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AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
Dnlr)* Rules.
The Michigan Dairymen’s Association
presents the following rules for dairy-
mon wno deliver milk to cheese factories
or creameries:
Cows must have an abundance of good
wholesome food, ptiro and not too cold
water, to which thoy can have access at
all times.
Cows must not be ovorheated, or un
duly excited or worr'ed at any time.
The udder and teats should be thor
oughly cleansed before milking, by wash
ing if need be, and the teats should bo
wet during the process of milking.
Kindness and gentleness should bo
used at all times. Cows Bhouldnot bo
excited by loud talk or other noises.
Cows should be milk d by tho samo
milker and ns quickly as possible, and
good, pure water and salt placed in easy
access.
During cold weather cows should be
comfortably housed, their stalls well
cleaned and littered, and nn abundance
of good, not too cold, water accessible.
Milk, i kept over night, should be
placed in a tank surrounded by cold
water or ice.
If the milk is for butter or cream for
the creamery or market, cool tho creamer
to nbout forty or forty-five degrees bo-
foro turning the milk into it. Put tho
milk la the creamer as soon as drawn. It
should remain from twelve to twenty-four
hours for complete separation.
If tho milk is for cheese, aernto it well,
thoroughly stirring and cooling to
seventy-five degreos before starting to
factory.
Milk should nevor be nllowod to stand
whero it is subjected to foul odors of any
kind.
Nothing but bright, absolutely clean
tin pails should bo used in handling
milk.
Milk must never bo allowed to stand
in enns after being returned to the furm,
and they should be thoroughly washed in
warm water and then sculled with water
boiling hot nnd thoroughly scoured with
salt at least twico a week. Soap, soda
or other alkalies should not be used to
clean cans or pails.
Horses for tho Farm.
It ie with horses as with mon, says tho
American Cultivator, l arge size and
great weight do not always indicate tho
>ossession of tho greatest strength,much
oss of that moro important quality, en
durance. Whon our civil war broke out
army surgeons wero often surprised to
find that many soldiers of apparently ex
cellent physique, largo, hearty nnd
strong, broke down early under tho
hnrdsnips of the march, while others
that at first seemed moro frail toughened
under oxposuru, and rallied quickly
when in hospital from wounds. We are
told that “tho spirit of n man will bub
tain his infirmities; buta wounded spirit
who can bear'" lie is no clear-sighted
lover of tho lioisu who does not soo somo
applicability of this quotation to his fa
vorites.
The life, spirit and energy of a thoF-
r.ughbrcd horse seem more akin to tho
finer attributes of a noble man than uro
tho chara toristics of nuy other domestic
animal. The horse possosscs great in
telligence, and at tho best often contrasts
with .-omo brutal and inhuman ownor,
and almost ns strongly as tho satirist has
portrayed in his mocking representation
of the traveler Uulllyor, who wus left in
his wandering to contemplate tho groat
inferiority of man as compurcd with tho
llounhymns in tho land whero thoir su
premacy was unquestioned.
A horse at his best must be well brod,
well fed and have received during not
only his own life, but generations bo-
(ore, a great deal of intelligent human
kindness. It is not possible to build up
at once a horse, however perfect in form,
that has not enjoyed theso advantages.
If wo hear occasionally ol neglected or
oven nbused young horses that afterward
prove great winners on tho turf, it is
always easy to show that thoy owe their
success to somo strain of blood further
back that has tho making of spirit and
endurance in it. These horses, better
cared for in their inter years, produco
progeny that excel themselves. And,
aside from all desire for increased speed,
the energy and especially the enduruncc,
which characterizes the host race horse,
are almost equally important for farm
uses and heavier work anywhere.
Weight counts for something in heavy
labor, but character counts for still more.
Arid to tho massive proportions of the
Clydesdale or the more compact solidity
of tho Porcheron a slight strain of the
old Diomud, Messcnner or Morgan blood
nnd there can be little doubt that it will
produce an animal fitted alike for tho
heaviest pulling or for good traveling on
the road.
Farm and Garden Nolos,
l'lum shoots grafted upon wild plum
stocks do well.
To properly keep straw nnd hay in
stacks tho stacks must be constructed so
as to shod water.
'1 lie editor of the Orange Count;/ Far
mer trams his tomatoes to poles and they
grow six feet high.
I arms need agricultural doctors as
much as the human body needs a doctor
in sickness. Most of the old farms are
invalids, but none uro incurable.
it is estimated that 511,000,000 oggs
are consumed every day in this country,
or about one for each inhabitant, which
includes, however, those used in the
arts.
The coming buttermaker, according to
the National Stockman, must have a clean
mouth and breath as well as clean clothes
and a clean apron, be honest, neat,
smart, level-headed and uble to keep
accounts.
Burn all rubbish not suitable for the
compost heap, such as bones, old boots
and shoes, barrels, Ac., and scatter the
ashes over the garden. It will make a
•urprising difference with its fertility in
the spring.
Chlorate of potash, much used in fam
ilies for. cold, is recommended of late
for keeping fowls from croup and colds.
It is put into the drinking water, whiob
will dissolve a certain proportion of it
and no more.
Commenting on the opposition of Pro
fessors Brown and Sanborn to the use of
ensilage, the editor of the American
Dairyman Buys: “The poorest ensilage
we have ever seen has been in the siloe
of agricultural colleges.”
A top-dressing for any crop remaining
in the ground through the winter should
furnish manure and shelter both, and it
answers these purposes best when it is
of course material and contains fertiliz
ing matter. Coarso manure with con
siderable litter in it is the best form of
top-dressing; if it is not to be procured,
swamp muck makes a good substitute,
with the addition of a liberal quantity of
fine bone flour, wood ashes and plaster.
Diseases are often communicated by
feeding horses in stalls which have been
pccupied previously by diseased animals.
Such stalls should first be thoroughly
cleaned and disinfected. To do this take
a pint of sulphuric acid and put it in a
bucket of water. Then, with nn old mop
wash nil parts of tho stall, especially the
i trough or manger. All stalls should be
occasionally so disinfected, as their con
stant use permits them to gradually be
come unfit abodes of the atnmals.
If your plants should freeze, as soon
as )you discover it put them in a dark
room, or tho cellar, whero the tempera-
turo is but little above freezing nnd
sprinkle thoroughly with cold water.
In most cases, such plnnts as gernniutns,
abutilons nnd the moro hardy kinds can
bo saved in this way, and often quite
tender kinds willeomo out with littio or
no injury. The frost must bo extracted
gradually and with application of as
littio boat ns possible. Keep them nway
from the light nnd warmth for two or
three days. If tho tops should wilt, you
may feel certain that they cannot bo
saved, so cut them off at once. The
roots may not be dnmaged much, and if
they are not, they will soon send up
sprouts.
Domestic animals, especially growing
stock, do not thrive without a copious
supply of light. Fattening stock put on
plenty of woight in dnrknoss, but this is
not thrift; it is cruelty, nnd their flesh is
not fit for human consumption. C lean
liness may bo observed 11) by keeping
the stalls clean, and (2) by cleaning tho
animals thcmsolves. Animals breathe,
as it were, through tho pores of the skin,
as well as by means of thoir lungs.
Dirt stops up theso poros nnd throws
greator burdens upon tho lungs, promot
ing dbenso nnd noting prejudicially to
the products ns food for human con
sumption. Thoro should bo free and
constant communication between tho air
nnd tho pores, which is prevented by
dirt on the skin, nnd for this renson also
the air in tho stablo should bo puro.
Washington's Death and Obsequies.
After \Vashington's retirement to
Mount Vernon ho busied himself with
his farming interests, nnd during tho
last few weeks of his lifo ho was occu
pied devising a system for the manage
ment of his estates. ‘ 'My great concern, ”
he said at the time, “is to hnvo nil theso
concerns in such a clear and distinct
form that no reproach can attach itself
to me when I have taken my departure
for tho land of spirits.” This system of
farm management was intended for his
overseers. It was written out on thirty
folio pages, nnd completed December 10,
1700.
The noxtdny there wns mud nnd rain,
and Washington noted in his diary that
nt night there was n largo circle round
the moon. Tho morning of tho 12th
was overcast. Thnt morning ho wrote
a long letter to Hamilton—-the last ho
over wrote- in rogard to a plan for a
military academy. About 10 o'clock ho
started on horseback to make his usual
round of his farms. Boon after noon it
began to snow, and then turned to a cold
rain. Notwithstanding the inclemency
of the uoather he continued to ride on,
and did not roturn to his house until
aftor .'1. When his secretary, Mr. l.eur,
expressed tho fear that ho wns wet, ho
answered no, his great coat had kept him
dry, and sat down to dinner without
changing his drera.
Tho night was a very stormy one, and
the next morning ho complained of a
soro throat. In the evening ho was
hoarse, but in spite of his hoarseness he
occasionally read pas-ages aloud to his
secretary and Mrs. Washington from the
newspnpers xvhich had been brought in
from the posloliico. When urged to take
some medicine beforo retiring ho replied
“No. you know I never take anthing for
a cold. Let it go as it came.”
That night ho boenmo extremely ill—
he had a sovero chill and experienced
much ditliculty in breathing. But ho
would uotallow tho household to be dis
turbed until morning. Then a garglo
wag preparod for his throat, but in the
attempt to apply it ho was almost suffo
cated. A servant was disputchcd to Al
exandria for Dr. Craik, and in the mean
time ho was blod by ono of his overseers.
Dr. Craik arrived about nine o'clock and
later in tho day two other physicians were
called AH the efforts of tho doctors to
telievo him were unavailing, and between
ten and eleven o'clock that niglitho died,
Mrs. Washington sat at the foot of tho
foot of the bed watching him when his
spirit passed away. “Is ho gone?” she
asked, in a calm tone. l)r. Oraik was
unable to speak, but held up his hand
as a signal that Washington was dead.
“It is well,” said the grand old dame.
“All is now over. 1 shall soon follow
him.” Washington expired without a
struggle ora sigh. From the first he be
lieved the attack would prove fatal and
during the day frequently gave expres
sion to tho feeling or resignation with
which he met his end.
The remains of the Father of his
Country were buried in tho family vault
at Mount Vernon on the 18th of Decem
ber. Tho rubbish had been cleared away
from the entrance to tho tomb and a door
made to close tho vault, which beforo
had been closed xv'th brick. A schooner
was placed in the river to fire minute
guns and there were eleven pieces of can
non in the funeral procession, which be
gan to move about three o'clock. Tho
\ irginia militia formed the escort, then
came tho General’s horse, with his sad
dle, holsters and pistol, led by two
grooms in black. The body was borne by
Free Masons from the A'ex indria Lodge.
Washington’s family and personal friends
followed, the corporation of Alexandria
and people closing the procession. Tho
Itov. Mr. Davis read tho funeral service
nnd made a short address, after which
the Masonic ceremony was performed
and tho body p'necd in the vault.
Tho scenes nt Washington’s death-bed
and nt his obsequies were characterized
by that grandeur of simplicity which
was a marked feature in Washington’s
character. — Oh ica ;o News.
Merely a Suggestion.
The late Kev. .loel llawcs, of Hart
ford, is remembered by many as an elo
quent divine. Singularly angular in per
son and quaint in manner, he preached
truth in a most forcible manner. (in one
occasion, after announcing that the usual
collection would be taken for foreign
missions, he added, in his most inpres-
sive manner: “And I would say to those
ersons who are in the habit of putting
uttons in the box that I would thank
them not to hammer down the eyes, for
the Lord is not deceived, nnd as buttons
they are valueless.” It need not be said
that there were no buttons that day.—
HarpeFs Magazine.
Winter’s Charms.
When the air is cold,
And the winds grow hold.
And the robes of snow do the earth enfold
When the home lights glow
And tho bright flames throw
Their mellow gleam in a golii.n flow,
And Winter’s charm again you know.
Whero are roses then?
Not in Held or ten
Nor with violets sweet in the old farm gled
No, alas I they bloom
But in hothouse room
Aud your best girl’s mad if you do not doom
A ten-dollar bill to an early tomb.
—Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph,
SHOTINQ THE IJTTlER.
Ren. Wm. M. Brari’i Burly. bat ItlMllt
Experience With a Forged Cheek.
“Do you know,” said a prominent
member of the bar the other day, as he
watched Senator William MarweU
Evarts sauntering along through the
street, “that the Senator's first large fee
as a lawyer didn't do him a bit of pecu
niary benefit?”
The reporter didn’t know it.
“Well, It’s rather a good story," the
lawyer said, “and ns few lawyers even
rpntember it, it enn bo told without any
fear of tho chestnut annunciator. The
lncidont occurred in 1812, when Everts
was only 24 yenrs old, and a slim young
laxvyer with an old-fashioned choker col
lar, and his interrogativo forefinger just
beginning to ho a noticeable part of hie
practico. llo was tjicu a criminal prac
titioner, and giving glimpses of that pe
culiar mastery of sentences of All sizes
which has kept pace with tho effective
use of his forefinger.
“Monroe Edwards, a very skillful and
conscientious penman had forged a check,
got caught, and hired young Kvarts te
save him from Sing Sing. The trial
came on on Juno 0, and lusted six days.
The future Senntor stabbed at witnest
after witness with his deadly forefinger
interrogatories, and finally appealed to
tho jury for his clients acquittal. It wae
a marvelous speech, full of flro and im
petuosity of youthful enthusiasm. It
was the talk of tho courts for months,
aud undoubtedly laid tho basis of Wil
liam Maxwell's fnmo ns nn advocate.
But the jury freed itself from the glit
tering heap of brilliant sentences that
young Evarts piled up on them, and
found Edwards guilty. The Judge com
plimented Evarts, nnd then sent hie
client to Sing Sing for ten years. The
prisoner complimented Evarts on his elo
quence, too, and just before ho walked
into 'the Sheriff’s carriage to go to the
Sing Sing train gave Hie tall young law
yer a neat check, bearing the signature
of a well-known man. It wns for seve
ral hundred dollars, and William Max
well went proudly to the bnnk with it
after he had bade his cliont good-by.
“‘No good,’ said the bnnk cashier,
when Evarte handed it up for deposit.
“ ‘Why!’ cried young William Max
well in amazement.
“ ‘The signature is a forgery, sir,’ tho
cashier responded.
“It 1* related that this was the only
occnsion in his lifetime that, given a
chance to use somo vigorous and impres
sive sentences, William Maxwell Evarte
lot tho opportunity slip, Ho simply
stare I at the check in silence.”
Keeping Sheep or Cowra.
In considering tho profit derived from
keeping cows or sheep, says Fanner
Stowart, many things hnvo to be taken
into account, und, first of all the ability
of the farmer to manage either. Gener
ally speaking, one brunch of business is
profitable as another if both are equally
well managed. A dairy of cows used
for making butter which sells for 18 to
20 cents per pound mnv be made very
profitable if the right kind of cows are
kept in the right way. If 200 pound*
of butter are made yearly from each cow
it gives $10 yearly income, nnd the
skimmed milk would make at least $1$
worth of pork and rear a cnlf worth $5.
This gives $55 as tho yearly income from
a cow. By good management a cow can
bo kept on three acres of land, and by
soiling on one acre or a littio more. For
100 acres, then, an income of $1,000
should bo made, which would leave a
very good profit, as other crops could
ho grown to pay all tho cost of laboi
and purchased food. On 100 acres 800
sheep should bo kept, and each sheep
would or should bring in $1.50 foi
wool and $3 for ti lamb. This would
givo an income of $1,350 from tho flock
and tho grain raised would pay all ex
penses. Less labor would be required
than for tho cows 'I'his seems to show
that on equal conditions the cows would
bring in tho m st money nnd profit, and
if choice cows worn kept, which would
make 800 pounds of butter yearly and
the butter could be sold for 30 or 40
cents a pound, and the heifer cnlves b*
worth $25 each, ail of which is possible,
the profit of the dairy would bo foi
greater than from the flock ot sheep.
A Menu Man,
The Philadelphia Netr.i says: Old Billy
W. whs one of the richest men who lived
some fifteen years ago, in that part ol
Meat, Philadelphia called Mantua, and
one of the mennest men who ever drew
breath. One day he took n Lancastei
Avenue ear for the city, carrying in hit
hand a basket of sup rb white grapes,
raised in his own greenhouse. Old Billy
W. sat in one corner of tho car and a
poor mother with a sickly child in hei
lap sat in tho corner opposite. Ths
child looked at the grapes wistfully, u
tljti car rolled on, square after square.
At Inst tho old man in a tone of rasping
curiosity asked the child whero she wai
going.
“To the park, sir, to see the grass and
the birds."
“Do you like grapes?”
“Yes, sir,” and the pale little face
brightenod up as the child half rose
from her mother's lap.
The old man lifted up his basket of
luscious fruit and plucking one grape
from n gigantic bunch, gave it to the
child.
’I he rest of tho passengers said noth
ing, hut tho way lliey lo iked at tho old
uiun would have split a stone post.
At a Christmas tree at one of the col
ored chore lies in Elherton, Qa., as but
few of the members could rend or write,
they selected a girl who had been to
school to write the names on the pres
ents. When they were distributed and
the nnmes called out, the assembly wm
grently surprised to find that all the
handsomest and most valuable present*
had on them the name of the girl that
did the writing. An indignation meet
ing was hold, Rtid a redistribution was
had.
Arch deacon Farrar says that “in India
tho English have made on* hundred
drunkards for one Christian.”
Tlic Effect. of VIcmnl Exlinustlon.
Many diseases, especially I hose of tho ner
vous system, are the products of daily renewed
mental exhaustion. Business avocations often
involve an a mon ,t of mental wear and tear
very prejudicial to physical health, and tho
professions, if arduously pursued, are no less
aestruot.vu to brain and nurve I issue. It is one
ef the most important attributes of llostetter's
Stomach lilt ers, that it compensates for this
undue Ion of tissue, nnd that it imparls new
energy lo the brain and nerves. Tiic rap dity
with wick it renews weako ed mental cnerny
end physical vitality is remarkable, and shows
that its Invigorating properties ere of the
highest order. Besides increasing vital
Btensina, and counts, acting the effei ts of
mental cxlmns ion, tins potential medicine
cures and prevents fover und itRue, rli.uma-
tlsm. ojirouio dyspepsia and consi IpatFn, kid
ney and uterine weakness and other com
plaints. Pit t sit tans also command U as a
■e4 lea ted stimulant and i enscdjr,
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
ft la Hade at Night With a Enrage T.onp-
Cervler.
“When I was a boy," said Judge
Poland to a newspaper reporter, “the
wood* in Vermont wero mighty thick
and the settlers were few. At thattimo
tho woods wero full of catamounts or
lonp-cerveir—‘loo sevee,’ tho hunters
cnlled thorn—and tho farmers had great
to do to keep tho fierce beasts from
carrying off their sheep and killing thoir
cattle. A loup comer is pretty nearly
as big ns a mastiff, as ficrco as a tigor,
and as strong as n lion, and is altogether
nbout ns uucomfortnblo a croatlire to
deal with as over lived. My father had
with him on his furm then a man named
Jonas Shepherd, a fellow of prodigious
strength nnd such grent courage that I
don’t believo ho ever knew the sensa
tion of fear. My fnthcr had not lost
much by tlio loup ccrviers, because ho
had kept his stock securely closed in a
strong shed, which none of tho prow
ling beasts had yet succeeded in break
ing into. The bouse stood on the edge
of the clearing, nnd buck of it for miles
nnd miles thcro wns nothing but the
mountains and woods. < no night the
family hnd all gono to hod except Shep
herd, who sat tin by tho big pine fire
shelling corn with a jack knife stuck in
a log of wood. All of a sudden he
heard a crash from tho cnttlo shed and a
big noise among the cattlo. lie dashed
out m his shirt sleeves nnd found thnt
nn enormous loup ccrvier. tho biggest of
his kind ever seen in the country, had
broken in the roof of tho sited and was
in among the sheep.
“As soon at he heard Shepherd ap-
pronching ho jumped to the roof of the
shed and, crouching for a moment,
sprang through the air for the intruder.
Shopherd jumped aside and tho big cat
lauded harmlessly on tho ground. In
an instant he wns up ngnin and a furi
ous battle between tho man and the
savage bruto began. Shepherd had a
knife, and for a while ho tried to make
it reach a vital spot, while tho ’loo’
screamed nnd bit nnd toro its tremend
ous claws through tho man's flesh,- Tho
noise of. tho fight awakened tho rest of
the family and father, grabbing up a
E luo torch from tho lire, ran out of tho
ouso. lie was just in time to sec a
curious spectacle. Shopherd, without
n stitch of clothing on ami covered from
head to foot with blood, wns holding
the scrcnming, struggling ’loo' by the
throat and heels high above his end,
nnd running as fast ns he could towards
tho woods. Wo all dashed after him,
and wero just in time to see the end of
the contest. Shepherd ran into tho
brook until he was iu up to hi, waist,
and then plunged tho ferocious brute in
and out of sight. There was a tremend
ous struggle for a few minutes, during
which Shepherd's blood died the brook
red, nnd then everything was still.
Then Shopherd came out, dragging tho
drowned body of tho ‘l o’ after iiim.
\\ e got him to bed as soon as wo could
and did everything possible to rcliovo
him, hut it wns moro than tlireo months
before ho was able to stir, and he never
quito recovered from hits injuries. My
father suit! lie counted more thnn 200
distinct wounds on his body. Old
hunters said thnt if he lrnd’nt had senso
enough to drown the bruto lie would
have been killed sure. The fight took
place whero ono of the finest churches
in New England stands to-day."
A Frugal Mind.
“Shall I vind do clock, fndder?" asked
Isaac Abrnmstein, ns he shut up for tho
night.
“No, Ynwcob; peesness vas too pad.
Choost let it schtop, Ynwcob, und ve’ll
savo de venr unt tour on de vects.”
Ex-Mayor I.atrobe, Baltimore, Mil., says the
host cou,'ti mcdlolno Is 1 Co 1 Star Cough Cure.
l)r. Ka-nuol K. Ox, D. D., of Washington, D.
C., after tv carpful analysis, pronounced it
purely v getalde, anti ino t excollont for
throat troublei. Brice, twenty-live cents a
bottle.
Passbnokr—What’s the matter? We’re
running a little ton fast, ain’t we? Con
ductor—Yes, sir; the flromun’s run ahead to
chnse a cow o(T tho truck and the cmrbiuer
orowded on a littio more steam lit order to
kepp up with hint.
As the g ea eat jnv n-o'iro, l-'t. Jacobs CT1 Is
recommended by publlo m n of America and
other (ountrtos. lion. Bilia Flint, Llfo .Sena
tor o' the Dominion Burllument, Canada,
found It lo act like a charm.
‘T’VBbnenonthlsrnndtcn yours,"said aeon-
ductor on a "through lino" railroad to a pas
senger who wns complaining bitterly of tho
slow time, ‘‘an’ I know what I'm talking
about.” “Ton years, eh I Raid I lie passen
ger. "What station did you get on at.?*’
“No Physic, Elr, jn mine!”
A good story comes from a boys' hoarding
school in “Jrrney.'' The diet was monotonous
and constipating, and the learned Principal
decided to introduce some old-style physio in
tho apple-sauce, anti await the happy resulte.
One bright hid, the smartest in school, dlscov
ered tiie secret mitts In his sauce, and pushing
hack his plate, shou'ed to the pedagogue, "No
physic, sir, In mine. My dad told mo to use
nutliin’ but Dr. Pierce's ‘Pleasant Purgative
Pellets.' aud they are doing their duty like a
oharml” They are antl-bllloua, and purely
vegetable.
If Hufferers from Con.nmptlon.
Scrofula, Bronc hitis nnd Oeneral Debility will
try Scott’s Emcluok of Col Liver Oil with
Hypophosphites, thoy will find Immediate rs.
lief and permanent benefit. The Medical Pro
fession universally declare It a remedy of the
greatest value and very palatable. Read: “I
have used Scott's Emulsion In several eases of
Scrofula and Debility In children. Results most
gratifying. My littio patients take It with
pleasure.’’—W. A. Hubianz, M. D, Salis
bury, 111.
For a man to be efficient,like a cable oar, he
mustn’t lose his grip.
"Hello!" we heard one man say to another,
the other day. “I didn’t know you at first,
why! you look tc i years younger than you did
when 1 saw you last." "f /eel ten years
youn er," was tliereply. “You know I used to
be under the wcatnsr all ihe time, and gaveun
expec ing to be any belter. The ao< tor said I
had consumption. 1 was terribly weak, had
night-sweats, cough, no appetite, and lost
flesh. I saw Dr. Pierce's ‘Golden Medical
Discovery’ advertised, and thought It would
do no harm If It did no good. It hiiecured me.
I am a new man because I am a well one.”
Heathen are tho people who don’t know
enough about religion to fight over it.
Iw another column of this issue will b* found
an entirely new aud novei specimen of attrac
tive advertising. It Is one of the neatest ever
placed In our paper,and we th nkour readers
will b- well repaid for examining the bup-
posbd display letters In the advertisement of
Prickly Ash Bitten.
Motto for a oorset faotory-,We have oome
to stay.
How Woman Would Veto,
Were women allowed to vote, every one In
the land who has used Dr. Pierce'e “Favorite
Prieer.ption" soil'd vote It to be an unfailing
remedy for the diseases peculiar te hot ten.
By druggists.
You can' oft a $3 Family Story Paper one
year, p s'nge i aid, for JI.B0. Sample copy
tree. Addr.ss Tub Ciiicauo Lkdokh, Chi
cago, 111.
Daughters, Wires and Mothers.
Bend for Pamphlet on Female Dlssnses, free,
securely sealed. Dr.J. B. M-irehlsi, Utica, N.Y
J f afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Is iao Thomp
son s Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25o per bottlo.
Best, easiest to use and cho ipest.
R'lU'hly for Gatarrl). By druggists,
Piso’s
Tes, He Drank Beer.
Th* fact that Ncxv York city consume*
0,000,000 barrels of beer annually—
which, being averaged, gives each man,
woman and child about five barrels—
and considering the further fact that
thoro is a large proportion of non-drink
ing persons, especially children, suggests
the idea that there are many people in
that metropolis who get more than their
sharo of tho amber Teutonic beverage;
and it also suggests a story about an old
German brewer, who was brought In as
a xvitnoss to testify as an expert whether
or not beer is intoxicating. Th* lawyer
for the defenco asked:
“Do you drink much beer ?”
“Veil, 11 rink mo a glass aboud efery
ten minnid.”
“Yes. Well, do you find it intoxi
cating t
“Nein.”
The judge then asked a question:
“How much beor do you drink every
day, sir t”
Tne brewer looked up with a some
what puzzled expression, as if he had
been plied with a problem impossible of
solution, nnd finally blurted out:
“Vat you mean, ehudgo f Kege I”
Dressed l’eullry.
“AVlmt dues this mean, Mrs.Wilklson?”
asked the new boarder nt the Christmns
dinner. “Did this turkey woar a shirt?"
“What do you menn, Mr. Brown?’’ re
turned tho land lady severely.
“Hero is n shirt "button in the stuffing;
nnd I merely wanted to know if it be
longed to the bird,” said Brown, care
fully placing tho button nt thosido of his
plate.
"Now I think of it, Mr. Brown, it
may lie all right; I bought that turkey
already dressed.
A Drawing Lesson.
A teacher of drawing, who advertised,
was called on by young Jenks recently.
Says Jonks: “I see you givo lessons in
drawing. 1 would liko to learn how it’p
done.”
“I should be glad to teach you, and
will givo you tho first lessons now. What
would you like to try?”
“If it’s nil tho samo to you, supposo
you show tne how to draw a nnvnna Lot
tery prize, for the first thiag.”
“Wiiat docs this mean I" asked a
scholar who had been scanning somo lines
written by a friend. “Oh."sold another,
“it doesn’t menn anything! It’s poetry.”
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
la a peculiar medicine. It li carefully prepare 1
from Haranparllla. Dandelion, Mandrake, Dock,
Plpsisnewa, Juniper Berries, and other well known
and valuable vogetablo remedies, by a peculiar com
bination, proportion and prooeag, giving to Hood's
Sarsaparilla curative power not possessed bv other
medicine*.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Is the beet blood purifier before tho public. It
eradicate every Impurity and cures Scrofula. Suit
Rheum, Holla, Pluipletf, n'l Humors, I)yapf ptift. Ml*
louHneu, Sick Headache, Iadtgest.on. (b'tieral De
bility, Catarrh, RhoumaUmn, Kfdney and l iver com
plaints, overcomes that tired foellug, creates an ap
polite nnd bulldi up the system.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
lias met peculiar and unparalleled su cess at home.
Such has become Ua popularity In L twell, Muss.,
where It la made, that whole uolghborho els arn
taking It at the tame time. Lowell druggists • *11
moro of Hood's Sarsaparilla than of all other Kar*a
partitas or blood purifiers. $1; six for $i Bold by
druggists. Prepared only by C. L HOOD ft CO.
▲pothocarles, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doeea One Dollar
"25 Years. 1 ;. PoultryYard”
‘ Will Kdltlon. IDS inter,. How to lirsv.nt
HOI! nnd 1‘OULTKl CIIOI.KIU, (JAPKH
und KOU1* 1 wrote it n, n kistsmof
Itirnrtlcs! IIOG soil I’Oltl.TliY lu-rpiiiff.
h) mp to in, nnd rcm.illfK for sit illscstoi.
lion to lord for Pup,. fior. In Ntsiiips. A C0117 of
"The Core Dale 1‘oultr; Vsrd." routnliilni, llliut.
Cntnliixne nnd Price Unt of ItO varieties FIIKK.
A. M. LANG, Box ~
d Price 1,1st of ItO varieties
C, Box 84(1, Cincinnati, O.
G ARDEN SEEDS SttH-
Frnncla llrlll* HK>ir8TKAD, Long Inland, N. Y.
weak and expenses
.. a - ;;. -.a - $5 and particulars
!\ O. VK5KKUY, Augusta, Maine.
tAfoniinutAM, mio
WUnKf’ 0 " 1
The beet and eoreet Remedy tor Care of
all diseases caused by any derangement ot
the Liver, Kidneys, Stomach and Bowels.
Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation,
Billons Complaints nnd Kalariaof all kinds
yield readily to tho beneficent Influence of
It Is pleasant to tho taste, tones up the
system, restores and preserves health.
It Is purely Vegetable, and cannot toll to
prove beneficial, both to old and young.
s n Blood Farlfler It is snperlor to nil
others. Bold everywhere at fll.00 a bottle.
SOUTHERN SEED for SOUTHERN SOIL
Heing desirous of having some of our seed plant*
• garde
the
as we do, there arc no purer or better atocki
fered in the United States than cuffs* If you will
send us |l.fK) wc will send lo any address* thirty
papers of our rejrnl.tr sire packets of Garden Seed
(your own selection) and a quarter pound of Pride
of Georgia Melon Seed. Southern Seed Cotn-
pftDy, seed Growers, Macon, Qa. Seud for our
price list of all varieties of field and garden seed.
sr—a
m
DOC BUYERS’ QUIDS, R
Colored plates, ltN) rngfnvliige va
of different breeds, prlrrn they sre H
worth, snd wlicro to buy thorn rfl
Mailed for IA Out ft. M
ASSOCIATED FANCIERS, f)
237 8. Eighth St. Philadelphia, Pa. §|
W E WANT YOUI Sfrrs
profltablo employment to rvprviflnt ub in avery
county. Salary $75 per month and ~
large comndwlon on Bales If preferred.
Bvory on« bn vs. Outfit amt nnitluulaiv f».
STANDARD B1LVKKWAKK CO„ Dot
Offlcere* pay, bounty pro*
cured; deserters relieved.
21 years" practice. Bucvesgo*
> fee. Write for circulars and now laws'
. W. McCormick 4: Hon,Washington.n.C
QPIUM HABIT^rte; 1 ,
w PAIN or self-denial. Pay when cured. Handa >rae
bunk free. 1»h. (!. «I. Wra i iicitnr, Kansas thiy, M,
THTOSTOH’SSaTOOTH POWDER
Keeping Teeth reflect and Gums Healthy,
§5
to iS a day. Samples worth $1.9) FK3 C
Liars not under the horse’s fesi. Addroti
Hrkwstrk’bMafkI'Y IUis Holder, Hull y.Ulc.h
Pensions!
SI5.
-/o’/on 1000 useful
_ ? Mend for catalogue. Hlg
pay to Agentu. ( hicaoo mcalb Co., Chicago, lb.
ADIIIII ^ at, lt Cured. TrontirentsentontrlaL
Ui lUlvl lilTMANR ItK&IERY CO„ LttlfoyOttO, Ind.
ELY'S
CREAM BALM
I have tued two bo t-
Uet of Sly'i Cream
Balm and eontider
mytelf cured. I suf
fered 20 years from
catarrh and catarrh
al headachs and this
is the first remedy
that afforded lasting
relief.—D.T.Uiggin-
eon ; 145 Lake Street,
Chicago, H.
A partloU k sopited Into etch nostril and I, a»r*..M.
ton,*. PriceStl ots. hr mail or st drunrlat, tU-L , *
otroulsr. ELY DHQTIIER3. DrQffl.u. Ow^ fJ,y'
WHETHER YOU WANT 1
PIANO® OR GAN
It will psy you to write to
PHILLIPS & GREW.
ATLANTA, GA., ?
For Catalogue (free) and Prices. Mention this paper.
I.P.STEVtNS&BRO.
JEWELERS.
Atlanta, Ga.
Iis4 tot 0»t»l»«ue.
ATLANTA
SAW WORKS.
Manufacturers of and Dealer* ia
Saws and Saw-li ’
-Mill Supplies.
Ilepalrtng n ftpeclnlty,
Agents for L. Powxa k CoMPaay*g
\Voo<1 Working DUnhlnprv,
Large and complete stock. Writs
for catalogue. Atx,anta, Ga.
CATARRH
In Its worst form can bo oured. Cnnndlnn (’■•
mrrh ( srr, during 10 roars' trial, has nevor tailed to
effect a cure. \Vo wiiamntce a mire, or price
of medicine refunded. Pamphlet sent froe. Wertfor
to Atlanta National H.snk of this city, as to our Handias
and responsibility. Addioes
CANADIAN OATAHRH OURK 00.,
16H Whitehall St., Atlnntn, ila*
BUSI1TB SS
KduSStlon a (peclalt, at MOOHK’M BI'HI
1‘NIVHIINtTV, Allnnln, tin. On. ot tt>. bk,
■ohuuli in th. CmintTj. Sand Inr Ciroular,.
mi I im.WIM.TAMH'
PILES ! Indian Pile Ointment
■ Hnliw ■ will cur* any case of Itch.
Ing, lllccdlnjf, lilcoritlcd or Protrudini
PI Ire. C tJ IIE OIJ A It A NT h KI). I’r. pareS
for Piles only. (PnyslolAns’ .lar* by einrena, nre*
mid, ttj.AO.j Price per box. A Or* omlfl, Sold
igpats or math d on receipt of prlco by
AH, HANKJN A * **
LAM
OPIUM
Vhiislull Shout. Mention thlepap
( A LAMAK, Ag’MiK Atlanta, fig.
and WIIIMKUY IIA HIT*
cured st home without pain,
Hook of particular! aunt KUEIi.
B. M. Woolley, M. D„
Atlnntn, bn. omen
Can get the moat Practical Htinltinna J?da«
°ation at GoldsmIHi'nSclioul nt Hus.
•fir. —' Incee.M^R Broad 8t. Atlanta,(la. Sind
//v/ y/ for Circulars A Specimen of Poninfiofiblp.
PULVERIZING
HARROW,
i Clod Crusher and Leveler.
I 1 no Rest lord in tho world for preparing
1 oora, cotton snd other ground. D. 11. NASH,
1 Hole Mau’if'r. ard Weal Main 8L, LouiavUe.Ky.
dl:j. dsiIa UrMt En o |l,h Goutu <
Dlall S I IIIS* Rh*um*lla Ramify,
Oval Bug .1,001 round, 50 cl..
PATENTS
■ iiaM, I’atcnt lawyer,
obtained. Hrnd atHinitfur
_ _ Inventors’tiuldc. Lilias*
Lawyer. Washington, L>. C-
1
riso’s Remedy for Catarrh Is the
Beet, Euslcst lo Use, and Cheapest.
1.
1
Also good for Cold In tho Head,
Headuchc, Hay Fever, &c. 60 coins.
1
Fiv
sa
In this day of do eptlve advertl Ing we desire to
Impress that this announcement means exactly
what it says: that every applicant can secure, ab
solutely free of any charge for the land, ono ot the
above dlvl-lons of valuablo Florida property. No
trick! No ju.gllng of words! It mean* exactly
that—nothing less, nethlng more.
OUR METHOD! NOTE ITS FAIRNESS!
Wo have just Issued a larne sheet of detailed
House Pans, Illustrating nine different atylen of
houses. coatlHg frem $:sou to $1,500 e»eh, which this
C mpany Is prepared to build for Its patrons at St.
Andrew’s Bay. In order to defray at least a por
uon of the very largo cost ef advertising, gelling
up these designs, and executing a legal Warranty
peed for each applicant, wo wilt charge 25c. for mail
ing this sheet of House Plans to applicants. Tho
jdans are worth |5 toanr one who will ever desire
to build a house. They are nil new and rotten up
expressly for us. If you select from the Hons-
PjMW tB y? u ’, we will bui d the
,n " ma '* -* “ “ve yearn*
. rcent. in
you do not enre
bouse on your property, and give you five
time to pay for the house, charging you 5 perc
teresfc on the eeal of the house. I f \ on do u<
..... have a house Wulft or noL With the' sheet of
House Plans will be sent a numbered
FREE LAND WARRANT
fn a sealed envelope. Upon Its receipt you will open
the envelope, sign your namo in full on the proper
brinks, so that a Warranty Deed can be mode in your
name, and return tho same to us. A deed for the
piece of land called lor by the Free Ijind Warrant
will be Immediately executed In your name. No
charge of any kind will be made for the Free I.and
Warrant—the
If you
are dispose . _ - -
you send for tlio House Plans be returned to you.
LOCAL COLONY CLUBS KMMS
Lund Warrants will be sont to any address, to be
distributed among friends, on rocelpt of $1 ror tho
House Plans; ten for $2; fifteen for $3; twenty for
i un.) & uni win ub mane ior me rreo jjuia
—the property will be absolutely free.
• application Is received after all the lands
ibcU of, you will bo bo notified, and tho 25c.
$4 ; and twenty-five for $5. No more than twciUJ 0
are desired from any one person acting a»agrni»
others. Deeds will be made an the Club Agent direc
when he returns the Free Land Warrants. _
YOU Wllsls 1115 A TRAITOR to your own
d to those dependent on you If
•urself of this Great Free Land uuw-
r your children. ,
The St. Andrew’s Hay Railroad an 1 Land CompoB/.
numbers among Its officers and stockholders soro
tho moot responsible und energetic men of Jr ion
Ohio, and New York, who arc enllrtcil heart, n
und pocket book In this great enterprise. ’ .m
business through the Second National ot linoin ^
anil refer to two thousand prosperous settlers »
Andrew’s. And now we await your pleuntir^*
Address our Northern Office, where all ue-o*
executed as follows:
Th* St. Andrew’s Bay R. R. and Land Co.,
2‘i7 Mnln 8r„ Cincinnati, O.t
2(1 I’nrk Row, New York, ^
Remit by postal-note, registered le tt< |b “LmS.
draft Do not send stamp, wUcn It can be “ v01u
TO BE READ IN CONNECTION WITH ABOVE.
. „ ng f__
profit ear tain lands to be sold in the
future ; the balance Is offered free a a
air to all who apply In time.
A little more than one year ago the
fit. Andrew's Hay Railroad m l Land
Co. acquired control of upward of
.‘<00,000 acres ot the most desirable
lands In the State ot Florida, situated
around about the beautiful bay of St,
Andrew’s, on the southwestGulf coast,
before the war the town known as St.
Andrew's Bay was the home of many
wealthy reople, wre had sought the
si tores of the beautiful bny as a kca
tloa whero could be found In their
highest perfection tho peculiar de
lights of a Florida home. During tho
war the town was bombarded by a
federal fleet and nearly swept out of
existence. The Inhabitants tud. aban
doning their shattered homes to tho
torch and pill; ge of tho enemy, and
not until about ten years ago was there
any attempt male to reoccupy tho
town. Thin t’« mpany began active
operations a little more than a year
■go. Blnce thnf time there hai Leon
tue mo»t rent ikable ' boom'’ created
for St. Andrew’s Hay thnt ha- ever
been known In tho Fiower State, i ast
nui ,in r, ’ m ' visitors from
all parts of the country reached that
point In quest of Florida homes. Uusl-
dwelling houses have been
«n|Cted by the hundred. I'nperty so
TAXES Sr
Jber’ lMT* botk on lta own lands and those disposed of under
curod at tho beginning of the "boom"
has been Bold for from $25 to $600 for
ordinary Building Lots. F.very “old
settler" has reads ‘d a h »ndsome com
petency in disposing of a portion of
his lands at fancy prices. Docks have
b en < reeled; hotels built and added
to from tlmo to time ; a lino of seven
boats ply rogulirly between 11. An
drew’s Bay and ether ports; and, alto
got her. the outlook promises that St.
Androw'a Bay will In a lew yenrs be
e me the most lm, ortunt city of the
gulf coast. It possesses orery natural
advantage; a deep bay—more than
sl> ty-flvo miles long with Its various
branches—with deep channels to the
cu er gulf, at once tho most charming
nnd most useful body of wutor on the
coast; a safo harbor for the flrets of a
Every species of
fruit; and cer-al will ffrowr to P
tlon in 1 ts soft, Italian nHuate , or w
in countless millions '« ,%.*
world- rest In tho.isnnds of exn*^
loss oy-ter t» *ds ; timber ' J, fur-
iblcan l Midi? lent In quantity w
nlsh eargooj for ye is to ,,.g t leet:
«arrv ng capacity of a JJJj [o ^nd
a climate that, both winter 0 f
mer. Is Hi • absolute
earthly dcl’g'.it: free from ® y 1() .
hid-, dry land, and l,e r a, ‘ t . 1 '1^'good
cuted. Th so are among ojneir s^
reason* why S . Andrew
m ht desirable lo ation for a-nd
homo than the c £? n Ay 0 nce »
thn' V wUdom" of l 'i& biuln»*
policy.
this Great Free Offer.
GUARANTY
P nSP ert . : t dl »ro«ed of unitor this
Hw, property will bt worth *100 per acre. p smenu 11 U that
Thl« Great Free Land Offer 1,
aept thoso who are already located anu . « e jje
living at st. Andrew’s Bay, also residents oi ^
Thero are no oon<lltlona
... ... - . >ou £
irtM 1
OUR REFERENCES.
Those who have done busi
ness with ua In one day the
following list of applicants,
secured Orange Grove tracts,
ranging in size from 2X te 40
acres each. Space In good
newspapers co»ts too much to
give a list of all who have re
ceived free property nt our
hands. Each one of the fol
lowing list can testify, if he Is
so disposed, to tho absolute
fidelity of our methods of
business. No correspondence | W. L. Colvin, Boatrlce Neh’
has passed between any of Frank a. Snell. Ansonia, Ct
tham and this office, except I A. Jarrett,
sit for— w. ., uol .
^“. ln applying for and re
ceiving free property, and the
names are published without
consultation and merely to
represent the number who
received Orange Grove tracts
/res. at our hands, in one day's
M. Slot ann. Tyrone, Pa
W. A. Klnsfoe. Leckhaven, Pa
Salem Hill, Schenley, Fa
g* g- Knowles, Branford, Pa
T. Murphr, Huntington, \v. Va
w't*.“™let‘n, Pa
SHUT OUT
cola and Wa.hlnston and Jackion Counties, Kla.
NO CONDITIONSIfSiSgS
not required to move there, or Improve it any way, unle»» y° u ao 9
and at your own pleasure.
” Kaninn CUT. M*‘
J. A. Sulllran. Met. HojJ’j,
Jos, Field, Oen'lDoll”^
Abram Mann, 710 ' girt* 1
Wm. N. Allen, 7« >-»* »
rhllndcGUl.-P’^p
. B- Sblpley.OOJConj" 1
Troy. N- *■
0.o. B. CollIM,
F. F, Ilrndrloa,
W. E. nutter: oa, Ol ■*
Lewis Brtndte, Ijitrobe, Fa
Etm ra KVppIc, I.ntrobe, Fa
J. W. MeCoach, Suita Fe, N. II
J. A. Davis, Pierce Ctlr, llo
iNi.V- I J owl( 'y, Olathe, Kan
M. Mlnehan, Gunion, Ark
Deo A Copp, Fisher’, Hill, Ya
w. 1. Brcwton, Cedar Plain, O
v o’ >on ' “olden. Col
J B. lilblet, Shlnnuton, W. Va
i -’!'J‘ u '" 1La "’ t , Wr’ftham, Ala
V’ ly va ' Oolwlch, Kan
Jno. A, Kramer, nioomsb’g,Pa
Mrs..). a. Davis, Hillsboro, Jl!
John Cerd, Hanna, Ind
O. P. Fox, Mt. Carmel, Pa
C. F. Strong —
Andrew Sul
Geo. W. Davis,
Joe,. N. McMillan, Trans. Sfca.
2bth Ward, Pittsburgh, Pa
W. 8. Davis, Highland Park, 111
Robt. O. Morrison, Anoh’ge, Ky
M. Kennedy, Wabasha, Minn
A. B. Davis, Eureka Sp’gs, Ark
J»a. KavaH, Schuyler, Neb.
St. Paul* Minn.
Moses Blxler, oor. Isabel nnd
fit nrxev Streets
flap. Stoven, 20 Isabel Street