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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY APRIL 20, 1886 S IT CURED J[IS COUGH. And It win Con Any ody*a Couch. Bed the following testimonial of n prominent Sooth Carolinian about Tsylor's Sweet Goa sad IfaUeln: without fyour Cherokee Remedy of dweet . end Mullein. After using one Ibotllo end. e of the leme I am almost entirely cured: end I ehoald edvlse enj one laboring undue “the cough' to use It et onee. Thanking you for this remedy, I remain very respectfully, J. H. Dzasv. TAYLOR’S CHEROKEE REMEDY Of Sweet Gum end Mullein, ^ Theeweetetun,. u igethcred flora a me BoSSwraJ tot Oougha, Croon, Whooping-Cough end Couaumi. tlom end ao peletehleo any child is pleeeed to take Aik your drnjKiMt for It. S5o tod tLOO dm, If be doc* not keep it, we will pay, for one tlmo only. tofttaSsssfotSESr '**• *° • njp “ t „ , WAftTIR A. TAYLOR, Atlanta. G*. Mention thti paper. SKINNER ENCINE CO.^ra. AWARDED COMPETITORS QGOLD RnOriuil U medals ixrosmog BEST PLANTERS* ENGINE In tit HARfET. SUCCESSFUL FARMERS. SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON FARM TOPICS. The (weet Votatera-Whst a Barrie Count, ranter DM-rerm [NetM-TohaceQ Cultur.-Owrsl. Bide Tut to Beeome o Tooooee Pro, duolag lute-other ran N«wa. The Sweet Potato. Thcvalneof thlacropat the eouth a< a cheap food for man and beeat cannot be too highly extolled. No crop can be grown on the land that furnishes each e quantity of palatable, healthy, nutrition, food ea the aweot potato, and no crop la ao caey of cultivation. Yielding ten to twenty time, aa much per acre aa com, the price on an average will be in fkvor of the potato. The market ta somet* " — there ia no ante for them, bat Iy ana packed away in n honte In dry land they will keep from one crop to another. Alter the potato has matured, the vine* can be cut and fed to hogs, aheep and cattle, and will be eaten greedily, that making quite n help at that aeaaon of the year when paatnrea are dried and parched, and Airmailing a change of food for .took, which la ao ciaential to their health and thriltincaa. The various mode, of preparing the tweet po tato for the table make, it a moat valuable ar ticle of food, and no family living in the conn- try can afford to bo without them. In the fall, after the crop haa been housed, the Held afforde one of the finest runs for hogs imaginable, and keeps them In good condition to be fattoned off with corn bo- loic killing. Thera ia no better foodfor milch cow. than sweet potatoes chopped in email pieces and fed raw, or cooked with other food: they produce n fine flavor of rich, aweot milk, that makes good firm batter. The most approved method of cultivating the sweet potato la to prepare land thoroughly by decu pulverisation, lar “ “ " ■ and bed. Start drawers i The Magruder Mine and Plan tation for Sale. O N THE PIBST TUESDAY IN JUNE MM, AT the place designated for eherlft'a sales In the town or Washington, will ba offered forealo at nub. Mo outcry the Magruder Gold, Copper and head Mine, located iwelre mile, from Wasnlnglon, Ua. • The water anpply Is furnished by springe and branches, and U unfailing, and the buildings upon “KW^sttb. met of nine hundred and one acres, more or less, of what la considered one of the most desirable ana fertile plantations in the state. The soli Is a dark, rich chocolate clay base, most ly upland and lies well for cultivation. It 1s well Umbered with oak and hickory principally, besides some cedar, chestnut, walnut and pine. Terms cash, but purchase can bo negotiated privately be< tore day of sale. P. J. SULLIVAN, Trustee, suawky 833 Broad street, Augusta, Ua beds. Use sweep for first and seoond plowing. pall the rfnee on id throw tho dirt .MALARIA, Tlw Universal Fne of Health. M ALARIA IS BAD AIR WHICH ENTERS the system through the longs and seemt to have an especial liking for the Liver. The first cflect of Malarial poison Is to coat and thicken the linings of . tbs stomach and disturb Its functions. It? congests the liver, cl&gs it, stops its working. It enlarges the spleen, vi tiates tho blood, pushes itself everywhere. What[$ ihe Re£ujl2 Chills always follow active congestion of any organ nr part You can't core them till you breakup and reduce the congestion. Man- drake Is the best known principle In nature for reducing congestion. Take it actively, persistently, and yon remove tbs oause of tho chills. Than take it occasionally and yon kill tho malarial potsous aa fast aa yon Inhale them, flat wail by using —OTTOWt- Mandroko Fills, aorU-tf son wad At wky n r i TUMORS AND IrasofW Vastly VP mm ■ V HAVE BAS ■ ■ ■ COFFEE wmoi BY U01VO LEVERING *8 Yu Will Alvays Have It Good. GROCERS 8ELL IT. ** & LEVERING A CO- BALTIMORE, UD. Mention this paper. marts—tb tu Awkftwuius BLR FOBSEBdION FOR BVXRY MAR In busiuen ta osr. at Tho Oonstltu- id now books. Tho note* wain all ghtsandexemptloiia and the garnish- gas. Wa send a book of 100 notes upon or go nous rot IS cents. Addrew dAW LIBYOT BlflCARM ALWAYS OURABU ST USING MEXICAN MUSTANG ri LINIMENT. or ntxu run, or unuu. Bare. aadNeaJd*' Sasea and Malta, estate nag Bites, Rpavta, Creeks, Cats sad Bralake, Berew Worm, Grab, Spralas A-HtftckM, Feat Bat, Beef All, Cutnscudfitaael**, Lam.aaaa, Stiff delate, Bwtaay, rreatwa Bneluuhe, Sprains, Btralas, Srapslraa,' Sera Fees. Vnas nites, Itlffaeu, radaU.xtsraaUleeaeraaeiforeeykirtaraestfoac tasgranalaaa la faatily,.labia and itoek pawl, itu TUI BIST Off ALL LINIMENTS t apart. If transplanting be done when dsy, dip the roots in a mixture of clay, cow manure and water, thickened to the consistency of batter In the bottom of the Atrrow, whore they trill be protected some what from the hot tun, and there will be very few that will die. When drawers hare com menced new grosrth hoe them, levelling the beds. Use awcop for fir ‘ * " At tho lost plowing top of tho bed, am to them, with o tnm plow, then pull up tho bod well with a hoc. Tho best soil for the sweet potato ia n deep sandy loam wall onrtched srith stable manure. Following are some of the moot popular va rieties In cultivation described: Jersey Bed—This is the earliest variety In cultivation, coming on about two weeks in ad vance of othcre. It is veryJproHfle, of largo •ire, with red peel, and white flesh, la dry and mealy when cooked, and ia a favorite in north ern markets, where a dry mealy potato la pm- fered. It keeui noorlv. Hayti Yam—Thla is a largo white potato with smooth pool, ia very prefllo and matures next to. Jersey red. It has been called the poor man’s, or poc ' ' ‘ ” serves the namo. potato, and os iitlrs than any other‘variety. It la"tho boot of keepers, lasting often whon packed in dry rand from one crop to another, Florida Providence—la very mueb like Hay ti yam, tbo only perceptlhlo difference Is its rough exterior. It la also an oxcellont keeper. Golden Yam—This la without doubt tho meat superior table potato, haring n smooth yellow peel, with golden colored flesh. It ia prolific, of good olao and shape, and keeps tol erably well. Nancemond—This is n medium sire, vary prolific potato, with a beautiful smooth yel low peel, is di7 and mealy whan cooked, and growingln clusters, all being attached to the main stem by rootlets, and when taken np entire make n splendid aha#,' Skinner Potato—Has n whito peel, flesh la cream color when cooked. It isagood keeper, and is a very good tablo potato. Georgia Yam-Thf * ” to. Itlsaflnetabte very line grained, and vory street. It keeps well. F. 8. Joss*. Burke county, Ga,, Herndon P. O. • What a Burris County Farmer Did. Kmessmb, Bauma Gounty, Ga. April lu, IKifl.—Editors Constitution: Among tho sue- ccsaAil farmers In this state who deserve credit forsklllfol man have one In our to be pieced et tho hoed of the Ilat. The name of the gentleman will be found at tho elooo of this sketch. lie was, at the eloee of the war, without much means, haring only a small farm of about 380 acres; but by strict econo my, elooo attention to buohseao, and akillAil and acientlflc management of his farm, has succeeded well, and bis farm now consists of 3,000 acres of land, or more. On this farm supplies of all kinds are raised for man and beast; Improvements are splendid, consisting of ftnmed houses for tenants and laborers. Recently e handsome barn has been added to tho premises, and makes it quite attractive. While Ibe subject of thia .ketch has snooeed' ed well svith hia farming interest, he is Justly considered one of the finest physicians iu this county, and enjoys quite an extensive prac tice. In conclusion, thia gentleman la one of the best men we have—ia considered a t' Christian man, and enjoy* tho cool this entire section. The gentleman of whom we write is lit. T. It. Asbfosd, of KUorsiio, Ga. Farm Notes. The Elberton Gasette quotes Captain H. P. Mattox as saying that whenever a man under takes to raise cotton to buy corn and meat with, that ho will then begin to lose money. The siwrtion that there is no money in farm' -Thio a perfectly white potn- variety, the flesh bolag or will be I I again. Bat (twfannai* have jo planted ced planting cotton, and from Inquiries . infer that .smaller acreage will be planted In thlscrorfthan heretofore. A considerable percent of the seed eaao and potatoes was lost, but w ith favor able seasons and liberal manuring, there crops ■ay be brought np to an averagt. At the meeting of tho HarahaUville sgrlcnl- tore! society Saturday morning last, as reported by the Times, two very Important papers wore iread by D. 11. Frederick and W. II. Felton, two practi cal and snccewftil planters, setting forth the cost to the fanner of producing cotton. They wore asked to answer the question “can farming bo made profitable with cotton at ?!j cents.” Each report showed a satisfactory margin for tho plan ter, but Mr. Felton’s report Is more elaborate, his figures showing the cost of cultivating fifty acres together with tho proceeds. Tho estimate is made foe two hands and one mule for wages, the crop being "pitched” as follows: Thirty acres In cot ton. fifteen In com and peas and five In oats. Says tho Dawson Journal: . Fanners have not only hauled from our market a considerable amount of guano, but also largo scarcely any abatement. If II were true that rennets could not produce their own homo supplies, then It would bedifforenl: there would ho some extenuating cir cumstances to excuse such a policy, but such Is not the case. Farmers can, year after year, by making proper arrangements, make an abundance of com to answer their every pur- pose, and In making the corn tho meat will follow as a necessary sequence. There ia said to bo more track planted in Brooks county than ever before. Tobacco Culture. A reporter of Tat Constitution, being ad vised that quite a quantity of tobacco reed had been distributed by Commissioner Henderson, called upon bim yesterday to era if ho.bad any thing to say that would bo of rervlco to those opened an interview: "What character of land do yon think should he selected npon which to plant to bacco T” “Well, air, tho experience of tho older to bacco growing states without excoption favors r calcariona soil—tho more cal carl out iug will not do, for instance! ran lie given which will prove to the contrary. Mr, J. W. McLnnalian, of Elbert county, hut* few yean ago was very a stout man economy an: vary, hi ly, hut a y poor and rented land. Ho i physically, but by hia own labor, ....... iu good management, haa made at leaitten thousand dollars at farming, and raised a large family. Ho ba* always raised hia own corn and meat, and always has corn to rell. About ten year* ago ho bought aa old worn out tract of land, for which he agreed to nay ten dollars per acre. Everybody considered it a vary high price and doubted hia ability to ever pay for It, but before the last payment area due ba came up with the last dollar of tho money, which be bad himself dug ont of the ground ' paid for his land. Mr. McLanahan is an . .uemted man, and having no one to assist him pecuniarily or otherwise, was dependent solely npon hia own exertions. Tb* fact Is developing that the growing of bora** and caltlo will nt no distent day be come on* ef many ontetptteaa la Monroe county, tbo fact being gradually developed that as fine bora** And cattle can ba grown theta as in more northern latitudes. The Advertiser claims that “w* hare tho mild winter climate, the open lands and can grow good grasses here to perfection. That stock reisiagwiU bon restore of the future In tho county, ia th* opinion of many. That thia en terprise or indostry will bo a great source of economy to the people, non* can doubt who will toko tb* time to calculate what n vast amount of money ia rent from middle Georgia annually into other state* for live stock. Growing cattle and horses, especially lha latter, oo our own lands will atop thia money affinx. Th* Spring Place Times points out the way to success when it says that “if the people would raise clover and stock instead of cot ton, the cone now ao common In our county of mortgaging* £1,000 farm for two or three hundred dollars and payig fifteen per cent in- tenet would toon atop.” The’Tfcomanllle Times sums up the crop sltua- on thus: Therprfngha* been unnsnally late a< well as unfavorable for planting. Tb* oat crop will un doubtedly be short, rtneo much or It was killed by cold. The roaiinue.! rains bare retarded planUng and In meet fnelanees where farmer* got their corn In early, it has rotted In the ground and has been tho better. “Georgia — hence writers frequently speak of tho bills of Georgia; but the haa a feir proportion of ronocs dray landh, which are considered so superior in Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The char acter of thcac^landa are what geologists call the (uranic formation. They an lime lands of Row, gravelly, aUlcion* character, have been recommending. This land ahonld contain nt least sixty par centum of allien. “Seme chemist has mid that the succeasful growing of smoking tobacco depends almost entirely upon tho nitrification of the toil and when the percentage of tend is lest than or oven down to fifty percontnm, tho nitrification is bad, and consequently the tobacco not ao good. “1 have not a doubt that many of tha lands of north Georgia will bo found, upon actual experiment, to bo finely adapted to tobacco, or at least we know many or tho eawntial fea tures exist in great perfection. Among the toils known to prodnoe n lino reality of leaf, Is that of a grey, gravelly land, Aland very extensively in northwest Georgia, and very commonly known, on mecount of tho broken character of there lands, aa “the ridges." That It tho reason why I paid atten tion in the distribution of iced, particularly to that portion of tbo atate. IT MAY ns SOUND, when the trial is sufficiently made, that other portions of the state an quite a* well adapted to It, If, Indeed, they are not more ao. Bat (hen at present tbe wbolo thing is an experi ment, or nearly so, at least so lar aa the grow ing or such grades os ia produced by tho state* already named.” “What do you have to say - as the management of th* plant after it haa been act ont in the field, or after It has raised from the plant body First, work; secoudly, work, work; thirdly, work, work, work. There ohuuld ba no nig gardly on of tbo plow and tho hoe then. It ia scarcely more Important to grow tha plants than to add tbo requisite labor after they are transplanted. It should be stirred before rains and after rains and between rains, and partlc ulatly between raise. If the intervals are too long, loot they commence buttoning, which U a lute Indication of approaching maturity, which the grower will find to hit interest to delay as long aa possible.” “What quantities of land, commissioner, would you recommend to each, to be planted in tobacco?” “A very imall quantity,Indeed,I think as tha whole thing la an experiment, that a half acre or an acre at tho outside, would be snffleiont. Those who are thoroughly satisfied as to tholr own experience in growing It and of f‘ lability of their lands, might venture TO Til* TOLL XXTNXT of their desire*. Indeed, it would not bo n venture then, for the prerequisites are all that could b* desired anywhere. “After they bare acquired a knowledgo of the modus operand! and ascertained from ex perience tho quality of their tobacco iu the market,they can then venture farther if they like It." “Do yon think our lauds rich enough to grow tobacco well ? “ No, air, I do not I know of no lands in tho atate that I think rich enough, not oveu the fomtd lands of Baker or Dougherty, or the gumkln vino lands of Bartow county. The very best of them can bo improved, suit to succeed well It must bo done. “The average production of tho Virginia lands was about pounds per acre in IH7I>, whilst twice that amonut, and more, was real ised from tho lands of Lancaster county, Bonn ■ylvanla. “Tobacco growing then has reached groat perfection. They make a science or it, not infrequently they exceed 2,000 pounds per acre and being of a very superior onallty it commands twico tbo price of tbe Virginia, and North Chrollna tobacco. There are profit, for you and profits too that can bo attelued if our farmers will post themselves aud go at it right. It ia always about double the price of tho Virginia and Carolina goods nuil wo all know about tbo price* of these. Now Ida not expect Georgia to do much except to gain ex perience tbe lint year, bat wherever tbo iando prove suitable, tho second year they should begin a thorough aud regular system of Isnd improvement. ’ "Wbat is the beat kind of fortllixer for to- biccoY’ “The beat is lot ■crapfngs, rich compost heaps, etc. Virginia and Carolina provide themselves with vast quantities of cattle, and gather in the leaves and trash of all aorta from the weeds, lot* and stables, and thus keep up their production from your to year. “Alter the former* of Lancaster,Pennsylva nia, have dons twice ns mnch in the same way aa Is done In Virginia and Carolina, they then add many times as mnch more in the way of appropriate commercial fertiliser*, to their lands, hence they fgpqoently produce exceed ing TWO THOUSAND POUND* P*» ACM. For which, they get from M cents to $1 per pound. Than is Intensifying with n ven geance, and th* more yon intensify the batter yon an paid, “In tobacco I planting. “Batter a quarter of acre properly enriched inn acre* of sickly dwarfed port* that pains ia eye each time they are beheld." “Wbat la tba extent of the area,commissioner, in tobacco?' 1 •If yon allude to the United States ta fisr re can ascertain there are about seventeen stain aa well aa I remember engaged, mere or ' ' “ ' ‘y, others “ at any other previous time. The eurvlynlof the fittest is about to be put ton fair teat. No doubt some will prove inadequate to the fear- fol contest because of nnadsptedneas of soil and climate. We will excuse them but the CONTEST FOB TUB MASTICBY of those who ere equal in every other respect will be fearfol and I pray now for old Georgia that her arms may be held up, until the going down of the sen. I hope Georgiane will re member that the country ia already full of tho cheap grades of tobacco and instead of aiming for mediocrity to dogtail, she will aether sights higher and aim even if she doe* net succeed both aa to quantity and quality, to equal or excel Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In tbe language of the commissioner of agricul ture of Virginia, ‘Remember that n moderate crop of good tobacco trill be much better for tho individual, aa trail aa for the whole brother hood of planters, than a Urge crop of In forior.”’ “What effect is produced upon the Unde by the growing of tobacco?" “When we consider the yean that have been given to tobacco raising In VtrglnU, Carolines and Pennsylvania we might reasonably con clude If the plant was so very injurious, that tho lands would havo long since boon entirely exhausted. Not so, however, for they mako a: mnch or more today than they ever did.” “What lands In Georgia would have with- stood more wear and tear than there ?" “Wo find tho boot of our lands under cotton culture will show signs of deoay in a dozen leu years, If they are not supplied in some n _ with hnmno. I have already alluded to the way there more nerthern atate* hare KKPT UP AND SVXN IMPROVED their lands. It ia only n question of time when onr progressive former* everywhere will commence a system ef terracing aud fortiliza- iion such aa never was awn in thoas parte bo- fore, The tobacco stem couteins n larger amount of ashes than almost any ptent known to onr agriculture. Tobacco stems ire now ex tensively used as an ammontete In manybf onr commercial fertilizers. ?|ustas do tho cotton farmers tholr cotton accd.” A spirt did picture of Jeff Davis, at ho xppcirrd In ISM, will appear In nest week's UoxsTiTuriox. No specimen copies sant out. Hnbsctffie. FKKD VHKRHAN, GiirxNviu.K, Ga., April 15.—[Special.]—On Tuesday of last week n travel stalnad, ragged boy of fifteen otonped nt tbs house of Mr. Joels Hamby, a thrifty young former, five miles north of Greenville. Tha boy was in telligent for hia yean aid very hungry, ask ing for employment. Mr. liomby gnvs the boy work and food. In a few days Mr. Hamby a ' ‘ “ fugitive, t achnowledL secret might bo kei tagging: the pobti bis identity begging that his . . _ o kept * said ho shot bio little They wc re rabbit him bis gun, having raught sight of a rabbit. Hlf companion ran in front just aa Fred’s foot tripped throwing him to tbo ground. In falling tho gun was discharged, tbe entire load entering tho body of tbo boy In front and killing him In stantly. Fnd’s parents sent tholr son ta South Carolina first. Ho has been hotly pursued several times. Once a party reached tlis river Juat aa Fred reached the opposite bank. Tho ferryman made an attempt todeUia Fred, but Ihetay’s ready pistol was displayed and ho loft without hindrance. A sheriff was paid $100 at another timo to lot tho boy go. Bach BIO some of tho otorlos told of hi* adventurer. He ao wrought upon tho oympatblw of hlo friend that after a few days stay Fred was al lowed to depart in peace, notwithstanding :n state that a reward of $300 has boon or the boy'a apprehension. It is whis pered that tone one has started from here In ‘ of tho boy. The Finest Mechanism. room wltheut a feeling of awo and revenues, and well may ovary ono do to remember tho wonderful cxcelloncy of tbo house ho lives (a. Tho butterfly U beautiful and attraotiv* in Its aerial flight and lie form Is wonderfotly adapted to IU needs; but the human body Is tauoh an- 1 would ny to nil beware of over leas In it. Boms extensively, tlon wherever it gore area into Africa.' “Is not you statement enough to discourage •ew beginner*?” “Whether it tear not, they era facts and might aa well be known sooner at later. Tbe etraggl* for tbe mastery i* greater now than parlor in Ha delicacy of construction and ad- uptatlon to tho needs of the being living In it oa man is superior to the moth In length of days. Whon thio lino piece of mechanism gets out of repair, what U tbe best mothod to restore it to rflective action again? Why U it that a ma jority of neoplejare not content to taka nature's simple plan ana follow it? Lot ua are what that plan is. When tbs life-blood has mads the oironlt of tho arteries and veins—before re-entering the heart, to ha started on its circuit anew—It spreads over the surbee of tho alr-eolU of the lungs— a aurfaco greater in arm than tho en tire exterior covoring of tho body. Hero tbs air inhaled by the lungs meets it, changing Iu color to crimson,and Imparting to it now vital ity. Haro kindly Nature has been over n Healer and Repairer; hare modern octonco finds the pioper placo to help nature in the moat effective way. Taking tho foot that tha usual proportion* of the mixture of tho ole- meals of the atmoepbere are tba proportions exactly adapted to tbe needs of tho average man in health, and seeing that an extra effort is needed for tbe elck to repair tbo waste of vital force in tho blood, n dilfarent proportion is made in n mixture of tho ntmospneno ele ments—a leaser quantity of nitrogen is put with n larger proportion of oxygon, Wbon Ibis “compound oxygon” is used, tho blood enter* the heart with Taercaeed vitality. That organ receive* a portion of that vitality from thu blood in it» peerage, anil rends It forth with more force and lere woarjto itself; the blood leavea on IU circuit new depositor of vital force in every cell of tisano over which It passes, and returns to tbs lungs for a new anpply, Tbe “Compound Oxygon Treatment" whlnh Dra. Htarkev A I'alun, No. 16311 Arab street, Philadelphia, have boon using for tho last six teen yean, Is a scientific adjustment of tbo element* of oxygen end nitrogen magnetized end condensed, and mads portable it la sant all over tbe|weilil, “Compound Oxygon—ita Hodo of Action and Results,’’ I* tho titlo of n brochure of nearly two hundred pages, published by Dr*. Btakkxy Sl Palest, which give* to inquirers foil information aa to this remarkahlocurative sinned to die by other physicians. Th* vol ume will ta mailed free to any applicant. Chief A Mm'*, of tho Rrothorhood of Loco- snetlve Engineers, has held that position lor ton yeese. “Hello!” we heard one man aay to another, tb* other day. “I didn’t know yon nt first, why! yon look ten years younger than yon dbl FRUITFUL SEED Tk* Agricultural Department m xta Xnprorad Can- dltloa Practical BcaulU Instead of Paataatto TbeorlM-Dr. Lorlng'a Oood Work Con. tlnued and XmproYtd-Tba Tamar. Ward ■ noton, April 13.—[Special.]—Dr. Loriog, of Maoaachnretto, gave to tho agrlonl tarsi department Ita first offlcMnt organisa tion and mado It the source of general benefit and information to the peoplo. Up to the time when be devoted hte practical experience and bUflne scare to the management of thte department It had been the theeter of wild ex perlmenU end the publishing house of idle tbeorie*. As a result of thte work of the for mer oommlaalonar the sctuel usefulness of the depertqient of agriculture became generally recognized among the peoplo and ennaoquoat- ly tho demands upon it rapidly inoreared. The system of the department la being main tained and constantly improved under the present management. An Inspection of this bureau aflbrda an Inter rating variety of well arranged de astonishing amount of work. THE MAIN BUILD1NO, a largo structure of brick, covers ono of the meat commanding eminence* in the govern, inent reservation, which extendi from tho canitol to the river, and is altasted about ! way between the Smithsonian Institution of biighteat fiowera, makes a most attractive approach on ell sldra. To tho right of tho building Ison extenslvo and ornate conic tory, which ta filled with cholcrat shrubs and flower*. To tbe left atends a great barn-like building, known as the seed house. In tho main building are many specimens of agricultural producU from all parts of thte continent, arranged and cluaified as to Indi cate tho locality ftom which they came and the toll which produced them. Of natural products, wild Irults, flowers, roote and trues there la an abundant and beautlfol display. All tbo various soils aro represented, with tho qualities of each on tho Ubels upon tho glare Jar* which contain them. Tho offices in this building are occupied mainly by the chief officiate, the ckonilsta, geologists, experts In various departments of agricultural science, and by tbe scores of clerks who attend to correspondence and tbo official records. For the nest two months the big reed boose has been decidedly tha moot Interesting portion of the bureau. There the ponderous work of scattering seed among the people in all the states and territories baa been going on. About two-thlida of tho enormous supply of rcCds la distributed through MXMHXRH OS’ CONOBM*. The remainder goratotha different state S ricultural deportments, to varlous.agants of o national dopertmont, and to persona who mako direct application for seed. It baa re quired tho busiest work of thirty-two man, and one hundred and forty woman for tha past three months to koep np with tho con gressional demand on tho seed house. Four Hundred and nine senators and represents- tlvrs have to be served from thte store. Each tbra 1 saw yon ycunger,” was tin to be under the west! I feel ten years fused I tbs time and gave ter. Th* doctor said I 'bad*consumption. It was terribly weak, bad I night sweats, cough, no appetite, aed lost flesh 1 law Dr. Fiercs’s ‘Golden Medical Dlsearery’ advertised, aud thought it would do no harm if it did no good. It haa cured ms. lares new man because I am a wall one.” The Rev. Newman flmyth. of New Haven, on Sunday predicted that Ibe taycutl, after a few more failures, would foil Into “Inn ocuous desu rode.” _ MSA WDWLOW B SOOTHING (YRUF Mr Chlb flrea teeming, softens tho (area, radoore f Ron, afiay.au pain ad re£SS8 djdn’T your position." “My position? My Mtttado y w mceiiT” "No. your position. You weren’t far enough away from me not to hear you and you » creu’t clot* enough form* to scald you.’. Would Nat Take Fifty Doll are for It. pitrceeeed one or our pi freeeh-loadiag gras, writes: eididSy lire b*a #» I eve?eKjfraolfnreireii V<o forItTl have given U a tho rouge trial tic fore raytagrayUilra. lean rare rergThwraaf a sun, send to Tux CONntTWton and gal one will kill every shot Thanking yen for gun like Urn* ago is de- sorghum, 33 quarts of cotton seed, and SB of sugar beet, besides a varied supply of firacr ana experimental seeds. Tho supply of each congressman will fill eight Urge mall looks. A member can send a list of tho names of per sons to whom ha wishes his reed rent and tha department clerks will direct these packages accordingly. lint the favorite method Is to have tho packages sent to the congressman's room where they receive hte frank and are sent ont by hte clerk. Thia Insures the announcement to tbo recip ient oftho name of hie belief*, tor and tho ae- compllshmentof the happlut result*. Often members ftom agricultural district* are om- bamssed by a number of application* far ex ceeding tholr supply of eood. hut many of thorn secure tho supplies of members from city dis tricts who have no nan for thoir allowance. A popular western congressman la mid to have obtained ten foil share* of seed for thia yenFs distribution and his ro-eloetion is a foregone conclusion. Everything needed in the distribution it .applied in the department, Th* paper pock ets and tbe cloth sacks to oontaln too seed are made there aud all tha labels are prepared at tbo department printing offloo. A largo supply ofsood ia obtained every year ftom the oxporlmcntal farm of tho do- ■rtment, but it la by no means adequate to he constantly Increasing demand. To supply the deficiency a big item ia pat into each an nual appropriation for the support of tbo de partment. Grant care ia taken to rend out nothing bnt sound, fraah reed, and in almost Instance good result* are obtained. In sm of fellura tho halt Is traooabls to Improper planting and cnrelare caltare. Most of tbs flower seed that rail an lost by too deep plantings. Every supply of seed for dis tribution is subjected to trial by TUB BEEP TKSTEB, which Is an Ingenious contrlvaoeg for proving tho ftoundneu of tbe nrnu. It consists of a shallow tin box or pan, about two feet long by fifteen inches wide. Across this pan are fold a number of small brass rod*. Between every two rode is suspended a small pocket made of cotton, with aorao fibre* ot the cotton dipping into tbo water in tb* pan to keep the pocket moist. Each tester has fifty pock ala. whoa ‘ rietles of aeed, II are drawn together, in n moist, warm bed of cotton. Tho tester ia then covered with n glaaa care and plaeod where the sunlight can reach it. If th* wad are good they soon show evidence* of germi nation. A careful record io kept of tho time required to produce signs of germination, and of Hie percentage of sound seed In each of tha testing pockets. No aeed which foil to peas thte lest, which is deemed vary reliable, are ecnWiotfromtta^epartmenL^^J^IMI. 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