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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION^ 'ATLANTA! GA: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23 1886
FARMS AND FARMERS.
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMBRS OH
FARM TOPICS.
*M winter Jtmu* or crops-what ohm ii m
How Bam Vrtvtatt*-vast Knta as t rartil-
tstt-Bowto ovepen mo Channel oft
stream- InOD Corn Culture. ato.
wrantit Kiuna of cnoya.
Ptrat* no killod la winter in two
ways. One by "heaving,” as It la caned,
or by belay. lifted more or leu oat of
Um soil. The other by » reduction of Ihelr
temperature bcJowa point which Ibelr vitality
Mill end tire. Tho former occur* mere » root-
pact day toOo than on those which era randy
and light. Eferyose ba noticed thatieespewe
onto/ >1:0 ground uioio in compact clay then
Inland, and that after thawing, a day bank
crumbier and throws off more debris than s
anndy elope. By inch leoxtslayand upheav
ing; tire plant it lifted bodily along with th#
loosened earth; its roots see partly polled op
or in tome Instanoss broken, In cither case
tfcs contact of the roots with the soft la fata*
mpted, and'aa a result, tho plant cannot tfb.
tain ItaUanal supply of moisture from the soil.
It is exactly In the condition of a plant partly
pulled up, and eeary one knows how quickly
a growing plant wilts and withers under such
circumstances. Now In whiter, drying winds
Tory often presell, and It Is unquestionably
true that winter grains often perish by drying
ur after being heesed up by beet. This
might be presented by rplllna the -land
promptly after overy hard frooft. A rery
heavy roller should bo naod; one that will
oompreas not merely tho anrfeco, but will com-
pact the dirt for three or fonr inches tw depth,
aoai to bring it cloooly In contact with the
roots again. Of course, it most be done juataa
quickly aa the thaw la completed; a halfday's
delay might prove fatal. A plant might so
dry up in that abort time, es to bo beyond re
covery.
Again, aa a protection against sold, drying
winds, winter grain should bo drilled. When
drilled, grain' comet op in a little tronoh, or
hollow, and being below the general surface,
the wind passes over ths plantt to some ex
tent, and does not strike them so directly as
when fully above the surface. Moreover dirt
fells from timo to time in the drills and tomla
to keep the crown of tho plants covsred up
and not so freely exposed as when standing
well above the suiftco. Drilling end frequent
rolling would save much grain, which under
ordinary conditions is destroyed In Severn
winters.
The Other eonreo of death comes from the
streets of cold upon tho sap and internal tissues
ofthe plant Most plants win survives redac
tion of temperature which docs not reach the
ftoexing point It la probable, therefore, that
death follows upon the freezing of tho juices
ofthoplant Lat os look into that a little. Aa
to weUksows, salt water freest* at a lower
temperature than fresh. What to trua of salt
water to true of water holding ether subatanom
In solution beside salt Tho denser the solu
tion the lower tho reduction of temperature
requisite for froering to occur. Now tho sap
and |ulcus of plants to nothing more than wa
ter holding varlons substances In solution.
Seme times tho sap holds more substanoeo In
eolation than at other*. In othor words, tho
sap to soma times denser than at others.
When a plant to folly supplied with
water and is growing rapidly, wa speak of It
as “sappy” or succulent; meaning that Its tls-
sueaaro full of water, that its Juices are not
dense, that water preponderates largely over
the substances it holds In solution. Now
then, tbto sen of little density, ought to freeze
at a higher temporaturo than that of a plant
which haa stopped growing, orwblch to grov-
’ lug slowly, and whoso sap to Isas wale
And this accords fliUy with oxporion
Bapldly growing, suoculeni plants are atw> s
those most easily killed by freezes, Th. >
art familiar facts; eon wo draw any Iroson
value from them. A moot obvious one is, to
aecuro with our winter grains, If possible,
a steady, continuous and not orer-rapid
growth. How may this bo douo? First, by
applying only moderate quantities of manure
In toll or early winter, jast enough to give
tho plants health and vigor; bat not enough
to stimulate to very rapid growth. Especially
should overdoses of nitrogenous manures bo
avoided In those seasons. Such manures msy
bo advantageously applied as top drawing in
tho spring, after danger from cold has passed.
In the nertfrlsce, northern slopes, which an
more uniformly cool than those facing the
south, should ho selected for winter crepe.
True, northern slope# are more subject to
heaving than southern, bnt this difficulty msy
be met, es stated before, by a Judicious uss of
tha roller. Crop* on southern exposures are
stimulated to rapid growth during warm
spalls, surly to sudor tho more whan hard
free«a come, Perhaps a northeastern slopo,
sheltered by wood# to the west and northwest,
would ha the bert of all for thee# winter crops.
Bow does the freezing of Its Juice* kill th*
plant. When wator, In which rebalances *r*
dissolved, freezes the water In changing tolro
separates from tha substances dtosolvad In it,
and leans them comparatively dry. Id other
words, freezing sbstracts water from tha tis
sues of plant*, or dries them up. If tho freeze
continues many days th* plant to eontlnuod in
this virtually dried up condition, and may
thus lose It* vitality. Certain It to that pro
longed frraata are much more destructive
than those of short duration. And yet It
would seem that aa soon as a plant to frosen,
all tha injury, certainly all the
mechanical Injury, such as tho
rapture of tissue from tho oxpaasloa
of Ice, would develop immediately. Again, it
to considared aa wall established, that l£ a fro
zen plant Is thswed gradually and slowly lew
Injury results. It has been suggested that
rapid thawing foods tho tissues suddenly and
that the water to not absorbed again so readily
as whan H melts by flow degree*. The matter
la, however, Involved In considerable obscurity,
hi soma cases rupture of tissues doss tab*
piece, air to admitted and fomentation of tho
Juiesa follow with fatal results to the plant
Bat why a leaf of 17*. When frosen, to not
kilted, whltet on* of oato aaar by to, naulna a
mystery aot yat solvod. W. L.J.
THE FARM QUEaTION BOX,
[Dr. W. L. Jones, oonfaaeed tho highest and
tafist agricultural authority lath* aouth, pro.
tides 0 rtr this department. Ho coll dm proo-
Subscriber, Marengo count?, Ate, wtthm to
know tomoU&inf obout tho outturn of fruit
tiers.
Who is the bast time te put out fruit tom?
How Step snd howler** should tha holes to?
What to th* tost fertiliser te use? What Is
th* matter with ind what tha host remedy for
fruit trees when gum oeam from thim? I bar*
peach tree* th* wbete body of wlgcb are cor-
ertd with gun.
What te tha tost compost for nudees, when
should It to applied, and haw much- it ueee*.
(try for a garden, medium quality toad, au
acre is extent?
tali tees nay to act out at sprite* from
the Sret of November ta th* uriddto of March;
November to th* best month for the work.
Wbsa trasepketed tally, tin dirt gate totter
settiad about th* roots, which te a matter of
ttvfrrt importance. Here or less new roots
Jam alas during th* winter, oralis** make
I preparation te start growth, by tho forming of
| a callus. When a tree to taken up, as many
of tho imalleit roots should b* preserved as
P«*lMe. As these arc generally to to fraud,
not rear, but far away from the stem, th*
roots should be taken up as long as proslble.
Tbs hole should be largo enough to allow tho
roots te he iprsod out fully In every dlrotilon
-cojmt toast time feet. Tho depth of tho
hoi* should be sufflctant to allow tho tree to
be set ahthe same depth at which it grow, ird
to allow the root* to to apreofijrat with a gous
tlo slopo downward, that being th* natural
position in which they grow, llole* throe feet
wide and one foot deep will answer te yonng
trees. Instead of maktog deep holes In a
hard soli, It is better to break the whole soil
very deep and dig moderately deep holes.
The best fertilizer for fruit tree* ii* ram -
poet of weed, earth and ashes, or lot scrapings
and ashes. Btable manure, as a rule, to not
suitable. Qnm usually eoxes from wounds
msdaby Insects or stherwiso. That around
tho stems near the surface ofthe ground comes
from holts made by the “borer.” These mart
to killed by tanning a wire into their haunts,
or they may girdle th* tree and kill It. They
are very deotroetlv* to th* peach. Bomotimes
they penetrate tho bark highor np, but this to
not oftea tha case.
Well rotted stable manure, or a mixture of
hone and cow manure, to best for a garden.
Thirty two-hone wagon loads to not too much
for an acre. In addition to oald manure ap
plied broadcast and thoroughly worked In o
the soD, a dressing of tea to fifteen bushels of
ashes to the acre, will Improve a garden e > ; l
very much,
8.1..M,Wellfnrd,8 0—I hares very rich ere k
bottom (150 acre*) that before the war If I
In a high stats of cultivation; bnt the chrai; 1
of the crock has bccoma so lilted np with 1 - 1
that it has very shallow banks and the torn: 1
entirely too wet. Tho stream has a fall of t »•#
Inches te tho hundred feot. Can I deepen tiro
channel by embarking th# stream so at to
confine too water during freshen?
or would it be better to bn’id
lcvccs from tho hill nearly at right angl
above bleb water mark, protection near tho
stream with rock pens so as to prevent wa-’i-
lrg, sometblngon the Eads’ plan. Please give
mo your vltws ontbe subject. Th* bottom i*
very wide tor a stream of its lize, and to p.o-
tested from washing hy tbs bills formic.-a
kind of horse shoe, that produces eddy w*’ f,
and has male It very that. Which to the b ;
work that I can get on drainage or th* do »•
oning or dredging of streams. Tho straa- > is -
■ fifteen feet wide and about two
ind with a fall
hundred toot.
Removing obstructions in the form often,
rafts; etc., in the channel of tho Itroan). -r
som* mile or two bolow yoor land, would >0
tbs ebcaprsi and most efficacious thing to -s
done, If It to practicable. If it cannot. 110
bed of the stream cannot bo kept pertnanc . ■ 'y
deepened by closeting its banks. Baltin; is
laudators the stream, by catching dap- a
during the periods of foods, to th* only prto-
ilctble alternative. How tho levies should
to located and how built in any portico ir
cue, mnst bo decided by circumstance*. A hi r.
Carmichael, of Coweta county, Ga, has pm .-
llced most successfully this method ofoatebi ,g
and holding soils in bottom lands, and we
should to glad to hoar from him, <>r
from soma one familiar wl.a
hie methods. How many lev -r
be construed so as to catch aod hold thoric- r
and finer deposits, without covering tho to 1
with said. Where one desires to have t -1
water spread out over th* laud, to It dsslrs'.i
to have th* mtln ditch a largo on*; or to -
only nrczrssry to hsvo It largo eoough re
carry off the water whan the branch or stream
to not swoolsa by rains. Of couno tha main-
ditch should to deep enough to drain tho
land; but to it ntccssuy to have It wide also.
W* do not recall any hook on drainage, except
on til* draining of uplands.
J. V.H., Blvenlde,~Ak.: 1. Will tho rela
tive value of cotton o**d be Increased by fill
ing, say once per month, horse and cow stable*
with thorn for beddlag, and mixing tham with
the droppings?
2. To make foisgo on ordinary land, would
It nay to, tay tho first of April, turn tha land
and about every thirty Inches drill a row of
tha common c*w pea and harrow and smooth *
the giound for a mower, and cut when the
grcis to ready?
8. Will it pay to rate* broomcorn, and what
will the yield bo on ordinary and on good
land?
1st No change in the cotton seed will at
one from tho treatment suggested, to mak*
them more valuable a* manure. It to a con-
ven lent method bowarcr of ktUlag tho scad,
without lots of ammonia or nitrogen from no-
duo fermentation or ox costive development of
heat. Bnt, whilst this to true, It Is also true
as a manure for general purposes, th*mixture
of cotton seed with hone and cow manure
will be totter than cither of those suhstancaa
alone. Th* phosphoric sold, nitrogen and
potash will to totter balanced or proportioned
In th* mixture, than In aithar singly.
2. The peas and grass combined would mako
excellent bay, and at llttl* cost. Bnt tho first
ofApritiaiaUsriarly to plant pea*. It it too
cold then, and the bugs are apt to oat than up
badly. Tho last of April orflrttof May would
suit the peso totter, and crab grass would corns
up well cn laud plowed and harrowed at that
time.
3. Broom corn to a vary good paying crop.
Its culture la simple, much tho saunas nr.
ghumand the handlingof the crop not laborious
Will not som* gentleman who havo triad it of
recent year* glv* ua their experience, and
answer th* question shout yield? W* should
to glad to hear from Colonel Barrow, of Ogle-
thropo county, Georgia, who, wear* Informed,
baa toon vary successful in Its collars.
W. B. P., Florence, G*.—I see hy your »u-
■wore to questions In Tax Cobritctiob that
you loom partial to add phosphates combined
with cotton seed or oottoa seed meal as an ax-
cclleat fertilizer tor sandy tead.
Will you pleas* explain too following. This
year I planted twenty twenty-eight rows la
cotton on th* same kind of land, aa follows:
1 Bavin rows lateral soil.
Seven rewa manured with 100 pounds told
Keren row* manured with WO pounds add
phosphate and cotton read m*al, equal parte
Seven rows manured with 100 pound* cotton
SMd meal alone.
Now otto remits: ....
I saw no difference la too ptoot botwssa th*
natural soil and that of tha add phoiphate
alaaa, tot that fertilized with phosphate and
meal was better thin that ou natural toil sail
natnrsl toll sad phosphite, whll-t that fertil
ised with cotton seed meat alone wss much
than ibt,
Why was It that the cotton mod meal wss
was to* beat, tha moal aad phosphatonaxt, and
pbesphato Allad to dwany good whateverV
Von at* doing valoabi* service for th*
faimcrn, sad ovary on* ought to take Tin
tOKkTITr.TIOX.
Commenting on the facts stated, oar first
remark to that in suggesting certain manures
for certain soils, to* suggtstion most of nacos-
lity b* very gsaorai, art specific. Boils vary
greatly, not only aa regards tkslr entente of
day and saad, tot also of knmuaer vogtuW*
matter, and of th* mar* important domsate of
fertility, aa phosphoric sooid, potato, aluog«u.
lima sic., etc. When a cartels eoatUsatiaa
of fertilizer* to suggested for oaady soils-an
avirsga sandy soil to nan*—plated, Waean-
kst knew ta any pwrttmtor *a*a what spadal
atom sat *1 fertility la lacking. Now,
la ton
at tho rate of 100 pounds ptr sere, and that
your opinion of tho relative ofibots of th* dif
ferent manures, was mad* np by actual gath
ering and weighing of tha crop each produced,
and not from looking at tho crop* and jddging
by th* die of tho plants alone, tho InfWuocs
to quite plain, that tho sod experimented On
was decidedly more dofldont In nitrogen than
anything else. Bad It boon much ladling In
phosphoric add, toe phaspbate manured rows
would have beaten tha natural soil. Tho rows
manured with phosphate and ootton
seed meal bad only half a* much meal, and,
therefore, only half u much nitrogen as thou
manured with cotton tood most Mon*. Whilst
cotton teed meal oontaloa some phosphoric
add aad potash, its predominant Ingredient is
nitrogen, and therefore It was stated that nl>
trogen was tha lacking mbitano* In th* soli;
because tha crop responded promptly to tho
application of cotton nod moal, and did not
town application ofjphoophato. In loam othor
ease the result* might iav* ton just the re
verie, and tho greatest yields might have fol
lowed toe applications of add phosphate.
Perryville, Ala —I havo on my Arm a good
article of peat muck. I wish to know its value
as a fertilizer. How would you compote it?
Isltnotbuporior lnsooapost hosp to woods
earth? Fleou suggest a compost heap- .1 once
mads a compost hup with mack and cotton
seed, about on* to six,'with a alightsprlnkllng
of add phosphate, with good result!. The
muck has boon examined by scientist* and
pronounced a good article.
Mock to rarely used ** manure until It hu
bccnmanlpulsted. In Its primitiverondii bn,
it abounds In organic acids, which are rather
hurtful to vegetation. To counteract, or mm
properly to get rid oftheae, too muck to soma
times dug up and thrown out In moderate
https which the air can penetrate readily.
With tha admission of air decomposition sets
In, and tho adds undergo changes which ren
der them inocuon*. This, however, to a slow
process. To hasten It, muokto goaeretly
composted With lime or ashes, or
with a mixture of tha two, about ten
bushels to a cord of muck. The muck havio,;
been drmlncd of supcillnout moisture, la tho
onghly mixed With toe 11ms, put in pen* u- 1
kept thus for some months, when it may l,i
uaad as any other compete. Thus prepared, si
good art Id* of mack would havo a value about
equal to .that cf lot manurt, not’ steblfi ma
nor*.
Another mode of preparing muck, to libs
th* method you pursued, viu: mixing it with
fermentable substances Hko cotton seed or
stable manure. Fermentation begets fer
mentation, and when It starts In the nit
nnra or toed mtxsd with tho mnek, tho
latter begins to ferment also, and too adds
are destroyed. No fixed or definite propor
tion between manure and muck to called for;
one of the manure to fivo or six of muck an
swers well, or one or cotton soed to ssmo
quantity of muck. In mixing with manure
or cotton mod It to bettor to put too dlffsrojit
substances in snccssdvs layers; moisten them
thoroughly and tramp pretty firmly as th*
pen to filled. Finish with a layer of muck.
All inch composts are groatly Improved by the
addition of add phosphate. This substance to
more needed by soils, generally, thin any
other. Muck, cotton seed and ttablo manure
supply nitrogen qnite plentifully, bnt only
moderate quantities of phosphoric add. They
arc all Improved, therefor# by th* addition of
add phosphate. For a Air manuring, add
phosphate in such proportion that lOOtolsn
rounds of It may be put on an acre. If, for
inatanco, It to proposed to apply two wagon
loads of oompest loan aero, add lOOtolW
pounds of aoid phoephaae to orory two wagon
loads of tho other ingredient*. A good article
cf muck, one free from mud, to rather better
than woods mold.
J. A. a, Graham, Ala, November 12, I8W.
lit. Picon tell me In what proportions cot
ton teed, stable manure and cow manure
should be mixed to mak* a good compost.
Wonldltbeadviiable to buy add phoiphate
to go with the above manure*. In whut pro-
K rtlon should It be put, if the acid phosphate
used ? Sd. Will it pay to give twslvo
cents for cotton lead for manure? Ho*
much of th* above mixture should b* used
on fresh uplands?
1. Two of cow manure to on* oach of stab!*
manure and cotton seed makes a fair manure.
For cotton, particularly, cotton seed ant
stable manure are rather too rich In nitrogen,
and an improved by mixing with oow manure,
which contains leas of that subttanco. .
The above mixture will be decidedly lm
proved for most purposes by th* addition of
xdd phosphate; on* hundred pounds or
phosphate to five hundred pounds of
tho mixture to about tho ratio unally
adopted, and baa given very satisfactory
results. On frtsh land BOO to 1,000 pounds of
such manure may be applied per aero in the
drill. If applied regularly each auecomiv*
year, the quantity may graduillybo increased
up to three or Aur thousand pounds for aoro.
3d. Compared with ether mauuret which
no bought and sold, cotton soed art well
worth 121 cents u bushel; but whether It will
pays former to buy them at that price, de
pends upon how Judiciously ho uses them,
Farm Motes.
Lincoln county has made corn enough for
the year.
John D. Coxwal), a Wilkes county farmer,
mak** enough money on Us potato crop to run
hte farm. HI* cotton to surplus. He is mak
ing money.
Captain Tom Jonau. of Coweta, one of tho
0*1 experience d and neeauftti poultry ratters
in tha state, says twenty laying hens will sat
mors than a bon*.
lit, Fateh, *f Calhoun county, run eight
plowi and mad* alavsn and a hair nates of cot
ton to the plow, 1,000 buahoto of corn, and po
tatoes, pass, syrup, ate., in proportion.
Th* Leary Courier rejoioa* over th* pros,
pact, and aayi:
Tha era* has terasravtitid Into syrup, th* po
tatoes anfl Use peanuts dug. and the tin bums
cheerily on the country haartheteu* than frosty
**“ no ’ r
Mr. George G. Truitt, of Troupe eounty, th*
champion cotton grower of Oevrgta, has com
pleted tho ploklog, ginning aad baling of hit
col too crop from soventv-fiv* scree. II* In
forms us that th* oggrtgat* result to fifty-two
bales, averaging IbO pounds oai-h. This on a
two-muls Cara.
Omcr Harper, of Madiaou county, hat Juit
finished gathering a ono-hore# cotton crop on
his Arm which turned out 39 biltejof cotton.
Mr.Barportoasptondld farmer and knows
bow aad whenand whan work should b*
denote reap therlehest harvest. Ho expaste
tomskebOhatovtothshoinlf ho live* five
years lougsr.
Mr. B. A. Sharp, of Carroll county, hasgath
ered 1200 pouefis of cotton from ore acre and
feels assured that be wiltget BSD pounds more
—maktog fa ail 17fiO pound*. TO* oottoa I*
of tire Pi terklnvtrtely, and Mr. Sharp soys It
wUlmakeiopcaodiof Hot to 102 of lead.
Thlt will give from the acre 700 pounds of
tint, which to equal to two smtil bale* from
one aero.
Mr. Joe 8. Smith, near Jonert JUiBe, Mori-
wetter eounty, had so oM-fsihioued coca
shucking last Thursday. The welkin rang
with the echoes of old tmw eon songs sad the
rapid husking would havsdoa* honor to ante
bellum. Mr. Smith win burn* on stalwart
tbuulden round tbahous* after 502 boinels
had beau shucked. The sceua wu a navel
cut to th* .younger generation who had aovat
wlUesrtd a similar Seen*.
In November I re
makes him thirty bushels tokheacre. Land
that lbur years ago that b* could not get a
stand of wheat on, ho now make! on It nearly
a bate of cotton to tho sere. He keeps bu
begs and cows ap and It Is generally conceded
that they are all In good order and do welL 5
Hr, L. A. Duggan, of Butdolph county,
Imade a pond late year. * “ ——
peered from thcl'nited Slate* 1
ouc small carp. A pint cup w
alL This year, In uelotmr I too* from Um
twelre carp, tho taoalleet weighing error two —
half pounds, sud the 1 arrest wolRhcd three pound*
ijx ounces. It moasttreffeighteon laches tong and
twelve and a quarter Inches around th* body. The
fish spawned this year, but there am no mean* of
aaoetiaintag the number e» young oas*.
Mr. W. T. Haskins, living In Laurens coun
ty, hu mad* this year with four mulee, l.COj
bushels of corn and *0 bales of cotton, being
300 bushels of corn and 10 bales or cotton to
the homo. Mr. Uniting tote last AB, by fire,
hi* ten house and isveial bale* of ootton, bnt
with dauntless pluck and energy ho resowed
his efforts this year, and the above figure* are
the result.
Mr. B. B. Ward, a resident of Laurens coon,
ty, planted last anting ono thousand sugar
cans, from which he haa realized a profit Or
*80.20, beaMca bedding eleven hundred for
seed for next season 1 * planting—on* hundred
more than he planted last. He mad* (37
worth in tho stair, and mode elghty-eovou
gallons of syrom part of which ho has sold at
sixty cents a gallon. Estimating tho eighty■
■oven gallons at sixty esnts, tho syrup to
worth (52 20, which, added to th*(37 ns sold
in tbs stalk, makes tho above profit.
Th# Americas Bsooider has boon presented
by a Somtor coofily Armor with som* fiat
specimens of Japan000 poralmmons grown by
him. It to about tho also and color of an
orange, while th* skin to smooth and some
what resembles that of a tomato. The fruit
will keep a month filter being picked from tho
tic*, when It boeomeaooft like a custard and
can b* oaten with a spoon. It hai th* some
rich sweet taste of the common pozilmmon,
but li loos ootid. This fruit commands a
large price at tho north, whore It to a gnat
curiosity.
Th* following Incident told by Mr. W. E.
Garrard, of Upson, shows th* remarkable pro-
liflcntssof the common ribbon can*. This*
years ago ho gave a llttl* girl, tho daughter of
Mr. Warren Alford, aatalk of cane, or which
sha reserved only the joints to plant. The
following year she planted the cans raised
from this stalk, and this year she planted tort
crop. The cane produced from this
planting was read* Into oyrun last week, and
produced thirty-five and a half gallons of ex
cellent syrup.
Out ofthe meet enterprising young Armen
In the state te Ben HOI Tompkins of Hoard
county. Ban, aa ho to familiarly known, to
ton than 28 yaar* old, yet he has snereoded
belter than any man In tbooonnty at Arming.
He went to work for hlmoelfat ltyoursof
•go, and In tbto short space of time a com
petency that would satisfy many men has
been accumulated by him. Ho began life
with 200 acres of land, somo of It so rich bot
tom as In Amsrica. till manner of /arming
to to raise com, wheat, oats, pros, pumpkins,
bogs, rentes, etc. Ha Is now undisputed
owner of 2,200 acres of land, a large stock 0
males, hog* and cattle; has the finest bam In
mlddlaj west Georgia, wkloh to stockod
today with 70,000 pounds of as fins
Adder and hay as wu ever soon, and
over 2,000 boshcls of corn. Ho make* cotton
a surplus crop, and ralsas from GO to 100 bales
owing to the auun. There la a complete sys
tem about everything oonnoetod with hte
Arm. Every mute ana horn* hu hte particu
lar stall. Ho hu a place Ar all hte plow (oar
rad harness. HI* tools need through tho
summer at* all honied. He hu a lot of mule
colls and hsya that would make a blue-gnus
Kentuckian Acl proud.
A BIHOULAH HTOItY.
from the Cincinnati, Inquirer,
A traveling commercial agent, whoso homo is
In Ftettsmouth, Nob, and whoso voracity can
not bo caatiy doubted, related to s St. Jo* Ga-
zttte reporter the ditattoof allory which exem
plifies In a most startling manner tha acoorsoy
that troth to itrangar than fiction. Tho story
11 briefly u follows:
Somo time ago, along shoot February, a com
menial man nnmad t awartsorSwarts, travel
ing for a Chicago har, np and clothing hoose,
was taken slok at thoooiuuiorolal house, in Lin
coln and died after a short Illness. His remains
wire duly prepared for interment, were placed
la a coffin, ana tho latter nailed np In a box
snd shipped to hte homo In Chicago, for burial,
riding through riatUmonth on th# front plat
form of a baggog* car. Arriving at OF
preparations wore mad* Ar tho funorr
minister soenrod, the funeral notico pnbl
the grave prepared and tb* usnalaadp
attona enacted. At tbto Juncture a G
physician, th* old family doctor, camo In to
take a last look at tho corpse, and horrified
the family by proteotlug that the man wu not
dead. Two dimly crimson roots, one upon
each side of tho man’s too*, told Mm that 11 fo
was not extinct, and ha protoated against the
burial. Under nil care In two days th* dead
man opened Us *70*. and In two weeks ho
wasslitiugnplnhlsroom. Shortly afterward
ho went to Korop*, and although ho wtlghod
but ninotyslx pounds when ho teft th* coffin,
ho came from Korop* soma months later sound
snd hearty, and to now selling hats, caps and
clothing, and to as healthy n man u one would
wish to to* and waltha 183 pounds.
Tho man who told tba >1017 says ha stopped
at tho asm* hotel with Bwartx a few tvanlaas
since in a Nebraska town, aad whan tbs land
lord recalled having heard of Swartz’s death,
the totter feelingly related hi* axparlaaea,
exhibiting during hte rooltal th* deepest 0
tier). Homy* bs wu conocloo*}during .
ontlr* journey, and realized with horror tho
tha Import or each proceeding. As ho toy In
his coffin at homo he coold fool th* warm tears
of hto mother and slater u they All upon his
faeo.
Tho Gantt* Informant says ho romsmbors
th* Indfiant of thadoath of Swartz, and says
that Mss of the Lincoln pupate will confirm
the truth of tha story.
The-caUM of the trance or whatever ate* It
may be called, to said to have arisen from dia
betes, with which 8warts was afflicted, and It
ta mid that he had been totally blind Ar f
weeks, and at mlroenloualy recovered
sight.
MOKIMG TUB ttsm.
FOR AIDING HER LOVER.
THK CURIOUS STORY OF PRETTY
JBSS1B CARROLL.
Tho Bursters at the cnampsea Knit* werta-th*
Sate Ousatd ana tu Cook, awtea-
Sow Joen VrorlSM tor jimio-
Thswtrs on mo wiuum maul.
Collector Crenshaw spout th* bettor portion
of ycawroay testing oleomargarine and pur*
Inlands’ Hotel aad Hargkal Institute.
This Widely celebrated loatitattoo- Iocated
at Bnfflio, N. V, to organlzad wilharall saff
of eighteen experienced and skillful Physt-
tint and Sirgeons, constituting th* most
complete organization of msdlcal.amdsoryhs
skill In America, Ar tb* troatsuot ofaU
chronic disease*, whether roiulrnfg medical
or surgical meant Ar thair ran. Marvatous
iuccczs hi. bats achieved Into* care all nsaal,
throat aad lung dtamsoa, Hm and Mdnoyfita-
uasta. disease* of thadlgsstivamrgaas, btadfiav
dfieaecs. disease* peculiar to wow so, blood
taints and to.n dlssasam rkaumnttom, neural
gia, nervous debility, panlysto, opltopw (fite),
spsrmitorrhr*, Irwpoteucy and kindred sffisc
tines. Tbooasuds are cured at Ibelr kua
through cunsspaadoae*. Th* eon of the
went re puns, pita tumors, vorisuals. hydro-
rivet *0 particular* ) Ad-
firsiBcriei.D, Ohio, November 17.— In
Match toot the proprietom of th* Champion
Bu and Knife woaki, of toll city, wore Ins
formed by toe book-keeper, Frank B. Joum,
that tho nf< had bun opened and that tho
cash book, day hook and ledger won missing.
Tho proprietors, knowing that no ono bnt
thcmsolvei and Jones knew th* combination
of the refs, had Jonu arrested on th*
charge of ttaaltog the hooka Ha
bu t most estimable wife, whom he married
In Lawrcncevllle, Ind., and tha conple wore
boarding at* prominent hotel hero. When
Jones wu arrested ho denied any knowledge
of tho books. When he wu taken to Jail and
Stripped and soarehed (4M In bills wu (bond
In bis sock. After remaining In Jal! over
night Jones coaltered that he wu not only a
defaulter, but had taken the books. Ho di
rected the proprietors to go to a certain catch
basin In this city, when tart of tho books
wonld be found, and the cast, ho said, wore at
tho honze of Jcati# D. Carroll, at Spring City,
Tran.
Th* book*, torn from tb* covers, wore found
and fished from to* sower. Jones wu son-
traced to ton years In the Ohio penitentiary.
Before the sentence officers rad mom be is of the
firm wont to tho Carroll woman's house to look
for the rest of too book* Miss Carroll wu
aot at homo, but Jut where Jonu said th*
books wore they wore found. Stop* ware at
once taken for the arrest of Mist Carroll u an
accessory to th* crime. Tho grand Jury in-
dieted hoi on two oounta—on* Ar grand
larceny in taking too hooks and ou* for com.
pounding s felony by uslstlag Frank B. Jonu
to stssl and ooncosl tho hooka. It wu on this
indictment that-tb# girl hu Just bora tried.
Every day since the trial began, ton days ago,
to* courtroom bu hew filed.
Th* evideneothowtd that Jessie Carroll was
taken into Jonu'* family u * domestic when
E ing girl at * lime wbra ho and hto wlfo
I In Columbus, Ind. When Jones cams
to work hu broko up housekeeping sad
Joan*Carroll disappeared so tor u Mr*. Jonu
knew, It wu shown, however, that aha reuse
to this city at stated intervals, sad remained
several days. Daring to* early part cf 1853
Jours purchued Aur and ono half acre* of
land and a honao near Spring City, Tann.,
and undo to* dosds to Juste D. Car
roll. Regularly overy month Jons* sent
bar * package of money by express, never low
than (100 and never more than (ICO, and
•vtry month aho visited this city. Jonre had
pnt somo Florida property In her turn*, too.
it wu shown that two nights bgforo too hook*
ware missed, Jeaalo arrived at tot station in
this dty and wu met by Joact. That night*
tiunk wu takan to Jonsate room sud the
trunk and Jtaal* toft on the midnight train.
It to th* theory that tha book* war* put Into
this trank and taken to Tammsco.
The confiding wlfo of Jonu wu on th*
■trad In th* cue. Bk* novor know what sal
ary her husband rat or anything shout hto bus*
tows. Ho provided for bar sud trested h*r
kindly. Tho firm hu novir rot mad* publlo
th* amount of Jonre'a ambcxziocnrat, hot It to
at lout (20,000, and had boon going on Ar
yean. Tho defense made a dog|sd fight for
Joislo, and the haa th* sympathy of tho com-
munllr, to* Impression whig that the wu
only the tool of Jonos and wu afraid net to
dohte bidding. Action hu boon begun agatnat
the property In Tennessee, the firm churning
that It wu bought with money atolou. from
NOVEL CONNUBIAL MBTHOD3.
Cr.*VKlAI»t>,0.. November 17,—Tho tragedy
In which Benjamin F. Whellor, end hto wlfo
Jane, wero gnrrotod, to mystorlons In Its
chiractor. Thoy wore olghty-one and oovon.
of no respectively. And wore 11
_ eouploaud although ^worth about
(300,000, living, or rather existing In a state
barely removed from squalor. For long /ret*
they lived practically seiisretod In array.
thing except name, and adtooagh quarto rod
under tho sumo root; their dealing* with ono
another wore ou a purely commercial bails.
8h* kept tba houie aad ho paid Ar hto board,
washing, and ovon mending, at stlpnlatod
rates. Just u any stranger would. In tact, ho
had bran known to exototo* often tb* right of
a mere boarder and grtiruhlo at tho Are, tho
moat frcqncnt ground of complaint being tho
stingy allowonco of moat. For more than ■
generation they lived In tola way, steadily
accnmnlatlng property Ar the slmplo gratis,
cation of getting Ik since It did them no good
u they baa no children.
Early In too morning a neighbor wu called
to th* house by too old man, and found tho
old woman dead on the floor of tho room
where thoy were aocostomod to alt evenings,
Whcltor said that tba owning before they ret
reading the p*p*r, u was their wont, the paper
being tom in two Parts and each perusing one-
balfutstlmo. Whlloltwuyctearly.aman,
whom Weller thinks he recognized u Patrick
Graves, entered snd attacked him. Whellor
uys be bogged At bis lift, but wu gagged snd
bound hand and foot. He managed to crewl
away unobserved, and while doing to says ho
saw Graves and » stranger sell# hto wife.
WheUer crawled Into bed and toy there until
morning In pain gnd terror. Ho managod to
looera Ms bonds sou lo At* hlmselfi and be
tween 7 and 8 o’clock gave the alarm.
Graves wu arrested, and strongly pretested
Ms innocence. He to flfty-flva years of ago,
and, having long been known u aa Inoffonirve
citizen, Aw persons believe him guilty.
Whellor himself to held ou suspicion of being
th* mnsdorer, bnt th* physician who mad*
toe autopsy to of th* opinion that the woman
wu beaten on th* head with * sandbag, and
that hn windpipe wu tnddonly pinched aai
snipped In two by on export garrotar. Ho
also thinks that Whallra bad not th* phyalret
strength to inflict th* Injuries discovered.
The house boro ovldeaco of having boon ran-
sacked, but u tho police found over (1,000 In
tha house it to supposed that the murder wu
prompted by som* motive othor than * mer
cenary ono.
•HB WON’T WASH AO AIN.
irma to* Now York Horrid.
When* seedy looking *n called fire*
ktetaofboer In William Hetarieh’n taioon, »t Bo,
|^*T1
■Mi wudaa to to* poraMUty of not hotogpald
forth*beverage.land to tot foot also thatuio
aspsarsd »hnn0«»Uy auppUM whh
already. Howurra, tha boot wu placed be-
fore tho sis, snd a second later it wa* goo*.
.“Ptabapa yon don’t know mo." arid the
I I III I I I III
"1 taro not that honorgtaBtotttaHUM
OUR OWN COLUMN.
Short Talks With Our Readers
on Matters of Ihterest.
Ftauo Renew Four Subscription before
time It crat# Tbld preventi jour miiatog
»ilngle iminljer, Tho pjIntM illp on you*
PtpuUlli whan tho time It out. Bedew M
on * fthoidi and bring » new aubn
•crlber wttfc yon.
Thing* are roshlng with ua this week, and
wourepushing rapidly toward* 100,000 tub.
serfbow. The busy swoon hu begun and wa
hear from onr friends and tgents everywhere,
Haro are a faw specimen /otters:
Mr. W. J. Hawk writes from Blanton, Tex.:
th* following hopofal letter. It to tho tort of
totter wo 11k* to got; Any ono of oar 8,009
sgnts can dou Wen u ho hu done.
Bianon ToX” October 15, lOSc-OotstUtntioo!
Dear airs: Toon of September rtthreodred. wilt
figTour ageht; will do all r can forjronr papor,
Think lean get you twcuiy-flro or majbo any
subscribers. Herewith sand you flva Now hto*
more than 5rc but not Ira. Can only send cron
nun ben u tola Is not a money order offioo. I
knownf no agent naarhore, and cipcot to canvass
•good portion pf onr county, which 11 thickly
populated, •
A Handsome Colored rostor.
irshave a lugs handsome porter, printed U
rod and blue, for orory on* of our agratB, It
to tho banner of Tub Constitution and overy
agent ought to have ono or two put up In tha
poitoffleo or neighborhood store. It help*
wonderfully. Hare yun ono ? If not, send at
onoa and wo wiH mall yon ono. If you havo
ono and could us another on* well, tend Ax
it. W# want ovary agont to havo on* of out
Illuminated potters.
This paper may bo tent you u s simple copy,'
You may like it* looks, but want toknow mors
about It before yon toko it. That to right
Now, Who are tho boot men to toll you about
it? Clearly, thoso who havo boon reading It.'
and who know what It to every wook rad
every year. Horo to tho unsolicited opinion of
half a dozen subscribers. Bead what thoy say
and If It convlncot yon, send us your ■ubocrlp'
tion.
W. H. Formby—You win plcazoflnd cucloied
postofficoordocfortno amount or 17.GO, for are-
novral of myioif and olub, with ono or two now
subscribers. Thu U my fltth year that I hsvo road
Th* Ouitllf mua M • ttiaCtlbsr, and AS longzt
1 live ot rim rosd and Tux Com. mcn iv romln-
ueraagoo
A. M. Black, Condor, N. a-Knclosodflnd tt.ta
to follow toy subtcrlpli.;:i. 1'Icam send r,gout’s
ontfltsnd I will got np a dub for Tiro CoMTrru.
tjob, too beta paper in tha world.
H.O.King,ereonrflto,aC.-I am* rosdtrof
Tn* Oonnmmow, and 1 beliava it to bo tho boat
end most progressive paper 1 over read. It keep*
riihtuptoOatowlthUiolsteetnowi andlu ool-'
uma are always full of reading matter rnltel toall
* ■ “ MiSMaiaS? &
■ if Tua Co*rrrruTion *—
g tho columns of I
caro>
A Wont About Onr Hewing Much Inn,,
Tiro c,..simmon does not ml lu psjor with do
•criptlona of tho sowing mschlnea It offiirs to Its
anbscrihon. It boHovoa that Uia spies botongi 10
Its readers, rad docs not crowd It with Its own
-tvoil, my wlto woshss Mr rouftHUy,” added
“What I His. Ilittoar*
Tern; but tho wra't wash Mr you again.' 1
•llowU thair
“£ecfttueib«if titsdi'
Th* zauioa kanar oaltad hto wife and atooaltad
Hn. Hannah Both who U>«* In to* stmt konst,
and alto tznptoyod tin. guiaoa.
••y#u« wlfo left hero to food btaUh os Tttttotap
alibi," RStarkad Mrs. LnooL
“hid you hare Iraubl* wlto hsrr stood Ih* sat
in kes psr.
•■Ytt," calmly rtpltad lbs h itoaafi. “W* hod a
Ililon Friday night, aad I kIV has to th* head
id blackettd net sits. 0b* tar oath* door after
that, snd when 1 was tearing this moating th*
said, ’WUIIsra, bs good to younelf.’ I got name
from wsik this afttnwca and found bst dead."
"What badljMliar do.” asked lb* man, as ho
gsatd St to* tosme strtokt* group.
"Go to lb* poHce station at ooes." answered
RatariSh, and lbs mss left Uttptae* Imuwidlately
and gnublmtolfcplatte sergeant In ebarguof
ths l i fly . ninth street atati
1 lie bad told a true itoey.
ft.-.
I tews* nod purify th* IJood 1
d'y satire <
Thu cow nr arrow aieblna uo tooopM All
over tho country as the best mtohlnsa Uist are of-
furpd. Tho niscliino thsl wo soil with tbn pspors
for 5221s equal to any 055 machlno on tho marksi.’
andwognsranteolttobomch. ThemacMnotbat
wo sell for 118 with tho paper liequal lotuyMO
msohlno that to sold, and wo gnsrmntoo lttoboto]
Kvory machlno to sold with our guar*ate*.BAny,
buyer era Hy the machine lot fffloon days, and If
not ./ill.factory, can roturn It. Urnlor thliguar.
tntco wo hsvo had but ono machlno relumed, and
that cams from a sowing msohlno agent who
tlioutlit ho would annoy ns thereby. Tho Mai tes
timony to that or Urea* who bare Mod It. Ta*
ConTrrunorr machines are being used la every
■Uf* In tee union, rad here Is what to said shout
thttii?
C.F.Beatwrtahti Donaldson, at.—Thu sowing
machine which I bought of you to so good aa any
machine 1 ororiaw. ll mm Item snd low. woll.
I would not
giro for it l
Calllo Too McLsan. Mslnrlcw, N. C.—1 reeolvod
tho towing machine all right and am woll pleased
With It 31 icW1 woll. I wonld nottaho what I
gave lot It. I recommend It to all who want a
good, oh’-np mscblBo. I Hko It as well aa If It cost
forty or Ally dollars; dooijuitaaulco work.
Jack lioyd, Itcgors, Ca.-I received tho maehUi*
you sent mo In portocl order, and hare tried It on
all kinds of work and It works splondld. 1 oannot
lininny fault wl:li itsiHii. 1 nmgrostlyobligsd;
'hsvo shown It to my neighbors, who are tsUna
10 AmsiU.su msohlno and they prefer yours.
OilM* papers havo an lnfartor machlnolwhloh
they srutrylng to palm off at low priors, snd by
claiming that it Is as good as Ths COwinvunoa
machlno. Theuftetthlng totobuy Tns00sen-'
mum msohlno Itself, and then you know It to th*
best. Don't be mislodbr diming advcrttoomonlu
other machines, which are cheap John afrslrt,’
snd made to gull too public with. Tns [>,::irrra*
non mbrine to tho best, end wo guarantee it to b*
(ueb. Bend In yonr orders at once. You sari (Sd
to HO on overy machlno yon bay from ns.
Tho Rlgit-Aim Msohlno, with paper, KtZM
Tb* Blgb-Aim Machlno, wllhout pupor.lUOO.
TU Low-Arm Machine, with paper, DADO.
Tho Low-Arm Machine, without paper, HT.0C,
Th* Waterbary Watch, with paper, 13.29.
Tho Wab Ibury Watch, without paper, V2.50.
Ths Brooch-Loading Oun, with paper, 113.00.
Tho Breech.Loading Qun, without paper, (U-OOI
Order on* or aU of theta articles at onos.
On* Thousand Wstorburys-
Wo have )nzt rooolTcdouo thousand Wstorbury
watches, of tho last style, with all lmpro voramUJ
Wo hare sold thousands snd thousands oftbeau
splondld watches, audthoy giro perfoct taUtftOt
Uoo*
fot IJ.55 wo will send ono of those watch to,'
packed In a saUn-Uncdbox, with chain and charm
ladTnnWxraiYCONSTm’Tiunforondyosr, Sub-
tcrlbcre who want As wsteh. and chain alone eta
get It by sending 32.90.
Buying a Wstorbury at this price to tho host BU
vestment cut bo mad*. For 31.23 you got * good
paper ono yoar rad a watch snd chain that will
keep as good timo as ths nest ItOO watch. -llfsbsCt
ter than a high-priced watch for overy day tut, fog
tils not to city to got out of repair,
Dr. Wm. King naz worn ono of onr Wotorburyg
or two yetrz, and It hat not cost him aoeuttoc
: (.sir. Hb gold witch com him an iviragool
16,00 * year for repair, or twice the cost of a Watery
bury, Jtemcmbor, 13.29 gets tho watch, chain and
paper,or (ago gets the watoh snd chain atonal
Every farmer, every farmer's wlfo. and certainly
orery fznr.ei'z b vy ought to bo wearing one of than
Watertrarys. Don’t delay. Scud In your order,
Onr ttlX Bliot Gun,
The hunting season to now on us, and srory boy
Iboold bare a first class gun. TnsCor:tr:>7T:o.i’i
Double-barreled Drcoch-teadlng Shot Gun to first
etofotn avoir tospeoL It to of English make and
Isas good as any 325 gun. It to light, nicely Mi
•hod. with pistol grip stock, rad wo guarantee it
lneTcryu-rint. Tx* Witaxtr Ooniriruiioii on#
year snd the Gun for only 111. Tho Gun by IbwU
112. Bend I* row orders before tho rushoom,
Carter’s Little Llrsr Pills will lm found an
oxerilent remedy for tick haadotk*. Thou
•and* of Irttere from
them prove this facL
wbo h.'.VJ
your dru/r^i-jt for
Dr. R. O. CatUT, to
th* fT«, t+r, {.
xnerljr i*«oda**l In toot just wlla
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