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FARMS AND FARM MRS. Short Talks with Men Who Guide the Plow. QUESTIONS ON FARM TOPICS ANSWERED Digging and Saving Sweet Potatoes. "When should potatoes be dug? Some ftnswer just after killing frost. Others say do not wait for frost, but dig whenever the potato is ripe, as they term it. The test for ripeness Is, when a broken or cut surface dries off (promptly with a white or light color. Waiting until after a light frost is, we think, a pretty good rule, because, first, the ripening of the tubers develops more and more with the Closing of the growing season. When the nights become cool and the days short, vegeta tion begins to prepare for its winter’s sleep. Growth slackens and substances dissolved in the sap change to insoluble and more permanent forms, to bo stored away till new growth in the spring makes demands upon them again. As a rule, therefore, the longer digging is delayed, the more matured or riper the tubers are likely to be. Because, second, anything disposed to rot can be kept sound and undamaged better in cool weather than in hot. Early dug potatoes are quite apt to rot from being overheated. But sometimes the necessary ripeness of the tubers may be brought about by dry weather as effectually ashy that which is cool. The indications are that the leaves turn yellow and growth ceases; and then those changes in the plant referred to above follow. In such case, if the weather is moderately cool, and espec ially if dry, it is well to dig. The danger is that dry weather, followed by rain and a high temperature, may start new growth of the Vines, and cause the tubers to sprout. This, when it happens, upsets the winter arrange ment, disturbs the equilibrium and paves the way for rotting of the tubers. The point then is to dig the tubers when they are in a quiescent state, and if possible after the weather is settled’cool, and after wards keep them quiescent. How is this to be done ? First, dig if possible, when the ground is dry. The skin of the potato in contact with dry earth becom s itself drier and firmer—its pores contract, and it protects tho substance of the potato more fully from atmospheric influences or from germs which induce rotting. Why does a cut potato, as a rule, rot more readily than one which is not; because a surface unprotected by skin is exposed to the air. A good, dry, hard skin is therefore desirable, and digging when the ground is dry, helps to supply this. But it may be asked if drying in the sun when they are dug wet, would not accomplish the same result. It might, so far as mere drying is concerned, but it is possible that the rot germs floating in the atmosphere, might lodge on the potato and find entrance before the dry ing was completed, and it is certain that tho heat of the sun would stimulate changes in the substanes of the potato which might end in rotting. It is very generally conceded that Irish potatoes keep better if not exposed to the sun when being dug. Why not the sweet potato also? Dig, therefore, when dry, and keep dry afterwards. Second —Keep potatoes cool. Why? Be cause, as just said, heat stimulates chemical changes—vital ones also. Every one knows that these go on more or less during the win ter. Tiie old-fashioned yam becomes sweeter towards spring, because its starch has been gradually changed into sugar. Now such changes may degenerate into rotting; if pushed too far they certain ly will. A low temperature is the most effective means of keeping in check either vital or chemical changes—not a freezing temperature—because a new element comes in then— the tissues of the potato are ruptured by freezing—but a temperature, say of 40 degrees, if it could be had. In our climate, however, this is not practicable. The best we can do is to keep potatoes at a uniform temperature of from 60 to 70 degrees. This is near tire mean annual temperature in the south, and can be approximated in prop erly constructed hills. These Bhould bo constructed in tho usual manner,the base slightly elevated and a ditch around it for drainage. If the ground is dry and cool, it is not necessary or advisable to put straw or leaves on the base. Pile the potatoes directly on the ground, but it is all important to cover them with straw or other good non-conductor of heat. On the same principle that ice is sur rounded with sawdust or chaff, to prevent beat from without reaching it, so potatoes should be wrapped well with something simi lar, to prevent the heat in them from escaping and passing out during very cold weather. Heat is of course, passing out from a potato hill during very cold weather, but if it does not escape too rapidly, the hill can get from the earth directly under it, as much as it loses. If straw is placed underneath the pota toes, they are cut off largely from this source of heat. A thick coatihg of straw, then on outside of hill, with a layer of dirt over tho straw aro the proper conditions. Why dirt over the straw? To confine tho air mingled with the straw and the potatoes, cur rents of air coming out and going in would change the temperature within the hill very decidedly, The dirt also serves more or less like the straw as a non-conductor, and may be increased in thickness with increasing cold. In our coldest winters we have not found a foot of dirt on potato hills too much. When the hills are first made allow ample ventila tion at the top, because the hill when first put np is apt to be too warm, the weather being •till warm, and because tho potatoes undergo some change soon after they are banked, “sweating” as it is usually termed, and the at tendant heat and moisture should be allowed to escape. As the weather gets colder these reasons cease to exist, and tho covering should be completed and increased as tho season advances. W. L. J. F. B. S. J., Haslln, Beaufort Co., N. I have a horse that has a puffed place on his knee joint, ou the fio.it part. I think it was cauie 1 from wearing n yoke when a colt: it has never bothered him until now; he limp a little now and then. I opened it and it ran bloody water and in a few hours filled up again, and seems now to be very sore. Can you tell what to do for it, to carry it away or stop lame ness? The trouble of your horse is probably spavin, that is inflammation |of tho joint, involving the lining membrane of the joint and possibly tho extremities of tho bones. Spavin is usu ally located in tho hock joint, but we have seen cases of a very similar disease in tho knee. Tiie enlargement is caused by excess of joint fluid, the result of inflammation. When the turner is opened and this runs out, a new portion is quickly secreted again. Blistering is tho most promising treatment. Remove tho hair over the tumor and rub in well tho iodide of mercury ointment, one drachm of tho mer cury to an ounce of lard. The next day grease with lard, and do this daily till tho blister gets well. If necessary, apply tho mercury again in eight or ten days. 'Die horse must be kept absolutely at rest, must not be allowed to reach the ointment with his mouth. W. L. T., Broniby, Abu: Ph ase publish a known Or tried r ■ Ipe for making corned beef. To every 100 pounds of meat take 8 pounds of salt, 2 quarts ot molasses and a quarter of a pound each ot common cooking soda and salt petre. Arid enough water to cover meat; then bring nearly to a boil, skim, and put in meat whilst hot. Animal heat should be gotten out of the meat before it is put in the pickle. 11. D. 8., Bensford, Fla.: Can you give the method of canning balin'n and oilier flub? Bywhut p.oe<-s are the bones softened? If you cannot give the in formation, pvts-bly tome of your subscribers can. e are not familiar with the canning pro cess, but think the fish is steamed thoroughly before it is put in can; put in hot and sealed at once. If any reader can give information asked should be glad to hear from him. B. W. J., Cabarrus County, N. C.: I see an article in your weekly of Sentemtor 20th, taken from tho Americus Recorder, aboutthe cultivation of Spanish ® r ° uu< ‘ Poos. Will you be so kind as to inform me "here I can get seed and at what price: also what sod is oest adapted to them, red or sandy? <iU ? te a nura ber of inquiries similar to above have re iched us recently. Parties having Spanish ground peas for sale would do well to advertise them stat ng terms. V, e are unable to give the information asked as to parties selling; n i price. Like other rarities tho Spanish prefers a sou light rather than heavy. A sandy loam suits it best. Tiie pods are small, but tiie ker nels fill them completely, and the latter aro about the usual size. Tlio pods form chiefly around the main root, and that makes the gathering easy. From the trials we have given it (two years) we think it a desirable variety. L S. L. W., Cascade, Ark., Faulkner county.— JSnelose-t, J. send you a sample of lintless cotton seed. It grew on what seems to be a common stalk of co.tm, but the bolls contained nothing but black, slick seed, such r.s the sample sent. 1 his cotton was found in a field of several acres in 18S6, it being the only stalk of the kind in the field. ~I BS7 > the seed f.om this stalk was planted to itself, and in the early autumn the bolls beg in to crack, and to the astonishment of all contained nothing but seed. This cotton was raised by Mr. Dan Hamilton, New tonjownship, Faulkner county, Arkansas. Can you account in any way for this strange freak of nature? The amount of lint on a cotton seed is quite variable. Much greater, for instance, on up land than on sea island cotton. On tho first there is a set of short fibres, in addition to tho long, which remain on tho seed after ginning. In the second the long fibres only aro present, and the seed,after ginning, are naked like those sent. Had nothing been said, wo should have taken them for Sea island cotton seed. As the lint is not essential to the germination or growth of the seed—merely serves as a means of scattering them—it may bo absent without serious injury to the plant, and in the case cited is one of those “sports” or variations often met with, but not readily explained. As the commercial value of cotton depends main ly ou its lint, this variety ought to be exterm inated, less it impresses its lintless character on other plants. L. R. R., Bermuda, Ala.: First, which is better for winter grazing for mares and young colts, oats or rye? Second, How much of the latter should be sown per acre on thin pine land? Does land im prove by manuring alone with C. S. meal and A phosphate? 1. Rye. Not perhaps that it is superior in quality, but because it is much hardier and will make more growth in cold weather. On very rich land it will make some headway all through the winter, except in extremely cold weather when it is frozen up. 2. From three pecks to a bushel. On such land as you mention,you may not expect much grazing unless you have several acres to each animal. For best results also, it should have been sown in September. 3. Yes; if not kept under clean culture too continuously, and the meal used pretty freely. Cotton seed meal is a complete manure, in the sense of containing all the substances that plants take from the soil; but it contains them in very unequal quantities. For instance it contains about six or seven per cent of nitrogen and only about two each of phosphate acid and potash. When used in conjunction with phosphate the de ficiency of phosphoric acid is fully supplied by that substance, but potash and other mineral ingredients are not. Hence, lands naturally deficient in potash might become depleted of that substance if only meal and phosphate were applied to it, and the meal in small quantity, as is generally the case. The usual ratio is about one of meal to three of phosphate. Ordinarily, however, if land was allowed to rest every few years so that its supply of humus would be good, the unavailable minerals of the'soil would be ren dered available fast enough, probably, to keep the land productive under applications of meal and phosphate alone. A. D. M., Hampton, Ca.: I have gathered twelve or fifteen thousand pounds of peas, and wish to feed them to my mules in the hull, in lieu of corn. Some say they are not healthy to fecdmulcs. Please tell me what you know about it. Peas in the hull is an excellent stock food, and may be fed with entire safety. On the seaboard of Georgia it was a very general cus tom before tho war to feed stock on peas in tire hull as the chief grain ration. We have known horses and mules to be fed on them thus for years, and the animals were as healthy and, free from disease as any we ever saw. The grain of the pea is rather too concentrated food, but eaten with the hull the latter dilutes it and makes up its deficiency in some substances. Tiie grain eaten with the hull is sure, also, of being ground up in mastication, hence less danger from swelling than where the whole grain is fed by itself. A mixed ration of peas and com is better than cither alone. One sup plements tho other and gives variety, which is both pleasant and healthful to the animals. A. 11. P., Richland, Ga.: 1. Are the most of the cotton bale ties we use manufactured in the United States, and if so, where? 2. I have a horse that got bellows d the past summer. Give me remedy, if there is any, and what causes it? 3. Are there any one-horse mowers made, and where could I get one? First—At present cotton ties aro imported. Some time ago they were manufactured in the United States, but at present they aro not, so far as we know. Second—Bellows or heaves produced by two things. One, some derangement in tho princi pal nerve that supplies the lung—the other an alteration of the structure of the lung itself. The little cells which receive the air, become broken down, so that several are united in one and this largo cell is so constructed that the air can not escape from it readily. In short the air cannot be renewed sufficiently in tho lung, and the animal is practically in a state of partial suffocation, especially when ext,a demand for air is caused by exercise. This last form of the disease is incurable, tho' pal liated by means to be mentioned directly. The other form, (nervous,) is sometimes relieved by arsenic. Five grain doses daily for two weeks, then omitted for one week, and repeat ed again. It has been pushed to fifteen grains daily, for two weeks, but this is excessive. Horse traders who are unscrupulous, relieve it temporarily, by largo doses of stimulants, an ounce each of copperas, gentian and gin ger, but this is not good treatment. The ar senic treatment is the better of the two, but it will not cure all cases. Whatever the form of the disease, a good deal can be done by proper regulation of food and drink. A horse thus affected should have all his food wetted. His food should not be bulky, but concentrated, so tho stomach shall not crowd tho lungs. He should not drink too much water at one time, for like reason. Should.never be driven very rapidly, and especially soon after a meal. His skin should be kept active by proper groom ing. Drinking lime water, is sometimes bene ficial. We have found fodder (com blades) no', good for a horso with this disease. Sheaf oats well moistened are good. 3rd. Write to soon dealer in agricultural implements. A Quiet Affair. Prom the New York San. Cincinnati lady (to friend) —Will you give your daughter m ath of a wedding, dlrs. Ovenuer bine? Mrs. OvertJw rblne- Oh, no. It will be a very quiet affair, a few ke_;s of ten and, possibly, tome sky reuJrcUi from the roof. THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA..TLESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1887. DURING THE WEEK. The Week’s Synopsis of General and Local News CONDENSED FOR OUR WEEKLY FRIENDS Tuesday, October 11.—The carriage manu factory of Locke & Jewell, of Am?sbury, Mass., to gether with several surrounding buildings, were destroyed by fire. Losk 8125,000 Official advices from Tampa, Fla., are to the effect that yillow fever is raging in that city. Several deaths have occurred and eight new cases have developed since the last report Thomas C. Manning, minister to Mixlco, is dying in the Fifth ANenuo hotel. New York Two steamers collided in the harbor at Corio, 111., resulting in tho disabling aud sinking of the steamer New South. No lives lost The cashier in the Merchants and Mineis bank at Green Bay, "’is., has gone on a trip, taking with him $15,000 of the bank’s money The banking house of Martin E. Dost, at Cheyenne, Wyoming, lias suspended. The assets of the bank arc 8903,000, while the liabil ities are $-190,000. Inability to collect outstanding debts is the cause of the suspension I.ec county, Ahi., held an election on the stock law, which resulted in the adoption of the same Louis Sar acco, an Italian, of Pittsburg, was instantly killed by the explosion of a soda fountain in that city The Savannah postoffice trouble is assuming quite Serious proportions. Assistant Postmaster Anderson walked into the office and challenged Postmaster Lamar to fight a duel at ten paces, whereupon hot words followed, and upon Colonel Anderson de nouncing Captain Lamar in tho most vigorous language the postmaster sprang up and struck him with a stick. Colonel Anderson then drew his pistol, " hen friends interfered and prevented what might have been a serious difficulty. Colonel Anderson was arrested at the instance of Captain Lamar, and was conducted to tiie mayor's office with blood flowing from Severn! ugly wounds on his bead and in bis face, inflicted by the stick that Cap tain Lamar used. It is said that friends of Colonel Anderson have paid, under protest, 810,000 of defi ciency money for him. In the City—John Kinnoar, a largo white man, was fined 825 in the recorder’s court for wife beat ing A mechanic well known in Atlanta, named W. M. Harrington, captured a negro boy and brought him to polite headquarters. Mr. Harring ton showed a big gash in his head, made by a rock thrown by the negro. About a dozen stoned him, but he was only able to capture one of themA thief entered a residence at No. 22 Church street and stole a fine soltairc diamond ring Thomas Boyle, a well known and highly respected young white man of Atlanta, was run over and horribly mangled by the cars on the Nashville and Chatta nooga railroad. Both arms and a leg were cut en tirely off, while his breast was mushed and bruised fearfully. He died instantly. Wednesday, October 12.—The citize is of Chat tanooga presented Emma Abbott, the actress, with a large, magnificent solid silver yacht as a testimo nial of Chattanooga’s appreciation of her courageous and well expressed defense of her profession against the bitter denunciation of a minister at one of the leading churches in Nashville. Miss Abbott, with tears streaming from her eyes, made a very feeling reply. She referred to Jennie Lind, who gave a for tune to charity; to Charlotte Cushman; to Parepa Rosa and Mary Anderson ns a refutation of all the shameless slanders the minister heaped upon tho profession. The preacher referred to denounced in unmeasured terms all actors and actresses and abused members of his church for attending the theater. Emma Abbott was attending services at tiie church at the time and arose iu the congrega tion and then and there refuted the charge, which caused a genuine sensation and made Her many friendsA riot occurred in Plevna, Bulgaria, dur ing the election for members of the sobranje, and twenty-four persons were killed and thirty wound edJamesNewman, a white man about fifty ye its of age, was run over and instantly killed by a freight train on the Piß'.t Mines railroad in Birmingham. Tiie Niobrara Land and Cattle company in East St. Louis made an assignment Warren Green, a train hand, had his left arm cut from his body while attempting to jump from a through freight train in Norcross, Ga. In the City—The Atlanta Construction company macle an assignment for the benefit of its creditors to Mr. J. C. Kimball Mr. Samuel J. Randall and party left for their home in Philadelphia, after spending a few day? at the Piedmont exposition The remains of Tl onas Boyle, the young man who was killed on the Nashville and Chattanooga rail road, were laid to rest in Oakland cemetery beside those of his mother and grandmotherA reward was offered by Governor Gordon for the arrest and delivery to the proper authorities of William Taylor, Bud Cook and Jim Cock wl.o are implicated in the murder of Tinny Charlton in Chatham county on the 21st of August, 1887. The reward for the arrest and delivery is 850 each Leroy Dago, the negro boy who was arrested for taking orders for whisky for the firm of Kenny & Werner, was fined 810 and' costs and sentenced to work twenty-five days on the rock pile George Ann Hays, a negro woman, was pardoned out of the city chaingang on account of ill healthW. H. Booth lost his picket! o»k and several dollars in money. He attributes bis loss to pickpockets Twelve or fifteen drunks were booked by the police force. Thursday, October 13.—8. 9. Hicks, cashier of the Stafford National bank at Stafford Springs, Conn., is an embezzler In tho sum of $50,000. The bank closed its doors, pending investigations, which caused the greatest excitement. The shortage of the bank is over 8101,000, and Hicks lias confessed to taking s73,o)oAllegro in Ponthitoulta, La., drowned his wife because slic reflated to live with him. While in the act of drowning the woman her brother appeared upon the scene and emptied the contents of a double barreled shotgun into the body of the negro, and he went down with his wife and was also drowned One death and three new cases of yellow fever are reported from Key West, Fla A snow storm is reported from Utica, N. Y., the first of the seasonA. J. Taylor, a well known farmer of Lawdale, S. C., blew out the gas upon retiring at night, and was so near < e id tiie next morning that efforts to rescue him from death were futileA riot is In progress in Rultovitza, Bulgaria, aud many people have been killed and woun ledA negro boy met a horrible death in Columbia, 9. c., by being caught uud wound around a piece of ma chinery shafting. Both arms and legs were broken and his body horribly mangledA mixed freight and passenger train was wrecker!, destroying eight freight cars, on the Cheraw and Chester rail.'O id, near Columbia, 8. C. No lives were lost’l lie jury in the Mitchellstown case rendered a verdict of murder against Inspector Brown, SergeantsKirwan, Ryder and Brenan, anil Constables Gavan and DoranAn insane i sylutn was burned in Cleve land, Ohio, and the bodies of six insane women who had met death by asphyxia and burning weie recovered and three more were found badly injured, A large fire in Norfolk, Va., damaged to a great extent the Norfolk Tinware Manufacturing compa ny and Enterprise iron works. In the City—A small fire occurred at Vittur’s Cutlery works on Whitehall street. Damage slight. It. E. Suirp, a young man well known in At' lanta, was relieved of twenty dollars by pickpockets. The president and bls wife will be given a re ception ou the night of October 18 by the Capital City club. Friday, October 14. —One more body has been recovered from the ruins of the insane asylum which was burned in Cleveland, Ohio, making seven known to be dead Thirty-three hundred dollars of the money stolen from the Pacific Express company by John Owens was found in a barrel of ashes behind his residence Jennie Lind Goldsehtnid, the world -renowned singer, is dying in LondonA man named Dania.se Dcsomners Dltcoxson, who claims to 1.0 u priest, was publicly whipped and sen tenced to twenty-one months on the chaingang In Montreal, Cana la, for an Indecent assault upon a young lady'lhj schooner Thomas J. T.rrtl.at sailed from Glow c Ter on August lull with a crew of ftU teen men, lias been given np ns lurt .. ’Die defalcation in the accounts of the Staffer ’. Springs Conn., National bank has reached 1159, quo. ' ’ In the City—A right smart sensation wtut occa sioned by the arrest of Mr. Percy Magnus, one of the mo t j-roniin nt drug ,-i.»ts of Atlanta, charged with not ••moving on" when ot lei i to do so by one of tire members of the ptllee force. The arrest ing officer wanted the stationhouse-keeper to re quire a s2i 0 bond for .Mr. Magnus, but he refused to do bo, letting the gentleman out on bls own recog nizanceA. B. O’Hu a, one of the in< s. prominent merchants of Wood tarry, Meriwether county, died very suddenly nt the Union hotel, oppo'to the union pas.wli"er depotA ■ 0 itleman arrived in the city from Columbus, Ohio, looking for his twelve-year-old son, who left homo one yi -.r apo. He him traveled all over the union in s-nroli of his boy, and when he reached this city he was com pletely fagged out and ask'd fora bed that ho might take a muon needed ret... A thief entered the res idence of K B. Anderson, 212 Marietta street, arid stole a full suit of clothes, a but and a pair of slices. Saturday, October 15.—A rigid quarantine has been established against Tampa, Fla., on account of the yellow fever. It is still raging—several deaths having occurred, and new coses developed since last report Tho proprietor of the '‘Hornet,” the paper that lias figured in the courts several times of late, in Birmingham, is in trouble again— this time for the defamation of character. It ti re; trued to expose the actions of a Indy in that city if a halt was not called, and the lady had him arrestedGertiuilc Morris, an inmate of a house ol ill-fame, in Birmingham, committed suicide by taking an overdose of morphine Seven hundred bales of cotton were burned on the steamer Katie, a few miles below Augusta The public gin of Mr. Thomas 11. Rowe, in Dublin, Ga., was destroyed by fire, despite the efforts of the citizens to save same. The loss is 81,500, with no insurance Tho gin, saw aud grist null of T. VVaithen & Co., of Warthen, Ga,, was burned with twelve I ales of cotton and one thousand bushels of cotton seed. The loss is $-1,000, with no insurance The gin house of Mr. O. J. Masse?, of Marshallville, with ten bales of seed cotton and two thousand bushels of cotton seed was destroyed by lire, entailing a loss of Sl,Bto, with no Insurance. In the City.—Mr. John Little, a young man well known in Al la nt a, was knocked do" n. run over and killed by the Air-Line train near the O ikland cem etery crossing A negro with three quart bottles of whisky was arrested, and booked for violating the prohibition law. MARRIAGES IN GEORGIA* Tn Harlem—Mr. J. S. Crunch to Miss Sadie San ders. In Bainbridge—Captain J. S. Dcvieges to Miss Louisa Sandbon. In Washington—Mr. J. T. Wooten to Miss May Foreman. In Harlem—Mr. R. A. Connor to Miss Zena E. Cook. • In Columbus—Rev. A. R. Calhoun to Miss Fannie Paschal. DEATHS IN GEORGIA. In Brantley—Uncle John Benson. In Harmony Grove—Mrs. Jeff Hood. In Atlanta—Mr. B. Johfisou. In Edgewood—Miss Belle Holland. lit Harmony Grove—Mr. Rainey Chastain. In Atlanta—Mr. Fred Bender; Mr. Emory Brock man; Mrs. Eliza Flynn. In Woodbury—Str. A. B. O'Harra. • || 11 1 “Constitution” has I | ’ carried its readers through war and peace, round the world, and it will carry those who can’t come to the Exposition through its wonderful and interest ing scenes. Come if you can, and see for yourself. If you can’t come subscribe to the Constitution and read all about it. SETIING A DOG. Bnyers Were Suspicious—They Took the An imal’s Owner for a Liar. The Dakota Bell Man. As wo camo to a small, square house with a canvass roof, near Oelrlches, Dak., a man who was skinning a coyote by the door arose and began to whistle excitedly. A discouraged-looking yellow and-wliite dog put in a reluctant appearance', sat down and gazed off into space. “Say,” exclaimed the man with warmth, ”1 reckon you don’t want to buy a good dog?” “N-o-o,” Briar replied as ho carefully Inspected the animal, “I don,t know as wedo.” “I 'lowed not,” replied the man with a resigned air, as if it was some relief to find his worst teal's realized, “it wouldn’t be ray luck. It don’t seem as if I ever would sell th it dog.” “Had Jiim on the market some time?” “Ever since I come from Kansas a year ago. Say, do you know I’ve lied enough about that dog to build a barn?” “Is tliat so?” “You bet I have. First some men come along an' said tiiey was goin' grouse huntin' an' wanted a p’in'er. ‘Gen’l men,’ m sI, ‘there's a p'inter dog that’ll p int a grouse that’s crawled down a prairie dog hole.’ ‘His legs are too crooked,' says they,’ ‘an’ 'sides we don’t want no dog that ain’t got no tail.’" “That was bad luck.” “I’ll be snaked if it wasn't. Then n man come along lookin’ for a setter. Says I, ‘Poduor, there's a dog llint is a setter among setters. He’ll setnny bird that ever wore a bill. You can set that dog on thir teen eggs an’he'll set till ho hatches ’em out an’ then back off an’ set tiie chickens for gamel’ ‘Naw,’ says tiie man, ‘I don't like the looks of his legs, ’sides I wouldn’t have no dog with his ludr all offiii spots.’" “You were floored again?” “Exactly. Then an old feller from Kentucky comes along, an’ lie happened to mention that ho was goin’ up'n tiie hills after b’ur. •’! lien you need a good b’ar dog,’ says I; ’an’ there’s a dog that’ll grab a b’ar by the bind leg, yank it off, an'then stand up an’ whale the critter with the bloody cud of it! The Kentuekyan looks at him, an'then says he: ‘I don't like the looks of them legs, an' then I wouldn’t have no dog 'round mo that’s blind of one eye.’ ” “That was rough on you.” “Jes’ what 1 told the old woman. The next man that come along said he wanted a houn’ dog to chase jack-rabbits. ‘That is,’ says I, ‘you want that air dog of mine! He jes’ lopes right around jack rabbits, u.i'plays with ’em awhile ’fore he grabs ’em!’ ‘I never seed a dog that could run with such legs as them,’says the man, 'an' if he could run like a blue racer 1 wouldn’t have him, ’cause he’s cornin' down with hydrophoby.’" “We en t you discouraged?” “.-•oiiie; but I tackled (he next man—he had a cuvi r d wagon like you folks, an’ wanted a watch dog to leave with It. ‘I have a dog here,’ says I, ‘that I would sell if you wanted a dog bod. He’s a nat’ral watch dog, an’ you might leave him to guard a hole In a board an’go away ten years an’ when you come back thc.e s that dog braced by that hole an' gro" lin’ down In bis throat kinder I’ Tho man begun to buck off, an’ says lie: 'His legs aro ns crooked os chain llglitnin’, an’ 1 don't like the mean, ugly look in his eye—l'd be. 'lraki ho might sucak up an’ bite me while asleep I' " “Left again 1” “Jes’ so. Then a mover come along with his fam ily, an'the woman'lowed she wanted to git ud ig for Hie children to play with. ‘.Madam,’ says 1, ■this 'ere dog.’ an’ I hit him a kick with my foot, 'is tie one you want. Children jes' uat’rally cry for him, an' lie'll leave a bone to go an’ play with 'em.’ ‘No,’ says the woman, 'I don’t b’iievo I want him - his legs are so crooked lie looks sis he was goin’ to fall down ail the time, au’ I noticed he ain’t got ao teeth to speak of.’ ” “Did you ever try again?” “Once more. The sherifffrom Sweetwater county, Wyoming, come through here lookin’ for twoescap ed murderers. Soon’s I beard of it I tied a string round tho dog’s neck an’ led him down to tiie town. ‘What you want to ca‘c!i ’em,’ says I, ‘is a Mississip pi man huntin' bloollioun’, an' there you have tiie noble-t spec’mcn of his race right there in that air dog.’ ‘O, git out,' say the sheriff, ‘brlngin’ such an ornery, crooked-legged pup 'round here! Even If ho hurl good legs I wouldn't have a dog that liad both eao. ali chawed off in a fighll’ That was the last time I ever tried.” “I don’t blame you for being discounigc'l,” re plied Briar. “I said we didn’t want a dog, but we re going up here on tho Cheyenne to staita sl.eep ranch, ami If your dog is g'O Ito take cure of sin o.i wo might think about It,” “fctrangerreturned the man, “I’vebccn lyin’ ’bout this dog to every feller that come along, au’ I veJes’ owned upto it; but now I can toll tiie truth at lust—that’s what that dog to illy in a sheep dog. I v« s en a flock of sheep Chas,; that dog all day tryln’t, catch up with him an’ b; suclalJe an’ ], a ut like ! Take him at 82 ! Legs too crooked, l ey? One dollar! Won’t? hay W cents, tlien! Wouldn’t take hint as a gift, hey ? Weil, go on like the r a of them I J tell you what I’m goin’ to do ; I m - o.il’ to tell the next man Hint he b ii tunic wolf n ’ sell liim for $lO for a cur o-lty !” Choosing the Leaser HviL From ruck. Invalid (engaging a companion)—“Yonr duties will bo very light. J shall expect you Io at tend to my small correspondence, drive with me 'teeaslonally, play the piano twice a week, i n I r nd the prqx'in aloud.” Applicant—“Do you include the Huuday pajsTS?” Invalid “Why, yes.’’ Ap plicant - ’’’l tint fcttle*s It! I’ve had an offer of rnar ia; r from nMormou with four other wives and eighteen children. I think I’ll accept it. Good moral ngt” EXPOSITION NOTES. The Great Attractions to be Seen at the Coming Piedmont Fair. A CHANCE TO SEE THE WONDERFUL, It is well for every man and his wife and children to see tho world once in awhile. Men and women, and especially young folks, stag nate when they stay in one place all the time and never see anything but their own neigh borhood. Now you have the chance of yonr life to take a trip and seo a world of sights at least cost and in least time. It is to go to tho Piedmont ex position, which opens in Atlanta October 10, closing October 22. What will you see there? 1. An exposition covering eight acres of solid exhibits of every article from a candy stick to a steam engine—tho latest, wonders of science in every department. A day in those buildings is a liberal education. 2. A building devoted to cattle, GOO feet by 100; a building devoted to poultry, 200 by 200; 300 stables for horses; swine, goats, sheep, etc., in abundance. 3. The collective county exhibits of a dozen counties, showing tho resources of each county in agricultural and industrial products, ladies’ handiwork, live stock and everything raised in tho county. 4. The richest epitome of the south's riches over shown in collective exhibits from the citi ios of Birmingham, Anniston, Decatur, Tusca loosa, Gadsden, Rome and Tallapoosa. The Richmond and Danville railroad, tho Marietta and North Georgia railroad, tho East Tennes see road and the Florida Southern road. Each of those collective exhibits will cost thousands of dollars, and yon will seo tho grandest show of southern riches ever made. 5. An art gallery with 4GO pictures from the best living artists, and thirty paintings from Mr. Georgo I. Seney’s gallery, which ranks with Vanderbilt’s. Ono of these pictures cost 5540,000 (forty [thousand dollars,) and tho thir ty cost over a quarter of a million dollars. 6. President Cleveland and his wife —Presi- dent Cleveland will make a speech one Hay watch the shain battle and review the troops next day, and ho and his wife will bo ready to shake hands with you all the time. Don’t miss or lot your children miss seeing the first democratic president ever south and his beau tiful and clover wife. They will always re member having shaken hands with these great people. 7. A magnificent sham battle covering 75 acres with four batteries of artillery, ten com panies of cavalry and 5,000 infantry. The president and his wife will watch tho battle which lasts two hours, and hewill then review tho troops and hold a public reception. 8. A torchlight procession with 10,000 yonng democrats in line, tho city illuminated, and the very skies lit with the splendor of tho scene. This will bo tho sight of a life-time. 9. Tho grandest firework displays over given in America. Ono feature will boa living wall of fire 140 feet long, 40 foot high, roaring and sparkling like Neagara. These displays will last two hours. You have never dreamed of anything so gorgeous. Tho pictures of Presi dent and Mrs. Cleveland will bo shown in fire in mid air, surrounded by thousands of rock ets. 10. Tho illumination of Kennesaw moun tain. Tho whole mountain stands out like a picture hi rod light, cannon boom on its side, and 5,000 rockets aro fired by electric match from its center. Pictures of General Johnson and General Sherman will bo displayed in fire against the skies. Such a spectacle as this illuminated mountain has never been scon. 11. Bicycle races, on which man can boat horses running. Balloon ascensions in which you can go 1,000 feet up in a balloon and bo landed back safely. 12. Horse races every day, bringing horses from all sections of tho country. 13. Governor Fitzhugh Leo, of Virginia, Governor Richardson, of South Carolina; Gov ernor Bob Taylor, of Tennessee; Governor Seay, of Alabama; Governor Perry, of Flori da; Governor Gordon, of Georgia; each with his military stall of forty mounted men. 14. of Atlanta, tho best city in the south, full of sights of special and historic in terest. 15. A vast number of amusements and sights which wo cannot enumerate. Everything from tho old fashioned circus to a flying jenny. A solid two weeks of instruction and amuse ment. Now all this will give you enough sights to talk about for years—will bo au education to yourself and children and will show you more in three or four days than you could get by traveling four or five months. Now, what docs it cost ? First, tho railroad fare is lower than ever before. From no point it is more than one third the regular rate. It is one cent a mile each way, and from some pointseven less than that. It your railroad station is a hundred and fifty miles from Atlanta tho faro cannot bo more than three dollars for tho round trip, and may bo less. 2. It costs you only fifty cents to seo every thing on tho exposition grounds—twenty-five cents for children. This includes seeing tho firo-works, the balloon ascensions, the sham battle, hearing the president speak, shaking bands with him, the races, and everything on tho grounds. You can stay on the grounds all day long, if you want to, ovi n until 10 o’clock at night, when tho fire works will bo closed. It costs you only fifty cents for the day and night, and your children twenty-five cents. 3. There will bo sandwich stands and res taurants all over tho grounds. At no place can you bo charged more than fifty cents a incal, while sandwiches with milk and coffee can be had from ton to twenty-five cents. You can got breakfast, dinner and supper on the grounds, and in no cases 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 cat without any cost. There aro public buildings for public cornforts free to everybody. 4. The exposition has engaged a large num ber of rooms in the city in which five or six or seven cots aro placed. 'Die charge for a night’s bed at tlrese 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. The exposition committee has canvassed the city thoroughly and has a list of boarding houses, and private houxos, wlicro strangers can bo accommodated, with the. price at each house. These prices aro low, except at tho most expensive hotels, where they run up to Iroin three to five dollars a day for each person. 6. 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 aim of the committee to make this a cheap exposition, so that all tho people could come. They have guarded every where against extortion. They l ave got the railroads down to the lowest pointever known. A good meal for fifty cents, including nix or eight dishes, besides a d s' rt is very low,while tenor fifteen cents will buy sandwiches and coffee and milk enough for a meal. Detectives have been employed to protect visitors against any sort of swindling. There will lo a full police force on the grounds day and nights,and tho exposition will have several offices open all tho time for information and tho couifort of visitors. 10. Bal loon ascensions and races with six balluom. A lady will Jump from the Mloon when It is 5,000 lect high, and will descend with only an umbrella Biq.porUg her. The greutes weight versveu. A HIDDEN CRIME. How a Brutal .Mate Was Murdered In Mi.l< ocean. From the Sin Francisco Alta California. ‘"i'hat’s that you say I Murders ever com* mitted at sea that are never found out? Well, I should say there were.” 1 Die speaker wn a a tall, well-formed, bronzeamar* th ° clllo f officer of an American ship now Ivii’.fl at the seawall. lie has followed the sea from hits infancy, for he was bom on it, aud the forty-flv* years of his wave tCßsed life have been full of iticLf dent and adventure. ; m' v C »‘ ’ lle went 011 *° Ra . v to the reporter who wa< nis listener, “tl e e are many, many crimes com* mitted at sea which i ever conic to light, and many' is the old shell-lack whose hand is stained wltH blood. Talking of this puts mein mind of semes thing that occurred to me, ft case that furnishes aw instance in p tint. It happened aliout six years agoj that I was stranded in this port withou ft rag. I hftd been ashore about six days, ample time for art| old shell to get away with his nil, and 1 was termined to ship as soon a. passible. There was a& that time in ]>ort ns pretty a little ship as I havtf over seen. She was the very craft to charm ft sail or’s heart. Ix»ng and low of hull, with tall, raking, masts, she hid the run of ft clipper, andwasr>fi clean asja man-o’-war. “I took a fancy to tho 3'a, Foam once, nnd hearing that the enjtiin wanted nun, I went ftboard and was shipped as b<)’sun for a voyage to t’ork. I found the old man a splendid fellow, bluff and hearty, a, real jea-dog. who liked his glass of grog a; d whose nose showed bis liking. The cn 1 mate wr.s a nice yout g man, but the mate waC ft queer card. He d ne\ er look you in the face, uaS always talking to himself, and would fly into torrW' ble paroxysms of rage. Even in his sleep he conldf not krip quiet, and the stillness of tho night watch, would otlon be disturbed by his shrieks tor ‘mercy’* mid his cries of •! did not do It; it wa n t me.' ( “I at la>t enme io the conclusion that, the mail was t -rmented with remorse for some pa t crime. As the days of the voyage w« rc on 1 beer.m * moro ana more convinced that my beliefwn. corn c , ::i.d that the mate wash criminal, but the ic d truth wag to be revealed to me sooner than I expected. » "It was on Trinity Sunday, 1881, and we were in •15 south and 120 west when we were overtaken irt one of tho he..viest gjiles it. has I een my loitoen* counter. The gla.-s had been jumping about a> if it had St. \ itus dance. The old man had foreseen tiio gab’, which broke on ns from the southwest, and wo had everything snug when the first blast struck us nn 1 keeled us over till tho water poured down the companion wny. I.ucktly, we had brand new topr sails ami trysails, < r tho devil himself could no< have saved us. , “We were lying up to the wind pretty steadily when eight bells s iib’k at midnii'ht, and t'lenintd' got ready to go belotv. i’oor fellowl be never got 1 below’ by himself, but hud to be carrictl there, for n sudden lurch to leeward throw him aei< ss the ikjoo l deck, and at the same moment the spanker booi® carried away from the mast and fell mrosshlj chest. When we picked him up ho wns st useless, s> we carried him down below and brought him* around with some brandy. But he was n<iyin» man, and ho knew it. ‘Tell the old mantocomX here/ he said, and the captain was brought along* side. ‘Captain/ he said, in a hoarse whis< per, while every now and then the well* lug blood choked his utterance, *1 have n confession to make. I was afraid to make it before, and it has rendered my lite a burden to me. Three years ago, captain, 1 .ship) o l before the mssC in the Marietta brig of New Orh ans, Ixrnml wltU cotton for I.iverjMKil. 1 'orget the old man's name, bid the mate was named Roberts, and he was A brute. Hardly had tlu ship left harbor before lie commenced to ill treat the men, but a tcirilde pun ishment was to overtake him. We had been tut sit days, the weather v.at tine, and 1 had the first wheel in the afternoon watch. The stores were to be given out that afterncon, and at two bells 1 saw a mail coming aft with some kids in his hands to get tho stores. In a. quarter of an hour he returned carrying a kid of molasses. Ab bo camo out of the booby hatch the captains dog, a snarling little, cur. bit hint on the leg aud lie fell, spihing the molasses on the deck. The mate saw the accident and, going d lih cratcly up to the man, kicked him in the face, and' the poor wretch rolled over senseless. The inhu man mate wtis not punished, however. He raised the prostrate man’s head up and laid it on t he over* turned kid. Then, getiing astride the man, he raised his fool ami kicked the poor wretch beneatH the nose, tearing the nostrils clean oft kg that tin y hung over tho back of his head, lie then set the dog on the man, and the cur completed the mate* work by tearing the bloo ly nostrils ol! altogether. “‘The mate laughed. ‘Tako him iorwaid/ I could Loir him say to the men who weie gatiuTed rcund lingering their knives in a threiituiiing man ner. They lifted their wounded, senscle s comrade and took him forward as the mate went I elow. He presently returned ami proceeded to take the suu. He stood abaft tho main rigging on the port side# He raised the sextant and looked intently at the glywingsun. J saw the men consulting together, and thou o; o steppe 1 forward. He was a i,ig brawny collier. Picking up a heaver, he stole be hind the mate ami brought the iron bar down with crushing force on his head, dashing his brains out*' with tho force of the I low. Tao other men rushed aft, pickled up th? body aud dropped it overboard with the sextant. A tew buckets of water washed away all evidence of the crime, and the men re sumed work. “ 'At four bells the old m tn came on deck, looked around for the mate, but not seeing him, went be low again. In tho n o mime 1 was relieved. I went forward. ‘Did yen see anything?’ a>.ked the' collier. ‘No/1 answered. *1 am glad of it/ was the; reply, Tor there’s more heavers in the hip.’ PasM ing by the main rigging, I looked over; blood amt’ brains bespattered the chain plates. I drew a buck et of water and washed it oft'. t “ *1 hud scarcely finished w hen the skipper came on deck again, very much excited. 'Who’s seen the mate?’ he asked. Noone had. The ship wa>senrch« el, but no mate wa< found, and nt last the search was given up, the captain concluding that his chief officer hud fallen overboard, though how was ter/. “‘We arrived In ool all safe, the mate as first and the boatswain as second otlieer. The tragic story was never told, and I have lived iu hell ever since/ f “The excitement which had kept tho mate up now failed him, and he fell back on the table wltti the death rattle in his throat. Aud there, amid the shrieking of the w.ndand tl o groaning of the ves sel, the poor fellow died, ti e tittle oil lump casting tb weird light on his pule, cmivuls ve features. •» •‘There, sir/’concluded the mate, “was a crime which watt never avenged, tor Hough we laid the facts before the pr p r ofiieials on our arrival ii>j Liverjool the murderer was never discovered. Yt-ty* Mir, the sea has many my.-.tcrh S.” - . Better Than the New OrleaxiH Exposition. From the Philadelphia 'I The Atlanta or Piedmont exposition groatl/ surpaMen even Hie New Orleans cotton exposi tion held several years ago, in all practical ben-; efitu to southern industrial interests. Grand as was the New Orleans exposition, and liberal as was government aid to make it a success, Hr was isolated from the great sinews ol industry; wliicli arc now making the south a new crew tion, and its results in southern develop ment are not visible. But Atlanta is tho very heart of tho industrial and progretsive s >ntli, uirl her present expoßition eonras just when there 1» liojx-fui odvaneeiuent in <■ < y southern rial", nil wl entheir new lint'j-trles luivel een sulli.'ently <!••>. loped to fumlali most linpre-slve. le o i 'i> a I pay of southern wealth. B -i'les, the |'-"pie < J Atlanta aro themselves th# embodlirrnt ol ailistantlal southern progrese They base inii'le their ta a itllul city Hie (lineage of the south, and such a citv In Hie heart of tiie empire n..te ol tl.e souili, with Its H energies put Into us e . :tlon, will do ir.ore f"i the w hole je ople of the south in n single fori"tali’, than theorists or grumb ler could do in a d Sumner's Sayings. A. B. Johnson In tiie Cosmopolitan. Homo of Sumner’s sayings used to bo quoted as K'.'.-l things. Ii ’ini' ree lUtruc’Jon times a sennter spoke of G'V nor Walker, of Virginie, ag aj pillar of Hie state. “ Tu:, n catei | ill":growled Runner. Ina lone si. i cieutly loud to bo heard tn the iriimudlato vfe chilly. Win n Senator !>'-u-l m, He little giant, was tnak- In : his i eculhir duetrn'O l.'-lilonii! c. during tho del i.'.'on tlio Kansas Ncuruaka tail in Hie lil'tles, Bum ■ one, asked: "Aft'.r all. who win tho first lepnittcr soverelgnf'J “.sauia," replied in inner. "Milton says: “ '—-him there they found Rque.t like n toad close nt the ear of Evo Eesnylng by his devlwh arts to reach Tho organs of her fancy-——-” ’• It was Sumner who sai l that what tho republican party wanted was, liist, b ickbone; ic ond, boefo bone, and third, backbone, aud it was lie who gave a new word to politic, when he ebaraeterized a cer tain report mode by Geneiui Grant to Preeideuli JokUKiu as “wbltowalis." 7