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6 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. Notice. We solicit articles for this deportment. The name of the writer should accom pany the letter or artlola, not necessarily for publication, but as an evidence of good faith. Questiona and qommunicatlons relative to agricultural and horticultural subjects. If addressed to Agrl. Editor, Drawer N, Mllledgeville, Ga., will receive immediate attention.