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-JOIX.'' H. TIODGSS, JProprietor,
DEVOTED TO HOR1E INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
PRICE: TWO DOLLARS A Yenf,
VOL. XXL
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1891..
NO. 16.
THE NEW
DRUG
Ciri
i. W.AJN.’X'SX)*.--The const nt of 10,000
I smokers, fo send each, a sample lot of
! 150 ‘'NICKEL” Cigars, aud a 20-year
! gold filled watch by Express C. O. I),
■ 85.25 and allow examination.
HAVANACISA3CO., Winston,N.C.
Corner of Carroll and Ball streets,
PERRY., CG<:
iCl,
PURE DR UGS,
PAT EXT MEDICINES.
'TOILET ARTICLES.
Fine Perfumes a Specialty.
Kerosene and Lubricating
Oils.
V
RESCEIPTIOHS C ABE-FULL'/ COM-
UNDED by one of too best druggists
in the state.
A choice line of
Cigars and Tobacco
Always on hand.
Open on Sunday from 8 to 10 a. m., and
from -J:o0 p: jmJ to 0 p. m.
A shave of public patronage is respect
fully solicited.
L. FELDER, M. D.,
Proprietor.
MONHY LOANS
On Houston farms procured tit the low
est possible rates of interest. As low, if
not lower than the lowest. Apply to
W. I). Nottingham,
tf Macon. Ga,
THE AVERAGE BABY.
„ Chicago Saturday Herald.
One little head of golden hair,
' Two little cheeks so'round and fair,
Two little lips with fragrant sighs,
One little nose and two bine eyes,
Two little hands as soft as a peach,
Two little feet with five toes each, -
Two little smiles and two little tears,
Two little legs and two Bttle ears,
Two little elbows and two little knees,
One litMe grant and one little sneeze,
One little heart, bnt no more sins,
Plenty, of skirts and lots of pins,
One little cloak and plenty of frocks,
Onelittlehood and two little socks,
A big disposition to.haul and to pull,
One little stomach that’s never full,
One little month of the rose’s tint,
One little bottle of peppermint,
Plenty to eat and lots’to wear—
And vet this baby is as cross as a boar.
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Perry ... —Ga.
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circuit..
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Ga.
ico iu nil the Courts "of
1 l-.ullY,
WiU 1
his cirrcuii.
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Office: 510 MommeS Street,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Special attention given to business in
Houston County.
J. L. Hardeman, W.D. Nottingham.
HAED3MAN § H0TTIN5HAM,
Attorneys at Law,
Macon, - - - Georgia.
Will practico in the State and Federal
Courts. Offico 306 Second Street.
j. B. S D G E j
Physician and Surgeon,
Perry, Georgia.
Office adjoining Perry HotoL Can be
found at office during the day, and at
Hotel at night. All calls promptly an
swered day or night.
Z. SIMS,
XD ISIST TIST_,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
J3~Offico on Main street, lately occu
pied by Dr. W. M. Havis.
First-class work. Prices moderate. Pat
ronage solicited. apl 28 ly
IHL 68.
BEE TIS 1 ?,
303 Second Street, Macon, Ga.
SPECIALIST. OEOTOS AND 3BIDUES,
•noini among them,
rful. Particulars free.
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iiy, Kxccpt S<il!till)
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MONEY TO LOAN.
In sums of §300.00 and upwards, to be
secured by first liens on improved farms.
Longtime, low rates and easy payments.
Apply to Q. 0. DUNCAN,
Nov. 20tb,18S9.—tf Porry* Ga.
APPLICATION F.0R CHARrER
GEORGIA: \ To the Superior Court
Houston County. j of Said County:
The petition of C. E. Gilbert, J. D.
Martin, j . W. Clark, C. F. Cooper, J. N.
Tuttle, C. H. Moore, J. H. Hodges, E. L.
Dennard andC. C. Duncan, of said coun-
ty,shows that your petitioners, their^ asso
ciates and successors, desire to be incor
porated for the term of twenty (20) years,
with the privilege of renewal at the ex
piration of that time, under the corpor
ate name of Houston Building,Loan and
Ivestaient Company, with power to have
and use a common seal, sue and be sued,
to buv, sell, own and deal m real and
personal property, to improve real estate
by erecting dwellings, buildings of any
land whatever, and putting any other
improvements thereon that will tend to
increase the value of the same, to loan
money on real estate, personal property
or oilier security to the members of the
compan y or other persons, to take and
Bxc-eute deeds and mortgages and all oth
er liens, and to sell or otherwise dispose
of thy same, to borrow money on real es
tate or personal property or other secu
rity; for the interest of the company, and
to havo such other powers as are usual
and proper to carry out the purposes and
intentions of said company.
The petitioners pray for the privilege
of making such By-laws and regulations
for the government of said company, and
Id enforce the same by such fines, forfeit
ures and penalties which may bo neces-
sary and proper and not in conflict with
the laws of Georgia.
Tlio objects of said company are the
convenience and the pecuniary profits of
its members, and the business they pro
pose to conduct is that of a building, loan
and investment association. Tno iund
for tho purpose is to be raised by month
ly installments to be paid by the stock
holders into the company. - ■.
The principle cilice and place or busi
ness shall bo in Perry, Houston county,
Georgia, where a majority of the general
board of directors shalLreside, but peti
tioners desire the privilege of transacting
business elsewhere within the state, and
to appoint attorneys or agents to carry^
on the business of said compauy when
ever necessary to do so. .
_ Tho capital stock of the company is to
be two hundred shares of the par value
when paid up of twenty-five (^25) dollars
per share, and petitioners pray for the.
privilege of beginning business when ten
per cent of said two hundred shares shall
have been paid in, and petitioners pray
for the privilege of increasing said capi
tal stock from time to time as busmess
may demand and the beard of directors
may direct, to an amount not to taceea
two thousand shares of twenty-five dol
lars each. . - . ..
The stock of said company is to be paid
in monthly installments on each share,
and the amount ot said monthly install
ment per share is to be fixed by *he board
of directors, as may be best for the share
holders and the busmess of the company.
And your petitioners will ever pray,
etc. C. O. DUNCAN;
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in offico this the 11th day of-Feb-
raary, 1891. M. A. EDWARDS,
Clerk S. 0.
GEORGIA: ) The above is a true
Houston County. ] copy of the original
petition for charter for the Houston
Building, Loan and Investment Compa
ny, as appears on record in this office.
Witness my hand and seal this the
11th day of February, 1891
M. A. EDWARDS,
Clerk Superior Court.
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MOONSHINE KATE.
BY T. C. UABBAUOH.
It was said by all that Paul
Dillon was taking-djis life in. his
own hands when he, as a Deputy
United States Marshal, undertook
to ferret out the illicit stills in the
heart of that mountain range
which separates North Carolina
from Tennessee.
He was young,"ardent and fond
of -adventure, and to all this he'
added a fearlessness which made
him admired by his enemies.
He received his commission on
the first day-of one of the tall
months, and the next morning was
on the trail. .
It was his intention to look after
one Dick Winslow, said to be at
the head of the illicit distillers in
a certain neighborhood. Winslow
was a man of desperate character,
had killed his man in the streets
of the county town, and had defic d
arrest for the unprovoked crime.
Dillon knew where Winslow
lived, and thitherward he bent his
steps.
Night was throwing her sable
pall of cloud and coming storm
over the landscape when the officer
reached a spot on the elevated trail
from which the humble home of
the Winslows could be seen.
A tree grew near the edge of the
mountain path, and here Dillon
stopped and looked into the pier
uresque valley below. Far beneath
his position he saw the Winslow
cabin, and from the rude chimney
rose a spiral of dark smoke. Ob
jects grew indistinct as he gazed,
and at last the shauty and its sur
roundings disappeared altogether.
Dillon was about to quit the
spot, when he heard a step behind:
-him, and as he turned, he was sa
inted with the harsh order “Hands,
up!” .
He saw aHhe same moment ti
tall man, with a cocked revolver,
iu the path.
Taken thus, Dillon fell back, bnt
did not draw his own weapon,- for
he looked over the barrel of thesis-
shooter into the eyes of a desper
ate man, and he silently- obeyed
the summons-.
“I’ve got him! Come on boys!”,
said the officer’s captor.
And in response to these words;
three men, masked like the first,
emerged from the adjoining bush
es, and the young detective was
surrounded.
Blindfold him,” continued the
leader of the men.
And when this was done, Dillon
was led away with a hand at each
arm.
'Up to this moment the officer
had not spoken to his captors. He
was sure that he had fallen into the
clutches of the moonshiners them
selves: but when the march had
been conducted some time in si
lence, he ventured to say some
thing.
“You have no right to hold me,’
said Dillou.
No right, eh?” coarsely laugh
ed one of the men in reply. “Might
makes right -in these mountains.
Yon want to see something? \¥e
are going to show you more than
you would see without our escort.
Silence now, Mr. Dillon'. A still
tongue goes a good ways-with us.”
Thus shut off, the deputy mar
shal held his tongue, and was taken
down the mountain, as he conld
tell by the descent of the trail, and
in the coarse of time crossed the
threshold of a cabin, bnt whose he
did Lot know. v
He was led to a stool, where he
seated himself as comfortably os
he conld, . for his hands were bound
to his back, and he felt the warm
fire of a lot of pine - knots in _ his
face- '
All the time he could hear the
snhdned voices of men, and pres
ently some one placed a hand on
his shoulder, and he was address-
1 ed, hat in a whisper.
“Why did you let them nab
you?” asked the voice. —
Dillon smiled.
“There are-some things we can’t
help,” - said he, looking toward* the
lowered face of the speaker. •
“Yon are iu the jaws of death,’
continued the same voice. “Yon
are in the Government employ,
and that is enough to seal your
doom in those parts.”
“Where am I?” ventured Dillon.
Never mind that. I have to]d__yonjo the deestrict you have in -
you the truth. The men have gone
away, but thoy won’t be gone* long.
Wlien they come back yon will be
taken oat and killed like a dog,
and your fate will'become one of
the mysteries of these mountains ”
Tne young man, - despite his
courage, feltji shudder creep to
bis heart.
“I have been taught to hate all
United States marshals and the
like,” went on the unseen, who was
a woman, and still young, as Dillon
guessed from the tones. “I think
we people have a right to make a
little money without payin'* all the
profits into the treasury ot the
Government. We don’t hurt that
treasury very much; but here you
come to hnnt us down and drag us
to jail like a pack of deep dyed
criminals. It ain’t right from the
point we look at'it.”
Dillon did not interrupt the
speaker; but the moment she fin
ished, he said:
“Then I suppose you are going
to let them commit another crime ?’
There was - no answer. If he
had not been blindfolded he could
have seen the woman, who stood^at
the little window of the room look
ing out into the. night and listen
ing attentively.
She was young the possessor of
a large frame. Strength . was ob
servable everywhere; but at the
same time her movements were full
of grace, and there was sympathy
iu the face framed in rich, dark
hair.
After a while, Dillon heard the
cabin door open and shut, and felt
that he was alone before the fire.
Five minntes later the door
opened once more and footsteps
approached him.
“They’re coming back;” said the
voice that addressed him before.
“You have but a few minntes to
live.” —
The young deputy marshal rose
and stood Srect,
“They won’t find a drop of cow
ard blood in my veins,” spoke
Dillon, firmly. “I have dealt with
scoundrels before, ami know their
nature too well to qnail before
them.”
“Don’t say that!” cried the uu-
seen. “Don’t, for God’s sake! You
don’t know who I am; butT can’t
help it. Ah, here they me—at the
door! Talk calmly whatever comes.
Be a brave man,” and the voice
grew still.
Di11qn_uow beard men’s voices,
and the door, opening, ’ let a puff
of cold mountain air-into the. hut.
“You’ve got him yet, I see,
Kate!” exclaimed a rough voice,
“We weren’t gone long, eh?” r i
“Not very long,” answed the
woman.
Dillon was now approached, and
a hand closed on one of his arms.
I gness you don’t deny being
one of Uncle Sam’s officers?” said
some one.
You know wbat I am,” replied
the prisoner.
You came, into the deestrict to
ferret ns out, eh?”
“I did. It was my sworn duty.”
“You duty to hunt your fellow-
meu down like a passel of wolves?
Well, the wolves have turned on
the hunter, Mr. Dillon. We are
going to show our teeth.” "
These words were greeted with
a coarse laugh, and Dillon was led
from the shanty. There was no
longer any doubt into whose hands
he hadiallen.
He believed that he had crossed
Dick Winslow’s threshold and
talked to his daughter Kate, the
giantess of the range,-"and a woman
suspected of being as deep iu the
violation of the law as her father.
He thought of these things while
he was conducted over the moun
tain trail to the place set apart for
his execution, and his mind was
still busy when a halt was called.
“Take off the bandage!”
At the command the dirty hand-,
kerchief fell from Dillon’s eyes,
and he found himself-in the middle
of a ring of masked men armed to
the teeth, the.whole scene revealed
by a torch stack into a knot-hole
of aLreenear bv.
Never before had Dillou found
himself in such a tight place as
that
He kuewHhe desperateiipss of
the men who had caught'him, aud
ha did not expect a particle, of creek,” said the unknown, halting
mercy. , at a foot-log'that spanned a.small,
The motto of the secret distill- j sluggish stream. “I may not be
ers of the mountain was “Death to ■ able to help you again. Yon come
Government officers,” and young j back at your own risk, for yon
Dillou had seen the dead body of j know that to-night your life was
his predecessor with a bullet bole; in the sjiadow of death.”
in the breast. ~~ j Dillon looked over the hand that
“Might makes right in these j pointed toward the county town,
SOMETHING FOB NOTHING.
Monroe Advertiaer.
parts,” suddenly spoke the head of
the band: “We are going to leave
vadecl. Paul Dillon, you have, ten
minntes to live. Dou’t bother ns,
with words After to-night you
will be a missing TSsu, and your
place will be. vacant. Draw the
lot, Dan’i .’-
M man stepped forward and took
off his rough hat. Into it he east
ten leaves, which he picked from
the gronncTT"
Dillou, who had noticed every
move, saw that two of the leaves
were of dark red w bile the rest
were yellow.
Having done this the holder of
the hat passed from man to man,
aud hailfl after hand was put into
the hat aud a leaf taken out.
The doomed man noticed that
the moonshiners looked covertly at
the leaves they drew, and he un
derstood that the holders of the
dark ones were to be his execution
ers.
The strange drawing was coil-'
ducted amid silence, and when the
last leaf had been, taken from the
hat, the Captain of the gang said:
“Tak6 the prisoner away, and
don’t bring him back.”
Two men stepped simultaneous
ly toward Diilon, and he was led
away between them. They con
ducted him down the mountain
and around the bend in the un
couth trail, where a halt was made.
The only light now was, that af
forded by tho stars, which had
come out again and shone so
brilliantly as to show Dillon the
immediate spot, and .the tall,'rough
figures of his executioners, with
their heavy revolvers sticking in
their dark, greasy belts.
Would you come among ns
again if you could get away ?” ask
ed one of the men.
“I would do my duty!” was the
reply of Dillon.
miles away, into the eyes of the
speaker.
“Ha! you know me?” smiled the
rescuer, and the whole face seem
ed to change expression. “I was
raised to hate all your kind, and
that’s why they call me Moonshine
Kate. Go, Dillon! If you come
again, I might let them finish yon.
Winslow’s child could not see]
them, kill you like a dog, but she
hates yon marshals. Go! You
know the road from this point.”
The uplifted hand fell, and
Dillou crossed the log. On the
other side of the stream he stopped
and looked back; bnt the disguised
figure of the moonshiner’s daugh
ter was no longer visible, and the
frosty leaves cracked under the
officer's tread.
There w«s no rest for the detec
tive’s feet till they entered the
mountain town, where he told to
‘a few friends the story of his ad
venture.
The next day he threw up his
dangerous commission
Moonshine Kate is a violater
of the law, but uot by my hand
shall she ever cross the* threshold
of. a court house!” said Dillon.
And he»kept his word.—Satur
day Night.
AVarmtli in American Houses-
Engine Field in tlie Chicago News.
Mrs. Eider Haggard has been
heard to complain that American
women 'kept their houses too
warm. This complaint cannot be
made of English women. If there
is an uncomfortable spot in all
Christendom it__Js the average
English house in cold weather.
The average English house is ill-
constructed; it is damp and draugh
ty; it is provided with very few
comforts. This may account for
that domestic infelicity which jeop
ardizes the family in England.
He saw the lips of the moon- English husbands are notoriously
shiners contract. That meant
death.
“Shall it be the head or the
heart?” coolly querried the other
one, raising his revolver to a level
with Dillon’s breast.
“It shall be neither!” cried a
voice at that moment from a point
so. near that the two moonshiners
started.
And hard upon the words a fig
ure sprang from the shadows near
by and landed between the twain.
It was the figure bjt a giant in
home-made gray—a person with
great hands and splendicLphysique
—and one of the men was thrown
ten feet from the spot, while the
other was seized by the throat and
forced egainst the nearest tree,
where he was held and choked de
spite his struggles.
Dillou wondered who had corne
to his assistance, but before be
could decide the man'thrown from
the scene was coming back with
the spring of a panther.
The rescuer caught sight of him
almost as soon as Dillon did.
[n—another jmoment the man
choked against the tree was allow
ed to drop senseless at its foot and
the friend in need went straight at
the returning moonshiner
Dillon saw them meet in the
starlight. He saw the moonshiner
caught before he could use his re
volver,and the two went to the
ground together.
The struggle there was brief
aud fierce. The under person
fought with ail the desperation he
could command, but his., efforts
suddenly terminated, and Dillon
saw his form straighten across the
mountain path.
Now let ns go!” cried the res
cuer, coming back and cutticj
Dillon’s bonds. “Wait!, The men
who drew the dark leaves were ,to
kill and bury you. without being
disturbed^- by the rest. This will
give you a good start.”
A revolver shot was fired.
It is needless to say that the
young officer went down the moun
tain, with all the speed he could,
guided by tbe strange person who
had saved him in the nick of time
and.wkose face be could not see
fairly, as if lie tried to keep- its
features concealed.
Three miles wes put between
them and the scene of) the thrill
ing rescue, and yet Diflon had not
obtained a good look at the faee he
bad been following.
bad husbands; they might be much
belter if their homes were com
fortable. When a man shivers he
pines for-warmth, and he will get
it. If he doesn’t find it at ■ home
he will find it at the groggeries, or
at other infamous resorts. The
home instinct has been pretty near
ly all chilled out of the English
man. He is a famous wanderer;
bnt, mark yon, he never wanders
northward! he heads southward; he
is cold; be has been frozen' all his
life; as soon as be can get away
from his damp, draughty and
cheerless home he makes his way
where hers assured of the warmth
which hisshivering body demands.
The American women know, for
tunately; that thS surest way to
keep their husbands at home and
to attach them to home is to make
the home comfortable, bright and
cheerful. It is the pursuance of
these tactics that has insured'”to
American women the most loyal
husbands and children who regard
no human sentiment more tender
ly sacred than that which attaches
to home, with its myriad of sweet,
persuasive, holy influences.
Wife (fretfully)—Something is
going to happen, dearest. Yes,
yes, 1 have a presentment. I feel
sure of it.
Husband (thoroughly acquaint
ed with his spouse)—No, I think
not. The dressmaker and milliner
called while you were out, aud L-
er—er settled the bills.
'Wife (raptuously)—Darling!—
American Grocer.
Professor Wfighton says agri
culture is a born science. It
fn'.tof botany, zoology, geology
and entomologj . It is fall of cliem-
istiy, from the soil to the growing
plant, the ripening seed and the
animal life which, is the qntcome.
Happy Hocsicr*.
; Wm. Timmons, Postmaster at
Idaville, .writes: _ “ElectricBitters
has done more for me than all oth
er medicines combined, for that
bad feeling arising from liver and
kidney trouble.” John Leslie,
farmer and stockman, of the same
place, says: “Find Electric Bit-
ters to be the best kidney and liv
er medicine; made me feel like a
new man.” -J. W. Gardner, hard
ware merchant, same town, says:
“Electric Bitters Is jnst thte thing
for a man thsit. is all rundown, anc!
don’t care whether he lives or dies
he fonud^new strength, good appe
tite, and felt just like he had a
new lease on life. Only 50 cents
There seems to be a growing dis
position among many people in
this country to get something for
nothing. This trait, however,
more . particularly observable
among the younger classes. What
has engendered, aud what is Ced
ing such an-idea, it is hard to tell,
unless it be attributable to man’s
natural antagonism to work, or to
that coVetous spirit that gets the
upper-hand of so many people: All
of ns. look out upon the world’s
bounties', aud desire to have, but
are loth to give value received.
How many thousands are stand
ing upon the arena of life, louring
towards tliat which, to them, is
possible of attainment, and saying
we, want this, we-would like to
Lave that, and we desire the other,
aud are absolutely ignoring tbe
command, “thou shalt eat bread
bylhe sweat of thy face.” How
often do we hear persons say, “I
wish I was rich,” or, “I wish I had
certain possessions,” but who are
unwilling to give the labor' toil
and patience necessary to the at
tainment of the things desired.
These are they who want some
thing for nothiug.. They want
riches, comfort and ease; they want
pleasure and smooth sailin
life; they want the comforts of life,
but are not willing to obtain these
things at tbe purchase price. They
want that, to obtain which, others
have labored and toiled for years,
and want it for nothing.
These have a wrong view of life;
they have a misconception of the
duties and obligations that a life
in the flesh involves; they do not
comprehend to what extent self-
dependence forms the basis upon
which every one’s fortune and sur
roundings depend. All who have
fallen in with this false idea, must
learn the lesson that something
cannot be" had for nothiug; that
equivalents is the rale of exchange
in this world.
It may not be a pleasing and in
viting lesson, nevertheless,we mnst
learn that if we would have the
good things of this world; if we
would have comforts and pleasant
surroundings; if we would have
the rewards.that this world can
give, we must give for them labor
aud toil, coupled with patience to
wait for their coming. If we would
attain to prominent positions and
eminence among men, and share
the-honors of life, we must travel
the road of labor and perseverance
that leads to them. The obtaining
of something for nothing is con
trary to the laws of botlijGod and
man. On this subject the South
ern Cultivator says:
“One of the most dangerous foes
to the peace and real prosperity of
the human family is the idea of
obtaining moral standing without
having a basis for it; of obtaining
wealth by easy and' rapid strides
without labor or capital.
"When a business firm starts out
on such a programme it is classed
as a “wildcat;” when coin of that
sort is attempted to be palmed off
on tbe public,- it is styled “base”
and “counterfeit;” yet we see daily
the ingenuity of men taxed to tbe
uttermost to achieve immense
wealth, not by the interest on cap
ital invested, bnt by speculations
based on wbat is not theirs—tbe
future.
Again, we see men by “ways that
are dark,” rise to eminence in so
ciety, assuming a virtue when they
have it not, and the inevitable re
sult is that society is flie loser by
it Tbe effort has been made to
obtain something for nothing.
In business life, as well asiu so
cial walks, the surest, safest and
happiest way, is to bed rock yonr
course on principle.
Don’t be Gloomy.
Those who are the victims of
- -mercurial poisoning, or who are
suffering from- mercnriaLrhenma-
tism, ;.re inclined toiakea gloomy
view of life when, as the poet says)
“Winter is folding its white tents,
and-spriDg is.getting its thunder
storms together.” Yet these vic
tims have no reason to despair. S:
S. S. is a sure remedy foFall forms
of mercurial poisoning. Though
jit is pargly a vegetable medicine,
tf is powerful, indeed, when called
on to chase mercury out of the sys
tem. It performs the work with
neatness and. dispatch, as thous-,
ands of testimonials show.
The number of tons of freight
moved an all railroads in the Uni-
ten States increased fifty per cent
during-tbe last five years. No oth
er nation in the world can exhibit
“Yon-know the (rail from this a'bottie, at Hcltzcla.v & Gilbert’s so phenomenal an increase.
The Magnitude of Truck Farming.
The census office has made'pab-
!ic a bulletin on truck farming,
which for the first time in the his
tory of the country has been made
a subject of census investigation.
The statistics are compiled from
returns which have been received
np to January 1, 189L
Truck fanning, as considered in
turn report, is distinct from mar-
ket gardening. Tbe former is
carried on in favored localities at
a distance from market, water and
rail transportation being necessa
ry, while the latter is conduced
near local markets, the grower of
vegetables using his own team for
the transportation of his products
direct to either the retailer or the
consumer.
Upward of §100,000,000 aie in
vested in this industry, the prod
ucts reaching a value of §76,507,
155 on farms after paying freight
and commissions, and realized up
on 534440 acres of land. There
are employed in this industry 215,-
765 men, 9,254 women, and 14,874
children, aided hy75,866 horses
and mules, and §8,971,206.70
worth of implements. The Nor
folk "district,, embracing 45,375
acres, shipped products valued at
§7,692,859; south Atlantic district,
111,741 acres, products valued nt
$13,183.sl6; Mississippi valley,
36,180 acres, prodnets valued at
§4,979,783. .
Nearly 75 per cent, of the track
produced in the United States
comes fromji belt of country along
the Atlantic coast lying east of a
line drawn from Augusta, Me;, to
Macon, Ga.; from southern Geor
gia, Alabama and Florida; along
the north and south Hues of rail
road in the Mississippi valley from
the gulf to Chicago, St. Louis and
Kansas City, and from the celery
districts of Michigan and Ohio.
More or less of the truck, howev
er, is produced iu all of the states.
The following figures show the to
tal acreage of the leading vegeta
bles grown upon truck farms of
the United States: Asparagns,
27,979; beaDs (string or snap), 12,-
607; cabbage,77jU95; kale, 2,962-
spinach, 20,195; Irish potatoes,
28,046; beets, 2,420; celery, 15,381;
cucumbers, 4,731; watermelons,
114,871; other melons, 28,477;peas,
56,162; sweet potatoes, 28,621; to
matoes, 22,802; miscellaneous veg
etables, 82,601.
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Hot Water for Felons.
Farm, Field and Stockman. J
I wish I could get farmers to
remember that there is no lini
ment, or plaster, or salve, that is
equal to hot water for felons, ruu-
lounds or bruises, writes a corre
spondent. Last year I was taking
np an iron pnmp that was 200 feet
Lug, I had jn6t got one sixteen-
foot length np when the grappling '
slipped and it went to the bottom.
I caught one of my fingers aud
tore off the. nail and some flesh, no
doctor within sixteen miles; before
the numbness bad gone I had the
finger in water as hot as I conld
bear it, and kept it there about ten
minntes, nntil the soreness went
away, then I tied it up in a ragond
went to work again.
I had to cut some of the ragged
skin and flesh away, and for abont
a week I had to put that finger in
to hot water several times a day
whenever, it felt sore or painful,
but I never lost a minute’s time or
sleep on account of it I found
the best way to be to put some
warm water in a vessel and place
the-vessel on the stove and keep
the finger in it while the water got
as hot as I conld bear, and nntil
the soreness seamed.to go away.
For felons, put tbe vessel on the
stove and warm it np as hot as can
be borne, several times a day, §ay
for fifteen miuntes at a time, keep
ing the felon, well covered,.
A St. Lonis man foils his meth
od ot keeping a bonqnet fresh for
a long time: “I put a little salt, a
tablespoonfol or more, in the bot
tom of the vase. Then I fill the
vase with ice broken into pieces
the size of a walnut. On" this I
put the bonqnet, the same as yon
put the stems into a glass of water.
I never put any water in the vase,
however. Enough comes from the
melting ice and salt”
The had condition of the potato
crop lies at least been of service to
the starch mills, philosophizes the
Cincinnati Enquirer. They can
make starch out of potatoes that
are good for nothing else, and can
get them very cheap,
FOR DYSPEPSIA
f U»e Brown’* Iron Biuers.
Physicians recommend it.
Ail dealers keep it. $1.00 per bottle. Genu!
tuts trac.vtmtrk and crossed red lines on wrap
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