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iisfflSl slip zsa.'S&Zi': Bale of Cotton to Every Acre. Macon Telegraph. “My cotton ne\er suffers frqm ex cessively hot weather,” said Mr. Frank Woodall of Jones county. “For twenty years I have been planting my cotton in the water furrow, just as corn is planted, and in the last plowing I have to be careful not to throw dirt on the bolls. The effect of planting down N against the hard dirt iB that the tap root quickly strikes moisture and it goes right on to growing, and then the lateral roots spread out in the soft earth and thej are never dis turbed during cultivation.” Capt. W. A. Davis heard the con versation. He remarked: “Mr. Woodall rarely makes Iobs than a bale to the acre, either,” “Yes, our farmers make their big mistake in cultivating cotton,” con tinued Mr. Woodall. “They plant it wrong to start with, and then they cultivate it wrong and plow it too late. My cotton is as fine as any that grows anywhere in the world. Frequently one limb of one of my v stalks will have thirty to forty bollB, and when my 'neighbors’ cotp ton sheds and turns brown, my cot ton continues to flourish and make fruit. I have occasionally experi mented, planting some of my cotton on the beds as my neighbors have done, and some in the water furrow, and the weather would ruin one field, but the ootton in the water furrow would thrive. I have made as high as thirty-three bales on twenty-six aores.” “Don’t your neighbors learn any thing from your exaniple?” inquired the reporter. “Oh, yes; some of them adopt my method, nud they, make fine cotton.’* “What caused you to try the wa ter furrow?” “About twenty yearB ago I put some green cotton seed under my corn, which was planted in the wa ter furrow. The corn was away down below the level, and the ground was moist down there. The cotton seed sprouted, and I told my hands to cover all of them so as to give the corn a ohance. They work ed at it, but a very good stand of cotton was left. I continued to try to kill it out until it got up to con siderable size, and it grew and flour ished so well, in spite of my fight against it, that I gathered about three-quarters of a bale to the acre on the lund, besides a good corn crop. While that cotton was doing so well other cotton was turning brown and was shedding. This stood the hot woather or the wet weather without a sign of deteriora tion, and I decided that I had dis covered the proper way to grow cot ton, and I planted some that way the next year, and after that I aban doned the old plan of bedding for cotton. I go down deep to put the seed next to the moisture every time.” “How do you cultivate the cot ton?” 1 “I use a double plowstook which carries a couple of soooters at a time. The first plowing I use a two-inoh scooter next to the ootton and the rear stock brings a three- inoh scooter; at the next plowing I put a three-inch soooter next to the cotton ayd a four-inch behind that one; and then I use a four-inoh and a six-inch scooter at the third plowing. From that time on I use the biggest scrapes I can find. My cotton is planted in five-foot rows, and the limbs always lap. I never break the middles deeply, because I want to be sure never to disturb the roots. My hoe hands never have anything to do but chop to a stand. The plows keep out the grass.” Rev. Max Halpern, cantor of Beth Israel, the mother of orthodox Ju- daism in Boston, iB reported to have brought to light the true old He brew tunes, which for centuries have been forgotten or kept in false forms. His unearthing of these tunes makes possible to the Jews a worship which was in pracetice thousands of years ago. Since Cuba took her tariff gun and went pot hunting for revenue birds, her financial estimate looks more hopeful. She now figures that her annual income will be $18,000,- 000, against an expense of $15,000,- 000,--Constitution. - ■ 1 m * The Only Guaranteed Kidney Cure is Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. Your drug gist will refund your money if after tak- iiii one bottle you are not satisfied with results: 50 cents at Oater’s Drugstore. Subscribe for The Home Joobnap. Many Cubans Want Office. New York.—Captain Boyce of the schooner Montana, which arrived at this port recently from Baracoa, Cu ba, with a cargo of 570,000 cocoa- nuts, after a voyage of ten days, re^ ported a strange state of affairs in that city, which is "causing a lot of trouble to. the new Cuban govern ment. Recruiting was begun all over Gujj ba for the formation of a native mi litia, to be modeled somewhat after the fashion of the national guard, but the martial spirit has taken such a hold on thp people that the native “veterans” of the late trouble with Spain are clamoring for recognition, to the exclusion of the younger ele ment, and, while not organized, the “veterans” are demanding privileges similar to those aocorded to the Grand Army of the Republic. Capt. Boyce said: “Most of those fellows down there worked on sugar plantations, in refineries and in to bacco fields, and they are the most ragged looking lot you ever saw. There is no doubt they fought all right—-when they had to—and now they are fired up again to go to war, but they don’t know who with, so they are fighting among themselves for military rank and preference in the new Cuban national guard. “There are only about 2,000 peo ple in Barkcon, which is in the northwest corner of the island, and they get little news from the out side world, not having cable com munication. “When the movement started,” said the captain, “all those fellows wanted to join right away, but no one wanted to be a high private. There were twenty would-be sol diers who claimed the right to be generals, sixty or seventy wanted to be colonels, two or three, hundred majors, and captains and lieutenants in crowds. There were a few who expressed their willingness to servo as sergeant majors, and I believe three sergeants were enlisted up to the time I left, but there was no one in the port who would allow ra*-* dignity to bo insulted by enlis' 1 ■. as a private. Several colored “g •- tlemen” wanted to lead the pro- - sion as drum majors, and I daiu they can scare up a few drumixiip aud buglers, but from what I saw up to the time I sailed I guess the national guard will look more like a procession of New York barbers on a field day—all officers.” The Wrong Citation. The retirement of Justice Gray of the United States Supreme Court has furnished a text for many rem iniscences of his earlier days, says the New York Tribune. While he was a member of the Supreme court of Massaohusetts^he had an amusing experience with a certain Boston lawyer,' an exceedingly pious man with a taste for evangelization, who had his letterheads printed with a verse from Scripture in large type following the name and address. On one occasion, having to make an ex parte preliminary argument before Justice Gray in chambers, in whioh it would be necessary to disclose certain parts of his client’s case which he desired not to make gen erally public until the trial, he wrote the judge a note, asking that he be allowed an opportunity to speak to him in private. He was somewhat chagrined when his note came back to him with a scrawl across the bot tom: “Request deolined, with a suggestion from the court that oounsel base future petitions on a more appropriate citation.” For a moment he could not make out the meaning of this, as he was not aware that he had quoted any law; but glancing up the page he discovered that he had written his note on a letterhead bearing this text: “Ye, are bought with a price.” Two Mammoth Buildings. World’s Fair, St. Louis.—The con tracts for grading the sites of the Palaces of. Agriculture and Horti culture at the World’s Fair has been let. The work will require the handling of 252,000 cubic yards of earth, carrying it an average dis tance of 600 feet. The agricultural building, according to revised plans, will be 600 by 1600 feet, covering an area of nearly a million square feet, or more than 22 aores. In this great building will be displayed the extensive exhibits of foods, dairy products, bees and bee produets, farm machinery, and the agricultu ral exhibits of states and nations of the world. The location of the building is near tHe central part of the Exposition grounds and its im mense size, upon the elevated site which has been allotted to it, will make it perhaps the most prominent of the fifteen great exhibit palaces. The Palace of Horticulture will stand directly south of the Palace of Agriculture and will be 400 by 800 feet, having an area of 320,000 square feet or seven and a half acres. One room in this building 400 feet square will be devoted to fruits and fruit products, another room 200 by 400 feet to a conserva tory with floral display, and still an other room 200 by 400 feet to the accessories of, horticulture, such as implements and applianoes for the cultivation and handling of fruits and flowers. The elevation of these palaces is such as to afford opportu nity for terraced gardens and other beautifuUandscape effects, while the outdoor exhibits of agriculture and horticulture will be very extensive andinteresting both to the general visitor and the practical grower or expert. Frederick W. Taylor is the chief of the department of agricul ture and acting chief of horticul ture. The plans for both these great palaces are now being prepar ed in the Apartment of works under Isaao S. Taylor, the director of the department, and it is the expecta tion that they will far surpass in • >nty and arrangement the similar i>,tMhh at any former exposition. —— Things to Know. Stain of fruit, etc., may be taken out of wash goods by first saturat ing the spot with coal oil, then washing as usual. To make sugar syrup so that it will not crystalize add a pinch of grated alum the size of a small pea to each pint of sugar. Cover with hot water, and let boil five minutes. This can be flavored if desired. A pinch of salt will make the white of an egg beat quicker, and a <j!finoh of borax in cooked starch will make the clothes stifter and whiter. Take peeling from lemon and or anges, throw into cold water, place on the stove, and when they come to a boil drain the water off and cover again with cold water. Let them boil fifteen minutes. Make a syrup of * sugar and water, put the peeling into this, and boil until transparent. Roll in sugar, then place on a plate to dry. This is fine in fruit-cake. September Woman’s Home Companion. 0-4 ■ A great Boheme is suggested by the Figaro of Paris for the utiliza tion of the rainfall of the Pyrenees. It is proposed to dam the valleys all along the ehain, hold up all the mountain torrents in a series of ar tificial lakes, regulate the overflow, run it through turbines, and so gen erate electric power. It is calcula ted that no less than 10,000,000 horse-power could be obtained from the Pyrenean range, and this power oould be supplied at about one-sixth of the cost of that produced by steam. A Parson’s Noble Act, “I want all tho world to know” writes Rev. C. J. Budlong, of Ash away, R.J., “what a 'thoroughly good and reliable medicine I found in Electric Bitters. They cured me of jaundice and liver troub les that had caused me great suf fering for many years. For a gen uine all round cure they excell anything I ever saw.” Electric Bitters are the surprise of all for their wonderful work in Liver, Kidney and Stomach troubles. Don’t fail to try them. Only 50 cents. Satisfaction is guaranteed at Holtz,claw’s drugstore. Prof, Alexander Graham Bell of telephone fame is reported, accord ing to the Western Electrician, to be interested in the construction of an airship, the building of which he is at present supervising. 'It is said the machine will utilize many prin ciples of the kite. The adoption in Mexico of Amer ican styles in clothing has been very marked in recent years. Well-to-do Mexicans are discarding the old “Charro” suits, high sombreros and pointed shoes for American style clothing, hats and shoes. Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cures a cold in one day. No cure, No pay^ Price, 25 cents Books. Periodicals, Stationery, Art Goods, nCTCTSSE PEAMES call or write, t OLD SCHOOL BOOKS Bought, Sold and Exchanged. Our Circulating Library Plan is just the thing, and .cheap. We have the best of everything in our line. McEv.oy Book & Stationery Co., 572 Cheery Street, MACON, GA. fits Oor, Second and Poplar Sts., MACON, CA. AGENCY. 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