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FARMS AND FARMERS.
Short Talks With the Men Who
Guide the Plow.
QUESTIONS ON FARM TOPICS ANSWERED
Winter Care of Stock.
Before severe weather begins preparations
for protection of animals against cold should
be made. In our mild climate protection from
the prevailing cold winds and from rain are all
that are really necessary. These maybe had at
such small cost that a farmer who does not
have them is without excuse. If the farmer
does not make provisions against cold, one or
iwo things inevitably follows: Either an ani
jnal will eat more food to keep up its tempera
ture, or it will consume its own tissues to do
it, and in the latter case come out of winter
quarters reduced in flesh, reduced in strength
and vitality, and in that condition when the
horns and tail are specially supposed to be
hollow, but in point of fact the whole body is
hollow. Viewed therefore simply as a busi
ness transaction, it resolves itself into this—
which is cheaper, shelter or food?
Which costs more, a rail or a pole pen,
with a roof of planks, and pine brush against
its sides; or the additional hay and grain an
exposed animal will consume. The answer
cannot bo doubtful. Planks to cover a stall
10x10 feet will not cost more than two dollars,
poles not exceeding one dollar and the build
ing one dollar more, or four dollars in all.
The planks after the winter is over can be
taken down aud stacked under shelter, and
will last many years, say four years, making
the total cost of shelter one collar a year.
Does any one doubt that he would save a dol
lar’s worth of feed from such shelter? Would
not a cow thus sheltered through the winter
yield more than a dollar's worth of milk aud
butter compared with one on same feed drawn
up and drenched with every cold rain that
falls? Consider also the increased value of
manure collected in these stalls and sheltered
from rains. The urine of animals contains
nearly all the nitrogen and potash which are
thrown off by them. When the animals are
kept in open lots these are practically lost.
In preparing shelters it is well to take ad
vantage of location aud surroundings. A
southern slope and one protected from winds
coming from northwest to northeast-is to be
preferred. If there is no natural barrier, it
would pay to set out rows of cedars, or other
evergreens, and keep them trimmed so asr to
make a dense hedge. Build the stalls in two
lines, (if there are many,) ono set facing the
southeast, the other the southwest, meeting at
an angle towards the north. The two lines of
Stalls will thus mutually protect each other.
Against the northern sides of the stalls pile up
pine brush close and dense. Have the roofs
sloping towards the north, so the water will
not drip on persons or cows passing in and out,
and so the sunshine can enter the stalls freely,
and have a ditch to carry off the water
from the roofs. Such an arrangement
Will cost much less than an elaborately
planned barn, and will answer every pur
pose. Free ventilation, with sufficient protec
tion, small risk from fire, as compared with
barns, may be thus secured at small expense.
The question has been raised and experi
ments made to show that it is true economy to
Warm even the drinking water of animals dur
ing severe weather. Tests show that the flow
of milk is sensibly increased when a cow is
supplied with warm in place of ice cold water.
That which is just drawn from the well might
certainly be afforded on every farm. Where
cows are slopped, the slops can certainly be
given warm, with little trouble or expense.
Remember that in all cases, and in every form,
keeping an animal warm in cold weather, is
equivalent to so much food, and practically
saves that much.
FARM QUESTION BOX.
Owenville, N. C.—ln reply to Mr. J. S. 8.,
Warrior Stand, Ala., T would say that I have a fine
bU4gy mule that would lake tl c sluds and rim back
and break out oi harness and break up the buggy.
The only remedy tb.it would do any good was, to
tie a rope in the ring in the halter, run it between
the fore legs and tie in the rings of the britehing,
and have the check-rein very slack. Than take a
whip-staff three and a half feet long, with a thong
two feet long, and tie five or six links of a small
halter chain to the end of the whip thong. After
using it the first time, the rattling of the chain in
the foot of the buggy was all that was needed.
Yours truly, W. H. H
Locust Grove: I have no: c d several times in
quiries in your paper concerning pear blight. Being
a farmer and fruit-grower since the war, 1 have
given the pear spec.al attention and my experience
Is this: When the tree snows dampness at the
ground you should then give it your attm .ion. The
first tiling to stop blight is to cut oil' below the dead
part, then with a sharp-pointed k life split tire
bark from the largest limbs to toe trunk of the tree,
being careful not to ent crossways. I have saved
several ti.i; way twelve years ago which lai a
bear on this year. Be sure to open the bark down
to the roots. If we won id di tins every year there
would be no such thing ;.s blight. Every fruit tree
Should bo treated in tais way. Make the cut on the
Northeast side, then toe sun will not dry it.
Always cultivate tnc ground for an orchard two
Years Leo e you set the trees, giving but little ma
nure. Plant the trees in the hill, t > the same depth
they were in the nursery, k eping the ground clean
bud level, then in the spring give a liberal dress.ng
Os manure around each tree, being careful not to
get it against the tree. Plough the ground so as to
throw it all to the trees; do this once, seeding in
wheat or rye, sow in clover and nothing else. If
you nave no clover, you hud better cover the ground
With straw as any other grass will form a seed.
The reason why clover is preferable is that it will
die out in three < r four years. After it dies run
cultivator a le.v inches deep, and sow down in
wheat, and seed in clover again. If yon will do
this you will have all the apples you can pick. If
you want to sco trees grow, open the bark as de
scribed above. Shape your trees the second year
and you will be saved the trouble when they get
older.
J. H. D., South Kirtland Ohio: I inclose a slip
cu from weekly of August 30, 1887.
Also inclose a sample of what we call “calamus”
here. Please inform me if thu S|' cimen rent is the
jdnd of calamus refered to; and what is it worth,
and what used fcr, where is a market, and how
prepared, Ac?
Ik The plant you have is the genuine Calamus;
its value, or market price, we do not know.
Used by druggists in some of their preparations.
From statement in slip sent, there seems to be
a pretty good demand for it in Baltimore. The
root, or more properly procumbent stem, is
gathered and washed, the roots proper cut off,
and then the stem is dried aud is ready for
shipment.
Griffin, Ga.: If you will say to “G. W. K.,” of
Stewart county, and others inquiring about broom
jnaci.inery, that they can get Information, also
gome seed of good quul.t... by addressing me nt this
place, you will confer a favor on yours, rcpectfillly,
JNO. A. 1 AVIS,
Griffin, Spalding county, Ca.
I, C. N., Pocihontas. .Sep ember A, 1-S7; Please
tel! me the name of t. e melo-ed grn .-.
Belongs to genus Paspalum, tire same which
includes the '‘joint” grass of Virginia.
Newhope. Ala.: Seeing an inquiry about ia i.mus
root, 1 wil! jay that I have a few hundred po .nils to
fipqx.ee of. J. T. Goi.cman,
Newhopc, Madiwn county, Ala.
H. M. K., Stephens county Texas: J Lave a mare
that had h . !<s. List s .ring !..id them cut out. but
■he continued to .<!■ b or; hi up o: rw' ig li-
ft hen 9 ■ ' will drop rr >tn her mouth nt one time,
the has not got the sore mouth ir tongue. 11 use
given remedy and tell me tho cause. She w»s rained
on Texas gruss.
Subscriber, Cotton Hill, Ala.: Please give
no a remedy f< r hooks In a bo; .. ■ eyes; also tiro
Cause of hooks.
“Hooks” is a swelling of the third lid of
the eye . the lid which birds c*n draw entirely
fiver the front of the eye. It is rudimentary
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 11, 1887.
in the horse, but when the eyo is inflamed or
irritated, this third lid extends farther over the
eye than in the natural condition. The irrita
tion of the eye often comes from some disturb
ance in the stomach. Remove this, and the
hooks disappear. The slobbering of H. M.
R.’s mare shows irritation of the glands about
the throat or jaws. Feed wish green food and
keep the bowels a shade loose by bran mashes,
with an occasional bait of linseed meal. Give
also a • tonic, consisting of equal parts
of copperas, saltpeter and sulphur,
a teaspoonful once a day every other
day. After giving this two weeks change to
following: Give oats and hay in place of
green food and bran, and a half ounce of
powdered gentian, and a drachm each of car
bonate of ammonia and powdered allspice,
every day. Where the irritation of the eye
comes from a disposition to weak eyes (moon
eyed) only palliative treatment is available.
Feed as little corn as possible, give some oats,
and all the green feed possible, and use as an
eye wash a weak solution of bluestone.
Reader, Echodell, Ga.: Do potato vines make good
forage? How should they be managed?
Potato vines are excellent feed for milk
cows, if fed green, .Some parties have claimed
that they cured them: wo have never seen it
done. Cows fed on the green vines give a
very superior article of milk and butter. As
there are several weeks just before and after
the first light frosts when the vines may be
removed without material injury to the tubers,
it is best to feed them during that period ;
either allowing cattle to graze on them which
is unobjectionable if the ground isdry—or cut
ting them and feeding to stock in the stall,
B. A., East Feliciana: 1. I wish to make a crop
of hay,uext year. Crab grass and lespedc a both do
well here, but it is late before cither can be cut; and
I would like to get your advice as to what seed to
plant, when to sow them and what fertilizer to use
in order that I may have an early summer hay to
cut.
2. Can pen-vines be baled and marketed?
First—Orchard, tall meadow oat grasses aud
red clover, when fully established, furnish
early cuttings in the spring (May). But, sown
now, they would hardly do so next spring.
Sown early in September on very rich land
they will do so, if the seasons are favorable.
The second year after seeding you might rely
on them. For cutting next spring, the most
reliable crop you can start now is rye. Sow at
once and manure it well, and it maybe counted
on with great certainty. Must be cut when in
“boot” or in the early stages of heading to bo
relished by stock; gets woody and hard if al
lowed to remain uncut too long. Oats sown
in the spring on bottom land and cut when
seed are in dough stage make excellent hay.
Still later you can sow German millet, it will
come in advance of crabgrass. But hardly any
crop pays better than crabgrass. Plough a
piece of land about the Ist of May, harrow and
smooth it off—if not rich, manure it. You may
count on a crop of hay with about
as much certainty as on any crop
grown on the farm. Stable manure, cotton
seed, dr cotton seed meal, will either of them
answer for any of the crops mentioned. Am
moniated fertilizers also make crab grass grow
finely.
2. Doubtful if it would pay. The difficulty
of curing and the shedding of the leaves in
handling arc obstacles in the way. It would
pay a farmer better to feed all the peavines he
can get to his own stock, and have the benefit
of the rich manure therefrom for his own
farm.
Ta 11. Sunbury, N. C.: 1. I have two acres of bot
tom land that I wish to put in grass. Cotton is
growing on a portion of it. Some portions are wet
and springy, though seldom overflows. What kind
of gruss orclover to you advise to sow, audwhen?
2. I’m on 3G degrees west latitude. Will October
15 be too late to sow clover and orchard grass on
high land here?
3. I wish to know how I can prevent a eolt from
rearing up. Martingales have failed to keep her
down. When you attempt to ride on her back she
will rear up, walk on her hind feet and very often
fall backwards.
Rod top and white clover are best for the
land described, especially for the wet part. On
the dry portion, orchard grass and red clover
would be better. In your locality the seeding
had better be deferred tiil spring, say the first
of March.
2nd. Yes. If the fall and early winter should
happen to be exceptionally mild; it might do
very well to sow clover and grass the middle
of October, but as as a rule, they would be
quite sure to be heaved out of the ground or
killed.
3d. We arc not experts on this line. Can
any reader give the information sought. The
following is suggested on general principles:
Put a strong surcingle, with a ring
in the middle, underneath the breast of ani
mal, and fasten a rope to the bit and to the
hind leg of the animal, pc.; sing it through the
ring on the surcingle. Two ropes will bo re
quired, one for each foot. Let the ropes be
just long enough for the animal toliold its head
a little downward. Thus geared, wo do not
think it et Id rear up. It could not travel, of
course, but it might, in this condition, be
taught to allow one to mount and sit on its
back.
E. E. L.,Senecn, 8. iWhat time would be best to
clip the cuttings from the LeConte pear trie, and
when would you set them out, and wbut is the best
way to set them out?
In the southern portion of Georgia, where
this pear is most extensively cultivated, the
practice, wo believe, is to clip the cuttings
soon after the leaves fall off. The tree is then
in a state of comparative rest, and is as little
disturbed by pruning as at any other season.
True, cuttings may be taken at any time dur
ing the winter before the spring growth begins.
But this pear starts out very early and cut
tings should not bo taken later than
the middle of February. Although
a cutting put cut in early winter
does not show any growth above ground till
spring there are changes going on underground
preparatory to and favorable to the
spring growth. The incipient steps
towards the formation of roots may
be going on all winter, and the plant lie better
prepared to respond to the first warmth of
spring. The cuttings are taken from the
young but well-matured wood, are made about
a foot long and placed perpendicularly— not
slanting—in t-lie ground, leaving only one bud,
or at the outside two, above the surface. They
arc put out in rows three or four feet apart, to
admit cultivation, and a foot or so from each
other in the row. A good many die under the
best management.
Please say toB. B. K. of Tawalga, Ga., that I can
supply him with a limited amount of calamus.
Will any of your readers 101 l me where I can get the
genuine Spanish pea nuts, and obHgc yours truly,
Box ;J4. w. it. smith.
Coyville, Wilson county, Kansas.
September 271 b, It»7.
S., Duncan.,by, Miss.: 1. How late can
nitategus be successfully sown In th s latitude ’ 2.
What is ;he test turnip to plant hero for table use ?
Is it tool.it J to sow now <Bepte:nber ItJth)? 3. h
there any variety of cabbage lfiativ.ll grow l.<r:
after frost.' And if s>, wit .to can tee I be reairid
® Above questions received ratio r late lor
answers to be of value the present season, but
wo reply briefly.
1. Should not sow rutabagas after the first
of September, and then only on tho richest
land ; sown late th ;y must have cvery*hclp,
a rich soil,•wi ry early thinning out and good
cultivation. There is a variety of the rut ibaga
called Sweet German, which is a good table
turnip, very hardy and may be sown late. Un
der such circumstances it will not make large
roots, but will supply most excellent "green.”
2. Early flat Dutch and yellow Aberdeen are
about the best. The first may be sown later
I than any other, as it matures very quickly.
2. No cabbage will make very much growth
after very severe weather sets in; but if you
i can get thorn started in August or early in
September, flat dutch will continue to grow
through November and make fincjlicads. But
when they arc started late tho ground must
be excessively rich, and cultivation must bo
very thorough.
If .1. S. 11., Warrior Stand, Ala., will take a corn
cob and a small, strong cord with ham, mid when
his mule bulks, will stick the cob in the mule’s car,
and wrap the cord around the car, as tight as he
conveniently can; cord tight enough to make the
skin rhe up between the cord he will have no fur
ther trouble.
The above will break any horse kind from balk
ing. Do not whip mule but wait on him ten
minutes and he will move out.
UNIQUE AND EXHAUSTIVE.
From the Chattanooga Commercial.
A correspondent of the Commercial copied the fol
lowing unique and exhaustive epitaph from a
tombstone in Tennessee, and sent it In as a master
piece in its line. It gives pretty much all of the de
ceased’s history, and ho certainly had a remarkable
career. The stone was ctoffed by M. Muldoon, of
this city. The epitaph is as follows:
THOMAS P. AFTERALL,
The Sth Son of
Soiawon Fidelity AiTmart,,
Killed in 1816 by the Indians.
Os Puritan Stock,
And His Fourth Wife,
Eliza .Tank Smith,
Who was the third wife of J. Smith, who was her
second busband, born at the new city of Indian
apolis, Ind., in the year of our B o sed Redeemer
aud Saviour, 131-1, on the 15th day of January, the
same blessed year, and, after having been bap
tized by the proper w.ty, and acknowledging the
true Baptist faith, wns married to Peggy Cott (the
tallest one), daughter of Jim cot (who lived at the
forks of the road), who, having died, ho took to
his tender breast Ills true friend- a id mine—Mar
tha Wolpus, The two above helpmates gave him
seven sweet buds of trust and affection, and I gave
him one after his death of myself, who got scalded
accidentally by him on maple sugar, and then
still trusting the promise of God. he elapsed his
wife, for the third time, O! so sweet! his now
weeping widow, Mary Bungs Afterall (who is my
self), aud died soon alter, on March 10,1872, A. D.,
peace to his ashes. Having pet formed the work
laid out for him to do by his Ct eator, lie now retts
from his Inters. There is no sorrowoth there.
Erected by his weeping and disconsolate widow and
his truest wife, Mary Bungs Afterall.
WOLF CHILDREN,
From Chambers Journal.
It may not be uninteresting to mention that
while lately on a visit tofMolboume the writer went
with his wi e and two little children (aged two and
four) to see the Royal park, where the wild animals
are kept. There, among others, they came upon a
cage with four large wolves, lying sleeping on the
ground. They took no notice of the writer or his
wife; but the moment the younger toddled up they
sprang simultaneously to their feet and made for
the corner of the. cage nearest her. Not content
with this, two of the largest stood on their hind
feet and pressed themselves flatly against the cage,
pushing their great fore-paws through the 1 a’s
toward the child, ns though to get nt her, and wag
ging their tails and barking frantically the whole
time, their eyes riveted on her. As she walked*
away they rushed across the cage, to the other cor
ner, and repeated their unties. When the child ut
tered a word or two, it seemed to affect the w elves
singularly, and they redoubled their efforts to get
hear her. The writer went again, with the same
party and infant, and with the saute result.
■‘Now, the aspect of these wolves, in spile of their
burking and excitement, was decidedly not feroc
ious, but more resembling a great collie when at
play; and the writer felt convinced no barm would
have happened to the child had the wolves suc
ceeded in getting to her. I'o.'Siily iu some wolves
the maternal instinct may be very strong.”
A year of travel wouldn’t learn
you or interest you as much as
three days at the Piedmont exposi
tion. October 10th to 22d.
The great exposition opens at
Atlanta October 10th, closes Octo
ber 22nd. You will miss the chance
of your life if you don’t see it,
TO THE OLD ROSIAN DESPOTISM.
From the New York World.
Mayor Hewitt was talking to Alderman
Dowling ye t.-rday about Henry George and his the
ories. "Those theories have been tested,” l.e said.
“Mr. G -orge favors n paternal governm nt. That
was tried by the Roman empire in the third and
fourth centuries, as is known by rill renders of his
tory. The sti. to regulated all lie industries over the
whole Roman empire—for three or four hundred
million people. The experiment worked well
enough in the third century, but in the next centu
ry the people were starving. The people realizi d
Hint they were compelled to work for the state and
they did ns little ns they could and finally slopped
altogether. The state decreed that men should
work at certain trades and no otlu r, and when they
died their children fill their places.
• I’atomal government menus despotism, ami with
despotism comes decadence. When a government
interferes with private business or enterprise per
gonal liberty is endangered. Where thcie is no per
sonal liberty there is no happiness or <o .tentment.
To, r should be no legislative interference between
cnmlal aud labor. Political parties make a mis
take in promising legislation for labor or against
eup.tal. Legislation should be for the whole peo
ple, not for any particular class.”
You Must Decide, Don i, Mistake.
Yoff must decide this week whether or not
you will go to the Piedmont exposition. Don’t
decide wrong! Strain a point and come. It
will be the beat investment you ever made.
Bring your wife and children. Getup a club
of subscribers and come along. You will see
more than you ever saw. J t costs but a trifle,
and you will makea mistake if you don’t come
and see it.
A Persuasive Kentucky Girl.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Society has something to talk about. It is
the original manner in which a young laxly ove.-
rulcd a decision of her father’s. The daughter of u
vyll known prolcs-iimal gentleman wished to muke
a visit to some friends In New Orleans. ‘The father
withheld bis consent. The young lady was very In
dignant. Her father entertained some gentlemen
friends nt his house and gave a handsome sup;>< r.
In the midst of the meal they heard a tremendous
noise in the room above them. It soum clas if
some one were overturning all the furniture. The
host rose hastily and went up to see what was the
matter. His daughter was lying squarely on her
back in the middle of the floor, pounding it with
her heels and sm I |>i >s of furni: un she held in
her bands. He asked her what was the matter, and
she replied that she wished to go to New Orleans.
Ho told h r to atop bet noise; that she could not go.
Ho went back down to bis guests, and in ten min
utes the noise was resumed worse than ever. He
went, up to his daughter's room and again found her
beating tile floor. "You can go to Now Orleans,” he
exclaimed, angrily, “and you can start tonight.”
Thus the young lady carried her point.
COME
in wagons, on foot, any way, and
you will be welcome. But don't fail
to come October 10th to October
22nd,
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| ca- *s, has felt it his duty to make, it kno. 'li t'*
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I send free of charge to all who «t< ire it, this
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DURING THE WEEK.
The Week’s Synopsis of General
and Local News
CONDENSED FOR OUR WEEKLY FRIENDS
Tuesday, October 4.- Hon. James As. Rumson,
of Columbus, died suddenly in that city. He was
tifty-niue years of age and leaves a wife and two
daughters. He was one of Hie ablest lawyers in
Columbus and was well known throughout the
state. He represented Museogco county in the leg
islature and was a prominent figure in political
circles. The books and accounts of the Savannah
poMoflico seem tube in a somewhat crooked condi
tion, an d Postofllee Inspector Williamson went down
to ascertain the true state of atlliirs. After making a
partial examination, Postmaster Lamar and his
assistant, Colonel Anders m, became engaged In a
controversy which camo very near resulting iu a
set-to between those gentlemen. Lamar sent for a
policeman to have Anderson ejected, and upon the
arrival of that individual Colonel Anderson request
ed him to arrest Lamar upon the charge of conduct
unbecoming a gentleman. The policeman decided,
after a warning from Colonel Anderson, that he
could arrest neither gentleman in a government
building, and so the matter stands. In the mean
time, Colonel Anderson fteczes to the vault keys and
will not give them up until the matter is thoroughly
s Red. There is a shortage of Monroe loses
one of her most valued citizens in the death of
Captain William N. Pendergrass. He had held
many oillces of hi nor in that place, both in church
and civil affairs. He was a devout Christian, and
his last words were an exhoiLUion to his friends to
live, right and meet him in heaven Mr. Hiram
Leonard, one of the employes in the Muscogee mills
nt Columbus, had one of his hands l»adly mutllaU'd
hy getting it cuught in some of the machinery about
tho engine.
In the Ci tv—Detective Buchanan, who arrested
and searched two Atlanta young men was tried by
the police commission and given a severe reprimand.
It was proven that he went bey«»n«i the bounds of
his duty in making the arrest. The young men were
promptly discharged by the recorder..An un
known white man was picked up on the street dead
drunk with a pistol on his person, lie was charged
with disorderly conduct and carrying concealed
weaponsPetry Gilbert, a small negro boy, was
arrested, charged with stealing ton dollars from Dr.
Crawford, on Capitol avenue William l.oCnnte, a
young negro, was mrested, chrro d with stealing »
watch from another negro 'Two or three horse
shows have pitched their tents in Atlanta( hariey
fichulcr. a convict in the Chattai.oo -hce brick yard,
who killed a brother convict named Dick Lester,
last July, is on trial for his life. Lester is twenty
live years of age, and was sent up from Oconee
county for fifteen years for horse stealing. Schuler
and Lester became engaged in a quarrel over agame
of cards. Words led to blows, and Schuler drew his
knife and buried it in the breast of Lester, killing
him instantly.
Wednesday. October 5,- The. Canadian pas—
engcr propeller California was struck by a gale on
Lake Michigan. Her hold (ilb.'d with water and
soon extinguished the fire, and when off St. Helena
she broke up and went down. Severn! of herpes
aud crew are mf.-'ong, among whom are Cap
tain John Trowk, the first mate, purser, first and
second onginiw, one fireman, cook, cabin boy and
two lady passengers Miss Ida Smith, a young
lady living in Macon, took an overdose of ladanum
for a sick headache, and < ume very near dying be
lore the poison <’ould be pumped from her stomach.
severe >liock of earthquake was felt through
out Greece, tlio strongest pait of it being felt on the
northern and southern Hi »rcs of the gulf of Cornith,
■ Henry Johnson, the Sulvation Army soldier,
who was arrested in Rome charged with assault
with intent to rape, was‘■entenred to five years iu
the penitentiaryTwo little negroes near Ella
ville, Ga., were playing with a loaded gun, when it
was discharged, blowing off the head of one of the
negroc.’. Strange to say, he still lives Miss M. A.
McLean, a young lady of Macon, has entered suit
against that city for Bhe was walking up
Fourth street, who) she tripped over an iron bar
sticking tii the sidewalk and rcc< ived a terrible fall,
from which she was paralyzed. She has been com
fine I to her bed cvcrsinceColonel Andeis >n, the
assistant postmaster of Savannah, who came so
near having a difficulty with Postmaster T amar on
account us an investigation now going on by Post-
Office Inspector Williamson, and who refusal to
give up the keys to the vault, has turned them over
to the inspector, not. how ver. until ho had been
threatened with arrest by Inspector Williamson
Beak Yanci y. a notorious bi r Jar of (’olui #) i , was
run down and locked up on a a'-sault with
intent to murder on the person of George Venable
The safe in tho depot H t L inville was l.nrglar
ized, andcarried offl.y the burglars. 1 lie thief
knew the combination of the safe and hint no trou
ble in cllcetHig an < n.rance into the depot.
In the City—A petition containing the names of
seventy •• von ministers in \thuita was issu-d tolho
(itizens tuging them to defeat the anti prohibition
ists iu the coming prohibition campaign .... The
Atlanta gla-s works are about completed, and will
be started up in a fowdays ... Jim Brown, the negro
boy who stole six pistols from tho store of T. AT.
Clarke & Co. was one ted by Detective Buchanan.
He had the pintols hi his j oekets when errested
'I wo negro women, Lir.fi -y Banks and Ophelia
Banks, were arrested and lined ten dollars and cost
for raising a row on one of the principal streetsA
white man named C. R. Lowe was arrested charged
with raising a row at a negro ball ... Mr, Joo Gatins
reported the loss of two hones which were taken
from his stuhles som after dark William IL
Leyden, teeter inspector for the Gate City Ga* l eoni
j.any, wa- quite s'ri )usly affected by escaping gas
while adjusting a imder. He was; soon all right.
Tbur>.drt.v, October <>.- John Crook shot and
dangerously injured John Draper in Anniston, Alt.
Both were coloredA switchman named Alliger
and afr Jgl t train nductor named Newsom be
came engaged In a row at Birmingham, when the
hilt* r was seriously, perhaps fatally, rut by the
formerA diabolical attempt was made to wreck
a heavily loaded excurEion tmin t n the Illinois and
St. Louis railroad by leaving a switch open. The
engineer discovered it in time to avert a terrible
calamity A Cincinnati boo ller named Doll was
sentenced Ui two yearn in the j>cn;t<ntlury for mis
applying city money lor the purchase of a lot of
horses Mr. Grunt D. Perry, who owns a fine farm
two miles Lon Madison, had the misfortune to lose
i y i.re a large new ginhou e. two brand new Pratt
W saw gins, costing SGOO, an-l twenty bales of cotton.
Hiss pr< ss was ah o burned ami !.is engine, situated
near the gin house, was badly injured. There was
do insurance, and tiic loss is $2,800.
In the City The supreme court granted two new
trials in prohibition cases. These are the first new
trials grant* <1 by the supreme cot it dm c prohibi
tion went into effectC'/inmij-sioner Henderson
has issued the crop report for < n.-tober. The g. ueml
< O-clition and prospects of the crops and the bpjrit
of the farmers is reported as very favorable
James Long, of Fannin county, was tried In the
United States court for working in an illicit diMil
le.y and a quitted, as nbo was Mari n Wocd, of
Hmulson county, for the same offense Smun
Dorsey, a negro woman, was found dead in bed at
her home on Jones alley, near the Western und At
lantic ruilro.»d shops. The coroner s jury returned
a verdict of d -ath from a hcinonliagc Yellow
stone Kit, an Indian medicine man, has pitched liLs
show in the city.
Friday, OctolKJr 7. The Baltimore and Ohio
Telcgiuj.fi company has b< • n gobbled by the Wes
tern Uni< n. Tnc contract signed included not only
the Baltimore undCbio tciegniph company's Hue
but the wires and < -.c uslve right of way of the rail
road company—Tire broke out in thy distillery
of Ephraim Howe, in N< w York, and destroyed the
building and a very large Htock of w/u. ky. Ix>.- e
$175, Fifty-seven hundred i.rries of cotton wire
considerably <lamagc<l by fire 1 on tuo BriflEii Mmm
*4»ip NuplC“, in h’uvuninui. 7 fie cotton wus bound
for Li verpool and wus damaged to tire extent o!
several thousand <lolh r .
In THE'.n Y—Uhc w< ter filterer-, which have la on
in roue-’o! constri t-n for .'U" . d m<mth4 at the
Atlanta water-work?', have been completed, and Ike
■.viv.cr tnincd on. Jusagrciil lx>on to tim water
con* irncru us it is much Letter limn the mud thut
fia* fe.-cn piunjx dto the city P r many yeiir*
In the United r aU/s com t, John Jmiie, of Hmo-l
- ounty, wu-s convicted "l vorking in un illicit dl<-
tficrv, and was sentenced ?o on 4 .r.onih in the F«iL
ton County juil M att Lewis, of Heard county,
- norged v.ito vn/aimg ti c ri »rrr l revenue laws,
» Ji t -I. Iteut,'fi Wiiour, of jfab . hnnj
county, pi d guilty of zoiklug in an illicit <li>
lilley ami v - ? ntcm <d to Fervc mx m« nil s m the
l uitou county jail, md to j»ay a him of S.t'a
Saturday, Oelolier b. ExUoiglvc preparations
in.- . v g made for a con vein.ion to tx 1 held in Mem
pins »n ix t r 2»»th and io <lu ■ oss the subject
i imj o’.emenl of we-lci u wal rwuys. A north
bound i u4M.ng'.r train on the A hi Lama Great couth-
You may think there i<s no iL< t . hoping for one of our
presents, and thus neglect to subscribe. llVira you sec
your neighbor get SSOO in gold, without a cent's cost,you
will regret you didn't subscribe. Especialty when you
do not pay a cent more than you have always paid for
your paper, and get the best and cheapest in America.
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ern railroad was thrown A-om the tract at Cuba, a
short distance from Meridian, Miss., causing the
ongire and baggage car to overturn on their sides.
....Own? to almost daily shocks of eiuthouake at
Santiago De Cui >a, a panic has seized the citizont
aud business is almost completely susjictided.
the city -A man named Yotm uis, of Savan
nah was robbed of forty dollars in cash and a fine
silver watch by some unknown persons Mr. A.
E. Stokes, clerk of the superior court ot Fayette
county, came to tlio city and requested the arrest
and detention of a lady of Fayette county w ho isde
mented. She has been confined and guaidjd by
relatives, but somehow made, her escape, and when
last seen was a few miles this aide of Fayetteville,on
her way to Atlantalt is thought the entries for
the great bicycle races during the exposition will
reach one hundred.
Sunday, October 9—Four deaths are reported
(Yom Tampa from yellow fever, with twenty new
cases. The inhabitants aic fleeing from the terrible
diseaseTwo thousand brass workers were locked
out in New York because they would not relinquish
tho Saturday half holiday The 1 oiler of the lit
tle steamer I‘adm ah, in Nashville, Tennessee, ex
ploded, killing the engineer ami breaking tho log
of a carpenter and completely u rocking Ila? steam
erAn attempt was ma le to wreck a Sioux City
heavily loaded pa- ’Ugt r train, but tho scheme
failed of its pnrjM’sc. ilad it not been discovered
th.j loss oflife would have been fright-fidTwo
highly respected j on ng men of Sa van nah wore lined
S3O r.n l scuteneed n» thirty days in the city prison
tor assaulting and unmeroifully beating a long
shoremanAt a row in.i negro bar room in Colum
bus, a negro named Frank Y mug was struck on the
head with a billiard cue by l enry Cooper, another
negro, besides being seriously slabbed twice iu the
left side. He will die.
In the Cm -A white man named John Kinncar
was arrosto I and locked up, charged with wife
beating . The fourh on-months-old child of Mar
garct Bialock.u negro woman living near Gilmer
street, fell into a tub oflye ami was frightfully
scalded before she < mild N? extricated Atlanta
presents quite a h< 1 day appearance, being pro
fusely decorated for tin' grai a opening of the Pied
mont exposition. Five thousand strangers arrived
in Atlanta last night Mr. L. C. Cheshire, who
lives at 10C0 Marietta street, reported tho loss of a
very fine cow, w Inch uas stolen from his lot Situr
<lay night Henry E. Baker, a well-known Com
mercial man, reported the lo v s of a line gold watch
and chain, which was stolon from hi: room,
DEATHS IN GEORGIA.
In Cohnnbus-Hon. James M. Russell.
In Monroe—Captain William N. I’endergi a<s.
In Atlanta - William A. Kennedy; Lamar Cobb.
In West Point—Hon. Milledge 11. Hart.
In Thomson—Mrs. John Adams.
In Forsyth Miles G. Turner.
In Atlanta—W. L. Bradley.
In Lumpkin—Chnrlvs c. Anderson,
In Reynolds- Dr. J. R. Paris.
In Kingston- J. 8. Harris.
In Washington—Mrs. Ruth Tanner.
in Columbus- Hiram Riley.
— • ■- • -■!»—
MARRIAGES IN GEORGIA.
Tn Columbus -Rev. Daniel Littleton, of Browne
ville, to Miss Emma Littleton, of Crawford, Ala.
in Macon--Mr. A. M. Burke, of Twiggs county, to
Mlss Belle Darby, of Vinoville.
In Columbus-Mr. Charles E. Drumbar, of At
lanta, to Miss Annie Austin, of Columbus.
In Rome. Mr. John J. Black to Miss Ella Bailey,
beth of Rome.
in Atlanta Mr. Ed Anderson to Mi s Anita
Walker, both of Atlanta.
'The biggest show of your life, at
Piedmont exposition, Atlanta, Oc
tober loth to 22d.
CAUGHT AND CLIPPED.
Chicago Intcr-Occan: The apple crop throughout
the country is the poorest known in years. This
will not prevent un unusually large output of genu
ine cider vinegar.
Nashville Amevicau: It’s a curious thing that
some people who object to taking the tax off whisky
and tobacco have the most to say about the om .r
mous am<>unt people sj»end for thc;;c two articles.
If the taxes are taken oft’ the same amount of whis
ky ami tobacco can be bought for half the money,
and leave the other half to buy more bread und
meat and clothes with.
Omaha I!’(/»?• U Don’t fear for tlio hcr.lln of the
body politic. It may have worms, but its constitu
tion Ls all right.
Springjicld Union: If yon can’t explain ju t why
green trees turn red in the autumn, you ran some
times find out why a green girl turns red all of a
sudden.
J<e Journal Amusanl: "M.iuiinii, Lily has Loen
telling another fib. Huy Io her it’s very wicked for
a little girl to till fibs—that Bho must wait till she
grows up.”
Jturlington Erf' Press: A Connecticut man made
a bet that he could kill, clean, cook aud cat a spring
chicken in fifteen minutes. He won the bet, but 11
was an awful surprise to 1 he chicken.
Hartford. Thues: A young man, an agent for a
book on fiocial etiquette, has been wen and heard
inoursuccts. One young lady says ho ought to
read the*book himself, and then perhaps he would
know enough to leave one’s houso when requested
to.
N w York Herald: The word “bock”- which is
used in France to designate a glass of beer or a mug
of ale is of German origin. It first niqasired in
Munich during the reign of Ixmis de B ivb re, when
the king, on returning (Yom an opening of a
braaserie, was thrown down by a buck- v.hbm fur
nished the pretext (so says a correspondent of the
Paris Figaro) for calling thenceforth a glass of beer
a “bock.” Amt v inent is on foot in France to
supplant this name with a more appropriate one.
Judgt: 'I h : guide huuls a couple to the brink of a
frightful precipice, and then says in a mournful
tone: “J brought a genii .unan and his wife hero
last year. The lady R aced over too fur aid dlsiip
pe tted. The gentleman said it was one of the finest
views he had over seen.”
Ba ton Transcript: “Oh, mamma,’’ exclaimed
little Edith, running Into the house nearly out of
breath, ‘ there’s going to be a marriage deception
over to Mrs. Upptim’s this evening.” “Marriage
deception? H’m! what ridiculous blunders children
do make sometimes.”
Tid Bit Chicago husband Ahl good news,
good news! Our divorce has been granted.
Chicago wife—Thank giMjdncMi, we om now b<
happy for evermore.
SttmcrviUt: Journal: Tho lx>y who whistles twenty
five hours out of the twenty four may not become a
burglar or a murderer when he grows up, alter all.
He i« likely not Uj grow up if you get a fair chance
at him.
Norrudw n Herald: A teacher in a boys’ school
in an adjoining county found forty big pupils out of
sixty-three who had never read the constitution of
the Cnitcd Stater, and were ignorant of the cuuilu
which fed to its preparation. Every mother’s hou
of them, how ver, could tell of the standing of each
biiM ball club in the national league und the Ameri
cun tixMOciftUon.
Jlodou Courier: “My father is a very genial
man,” she ndri, “and desires that I shall extend
the hospitalities of the house to every caller. Will
you take .something beb/re you go?”
• VV JI, y ■ ' replied the youth, “I will, with your
pennb ;on, take a ki«s from you.”
The mai‘i was ataiShorJ, but tiie youth was equal
to the ocuuion, und tno hospitalities were ex
tended.
Detroit Free Pew: “Kin I git a man arrested?”
f .«-kc<i a colored man nt the rugcuDt's desk in police
head quartets ych’erday.
• What for.’”
“1 nr cailin’ me names.”
“What luunosf.”'
“Well, rah, he cal) n d me dodo.”
“And what is a dodo.'”
“I dunno, suh.”
“pcrbujis d menus a g:c it -.igt< smalt.”
“Mcnbc it d<es, ah, an’ so I’H let upon his callin’
me names an’have iilm arre-'eri fur de way be
limped in aud giv<s me two kicks.”
Tim Hporh: Ho—Will yon dream of mo tonight?
She—No, J am never troubb <1 with nightmare.
item: “Out of every 109 femafe eclhxjl
tettchef*,” says an exchange, “seven marry every
year. ' Thesevaa eem to dang u for the
w 4*oic IW.
EXPOSITION NOTES.
The Great Attractions to be Seenj
at the Coming Piedmont Fair.
A CHANCE TO SEE THE
It is well for every man and his wife and.
children to see tho world once in awhile. MenJ
and women, and especially young folks,
nato when they stay in one place all the tiincf
and never see anything but their own neiglni
borhood. i'
Now you have the chance of your life to take|
a trip aud see a world of sights atleast cost ami
in least time. It is to go to the Piedmont ex 4
position, which opens in Atlanta October 10k
closing October 22. What will yon see there r
1. An exposition covering eight acres oQ
solid exhibits of every article from a candy,
stick to a steam engine—the latest wonders oft
science in every department. A day in thesel
buildings is a liberal education.
2. A building devoted to cattle, fiOO feet
100; a building devoted to poultry, 200 by 200jj
<IOO stables for horses; swine, goats, sheep!
etc., In abundance.
.1. The collective county exhibits of a dozem
counties, showing tho resources of each counts
in agricultural and industrial products, ladiesj
handiwork, live stock and everything raised inf
the county.
4. Tho richest epitome of the south’s riehes
ever shown in collective exhibits from the eiti>
iesof Birmingham, Anniston, Decatur, Tus. aJ
loosa, Gadsden, Romo aud Tallapoosa. Thfl(
Richmond and Danville railroad, tho Mariottst
and North Georgia railroad, the East Tennes4
see road and the Florida Southern road. Eaela
of those collective exhibits will cost
of dollars, and you will see the grandest shor®
of southern riches over made.
5. An art gallery with 400 pictures from thd
best living artists, and thirty paintings front'
Mr. George I. Seney's gallery, which ranks
with Vanderbilt’s. One of these pictures oosf
$40,000 (forty {thousand dollars,) and the thir.
ty cost over a quarter of a million dollars.
0. President Cleveland and his wife. Presi
dent Cleveland will make a speech one day—,
watch the sham battle and review the troops’
next, day, and ho and hfs wife will be ready ta
shake bauds with you all the time. Don’t!
miss or let your children miss seeing the first
democratic president over south and his beaus,,
tiful and clever wife. They will always n>i
member- having shaken hands with
great people.
7. A magnificent sham battle covering TH
acres with four batteries of artillery, ten com.
panics of cavalry and 5,000 infantry. ThdJ
president and his wife will watch the battlA
which lasts two hours, and hewill then review
tho troops and hold a public reception.
8. A torchlight procession with 10,000 youni',
democrats in line, tho city illuminated, ana,
tho very skies lit with tho splendor of tho
scone. This will bo the sight of a life-time. .
9. The grandest firework displays ever given
in America. Ono feature will be a living wall
of tire 140 feet long, 40 feet high, roaring and
sparkling like Neaganr. These displays will
last two hours. You have never dreamed of
anything so gorgeous. Tho pictures of Presi
dent and Mrs. Cleveland will be shown in tiro
in mid air, surrounded by thousands of rock
ets.
10. Tho illumination of Kennesaw moun!'
tain. The whole mountain stands out like ai
picture in red light, cannon boom on its side,
and 5,000 rockets are fired by electric mat/:lj
front its center. Pictures of General Johnson
and General Sherman will be displayed in tiro,
against the skies. Sucli a spectacle as this 1
illi’minated mountain lias never been seen.
11. Bicycle races, on which man can beat
horses running. Balloon ascensions in whiclf
you can go 1,000 feet up in u balloon and bo.
landed back safely
12. Ffotse races every <lny, bringing horsefi
from all sections of the country.
13. Governer Fitzhugh Leo, of
Governor Richardson,of South Carolina; Gov<
ernor Bob Taylor, of Tennessee; Governor
Seay, of Alabama; Governor Perry, of Floria
da ; Governor Gordon, of Georgia; ca b witlj
his military staff of forty mounted men.
11. The city of Atlanta, the best city in tha
south, l ull of sights of special and historic in<|
forest.
15. A vast numberof amusements and sights
which wo, cannot enumerate. Everything
from tlio onl fashioned circus to a flying jenny,
A Solid two weeks of instruction and aiausa,
ment.
Now all this will give you enough sights t<f
talk about for years: will ho an education to
yonrrelf and children and will show you more
In tinoe or four days than you could get by
traveling four or live months. Now, v,hn(
doos it cost?
First, tho railroad faro Is lower than ever!
before. From no point it is more then one!
third the regular rate. It is ono centamila
each way, and from some points even less thnnj
that. If your railroad station is a hundred and]
fifty miles from Atlanta the faro cannot Isa]
more tfian three dollars lor tho round trip, and*
may be less.
2. It costs you only fifty cents to see every*
thing on tho exposition grounds—twenty-fivd
cents for children. This includes seeing thd
fire-works, the balloon ascensions, the sbaml
battle, hearing tho president speak, shaking
hands with him, tho races, and everything oi|
tho grounds. You can stay on the grounds all
day long, If you want to, even until 10
o’clock at night, when tho fire works will bni|
closed. It costs you only fifty cents for thal
day and night, and your children Iwonf.y-iivoJ
cents.
3. There will bo sandwich stands anil res«l
taurnnts all over the grounds. At no place
can you bo charged more than fifty cents i»
meal, while sandwiches with milk and coffee
can be had from ten to twenty-five cents. You,
can got breakfast, dinner and supper on the
grounds, and in no coses be charged more than
fifty cents a meal. If you bring your own pro
visions you will find plenty of places in which
to spread them out, picnic fashion, and eat
without any cost. There are public building*
for public comforts free to everybody.
4. The exposition lias engaged a large num
ber of rooms in tho city in which five or six
or seven cots are placed. The charge for »
night’s bed at these places will not exceed fifty
cents a night. By making up a party of six
or eight you can take all the cots in a room at
fifty cents a piece, and each cot will take a
'grown person and a child.
5. Tlie exposition committee has canvassed
the city thoroughly and has a list of boarding
houses, anil private homies, where stranger*
can bo accommodated, with tho price at each
house. These prices are low, except at the
most expensive hotels, where they run up to|
from three to five dollars a day for each person.
0. If visitors; desire, to camp out, they will!
find a number of places where they can be pro
tected without any charge.
In short it has been tho alm of the committeo
to make this a cheap exposition, so that all tho
pei pie could come. They have guarded every
where against extortion. They have got tho
railroads down to the lowest point ever known.
A good meal for fifty cents, including six or
eight dishes, besides a d< sort is very low.whlio
tenor fifteen cents will buy sandwiches ami
coffee end milk enough for a meal. Detectives
have h< <,l mployod to protect visitors against
any so<t of swindling. There will boa full,
police force on the grounds day and nights,and
the expooition will have several offices open
•11 the time for inforiuatiou aud the comfort of
visitors.
lil. Balloon luccnxlovs ami rncos with six telloon*.
A lady will jump from tile twlioon wfieu it Ik 5.00(1
net high, innl will deaccnd with only an umbHlll*
■upportlg her. I'hc jfroa tosionaghl v*rsu*u.
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