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A TEXAS WONDER.
llnll'n fro*l Dinoovery.
One email bottle of Hall’s Great Dis
covery cures all kidney and bladder
troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes,
seminal emissions. weak and lame backs,
rheumatism and all irregularitys of the
kidneys and bladder in both m n and
women, regulates bladder troubles in chil
dren. If not sold by your druggist w.ll
be sont my mail on receipt of SI. One
small bottle is two months’ ireatment,
and will cure any cas.* above mentioned.
Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer, P. O.
Box 629. S<. Louis. Mo Send for testi
monials. Sold by all druggists and Solo
mons Cos., Savannah, Ga.
Thi*.
Dr. E. W. Hall. St. Louis. Mo : Dear
Sir—Pleas? ship me three dozen Hall's
Giea< Discovery by first express. I have
sold over one gross. It give> perfect sat
isfaction. and I recommend it to my
customers. Yours truly.
H. C. GROVES.
Prop. Anti-Monopoly Drug Store.
Ocala. Fla., Dec. 13. ,
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
HAPPENINGS IX GEORGIA, FLORIDA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
K<‘W Depot for Uoltambn* —Minernl
Deposit* in Lumpkin Connty—At
tempted \Kniilt I>> nn Old 'lnn.
Sensnitonn I Cottle Suit nt Kf**im
mee Florida—Buying: Orange* oa
the Tree*— Fa tolly Wounded Willi
an t nloadcd Gun—ltem* From
ffontli Carolina.
Talbotton New Era: The butter produce
this county has been growing steadily
for the past five years. Mr. P. F. Max
well. who conducts a general merchandise
business at Centerville, said the other day.
in speaking of the increased production of
■butter, that seven years ago he could only
procure enough butter in his neighborhood
for the use of his own family, but now
what a change, he having in the past
twelve months shipped nearly 3,000 pounds.
( otton in n llud Fix
Macon Tel-graph: Mr. J. 8. McGehee,
who raises s good crops as any man In
Georgia, and makes as much money out
of farming on a small scale, said yes
terday that his cotton was in the fix cf
the drunkard who wi'l die if he drinks
more whisky and will die if he doesn’t
drink it. The hot weather is parching
the cotton until the fruit is dying, and
4f it gets rain it will all die, and if it
doesn’t get rain it will all die. So he has
made up his mind that what seemed to
be a magnificent cotton crop a short
time ago will make less than a half yield.
Putting A way Good Crop*.
Albany Herald: The farmers of South
west Georgia are putting away big crops
of fodder, corn and hay this year, and the
West will not ship us an many carloads of
its produi'e as in the past. As soon as we
get to that stage where we will likewise
raise all our own meat, wheat, syrup, su
gar, etc., the conditions of unexampled
prosperity of which we have been dream
ing for years will prevail. It is as unnat
ural for the South to buy meat, corn, hay,
*tc.. from the West as it would be for
Cuba to send to Virginia for her fine
grades of tobacco or for California to or
der her fruit from Florida.
Colunihiia* New Depot.
Columbus Enquirer-Sun: It seems to be
an assured fact that within the near fu
ture Columbus will have anew passenger
station. The commons commissioners
have agreed *o sell to the Central Railway
Company certain grftunds necessary for
making the improvements: the road lias
drawn up plans, and seems earnest in its
desire to give Columbus better depot facil
ities. and in short it looks as if Columbus
Is to have ut last a central passenger sta
tion commensurate with her size and
growing importance. The new station
proposed, and which is now regarded as a
certainty, will cost between thirty and
forty thousand dollars. While technically
It will be an addition to the present shed
the structure will be to all intents and
purposes anew station. It will be hand
somely appointed, well arranged, and fit
ted with modern conveniences. It will he
a station more fitted to the needs of a com
munity of some thirty or thirty-five thou
sand people than the present inadequate
and out-of-date shed.
Lumpkin'* Mineral Deponit*.
Dahlonega Signal: Lumpkin county is a
vast mineral region with a geographical,
geological and climatic identity of its
own. It Is one of the great mineral re
gions of the Appalachian range, and de
spite the fact that it is one of the oldest
historically, for here gold was first discov
ered in America, and here the mining in
dustry had its beginning, it is still in its
primary of its mineral development. It
has a remarkable variety and distribution
of mineral wealth and is destined to enor
mously increase its mineral output. A
striking l *lnstance of this can be cited in
adding the Griscom mine to the Crown
Mountain Company, which are now push
ing down two double-compartment shafts
under the management of Mr. J. F. Moore.
By his frugality, energy, determination,
end indomitable will power, he has un
covered a mountain of ore and now seeks
the bowels of the earth. A mill site has
been excavated on this property and the
laying of a foundation for an eighty-stamp
mill begun, and when this mill is com
pleted it will give to Lumpkin county a
life-long stimulant.
An Old Rim** Crime.
Tallapoosa has been deeply stirred by
the attempt of Walter Warren, an old
peddler, to criminally assault the young
12-yea rod daughter of Mr Jack Tumi n.
of that place. About 12 o’clock Friday
the girl and her younger sisters were
clone in the house when Warren ap
peared. He inquired for her mother and
fa her, and upon 1 arning that they were
both away frtm home he twice attempt
ed to asault her. S'me hours later he
was apprehended in a house i.i the cen
ter of town. II had made no effort to
< scape and. though he admit tod being
at the house at the time named, he de
nied the young girl’s accusations. How
efer. h? was unqualifiedly identified by
the girl as her assailant. (After the old
man’s attempt at assault became known
in the community a mob quickly gath
ered and the officers were compelled, in
order to save their prisoner from vio
lence, to carry him immediately to Bu
chanan. the county neat, nine miles from
this place. War.en, the assailant, is an
o!d gray-headed man of seventy.
% Georg fit 'Cintor Farm.
Macon News: There are schemes and
schemes but the latest and most extra
ordinary is cue projected by a promi
nent city court official to make a fortune
by raising alligators. The official, who
islikes publcitv and prefers that hi.*
namt' be withheld, is quhe serious in his
undertaking and has purchased 20) acre*
of swamp land near Seven BrMg s. into
which he will turn his herd of alligators.
The entire 300 acres is to be closely fenced
In. and this work is now well under war
and will be completed by Oct. 1. Thlrty
•e'en all gators have already been place!
on the farm and the promoter expec’s
to r allze cn Ms scheme next year.
The allies'or is said to be the moat pro
lific of all animals, the goat not except
'd, and where there is a ready demand
for th?m thfre is mrrt money in raltl eg
tlvm than any o.her animal That theiv
Is a demand for them now Is shown by
the fact that th* promo er of this farm
ha now filed away in hia office more or
ders for alligators than he hopoj to be
able to supply in two years.
FLORIDA.
An Eastern syndicate had an industrial
expert and engineer in Pensacola laet
week gathering data ns to the eligibility
of Pensacola as a site for a great ship
building plant. The expert is greatly
pleased, and thinks his syndicate will es
tablish ship yards there this fall.
400-Ponml .lnvfl*h,
John Gallie is the latest Tampa man up
with a big fish. Wednesday he went
down the hay with Capt. Warner, who has
charge of the lights, ond spent the day
angling. He landed a 450-poun<l jewfish,
which gave him all the excitement he
wanted for one day. The monster was
brought to the city and distributed among
the young man’s friends.
Record Shipment of rattle.
The largest single shipment of cattle
that ever left Kissimmee was shipped
from there to Port Tampa on Tuesday,
consigned by Morgan & Lesley to Capt.
McKay. The hunch number'd 1,200 head
and went in two special fast freight
trains, the first train leaving in the af
ternoon and the next at night. Several
other heavy shipments are being planned
and many large trades are on foot.
Fell hih! Broke Hi* Neck.
Ernest Krouse, a carpenter, while at
work on the second story of the new
Louisville and Nashville Railroad ware
house at Pensacola Friday morning, wi*
struck by a swinging joist, and knocked
headforemost to'the wharf, twenty-one
feet below, striking on his head and
breaking his neck. He lived only a few
minutes. Krouse’s father is a prominent
shipbuilder in Sweden.
IloviKhl Many Orange*.
Fort Myers Press: Mr. N. M. Alexan
der, who has hern here for the past month
buying up oranges, left for his home at
Bercsford, Fla., last Friday. His pur
chases amount to about 10,000 boxes of or
anges, and include the crops of Ed Park
inson. J. B. McKinley, English Bros., J.
W. Hall. T. M. Hickey. James Hickey, C.
H. Murray, Bert Hagan, R. A. Hender
son and John Powell. The growers are to
get $1.50 on the trees.
“In loaded” Gnn Fired.
A distressing accident occurred a* Lau
rel Hill, Fla., about thirty-five miles east
oi Pensacola, late Friday. Two boys,
John and Joseph Nichols, aged 11 and 12,
respectively, went hunting with a rifle
of small caliber. Thinking the weapon
had been discharged the elder boy leveled
it at his brother and pulled the trigger.
The “unloaded” gun went off. the bullet
entering John’s body Just above the
heart. Physicians who attended sail
his death was only a matter of a few
heurg. The father is a leading and
wealthy West Floridian.
Stole Capitol Removal.
The State Capital Removal Committee
of St. Augustine is holding frequent meet
ings. and is in receipt of many encour
aging communications. Some of the let
ters have been received from prominent
people from the middle and southern por
tions of the stare, and assura St. Augus
tine of a large vote from the people of
those sections. The committee Is making
preparations for the big mass meeting
which will be held in the Plaza Tuesday
night, at which time th opening gun of
the campaign will be fired.
Senwntlonnl Cattle Stilt.
Kissimmee Valley Gazette: A suit of
special interest to stockmen was filed here
yesterday, the parties being Queenie Hus*
kie Johnson. a minor, complainant,
against Z!ba King, respondent. The bill
alleges that when complainant was a baby
her father, Abner D. Johnson, Jr., be
fore his death, gave her a herd of cattle
numbering about 700 head, and recorded
her ownership in them. Thar was twelve
years ago. Upon her father’s death, her
mother. Lula I. Johnson, now Mrs. Oscar
Griggs, sold the Abner Johnson storks to
Ziba King, and that Ziba King, while
taking of the Abner Johnson
cattle,* nlso drove away the child’s stock
of cattle. The hill prays that Ziba King
be declared a trustee for the complainant
fer her cattle, and be forced to account
to her for them and their natural in
crease. The amount claimed is $32,000 for
the stock and increase, ond $28,000 for the
beef cattle belonging to the stock; total,
$60,000. The bill further alleges that Ziba
King refuses to acknowledge the child’s
claim. Mnj. Alex St. Clair Abrams and
R. H. Seymour are solicitors for the com
plainant.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Lancaster Cotton Mill has notified
the Secretaiy of .State that the capital
stock will be Increased from $150,000 to
$1,000,000. When the enlargement contem
plated Is made this mill will be among the
largest in the state.
Ideal Polities.
An effort is being made to have all can
didates in Richland county sign n pledge
not to spend an/ money for liquor or bar
becues or to pay "strikers" at the polling
places, or to pay for carriages to bring
voters to the polls. While the plan Is a
good one in theory, it is generally consid
ered too ideal to !>e of practical effect In
these days where* a man has to seek the
office with a hustle and not wait for it to
find him.
Tickets gent Dot,
The Slate Democratic Executive Com
mittee has sent to every county official
tickets for the first primary. In order
that there should be no shortage about
four times the tickets necessary have
been shipped to each county chairman fer
distribution ’ among the clubs. It is well
again to call to the attention of voters
hut their names must be on the cluo
rolls before they can vote. From reports
received by the Executive Committee
this important matter is being neglected
Well-Known Usyfr Drill.
Hon. Robert W. Boyd died at hts home
at Darlington Friday morning. Mr. Boyd
was about 70 years of age. For years he
had been a member of the Darlington bar,
aftd was an active practitioner of the law
up to the time of his last sickness. As
a lawyer of ability he was known all over
the state; he never did stop studying, and
It was his delight to delve deep Into legal
lore and dissect legal principles. He was
profoundly Intellectual and dearly loved
literary pursuits.
film It nil roll il Opened.
Railroad Commissioner Welborn has In
spected und formally opened for traffic :he
l'nion and tllenn Springs Railroad. The
road I* only three and two-thirds miles
long, but contemplated extensions will
make It an Important line among the
railroads of the Piedmont section. It is
proposed to extend It to Glenn Springs,
whore there is a railroad running to Spar
tanburg, thus giving another route from
Union to that city. Another proposed
branch will tap the Seaboard at Whit
more. thus giving Union and Spartanburg
both the benefits of railroad competition.
W. F. HAMILTON,
Artesian Weil Contractor,
OCALA. FLA.
Am prepared to drill wells up to any
depth We use first-class machinery, can
do work on short nolle* and guarantee
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1900.
THE JOYS OF
VIGOROUS MANHOOD.
Astounding Success of Dr. Hathaway la
Restoring the Shattered Nerves of Men
to Their Original Ilealthy Condition.
His Treatments for Other Weak
nesses of Meu.
Dr. Hathaway's treatment for that terri
ble condition of mental and bodily weak
ness, brought about by youthful igno
ranee and folly,
or by excesses
r 89 most others
*—' /’ are. simply a
/jf 6tlmulant which
acts for a few
A deluded patient
lj*'w In worse condi
pgitadlt J* fore. Dr. Hath-
\ * ®way's treat-
J.Newton Hathaway,M.D. ac,s on every
weakened por-
The Longest Established (for, a f the
Specialist in the South, body. It builds
up nerve, tissue and muscular
strength, and revitalizes the whole body.
The hitherto miserable victim becomes
fitted for a husband and a father.
This is what Dr. Hathaway’s treatment
does, and it doe- It invariAbly in every
case, never mind how serious the condi
tion of th- patient.
Dr. Hathaway aiso treats, with the
same guarantee of success. Varicocele
without operation, Stricture (by a pain
less home treatment). Specific Blood Pois
oning and other chronic diseases of men.
including all Urinary and Sexual
ders.
Absolutely private and confidential con
sultation without any Cost can be had
In Dr. Hathaway's office. If you live out
of town, or cannot for any reason visit the
office, he will send you free his latest
book and self-examination blanks.
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D.,
Dr. Hathaway & Cos.,
25A Bryan street. Savannah, Ga.
Office Hours—9 to 12 m.; 2 to 5 and 7 to 9
p. m. Sundays, lo a. m. to 1 p. m.
A Strange Bulldog.
Quite a sensation was created at Bish
opville one night a short time ago by a
mysterious animal which went from house
to house terrorizing the dogs and slaught
ering all the puppies it could reach, some
dozen or more being killed. Last week
a young man by the name of Stewart
heard something scratching at his door.
On opening the door a large bull dog dash
ed in and killed a puppy which he kept
in his room and then turned upon -Stew
art, who shot the dog's foot off and then
broke his gun over his head and suc
ceeded in putting an end to him. This
probably explains the mystery of the
guyascutis.
Shop* In fnlnmhln.
The Seaboard Air Line has decided to
build railroad shops In Columbia, and Is
now looking out for land upon which to
build. The company has been undecided
whether to build at Hnmlet or Columb'a,
but finally selected the latter city. Col.
Mcßee made the announcement to Mr.
Francis H. Weston, who asked whether It
would be advisable to send a Committee
to Richmond in order -to set forth Colum
bia's advantage. Col. Mcßee replied that
Columbia had already been decided on.
The company has been negotiating for
some land near the fair grounds, but
should that deal fall the Columbia Land
and Investment Company will donate five
aores, where Camp Fornance was situated
during the Spanish-American war.
Connection With Seaboard.
A scheme to get Greenville connected
with the Seaboard Air Line road, and
thereby secure better freight rates and
other advantages through competition, is
agitated among the prominent business
men of this city. The prevailing idea
seems to be to have a number of leading
merchants and business met) there organ
ize for the purpose of securing a fran
chise ond the right of way. The best and
most desirable route, in the opinion of
men here is by Piedmont. Pelzer, Will
iamston and Belton to Abbeville, a dis
tance of about fifty miles. There are
large cotton mills located at each of
these towns, and it can be readily seen
that the freight business they have to
give out is enormous. Of course, the
Seaboard Air Line authorities would as
sist the project very materially and it
is understood that Capt. “Bunch" Mo-
Bee. formerly a resident of Greenville,
has a strong desire to see the road built.
WARE TEACHERS TO MEET.
Wnyerow* Citizen* Arranging to
Rullil n Knitting Mill.
Way cross, Oa„ Aug. 12. -The Teachers'
Institute of Ware county will convene In
this city Aug. 20. Competent experts will
be employed and it Is hoped to niake it
a profitable occasion. The Board of Edu
cation is still waiting on Stale School Com
missioner Glenn to call the election for a
commissioner to succeed Hon. J. D. Smith,
whose resignation has already been ten
dered.
An enthusiastic meeting of citizens was
held Friday night at the Phenix Hotel.
It was called for the purpose of hearing
the gentleman who has been here in the
Interest of a knitting mill for Waycross.
It is quite probable that the effort now
being made will result in an importanc
Industry being established here. It is es
timated that the knitting factory will cost
$40,000. The gentleman who Is at the head
of the enterprise agrees to put up one
fourth of the amount, and asks the people
here to take the remainder of the stock
It is believed that the stock can be readily
placed, and the knitting mill will soon be
started.
A local union of Epworth Leagues has
been organized at Trinity Church.
Postofflces will be established next Mon
day along the line of the Ofterman and
Western Railroad.
THE NEWS AT THOM AAV ILLE.
Money for Fall farnlx al—Populist*
Put Out n Picket.
Thomasville, Ga., Aug. 12.—The Rev.
George Sherwood Whitney, rector of the~
Kplscopai Church of <hls city, and Miss
Julia Fredericks Stark, also of Thomas
ville. were married In Atlanta on Aug. 9.
One thousand dollars has been sub
scribed for the fall carnival and races In
Thomasville.
Judge A. H. Hansel!, who has been
North some months for hi* health and to
have his eyes treated, has returned much
Improved.
Profs. Miller and Dean, principals of the
South Georgia College, have Issued a
handsome catalogue of that institution.
Mr*. Dollle Deyerle, who lived near Bos
ton, In this county, died yesterday at the
home of her sister, In Meigs
The Populists ot Thomas county have
put out a full ticket of candidates for
county officers at the coming election.
Anew militia district has been laid off
In the northeast corner of this county.
It will he known as the Pnvo district.
The firs! new cotton sold here brought
9,16 cents, ond was bought by B. F. Kelly.
It was grown by Willis Thompson.
L-twer.
Ft hav# a nlc* line of cider In bottles,
pure snd genuine, from th* celebrated
establishment ol Molt A Cos., of New
York.
Th* Ruseet Cider end th* Crab Apple
Cider ere very good. Llppmsn Bros., oor
ner Congreas end Barnard streets, Be
jrannah, Ga.—a<k
THE FARM AND THE GARDEN.
MATTER* OF INTEREST TO AGRI
CULTURIST AND HOUSEWIFE.
Driving; Oil Wole*—% Bad Practice.
Set 00-t Tree* —( ri l l*i ng Orchard
and Garden—>Cro|i* for Hog;*.
How to ffet rid of moles is an annual
question just as sure to come to the fore
as the one asking whether sorghum will
kill cattle.
It is very rare, perhaps, that moles are
so abundant as to cause much damage
to the farmer, but from our own experi
ence we know that they can do, and of
tentimes do. cons deiab ? damage in the
vegetable and flower gardens. Some five
years ago moles were so numerous in our
half-a re garden as almost t3 drive us
to despair of getting a crop of anything
to maturity. In fact, four or five moles
frequenting steadily such a sized place
will do grrat damage, not that they con
sume the seeds of the crop deposited in
the soil, but simply from starting a run
along the p ant'd rows, exposing the
germinating seed to the air. and at the
same time opening a run for the wood
ruts, which are always present in great
er or less numbers. These consume the
sprouting seeds, leaving the impression
that the moles did it. Our own experi
ence corroborates the advice frequently
given to plant Palma Christi se ds her-c?
and there in the field or garden. Three
years ago we followed this suggestion,
and start'd a half dozen hills ot irregu
lar Intervals in the garden, a space of
half an acre. Since that time not a mole
has been found, where before there were
probably not less than six or eight that
had u regular run crossing the ground
from one corner to another. Every spring
fcinr? volunteer pants spring up from
seeds dropped by the old plant, and four
or five left to grow.
Mohs can be poisoned in their runs, no
doubt, but when one wants to insure
their absence complete and absolute, it
seems that the most efficacious way is
to have a few plants of the “Palma
Christi,” a castor bean plant. Essace.
A Bad Practice,
H. C. Lawton, Luray, S. C., writes: "The
practice exists around here of turning
cows, sheep, hogs and other slock on to
the grain fields after the grain has been
harvested, which js generally in June, and
keeping them all summer grazing the
grass and trampling the soil and exposing
it to the hot sun. Those who practice
this claim that the stock will restore to
the land as much fertility as they take
from It and In no wise damage the land.
"Being a beginner in upland farming I
would thank you If you will tell ms
through the Weekly News if such practice
does not damage the soil to such an extent
as to lessen the chances for a good crop
another year. Borne of the lands treated
in this manner last year have poorer crops
this year than ever before."
Of course it would be better for the land
If It werfc not grazed during the summer,
but let all the vegetable matter possible
accumulate on it and then allow this to
die on the soil and then turn it under. If
a fine pasture grew up on the land after
the grain it might be pastured some with
out iajury if the stock were kept off when
the soil was at all wet. You are right,
though, in your conclusions as to the ef
fects as a general rule. The injury is
greater than the benefit. It has been a
ruinous practice even in the South to al
low stock of all kinds to trample the
fields in the winter time when there was
little of anything to graze. It Is very in
jurious to soil to have it trampled when
wet. The soil of the South above every
thing else needs vegetable matter, humus,
and they will never again produce the
good crops that they once did until this
humus is restored. Make every opperlu
nily you can to give your land vegetable
matter, pease, clover, beggarweed, some
thing or other if only the spontaneous
growth of weeds that follow the grain
crop®- S. A. C.
Work Well Done.
There may not be a great deal to do in
the way of seed sowing this month, but
much can be done towards getting the soil
properly prepared with plow and harrow
and roller and in making tt suitably rich
for the growing of large crops. Asa rule
our gardeners or truckers do not bestow
that care on preparing soli for seeding
that they should. Just so the surface soil
is loosened up a few Inches and whatever
grass or weeds on it is plowed up and
taken from It seems sufficient work to do
in the way of preparation. Everything
beyond this is regarded as unnecessary
work. The Idea of three or four or even
two plowlngs and harrowlngs is prepos
terous. Too few seem to understand that
proper preparations of soil and seeding is
half the battle in the case of most crops
grown. True, indeed, is the old adage "A
crop well put In is half made."
Treatment of Horae Colic.
"Forty-five years as a country physi
cian has compelled me to Rive advice for
the farmers' sick animals." says a West
ern M. D. "Whisky is the very worst
thins that can be given, unless it Is bicar
bonate of soda. The only remedy that
need ever be given, if used in any reason*
able time, is spirits of ether. One-half
ounce of this in a pint of warm water,
sweetened, Jn half to three-quarters of an
hour if needed, is all I have ever found
necessary. I never lost but one case, and
in that one a half pint or more whisky
had been given a couple of hours before
i saw the horse, which died within five
minutes of my arrival. In the absence
of ether, two oimces of sweet spirits of
niter may be used with equal success. This
is the spirits of nitrous ether and may be
given In warm water as with ether. In
the absence of anything better, hot water
internally and externally is proper treat
ment.”
The above prescription for colic in horses
is well enough in the absence of a better
remedy. This is to be found in tincture
of aconite. We have used this remedy and
seen it used for thirty years and rarely
has It been known to fail when given be
fore the animal is in the throes of death,
it Is h handy and easily given remedy.
Give twenty to forty drops of the tincture
on the animals tongue, according to size
of animal. One dose usually cures, but
a second dose may be needed sometimes
when it can be repeated In course of thirty
minutes. Eesace.
Cnltnre of Hope.
Any one who has grown a cabbage or a
turnip can grow rape. The only differ
ence between the cabbage and rape Is that
the former is transplanted when young
while the other Is not.
As with the cabbage and the turnip,
rape needs a rich soil, for a slow early
growth may so expose it the cabbage
worm that they will consume the plants
faster than it can grow.
Plow and harrow the land until It Is
fine, then sow with a double turnip seed
drill or with a grain drill, with only the
end and middle sprouts open, keeping the
rows straight. Three pounds of seed Is
sufficient for an acre. Sow the seed at
any time from May to July, or later,
where winter feeding Is possible, A suc
cessive growth, and thus of feeding, Is
most convenient. This plant—as will all
Its related species—needs fertile soil, and
to he tree of weeds.
The soil must be kepi clean by frequent
culture, and this, of course, stimulates
the growth so that very soon the ground
is cohered and this work Is finished, the
crop then taking care of Itself.
It it preferable, as soon as the field
work is done, that light portable fences
be up to divide the crop into bands,
as It were, or strips, each of which may
be fed down in turn. This saves waste
and doubles <he feeding value of the crop.
It is the cheapest way to sow broad
cast. but the most productive is to sow'
in drills in which manure has been drop
ped. The yield is easily twice as much
over that of level culture with the ma
nure broadcasted. This Is due unquestion
ably To <he habit of growth of the root,
which is long, slender and tapering, and
does nor spread muclx So that the drill
grown crop is much more productive than
the broadcasted.
When manure is not in sufficient sup
ply that kind of artificial fertilizer known
as the complete manure, makes the best
substitute. A good crop will stand three
feet high and so densely thick that the
rows cannot be distinguished. Two cul
tivations, to keep the early weeds dow r n,
will be sufficient. This plant is not a
hay crop, but is best used by having it
fed from the ground, in narrow strips,
fenced off from The rest. Seven times
as much stock will be fed in this way
on the same area as by promiscuous pas
turing of the whole field. As one strip
is fed it is fenced ofT. and thus grows
amazingly fast, with ample rains, by rea
son of the manuring of 4he land.
Caution is to be exercised against over
feeding rape. It is safest to begin by cuf
fing it and feeding it outside, but always
when it is dry, never when wet with dew r
or rain. Small feeds should be given for
such a time as will uncover one strip, the
cutting of w’hich should be done so that
stubble is left high and will quickly throw
out leaves and thus make light feeding
for the first until (he sheep become used
to it. Although this crop is exceedingly
succulent and sappy, yet water should bo
supplied the sheep or lambs, and they
should be driven off in we* weather and
in fhe nights. Salt is to be given freelv.
Under cautious management there will
l*e ro trouble happen with this luxuriant
feeding of the flock of sheep or of wean
ed lambs. For lambs to be sold a light
feed of cotton seed meal, which has a
costive tendency, will be useful in every
way. One pint of it daily a head is suffi
cient.
Ringing Hog*.
Ringing hogs as it is generally prac
ticed is very cruel, says the Tennessee
Farmer. Some seem to Think that hogs
ought not to be ringed, that they should
have their natural way to root in the
earth and obtain something therefrom
that is conducive to their health, says a
correspondent of Western Swineherd. We
know that a hog is a very busybody. Tt
does not make any difference how' w'ell
they are fed. they will root if the ground
is soft. What an unsightly appearance
it is to pass a farm where the fields and
hog lots are all torn up. and hogs almost
standing on their heads, rooting. It is a
Mg loss to the owner. In three or more
ways they will not do as well; it takes
more feed, grass wdll not grow and the
ground will be killed. Hogs should have
the run of a fled or lot that is well sup
plied with clover or other grasses. In
this way pork can be produced much
cheaper and it adds to the health of the
hogs, while K assists in making bone.
We believe in ringing hogs, but nor th' 4
cruel w'ay. We have been using n wide
ringer for years. We take a file and dress
the sharp points and rough parts perfect
ly smooth, where they have been out off
in marking; in this way the nose does not
get sore. It is a cruel way to put them
in without dressing, and ir is injurious to
the animal. I have heard men say ring
ing hogs causes cholera; that is a mis
take.
The Rnzorbnok.
"The Former.” in speaking of the num
erous breeds of stvine in the United
States, says: There is much sport made
of the Southern razorback a* the present
time, and yet it may prove true that this
same razorback may be developed into a
type that will admirably meet the needs
of Southern farmers and of Southern
farming, and that will also meet the con
ditions of Southern climates. It further
gore on to speak of the value of vigor and
stamina which the razorback possesses to
an unparalleled degree. Speaking for
Texas, the Journal can say that general
ly over the state the razorback is un
known, and in the timbered sections
where a few are still raised they cost
their owners almost nothing and make
belter meat than any other breed. They
were used perhaps almost exclusively as
the foundation stock in beginning the im
provement of swine breeding in Texas, but
so extensive has been the use of pure
bred boars that the conformation of the
original stock has been almost entirely
lost, while the Immunity from disease
which Texas swine have generally enjoy
ed has doubtless beet) due to an inherit
ance of stamina and vigor mentioned by
the Farmer. Perhaps it is just as well
to remember that the choicest bacon
raided in this country is that of the Smith
field. Virginia, producers, made from
razorback hogs.
Set Out Trees.
There may not be a village improve
ment society in your place, dear reader
of How to Grow Flowers, but suppose you
resolve yourself into a society of one.
with the aim of doing something in the
way of improvement 'this spring. Look
the home grounds over and see what
needs doing most to beautify and improve
them. You will be surprised at the op
portunities for tvork which can be found
os soon as one sets about looking for
them.
Very likely you will find that there is
a vacancy somewhere about the place
which could be filled to good advantage
by a tree. If so. set one there. You
will not only be doing something which
you will derive benefit from, but you will
be planting for the future—for posterity.
A tree. If it be a good one, is a legacy
to one's children, the worth of which
is hard to estimate. It may not have a
dollars-and-cents value, in the ordinary
way of estimating such things, but it
will have a higher value, for a good tree
is a teacher of many things which are
not taught in the schools of men. It is
an object lesson In the methods of old
Mother Nature, who is the world’s most
successful teacher of those who are tvtil
ing to be taught from the fountain-head
of wisdom. It is a friend, and it will
exert an influence for good through all
one's lifetime. Home is not whot it
ought to bo without its tree, or trees.
Be sure to set a tree this season, if
there is a lock in this respect. Select
something that will be likely to do well.
Don't let a desire to "be in fashion"
lead you to choose something with a long
foreign name, unless it is something bet
ler than the trees to be found at home.
Take a commendable pride in something
native, and plant an oak, a maple, an elm,
a basswood—whichever you think best
adapted for the place you have to plant
It in, and. having planted It, take good
care of It. The care required by a tree
does not end with Its planting. It has
only Just begun.
Freeslns for Winter mourning.
“Oh. ore they not lovely?” "Did you
ever see anything so exquisite?" "Isn't
the perfume delicious?" These are a few
of the exclamations with whk'h some of
my friends greeted a large pot of freeslas
on one of my "days” last winter; and
then almost Invariably came the regret
ful conclusion, “What a pity II Is they
are so dlfilcut to cultivate." "But they
are not!" I sold, and forthwith launched
Into a practical dissertation on the very
few requirements essential to the freesia's
satisfactory development. Asa matter of
fact the freesia Is quite easily persuaded
to grow and bloom to perfection, and yet
there is something almost human about
the manner In which it asserts Its claim
to be understood, before It will do Its beet
Treat It intelligently and It will thrive
splendidly, but toll to understand its ne
cessiiiea and it will do little but sulk. In
growing these lovely flowers the first es
sential Is to purchase sound, healthy
bulbs, and in order to obtain the best
strain*—genuine Refracta alba—send your
order only to reliable florists. The next
necessity is early planting. Let me em
phasize this, for to late planting may be
attributed many of the failures which we
hear about. The vitality of the freesia
bulbs is impaired if they are kept long
dry and out of the soil, and because of
this they should be purchased as early
in the autumn, or late summer, as they
can be procured—in August preferably—
and started to grow at once. Given early
planting and good soil one may safely feei
assured of beautiful blossoms and a good
crop of fine new bulbs.
The soil best suited to the freesia con
sists of one-half loam and the other half
of equal parts of leaf mold, sand, and old
well rotted manure. In the country it is
almost always possible to procure such a
soli; in the city sometimes it is more diffi
cult. Given any good garden soil, how
ever, and intelligent treatment, the freesia
will reward its cultivator generously. A
four-inch pot is large enough for half a
dozen bulbs, and these should be set suffi
ciently deep to have their tips covert,
about half an inch deep. Good drainage
must be given. After planting, water the
bulbs and set them away in the dark for
roots to form. When the leaves push up—
slender grass-like blade-bring them, out
and place them close to the light. It is a
mistake to soak the plants with water
from the top of the pot. for although like
the narcissus the freesia loves moisture,
it is nevertheless rather particular as to
how it is applied. To keep the plants in
health and encourage free flowering, every
day or two set the pot of bulbs in a dish
of warm, or even hot, water, and allow
the water to pass freely upward to the top
soil. When sufficiently moist remove the
pot and give full sunshine. As the plants
grow it is well to supply neat little stakes
to support them.
The best freesia bulbs are those grown
in- California, and one should always in
sist upon having this strain, and ui>on (he
largest sized bulbs. True, one may have
to pay n little more for these mammoth
bulbs, but when the beautiful snow-white
blossoms reveal themselves, no one will re
gret it. The flowers are singularly lovely,
and the perfume is enchantingly sweet, a
mingling of all the rarest fragrance in
Flora’s beautiful kingdom. For the busy
woman who has little time to bestow- up
on her window' garden, and yet craves
something more rare and loveiy than the
ordinary winter blooming plants, there is
nothing more entirely satisfactory than
the freesia. Mary Foster Snider.
Orchard and Garden.
As many have doubted or pretended
to doubt that the stock into which a
scion is set can greatly affect or change
the character of the fruit on the trees,
we will condense what Is written upon
that subject by a correspondent of
Green's Fruit Grower. He says that up
on the old homestead where he was born
there was a Baldwin tree, the first and
only one known by him in that vicinity.
As he learned to properly value this ap
ple, he began whi n young to graft scions
from that tree into seedlings that came
up about the farm until the old home
stead was well supplied with them. But
what surprised him was the difference
in the fruit of those tre?s all grafted
from the same tree. He says: "No two
trees produced fruit just like the old orig
inal tree. Same were very red, others
greenish. Some decidedly poor in flavor.
We remember one tree whose fruit was
so different in shape that you could se
lect its fruit from all the others when
blindfolded."
He also tells of having put grafts from
a Hubbardston Nonesuch into a lot of
trees that had borne Porter apples. The
third season after that he b gan to gath
er Hubbardston Nonesuch apples from
these trees, but they did not look like the
fruit from the tree from which he took
his scions. All were oval in shape and
some of them elongated like the Porter,
and they were very much lacking in co
- although the trees were in an open
Held and were well pruned. More than
forty years of experience in fruit grow
ing and careful observation has con
vinced him that the stock can affect the
flavor, form and color of the fruit in
some degree, in nearly every case.
To his testimony we will add our opin
ion that all these changes may and do
occur to some extent as a result of cul
tivation, fertilization and pollenization.
or that they do modify the character of
the fruit to-an extent that is not realize I
by many. If we had an apple or other
fruit that we thought was nearly per
fect in every way, we would grow seed
lings from that same fruit into which
we could set scions from the original
tree. Then we would give them soil sim
i'ar to that on which it had attained
perfection, and as good or better treat
ment, Those who doubt the effect of
the stock upon the scion should be puz
zled to know why a pear tree grown up
on quince roots or stocks will be always
a dwarf, while another scion from the
same tree will always make a tree of
standard size when grafted upon a pear
stock.
Crihbtng.
Crib-biting and tvind-sucking are not
only unpleasant habits to witness, but in
the course of time become prejudicial to
health and efficiency by giving rise to
gastric and intestinal disturbances; and
It is notorious that some animals become
so distended by the air they have swal
lowed that they cannot lie down, and are
scarcely able to turn around, says a con
temporary. Oollc and indigestion are con
sequently frequent, with loss of condi
tion and debility. Dilation of the stom
ach and thinning of Its walls arc generally
found on the examination of a chronic
crlb-biter or wind-sucker offer death,
with marked increase in size of certain
muscles Involved in the, act.
The prevention of the habit is of course
all important. A crib-biter or wind-suck
er should be kept apart from other
horses, particularly young ones, and sta
ble management must be attended to in
the matter of feeding, watering and po
sition. With regard to the later, tiring
positions, and in keeping the horse in one
wearying attitude for hours during the
day, should be avoided. Horses kept from
their earliest days In loose boxes rarely,
if ever, acquire the habit.
With regard to treatment of rrlb-bittng
this can only be palliative when the habit
has become Inveterate. At the com
mencement the horse should have plenty
of work or exercise, and not be loft too
long standing Idle In the stable. If possi
ble he should be kept In a loose box, or
in a stall from which everything he can
seize or rest his mouth upon must be
removed. There must be no manger, or
if one has to be used it should be placed
on the ground, and removed ns soon as
the horse has finished feeding out of it.
But it is generally more advantageous to
feed out of nosebag.
If a crlb-bltlhg horse must stand In a
stable where it is impossible to prevent
him from indulging in the habit, then
he must wear a muzzle when not feed
ing; but It is evident that this is not a
very satisfactory means of prevention,
and. therefore, a crib-biting or wind-suck
ing strap worn around the upper part of
the neck and making a pressure on the
larynx, and througu It on pharynx and
windpipe. Is generally preferred. This,
If properly made and applied, prevents
the pharynx becoming filled to such on
extent with air that it can he swallowed,
and it also hinders the contraction of the
special muscles involved in the habit.
The great objection to the strap is that
it. in the course of time, may lead to i
deformity and distortion of the Isrynx and
upper port of the windpipe, but with care
there Is not much danger of such a re
sult.
Effects of Overbearing.
A tree has a certain amount of energy
to be used in the production of fruit, and I
at first devote* it* efforts to maturing as |
many pits as possible. This habit is a
provision of nature for the reproduction of
the speejes. This great production of pit*
exhausts a tree so that there is litrL
strength left for the development of the
fleshy part of the fruit. More than this,
there is only a small grow-ih made and th.
tree cannot ripen its wood so as to pass a
severe winter without being injured. Very
few, if any, fruit buds will be formed for
the following year’s crop, and the tree
must spend this season in recuperating
and developing fruit buds for overbear
ing again the next season. If the limbs
are nor propped up many will be hfoken,
thus giving the tree a ragged and unsym
metrical shape.—C. P. Close.
Cultivation of the Orchard.
Apples in a cultivated orchard ripen
later than in one that is not cultivated,
the fruit hangs on the trees better, and
it keeps bet'er than fruit which ripens
earlier, says the Epiiomist. Fruit trees
should occupy the best land on the farm,
as it requires a god soil to furnish the con
stant supply of plant food that is consum \
by the trees, for a bearing tree consumes
more food from rhe soil than a tree which
does not bear; hence the importance of
heavily manuring orchard land. Fall *
the best time for setting trees, for tre s
set ip the fall, become well established,
and are ready to grow' when spring
The wound on the#roos. made In trans
planting. heals over during the winter, th *
soil becomes firm around rhe roots and re
sists drought much better than spring
planted trees. The holes which are to re
ceive the trees should be at least hree feet
square, and of sufficient depih. The soil
should be thoroughly mixed with well-ror
ted manure and well-fllled-in and pressed
among the roots. Trees set in this way
will grow twice as rapidly as trees set in
n haphazard way. All cross limbs and
water sprouts should be cut off each year,
and shortening the toj>s annually is ad
vantageous. as rrees are then nor so liable
to break down when loaded with fruit,
and the fruit is more easily gathered.
What to Grow.—Grass should never be
grown in on orchard, nor any grain crop,
as they tend to draw the moisture from
the soil and leave the trees without rhe
necessary supply to mature the fruit and
sustain the wood growth. Turning under
growing crops of clover and cow peas,
adds a large quantity of humus to the soil.
Potash is generally deficient in old or
chards, and to supply this important ele
meni of plant food there is nothing better
than hardwood aches' applied at the rate
of 150 bushels per acre.
s-nle Insects Upon Pencil Tree*.
Prof. George C. Butz of the Pennsyl
vania Experiment Station has sent out the
following emergency circular: The peach
trees in Southeastern Pennsylvania are
seriously attacked (his season by a scale
insect that is causing some alarm in
the fear that it might be the dreaded San
Jose scale. The many specimens sent
to the experiment station within the past
two weeks have all been the Peach Le
canium (L. Periseae). The insects are mo
tionless, hemispherical bodies, of a dark
purple color, almost black, measuring one
eighth inch in diameter. They cluster
upon the twigs and smaller branches, of
ten crowded together on the under side
of the twigs. Within the post few- days
the eggs, which ore very numerous under
the body of each scale insect, have been
hatching and the young insects, mere
brown specks, are moving about by the
thousands over the twigs. These minute
bark lice walk up the twigs, waving the ! r
delicare antennae, in search of more ten
der food on the new growth. When they
have found it they insert their tiny beak,
a sucking proboscis, and become fixed for
life, feeding upon the juices of the peach
tree. A few of them can do no appreci
able injury to a tree, but when they ap
pear by (he thousands, as they do this
season, serious damage is caused by them,
and remedial measures should be adopt
ed, The. most satisfactory remedy for
these scale Insects is kerosene erhuision,
made by the usal formula sent out by
the experiment station and applied with a
spray pump now. While the young In
sects are creeping about and before their
mature scale covering is developed, theif
destruction with this insecticide is quite
easy and sure. Not oil the trees in an
orchard will ho attacked, and it is neces*
sary to treat those only which are af
fected.
The orchardist should have a hand mag
nifying glass to make frequent observa
tions to determine if the insects hnva
been killed by the application, and if any
have escaped with life after two days a
second application should be made.
Prompt ond thorough work now will
prove most effectual.
Value of (inrden.
The morket garden business is a very
good business usually when one makes it
hjs entire business. Yet there are always
failures and disappointments in it. Some
crops fail to grow well, and others yield
abundantly and cannot he sold at a satis
factory prie'e. But the falmily garden, a
little larger than needed for the home sup
ply, well manured and well cared for, is
never a disappointment. If some crops is
a partial failure it may not have any sur
plus over the home demand, but there will
he something else to substitute for it. If
another is over abundant and low-priced
it can be used freely, and will teste just
as good as if the price were twice as high.
If there is a market for the surplus and
it is sold, it seems almost like finding
money, and if it cannot he sold, there are
some who rind much pleasure in supplying
the wants of poorer neighbors who can
not afford to pay the price asked by retail
dealers. Plant each year to have a good
garden, and trust to luck only for the mar
ket.
Crops for liog Peed in nr.
The South Carolina Experiment Station
has recently tested the value of four dif
ferent crops for feeding hogs. They took
four pens each containing one seven
eighths Berkshire sow and harrow, eight
months old, and one grade Jersey red har
row eleven months old. They weighed
from 429 pounds to 486 pounds per pen.
They also tested the amount of each crop
to be grown per acre on land of same char
acter. An acre of corn produced fifteen
bushels, a-nd it took 6.02 pounds to mak
a pound of pork, or it was worth $6.97 r* r
acre for pork feeding, or 139*4 pound? of
pork per acre. An acre of cow peas pro
duced ten bushels and 4.91 pounds made
a pound of pork. An acre would produce
12£Vsi |>ounds of pork, and thus be worth
$6.12. An acre of sweet potatoes produced
200 bushels and it took 32.47 pounds to make
n pound of pork. This would be 869*4
pounds of pork per acre, and they would
be worth $18.47 per acre. But an acre of
peanuts produced ninety bushels, and 4.98
pounds mode a pound of pork, or an acre
made 487V* pounds, worth $24.37. In all
cases pork was reckoned at 5 cents
pound. The hogs on peanuts might have
had a slight advantage in being the small
est weight in the pen, but all were of the
some age. and they gained 151 pounds,
while those on corn gave 152, those on cow
peas 135 pounds, ami those on sweet pota
toes ninety pounds. All were too old and
large to make best gain, but all were giv
en what they would eat without waste.
If they had been able to grow n Massa
chusetts crop of sixty bushels of corn to
tne acre, or four times as much as they
did. the corn would have been ahead, so
that we need not change from corn to
peanuts yet. And the fodder from an acre
of corn would produce some milk.
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