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?he Great .Farm, Industrial and Stock
Journal of the South
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A Novel Marriage Ceremony;
Facts Abjmt Corn
A Hemarkable Story
remarkable
Pickering says, under the au
thority of Hunibolt, that the eulti-
relia-, yation of maize (Indian corn) was.
;nts a ; introduced into Mexico by the
ts no. Toltecs in 666: that the grain\ was
j used in the religious rites of both
place | Mexicans and Peruvians; thatsu-
ently, I gar was procured by them from it,
0 , ex-; as also an intoxicating drink called
1 justj'chica, and quotes Oveido aud
crop:
JPj|jS
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The following most
tetory is furnished the
Mercury by one of its most
ble correspondents, and ^
'case that will puzzle scientists
little.
“A strange occurrence took place
in Blount county, Ala., recently, !
which I -will not attempt to
|)lain, but give you the facts
as they are: j Humbolt as-authority that drunk- j capable L
“A party of Birmingham capi-; enness had already become fre- \ anything
talists, largely interested in_ the quent under the Aztec dynasty. : Georgia soil. Nowhere in the and corn; potatoes oh what was
ininerals of the region; ’and some! Numerous explorers have found'state could a greater variety of ag-; not taken by the . three preceding
prominent railroad officials were'corn in ancient Peruvian tombs, j ricultural products b’e grown. The: crops. But the requirements of
here oh a tour of inspection, with ; and it is unquestionable that the j climate of Bibb county, taken, all; plant nutrition are not the only
th'b View of opening some beds of early European explorers found it ! the year round, is the best in : reasons nor the strongest ones
iron ore ffncl - selecting the most \ j n cultivation in ajl places suitable j Georgia, and, therefore, most fa- j that can be urged iu favor of a
practicable route for the extension | to its growth from Chili on the j vorable to good results from soil j strict system of crop rotation,
•of the r me.w. railway that, leads up , SO utli to Canada on-the north. j and labor. j The chief objection to planting
this valley. i The rule among the Indians of 1 But ' our natural advantages, j the same crop year after year in
‘“This indeed seems to have! New England when that country ' great as they are, Will ndt of them- the same grouud is that the insects
been the true battle ground of the j was first settled by the whites was ; selves bring the experimental sta- j and diseases affecting the crops
gods, with “Psliou piled upon ! to plant corn, when the leaves of ; tion here. If we' want it we must' attack it each succeeding year with
Ossa,” or the utter effusion of | the white oak were as big as a j work to get it. There will be a ; increased force. Frequently the
the geologists, who cannot, account mouse’s ear. j lively competition for this prize, i entire soil and the whole vicinity
The usual Weight established for i and it will fall to some locality ; become overstocked with the in-
shell corn iu most of the states is | which bids for it. -If the people ; sects and the spores of disease' in-
aa
out in snowy ,white r
j ness around us; by the hovri of the
: doon dog and the gourd vine whose
; clinging tehdrills will shade the
| entrance to your humble dwelling
place; by the red and luscious
heart of the watermelon, whose
sweetness fills the heart with joy;
by the"; heavens and all that is un
der them, in the presence of these
witnesses, I pronounce you man
and wife, and may the Lord have
mercy on your souls.”—Ex.
for fdd itou ore on one side of
'■mountain, brown on the other,
with veins of coal immediately un-
delyitfg the top on both sides, so
it was determined to leave them
56 pounds.
; of Macon and Bibb county will : jurious to that particular crop.
The largest yield of corn per j try we are confident they can se- ! Shifting the locality of such crop
acre was in the southern states, j cure the experimental station. It from one field to another-near by
outof the party and carry along a; i u the northen states 125 bushels would be eminently proper, that can afford, at best, but a partial
practical man familiar with the
formatious peculiar to this valley,
for all geological information nec
essary in. making an approximate
estimate of the amount of solid and
loose rock to be encountered in
the extension. Accordingly an
old foreman; Mr. Merts, whq, had
had large experience iu railroad
ing in the west; was selected. He
was ah intelligent, sober and in
dustrious nlan,.\yho regularly once
a month sent the greater portion
of his earnings to his wife and,
children in Kansas. 'He gave his
opinions only after the most care
ful examination, and the gsntle-
men- had implicit confidence as to
their accuracy. The party reach
ed a perpendicular bluff about fif
teen, feet high, 'when Mr. Mens
blimbed down to a ledge about six
feet from the top, and w : th his
hammer was investigating the char
acter of the stones and their prob
able thickness. The gentlemen
above beard several blows .of his
hammer, theu apparently a quan
tity of loose rock falling, and im
mediately a terrific explosion.
They were al( considerably shock
ed, but not otherwise hurt, and at
once went to the edge of the preci
pice where they detected the strong
odor of dynamite, but to their con
sternation • could see nothing of
Mr. Merts. After careful search
some small pieces of his clothing
were found hanging in-a tree about
thirty feet from the ground, but
that was-all. The questiou for
.scientists to settle is what caused
the'explosion. A number of eiti-
.zens from Bimingham have visit
ed the place, but I have heard only
one plausible theory, and that was
advanced by Mr. Schultz, a. sci
entist. It is known positively that
Mr. Merts had no dynamite with
him, and Mr. Schultz says the only
possible way to account for the ex
plosion is that he had constantly,
for a number of years, been hand
ling dynamite and nitro-glyceri.ne,
and that so .much had been taken
into his system by absorption; that
it was only necessary for him to
receive a slight jar to set it off,
Which was done when he struck
the ground on falling from the
Ifidge.
“Whether this theory is true or
not I.can’t say, but give the facts
as they happeued, and they ean-be
Substantiated by a number of citi
zens in this-vicinity and Birming
ham, who will inform you if there
is - any more light on the sub
ject.”
Julius Havemeyer, the million
aire sugar refiner and leading
member of the sugar trust, sailed
fora brief visit to Europe the
same afternoon that Judge Barrett
tendered his decision against the
trust. As Mr. Haveineyer did
hot know the news of Judge Bar
rett’s decision before his depart
ure, his friends are saying. “O,
have been made on an acre. | this farm, the object oPwhich is to protection in this respect; and it
Corn produces a larger amount j improve agriculture, in Georgia,; were far preferable to; select for
of forage to the acre than any oth- i should be located near the place \ each crop subject to such insect-
er crop, and better forage.
Corn is the source of nearly all
the starch consumed iu the United
States. In other countries starch
is made from potatoes, wheat, rice,
and a variety of other materials.
Maine, produces a great deal of
starch from potatoes.
The manufacture of “corn starch
sugar,” or “starch sugar,” or “glu
cose,” is just now attracting much
attention. A Russian chemist dis
covered in 1811 that by boiling
with diluted sulphuric acid, starch
was converted into sugar. On
Aug. 1, 1880, ten glucose factories
were in operation in the United
States, consuming daily about 20,-
000 bushels of corn. It has been
estimated .that in' May, 18sl, the
total consumption of corn iu sugar
making was about 35,000 bushels
daily. The factories, are so ai -
ranged that corn may be converted
into starch or sugar according to
the demands of the market. It
was estimated " that 11,000,000
bushels of corn womP be used in
these factories iu 18Sl,and doubled
in 1882.
Corn in the ear is sometimes
used in the praties’ of the west in
place of wood and-fuel; 100 bush
els of corn are equal to a cord of
wood as fuel. Where corn is plen
tiful and no raih'Qad facilities to
bring coal, corn i3 sometimes a
more economical fuel than wood
or coEL
The brotherhood of engineers
say taat unless their claims are
heard there will be trouble all over
the laud. Every road will suffer
from the movement aud the wheels
of commerce will be clogged.
Th^r have employed Col. Bobert
Ingersdll as their attorney and he
proposes to “boil the pot.” In the
meantime the road^ are going on
as usual aud are not the least dis
turbed about it.
An exchange beautifully ex
presses a fine thought in the fol
lowing language: “No man has
ever lived a right life who has not
been chastened by a woman’s love,
ennobled by her devotion, strength-
'ened by her courage, and guided
by her discretion.”
where the, state fairs are held, j attacks and diseases a location' at
Thousands »f farmers meet in j the greatest possible distance from
Macon every year to exhibit their j any field where that- crop was
products and to study the improv- j grown the year before. If some
ing methods of cultivating our sta- j such crop could be left out of the
pie crops. The experimental sta- .- farm rotation for one or more,
tion, if located in Bibb county, I years altogether, one might be
could be inspected by visitors to able to starve out the insects and
the-state fairs and would' yield diseases affecting it for some
greater benefits than any exhibition ‘ years; and if by concerted action
of specimen crops or description i sueh a measure could be extended
of its methods possibly could at a j to a whole neighborhood;• or .coun-
distant point. We believe the ex-fty, old-fashioned big and clean
perimeutal station located in Bibb j cr^ps might fqr a time be grown
county would accomplish morei again.
good for Georgia than it possibly j
could in any other locality.
But, as we laid before, if we;
ashiugton G. Smith, the emi
nent Tnicroscopist, finds that genu-
want it we must not wait for it to * ne honey can be .readily distin-
be presented to us. We. must fished from ^aufactured honey
v/o'rk to secure it. ,,
crystals and
j by the microscope.
! has few or no sugar
Fogs, of-great density have pre-: abo ° D< k with, pollen grains.; while
vailed recently in London, and , iniitaiions lia've little else tnan
have frequently spread over r al-Abese crystals, with rarely a trace
most the whole of Great Britain j P°fl eu grains. The honeyed
and France. If will probably not | tf iste manufactured article,
have escaped notice by those re- j h® thinks, may come from the
siding in the suburbs that on many ; boney-como pr beeswax ^being
occasions lately, while the fog has j mushed, up with the articles used
lasted, moisture has poured down - hi ihe manufacture. Each class
from the leafless branches of the plants has its own specific form
trees as though they had been ex-pollen grain, and Mr. Smith
posed to a fall of rain, and the va- j sa -7 a that anyone conversant with
rious hygrometers have shown the j l hi s branch oi botany eould tell
air to be completely saturated with tepm what part of the world the
moisture. Under such circum-j honey came by studying the pol-
stances the fogs in London are al- j ien §5|ius that it might contain,
ways less injurious to life than! ' *~ 0 ^ •
those of a dryer nature, and it will | * The umpire’s lot in England i§
be observed that we have had no 1110 happier than is that of his pro
reports this yfear of cattle being j ^smnai brother m this country,
suffocated at the cattle shows by | at conclusion of a base-
London fog, as they were a £ew ; ball game between local and visit-
years ago. What. the difference ! iea . ms ’ 0D ® ot the umpires, who
be between the two conditions! had Presumably given a decision
may
would be an interesting subject for j. con ^ a, J t° loom . pi ejud.ee, was
' mobbed, pelted with mud and se-
mquiry.
•- Cleveland’s Jmriff reform
sage^was endorsed by a
majority of the American
pie.
j verely kicked, while the captain of
mes-1 the visiting team was also mal-
large j treated. . .
! peo- '
Gardening for toadies.
Make up your beds early in the
The residents of New Bruns
wick aud its suburbs have organ
ized to capture or maim au alleged
monster which has been carrying
off all The poultry thereabouts.
morning; sew buttons on your Some of the more timid persons
husband’s shirts; do not rake up
grievances; protect the young*and
tender branches or your family;
plant smiles of good temper, and
reap a crop of health and happi
ness; root out the causes of ner-
A small leak, it has been truly
said, will sink a great ship. Upon
nearly all of our farms there are 1 , .
many such leaks,' through which!'^^bihty and “female .weak-
the hard earnings are constantly^ 33 by the use or Dr Pierce’s
pouring out These us
f . . . : ereigu specihc, and thousands of
be found, aad promptly stopped. Wr ^ lh8I ,^ they Sat
The oldest musical societt in I heard of it. It is the only niedi-
aver that it is a lion; some that it.
is a wild cat, and still others that
it is only the proverbial colored
man with a bag.
the world, the Antlitzgesellschaft, ; “ ne ^° r ^omen sold by druggists
celebrated its 270th anniversary : under a pesitive guarantee from
last week at. St. Gall, in Switzer- | ^be manufacturers that it-will give
land,-with greatSeclat. j satisfaction in every case, or mon-
' j ey will be refunded. This guar-
Br, Moffett’s TEETHIMA (Teething Powders) \ antee has been printed; on the bot-
; ; tle wrapper, and .faithfully .canied
Easy and Costs only 25 Cents. Tee til In a cure3
loving heart; trust on.”
oucugiucua fciic
Easy and Costs only 25 Cents. Tee til In a cure3 a ■„
Eruptions and Sores, and nothin^e<]na!s it for OUt lOr many yeaiS.
A Sound Legal Opinion.
E. Bainbridge Miinday, Esq.,
County Atfy.; Clay Co., Tex. says:
“I have used Electric Bitters with
most happy results. My brother
also was very low with Malarial
Fever‘and Jaundice, but he was
cured by timely use of this medi
cine. Am satisfied Electric'Bit
ters saved his life.”
Mr. D. L. Wilcozson; of Horse
Cave, Ky., . adds a like testimony,
saying: He positively believes he
would have died, had it not been for
Electric Bitters. . . .
This great remedy will ward 'off,
Don’t.stop to
ihess hours.
-
uunuiis sau corts, aim i-jer .
tiie bflnuner troubles of CMldren of any age. It .
is cafe end svre. Try it end you iriil never* te
vrIthout^TEETHEs A ns lands' there £re child.
To cleanse the,, stomach, 1
mm
Askyonrl
OL-Txcnsw ^ Gilbert; Perr
squaled.,
1 Tii’T
The total wool production of the
world is estimated at 2,000,000;-
090 pounds. Australia is the
heaviest producer, coming to the
front with 455.570,000 pounds;
then the United States, 307,5S8,-
000 pounds; the Argentine Repub
lic, 283,047,000 founds; Russia
262,966,000 pounds;.Great Britian,
135,000,000 pounds. All the oth
er countries range each below 100,-
000,000. '
A ssxsation has been caused
in Cincinnatti by the declaration of
the janitor-of a'medical collectge
that the building contains ghosts.
He husn’t seen any of them, but
both he and his assistants and a
couple of other persons on several
nights lately heard their work.
Doors were slammed open- and
then closed, and heavy noises made,
as though of persons who were
moving about. At the time inves
tigations were made, but nothing
resulted. It was thought that ti^e
noises, etc., were' caused by] mis-
cievous students, but that idea has
been abandoned. The “ghosts”
have regular nights for calling,
and it has' been arranged for a
squad of police to be on hand at
the hext visit.
Nature presents a curious va
riety in stomachs. A plant per
forms both the function of diges
tion and that of breathing withT'ts
leaves. Some plants, like the Ve
nus fly-trap of the Carolinas, make
a veritable stomach out of their
leaves—catch flies , and other in
sects, and tlien digest them. In
some lower orders of tile animal
kingdom found in the southern
seas one organ performs the duty
of Stomach, lungs and heart. Some
still lowly creatures possess no or
gans which may be called a stom
ach,-and yet are capable of produc
ing a stoinacii upon the spot when
ever one is needed. Perhaps.instead
of saying that this singular creat
ure, the amoeba, is furnished with
no stomach, we should give it cred
it for being all Stomach. Certain
ly, to eat, digest and exist seams to
be its sole purpose in life.
The “original Harrison dele
gate,” E. R; Guipby of Florida,
has paid Gen. Harrison a social
visit, and during the conversation
he managed to let it be knopn that
He would like to be one of the as
sistants of the next attoney gener
al. The wishes of a person of
Gumby’s importance ought to be
well considered, by Harrison.
Don’t Experiment.
You cannot afford to Waste time
in experimenting, when your lungs
are in danger; Consumption
always seems, at first, only a cold.
Do not permit any dealer to
impose upon you with soisie cheap
imitation of Dr. King’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs
and Golds, but be sure you get-
the • genuine. Because he can
make more profit he may tell yffh
he has something just as good, or
just the same. Don 5 tbe deceived,
but insist upon .getting Dr. King,s
New Discovery, whieh is guaran
teed to give relief in all Throat,
Lung and Chest affections. Trial
bottles free at aS drug stores:
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