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TRY AN AD. IN THE TIMES I
A Bio An. Will
Seel Your Goods:
It attracts new customers aud holds
the old ones. People will forget you
and your goods if you don’t constantly
“jog their memory.”
A Little Ad. AY ill
Bring back your stray animal,
find a purchaser for your house and lot,
horse twd buggy, or anything else.
TRY AN AD. IN THE TIMES!
BILLY MM BEAD,
The Famous Virginia Readjust¬
er Has Just Passed Away.
A SINGULAR CHARACTER IS GONE,
II. Wa. li if ir ic.i by General Hebert E.
Ee. . W a „ Great , ^ General « hen tn. late
of the Confederacy Lang in the Bai
nnoet—Served One Term In the United
state* Senate.
_ Washington, Oct. _ . „ 8.—General _ , Wu
liain Mabone, who has been suffering
from a stroke of paralysis over a week,
died , at ... his hotel , ... in this ... city at 1 p. m.
The death of General Mahoue has re*
moved from the walks of life one of the
most unique characters of the day.
During „ . the war he . was one ... ot Loe T s
trusted lieutenants, and, it is said, that
upon one occasion, General Lee was
asked that, in the event something
transpired that would remove him from
the command of the Confederate forces,
who, in his opinion, would be the most
available man to succeed him.
General Lee replied that General Ma
hone had the qualities requisite to make
liim the best man, in his opinion to fill
that high aud responsible position.
During the stormy period of Vir
r 'otK~ experience with readjustment elected
agitation, General Mahoue was
to the United States seuate upon that
issue as a readjuster, serving one term
in that body.
Since the expiration of his term, he
has spent most of his time in Washing
ton, making his headquarters at Cham
berlin’s hotel, and devoting liis time to
tho consummation of a real estate deal
with the government, in selling it a
site for public buildings.
Although favorable action of con
gress was several times secured there
was always something in the way of
consummating the deal and it was
never done.
The general is said to have been in
reduced circumstances for some time
before his death
All tho members of the family were
about the bedside when the end came,
including Mrs. Mahono, the two sous,
Bntler aud William Mahone, Jr., Mrs.
McGill, a daughter, Mr. L L. Manry,
of .Virginia, a nephew and Captain
Rogeis, an old friend of the general
and present chairman of the Virginia
Republican committee. The watchers
had been at the bedside continuously
for many hours and were prepared. funeral
There will be no public at
Washington, as, in accordance with
the wishes of the widow, the remains
will be borne quietly to the general’s
old home at Petersburg. Va.. where the
service aud interment will occur.
The active pallbearers will be rneiiL
bers of General Mahone’s old
maud, famous as "Mahone’s Brigade,”
the one which held the “Crater.” The
honorary pallbearers will be selected
from officers of the same brigade. Tin
Confederate Veterans’ union tendered
their services as a military escort to
the bodv, but it was tho family’s wish
to avoid any display. 1
ANOTHER CRANK.
The White Home Ha* a Visitor Who
Wants s -Job as I'reshlcnUs Boy.
■Washington, Oct. 8—-After a long
period of freedom from such afflictions,
another crank turned up at the White
House iu the person of one Owen Jones,
hailing from New York state. He had
previously addressed a threatening let¬
ter tc the liouso, so the officers were on
the watch for him.
In au incoherent and rambling fash
iou that plainly showed a disordered
mind, announced ha had come for em¬
ployment as tho president’s boy. He
. promptly removed to the nearest
police station, and it is probable mental that
he will be examined as to his
condition, ami placed iu safety.
South Carolina Registration Cafes.
Charleston, Oct. 8.— The citation
notices issued by Judge Nathan Goff
on the petition of Joseph Gowdy against
the supervisor of registration, W. Briggs
Green, of Columbia, compelling the
latter to show cause why final judg¬
ment should not be entered in the case,
was received iu court here, and Judge
Goff assigned next Monday for the
hearing, which will take place iu Wash¬
ington.
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Fatal Fall of an Elevator.
Chicago, Oct. 8.—Au elevator in the
building of the National Tailoring com¬
pany, in Franklin street, fell 100 feet,
fatally injuring a man and a boy, and
seriously injuring two other passengers.
The victim* were all tailorshop em¬
ployes. Tho car had reached the fourth
floor when the cable snapped. The ele¬
vator was au old and rickety freight
lift.
A Fine Horse Dead.
Versailles, Ky., Oot. 8.—Imp Or¬
monde D Or, chestnut stallion, by Ben
D’Or, aud brother iu blood to Or¬
monde, that W. O. B. McDounell,
California, paid $150,000 for, is dead at
Bpring Hiii stud. Inflammation of the
bowels was the cause. His owner,
William H. Sands, of New Y'ork, valued
him at $10,000.
Crisp la For Sliver.
Nashville, Oct. 8.—In a letter from
ex Speaker Charles F. Crisp, of Geor¬
gia, to Mr. J. W. Gaines, of this city,
Mr. CrisD says he is still in favor of
free coinage of silver, and expects to
deliver one or two speeches in Georgia
on that line before congress meets.
A DatinfUlakeil Kentuckian Sick.
Danville, Oct 8.— General William
J. Landrum, distiuquished as a soldier
inlho Mexican and civil war, and a
personal friend of General Grant, is iU
beyond recovery at his home in Lancas¬
ter. He is 67 years old.
One Hun Ired Drowned.
Moscow, Oct. 8.—It is reported here
that 103 persons were drowned near
the village of Ozery by tho Oka. capsizing of
a largo raft ia th« River
Vol. IV.
MUCH ACTIVITY.
Report as to Industrial Coqditlfat la tbo
South During the Waek.
Chattanooga, Oct. 8.—The Trades¬
man's reports as to Industrial condi
ending tions all Oct. over 7, the show south that the for the condtti we a
of the southern iron markets has been
strengthened by favorable reports from
tests made of southern low grade basic
iron in making steel. Adding another
grad© of pig iron to the grades t already
Qn th# wm iacre sa business at
the furnaces and sustain the iron man
ufactuiers in their efforts to enlarge
the business.
Coal mining is active and the demand
j 3 fuij y equal to present supplies, with
no sign of Lumber a falling off in produotiou doing or
prices. operators are orders a
good ® business. Railroad are
oming ju qulte freely> and the week expo rt
demand General grows larger from active and to
week. business is
prices are firm.
Reports as to the condition of the
co tton crop give no encouragement, noth- qnd
the reports as to its amount add
ing to previous reports. Existiug high
prices for cotton are partly caused owing by to
speculation and are in fact
the certainty of a short crop Cotton
planters are in no haste to market their
crops. There is a general belief that
tho market will not depreciate mate
rinily during the season. Merchants ro
port that there is less outstanding iu
debtedness among the planters than has
over been known.
Among important new industries in
corporate,! or established during the
week iu the southern states, are the
Tyger River Manufacturing company
of Woodruff, S. C., capital $200,000, to
build a cotton and woolen mill; a rope
and twine mill at Beunottsville, S. C.;
the Big Stone Gap Iron company, char
ter el at Louisville, Ky., capital $150,
000, aud the Texas Briquette and Coal
company of San Antonio, Tex , with a
capital of $100,000; the Pioneer Tobacco
Manufacturing company, capital $50,
000, is reported as incorporated at
Goldsboro,, N. C.; the Lone Star Ice
company, capital $50,000, at Austin,
Tex, aud the Winston-Salem Granite
company with the same capital, to open
quarries near Winston, N C. It, also
reports the organization at Waco, Tex ,
of the Improved Cotton Condenser com
nany, capital $50,003, and the Searcritt
Gold Mining company at I etersburg,
V*. with $20,000 capital of
It also reports the establishing a
foundry and machine shop at bhelby,
N. C of agricultural implement works
at Little Rock, Ark., and Dallas, Tex.,
of fertilizer works at Charleston S. C„
and ot flouring mills at Winter Garden,
, and Faith, N. C. Glassworks are
to be built at Fairmont, W. Va , an ice
factory at Rook Hill, S. O , and a brown
stone quarry is to be opened at Greens- works
boro, N. C. Cigarette machine
*ro to be established at Richmond, Va„
a tobacco granulating machine factory
nj Roanoke, Little Va., and woodworking
Rock Ark . Mm* Point,
: JlbS -’ BiaokMountain, K C Gaorgo
town. is. C., Berkley an l Houston Va.
Car works with a capital of $500,050, Ms
are reported as in contemplation at
Waterworks . are to , bebudt , ... atj Dublin, _ ...
tla., Greeuup and Paducah, Ky. ibo
enlargements for the week include the
Knoxville, Tena., electric light compa¬
ny, which adds $80,000 to its capital,
aud the Sau Antonio sewer pips works
of San Antonio, Tex , whose capital is
increased to $?00,000.
SERIOUS CONFLICT,
Uarcelotia Ciitliollci and Liberal® Fight
Ov»*r Suspension of a I jofessot
Madrid, Oot. 8. —Dispatches received
here from the city of Barcelona state
that- serious conflicts have taken place
there between the Liberal and Catlioiic
students of the university. It aDpears
that the trouble is due to the fact that
the government suspended a professor
who published a book which was de¬
clared to be heretical.
The riots started iu the nuiversity
and finally reached the streets, where
the rioters were reinforced by crowd!
of people. A series of fierce conflicts
between Catholics and Liberals led by
students; during which many persons
were wounded, followed aud the dis¬
order was with difficulty suppressed by
the police._________
LORD BENNETT’S BRIDE.
Another English Peer Com?* to America
<0 Find a Wife.
Tacoma, Oct. 5 —The engagement i9
announced of Lord Bennett of the
English peerage, sou of the Earl of
Tankerville, aud Miss Leuora van Mar
ter, daughter of Dr. aud Mrs. van Mar
ter of this city.
Lord Bennett arrived Monday and is
quartered at the Union club. The wed¬
ding will be quiet and will probably
take place iu tho latter part of October.
His lordship is 82 years old aud has be
come prominent through his active in¬
terest in the slum work of Loudon.
Miss Van Marter is over 10 years his
junior. She was born and educated in
Europe. For tho past soven months
she has been residing with her parents
aud sister here aud for over a year pre
vions to that live in New York.
A Public Reprimand.
Washington, Oct. 8.—The Report of
the courtmartial in the case of Colonel
James Forney of the marine corps, re
cently yard,"has tried at the Brooklyn navy
been received here, and shows
that the court found him gniity of neg
Iect of duty. The charge of embezzle¬
ment was declared to be partly proven,
but not wholly sustained. Of the
numerous other charges and specifica¬
tions he was acquitted. The sentence
is that he be publicly reprimanded.
The secretary of the navy has not yet
acted on the report.
Fioods Stop tlie IlaiJrottd*.
Phoenix, A. T. t Oct 8.—Floods in
the Giia and other rivers have caused
serious breaks in the bridges of the
Santa Fe, and Maricopa and Phoenix
railways, and for two days cut off the
city’s rail communication. But repairs
have been temporarily made and regu¬
lar traffic has been resumed.
Big 31111* (tad Elevator Burned.
Fort Collins, CoL, Oct. 5. —The Col¬
orado Milling and Elevator company’s
flour mill and elevator has just burned.
Loss estimated at $125,000, partially
covered by insurance. The origin of
the flifjl joj ^asjriL____________
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BULLOCH TIMES.
Statesboro, Bulloch County, Georgia, Thursday, Qct. 10,1805.
CAUSES A SENSATION.
Jh) Government Chinese Iaapeetor at the
Exposition Hakes Startling Dlsclo.-ures,
Atlanta, Oot. 4—Government Chi¬
nese Inspector Thomas J. Scharf, sent
here to watch the colony of Chinese
men, women and children, brought to
the Atlanta exposition by Kee Ow
Yang and Leon Lam, has sent to the
secretary of the treasury a preliminary
report whjch is highly sensational.
He scores the inspector at Ogdens
bnrg, N. Y., for negligence of and care¬ Chi¬
lessness iu the admission the
nese to the United States and suggests
that the United States consul at Hong
Kong bo called upon to show the man¬
ner In which he took the' descriptions
of the Chinamen when they left that
place for America.
The report states that there are 185
men in the Chinese village here, who
are doing absolutely nothing, and who
evidently bought their way into Amer¬
ica for the purpose of remaining iiere.
It states that the whole crowd intend
to evade the officers and remain in this
country. The women, he suggests, are
to be sold.
The whole scheme, he declares, was
organized by wealthy Chinamen who
do not live in America, and that Kee
Ow Yang and Leon Lam are merely
their agents.
Inspector Scharf is pushing lii3 in¬
vestigation and hopes to be able to
break up the plans which he is confi¬
dent the promoters of the Chinese vil¬
lage here intend to carry out.
BRING FORTH THE WOMEN!
A Chinese Philanthropist Creates a Sf nia*
tlon Iu the Exposition MUlwny.
Atlanta, Oct. 8.—Writs of habeas
corpus have been served upon Kee
Owyang and Leon Lam, proprietors of
the Chinese village on the midway pf
the Atlanta exposition, commanding
them to bring the bodies of nine Chi¬
nese women, charged by Lum Ling, an
Atlanta laundryman, with being held
in involuntary servitude.
Ling, who appears iu the role of phil¬
anthropist, says the women were pur¬
chased iu China and transported
against their wills.
The writ was taken out uuder the
thirteenth amendment.
RECEIVED THE BELL.
Booming of Cannon Announced Old Lib.
erty’. Arrival In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Oct. _ . „ 8 —A , salute , , of ... 18
guns, the blasts of hundreds of whistles
and a great demonstration of citizens
amvafin*this citv' b9rty beU up0D ,ts
When the train bearing this great
American relic reached the city limits,
the mayor and council directors of the
eembled to welcome its coming aud to
greet those who providerwIlE accompanied T^^al it^_„
The bell was
guard of four city policemen, whose
duty it will be to guard it during its
star at the exoositfon
A BRILLIANT CAREER,
Romero Rubio Wns One of Alexfoo'i Moat
Able Statesmen.
City of Mexico, Oot. 4.— The re¬
mains of the late Manuel Romero Ru¬
bio, minister of the interior, are being
embalmed. The body will be exposed
in the chamber of deputies, which is
being converted into a hall of mourn¬
ing, illuminated with thousands of
candles, and hung in black. The body
will be interred in the French cemete¬
ry. The late miuister was considered
one of tho ablest statesmen Mexico ever
produced. He intimate friend of the
was an
late President Lerdo and held the place
of minister of the interior iu his cabinet
and accompanied him into exile when
Genoral Diaz took the City of Mexico
in 1876. the Subsequently ho President returned
here at invitation of
Diaz, who made him a cabinet miuister
and later on his daughter, Carmen Ro¬
mero Rubio married the president.
VENEZUELA’S CLAIM.
There Have Been No New Developments
In tho Matter For Some Time.
London, Oct. 5.—M. Geach Burch,
the Venezuelan cohsul here, in an in¬
terview, said that there had been abso¬
lutely no new developments in the
boundary question Venezuela, in dispute between
Great Britain and since Dr.
Pnledio, the Venezuelan minister for
foreign affairs, received Great Britain’s
decision some time ago.
He thought that Dr. Puledio’s arrival
in Now York was possibly connected
with a mission, entrusted to him by
the Venezuelan government to make
further representations to the United
States government.
Says Ha mm? rate in Is Over Here*.
Berlin, Oct. 4 —The Vorwaerts says
that Barou von Hammers tein, formerly
editor of The Kreuz Zoitung, against
whom serious oliarges have been pre¬
ferred since his sudden disappearance
from this city, sailed for the United
States from Havre some time ago by
the French line of steamships and that
he is now snpposed to be in Washing¬
ton.
A Printer I*«a«* « Challenge.
Boston, Oct. 4—-Leo Reilly, one of
the lineotype operators of the Boston
Traveller, has issued a challenge to any
lineotype operator in the United States
for a six days’ contest, five hours to
constitute a day's work, either for $500; the
contest to take place in Boston
or New York.
Hat While Clarke Ie Governor.
Little Rock, Oct. 4—In reference
to reports of pulling off the Corbett
Fitzsimmons fight on Arkansas soil.
Governor Clarke, in an interview, says:
“The Corbett-Fitzsimmous mill caunot
be brought off on Arkansas ” territory
while I am governor.
Gone For Uncle Sam.
New Haves, Oct 5.—The Winches¬
ter Repeating Arias company will keep
a force of men busy for a year building
the 10,000 Lee Under magazine rifles for the
government. the contract the
company gets $17 60 for each rifle.
■'V
Regular Monthly Letter From
Commissioner Nesbitt. -
FALL WORK IS NEXT IN ORDER.
.
And When Keerytftfn? Is Hone the Tools
Should Be Lild Awajr Carefully Until
Opportunity Offers to Tut Them In Or¬
der For (Tie Next Season—.4 Paper Full
of Useful Advice to All.
Department op Agriculture. "
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 1, 1S55.
In years goue by and under tljo old
regime the fall months were given
chiefly to the gathering of the cottou
crop, and when this work was not
pressing, farmers as a rule considered
that if they gathered aud housed tho
corn and other craps and packed their
pork into the smokehouses by Christ¬
mas they were accomplishing themsAes their full
duty to their families, and
their calliug. Under a' more* progres .
sive system, however, the farmer who
allows his fields to be bare, exposed to
the destructive work of the winter’s
storms aud his cattle to shiver in its
chilling blasts, is regarded as indiffer¬
ent to Ills own best interests, and lack¬
ing in the most important essentials of
au enlightened agrionlturist. Let us
again repeat that tho fall work on a
Georgia farm is as Important, if not
•more so, than that in the spring, when
everything is in a rush aud all oalling
for attention at the same time. Mnoli
of this spring rush aud vexation of spirit
may be materially lightened by thought
ful planning and work now. In the
comparative leisure of the fall season,
we can lay the foundations for next
year’s crop.
FALL PLOWING,
more especially on onr heavy lands,
with a red clay subsoil, not only loos¬
ens and aerates the land, but permits and
a more extended action of the rains
frosts which are sure to come. Lands
which have been deeply plowed in the
fall receive, and what is of more im¬
portance, retain much of the water
which would otherwise be washed
away with every beating raiu, taking
With It a large amount of the topsoil,
whose food producing elements have
t0 be re pi aoe d bifore we can expect Another a
satisfactory yield of crops. fall and
advantage to be gained by
o^ 00 ^ 0 ^,^cultivated ^and^ lying*dor. there are
valuable mineral1 1
mant, too deep to be reachedUiy nr
£5“,* JJS2k S
matter or humus which Afc l0 p q39
-
rains and the
J hre « powerful eRtmU and forcible
to the farmer. By these ngan
oies * the mmerfll elements, which play
so important a part in the development
of all crops, and for which we pay each
a high price in the form of commercial
fertilizer, can be had for the seeking,
and their presence in this form and by
the methods which we have to use to
get them, will put our lands in better
condition than if we were to cover their
whole surface with the highest priced
commercial goods. Therefore, even if
the work has, by reason of beating
rains, to be repeated in tho spring, plow- wo
would advise, by all means, deep
ing. To get the full benefit of this
work, it should be done as soon as pos
sible, and if a crop of rye or German
clover be planted, we have set in nto
tion forces which will go far towards
supplying ail three needed elements,
phosphoric aoid, potash and nitrogen,
on the spot, and from the free labora
tory of uatflre; added to which our
lands will be iu better condition and
our crops more certain than if we de
pended on buying instead all the »f making necessary
food elements, a
large part at home.
wheat.
As indicated last mouth, th* sowing
of this crop should be regulated as far
as possible b about tea days before our
usual killing frost is expected. A solu¬
tion of bluestone, applied to the seed
by soaking, will destroy the smut
spores, and rust can be iu a measure
controlled by selection of seed, jndi
oious fertilizing and drained, sowing high as soon land, as
possible on well
with a northern exposure. Wheat pre¬
fers such a situation, and it being ob¬
served that rust is most destructive in
hot, damp seasons, an early matur¬
ing variety should be selected, and
though wheat is a nitrogen ab¬
sorbing plant, we must exercise judg¬ ele¬
ment as to the quantity of this
ment supplied. An excessive amount, al¬
though producing luxuriant growth, is
a promoter of rust. The safest source
from which to obtain nitrogen is a
clover stubble turned under—lacking
this, cottonseed meal comes next, or if
preferred, the whole cottonseed.
RYE
can bo sown until the last of Novem¬
ber, aud it cannot be too strongly
urged that we seed down all plowed
land. It not only tends to preserve tho
land, but is steadily manufacturing
food for our summer crops. Ou tho
HARVESTING OR THE CORN CROP
we dwelt somewhat at length last
month. In the Georgia state building,
on the grounds of the Cotton States
aud International exposition, at At¬
lanta, can be seen specimens of the
plant saved entire, stalk, fodder, shuck
and ears, so that no part is wasted.
When this plan is adopted by every
fanner, it means a saving of about one
four‘h the value of the corn crop which
is now allowed to waste in the fields,
besides which the stauding stalks in¬
terfere very seriously with the harvest¬
ing of the pea crop and render it al¬
most impossible to put in a wheat crop
os it should be done. In these days of
low prices for all agricultural products,
it Is important that we watch these
heretofore neglected details. The
English, the German and the French
farmer sets us an example mi¬ of
thrift and carefulness in nearly all
nor details. The pains taking foreign
farmer wonld be appalled allowed at the amount ordi¬
of waste which is on onr
nary farms, even in tho short space of
one week. They are so accustomed to
the careful gathering and housing of
of that cannot an-
derstaud onr iu liffVr ■:iei to the ds
siruciion aud waste ot' valuable mate¬
rial. '
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SAVING OF I-AT3 CROPA .*
All crops of millet, clover, grass, pea
Vines should be put under shelter as
soon as possible. Spanish grouudpeas
furnish not only uu s, but the tops, if
properly Irish onred, make good forage. The
and sweet potato crops should bo
gathered before the tops are entirely
killed, and it is important to do this
before the rains begiu; for they should
be stored when they nro entirely dry.
Assort them as they nre dug, taking
out all braised or cut tubers, and spread
out to dry out thoroughly, and do not
make the banks ot potatoos where they
are stored, too largo.
REPAIRS
on all buildings and stables should be
attended to before the winter sets in,
aud, if possible, ivhitowask the latter
inside and out, after giving them a
thorough cleaning. Good pastures aud
good feed aro essential to the proper
keeping of live stock; but this food
will not make a profitable roturn if the
animals are exposed in cold and wet
seasons. House them comfortably, and
thus get a fnli return in beef or milk,
for the capital invested iu these animal
machines.
GATHER UP ALL TOOLS.
Gather tip all tools aud implements,
clean and after oiling the working
parts, put under shelter uutil some op¬
portune rainy season when they can bo
thoroughly repaired and put in condi¬
tion for the coming year’s work.
TURNING UNDER PBAV1NKA
To get the full value of a poa crop,
the best plan is to cut aud cure for hay,
or store in the silo for ensilage, then
turn under the stubble. Hut as we
have had inquiries as to the best time
for turning under the entire crop, after we
would advise that this be done
the vinos are fully matured. In this
condition they decompose more slowly
and are less leached away by the win¬
ter rains. The younger vines aro very
succulent, decay more rapidly, aud
there is more accidity from tlieir de¬
composition. Where the entire crop is
turned under, a top dressing of lime
appliod after this is done will be found
very useful in correcting acidity; it will
also cause to be formed certain chemi¬
cal compounds in the soil, which will
be of valuable assistance la furiftshing
plant food for another crop.
R. T. Nesbitt,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
GENERAL CROP SUMMARY.
A t)rr Montu Hm> with i:ot \v«atue»,
opened tu« Cotton—other crop*,
ootton
Our last report wa3 for the mouth of
Angnsti whic h was entirely too wet
f or cotton, resulting in much rust and
^dmg throughout the stat a Dur
U b fl --Lin in the^Rtfit^exoept iu
' W>~
VVondition of the atmosphere, for the it
has been excessively warm sea
B0U of {he year . These two oondttions
combined have caused cottou to open
very rapidly, the half grown bolls open
j n g prematurely, and the crop is fast
bolJ1 g gathered," ginned and sold. and handle Pains
should be taken to gather trash
( - be crop as nicely as possible, inevitably as
an d dirt of any description Again,
cause a reduction m the price.
n ever in packing mix dirty and clean
co tton in the same bale, hoping to soil
;t a u f or the price of the clean cotton,
for invariably the entire bale sells
a , dirty cotton.
The Liverpool cotlon buyers cotton are com¬ is
plaining at the way American
packed and demand an improvement is
m tna t ii n0 , j think there room
f or improvement and I trust that our
farmers will take pains to cover their
co (t ou bales as neatly as possible, hid
the sides and ends entirely with
bagging so that less dirt may acoumu
i aty 0Q the cotton and less cotton be
vvashed on account of dirt after reach
j„g the factories. As to the threat of
]_,■ va rpool buyers to impo-se a heavy
penalty on our farmers for poor pack
jag of cottou, that is all bosh and non¬
sense. They must buy our cotton-how
over packed, but it is much to our in¬
terest to pack it neatly and carefully.
I must warn our people against of the seed au -
other thing. Never sell all
from tho first and kicoik! pickings of
the crop and depend upon the seed from
tho third aud last picking for mistake, plant¬
ing. This is a very serious
as vary rainy of the seed from
the last picking nra immature and
light, and if they germinate after
planting, can only develop into weak
and sickly plants. from Always reserve
your planting seed the bottom or
midi.tc crop of cotton, for they are apt
to be plump, heavy and fully matured,
and when planted will Tho develop into will
healthy vigorous plants. this crop will
be gathered early year if an reaches l not
in my opinion exceed it 7,
000,000 bales. If my estimate of the
crop is right, cottou will be selling for
higher * prices in the spriug than it is
bringing at present. prices will higher
While I believe be
later on, I do not alvise holding cotton.
Each farmer must be his own judge of
that matter, as the conditions surround¬
ing each are different.
1 do, however, uuho itatingly advise
against selling coltons.ed at the
prices now offere 1. Erery farmer iu
the stato knows bow valuable
they are as a fern i/.er for corn
wheat, oats and other crops, and as a
simple matter of economy, they should
not bo sold at present prices. Keep
your seed to build up your compost
heaps, with which *0 enrich your laud,
and you will bo much better repaid than
by selling them at present prices.
corn.
The promise of the spring and sum¬
mer has been fulfilled, and the huge
corn crop of tho state is safe from all
contingencies, Every section bai
a bountiful crop, with the ex
ceptiou of small areas here and there,
where the rainfall was difficult. Now
that it is made, be sure to save it all
carefully, wasting none, at the sam3
time feeding liberally to stock of all
kinds that they may enter upon the
winter in good condition. Commence
early to fead the hogs you want to fat¬
ten and kill, remembering that a bushel
of corn or other feed will make much
more fat and flesh during the mild days
of October than after the weather ba
comes colder.
SORGHUM AND SUGAR CASE
The grinding of sorghum has been in
No. 20.
changed! but with this precaution then
Is n'o finer food for hogs and cattle, and
hories As wWl. This ciop has hereto¬
fore been mostly raised tor syrup, but
it oau be made much more remunera¬
tive if only a moderate quantity Is
made up Into'syrup amt the rest usod
for feeding purposes. It is so easy of
cultivatiofr-and grows so rapidly, giv¬
ing several cuttings daring a season,
that it will in time, doubtless, become
one of our main aud most valuable
feeding crops.
Question 6 —What is the area of the
present yoar’s corn crop, anl what is
its probable value?
Answer 0. —The number of acres
covered by this year’s corn crop has
been estimated at 82,000,000 acres. At
average yield and price, it is worth
somewhere in the neighborhood of one
billion dollars.
Question 7 —I have a valuable horse
which has stuck a nail in his foot, and
though there seems no present danger,
I am afraid of lbokjaw. What shad I
do for him ?
Answer 7.—If the puncture is in the
soft part of the foot, cut away the sur¬
rounding hard parts and form an open¬
ing to tbo wound that the matter may
escape. Syringe out the wound with
warm water to remove all dirt or hard
particles. Then HU tho opening with
cotton which has been Saturated with
arnica, turpentine or oarbolie acid, the
latter mixed with water, one oart car¬
bolic acid to four parts water. Keep
the wound open by bathing with these
applications aud do not allow any dirt
to get into it. After all soreness is re¬
lieved, till the opening with cotton
dipped in tar, cover with leather and
put on a shoe, hut watch the foot care¬
fully aud if the soreness returns re¬
move the shoe.
Question 8 —A correspondent lias
sent us the following notice with cut,
describing a very handsome cherry and
asking information about it. As we
were not familiar with the cherry, wo
sent the inquiry to Mr. Berokmans,
president of the Georgia Horticultural
rociety. His reply is also appended.
Here is the description of tho cherry;
A FRUIT BONBON.
A very luscious cherry lias baon
croating quite a sensation on the
frnit stands this season. This is so
firm, large aud plump that it has often
boen mistaken for a plum. It has been
well named tho boubon cherry.
A popular grower recently said of it:
•‘Undoubtedly Ibis is the most valuable
cherry in cultivjtifcn, owing to .7®'km* itoenor
mows size, rich, dai%w—a- •** ,,
.....
worm. It is a sure oropper every ytar,
aud is always of extraordinary flavor. ”
Its cooking qualities doi*uot seem to
have been thoroughly tested, as the va¬
riety is somewhat new as yet to the av¬
erage housewife. It does not seem to
be largely grown here, as it is not found
in quantities in the market this year,
but usually as a special .dainty on the
fruit stands demanding a rather high
price. It will probably be more plenti¬
ful in a few years in our eastern mar¬
kets, for it is becoming more generally
known that the trees will thrive and
bear abundantly in this part of the
country; and many interested growers
have planted the trees for experiment
this year.
And here is Mr. Berckmans’ reply:
Hon. R T. Neslitt, Atlanta, Ga.:
My Dear Sir—D uring the session of
the Goorgia State Horticultural society
at Cutlibert, I stated that the indis¬
criminate publication by the average
newspaper man of catchy horticultural
articles was frequently detrimental to
horticultural progress. The clipping
which you enclose is only another evi¬
dence of what I stated, which was in
substance that the public would be bet
ter served if that class of article!, of
which the enclosed is a sample, were
left alone.
Expert pomologists will endorse my
position, because a description of suoh
a wonderful cherry has a tendency to
add to the confusion of existiug fruit
nomenclature, The name "Bonbon”
istio doubt a new local fad for a woll
known varijty. F ie smart tree ped¬
dler will take advantage of this aud
palm off large quantities of trees (of
any variety he can purchase) nader
this new name, at a stiff price aud mis
lead and disappoint purchasers.
If the correct name of this cherry
was given we would be able to know
what its value is; but all posted fruit
growers will let the "Bonbon” alone.
Horticultural subjects should be han¬
dled by competent authorities, cf which
tlib horticultural press is the proper
representative, but which aro usnally
changod, by the average ponuy a-liuer,
so to make it interesting reading for
the public.
The cut of th; cherry shows it to be¬
long the Luka or Morello typo. It
may ba the “May Duke,” which is a
popular, early sort, cultivated quite
successfully iu the eastern and western
state!, aud in the upper sections of
Georgia, South Carolina aud Alabama.
I have seen good crops of this variety
iu Atlanta, and grown there by the
late RicKhrd Peters.
Yours, very truly,
P. J. Berckman.
Fntt* aing Hass.
When the weather is just on the turn
in the fall, hogs can ba fattened more
rapidly thau they cau later. Corntneal
and mtddli.igs mixed with unsalable
vegetables ami refuse fruit make au ex -
ceileut variety for their food, in add!-
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THE BIRTH OF A BABY.
She Saw the Light First Away
Up In the North.
MUCH MADE OVER THE EVENT.
Thu Interest fa In the Fact Th »t It !• a»
A mprle.'ui liitlify nod No American Baby
Was Kv«r U«trn 8a F»r North Before*
Other Mothars Were There to Welcome
iho Little etrender.
San Fk an cisco, Oct. k.—An Ameri¬
can baby has been born on Hershel
island, as close to the north pole as Sau
Francisco is to Mazatlan. It would
not be an item worth mentioning if the
baby was -born of native parents in
snob a far north part of tho world. It
is, however, a white baby, its mother
being the wife ot Captain A. C. Sher¬
man, of the steam whaler Beluga,
In all likelihood, a baby never island saw
the light of day on Hershel be¬
fore. If is a barren spot iu the Arctio
ocean. The island lies horth of the
boundary line, being tho extreme
northern portion of Alaska and the ex¬
treme northern portion of British
North America. If it were possible Her- to
follow au air line from Sitka to
shoi island, the traveler would have to
journey 1,500 miles straight north be
foro ho eonl'L.soo the bold headlines of
Hershel island.
The story of the birth of this north
oruino.it of Auioricun babies has been
brought hero by Captain Mason of the
steamer Jennie.
It seems that Captain Sherman and
-liis wife had passed one whiter at Her
slid island, and Mrs. Sherman was
quite used 10 the midnight sun of the
summers and the long darkness of the
winter as well. There was a great to
do about tho birth of the baby. There
jvero four women at Hershel island to
idolize the little one. They were the
wives of whaling captains.
Tho whalers, most of whom had been
away from homo for more* than 18
months when the baby was born, were
grimily interested iu the event and sent
many presents to the happy mother. of
There happened to be a clergyman
the Church of Kugland at the camp.
He had been sent to that odd corner of
the globe as a missionary, his name
being Rev. Mr. Stringer, possibleTu YYUh.aD't'ira
formality that was a barren
island, ho christened child Helen
llcrshel bihermau.
ThevtSaby has taken very kindly to
the mild but perpetual daylight of the
suiiituor at lleraliel island aud bids fair
to thrive tiiefe through the long, dull
winter months/ Ifa and playthings its cradle are
made from whalebone
was cut from piejfos of wreckage by a
ship's oiirpente
* USTJ^ggarTESTS
ThA Gotr*Miii«nH??FIII Biiw to Fight
For S4»t* N«»t Meeting.
Washington^, Got. 0 —The fallow¬
ing is a list of the contests in the Fifty*
Fourth congress:
W. C, Robinson versus George P.
Harrison, Third Alabama; W. F. Aid*
ri ili versus Gaston A. Robbins, Fourth
Alabama; A T. Goodwyn versus James
E. Cobb, Fifth Alabama; T. H. Aid
rich versus Oscar W. Underwood, Ninth
Alabama; John L ID tinker versus Finis
E. Downing, Sixteenth Illinois; W. H.
Felton versus John W. Maddox, Sev¬
en William tli Georgia; George Deny, Kentucky; Jr., versus
C. Owens, Seventh
N. 1\ Hopkins Kontucky; versus Joseph H. M. Cole¬ Ken¬
dall, Tenth Dudley
man versus Charles F. Buck, SocouA
LouDiana; Taylor Beattie versus An¬
drew Price, Third Loui iana; Alexis
Beucit versus Charles K. Boatner,
Fifth Louisiana; William A Booze ver¬
sus Harry M. T. Horn Rusk, Third John Mary
land; Robert versus C.
T'arstiey, Fifth Missouri; J. Murray
Mitchell versus Janies K. Walter,
Eighth New York; Timothy J. Camp¬ New
bell versus Harry C. Miner, Ninth
York; li. A. Choseborough Twelfth Versus New
George B. McClelland,
York; Henry F. Cheatham versus Fred
A. Woodard, Second North Carolina;
Cyrus A. Thompson versus John C.
Shaw, Third North Carolina; Charles
H. Marten versus James A. Lockhart,
Sixth North Carolina; George W. Mur¬
ray versus William Elliott, First South
Car?*ina; Robert Moorman versus As
bury C. Latimer, Third South Carolina;
Joshua E. Wilson versus John L. Mo
Lauriu, Sixth South Carolina; Thomas
B. Johnson versus J. William Stokes,
Seventh South Carolina: Jerome C.
Kearby versus Joseph Abbott, Sixth
Texas; A. J. Rosenthal versus Miles
Crowley, Tenth Texas; R. L. Thorpe
versus William R. McKeauy, Fourth
Virginia; George W. Corlott versus
Claude A. Swanson, Fifth Virginia; J.
Hampton Hoge versus Peter J. Otay,
Sixth Virginia; Jacob Yost versus Hen¬
ry Sr. G. Tucker, Tenth Virginia, aud
Hugh Belknap versus Lawrence Ber¬
ryman, Third Illinois.
A GREAT FLOOD.
The Situation Serious In the Valley ot
the Nile River.
Washington, Oct 9.— There Is a
great flood in the Nile valley, so United
States Consul General Washington re¬
ports to the state department. The sit¬
uation has become sufficiently grave
the Egyptian government to apply the
provisions the of the decree of 1887, under called
which all inhabitants maybe
upou to serve in guarding aud watching
the river banks.
A circular to that effect has been is¬
sued to the governors of the provinces.
This force will be iu addition to the
guards already ou duty, living in tem¬
porary reed huts built on tho dykes at
intervals of about SO feet. At Cairo,
ou Sept. U, the river registered the un¬
usual height of 58 feat 6 inches, and a
further rise was expected.
Afraid of an Attack*
Constantinople, Oct 8, via Sofia,
Bulgaria, Oct. 9.—The blockade of the
the Armenian churches continues. AU
efforts of the authorities aud the Ar¬
menian patriarchate have failed to per¬
suade the Armenians, who have sought
refuge within their walls, to return the to
tho houses, as they put no faith iu