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to THE MACON DAILY TELEGRAPH; TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1885.--TWELVE PAGES, FACTS FOR THE FARMERS. HANDY HINTS TO HAVE ABOUT THE HOUSE. An Intcrcstlnc Article on IIoj- Cholera—A A Bundle of Farm Noted and Valu able Suggestions to Read and Keep lor Future IV, The health of live stock, and especially of swine, in this country is becoming a serious, if not a burning,' question. Hog cholera is progressively getting worse from year to year, the present being the worst ever known. Famffirs in the West are afraid to keep their stock nntil it is fully fattened, nnd pushing hogs into market in an unpre cedented way rather than assume the risk of keeping them until they are properly ripened for slaughter. There nre some points connected with this sort of business thnt to say the least, are unpleasant for con sumers to think about. This disease has existed for years in the West. It has gradually been working its way Eastward, and has from time to time broken out here and there in all the States traversed by the great trunk lines of trans portation. Canada has been invaded by the contagion in the same way, the germs of the disease being carried nnd spread by the cars in which diseased hogs have been shipped. The disease is thus widely dis tributed; but most complaint is made as yet in those parts where swine-keeping is a leading industry. This emphasizes the necessity for vigilance. The stock in the Middle Atlantic and New England States should be carefully guarded to nvoid heavy loss if the disease should become epidemic as in the West. The swine interest of the Atlantic slope is not, to be sure, of primary importance, com paratively, except in some limited districts; but it is well worth looking after and pro tecting against this highly contagious and deadly disease. Farmers may avoid trouble by breeding their own pigs. It us danger ous to buy stock shipped from west of the mountains, or from an infected district, as many have found to their cost within a year or two. Every neighborhood should pro duce all the pigs and shonts it needs for its .own use. This will pay as a matter of bus iness, besides insuring against introducing contagion. The American farmer and stockmnn is entering upon an era in which he can better understand and appreciate the apprehensive dread of contagious animal diseases by British farmers, and must learn the import ance of protecting himself against these scourges. In this countiy swine and cattle plagues, which until within n comparatively recent period were unknown, nre begining to give trouble. Unless proper precautions are taken in both a private and pnblic ca pacity to prevent the spread of these dis- i they will prove as costly visitations The economy of providing shelter cannot be too strongly urged. Boards a.e cheaper than grain. Cows forced to endure the win ter storms require much more food to keep them in condition than if suitably boused. A cow cannot make much milk if she is subjected to extreme cold. Plow the ground for next year's corn crop late if you wish to kill out the cut-worms. If this is not feasible let the plow be used early in the spring. Cutworms can endure a slight degree of cold, but when suddenly thrown to the surface and exposed to the direct action of the frosts they are easily destroyed. It is said that in all malarious countries fowls are subject to what is called “chicken cholera." This leads to the conclusion, by inference, at least, thnt cholera is the effect of malaria. Is this the case? The veterina ry division of the Agricultural Department n't Washington tells us what chicken cholera is; now what is malaria? The sugar nnd molasses consumed in the United States cost $103,884,760 annually. Of this we produce $19,893,805 worth of cane sugar, $3,004,642 worth of maple, $9,036,335 worth of sorghum, LATEST FASHION ITEMS. NOVELTIES IN DRESS. Visiting amt Reception Toilettes—Capes with Sleeves—Tallor-nmOo Jerseys. here os in Great Britain, where by the re turns just made the loss daring the past year, in which no special epidemic prevail ed, amounted to 20 per cent of all the Uve stock born in tho kingdom. But at home it does not need much effort to see what liog cholera is doing in the Weat, and even in llie East, Although there are no statis tics to show the atnQunt of losses, farmers are nevertheless considerably demoralized, nnd the big com crop of tho country will not realize them the profits they hoped. The point for the Eastern farmer to see in Mils matter is that be must fight the disease and if possible prevent it from becoming here the serious nnd costly business it is in the West. It is a question on which to seek light rather than to display beat. Wc may protect ourselves if we will. There are produced annually in this coun- try about 13,160,000 lambs. Half a million dollars worth of cut flowers nro sold every year in New York. A farmer's wife says that mustard seed will prevent mold forming in vinegnr. The fibro of silk is the longest continu ous fibre known, as an ordinary cocoon will reel 1000 yards. The bee moth is a small miller of a rusty brown color, which deposits her eggs in the hives of weak colonies during the night tine. Don’t forget that all fowls arc without teeth, and must be supplied with sand and mfr.rel in order to fsrty* on tho 'work of grinding the food. It Is now stated that some of the Jersey cows with large records were given six miles of walking exercises daily in order to keep them in good health and to promote digestion. It is estimated that the increase of tho com crop in the South for this yesr will be 66,000,000 bushels more than the preceding season, which partially compensates for the short cotton crop. Wheet succeeds better in a clover than in a timothy sod—not because the timothy has removed more from the soil in the grass thnt was cut, but because it leaves a smaller nnd less efficient material residue. Cleanliness will usually prevent .disease in hogs and too much care with them can not be exercised. Cholera is a specific poison that is contagious, but is more like ly to spread in a filthy pen than under other conditions. It requires a great deal of labor to run a large vinoyar '. The proprietor of a 400- acre raisin vineyard in California employs a force of 120 men to pick the grapes, ana re quires them for three months. The pay roll is <3,500 a month. Separate the breeding ewes from the rams and weathers and give them a good meal of ground oats at least once a day, so as to have them in the best possible condition when lambing begins, which will add to their production os milk. One of the best crosses for producing ca pons is that of the Dorking cock and dark Brahma hen. The Houdan and light Brah ma cross is also excellent. The advantage of the cross of s game cock and Longshan hen is also well known. Western farmers have learned to keep Combination dresses of faille francaise, Bcngaline, or other repped silk with velvet, says Harper's^,Bazar, are nniong the most tusteful importations for visiting and recep tion toilettes. These may bo in monotone when the velvet is figured or striped, but if two plain materials nro used, they nreoften- est in contrasting colors. In these dresses there is greater fullness in the skirts, and very long draperies, and the effect is given of one skirt opening over another. As an example of monotone dresses is a rich gown with tho ample skirt of sapphire brocaded velvet, with large raised velvet flowers on a ground of reppod (uncut) velvet of the same shade; this is arranged with three straight back breadths of velvet gathered to a very , small Bpnce on the belt, while two front PjH I , $102,626 breadths neatly plain at the belt drop down worth of beet sugar, and $1),000,000 wortl* ^rm a long apron shaped only be pleats of glucoRe, or a total of $43,037,408, leaving catching up the sides, and cut out in deep $63,747,352 as the cost of the imported Hcallopo across the foot to show a border of article consumed in the country. I otter fur set on the foundation skirt. Down Variety conduces to health. An animal I ^ ““n^^ is no more fitted for subsisting on a single K, r,d_ f ” n ^ article of food than man. When kept upon ,, t d lnto A s R“. ce o£ . ‘"° > n °b e8 ‘be rxrwx iri»wi i* Vwxrrinu ♦/> H belt, on one side this sash has a deep loop demands for food are complied with. The A R' I d If manure is to be used in the orchard contrast of color seal brown Sicilienno or it should never he fresh, or such as will faiU 0 francaiso is made up to open over a quickly ferment. That which has been turqnoiso blue velvet skirt, which shows in thoroughly composted, or well decomposed, ft wide band inlaid down the front between is best. Some have found wood mold mix- three pleats of the brown silk, on which are ed with lime and ashes, to be excellent, placed cross rows of bine head fringe, and the general opinion is that the better these pleats are wide, and not stiffly, yet the manure in finoness of condition and are held well in place by the fringe; tho silk f reedom from decomposing matter tho less drapery back of the pleats is caught up high liability of the trees to disease. I on cacn side and descends again in the back Too much shonld not be expected from to show the blue velvet from belt to foot, any branch of industry. The profits from The basque is of silk, with a velvet vest and dairying nro due to experience. There is inside cuffs. Plush skirts nre used in the mnch to bo learned about the management same wny under soft reppod silk draperies, of cows,I the caro of the milk and the mail- and in some instances thcro are wide bands ufactnro and sale of butter. Every little like borders of metallic galloon straight detail should bo studied, nnd a familiarity around^them; as this galloon would sink with the characteristics and merits of nil into the deep pilo of the plush, modistes the breeds sbonld be the object of the far- make tncks in the plash, and attach the mer if he wishes to succeed. galloon to the lower edge. It is a well-known fact, says the Daily The red gilt and copper galloons nre very World, that tho food eaten by animals not effective on black or brown plush skirts, only permates tho muscle and fat, causing wa y of change from the brown and bine the flesh to partake of its flavor, hut the costumes thnt prevail in rich fabrics, many lnctnls nre especially influenced thereby, so I SUeen gowns are imported this winter, that the milk strongly partakes not only of among them one of changeable green and the flavor but, in marked cases, of the odor rei ‘ satin over a plnsh skirt of the same col- most strongly. It is also well-known that or f n t>> w ‘th reddish gilt galloon for tnm- the varieties of grass eaten impart their 1 mm K, while others are of green velvet with quality to tho butter and cheese. repped silk, and many are of green velvet . I?,! u btrodacO, and OUmIm i, «|Wnmt woven in stiff poplin-like reps on purpose for petticoats, and are made tip in length wise stripes or in cross stripes as the wearer chooses. For trousseaux are imported pale bine and pink satin Bkirts with steels nnd a pad bnstlo set in them, and flounces of fine white mohair lace. nBETznr.Es. Bretclles or V shaped trimmings aro most in favor on dress waists and on mantles. For short, stout figures this pointed garni ture is mode very long, reaching to the waist line in a sharp point, and spreading out at the top to the middle of the shoulder seam; for more slender figures the v is much shorter, reaching only to tho top of the darts and touching the edge of the collar at the top. The back and front mny be made exactly alike, or else the back may have only a very short point, while the fronts extend to the waist lino. The flat galloons with large jet sr colored heads form bretclles for large figures, while the drops and ilringed galloons arc most effective on smaller forms. their hop in yards until the dew is off the grass. The theory is that the germs of hog grass. , „ „ cholera are collected In the dew, and are very liable to be taken by the hog while grazing early in the morning. It will be profitable to keep a supply of fine, flexible wire, twine, hu-ks, brads, dif ferent sized nails, screws, etc., for the pur pose of making immediate repairs. The lack of five cents wortb of material has often canned a dollar’s expense. We know not by what authority, bnt the Indiana Fanner makes the statement that the hens of Kansas yield six times as much aa the orchards, eight times as much os the market gardens, and sixteen times as much aa the potato fields of that Btotc. The only truly economical manner of feeding stock, and from which the very best and most profitable returns are to be expected, is to convert tbe pains into meal, and feed ozly in aneb quantities (at regular internals) as each animal has capacity to oooitume and digest. In applying kainit to ireea in the orchard ft should never be placed close up and around the tranks, as it is liable to injure them. Tbe better plan is to broadcast it over the ground. In using Insecticides it u.'ist not be overlooked that kerosene will kill the peach trass quickly. her of teats as those make the best breed- ^Wero folds ofthe cfflor'wfflch i ed ’ sheTuto Have “VUo^hrao l “f P-minont in the costume litters, nnd ns many more aa she will A novelty m cloth costumes shows panels breed without becoming unruly or getting ““‘l borders woven along one selvedge to any had habits represent nbbed Hercules braid. These ' borders are three-eighths of ayard wide, and The guinea fowl is a great forager, and are pnt lengthwise in panels on tho skirt, destroys many insetjta thnt tho hens will meeting at tho belt, but opening as they de- not touch. They do not scratch tho gar-1 Bccnd over pleatiugs of theplnin clcth;they den and though not easily kept near the also bonier jackets and form a vest, enfts honse, they make known tho places in and colliir. which they lay by a pccnliar noise which of brft!d or cord u mncb Id! th!! t0 1 m P Trc»llv e 3 cloth an ‘ l U B htcr w00 ‘ dre “ M - both °“ «“> nntiiVm. basque and skirt; for instance, a green cloth boK.^nraA!’Jn Jre “ ^ tW ° ° l ‘"cing dOTOOU. side, ^'!. ,l l artn h1iou 1 intru dora ln8de 0 f niivcr braid passed over small but- m«ke ‘hour appearance. tons of the cloth on wooden moulds. Tho Refuse salt may be added to compost I postilion basque of cloth then opens over a heaps, or may bo mixed with ordinary vest of green velvet, and is locwl from the guano, says tho Honthern Cultivator. What- bust down to the point. Silk 'cords are over the combination made, regulato the used also for lacing basques, ns in a pretty quantity of salt, so tb.t not more than lljO houso dress of mauvo cashmere with cord pounds of it shall ho applied to nn acre locking over a pansy-colored velvet vast u the drill, hut double that quantity This vest should be six or eight inches wide broadcast It is not well to add it to from the throat down to tho top of tho compost or mixture which contain kainit darts, with the cashmere lapping on its because there is a large quantity of salt sides and stitched there; along the darts the in kainit, but compoato of acid phosphate velvet ahowa only two inches wide, aa the with cotton seed and stable manure will cashmere laps over it is finished with whale- be improved by tho addition of suit. I bones, beyond which eyelet holes are work- , ed, and a lucing of silk cord passos through In tho orop report of the Department of Bud croH aa* 0 n tho narrow velvet Agriculture for October sorghum returns I Te))b indicate a good crop, with a favorable __ prospect for fair results in syrup. The SLXXVE LAPts, Jackets, etc. area in sorgham has been increased in I A novel wrap imported by the modistes is some sections, nnd especially in the South. 1 a cape with sleeves, a short garment thnt k Tens has increased largely. The report made up in plush, velvet or seal-skin to indicates that in many phicca from 200 to wear with any toilette that is too handsome 300 gallons of syrup per acre have been to be covered. Tins capo reaches only to produced, from which a good profit was I the waist line, both in lawk and front, realized. The prospect is that the acres where it U closely held down by a belt un- will be increased next season. dorneath, and there are small solves with ample opening at top cut to one with the now to Moke Rood Milkers. sides. Another gav little mnntie of plush, No matter what breed you may have, longer than that J~t described, s' it half something further k necessary in order to oovera the tournure, and has pointed fronts, reach the best success in raking good milk- made of brown plush, and brightened by era. Good blood, whether Shorthorns, * c oUM,warf fronts and wide cuffs of red Jerseys, Devon, Ayrshire*, grade or native, cloth. Red cloth jaoketo are the tovonte k not everything, but Ues at tbe foun- £>' coats with young laches. The dation ; something cannot come from noth- Buttenberg shape, hipping diagonally on the 9 breast, is liked for these, and a novel cap- Treatment in raising a milker should be noe odds a rinde ravers of sealskin fur somewhat different from that in raising a down the left of the front. Serge, with beef animal or animal for kbor. Begin aa -tote twills, smooth c oth, and the rough soon as the calf is a cky old; see that it ‘"“clo cloths, are aU used for these gay has sufficient to eat, anil k kindly treat- jackets. Black Persian lambskin for raven., ed and regularly attended to. Never pom- collar and cuffs, with a turban and muff to per or overfeed, hut give it good, geuer- match, will be added for midwinter trim- otw food to causc'a regular. growth. Ac- niings. custom it to be handled, but not to snch black i’xuebskibth. an extent as to acquire objectionable hab- B ia ck underskirts to wear next the draw ito as a cow, but rather to be fond of the will be as generally used this winter as bkek presence of the keeper. Kindness helps stockings now are. Colored skirts ore to create a quiet disposition, so important »hown, especially dark red and bine skirts, m a dairy row, and this education nnuit be- but two-think of those seen in the shops gin when the calf k young; any habit ac- are black. These come in all qualities from quired when young is opt to cling to the tbe c i ot h, slpaca and farmer's satin skirts, cow when grown. up to those of black satin, with flounces of lor o milker I would have aheifer b |a C k wool lace or of the silk Spsnkh laces; come in at two yean old. She is then old t he latter are furnished with a pad bustle enough to become a row. I would not os snd steels, and do away with the necessity a rule allow her to go farrow, bnt milk adding these to each drew; but plainer her up to within a few weeks of calving, Hkirta simply gored to the figure in front even if I did not obtain hat little at a snd on the sides, with more tallness behind, milking. A row thus tnuned wffl give 40 d are finished at the foot with quilting, more milk and be more likely to hold out Tbere „ n decided fancy fortheold-tashion- lorn? in milk if her alter care a jndicions ed qailt(K l skirts such cs our grandmothers ard liberal as it should he. Such treat- wore snd such us are still worn in very cold ment tends to form the habit of giving climates. The eronomkt makes these of niiUq and as we know habit is a sort of sec- bUck farmer s satin, and puts quilting only ond nature. Couple the heifer withan old- across the lower end, to protect the limbs er bull, one, two or three years older than f romt h e kpees to the ankles. Thu quilted she k preferable to a yearling anil better bo r ^ er |s mode of block satin, lightly wad- stock is likely to come from such. After de< j snd neatly quilted in waved or diagonal the heifer liaa come in her feed should be rows, then bound on the end with wide liberal and regular. black velvet ribbon. Such Hkirta are void Good clover hoy is the best of oil, hut we for ri50 . Black alpaca is used in thessme may not have thk for stall feed; then we W s y , snd. to make it warm enough, k lined must makeup for lacking in rorne eoncen- wit y h ' rod’flannel and covered About one- treted feed, such as oatmeal, shorts, oilmeal third its length from tho foot npwithquilt- or tbe like; hut great care and good judg- w , bUck satin. Block cloth skirto with ment must he u-ied not to overfeed or crowd wide .mined satin bonier are liked because as the future cow may bo ruined. Undu6 the quilted part supports the lower part of forcing shortens tbs useful life of tho row t he skirt nicely, wldlc tbn warm cloth cling* very rapidly.—Ex. [ cloaely to the upper part of the limba. En tire skirto of black satin without waddinf A group of three large buttons on each side of the corsage, and of six or eight on tho skirt on the lenthwise pleats or panels at the sides, is very fashionable on wool or velvet costumes. These are fiat metallic buttons with raised figures or flowers, and nre chosen in keeping with the color oi the dress; those of gray shades of steel or silver and the copper and bronzed hues nro most used. A novelty for brown nnd black dress es is the Benares buttons of gilt imitating the fine Benares brass in color, and in its richly chased designs of animals, bends, leaves and flowers. Small buttons, flat or round, or crocheted silk or of the dress ma terial, over a flat wooden mould, nro still used for fastening dresses, hut there are many dresses that have hooks-and-eyes closing over a “fly” or plain band or strip sewed to the edge beneath them. ’ TAILOR-MADE JEKSEYS, ETC. The nowest jerseys aro made in tailor style, with os mnny seams as nny lined basque, and nro finished along the edges with rows of stitching, or else a binding of braid. Their shape is a regular position, with narrow pleated back, short sides and pointed' front, fashioned with ns mnny darts and side forms as nny other dress waist. Tho boucle jersey cloth with rough finish is tho newest for these, and is liked for wearing with wool skirts, hut the smoother wool or silk elastic ribbed cloths aro appropriate with a greater variety of skirts. Very plain jerseys, well fitted and without trimming, ore so neat-looking and nre such an excellent substitute for half- worn dress waists that they remain in favor, while those more showily trimmed oie much less used than formerly. When a jersey is not used, the best waist for wearing in the morning with various skirts is a cloth postilion of sopie dark shade of brown, blue or red, mode as sim ply shaped as the jerseys, stitched on the edges, and if not buttoned straight down tho front, hipping only slightly at the top on the‘left side. For more dressy wear, velveteen, plush and velvet nre similarly made, and aro most useful when of black, with a very alight trimming of jet gnlloon. For young ladies extra corsages of black or dark velvet are made as Spanish jackets opening over a soft vest of repped silk or surah, or else they fit tbe figure closely about the waist and extend just over the hips, while the upper parts open over a ;athere<l plastron, and have full revere of . et or of embroidery. To wear with even- ng dresses are lower velvet corsages cut in V shape from the shoulders down, nnd worn over a laee guimpe, or else tho velvet is cut half high to the neck, nnd then open in V shape and edged with beaded gnlloon; it is not necessary to add a frill or white lace inside this opening, though sometimes a donblo fold of black net or of silk muslin is added. Patient comes in. Homrepstbic doctor, or quilting, finished with a neatly plcatei after a abort conversation, takes a little flounce at the foot, are shown merely aa powder from a jar and says to the iiatient: Balmoral petticoats, while others are qnilt- “Kmellthat—now you're cored.” Patient | ed one-thud or else half way to the waist. lys: “Doctor, how mnch do I owe yooT and still others are quilted all their length. Doctor says: “Twenty dollars." Patient yet aro light, because staffed with dder- Ukee out a twenty-dollar tall and says: down; these cost $12 or $14. Striped wool “Smell that—now you're paid.” 1 stuff* made of tbe waste of fine wqpls an Fashion Note*. Beaver muffs ore again in vogue for misses. Cloth hoots faced and foxed with kid are again worn. Boots nre ngain fashionably laced at the side as well ns np the instep. Jackets of real and imitation Persian Iamb come among other novelties in wraps. Capes and pelerines of fnror fur trimmed remain in favor, but are no longer high shouldered. Ribbons are much used for bonnet strings, and ribbons were never more varied and pretty than this season. New waterproofs come in velvet-finished surfaces and various colors, and imitation of mixtures and fine checks. Plain skirts are not the invariable rule. Many fashionable women cling to the clas sic lines of the long draped overskirt. Fur fringes mode of real or imitation tails of the same animal whose fur trims or forms the wrap is a feature in this fall's wraps. Tho “Off We Go Galop” and the “Pug Polka” are numbered among new and fash ionable London dance mnsic. Both have ppropriatcly illustrated title pages. Plain skirto do not look strong minded when bordered with boucle or astrakhan plu h, a r when made of striped material with a tiny pleating of good velveteen at the bottom, or when bordered deeply with nny rough-looking or heavy broche border- >me very, attractive flannels and mix tures in tricot cloths are seen among tho new dresa fabrics for ordinary wear and for use in tbe readymado tailor suita thnt are sold at such attractive price* at Ridley’s and other large business houses in Grand street, Fourteenth street, and Sixth avenue. Tbe short sealskin mantle and its imita tion in seal plush, trimmed with feather bonds for the early days of autmnn and with black otter bands and tails for later in the season, are promised an enduring popu larity until tho weather demands long fur- lined and seal garments of various forms which are brought out for midwinter wear. A raccoon fur overcoat or long ulster for a gentleman is one of the fur noveltUa shown in Denning's fur department. It reaches almost to the ankles, has a collar that can be raised above the ears, and is lined with soft quilted satin. It is called “Tbe Canadian. ’ Another fnr garment fit for a St. Petersburg or Montreal winter is a dolman visits of Alaska sable, fringed with toils of the same. Evening gloves come in eight, twelve, md sixteen button lengths. The variety of outside garments is greater this season than ever before. Long Huguenot cloaks are destined to take the place of the time-honored circular. Tints in gloves run from tbe deepest dye to an invisible shade, no matter what the color. The newest stockings kavo the feet, ankles, and half way the calf in solid color, the npper half in a contrasting color, some times striped, again barred, and frequently plain, Imt in color of s sharp contrast to tbe tower half of the hose. “Did he pop the question lost night?” eagerly asked tbe mother, as the daughter came down isto to breakfast, “No, not quite." “What did be say?” “Why, be squeezed my hand twice, and said that he believed I'd make some man an excellent wife, if the fellow had sense enough to take so tor away that you couldn't visit ma more than once In twenty years. ”— Philadelphia Herald. FROM ANOTHER WOULD. A TVonilerfnl Plant and a Strange Story of Its Origin. Now York Commercial Advertiser. On n train between Rochester nnd Syra cuse I happened the other day to occnpy a seat w ith a middle-nged man who carried a small flower pot containing a little plant for whose safety he seemed extremely solicit ous. During the first half of tho journey thcro was but scant conversation between us, each being preoccupied with his own thoughts; but, as I am interested in botany, I began to look more closely at my fellow- traveler’s plant, aud finally became qnito absorbed in it. It was a species of fern with which I was wholly unacquainted. “May I ask you what kind of fern that is, and whore it grows?" I inquired nt last. “That is more than I can tell you," he replied, "but I venture to say there is no other like it in the world." Naturally I became curious, and asked questions. Tho following is a synopsis of his replies: “I was for years in the employ of the Hudson Bay Company and spent the host part of my life amoug'tne ice-land savages in the cold regions of British America. I had often noticed thnt the snow and ice in some localities was covered with a grayish black powder, hut paid no attention to it till I read an account of an Arctic expedi tion, in which the writer stated that snch powder was cosmio dust, sifted ’down through the atmosphere from space, which is said to bo more or less filled with it. “As soon ns I lead this statement it struck me that it would be a good plan to collect eome of the dnst and see whether anything would grow on it. So I began to carry a battle, into which I put the powder whenever I found nny. I a few days I suc ceeded in collecting quite a quantity, about as mnch ns yon see here”—he held the flower pot towards me; it was about one- tliird full—“and I became very much inter ested in my cosmic treasure, wondering whether, if any of onr plants should grow in it, they would take the same shape os when nourished by their native soil. “At this time I was called to England in connection with tho business of the compa ny, and planting a pea in the celestial mold, I locked it np in a large wooden box. There it remained undisturbed till my return a little more than a year ago. I confcsa I opened the box ngain with a good deal of curiosity, nnd was both astonished and de lighted to see that the pea had developed into a fern, ns I supposed, for this plant was then about one inch in height. I at tended it very carefully for ahont two months, bnt it did not seem to grow. One day 1 stirred np the dust (it had hitherto been undis turbed), and to my extreme astonishment brought to light the pea I had planted, as dry and unspronted as though it had been buried in diy sand, I examined the pen carefnlly. It was wholly unaffected, and the fern must have had some other origin, Thcro is no doubt about that.” "Ilnve yon any idea how it originated there?" I asked. “Well, yes; I am confident tne seed cimc with the <b's! from some otksr world." In answer to my look of amazement nnd, it mny he, incredulity, he answered: “It was certainly not planted ih this pot in ary shnpe. And how could a fern root or a fern seed heroine mixed with the dnst nt the top of thick snow and ice? Thnt was impossible. Neither could it get into tho bottle, in which I kept it nntil emptied into this pot, which was brand new. And now if cosmic dnst can scttlo npon the earth, which I believe scientists regard ns a fact, is there anything unreasonable in snppos- that a light plant need can do the same?" “Your logic seems good, bnt I must con fess that on first thought your theory ap pears fanciful." “On first thought it will undoubtedly seem so, but not on the hundredth, per- haps. I have studied this matter in all di rections, and I bnve come to the conclnaion that some of the varieties of our plants have had jnst such an origin as I claim for the fern, and it may be that the some is true of some of our animal species. Per haps the beginning of all life on earth hod such on origin, perhaps life from this earth has been wafted to onr neighboring planets as well. “Now, another confirmation of my the ory as regards this particular plant is that no one has ever seen one like it No bot anist that I ever conanlted has ever been able to claasify it. Hince I became interest ed in the subject I have examined many kinds of fern, bnt never came across one that resembles this.” “How long has it been growing?” “Ten years. It grows very slowly, nnd does not thrive on water. At the suggestion of a friend I have tried sprinkling it with dilated ammonia, which seems to agree will, il *> TUTTS PILLS 25 YEARs"!n""useT"* The Greatest Medical Trinmph of the Age; SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. IaOoq of appetite* Dowels costive. I’nin in the hcml, will* a dull m-nintion j„ " biiclt part, i'aln tinder tho shoulder blndOf Fullness nfter eating, with null inclination to exertion of body or mln.i’ lrrliub!litroftcini>cr f Loir fJ'irlts, \ T i»i t * a feeliug of having neglected nnntodutY Weariness, Dizzlnc**, Fluttering nt tlin Heart, Dots before tho eyes, Headache over tho right eye, KcHtlcHineas, with fitful drconiH, Highly colored Uriuc, und CONSTIPATION. TUTT’S FILLS aro especially adapted to sncli cases, one doso eltccta such a change of feelings* to astonish the sufferer They Increase the Appetite,and causa tho body to I nice on I lc.li, thiio the ay,tern 1* lioiirislieit.nnd by thclr'Tonlc Action on tho lliticatIveOrzans.ltranlar.Stoolsaro IT.- In,I rlco A5c. -t I Jllurrn>- SI..M.Y- TUTT'S EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA Kenovatea the body, makes healthy flesh strengthens the weak, repairs the wastes'of the system with pure blood and hard muscle* tones the nervous system, invigorates the brain, and imparts tho vigor of manhood. $ 1 • .Sold by nrtiffgists. 1;I i*:< i: ! t "I .irrny si., New York. _Ior« burascs resale from an rnhralth Lxrcr than ahvofhcrcaiimv !>r s.an. I.ivfrlnri^^ cratorftrfpiiftleiittieBo** HVtirtrl tthoBu «!, A‘ : W IflffFfftlrtiu Ftrvntrthen* tli*8vnU.rn. lYsTent.TFYFnT « riTM AKILMF! E AND INV*LUAPI.R TAMIL* >•' UK • TM< S MOTHERS’ FRIEND. hakes CHILD-BIRTH wi. The time baa come at last when the terrible agony In* cideut to thla very crit ical period In a woman’s lifo can tie avoided. A dlatln- gulnhcd phynidan, who panned the greatest portion of bis life (forty yearn) in til*? branch of practice left a child bearing mother thin priceleNs legacy amUife-nav- ing appliance, ••The Moth- era’ rtioud.” and to-day there are thousands of the beat women of our land who having used thin remedy be fore confinement, rise up and call his name blessed. We receive letters from every section of the country , thanking us for placing this preparation In the reach of suffering woman. One lady from North Carolina writes us that sbo would like to thank the pnmrieton on her knees for bringing it to her notice, as in a previous con finement she had two doctors aud they wen compelled to use chloroform, instru ments, etc. And she suffer ed almost death; bnt this time she need Mothers’ Friend, and her labor was short, quick and almost like magic. Now. why should a woman suffer when she can avoid it? Wo can prove all * we claim by living witnesses and any one Interested can call or have their'tinabands do so, at our office, and see the original letters, which we cannotpublish. This remedy Is one aberfit which we cannot pub lisk certificates, but it Isa wonderful liniment to bo osed after the first two or three months. Bend for treatise on the health and happiness of woman, mailed free, which gives all particulars. with it At this point we came, as I thought very suddenly, to my destination, and oh I left the enr I asked tho atranger to give me hi* name. He replied that it waa Tarleton or Carleton, I could not diatingniHh which, and he said he wag on bis way to England. The Youug ’uns. “Well, Bobby,” said young Featherly, we hod quite a pleasant time at the home lout evening.” “Yes, indeed,” replied Bobby, “m» waa apeoking about it at the breakfast table thii morning.” **80 yonr um enjoyed the evening, too, did ahe?” “Yea. Hhe told pa that ahe never conld think of you without laughing. ”->New York Times. A lady from Michigan relates a very pret ty story of her little boy whom »he took lout summer for the first time to the Reafiide. The little fellow won greatly pleased with the sight. One day, when he raw the find ocean steamer approach the count, he waa exuberant. “Oh, mamma, jnst comopnt and ace. There* a big locomotive taking a bath.”—Bouton Beacon. A little four-year-old girl won put to bed in the third story of her home, and left, aa uhuoI, in tho dark. A terrific thunder- Rtorm came up, and her mother, thinking the child would be frightened at the light ning, went to her. Ou entering the child called out with delight: “Mamma, the wind blew the sun up just now; did yon see it?” Fear hod no entrance them—De li oit Free PreM. “Pa,” Raid Bobby, who had been allowed to Bit up a little while after dinner with the diutinct understanding thnt he war to Mk no foolish questions, “can Ood do every- thing?” “\ea.” “Can He make a two-foot rule with only one end to it?” “One more question like that,” said thaold man, “and you will be packed off to bed.” Bobby nodded sleepily for ten minnteH and then asked: “Pa, can a camel go seven days without water?'* “Yes.” “Well, how many days could he go if he had water?” The next thing Bobby knew he was in bed. Consumption Currd. An old pbyriclan. ratlmj from practice, bavins bad pUctd in hi- turnd* by an Etst India miaatoitj? ry tbe formal* of a •imple rgetable remedy for tbn •Ps-Sy im perm.it.tit con of rou.uinpttoo, bnta- ehlU., t .Urrb. sMltnt. sn<l sll thnat aad Inn. effoe- 5"E!i * Uo » re*Ural rare for Berriws debility end .11 Derma, romplsints. slier tiertne Ireled lie •oaderful raretlvepuwere la thmKand* of jera*. hss fell It hie duty to make d known to bin fellow sulfent.. Actuated by thL motive and n dr- ■ire to relieve hntu.n ..Serins, I will end too of Cham, to nil who drain IL tht» racetpe. tn Herman. EPITHELIOMA! OH SKINCANCER. For wren ycara I Iraffercd with a cancer on my face. All the niiuple reined lee wen* applied to alle viate the paint but the place continued to grow. Anally extending into tuy nuee. from which came a yellowish discharge veiy offensive in character. It was also inflamed, and annoyed me a great deal. About eight months ago I was in Atlanta, at the house of a friend, who so strongly recommeudtd the nee of Swifts Specific tint I determined to make an effort to procure It In this I was success ful, and began its nee. The inflnenee of the medi cine at Ant was to somewhat aggravate the soret but soon the inAamation wee allayed, and 1 began to Improve after the Ant few bottles. Myceuera! health baa greatly improved. I am stronger, and am able to do any kind of work. The cancer on my face began to deereuM nu<l lb. nicer to heaL 1 quMlIon. relative to thin rare. Mi.'. Joicis A. McDoxAld. Atlanta, On, Anguat 11.1K». I bare had a cancer on my bra for som. yearn, extruding from one cheek bone aero., the noe. la tbe other. It boa given nt. n treat deal of pain, at time, burning nnd itcblns to ouch nn extent that It waa almoet unbearable. I commencedtulnnKwIft'n Specific In May. ISSS, and havn used night bottlea. It hoe given tbe greateet relief by removing tbe In- ■tarnation snd restoring my grantsl health. W. Knoxville. lows, September S, 188.1. For many years I was s enSorer with cancer of tk« none and having bmn rand by the tie. of 8. s. 8., I feel constrained by ■ sense of duty to .ulferlng humanity to make this etatamrnt of my am. WiOl the fourteenth bottle tbe cancer began lo heal rapidly sad soon disappeared, nnd for several montha there boa been no appearance of aeon of any kind on my noon or face, neither U nry m«e at nil tender to the touch. I have taken .bout two doom bottle. H. B. H., end am Roundly cured- and I know that H. 8.8, effected thn core oftar every known remedy wse tried and bed felled. ItonKBT Surer, nr. Fort Onlnee, On., May 1, ISM. 1 had heard of the wonderful cure, of Swift'* Specific, end reeolved to try IL I commenced tak ing It In April. IHU. My general health wee mnch Improved, yet the cancer, which waa tn my breast, continued to glow alovly but eurely. Tbe bunch grew end become quite heavy. I felt that I luuot either have U rat or die. Hut It commenced die- charging quantities of slmoat black, thick blood. It continued heeling aroatid the edgss nntil Febru ary. whin It wan entirely healed upend well. Cochesett, Plymouth Co., Maaa.. July u. 1*05. »« la entirely vegetable, end aeema i by forcingoct the Impurtike from Treatise on Blood and fttln Dtaenaen mailed free. TnsEwirr Rvtciytc Co.. Brewer ’A Atlanta, On. i. T- in «. nd sl MONEY LOANED Oh Improved Farms and (City Property. For terms apply tn R. F. LAWTON, Banker, Second htrrct, M&con, Gs.]