Feb. 1 to 13 aggregated
$302;230.
We give the following by request of
a subscriber, who says it is a present
cure for that terrible disease membra
nous croup: “Cut this out and keep
it. The Scientific American gives this
recipe, which the whole world should
know: At the first indication of diph
theria in the throat make the room
close, then take a tin cup and pour into
it an equal quautity of tar and terpen
tine, then hold the cup over the fire so
as to fill the air with the fumes. The
patient on inhaling the fumes will
cough out the membranous matter and
diphtheria will pass off. The fumes of
tar and teipentine loosen the throat
and thus afoid the relief that has baffled
the skill of physicians.”—Ex.
A Soothing Kind of Failure.
A Washington man who suspected
a colored man in his employ of tamper
mg with his private stock of whisky al
lowed the demijohn to become empty,
and iustead of filling it up again, put
the liquor in bottles in the cupboard
and labeled them “poison.”
One night as he came home from the
theatre he caught the colored servant
in the act. Seizing the bottle In mock
terror, the employer exclaimed: “Great
heavens! Don’t you know that what
that bottle contains is marked ‘poi
son?’ ”
The colored man held it off and look
ed at it. Then he smelled it, and with
a look of melancholy, replied: “ ’Taint
poison, suh. I’s done been fooled
agin’.”
“How dare you tamper with it,
whether you know it is poison or not:”
“Boss, it was dis way. Fum de way
yoh acted ’bout dat demijohn iu de cel
lar I done thought yoh had yoh s’pi
ci >ns ob me, an’ it made me melan
choly, for sho’. I’s been tryin’ foh
mos’ two weeks ter commit suicide
ont’n dat bottle.” —San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
25 CTS
The Gratitude of Three Tatis.
It is one of a member of the Sioux
tribe that an official of the Northern
Pacifflc radroad tells this story to the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune: In the eaily days of
the road he was engaged in surveying
for it, and, with his assistants, was en
camped not far away from a tribe of
these Indians, who were supposed to
be frteudly enough, but, like most In
dians, would hear watching. In deal
ing with them he found it always a
wise plan to impress them with the
fact that ha was possessed of unusual
powers, and when they visited his
camp he would exhibit his prowess in
various ways, do sleight-of hand tricks,
predict an eclipse, which was easy
enough with au almanac at baud, and
accomplish other wonderful things,
uutil they actually believed that he
was endowed with supernatural power
and could scare away devils.
One day a warrior of the tribe who
was regarded as one of the bravest of
the young men came to him aud asked
for a charm against a certain devil who
occupied a pass in the Bad Lands,
through which ho would never lot this
warrior, Three Tails, go. Quito grave
ly Mr. X gave him a piece of paper,
with the desired charm written upou it,
and the grateful Three Tails went his
way. Some weeks afterward Mr. X.
sitting at the door of his tent, which
had been moved many miles westward,
very homesick aiid lonely, when he
was astonished to see Three Tails
standing before him.
“Here,” said this stalwart young
brave, throwing a long line of scalps
at his feet, all of them fresh and some
of them still wet with blood. “Three
Tails make paleface medicine man
present. Paleface medicine man sent
devil away, bring Three Tails luck.”
“The sight of those scalps and the
thought of where they came from made
me deathly ill,” said Mr. X., “but I
had to refuse them diplomatically or
get scalped thyself. As it was, my
friend Three Tails went off much dis
gruntled because I would not accept
them, aud I moved camps the next
day—New Y’ork Tribune.
In North Carolina they have an ef
fective way of dealing with judges who
drink liquor. Impeachment proceed
ings wore begun some time ago against
Judge Norwood, of Monroe, upon the
charge cf drunkenness upon the bench.
The other day the proceedings were
dropped upon the condition that the
judge write out his resignation and
place it in the hands of a responsible
person to be forwarded to the governor
the next time the judge is found intox
icated.
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous.
He was standing with one foot on
the top step aud the other on the front
piazza talking to the young lady whom
he had just carried home from church.
He was on the boundary only of that
Eden of existence in which one knows
positively the relationship between him
and bis best girl. 'J he electric lights
were not burning, but in their place
the pale sad faced moon was at inter
vals bobbing out from beneath the
clouds that floated nervously above.
The Katydids were not chirping, for it
was winter time. The “babbling
brook” could not be hoard splashing
and dancing along, for it was uot a rus
tic scene.
Finally he said, “Angelina!” and she
answered, doveliko, “Yes, Bobbie ”
He paused. She cast her eyes to the
tloor, and patted her Cinderella foot in
uuison with the “rub-dub” of her flut
tering heart.
The front door softly opened. A
wrinkled face, nearly covered with a
night cap, and contorted by an emotion
which was consuming in its intensity
was seen by the lovers, and a voice
harsh and determined called out:
“Angelina, you little huzzy, if you
dou’t come iu here outeu the uight air,
I’ll skin you alive!”
Ad exception to the “come easy go
easy” adage is debt. It comes very
easy but goes hard.
Dr. Warren Gaoler says: “I am not
pestering mj self or others with theo
ries about the geography of hell. 1
am trying as best I can to keep people
from going there. Wherever it be, let
us keep out of it.”
If some people coull realize that the
world doesn’t care a rap what size
shoes they wear, they would be a good
deal more comfortable.
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full of new life and vigor, take No-To-Bac,
the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Manv Kaio ten pounds iu ten days.
Over 400,000 cured. Buy No-To-Bae of your
druggist, under guarantee to cure, aOe or
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Take lleed l.est You Kail.
There walked into this office this
week a tramp. Ilis face indicated in
telligence; his person bore every ap
pearance of great neglect and abuse;
his clothiiig was all soiled, and on the
whole appearance was pitiable as he
asked for help to reach the next station
on bis route.
Inquiry revealed the fact that not
many years ago this same man held
responsible and profitable positions on
some of the leading daily papers of
Georgia—positions that now pay good
salaries. But he no longer fills such
positions. He probably does not even
apply for them now. He even begs
for a dime here and there to avoid the
cross ties or for a piece of bread to sat
isfy his constant hunger. The man
has fallen.
What has produced such a change in
the two pictures, of ten years ago and
of to day? Let the poor unfortunate,
in his own words, answer: “I began to
drink.” These words have shadowed
many another bright life, they have
dispelled many a bright hope, they have
destroyed many a strong will and burn
ed out many a noble ambition, they
have silvered the locks of many a proud
old father, they have furrowed the
cheeks for the stream of tears for
many a tender hearted aud faithful old
mother, yea they have dug many an
untimely grave for many an unfortu
nate man. And yet men will continue
to driuk and the boys will follow after
them. This man is but an inevitable
illustration of the man who begins to
drink. A gentleman—a tramp —the
begiuuiug and the ending.
This man is uot without hope. The
next position he secures he expects to
keep; he proposes to conduct himself
io uprightness and to be a man. Poor
fellow ! He does not even yet realize
that this drink has destroyed his will
power and that he has little if auy
strength left. There is only about one
chance in ten for him. He is probably
now beyond the line of recovery, and
the grave is the most promising abode
of his future, for “no druukarn can en
ter the kingdom of heaven.” “Let
him that thiuketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall.”—Baruesville Ga
zette.
Mrs. Flynn—“ They do say that mar
riages are made in hivin.”
Mr. Flynn—“Yis; that’s th’ princi
pal raison Oi want to go there. Oi
want t’ git a crack at th’ sphalpeeu
that rnide moine!”
“Tommy, I have told you again and
again uot to speak when older persons
are talking, but wait uutil they stop.”
“I have tried that already, mamma,
hut they never stop.”
"How to Cure All Skill Oi.ease '
Simply apply “Swatnb’s Ointment. ” No
internal medicine required. Cures Utter,
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hands, etc., leaving the skip clear, white
and healthy. Its great healing and curative
powers are possessed by no other remedy.
Ask your druggist for Swavne’s Ointment
Five hundred thousand song birds
were killed last year to decorate wo
men’s hats
CASTORIA.
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Southern Hallway's Exhibit at the
Tennessee Centennial Expo
sition.
Arrangements have been perfected
by which the Southern Railway’s ter
ritory will be repsesented at the Ex
position which opens at Nashville on
May 1. Phis, like former exhibits
made by that Company, will include
sample specimens of mineral, agricul
tural, forest and other products of the
States of Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississip
pi, East Tennessee and Kentucky.
This Company’s exhibit at the Atlanta
and Pittsburg Expositions attracted
the attention of the agriculturist, man
ufacturer, miner, stock raiser and oth
ers, and did more to educate the vis
itors to an appreciation of the great
wealth and possibilities of the South
than any other one exhibit that was
shown, aud it is the policy of the Com
pany to actively continue this method
of advertising. The scenic beauties of
the couutry through which the South
ern Railway runs will not be neglected
in this exhibit.
Practically, this exhibit will be a
bureau of information, so that visitors
from the North and abroad can obtain
specific data relative to all branches of ’
industry in and tributary to the vast
number of points on the Southern Rail
way.
This exhibit is under the direction
of the Land and Industrial Depart
ment of the Southern Railway with
headquarters at Washington, D. C.,
and persons located along that system
haviug exhibit material that they think
will interest the public and thereby
help advauce the best interest of the
section from which it comes, should at
once commuuicate with *the agent of
that Department.
This is an exhibit in which every
citizen of this section should be inter
ested, and we hope that some of our
readers can supply something to rep
resent our territory.
OiYSTOnXA..
Fertilizing Teach Orchards.
Question. —Should peach orchards be
fertilized, and if so, what would be a
good formula?
Answer. —lt has not been very usual
for our poach growers to fertilize their
orchards with special reference to the
trees and their fruit. As a rule the fer
tilizing has been done to promote the
growth of some crop requiring shallow
cultivation, such as ootton or ground
peas, and the fertilizer applied to these
crops, between the rows of peach trees,
has usually been considered enough for
the trees, with perhaps the addition of
a little ground bone applied immediately
around the tree. This plan is not con
dneive to either healthy trees or fine
fruit. Fertilizing the peach orchard is
as essential to success, as fertilizing the
garden or the cotton field. As you
would not expect to make fine cabbages
or onions on poor land, neither need you
expect flue peaches from an impover
ished and worn ont soil. Fertilizing
the peach trees, not only improves the
fruit both in size and flavor, but it gives
vigor and health to the trees, and thus
to some extent enables them to resist
the attacks of insect enemies, always
ready to pounce upon and destroy any
tree that shows signs of loss of vitality
or strength. Nitrogen, potash and
phosphoric acid are as essential to the
perfect growth of peach trees, as they
are to any of the cereal crops. The use
of large quantities of nitrogen should
be avoided, as an excessive growth of
leaves and wood, would be the result,
with deteriorated fruit. Generally
speaking, sufficient nitrogen can be sup
plied, by planting peas iu the orchard
anuually, and giving them clean culti
vation. If, however, the trees show want
of vigorous growth, apply from 75 to
100 pounds of nitrate of soda, or its
equivalent in cottonseed meal, or dried
blood, per acre. Potash may with great
benefit be used liberally on laud devbted
to peaches, especially after the trees
have commenced to bear. This cau b«
supplied, by muriate, or sulphate of pot
ash, by kainit or by ashes. While phos
phoric acid is perhaps of less importance
on most lands, than potash, it should by
no means be omitted, if you wish to im
prove both the health aud the fruitful
ness of your peach trees. Late experi
ments seem to prove that proper manur
ing, not only adds greatly to the crop,
CASTOHIA.
It is said that a war in the orient
would cause cotton to decline in’ price
aud food products to advance—and it
now looks as if there will bo war.