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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA* 'TUESDAY MAY 17 1887
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FARMS AND FARMERS-
SHOUT TALKS WITH FARMBHS ON
farm topics.
„ tuM.tUM of U»«l *»• Oe'eg-
n< cuinM *A1U> of OAiloo Mm4 *ed
”orn a. VoM for KHt-IaklH Ut
rnil from Cmtlrg.-Om»» Frtn.
Speed the Plow.
It !a very important at thi, tlma to kaop the
plow. going. If pomible, plow ovar orary Hold
onco a week. The crop* coed pushing now.
C-otton need* it, that it mtj make stalk and be
nady for fniting. It will now bo gathering
materiaii tomake boila. Theoo matoriala will
bo distributed at first through stalk and leaf,
hot aotecqucntly will bo transferred to tiro
holla. We sometimes talk as If plants oahanst-
ed the toll most whilst perfooliog seed. The
truth is they take comparatively littlo after
dowering, when the flowering la notcontlnu-
one and rnoceuivo, as in tho caso of cotton.
This cup is'gatberiiig food till late in aut
umn, bresnite it continues to grow.
The e|i*nnt uhturtlon in somo casos
is due to the fact that the transfer of mat Minis
'after flewtring takes place first from tho lower
part of tho p'ant, that which is neat the
ground. Harvested afiir eoediug, Uro stubble
left tn the land will, therefore, be the poorest
part of tho plant In fertilizing materials. If
cut before ecodlrg, the stubbie will bo richer
and m< re of that which had been taken from
tho soil will Ire returned to it in tho stubble.
The roots of plants are now pushing iu ercry
direction through thr coll in search of food.
To keep healthy and do their work proporly
they most have air. Cut olT from air root* die.
This happens, for instance, in water aogged
■oil. Water keeps air away from them. Hard
riurtr on the anrface do tho caiuo thing, lircak
them, therefore, aa fast as they form, Itun the
plow shallow; if the surface la stirred the air
will find Its way to the root#. Itunnlng the
plows deep will give air to the rcota, bnt
it will give death to thorn
also hy cuttlrg them oil', dime farmers plow
their crops, aa if a plant had bnt one
root aud that grew directly downwards. Put
the hast and moat careful hands behind the
plows—goed plowing isvoe hard hoeing. See
that the plows are properly adjusted to do their
best werk. This cannot ha left to a negro; he
will adjust It, so it will run tallest to him, and
eo It will throw the most dirt. The negro lea
great believer In throwing dirt to plante—he
dcea'nt think a plow is doing anything, if It
dote not throw dirt. On tho contrary, tho crop
needs lave I, flat icnlturo to kttp the soil from
drying too rapidly. It is well oneugh to bed
upland la early Fining and let it get rid of
some of the eicrnlve moisture from wlater
ralrs. But no l«ds are needed now. Wo want
to held, not loto moist uro.
If cotton ban not been brought to a
final stand, it should be done at
once. Wo do not fully realize, that one stalk
of cotton growing near another, rota it of food
and moisture, Just m a weed docs. Got rid,
therefore, of superfluous cotton stalks, just si
promptly .■ • you would got rid of weeds. If
year land ia good, giro ample distance to oaoh
■talk. When two aUlke are left in a hill all
the plant food mod up in making ono stalk
(where tho land mskra a goo<l-sl/.od wood),
might he thrown into fruit on tho one italk.
It takes nitrogen and potash and phoaphorio to
make stalks, and whatever of thorn fortllizors
ia diverted into making superfluous sttlk*. is
so mnch loat to making fruit. W. L. J.
TUB FARM flirSTIOIf BOX.
Dx, W. X.. Jones, cou rested tho ht chest and safe*
agricultural authority In tho south )*roiidcs over
this department* Us solkUa prucUool MMggcitioa.
ticro farmers ana others Interested*
ling cabWge plants with paria green, provided
it was auiScienUy deluded, aay one of the
green to ono hundred of flour. Bat it woald
not probably kill the flea beetle yon apeak of,
became they nick rather than eat the leaves.
If they ate the leaves, so as to swallow somo of
the poison, it would kill them, but if they
suck the juices of the loaf, there being no
poison It side of the leaf in its juice, tboy
would escape. It is claimed that mixta* ker
osene with powdered clay and sprinkling It
among the plants will drive thorn away. We
carnet speak authoritatively, however, on
this point.
D. L. B, Sweetwater, Tenn.: I notice tn The
Tor wm xml* you prescribe parls green one part,
sod wsirr or flour one hundred parts, as a destroyer
of iDMCtson watermelon vines. Is this solution
p< hrotm. toman? . .
Yer, decidedly *o. It la a preparation of
aimbIc; hut its application to the young
plants will not street the ripo melons, or mako
ihem in the least pcitonoua. Nono of tho parts
green will get into tto fruit.
sandy, with Nay fubaoll: hare broken land with
tao hem- plow; cotton Is up now. How much per
acre, and how apply it?
J believe, Hiate Chemist White) say that tho nulri-
^|vevalvMAig|aMHddMii|kmiMMteBMm
mt wlnn
■fed
use tt in lcrdiu< hogs" lilt the lint or oil that In
jure* them? 1 Haw sjaltcrlng them on tho groan-1
Bdc cotton with nerrow shovel, and apply
100 pconds of fertiliser in each aiding furrow ;
that ia 200 pounds per acre. That would bo an
ordinary, good manuring. If yon wirh to pash
matters farther, yon might doable the qusn*
tity, that ia e j»ply 400 pounds per acre, in same
manner.
J*. G. Holland, hell county, Texas: Please toll me
what will cure fintuio. I have a hone that has had
It freight months. He was first burned with
nitric itcld; it gave no relief; soon afterwards his
shoulder was t lbtercd with fly planter, which did
son t* good; was improving, ft did not come from
tn. veJnf; was a soil place on top of shoulder blade
which I ci-eucd wrlth tuy rockctknifo; got some
rmilter; Jt wj*s swollen as long as the skin would
Ut It»well; I then put a ponltlce on which anaged
It down, but It begun to matter, and has been mat
tering ivtr since, though not lame now.
fc'te answer to similar inquiry in Wbkicly
Constitution of May JOth. The treatment
recommended there is applicable to your case,
Subscriber, Mirren county, ‘is.: 1. In plowing
cut Hie »paces between terraces could a large
nbovcl plow l»o made to answer In any respect tho
putptM' of it hilMdfc plow / It occurs to me It would
do the work unite well by Inclining the handles of
the plow slightly down hill each time going. I
would r ot expect it to be as effective and it wou'd
take a longer time to accomplish tho purpose. I
haven't the chance Just now oi ascertaining by at tit*
nl trial, and would like to have jour opinion. My
Ideals, if possible, to save the cost of a bill ride
plow
•j. Would Irish potatoes, grown this season. dug
Just after the plant Is In bloom, bcfore'tho potato is
matured in cite, otnwer lor: plan lag right now? 1
wtelitoput liinnoihcr patch as soon as wo have
the n art ns. Murt I cut the potato or plant whole?
1 Yes, a shovel plow, or indeed any plow
ru rptnHim-plow, will eventually level down
terraces, hut a hil'aido plow will do ii
seoncr. By starting on lower edge of terrace,
•id running tho second farrow immoliatcly
•hove tho first, tho third above tho second,
and so on without taking a “land,” tho dirt
from each npprr far row will fall into that be*
low, alinest entirely If the slope ia stoop, and
thus there will boa gradual shifting of the
toil down hill. Until tho terrace is leveled
tho luosking should always bo dono In the
ruart.rr describ'd above. After it becomes
leveled, tho breaking should bo dono by taking
the whole terrace as aland and thus havo the
water furrow lit the tho mlddlo when it is
finfrhed. Tho next year begin by ran*
ting a furrow in tho middle
of the terrace and bedding on it, making the
whole terrare one bod, with the last run far
rows on it# r pper and lower edges. Bv alter
nating in this manner tho surface will no kept
level; if plowed out as a “land’’ ovory ynar, the
middle of the terrace finally becomes too ranch
depimid.
2. Doubtful. Wo havo always found it did!
cult to start a second crop of potatoes from the
first crop Occasionally, when tho weathor is
not too hot and rains are abundant, it can bo
deno. To savo trouble, it is well to sprent the
seed potatoes in a shaded bed, where they can
he watered and kept cool. After they are
fuitly sprouted they can be planted. Second
crops of potatoes are wised pretty,csttenslvoly
abent Nashville, Tenn.. the early roge being
used for th6 purpose. Plant the whole potato.
tV. R. M., Kcnipvllle :
, ground
l tncrol.y
tmik iHcvruilLK contraction of Uio tlotnacn, do
,0, kk.1T Kor uncial year. 1 hsvo been feeling
In tli.n.y. tut All to.ye much ,l>eneflt from It.
Ho re- think It edvlMblo In food them In any wr.y
to het.r I A) they ihorlen she llvee of cettlo or In
Jure film If fed for 11 loo, time? ricaeo kIt.ii.
Him. light upon tbl. tuhjeet. We h*fo a bad time
l>> Iorio lalw a fa* hois down thin way.
ThetompuiUre valne of cotton seed and
corn as (Iren by you, Is rerj much oxaggora
led oa the aide of cotton seed. Estlnates
based on content of nllrogenou, compound,
(quite a common method of doing It) would
snake ootlon ottd worth about out and n half
ttancuH mnch aa com, weight for weight. But
nbuhcl of corn wolgha .’hi pounds, and of cot
ton arid 30 pound a—that Is a bushel of corn is
■non than one and a half timea as hoary as a
boihol of rotten seed. This more than com-
permtee for tho greater percentage of nitrogen
compouad lu tho cotton Mod, and makie a
bnthol of com worth more than a bushel of
cotton seed, even on each a bails of comparl-
•en.
The trouble about cotton seed b,
that It Is not a wall-ballanoad
food. Ixpcrlm.nte hare ehown that tha three
chief conatlluouta of fbod should hare oattala
retire to each othar, othsrwire the health and
thrift of animals tolfer. The ratio of nitrogen
componede to thore not containing nitrogen
ahould be about ono to fire. In cotton seed
(discarding the bulb, which art indlgeottble),
tha ratio b about oat to ona and a half Than
b a groat excam of nitrogen componnd, and
antinly too mnch hi lor oil) in comparison
with March, sugar, olo., etc. It b not, there
fore. a healthy fool. Ootton retd meal from
which the larger portion of the oil has been
oxpmrod (although It still cantatas coma It or
lit par cent of oil, aa against some A percent
In rent may by admixture with a material
ahoaxdlag in starch and containing UtUo oil
h*» rary good
Bred. Bit this cun only be done by mixing
quire snwll miantitiM of the meal with Urge
C iltltles of other substanoes. Two qoaru,
tabaace. Is about as much cotton mod meal
agree haeafely and profitably put lu an aver
age cow's ration for a day.
Yon will set from above that It b not proba
bly, bw llag but tha eonoontimtad and unbal
anced nature of tho seed which makes tfc-n
nnwhehaoma. No special mode of (boding can
oreteome this. Wo hare thought that a re-
Uoatato which cotton scad meal entered la
osaB quantity might bo gotten up for hogs,
bnt It would hare to ha reached by very
carefhl feeding expariseeala. In the
absence of these, we deem It
nnedTlmhb to feed h«gs on cottonseed. Very
general cipciltx.o b agaloct it. When they
.X-.V . . _ > quantity to prodocj do-
eldedly bad cflircta. but they probably dorlre a
concuondiogly small amount of good. Bsr-
muda and clover f latureo, ground pug. iwoet
potatoca sorghum and mltUt, liko kaltir corn,
aie batUr iutrumcntallllu fir rai.iug chsau
gold Posh than saltan tted.
fUbFCilUr, Iwtrnlc Ala Can yon dlm-l mo how
*" * »t»n o* ip# c»rp fth' i want the arair
SkW to got thvm irou Kxiut ono who ha> a
rend and ran luruteh the i'jh. i c *u «t VhJm
by walUag until noil winter, bit
for thru* tvfo o that limo. a-tu
wovua rather get them direct from vowe one uc*rcr
. rerp for sale plus, take no-
{jre- btr. Thom.i Hudson. Athens. Ga., has
been supplying carp to pastleo desiring thorn,
hut what variety wo do not know. *
cjy
illn
F.R., lints Branch, Oi; Yon ravs as rcsii
• wc«k ot two ago: pari* grvss w
fioonprtnkkd round ths ^enTof thdicabSaaa. i
?*** 11 ^ 11 cerlaln1 ^ « kUl outthc cut
Kmic Inform me If It would do to roriokls It oo
wbotim tt would da to apply ttS^L"*
yorpecWUm would follow from iprink-
urt It, and fr« ni that It (>nl«rf,'C(1. 1 have owno l
hltu tut a short lima It vra* hurt aoout a year
ago, to raid The enlargement 1* around tho lolnt,
< xtindN a little above and below; tho awellod uart
la turd, (cola like the bone ha* enlarged. When
blending all night It git* larger, but on taking cx
crclie It goes down some; l» very large tboagh all
the time. IXKbU’t lame him in walking, but in
trotting he limp**. Ilu been a rnro horyc, mi l la
twelve or fiftrin years old; In thriving condition.
Can tho enlargement be reduced and UmeaoM
cured?
The troublo with your horse is doubtless spavin,
snd with sti animal so old and a ease of, probably
long blanding, ours Isuuccrtain and difficult. Tho
best crime to pursue, will be to give him absolute
rest, for three <*r four mouths; let his food bo nu
Ulteuf, and tub the swelling with an olntmoutof
lo-llds of lead one ounce, aud simple ointment
eight ounce*, or, if the pert* are at all tcuder, with
an olntmeut or. ootton seed nil two ounces, turpen
Uno vono ounce, and cicoaoUt ono ouucc; apply
every otht r day. bweet oil may be vutalttutod for
coltou Ufd oil.
R. A. r., New burn. Us Kudosed you will
find a bug, which ia called by aourn the Coufoder*
ate bug, and by others tho l lncdu bug, and it 1*
the meat trottblctr mo Insect that ever entered a
garden ot melcn patch, ff anyone can Inform mo
liow lota terminate them ultbont tho trouble of
catching and killing them, 1 will be delighted to
heat front them.
The insect sent la tho Harlequin bug, to
called from tho mottled red nod block colors
on its back. DU sold to hive como from Mox*
Ico, found 1U way into this country about the
Milcd cf tho Uto war, or toon thoroaftcr. It
belongs to tho sumo family as tho iquaeh bug,
bedbug, etc., and fucks thojulooaof pUuti,
does not cat their leaves, as caterpilLara do. Iu
cobMqucnco o/thie, puieen on thoouUldoof
tho leaf docs not reach thorn. 8o faros wo
kuow, do method of destroying thorn has boon
fotbd except baud j * *
insect pataca througl
grown, mat uro itato. In early spring the/
will bo found on horse radish, ordinary rod*
(this, tuiuipe or cabbages. If those which tux*
vivo tho winter are killed before they begin
breeding tho number may be kepi down consid
erably. Bnt groat vigilance ia required. Nono
of tho ordinary lnacctlcldoe thrown npnu thorn
will kUl them. Kerosene emulsion, pyrothrum
or l'eraian Insect powder, paria grocn, none of
these sprinkled on thorn produce death.
Transferring Boos.
In compliance with your request for aoaae bee
keeper to tell the beat lime and mode of transfer
ring beet from old hives to new ones, I will giro
tome of my experience during twenty odd year*;
» thirty flveto forty dollars
ve non two kinds of patent
*—ntlou, the beet
ve to another.
But of Jane will
do, but not later than the last named date, for hose
raekindr *“ —*— “ — **■—
tranafi
the common —
frames and cut out of the old gum* as large piece*
of ct inb a* you can, th«r lay several pieces of
utwhpuyer on n table or box. lay the comb on the
isit-r ai d put the frame over the comb and cut the
cow b arouud ihe Inner edge of the frama, using ea
thin and ibarp a knife a* powible. The comb be
ing cut to fit the frame, take a large ueedle and
wb tn the same position which it ooeupied In
the gum fit m which it was taken. Tut ooml> tn
every other frame only, and when
H fill the other frames cut out the comb you
fattened lu; If not cut out next season, rut'ins
crwt* m every other frame ranees the bees to holla
t? e i > mb straight In the frames. If you have not
frame gem*, ecd with to transfer from one com
larger than Urge straws, and take twoor three
piece* of tough comb filled with yonne beat, pa ■
the tucks through the upper c.l<e of tbeoomb,
take the head off the gum Into which you are gotog
to tramfer the bus and cat the sticks so they wilt
hate to bend slightly to to In the gnm, pat J[«t*4
low enough that the comb will touch the baadof
the gum when plaoed In pesauoo. Tbeoomb being
In the gum prevents the bees from leaving when
transferred-they run away many timea when put
in empty rums. Lay the gum containing beta oo
a chair or box and put the empty gum In the port
tu t the other^um owjkd; take bead and one
gums, aud one of my own invention, the beet
thing to transfer bees from one hive to another, i
Any time from the present till the tint of Jane will
dojhin not later than the last named date, for heed
kcrudi later arc much aptcr to -lie thau tho
lined before. If you ul*h to tramfer fhii
pm men old guxra to a frame gum. take oJ
yon can brush them dc
ToWSsTfSau
uu should Wish the Crane
t urn for (tn one dollar, I will send them spin
y which they can make one as good aa yon cau
buy, and also give fall dirtoUoos now to handle
Uta without any danger of being stuag unless you
hurt them. My frame gums do net roquro any
thing to make them but plank lists nod throe
penny uaiIn. No one can make a mooses of bee
raising unless they have frame gums.
„ forererttvultera*
B. F. l!..Poteeaaf,N. C.-l. I have.LXO poundslof
dlraoi ved bone, sixty pounds of sulphate of ammo
nia and sixty pounds of nitrate of soda, mixed with
l.CtOpcpnds of stable manure, ground thoro-ighlr
fine. By land has a very lino land or loom soil, U
a little rolling and teleraUy rich, will the above
mixture be agood manure for ootton, and bow
moc b wculd be necemary to pot to tho acre?
2. Will cotton seed make a good crop of ootton
wl'houtany other manure; If so how many bushels
to the acre of the above described land?
1. The mixture you have is aot as highly ammo-
mated as much or the compost that is applied to
c otton laud, but good land docs not call for a
highly ammonisted fertilizer. Yon may expect
good remits from an application of 850 potman of
your mixture to the aero. Recent experiments In
dicate that nitrate of soda ahould not bo mixed
with acid phosphate (or dlsrolved bone, which is
the ume thing). When mixed, a chemical action
CLiues which remits In loss of much of the nltro-
pounds
ken a better
of cotton eccd
MjtMitutcd for the sulphate of ammonia and ni-
manure for cotton. It Is too bL___
tor that crop. On very poor land, a little, say flf
ucn tarn hols per acre, might be uted alone, with
I rotably good results Should hesitate to use any
(otton K«d, by Itself, on inch land as you de-
Bafslng Peach From Guttings.
Fr iTonf- Cos.-rirrt Trow: I reply with pleasure to
jcur request to give lull instructions for raising
peach trees from cuttings.
Probably land that has been planted IB cotton, as
it would bo leas likely to have gram and weeds,
we uld tc best Open out the waiter furrow, then
lutroll by running a bull tongue as deep as it will
go. and roanore with top soil from tho woods, three
parts, aid ouo part of unleached aabes; if land is
poor, put In manure lrom tha cow pen. Bed on
this In November, and aa aeon aa three or four
hard, beating rains have fallen on fr, take cutting*
of Mite years growth, from eigbt to twelve inches
long, cut smoothly at an angle of forte-five degrees,
and stick all but two or three ends In the groan 1.
home put cuttings In at an angle, but I prater bav
Ilk them fttralghk When the ground is hard and
the* cuttings long, sometimes a half dozen buds arc
above ground, but they will grow If the dirt is
closely parked; and the ground mu*t be
rlosely racked, or they will not grow.
In not delay putting In the cuttings later than
Fe bruary. Do not lay your cuttings away and
leave the m until the bark is dry, for the rootlets
that start from tho cutting do not come from the
buds, but from the new bark, which is a tissue of
young aud forming cells. These cells both grow In
itrc and Increase in Lumber, and at tho ena of the
cutting that is under grant d they form a rim not
unlike the rim of bark, and ultimately wood, that
1* four.cl when the bark has been knocked off or
gnawed ctr. Now. where this rim is under groaad
rmall, hairlike rootlets start from it, and start the
coning to a more vigorous growth, although the
molt lure from ihc earth at sorbed f>y the bark ha.>
kept the cutting alive and probably enabled it to
leave out
I indue yon a cutting of a peach which I spaded
up carefully, leaving the roota Intact You
will notice pome rootlets above the
Tbcso ao adventitious, and are
‘ ' reusing It in
by tho
plowed
gr< ...
ciotely and use all limbs not too large.
C. C. L. Dili-
Dlllbnry. Ala.
Much obliged for attleie and specimen of
rooted peach fentting. Thocntting is remark*
blj well rooted, and to all appearances had
commenced a quite vigorous growth,
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(•randmother's Garden.
The sun (lowers by the garden wall.
Uubiinktng, stare up at the son;
The figs beside the gateway tell
Are purpling for my pretty one.
1 lie beneath the leafy vine
That forms the arbor's grateful ahade.
And watch the ilnstera, rich in wine,
Blush with the nectar yet unmade.
Lulled by the lazy bum of beta,
Half dozing on my bed of rue,
1 hear, from yonder clump of trees,
As mllee away, the ring dove's coo.
The yarrow and the cumfrey grow
Bealde the walk, those brothers twain.
Wherewith my grand am many a woe
Has cored, and many a dreary pain.
And eke the fennel and the sage,
Hoar hound and catnip, famed for tea.
Hand conscious, like an eastern mage.
Of wondrous powers that la them be.
And parsley that foil many a boar,
lu England's merry days, hath crowned,
Proud of Its noble tue of yore.
Curls, scorning humbler herbs around.
And thyme that frantic drives the bees.
Contending with the butterflies
Who first the envied bloom shall scire.
And tob it of Its aonied prize.
Bcuesth the willow stands the urn.
And Paunus there doth never cease
Ilia dre atntng marble eyes to turn
In search of Dryad-haunted Greece.
< i»andmotfcer’s garden' favored spot,
Where peeping from lm leaves of green,
1 hi 1 the yellow apricot
Nod to the scarlet nectarine.
(tear.dmother’a garden ' well I know
Hr flower bordered walks, lu tree*.
such golden fruit did never grow
While watched the fair Besperlde*
Uuw green this simple ancient close:
How cool when twilight 'gtus to tall
How sweet the odor or the rote
‘l hat clam hen o'er the mossy wall
O little sprig of fragrant throe
Which childhood's fingers di*l bestow
Tbco'st conjured up in uodehi rhyme
The garden of the long ago I
Thera world-sick I. tn fancy, rest
Like some poor child, hart In lu play.
That lies upon lu mother’s breast,
And aoka Its rrery grief away.
Monttccllc, Ga, —W. T.
THE FALSE GODS.
How • t.lu. u«4 » .4 M«d« ■ Utmi
Leal* Hair, ia Ui “Itemoin of a Zoom in
AJttto," talker tMnl H., who wished to tiro
tn main, put, tn the nugnifiewt groondi of Ui
vUtanror Algiers. WliUsg la bsn It conducted In
greet style,!), iptrcd no upesnxnddidcrcrj-
thtag nM M snrpus in aricfauUty the gov
ernor, who hxd reccnUj siren tn entastalnmu',
the sptandar cf which wti gutt ttu rotyrot of an-
Testxtion in Algtan. iU prtyrotttasw had bron
ctuftllj snxd., tad the tenertl believed nothing
htd been Mttactad, when it acownd to him sud
denly that hit garden contained no ttalnet xnd
that never would do.
Ths general knew that in a certain regiment of
good •tor nothing fellows was a sculptor* He was
tbenworkingin his leisure hours on a bast Intended
fora monument to a fallen captain. The fellow was
not without talent, and the general, who had no
Idea of the time required to model a group, doubted
not that the artist could people his grounds with all
the gods and godemesof Olympus in eight days. So
be cent tor him.
"My young man,” said he, "they my yon are
very skill foL Hear my wish. Next Saturday
night I give an entertainment. I wish my gardens
to be adorned with statues. I need Bacchus, Apollo
and Venus in plotter. How much money do you
require for the plaster?”!
"A hundred francs,” repliedlthe soldier’ with
t». The general found that ratherperfectcooln
dear, bnt gave him the money.
"Well, Saturday evi nine. 8 o'clock!”
That night U wts lively in the taverns of Algiers.
The artist set the general's franca flying, as he cir
culated from one drinking place to another; and so
It went day after day.
The day before tho entertainment the general
sent for hJs artist "1 hear fine thlogs," he ex
claimed, and angrily twisted his mm Uche. "You
are bumming instead of working. You are creating
scandals, fitting into disorder.”
"General,” Interrupted tho soldier, "I can work
only when I am tipsy. It’s co with all grea} ar
tist*. If 1 have been drinking I must make noise,
and then otuy comes the inspiration to work."
"Truly," answered the general, "I havo heard
that before,however, yon understand our compact,
and if tomorrow all Is not ready, yon shall bo ar
rested.”
The festival night approached. Everything was
prepared, bnt the statues were not there. Finally
the master of ceremonies appeared and announced:
"Ho Is below!”
"At last! And tho gods?"
"Are alto three. Ho had them brought upon
biers.”
"Good! Are the statues handsome?"
”1 have not seen them. They are covered with
cloths. 1 wished to assist him, but he* drove
me away, and said ho would set them up himself,
and if any one hindered him he would break thorn
all to pieces."
He Bright,” mid the general, delighted to know
that he possessed the gods at last. "That is not
your business. One must let artists alone."
The general cast one more glance at htf toilet,
then descended Into the garden. There he found
tho artist in open Quarrel with the muter of cere
monies. Standing before the placard, upon which
was written, "Do not touch the ststne,” the artist
fonnd the letters much too small and swore over It.
Make the letters larger," ordered the general,
and procce4ed with tho artist to look at the gods.
The fellow led him Into the thickest, shadiest av
enue.
•Where the douce have yon placed your statue'.”
laughed the general. "This Is much too far from
tho light.”
“It should be thus,” tho artist Informed him.
Piaster looks badly In a strong light. It requires
foliage and heavy shade. You shall seo a splendid
Jupiter.”
The artist coughed violently and lod the general
to a leafy nook in which Jupiter stood. Tne gen
eral gave an expression of surprise. He saw a lino
statue with a wondcrfolly beautiful beard.
•The deuce!” he exclaimed; "that's a success!”
'Is it not, general?''
The governor will be wild with envy! He lias
not each a masterwork in his grounds; and, more
over, your Jupiter resembles a little the coiporal
of the sappers Jn the Zouaves."
The guests arrived. Half an hour later the festiv
ities began. From Umo to time the company
strolled about through the eggbowere^ walks, and,,
returning, compllmcnteddhe general upon his fine
statuary.
great impn
his msgnlficsnt beard.
The governor, who was present, heard the praise
snd wished to roe the Jupiter. The general has
tened to accompany him to view the masterpiece.
The guests followed them In troops. They Were
charmed. All being acquainted with the sapper
corpora), they wondexod'at tho rtaemblanoo ol tho
statue.
Suddenly the governor started.
"What Is the matter," exclaimed the general?
"Oh, nothing,” said the governor, "It only
seemed as if the head moved. It was a mistake.”
'No,” exclaimed an oflU-er. "It really Is mov
ing. There it goes again.”
It was true. Suddenly Jupiter drew up his face;
he appeared to make a great effort to control hlm-
rclf, but unsucccM>folly, and then he begau to
sneeze with all his might
The company was surprised. The general was
astounded.
Now tho god began also to speak.
"General," told he, "It was decided that I should
net move; neither was 1 to speak; bat 1 could not
possibly prevent myielf from sneezing."
It was really and truly the corporal, who had
been plastered over and converted into a statue.
The general became foriotu. He tore down a
large brauch of a tree and rushed precipttuously
alter Jnpiter, who descended from his pedestal and
fled through tho bushes, followed by shouts of
laughter from the whole company.
In the meantime the alarm reached the ears of
the other goda,>bo, getting thoroughly frightenod,
took to their heels and fled in dismay.
Just as the general had given np this chase ol
Jnpiter tbrongh the thicket, the master of cere
monies and the servants rushed oat screaming:
"General, general, the gods are nroulng away!"
"Let them go to tho deuce," wss tho answer.
"They are fotoe gods 1" Bat to himself he said:
"Now, 1 wonder no longer that he didn't want to
have any one touch them."
The Incident had so enlivened the gncstithat the
gvilty parties were lory two- It was inch a festival
as was never before celebrated in Algiers, and that
was enough for the general. So be pardoned his
artist and also the folse gods.
ANGOSTURABITTERS is a household word
all over tho world. For over fifty years it has
advertised itself by merit. It is now advertised
te warn the publio against counterfeits. The
genuint
nicficrt
A Sons.
J. Abmoy Knox, of Texes Siftings, who is
commonly called Armory, because he carries two
revolvers and a towie- knife, is tho ablest coin-
matcher in the country since John T. Raymond
died. He has a lucky quarter with which*he has
won over WO this month.
When Jacob Schaelkopf.the millionaire tan
ner of Bo Oslo, took Wa wilt around to look at a
9.CO.O0O residence which hereeentlr be tight, bo
only erittetem was. that she was afraid tf she lived
there she "woold have u» keep a girl."
Files Onred lor S8 Cents.
Da. Waltou’s Cuax von Film Is guaranteed to
A Wonderful Machine end Offer.-
To introduce them, we will give away 1.000
Self-operating washing Machines. No labor
ir washing board. The beet in tho world. If
yon want one, write now to Tho National Co.,
£5 Day street. New York. cow
Groiox Alfred Townsinp, who has jast
comi leted a charming conntrylhome;tu the moun
tains of Virginia, will take a little relaxation ta
Inropetbl* summer. “ He experts to .sail seme
time In June.
Bertha’Von ITillxen, the ex-pedeatrUn,
is In California. She baa devoted herself for some
years to painting, and has a studio in the s-henan-
dcah valley. Virginia, fibe ha» been quite sucoe»t-
tul as an aretet. one of her pictures lxuns valued at
5.y c< 0. ?hc has decided to make a specialty of trees
That Tired Feeling
a «. gwnrol HIMStttm fltat nerj one mows
srlus Is must !>, th* expression. Aching, of tc*
— -^—1 w . - depressing effect
■poo thebodjUutonefe.il .11 tired out, almost
completalj psottattad, Uu ivpeUta Is lost, and
therolsns .oiMltan to do ujUtlng. Tho whole
tandooejof tlutystamii downward. In thu con
dition Hood's Buup.mil Is Jest Uu medicine
needed. Itptuldeotlu blood, ihupens Uto oppo-
Uto. orercomes the tired feeling, rod lnrlsortu.
ororj function of the tody. Trjlt.
“Hood's BorseperUl. wot »6od-«nd to mo, font
eared me of djtywpol. and lira ccmpuint with
which I hid goffered 20 jesrs." Jong B. Hoik-
kick, South VoUshars, N. Y.
Spring Medicine
“Wo boro need Hood's BuMporiU. for soTcnl
jeon, end feel proad to recommend 11 ts on «eel-
lent spring medicine or to he tued ot .11 time, u
. blood purifier. For children u well as grows
people w. oonHder it tho best Wo set utde ono
hotUofbr our hoj to take In the spring. Helsnine
jesrs old snd hss enjoyed good heslth crcr
since wo began giving It to him. Wo are seldom
lrlthontlt'' B. T. Qsots*. Rochester, N. H.
"Iioror took Any medicine Uut did mo so miek
good In so short o Umo oo Hood's Bantptmio. x
wss vary much nra down, lud no Krcngih, no sn.
orgy, and (sit Tory tired all tho Umo. I com-
menccd taking Hood's EsmspsrOU, Uld before X
lud used one bottle tall like . different parson.’
That extrema tlrwl feeling has gone, ray [appetite
returned, ud It toned mo np generally. .Hy broth
er and slater hare also roeolred great benefit! from
it" Cuba w. Putin, Shirley, Hus.
“Hy son eofiered from (print! debility end lam eg
appetite, snd war restored to heslth ss soon as ho
began to take oar favorite medicine, Hood’s Santa
parill. We recommend It to til oar blond!/]
Hu. Thaua E. Suth, Sclplovlllo, N. Y.
Building-up Power__
"I gladly attest the peculiar building-up power
of Hood’s Sarsaparilla. For some Ume Ihaye bees
unable to attend to business, but finally at the ro>
quest o! a friend I used part of a bottle of Hood'e.
Sarsaparilla, which gave tone and strength to my
system and made me feci young as when a< boy.”
Gbanttlt.k T. Woods, 64 and 66 Lodge Street, ctn<
dnnatl, Ohio.
N. B.—Be sure to get
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Bold by drngglstk 11; six for S3. Prepared by
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Bold by druggists, fi; tlx for $& Prepared hy
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100 Doses One Dollar. 100 Doses One Dollar.
$15.00—No. 7 Flat Top Cook Stovefor $10.00
WITH ALL THE FIXTURES COMPLETE.
GREENVILLE. B.C., Msy 2d, 18S7.—A. 1'. Stewart A Co.: I received the Stove all right and am
highly pleased with it. I raved 35 80 after paying the freight ;by buying the Stove from you several
of my mends will order from you soon. Truly,. H. H. MUP.PII VT,
Send for Price List end cut of Btove.
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ATLANTA. GAJ
THE COTTON BASKETS.
a Bore Throat, Month and Tonne
jr Enlargement of tho Keck, Rheqmatiara
eto-jPERKANENTLY OTR1D WB*#
I HAVE FAILED.
Kidney end madder Trwuum
Weak Back, Bnrnlns Urlus
ffrlntUng, Urine high ooloroa «
1 00 stan(ling, aenerrhne. Kiev
, promptly mnl stfsly enrse. iSaraw
PRIVATE DISEASES.
nets of Ecxnml Organs, Want of Dsalrala sssls 0
tmntla, whether com lmrrndent habits of yonng as
■oxnaloabtts In ttstnro ysura, ot any euse that da
sonatas the sexual fan otton«, speedily end pens.
Molly coxed. Consnllatkm free ana strictly cep
UcntlslT Absolute cores guaranteed. Boriskin
the United States. OonsnltetUm free. O*oi houn
1a.m. to6p.ro. Bandays,fla.ro. to 11m. Orvrs
DRS. BETTS & BETTS.
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CONSTITUTION OFFICE
Atlanta, Msy 14,1817.
New York-Cotton dull. Spot*, middling lOJfc.
Net receipts lor 1 day* M3 oalei, agilnn 6,553
bales last year; exports 6,160 baler, last year io^t j
bales; stock 888,610 balm; last year 607,896 bales.
Below we give the opening and aiming quota
tions of ootton future* In Now York today:
. cirnsd.
May.roro.«ro...ro..ro. 10.^3
Jane^ 10.77(^10.78
Jnly..
tne tha rot wtJ
IirAGOKB! WAGONB! WAGONS! FARM AND
W spring wagons ot Milburn Wagon Co. make
Etcry me in stock, every one warranted, fitan
dard wagon Oo. sun wk
October.- ... ....
I,'oveebtr......................... 9.60$ 9 82
December 9.80* 9.81
January 9.86*.
Closed dull; soles24,600 boles.
Local—Cotton quiet; middling 10Ol0%0.
NEW YORE, May 18-The following Is the com
parative ootton statement for the week .ending
today:
Net receipts at all United States ports... MMM 12A62
Same time last ye*r.....~. 81,966
Showing oidccrcase M 94,408
Total reccfpts.rororo..., ' *
Borne time lost year...
Showing an Increase....
Exports for the week„»~~..
Same Umo teat ycar....~.....
•Showing a decrease^.,
Total exports todate.ro
Stock st all*
Borne time last year....
Showing a decrease......
Stock at Interior townSro.ro.ro
Borne time test year.....»......
Showing a decrease.-.
BtockTat Liverpool.,.ro.ro.......
[time teat ycar.^roro......
Showing a decrease-....
NEW YORE, May 14- The total vlrible np:
ply of ootton for the world la 2,384.021 bales, ot
which bales sre American, stalest 2,353,270
bales and 1,181,186 bales reepootivcly last year. Eo-
oelpts at all interior towns c 236 hales. Re
ceipts from plantation* 13 518 bates. Crop In right
1254 146 bales. t
Tha Chicago Sfarketa.
CHICAGO, May ll—Tho wheat market openod
nt 86Xc lor June, and for some minute* fluctuated
between 81”n and ?6}<c, uu,l then took an upward
►hoot to on a little show of buying by tho
clique brokers. In the mcantimo long futures wem
jiTcity weak. August opened at 8i%o and sold
down toggle. As the session advancod butincm
became dhllcr and duller. There were no orders
from the outaldc, and tho whole day’s transactiona
were practically between brokers. The clique did
very little after the first hour, aud value* conse
quently moved up an£ down with great speed.
June wheat raid early a* low as 86Hc and as hlgte
asIfCJ,c, tut thu later transactions were between
MKffstKc. Tho clique did get mnch wheat
when June option got up to t6J{c, and prices wero
accordingly allowed to ease off.
Corn opened rather cosier than yesterday’* close;
July started Me lower at 41c, and hold steady aronnd
4(gf 041. Several times it broke to40Ko during tho
morning, but good buying invariably brought It
back again to 40%c, at which figure It oloeed.
Provisions wery doll snd weak all day, thoqgtt
the opening price* were a shade stronger than yes-
day. July lard sold from 6.72)4 down to f.62)A and
July ribs down to 7.12)4. Thore was no nnniual
selling, bul all hog product broko from it* Own
weight. Doth, however, recovered somewhat to
ward the close, July ribs closing at 7.17)4 and Jalp
lard at 6.76.
The following wss tho range In the loading fu
tures In Chicago today:
Wmxat—
Jnly........
water, manager.
Wagon Co., H. L. At-
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Km. thi. taper. no*l« wly Axc.r .OC SflO.00 tt doxca. CotSm
16 00 Well bucket. K 50. Cotton
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