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tTffH WEEIvLY TELEGRAPH: WEDNESDAY. ATTGL'ST 28. 1SS9.
f.GR!CULTllRflLDEFflRTHE!IT.
Under this heading are shall In the future devote
considerable space to the Interest* of the farmer.
In order to make It a success, we respectfully
solicit articles on the various topics appertaining
to the farm, garden and household from our read
ers. They can do much In this way to Interest
each other and contribute largely to the fund of
general information upon these topics. Their as
sistance will be greatly appreciate
We propose the establishment of a “tatter
Inquiry Box” in this department. This will enable
farmers to communicate with one another, end
thereby anltt one another to solve various prob
lems which have been perplexing them, and at
the same time contribute to tho pleasure* of
hoers in their obtaining such information.
We giro tho proceedings of tho Stato
Alliance, which met in Macon last week,
entire. 1 It will bo found interesting read
ing to the members of the alliance. It
was a pleasant and profitable session,
TnE peach crop is virtually gone, but
the apples still remain, and one of our
Enterprise stone fruit evaporators would
piveven at this late in the season.
Send for one, only $7 with Weekly
TELEGRAPH,
A Kentucky breeder has made a new
departure in the sale of mules. Ho sold
100 head of 2-year-old mules to Martin
Thompson ft Co., of New Orleans, to ta
delivered during tho month of August,
for 44} cents per pound. They aro to bo
weighed on cattle scales.
Let no one forget for a moment that
the State Fair opens on tho 23d of Octo
ber and continues for one week. That it
is to bo tho best exhibition of agriculturo
to 1)0 held in the stato this year. Tliat it
will bo more attractive in all the essen
tial qualities that mako up a fair, than
any ever held before. Don't forget tho
timo and place—October 23d, Macon, Ga.
The caro of colts is a question that is
awakening a good deal of interest in
Georgia. Tho great essential for colt
raising in any country is a good pasture
with plenty of water. They need no
corn nud hut few oats. With those ad
vantages a colt can bo weaned at three
months old and do ns well as those run
ning with their mothers, and the moth
ers will do much better work without
their colts.
There will bean abundant crop of hay
made in Georgia this year, along with
tho increase of all other productions.
Tho forngo question is ono that our
avenge farmer lias liover studied
closely, but ono which will come to tho
float at no distant day. Jn tho past
there has boon more grass destroyed and
wasted by neglect |han would hare pro*
. ducod hay sufficient to have kept half
tho stock in tho state. Tho hay-mow
and tho hay-stack will become familiar
objects in the near future, and then
there will bo better stock and more
prosperous farmers.
Dubinq a visit this week down the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
railroad wo found tho cotton opening
rapidly and souio fields badly damaged
front rust. There has been but little
rain below Cochran for a month, and tho
cotton pickod now is clean mid bright.
Several bales of tho now crop aro finding
tl.cir way into tho warehouses at Chaim-
o.*ry, Eastman, Hawkinsvilio and Coch
ran. In Hawkinsvilio tho staple was
reding at 10} to 10} cents por pound.
Whilcnot quite so promising os ten or
twelve days ago,*yct thero will bo a good
crop gathered. Tho top crop will not
amount to much on account of tho
drought, but what is made will be of the
Lest quality.
Ptclittna the Trust*.
Tho intense feeling which has been
aroused among tho farmers of tho South
e;: ii.itt the juto bagging trust is
the most encouraging signs of tho timra
‘With the determination of tho farmers
to defeat tho trust every man who is a
democrat in principles must sympathize.
Tho fight*is for internal freo trade
against a protection akin to that afforded
by the tariff and supportod by it.
Tho movement of tho farmers Is en
couraging Localise it is really tho first
manifestation of popular indignation
against trusts organized to oppress con
sumer*. Tho press lias written against
them and political conventions have
pnse.Ml perfunctory resolutions condemn
ing them, but it was loft for tho farmers
to Login the actual business
lighting them. They chose to attack
the one which in tho most
manifest way attempts to wrong
them, but not by any moons the most im
portant The sugar trust protaldy takes
more money from them every year than
the logging trust did last year. Tho
talt trust taxes them every day in every
thing they cat And soon down tho list of
trusts. Against their exactions tho farm
ers, like other citizens, have only grum
bled. They have felt themselves wronged
but were not roused to the point of re
sistance.
But they do resist tho bagging trust
Their angor is excited against it They
will beat it, or they will help greatly in
tho work of making combinations of
private, individuals, under the forms of
law, to tax tho public so infamous that
the government will he forced to do its
duty by abandoning on economic policy
w hich makes such combinations possible.
It may happen that tlie war on the juto
bagging trust will widen out into a war
against all trusts, and against the eco.
notnic policy of the government, which
is their strong support.
Jay f.ould Never Alone,
Baratova tatter to Philadelphia Time*.
i w ?° luw J**® hon
hU OmUj for two wook., aUo laft to-
be «» noticed
tlmt Mr. t.ould u never alone. Ha new
Vmt !u\ «orrt i** ° r a l > I xa4red . anywhere with-
daughter, Miai Nellie Gould, almost
way, ha* Ihold of hi, arm, and hi, ton
C..WK0 OouU wallw behind or at hi.
h.!«. Generally there iuv« l, vn four
I-r«n* with him, hut reldom fo* than
three, and there wa« aUo at the CnitT.1
M...-Hotel during hi. .lay howaS
who managed to keep near hint or f.,1.
lowed ciowly in hi. wake wherever he
went This man is suppc*«i to ho ,
j.maie detective. With all Ids million.
Mr.tiould Itoks like a care worn, harassed
and unhappy man.
11 Mis Over IIrad,
IV -n ill** nrookljraSsadsrd-Uaion.
!„ Maine the heel, am to ho getting
ti... ad. milage over the head. Alfred
, ,t the cirfitnittoax|5to$tt aweek
in th, In. ion . andonl. (matt to
5; u vc-ck at UaUimg tcuooL
muon statement.
From the Commercial and Financial
Chronicle's cotton article of Aug. 24, tho
following facts aro gathered relative
to the movement of tho crop of tho past
week:
For the week ending this evening,
Aug. 21, the total receipts have reached
g 532 tale* against 1,406 bales last
week, 1,0(5 bake tho previous week,
making the total receipt* since Sept. 1,
1888, 5,51(1.969 hah*, against 8,543,477
tales for the same period of 1887, show
ing a dtcrease since Sept. 1, 1888, of
28,508 bales.
Tho receipts of all tho interior towns
for the week have been 5,809 bales.
List year the rece ipts of tho same week
were 8,020 biles.
Among the interior towns tho receipts
at Macon for the week have been 10 bales.
Last voar tho receipts for the week were
179 talcs.
The old interior ftoeks hare decreased
during the week 532 hales, and aro to
night 8,136 bales less than at tho same
period last year. Tho reoeipts at the same
towns have lx*n 1,904 bales less than
the same week last year, and since Sept.
1, the receipts at all tho towns nro 40,-
431 bales more than for tho some time in
1887-88.
The total receipts from tho plantations
since Sept. 1, 1888, are 5,508,801 bales; in
lH*7-‘88 were 5,537,638 bale*; in l886-'87
were 5,217,563 bales.
Although tho receipts at tho • outports
tho post week were 0,532 Kales, tho
actual movement from plantations was
6,819 biles, tho balance being taken
from tho stocks at tho interior towns.
Last year the receipts from tho planta
tions’ for tho camo week were 18,264
bales, and for 1887 they were 10,540
halos.
Tho imports Into continental ports this
week have been 5,000 Kilos.
These figures indicate ndecreaso in the
cotton in sight to-night of 32,501 bales
ns compared with the «nmo date of 1888,
a decrease of 316,168 Kilos as compared
with the corresponding date of 1887, and
a decrease of 262,844 bales as compared
with 1880.
Tho Financial and Commercial
Chronicle has tho following to nay of
the market fluctuations for the week un
dor review:
•‘Tho speculation in cotton for future
delivery at this market has been more
activo with rather wide fluctuations, tho
final prices lo-dav showing a decline for
tho week. On Monday there was. an ad
vance duo to a rise of 0-64 ixmco in the
near options in Liverpool, an advance of
1-16 of a cent on tho spot hero and a va
riety of other causes, A further rise in
Llverjtool on Tuesday caused another
advance here to which an additional rise
of 1-16 of a cent 0:1 the s|x>t and a good
demand for shorts also contributed,
though towards the closo realizing sales
caused a reaction, and with tho excep
tion c? August all options ended
lower. On Wednesday there was a
sharp decline following a fall in
Livcr|iool and litaral sales licro for
long account, especially for Au
gust, ScptemKr and October, tho
fintt-namod option declining 20 points.
Tho crop advices were generally favor
able. On thursday thero was an unex
pected advance in tho early options in
Liverpool, and this caused 'n rise hero.
The receipts at tho ports, though larger,
were a littlo less than half what they
were at tho corresponding date List year.
To day prices were irregular, advancing
early owing to a rise of 3-04 to 6-64d. on
tho early o|*tions in liverpool, but losing
tho advance later and making a moder
ate net dedino owing to tho issue of a
good many notices for August, tho
quantity or cotton approximating, it
was stated, 15,000 bales. There was
cniiHitlerablu switching from August to
September and October. Cotton on the
s|iot ha* been in good demand, and prices
lave advanced 8-!0c* Middling uplands
closed firm at 11} j,
A Warning fo Farmer*.
This Is tho stavon for warning the
farmer ngainst pasturing the meadow.
As a rule, ho it told not to let a cow's
hoofs pres* that sacred soU. This in a
general way may Ixj true, Init it is a good
rule to take buch statements with a grain
of salt. Those who have jsuule n close
ami intelligent study of tho failures of
old meadows have often come to tho
conclusion that such failure resulted
from too much loosening of tho
toil by tho frost and other fac
tors, such ns angle worms, molos,
mice, etc., lotting tho air in around the
roots of tho grasses and thus drying
them too much in summer time. Now,
wo have ull remarked tho perfect so
lidity of a vagrant town pasture whore
the cows, horses, hogs, goats and othor
loose animals graze at will, and nil the
timo how solid and perfect tho stand of
grass is. Doos tliis not result fromHho
treading as well as tho grazing of tho
numerous animals that gather a living
from these hilltops? Wo all know that
the more a plant is cropped tho closer it
grows. Does not this mind pie apply to
gras* an<l meadow ? At the tame time
we admit that this thing of grazing and
treading may be overdone, especially
with the meadow which is not hi strong
growing a species a* tliat in the 1 mature.
A little, however, may do a great deal
of gorxl. and this fact should he consid
ered in determining the question of bow
much to pasture the meadow,
Hints About lloroi,
It costs more to keep a poor horse than
it dot's to keep a good one.
Change the feed of your hones often
enough to make them relish it.
Improper feeding is the cause of nino
out of ten cases of sickness among
hor-ei.
Every time you worry your horses
you shorten their lives and days of use
fulness.
Sweat and dust catiso the horse's shoul
ders to gall. Bo do poor, ill-fitting col
lars
The temperature of water for horses Is
not so much of an object as tho purity of
it. While it is best to have the water
cool, it is more im|x>rtant to have it free
from all impurities.
The horse which can plow an acre
while another horse is plowing half an
••-to, o» tit.il which can carry a load ot
passenger* 10 miles while another i* go
ing five, independent of all considera
tions of amusement, taste, or w hat is
called fancy, is absolutely worth twice
as much to tho owner as* the oilier.
Affection cannot be pounded into ani
mals. Kind treatment insures the affec
tion of aa animal, while rough treat
ment is sure to cause its hatred.
An Important Urmeut
Of the success of Hood's Barsaparilla Is
the fact that every purchaser receives a
fair equivalent for his money. The
The familiar In adlino *'100 Doses One
Dollar," stolen l»y imitators, is original
with and true only of Hood's Sarsapa
rilla. This can easily be proven by nny
one who dexires to st tho matter. For
1. . hu* **»dy II - : ...
iwrilla. bvlil by druggists.
siou.rn t»ow\.
For grains on teacups or tin wnro dipt*
damp cloth in common soda, rub briskly,
thpn wash and wipe dry.
Good beef should have a bright red
color, not too dark, dry and tender to
the touch, fat, and with a smooth, open
grain.
Aa an evidence of the wrong tlmt Is
dono flie farmers, it is only necessary
to note that the men who simply Kindle
tha products of hh la 1 or get rich from
the profits white ho grows |>oorer.
Stains on marble are tlie most obsti
nate. Take ox gall, a wine gbtsjful of
turpentine, and mix into a paste with
pipe day; spread this paste on the
trained uiaibie and tet it 1 cumin several
days.
There is an ahun 'a :co of room on
even- farm. As n rate, farmers give
special attention to apples, l.ut not one-
tenth of them grow strawltrries, rasp
berries, gooseberries or currants—not
even for homo us.'.
No farm is complete unless it contains
orchards. Not only should the apple to
given a place, but all other varieties of
Iruit. The small fruits should 1 e grow
especially for family use, and u larg^
supply of all kinds should be canned for
winter.
A good way to prevent the drought
from injuring tin* fruit is to fertilize lib-
t rally curio in the reason. This Insurer
u good early growth, and by having this
advantage Jr.iit u ill not be fo liable to
Ixj item tguri should the hitter part of the
season be ever to dry.
Strawberries may bo planted in Au
gust, or as early as* new-rooted plants of
this year's growth may bo secured. If
properly eared fo: they will produco a
fair crop next year. And no farmer who
loves good fruit si o II do without n
strawberry 1 a eh of rm, l? dimensions.
A chicken hen (snot til to raise little
turkeys. She ikvn not understand their
nature, and will trail them around in tho
wet, and before you know it half the
l»r< o I will lx; d ad. Neither will she al
low tho.n the proper advantage of wal
lowing in the dust or ashes, to rid them
selves of UcC. Tho turkey hen is tlie best
niotlc:,
Olivo oil is being so extensively adul
terated with cotton seed oil that tho
olive industry in tho south of France is
lx*ing fast df strayed. Tho French gov-
err.m *nt is anxious to stop this adultera
tion, tho «x cut of which may be in
ferred from tin* fact that two m lllon
of cotton fo.-d oil aro annually shipped
from tho United States to Marseilles,
It would not seem that sheep or sheep's
products would ever lx? taken to Hcot-
lind, that country famous in history ami
modern times ns tho homo of the sheep,
but a cargo of 20,009 carcases of frozen
mutton ii?*« |>ecn receive-1 in Glasgow
from tho valley of the Mato river. Tills
is tho first importation from the Argon-
tino Itepiihlie, and tho meat arrived in
live beat condition.
In a recent interview, Secretary of
Agriculture Rusk said, n speaking of
Bout hern farmers: ’’I can’t understand
how h is that farming in Virginia is not
more profitable, a ml that farm land is
not nu re valuable. Tho land is good,
the markets are near, tho climate is ex
cellent for crept; the land ought to bo
worth $100nn aero in places where it i>
wonh only $10. I don’t understand it,
and I’m rnin? to find out wliv it U,"
Farm houses present a desolate, com
fortless nppeuraut o will oat shade tret's,
but it ia )x»»it)io to go to tho other ex
treme and have tho shndo too douse or
too mar tho dwellings. Sunlight is n
great purifier, and for sanitary reasons
tho living and sleeping rooms should
have the benefit of tho sun’s direct ray
some portion of each clear day, \ New
York physician says that during an epi
demic of diphtheria in that city thero
were five times a* many cases on tho
shady as on tho sunny sido or tho street.
The dog wallows in mud and encases
himself in a shining armor which suffo-
cates his backbiters. When it dll s. tho
mad and the causes of his misery fall off.
Horses seem to understand that dust is
death to Iheircreeoimr foes, so they roll
where they can find dry earth, liens
freo themselves from parasites by tho
dust lath. And cows—who has not
seen thorn thorn throw dirt over them
selves? They, too, want tho earth, so
wo might take the hint and store away
road dust or dry earth for winter use in
keeping our stock free from tho tor
mentor*.
If you save all tho slop* from the
house, tho wash-water, ar.d suds of sun
dry r evasions during tho week, you will
Hud that you have n supply of nutriment
at hand to draw upon which is far richer
than you hud any Idea. It will not mnko
a poor soil |K*rmanently rich, hut it will
atiord sufl.ciont nutriment to nourish
such plant* as you grow in it during tlio
summer in n very satlstactory manner.
Wo planted some annuals on a stiff clay
that had been thrown out of a cellar.
We watered them regularly with hu(Is
and hIojw, and the surptx in growth
and llotiferouAncss those grown in tho
garden.—Atnerican Agriculturist.
Fanny Fields says that if farmers who
have only common fowls would just
tako hold and give their flocks just as
good food and cure, and just ns much of
It, rh breeders bestow upon their favor
ites, the results would ta surprising and
gratifying: Funny says: “I know many
who have tried it, and in every case tho
result was satisfactory. In ono case tlmt
came under my observation n farmer’s
wife who had ataut tho com
monest lot of fowl* that I ever
saw, and no nun^y to buy bet
ter, by just giving her fowls tho test
jxx-sible foed unit core, keeping over
only tlie best raised each Year, and set
ting only tho eggs from tho host layers,
in five years increased the average egg
product oi each hen in her flock by out-
third, and the average weight of tho
fowls was about one and a half pounds
more than when she commenced.
CIt.UH'OKD COUNTY CROPS.
Cotton Has Rom Uniua-pd l>y In-
itrti, Hut t orn Was .Ncter Ilrttcr.
HicxosyGrovk, Aug. 23.—{Special.}—
Every I <ody is nearly or about through
housing foddir and is preparing for
picking the fleecy white staple, king cot
ton. This crop bid fair once to make a
big > it III, but disasters have prevailed
and the consequence is about two-thinte
of a crop. Iavotus places the drought
has been injure ms, in other i tho boll
worm has materially injured it, and now
the caterpillars are consuming their por
tion, and by the time they get through
the result will be half a crop of cotton.
iSiUtuia Ut>i* Wi-iv lii‘*t-i Utt«i lii
this county. Reas, (.otatocs and sugar
cane bid fair at present bra good yield.
Hickory Grove alliance will meet next
Saturday evening at 2 o'clock, and os tho
meeting will be of much importance
every member ought to turn out.
Everybody is going to use the cotton
UggiiC. Jute is dead.
Brown's Iron Bitters is a specific in all
ik* of swanm fever, intermittent fever
and malaria of any name. lx>w marshy
ground, stagnant pool* of water, decay
ing vegetable matter, changes of rlimatn
while suffering from general debility, ull
produce malaria. Brown's Iron Bitter*
cures all forms. Don’t use quinine. It-
creates constipation, produce* headache,
and not infruquentlV rheumatum and
neorolgte. Brown’s Iron Bitter- never
doc*. It will cure them.
Plenty of For a-*,
I The day is ccxr.ing when the old South
I will abound in luxuriant pa&turcj and
1 meadows, i«»r rooner or late r cotton
growing must inevitably gird place to
tho system that make* grain, grass and
stock raising tho foundation ot success
ful fanning. Territory contiguous to
tho Atlantic coast will buxgjy. though
gradt ally lx* divert* d to r lung Ijcef,
poik uud mutton, etc., for the over
crowded countries of Europe. Yct,tc.-day
Ultra are farmers who aro so little ad
vanced toward this system that
they do not ovi n raise
enough forssc to supply their
work stock a*.d milk cows eight months
in the year witii a reasonable rat'o-i of
It. While thev can raise it for less than
$1 a tori they are every year compelled
to supply a deficiency at the tino* it is
mobt indispensable, at (20 or more per
ton.
With our crab grass, crowfoot, Bur-
muda fodder, corn, cow peas, different
varieties of sorghum, mifoniaize, John-
Bin grass, ryo, oats, barley, orchard
grass, Timothy hords grass.
I.ucerno, Tcositte, burr clover, rod
clover. We say with all tliese canno* a
selection bo mode that with almost half
an effort a fanner can abide hiniveff with
an abundance of forage that will last
him until another crop comes in ? A
farmer should cultivate closely the
amount required, allowing so mui•!» j«r
head per day, and stock his barns or |«eas
accordingly. Tlie most of small
farmers have no facilities for
weighing bulky articles like
hay, lut with -care we can estimate
with some degree of acuracy the^amount
that they store away, whether enough
for two or three head of stock, aud if
there u nuy error let it bo on the safe
side, nud have a great deal too much
than not quite enough. When there is
not barn room make pens of skinned
plno poles and provido clu-ap, rough edge
plank or wide split Ixxirds os temporary
covering. Ingenuity will suggest various
modes of covering that will answer for
awhile, with stalks, straw and the like.
In soii.o way or another and with wane
or other of tho plants n lined provide
plenty of forage this year and tee how
good you will feel next spring.
S. A.C.
Cure for Colte In Horses.
C. II. Alien, Queens,county, N. Y.,
rites tho American Agriculturist
that he has found three drops of tincture
of eolocynth n sure euro for colic. The
tincture is to be given in three or four
tnblet’P'xmsfuls of water, repeating the
dose every twenty minutes until there is
relief. Colocyntli is a (strong irritant,
yet, although wc do not doubt that
horses havo recovered from colic after
taking three drops of tincture of colo-
cvutli, we can hardly believo that so
small a date lias produced this sffiet.
It is given to the human subject in doses
of from five to fifteen grains. Among
the most effectual remedies for !x>tli
spasmodic and fiatulent colic in the horse
nro the followirg: Aloes, eight drams:
tincture of aconi c, thirty drops, in a
pint of water; or linseed oil a pint, to
which may or not be added an ounce of
sulphuric ether; or oil of turpentine,
two drams; laudanum, ono ounce; .in
ured oil, a pint, or in great pain, lauda
num two ounces; warm water, eight
ounces. Veterinarians often use hypo
dermically Magcmla’s solution of inor-
phino, from twenty to thirty drops, or
UKsntctnla two ounces, tincture of opium
(laudanum) half nn ounce. The doses
nlxive are in marked contrast to the
doses of colocyuth, which arc not more
than from a quarter to a grain, proba
bly.
I* Friday nn t'nlueky I»aj f
More or less superstition attaches'to
the sixth day of the week nud ninny nro
tlie undertakings or ventures that aro
post|x)ned to a more propitiousd) dnv.
Friday is m good a day as any otbetf In
which to inaugurate a quest for health,
and I*. P. P. (Prickly Ash, PokoRootnnd
l’ottnMuin,) ix tho very best weapon with
which to lx*gin an omilaught on disease.
For ull blood impurities such as are in
dicated by Rheumatism, Gout, Syphilis,
Scrofula, or Eruption of tho skin, P, T.
P. is a sure and simple remedy. For wo
men suffering from loss of npietito,
strength and vigor it is a snlendil tonic
and remarkable in its results, oil drug
gists keep it,
An Alliance Insurance Deal.
Tlie Fulton county Alliance which met
at l)all< n on July 1U made the following
deliverance:
UfKHi the death of nny male member
of the Farmers' Alliance in good land
ing, in the countv of Fulton, everv male
meiuIxt of eacli sub-alliance sh ill-bo
wed tlie sum of 25 cents, which shall
be forwarded by the local treasurer to
the treasurer of the county alliance.
Upon the death of nnv o mile mem
ber each mate member snail Le axxjsaed
the sum of 10 cents, to be collected and
disposed of as nlxmj described.
If the dcciassl be a mate member, the
aggregate of said assets nents shall be
paid to the widow or heirs of deceased
memlxir when tho claim ahull havo Kx-n
proix*rly attested by the sub-alliance to
which deceased U-longcd, mid u draft
issued on treasurer of county alliance by
tho local treasurer, countersigned by
local secretary and president.
If the deceased be a female member
the nssv-nsments shall he iollected as pre
scribed and paid to tho husband of dt-
ceased.
In enso where such benefits shall de
scend to (r.dians, the local trustee shall
become cx-otUcio trustee or guardian for
said orphans.
These Lonefit* ►! a’l bo collected and
disbursed as prescribed within a period
of thirty da> a from date of death,
r.riali far |WNt lVa*.
nro tho Amorti-Ati Agriculturalist.
Whatever may bo said in favor of
fancy trellises lor climbing plants, it is a
fact that tiio sweet i*a really seeuia to
do better when civon brush to clamber
over than it will on any other suppott
that wo Imvo ever provided for it. It
seem* to have a decided objection to
anything formal It will not cling to a
string well It must have something
which it can loan upon rather thcncHng
alxmt. If you want late flowers, be
sure to keep your plants from forming
any seed, and cut the tojw hack very
nearly onolialf in August, giving, at the
same time, u good top-dressing of ma
nure. We are glad to notice that this
tino old flower is becoming a favorite
with those who have hitherto thought
nothing so desirable as roses and other
flowers of that class.
Fcsrti Leaf Yeast.
From Home nn<l Form.
In answer to M. N. Fa request fer a
recipe for making yearn. I will give the
following which is very reliable and
every way superior to bop yeast: Boil
four peach leave* and throe potut* os in
quart of water. When the potato^ ai
done, throw away the leaves, ma&'i th
! x>tatoe* and pour over them the watt
n which they were boiled (about on-
pint nowl Thicken with common!, and
when cool enough, stir in one old yeast,
thoroughly melted, let rue over night,
and in the morning crumb.e up and
spn a 1 on broad duties or boards to dry,
Put away a supply of dry p^acti leaves
for waiter use. Mho. Chjlm.i
A te a»j • onful added to a glass c.f hot
or cold water, and avert cm l to th.
taste, will be found refreshing and in
vigorating.
Bnklnq Powder.
M If ||| I
Tbl* powder raries. A marra of pnrftr
trenrth and wholesomeurM, More eeonomloai
“ tha ordinary kind, and cannot be sold is
i:n«-tltlf»ii with tbu multitude of low tret, short
«ht, alum or nlioaphste powders Bold only la
Koyal taking Powder Co, 108 Wall street.
weifil
NewVoft
THE MARKETS.
Office of the Tei.eoiuph, )
Macon, Aug. 26.)
COTTON.
Now cotton Is Ixring brought in rap
idly. TJicre is an active demand aud
tlie tono remains firm.
Prices rule ns follows: Good mid
dling, 11: middling. 10|; strict low mid
dling, 10J; tew middling, 10}.
Receipts to-day—By rail, 7; by wagon,
12. Bhippcd, 21. Bales. 18.
RECEIPTS,
Receipts to date 51,509
Stock on hand Sopt 1, 1888 1,068
Total receipts 62,577
SHIPMENTS.
Shipments to duto 62,515
Stock on hand Aug. 26 32
Hardware.
Axes—$6 to $7 dozen.
Bar Lead—7c. psr pound.
Buckets—Painted, $1.35 per dozen;
cedar, three hoop*, $3 25.
Card*—Cotton, $4.60.
Chains—Trace, $4 to $6 per dozen.
Hsuies—Iron-boned, $3.50 to$4.
Plow Blades—4 j to 4Jc |>er pound.
Iron—Swede, 5 to 5jc per pound; re
fined, 21c basts.
Measures—Per nest, $1.
Nails—$2.25, basis of 12d.
Plowstocks— Hainan's, $1 to $1.10.
Rope—Manilla, l8c;Ulsal, 16c; cotton,
16c.
Washboards—$1.15 to $1A0 per dozen.
Well Buckets—$3.50 per dosen.
Wire—Barbed wire, 4Jc per pound.
Shoes—Horse, $4.60 per keg; mule
shoes, $5.(0.
Shovel—Arne*. $9.50 per dozen.
Shot—Drop, $1.30 per bag.
£ liters—$1.26 per dozen.
Bled Plows—4 jc per pound.
Tubs—Painted, $2.75; cedar, $4.50 per
dozen.
Buckets—Painted, $1.05 to $1.65; cedar,
$3 per dozen.
Bar Lead—Ojo.
Tubs—Per nest, $2.F0 to $2.75; No. 1,
$7.25 p*rdoztn; No. 2, 6.25 per dozen;
No. 3, 5.25 per dcren.
Country Frodusa.
Apples—Tried, 2 to 3c.
Ersporsted Apples—10c.
Cabbnne—Half crate, 1.75; whole crate,
2.50.
Dried Peaches—Strictly No. 1 peeled,
C cent* per pound, No. 2* 5 cents.
Fg*v—20c.
Butter—20*27c.
Feathers—Choice gee*e, 50s55c; mixed,
32 • 50c.
Hay—Choice timothy, 1.00*1.05.
Ponltry—From first hands: Young
chickens, 15a26c; hens, 30c each; live
turkevs. 1.60*200 per pair: live geese.
40e; ducks, 25c.
Potatoes—$2.
Liquors.
Rye, $1.05 to $4; Bourbon, $1.05 to $4;
redistilled ry# and corn, $1.10 to $1.50;
I :in and rum, $1.10 :• i5.50; North Caro-
ins corn, $1.40 lo $1.50. ,
Brandv—Peach and apple, $1.50 to
$3.60; cherry and ginger niandy, 90c. to
$1000; French brandy $5.00 to $5.95;
domestic brandy, $1.75 to $3.00.
Wines—Catawba, 95c. to $1.00;portend
cherry, $1.25 to $3.65.
«I
ATHENS. GA.
Rtv. W. K. BojTgs, D. D., Chancellor
Araitanie depart iro-nt opens on Wednesday,
IHh of Beptaubtw, lrt«0. cxamlnatinns f«>raca-
di-uiUr ilr-|arttmnt Ix-^iruioit Monday ICtii of
tfc'tite-tnbi'r.
PrayprH |n*ld rvrry monilntr and *Tvlcre by
tho Clmru-pllor e\ery Sunday afUTuoon.
TUITION FREE.
taw department open* on him day. Tuition
in thU dp|tartmi-nt 875 |>pr tenn.
For rataln-.oire addroM tin* ('Imncpllor.
LA.VI AH 1QBU« 8ec. Board of Trustee*.
WA.NTKiCfIto tra‘v<‘lintr nalretnon; aalary
» f amt oxtirtiMre: no .-xin-rt.-m-M
Addrau with *tamp,L. If. UNN A Co.,ta Cnm*
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To Uke charge oOlce outside
* large cttlM. Permanent
U-ncrat Manager, 2.7 Mala
-ThsWIndaor. EnUrety
'. well » - tat»lished. Uotli
stabs; saodsvsta
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SOUTHERN
DDE N music
§ Bates sum
tk* Mute line, dciirci a CamaywUlaat-
Kaaia Tracker prpfcmd-ia every uwa. Write
far Free Catalcgaca and in.'omatioa.
^ BPEVIALTfES.
8ENORA CUITAR, 810.00.
KING COTTON BANJO. S7.SO.
PACANINI STRINCS, 0 for SI.00.
CLEAR CRIT STRINCS. 0 for SI.OO.
STANDARD HARMONICAS, 25 Ot*.
tv
ARB THB OLDW FAIRLY STANDARD.
A Purdy Vegetable Compound, witbot
mpreury or other Injurious mineral. Sa!
and sure always. For sale by all Druggist
Full printed oirections for wring with each
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A I-EW SCHOOL STATISTICS.
AN INTERESTING TA3LE PREPARED
FOR THE WASHINGTON BUREAU.
Air. NTalcolm Jonrc Complies Some
Finn rev for the statistical Unread
on School Aluttrr* I11
The Itcatilt of Illv Work.
Tlio fitatifetteul bureau at Washington
Isas been inquiring recently into the pub.
lie t-chools of tills county with the view
of incorporating tlie information in the
next census.
Mr. Malcolm Jones was selected by
Miss deGraffenreid of tho bureau to com
pile tho statistics. lie completed his
work yesterday, and it ia a very inter
esting Httlo taulo that lie will send on to
Washington. Here it is:
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The tamo is interesting from many
points of view. In fact, it is a study
viewed from nny standpoint. For in
stance, there are 10.377 children of school
ago in the county, of this number, 0,313
are colored, and 4,085 nro white—a dif
ference in favor of tho former of 2,257.
Comparing the number in actual atten
dance, the whites have only n majority
of 417. In tho number of schools tlie
whites havo a majority of four in the
entire county. There nro 5,G20 children
of school age in tiio county who do not
attend school, which is over fifty per
cent of the entire numlx*r entitled to the
privilege.
The whites havo 4,065 who aro eligible
and send 2,584, while tho negroes have
6,312 who are cligiblo and send 2,167.
In other words, the white attendance is
63 jx-r cent, of tho eligible number, and
the negro attendance 34 per cent. The
difference in the number of schools, os
has been stated, is four.
Thero are two things especially notice
able jn cf nnectiou with this table. Tho
first is, that the negro children havo ns
good educational facilities, compara
tively, as white children. Considering
tho amount of tax paid, they have far
tatter advantages. The next lxrint is
tho extremely low percentage or attend-
anoe. It shows that thero is much yet
to bo dono in this important matter.
Bibb must do her i«rt. Either the peo-
plo refuse to send their children to
school or else the accommodations aro
not sufilcient. Every indication points
to tho latter reason. For instance, there
iifty-five children on an average io
ono teacher, oven aa tho sttenasnoo
stand*, which is double the number tliat
should b(x If tho county had more
schools, thero is no doubt tho percentage
of attendance would l>o considerably in
creased.
Other statistics obtained from Mr.
Jonts may be of interest. According to
the census of 1880, of all the persons in
Georgia, 20 years old and upv/ardr, 20.9
per cent, could not read ami write. The
smallest per cent, of illiteracy was in
Nebraska, 3.6 ;x'r cent. The largest was
in New Moxice. 65 jx?r cent.
Statistics show ttiat the morality and
intelligence aro in home wav connected
—Frnncejipt tho least nor tho most im
moral of European countries, showed in
1870 the proportion of criminals in tiio
educated clas.-'os to tiioso among
ignorant was 1 to 220. The jH-rceut
of criminals among tho illiterates be
greater than among the educated.
Tlio following i-> the percentage
illiteracy in the countrie* named:
Bpoi
Sweden is almost nothing. In li
per cent, of the males are illiterate and
nearly all the female*. In China ad
vantages are given the males but the
females are kept in ignorance.
The illiteracy of tho United States Is
12.0 percent: 2,000,000 voters, according
to the returns of 1880, wore unablo to
write and read.
Tire bearing of these figures upon
morality, intelligence, the labor problem
and their political questions, ia sug
gestive.
Prepare for Hie Penan* Taker,
From tlie American Agricultuilit.
The eleventh general census of tho
United States will bo taken next vear,
aud tho facts and statistics collected will
possess peculiar interest for tlie reason
that they show the condition of the
country at tho taginning of tho second
century of our constitutional existence.
It is sireially important that the returns
in rclntinu to farm products and live
stock shall be full and correct, agricult
ure being tho leading industry of tho
country. The enumerator will visit
each houso during tho month of June,
1890, anti every farmer should be
prepared to give accurate figures show
ing tlie desired facta The census year
began wiih Juno 1st, 188J, and ends
May 31st, 1890. If ull farmers through
out tho country will keep accounts of
the products of their form* for tliat yeir,
it will enable them to givo correct fig
ures instead of guess work. We havo
known of a few farmers who withheld
a part of tho information sought, and
tauttlcd their returns, under tho mis
taken idea that somehow they would bo
used against them in assessment for
taxes. This is wholly groundless and
nbsurJ. There is no connection between
tiic work of the census-taker and tliat
of the assessor.
How lo Trent lire .Stiffs*,
K. V. V. B. In American Farm New*.
Four years ago, 1 was living with a
cousin in Bout hern Minnesota. Ho kept
a lnrgocolony of bees. I went out ono
hot July afternoon, to eoj if a certain
hive was ready to swarm, and two of
these bees, evidently resenting my in
vestigations, stung mo on the top of the
head. Iu less than five minutes, I was
deathly sick. Tlio physician was ten
miles away, andiny distress was so great
tliat the family said it would be no use
to send for him, as I would havo to be
relieved immediately or die. My
cousin canio in from tho iL>ld. He
lived in the rattlesnake region, and
symptoms were tho same os those of a
snake-bite. Ho gave mo teaspoonful
doses of common spirits of ammonia, 10
drops to one-half glassful of water every
10 minutes. Tlio whole family worked
over mo, rubbing the puncture with am
monia, and laying n cloth saturated with
it on my stomuch. At tho end of two
hours 1 became quiet, but was covered
with largo scarlet blotches, aa if suakc
bitten. I sroeUilv recovered, and ever
since havo kept ammonia on hand for all
kinds of venomous bites and stings.—K,
V. V. 13. in American Farm News.
Habit.
There was onco a horso that used to pull
around a sweep which lifted dirt from
tho depths of the earth. Ho was kept
at this business nearly twenty years,
until hu Luvuino old, blind und tuu stiff
in tho joints to bo of further use; to he
was turned into a posture and left to
crop tlio gm-s without nny ono to dis
turb or bother him. But tho funny
thing about tho old horse was that every
morning, after grazing awhile, ho would
start on a tramp, going round and round
in a circle, just as he had been accus
tomed to do for so many years. Ho
would keep it up fer bre.tr?. s?v! jwu>l
often stopped to look and wonder what
had got Into tho head of the venerable
animal to innkehiu walk around in such
a solemn way, when there was no earthly
net'll of it. But it was force of habit. And
just so tho boy who forms good or bad
Habits in his youth will be led br them
when he becomes old, and will be mis
erable or liappy accordingly.
, MORE JURYMEN FOR DID?,
[the commissioners FINr-Hi-„
THEIR LABOR OF LOVE ^
to tho;t.u,
* Jury mm
«' «•
Comity Con
,r,;rj na. n
"1 »a.|
Hit in.
Tho jury commissioni-r. ar« 0HrI
through their lul.ire. ’
For the tirst time in years the jury U,
will have been put through Buch *
ing investigation tlmt whore hundtwi.
of names have been thrown out o a
count of some technicality, they h,,
been replaced by a largo number of M -[
of tlio most intelligent citizens of Bii*
oounty.
Tlio work will goon be finished, and
then the lut will bo revised and s Pnt ^
Judge Gustin of tho superior'court.
For days and days the commiatioim
havo txx?n at work, seeking in ovary » a .
information in regard to tln^e who ar«
supposed to have 6cruples about contic.
tion on circumstantial evidence, as well
as in regard to those, who, it in H aii
would just as soon as not be jurymen
long as it is a paying case.
At last, they havo carefully selected
tho names of ono hundred and seventy,
five citizens for the grand jury»x£
The li*t embraces some of tho most fear,
less citizens of the county, men who will
take hold of a reform in tho olwrvanr*
of tho laws as quick as they will indict
a man for a proven offense. The t ;tv
gets a largo portion of tW. Lut tli
county has its best representatives in tlie
front rows,
Thu traverse jury will be somethinr of
a change from that of last year, fid,
time tho namfs of eleven hundred citi-
zens will be found on tho list, thus rir.
ing any case a clear show for a ir^l
without a chance for a change of venne
Last year tho list embraced but euhf
hundred names, and on this account tl *
Woolf oik trial at Perry canie atenS
causing the expenditure of nearly
$10,000, Tliis has cau-ed no little di^
mission. Although the increase lia,
only loen a few hundred, vet tliij U
thought to bo sufficient for all ordinal?
business.
Ono of tho commifsioners talked at
length to a TELEGRAPH man, last ni-ht
on the changes in tlie jury tax.
"Do you know," said le. "that v#
will scon lethrouch/ Well, \e|I
I nud wl:on you road tliat ILit 01 (paid
jnryinmf over you will *©• the nam * of
the staunch tueu of the county. Ne ily
j all of thote who had beea thrown m.t <*
1 some technicality have been brought ia.
; Then there is the traverseJury. That lui
| seen a change. We just figured on tint
J until we got a repnamtation. But in
sni'.o of all this there is no reasonwhy
; there is not 2,010 at least on tho jury
roll* of Bibb county. There is iu reasoa
{in tlio world for it. Tlio exemptions, l
J toll you, cuts 11s out of a set ot the
I jurymen in the world. It i* not right,
and I, for one, am in favrr of tho stats
j putting up the cash and paying out sr.-ms
■ of the silver dollars of our daddies for
the military companies. Ah it is nor,
wo exempt every voung man tint
comes along who has either a sheep
skin as a phvslcian or a pharmacist, or
even a dentist. Then the businesi mu
cornea behind with military exemplioa
of which he is so proud, and for which
he has paid out probably $25. Then th»
military man himself comce to the fn at
with his little certificate, and Lcaiuiy
theso nro railroad men and lawyer.*.
Now all of those things are in our way.
Wo cannot pick a juryman from amour
them, and consequently we have got to;d
for the farmers, and those who fortunate
ly or unfortunately have not thought
about tho military exemption.
"We should have 2,000 jurymen, znd
there Is no reason why the list should U
less. The lew he? to rhwwd in
some way or the other, for it is toomutb
like a tow doing the work of many. It
is ttie duty of n citizen, and be should
not shirk the task when it U set briers
him. Then, again, we would have tei
fault found with tho verdicts, if mor*
men were liable to jury duty.
“But we Lave got an incretie, and
that helps out some, you know."
cage. Dr.Schei
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1 Dr. J.il.Sckei
rkAfi
BIG CUT IN BRICES
A.T
C. L. O’GORMAN & CO.’S-
MONDAY VE WELL GIVE AWAY
3,000 yards i, 2 and 3-incli Hamburg Edging at 10 cents a yard, good value at 18 eta.
a yard, . , .
4,250 3-aids of 30-incb Domestic Sattccus at 12% cents a'ynrd. The lot includes U
very newest patterns and des gns tnd are by far the tastiest ever shown here; the usiui
price for these goods is 18 cents.
500 yards White Corded Pique 25 inches wide.that wc have been selling at 20 ctits
a yard. They go to-day for i2'/i cents a yard. .
We sell the best 50c. Corset in the world. Ask for O’GORMAN’S Perfection.
8 cents a yard will be the destructive price of our I2#c. 38-inch Scrim iu white an
colored. ,
At ioc. a yard 6,000 yards of the best Solid and Fancy Ginghami will be sacr.ncer
Just think of buying a beautiful 24-inch '‘Abbott’’ Worsted Dress at 8c. a yard It-
would be cheap at 15c. .
We are sold out of our 50c. Damasks, but never let a popular price go down, s)
have mtrkcd 1,000 yards of our 60 inch Bleached Damask that we have sold at 65c. anujjc
to 50c. a yard. 1 . , ,
10 puces of beautiful Turkey Red D. inisk in lovely designs at 25c. a yard anti -jj
dozen Doylies to match at 25c. a dozen. These goods would be considered cheap at .
per cent, more than we are rsklug for them. _ _
8,000 yards of Pacific Lawn. Chambray, Gingham, Cballic, Zephyr Cloth, Lanu-
Cloth and Unwashed Dress goods. We sweep the entile lot at one fatal figure, t
CENTS A YARD. ,
We will sell the remainder cfthorc beautiful sheer ‘‘Toulon Stripes at ^c.
goods that we so’d at the first of the season for 15c.
HOUSEKEEPERS 'TAKE NOTICE!
One of the main attractions for to nnrrow will he our d splay of Pillow Ca.wf>
Sheeting, C ptcads, Table Linen and Towels. We know that we can save you ..t
25 per cent, on these goods. env
Just think of buying a 20-inch Solid Colored, China Silk at 35c, a yard. A hi
cannot be duplicated in the city for less than 50c. ,
Our entire Stock of Prints, except Mourning Goods, to be closed out at 5c. a yH •
5.000 yards of lovely Cbe;k Nainsook worth 8c. a y. rd; they go to-morrow at 5c
Light pairs of Gents’ Balbriggan Half Hose for $1, only eight pairs to each cus u _
15 yaid; of our celebrated “Tosca" Bleaching for Jr. only .15 yards to each custcni--
10 yards of the lovely soft-finish “Alp'.uc Rose” Bleaching for Si; only to yn -
cach customer.
COME EARLY. THE ABOVE BARGAINS WILL GO FAST;
C. TL. O’GORMAN & OO.