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FARMS AND FARMERS. Short Talks With the Men Who Guide the Plow. QUESTIONS ON FARM TOPICS Waste From the Barnyard. Under the most careful arrangement and management some manorial matter is unavoid »bly carried off by rains from the barnyard. Though animals be kept in stalls there is al ways some waste about the lot, some drop pings, some wasteage incleaningout the stalls, Some scattered provender is generally present, In short, a barnyard is never a very clean place, and here want of cleanliness means ma nure. Where animals are confined in open lots the loss of manure matter is obviously much greater, and still the problem how to Have it becomes very important. If the lot is •loping the manure-laden water runs down hill, finding its way into some galley or hollow and thence into streams, and it is lost. But is there a necessity; cannot the water be checked and made to de posit its treasures on its way? The most obvious arrangement to bring this to pass, is to have a grass or grain patch immedi ately below the lot and have the water flow over it. This arrangement is often seen, but is generally defective in two important points: the water is allowed to choose its own path, and is usually concentrated on a very limited portion of the patch; the other, no contriv ances are present to check the velocity of the water and allow the soil to get its valuable contents. The first may be obviated by build ing a low dam at bottom of lot, the top of the dam to be level so the water will not run over at one place, but along its whole length in a thin continuous sheet, or else openings made . in the dam, and the water discharged firstat one point and then another. By such contri vances every portion of the patch would get tome of the fertilizing water. But one point would still remain unguarded; there is nothing to check the ve locity of the water and it might run over the land so rapidly as to leave little of its minurial elments behind. This may be met by terrac ing the lot. In such case it would be well to complete the terracing at once, using a hillside plow, run often enough to bring the surface of each strip to a level. This done, the water from above would tarry long upon the land. A goodly portion would be absorbed and all •olid matter would be deposited. Comparative ly little would escape if the slope had any length. We commend this plan to the reader. It is simple and inexpensive. It will supply a large amount of forage or of grazing at the most convenient point. It will not detract anything from the compost heap, for all which would thus be saved, is now practically lost. It is a leakage only that we propose to stop; nothing more. But suppose the barnyard is so located that ajgrass or grain patch cannot be had below it. In that event the drainings from the yard can be conveyed in a ditch to some point at a dis tance and dipsosed of in the same manner on a lot located there. The water from a ditch, discharged a little distance above a horizontal dam will spread out and flow over the latter in a broad continuous sheet down to lot below. In this case a second ditch, just above that from the yard, must be provided, to prevent rain water other than that from the yard get ting into the yard ditch, and the grass lot likewise must be protected from water flowing down the slope above it. A little planning will meet the requirements of each individual case. Rich grazing or soilng lot are of inesti mable value on the farm, especially in the early spring, when animals crave green food. The above is a cheap, simple plan providing then. so# But one is not limited to such lots as de scribed above. It is well to have those kinds, and those who do not would do well to plan and arrange for them at once. In their ab sence, however, select a nice, clean, rich piece of land, at most convenient place on the farm, and sow it down at once in rye. Don’t say it is too late. You can make up for that by ma nuring, just as you can push up a pig by high feeding, and make him weigh 200 pounds when ten months old, so you can cause a rye patch to spring forward towards the close of winter, by feeding it well. Give it 300 pounds of cotton seed meal to the acre; 100 pounds each of a. phosphate and kainit; these will supply its wants steadily and continually dur ing its whole period of growth. In addition, give it 100 pounds, either of filtrate of soda, or sulphate of ammonia, for its immediate use. These will act more promptly; will make the rye grow off quickly even m pretty cold weather. They arc very soluble substances and plants can get them and use them just as Boon as they are placed in a damp soil. Sow two bushels of seed to the acre—the plants won't have time to stool much—so provide a plenty of plants at once. Towards the end of February, if your rye is not growing fast enough to suit you, give it a top dressing of 75 pounds of nitrate of soda to the acre. Den t graze, but cut and feed to stock- Cut as toon as stems begin to form—before it gets into “boot”. ’Stock will eat it better if cut young, •nd a better second growth will spring up, than if cut when older. No forage plant de teriorates more rapidly when it gets old than rye does. W. L. J. One of the professors of a New York university remarks upon the distaste of American youth for fa mlng as follows: We cannot make our students fake an inteaest in ftrming. The machine shop, as you see, flourishes: It is a scene of al -<r■ ng interest every day. All Other shops and laboratories attract attention more Or !■ as and every kin i of study pursued here has Its votarie s But when it comes to tilling the farm it is all up-hill work. The American youth of this age will not hoe corn if he can help it. A good Jnany of our students have been brought up on farm’s. They have lira d corn and driven cows from their sev. nth yea''. They I: ve done all that kind of work they ever i ean iodo unless compelled by inexorable necessity. And the American youth is quite right in wishing to escape diudgery. In these days of improved machinery there is no excuse for tiie degrading drudgery which i o.v exists on too many farms. Boys like to work with raachiiurv, and certainly the farm affords plenty of o] p rtunities for me chanical skill. 1 n fact, the time is coming, if it has not already arrived, when, in order to be a success ful farmer, a man mutt be a fair machinist. When the willing forces of nature stan’tNj ady and willing to do man's bidding, why should any one be a drudge? A farm well supplied with good imple ments and machinery is not the one the boys run away f.otn. It is the one where the eight hour sys . tem is practiced—eight before dinner and eight after—where the ground is stirred Ly poor plows, and the work that is not done by hand S half done by makeshifts. What sort of an inccn tativc is such a life to a l.oy with ambitious im pulses and a healthy, earnest desire to make the most of himself ? There is no reason why a farmer Should make a horse of himself, nor take the place of a m '.chine that has no brains to worry. The above from an exchange is very pointed •nd suggestive. W. O. H„ Harlem, Ga., Will someone please give • remedy to prevent a home from eating dirt. Dirt eating conies usually from disordered •tomach, or from deficiency of some substance In food—most generally the first. Animals confined in s'lablts and fed on same food most, if not all the time, become dyspeptic. Change of diet is tho indication. If fed on corn, change to oats and vice versa. Give some green fotxl if possible—if none available, give sweet pota toes, or turnips, or other roots in moderate quantity. Giv c a feed of wheatbran occasion ally. Keep salt, ashes, and powdered charcoal always within reach. If these things do not effect a cure, give a tonic of copperas and gen tian root each two drachms twice a week. /. R , Kirkland. K carntia County, Ala Eo- Jtesed please fin i two kinds of grass, Fler.se let me THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 15, 1887, know if they are of any value, and if they will do w ell here. W here can I get some buckwheat seed? I live 100 miles south of Montgomery. Neither of the grasses sent have any value and are not worth cultivating. Would recom mend for your locality tall meadow oat and t chroedenfesquo grass. The last is sometimes called “rescue” grass and is grow n rather ex tensively in Louisiana and some parts cf Tex as, lou can get tho seed from any largo dealer in agricultural seeds. You may find address of some in advertising columns of pa pers published in the larger cities. You might get the same parties to procure buck wheat seed for you. They are grown only in the mountainous regions of the south, and sel dom find their way to southern markets. It is too late to plant them now. Buckwheat is a summer plant. T. p. R. t Ceonee, Ga.: Please tell me the proper tune to take up rutabaga turnips; also how to keep them through the winter. Some of my neighbors say they are easily hurt by cold; others say they will stand, without injury, a hard freeze. Rutabagas will stand light Jfrosts, but not hard freezes; will ba injured whenever tho temperature falls much below 32 degrees. As a rule they may be safely left out till towards the last of November, but not later in middle Georgia. They keep better if stored away after settled cool weather. It is desirable, therefore, to defer the work as late as possible. NV hilst waiting, it is well to dirt up tho roots by throwing a furrow against them from each side with a turn plow, taking care not to cover the tops. This may be done about the 10th of November. The roots of rutabagas stand up out of the ground more than those of most varieties, and suffer in consequence. The va rieties that pass through the winter safely, like the seven top, form their tubers entirely under ground. Early in December it is best as a rule to take turnips up. Cut off the tops, leaving about an inch of the stems attached, and put them in banks like sweet potatoes; cover lightly, only enough to keep from freezing. If wrapped up too warm the bud begins to grow, and the quality of the root is injured. R, R. S., Tohopeka, Ala.: I wish to put up one ton of acid phosphate with cotton seed, lot and stable manure, and add potash to it. My land is old gray land and river bottoms, sandy. Ist. Would the potash check a tendency to rust? 2d. Would you use the “muriate of potash” or the “German kainit?’, 3.1. Give the amounts of each to be used to the ton; also prices, so I cun take my choice. 4th. Give directions when and how to prepare earn for application to compost. 1. A good deal of testimony has been pub lished, showing that potash, especially in form of kainit, tends to ward off rust in cotton. It cannot be said, however, to be infallible. Still, if planting land liable to rust, we should not hesitate to try it. Its good effects are much increased by the presence of a full supply of humus in the soil. Old land is very apt to be deficient in this substance, and unless you supply yours liberally with it, you cannot con fidently rely on any remedy. You are wise in making compost for such land. 2. Would use the kainit, rather than the muriate, because the former not only supplies potash, but also common salt and salts of mag nesia. The potash in kainit is in the form of sulphate, which is better adapted to cotton than tho muriate. 3. The muriate contains about four times as much potash as the kainit, and the price is also about four times as great. Kainit brings about sls per ton, tho muriate about S6O. Cannot give exact quotations. To a ton of acid phosphate it is customary to add a half ton of kainit; 250 pounds of the muriate would be an equivalent. 4. The length of time a compost heap should stand before it is applied to the land varies with nature of land. In clay soils decomposi tion goes on more slowly than in sandy, be cause the air does not penetrate the former so readily on account of its close texture. Clay soils, therefore, call for a well rotted compost, and three months is not too long for it to stand after being put up. Sandy lands permit de composition to proceed more rapidly, and composts for them need not stand longer than six weeks. Would advise the use of all the lot manure yon can spare. Proceed as follows: Mix lot and stable manure and cotton seed together as intimately as possible —lot manure any quantity available, stable manurn 30 bushels, cotton seed 30 bushels, tr at this rate. Spread these amounts out and scat ter over them two hundred pounds of acid phos phate. Dissolve one hundred pounds of kainit In water enough to wet tho seed and manure thoroughly and sprinkle it over them. Then put another layer of manure, seed and phos phate as above and sprinkle again with kainit dissolve# as before, and continue till all the materials are used up. Put the compost in pen, and pack it well as it is being pfit up. Cover when finished with rich dirt to a depth of six inches. If the mass is four feethigh, a shelter is not indispensable; if two feet or un der in thickness, it is. When ready to haul out cut compost down clear through from top to bottom so as to mix all layers together. L. P I-., reeksville, Henry County, Ga.: Wo de sire a cheap machine for crushing cotton seed and hard hum. sos stable manure. Where can it be bought and at what cost? Do not think you will find a machine which will do both the things you mention. Cotton seed are crushed by passing them between iron rollers running very near together; stable ma nure by passing it between revolving cylinders some distance apart with spikes projecting from each. We believe there is a cotton seed crusher manufactured somewhere in Alabama; do not remember where. C. K. C., Washington, Ga.; How will acid phosph ite do on oltT thin gray land for wheat and oats; how much should be applied per acre! A part of land was planted in corn and part in cotton this year. The corn land has a crop of crab grass on it By itself, acid phosphate would not produce very marked results on old poor land. Such lands are very deficient in nitrogen, hence nitrogenous manures, like cotton seed, suit them admirably. Then cotton seed contain phosphoric acid and potash, about two per cent of cat h, and these doubtless contribute to good results. If acid phosphate is applied in fall when grain is sown,or in February when spring oats are sown, and a mixture of nitrade of soda and salt, seventy-five pounds each per acre, sown in spring, say about first cf April, good results would probably follow. But if acid phosphate alone is to be applied, would not risk a large quantity—probably it would pay to use seventy-five pounds per acre. E. R. Benton, Ala: Please give formula of feed to Obtain greatest results from milch <:ow«. Yon do not mention kinds of fond available. Taking these which can be easily bad every where, the following is suggestive. Three and one-halt pounds each of wheat bran and coin meal, two pounds of cotton seed meal and 20 pounds of corii forage or its equivalent in hay. This is for an average-sized cow. If yon have ensilage, yon might f '.bstitule thirty pounds of that for the ten pounds of the dry forage. For sake of variety you might also at times substi tute three pounds of p a meal in place of three and one-half pounds of wheat bran. We are told, however, by makers of gilt-edged butter, that while peas are good food for milk, they do not make the best quality of butter. C. C. T , Fair Forest, 8. C.: Please giveus the process of tur n’ bnmsand breakfast bacon, and oblige several of your readers hero an 1 <-l«ewhere. Choice hams arc produced only from select ed hogs. Large, coarse breeds, like Poland- China, Jersey red and Chester white will not make good hauw; neither will tlie Essex, for, though a comparatively small breed, it lays on too much fat. A rather active hog, like the Berkshire, which develops xmtrcle, is prefer able. Again, the feed has much (ptluonce on the relative quantity of lean and fat meat. This has been shown quite decidedly of late in some experiments made at the Wisconsin experiment station. Corn, which is so uni versally fed to hogs, produces too much fat. Oats, peas, ground peas, clover, skimmed milk and buttermilk are much more favorable to the production of good lean meat.} There is no objection to a short finishing off with corn just before killing. It probably imparts a good flavor to meat when thus fed, but it should be fed rather sparingly previous to that. The nicest hams are from young hogs, pig hams are famous. To cure properly in our southern climate, should be Jkilled as early winter in as tho weather will permit. The last week in November is an excellent time, if the weahter is not exceptionally warm. If the hogs are killed in early morning, as they should be, let them hang and drip till towards evening, then cut up and put each joint to itself in a cold airy place, put on slatsso the air can reach it all round, sprinkle a very little saltpeter finely powered, mixed with salt, over the flesh side. These will penetrate rapidly whilst the meat is till warm, and will draw out much of tho blood by morning. By that time also tho animal heat will begone by evening, and tho meat will be ready to be put in pickle. This should be made as follows: To one gallon of water add one and a half pounds of salt, half pound sugar, quarter ounce of saltpetre; at same rates for larger quantities. Bring to a light boil and skim off all scum that rises. After this let it cool thoroughly and pour on meat, taking care that the meat is en tirely covered by it. Keep in pickle five or six weeks (the larger tho meat the longer the time), then tako out, hang up and smoke with hickory wood. 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I think you will have other orders from our town. R. R. Slaughter, Tohopeka, Ala.: I subscribed for The Constitution last April and sent 822 along for a High-Arm machine. It came in due time, and here let mo thank you for your enterprise and phi lanthropic endeavors to place before the public such a splendid machine at such a low price. Go on with your good work till every poor man’s wife has one. My wife, as Bill Arp says, has been “calm and serene” ever since It came. She has been offered swaps, but she says no every time. (tenn FAD I ON JANUARY first ip<JUU I UiV ip 1 ! some subscriber who paid 81.00 for The Constitution will get SWO in gold as a present. Who? Can’t guess. Every name sent Inbetween now and Januery Ist will le putin a box, mixed, and first name taken out gets 5500. It may be your’s. The next name gets 82( 0, and so on till 81,0(10 in gold is given away. For your 81 vou get the lest and biggest paper In America, and you may get SoOO In gold, or ?2(X>. or a small present. Tie Rev. Mr. Thwlng In Atlantic. * . Irishmen’s Strange Power ot Attraction. From the London Spectator. Tho strange power of attraction which for six centuries has enabled Irishmen to make all who come among them, whether conquerors of ftlends, more Irish than themselves, is again at work find rapidly disorganizing and degrading English opin ion. It would be unquestionably wiser for the gov ernment to introduce a land purchase bill, if Ouly it be complete, and give it Immediate effect, than to wait for the calmer condition of the public inind, which, until the land tenure is revolutionized, will in Ireland never come on the subject of land pur chase. In another column of thisissue will bo found an entirely new and novel specimen of attrac tive advertising. It is one of tho neatest ever placed in our paper and we think our readers will be well repaid for examining the sur posbd display letters in the advertisement of Prickly Ash Bitters. MARRIED Ilf GEORGIA. In Lexington—Mr. Joseph J. Smith to Miss M. Wortie Lester. In Atlanta—Mr. J. P. Hoffer to Miss Carrie South ard; Mr. J. Miller to Miss Mary Kate Havis; Mr. Rodwiek W. I.anibuth to Miss Alice E. Craig; Mr. George F. Stiles to Miss Annie J. Cox. In Barnesville—Mr. Walter B. Smith to Miss Willie Hunt; Dr. R. D. Cotter to Miss Maybelle Powell. In Cross Roads Mr. John Danielly to Miss Crowder Flynt. In Jacks >n—Judge W. A. Prout to Mrs. Senmans. In Chipley—Prof. S, Phillips to Miss Annie Jenk ins. In Marshallville—Rev. N. A. Bailey to Miss Mary Ware. In Macon—Mr. John Solomon to Miss Gussie Peyser. In Albany—Rev. J. D. Chapman to Miss Janie Weston. In Atlanta—Mr. Thomas J. Bettie to Miss Annie Lou Goodwyn. Di Conyers—Mr. James Sterling to Miss Rosa Fuller. In Griffin—Mr. E. P. Johnson to Miss Rosa Powell. In Kingston—Mr. B. H. Beasley to Miss Georgia Trout. In Newnan—Mr. Rufus Bradley to Miss Willie Andrews. In Sandersville—Mr. Charles A. Duloo to Miss Belle Wood. In Quitman-Mr. W. B. Flournoy to Miss Sue E. Burton. In Washington—Mr. Edward Irvine to Miss Bailie Robert. In Cartersville—Mr. A. B. Small to Miss Addie Davis. Tn Reynolds—Mr. Joseph Matthews to Miss Hattie H. Lockett. In Atlanta—Mr. Bun Wylie to Miss Marlon* Amminctte Sibley. DEATHS, IN GEORGIA. Tn Atlanta—Mrs. Emily Owens; Mrs. Thomas McDowell. In Americus—Thomas Harrold. In Atl-.-ns—Mrs. Henry McAlpin. In Marietta—Miss Marie Eugenia Hamilton. In r’olumbus— William A. Davis. In Terrell county—Mrs. Harriet Parrott. In Albany—Albert Fields. In Thomson—J. F. Sutton. In Macon—Mrs. J. N. Dougherty. In Hau kiutv.lle—Mrs. J. J. Kincben. In Talbot coufity—Captain W. F. Moor. In Albany—" Aunt” Arie Thomas, colored, aged 102 years. In A..unto—Master Fa-ley Smith. In Barnesville—Mr. Olin lllalot k. In Jones County—Mr. S. M. Hodge. It: Stoekl rl'l-C—"Uncle" Davy Jones. In Temple- Mr. Joseph Webster. Tn Hickory I lut—Mr. Charles Hinton. In Koine—Mr. N. C. hi. loners. 11 Murk tta—Mrs. B. L. Thornton. In Atlanta—Little Myrtle Belle Collier, Mr. John Dodd, Mis. Yetta Kutz. The Richest Man in the World would be poor without health. The dying millionaire consumptive would exchange all be la wort'»for a new lease of life. He could hare had it for a song had he used Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery” before the disease had reached its last stages. This wonderful preparation Is a positive cure fcr consumption If taken in time For all diseases of the throat and lungs it is uuequaied. All druggists. DURING THE WEEK. The Week’s Synopsis of General and Local News CONDENSED FOR OUR WEEKLY FRIENDS Tuesday, November B.— A fire in Temple, Tex., destroyed seven business bouses, causing a loss of $30,000... A large lire at Watertown, N. Y., de stroyed property to the amount of SIOO,OOOA sta tionary boiler exploded near Knoxville, Ga., instantly killing Mr. Forrest Matthews and two negro men Mr. G. W. Disou, a guard at the Augusta and Chattanooga railroad camp, had his left arm blown from his shoulder by the accidental discharge of his gun Fire was discovered in the office of the Chattanooga Commercial, and burned that paper's entire outfit, necessitating the purchase of new material entirely before it can be issued The body of a man named Robert Cook was found in the Ocmulgco river, at Macon. No clew as to the cause of his death could be found, ami the coroner's jury rendered a verdict that de ceased came to his death from causes unknown to that body Mr. Hugh Taylor, of Augusta, was thrown from a buggy attached to a runaway horse and was so severely injured that it is thought he cannot recover. lx the City—The prohibition detectives booked four cases against four winerooms tor violating the proldbition law Three white men were arrested and given cells in the city prison for assaulting a negro man on Newton street. The negro was quite seriously cut in the back and side. Wednesday, November 9. There is trouble between the whites and blacks in S »ddy, Tenn., grow ing out of the trouble between a white man and a negro, in which tlie former sutfered at the hands of the latter. Both sales are arming, and the whites say they will have the negro or kill every negro in TennesseeA tunnel caved in on the Western North Carolina railroad near Swannanoa, blocking travel for several daysA man in Chattanooga was shot and probably fatally injured by the acci dental discharge of a gun in the hands of Will Wylie The Texas and Pacific railroad was sold in Marshall, Tex., for $10,000,000, the purchaser being General I. J. Wistar, who represented the purchasing committee There were three deaths and four new cases of yellow fever at Tampa yesterday Augusta has determined to have an exposition next fall that promises to eclipse the gnat Piedmont exposition recently hold in Atlanta. An enthus iastic meeting was held looking to an organization, and $30,000 was subscribed in a few minutes to the big enterprise Albany, Ga., has received thirty thousand bales of cotton up to date, a large increase over any previous year. In the City--Yesterday the governor rendered his decision in the convict lease cases. Peniten tiaries Nos. 2 and 3 were fined $2,500 each, and given until February to pay the same. Governor Gordon gave ihe evidence In the cases the closest scrutiny, and there is no doubt that tlie verdict is justified by the facts. Thursday, November 10.— Hutchins & Hunt, whoiesale milliners, of Cincinnati, with liabilities of SB,OOO, have failedTwo freight trains collided on the Western and Atlantic road near Dalton, causing considerable damage to cars and blocking the road for several hoursA man named M. G. Pearson was ?h>t and instantly killed by J. T. Beagly, near Nashville, Ga., the cause growing out of an old family feud President Cleveland issued a proclamation ratifying tlie treaty between the United States and the Sandwich Islands and setting forth its termsA dastardly attempt was made to wreck a passenger train near Hammond, 1 nd., by opening a switch on the Midland Central side track. Away freight dashed into the cars on tlie side track, overturning tlie engine and wrecking fifteen or twenty cars, causing a loss of fifteen thousand dollars. Had tlie crowded passenger train been ou time the loss of life would have been appalling. In the City—A fine Jersey cow was stolen from the lot of Mr. Ballew, 155 Courtland avenue Bessie Andrews, a six teen-year-old negro girl, shot and seriously injured herself while carelessly hand* ling a pistol at her home on Buckle street A tlanta, and Selma, Ala., are to be connected by an air-lino road in the near future. Tho question is now being agitated, and the citizens of both cities are taking a lively Interest in the matter Yello wstone Kit, a patent medicine man, gave a concert for the benefit of tlie Confederate Veterans’ associa tion, and netted $550 for that organization. Friday, November 11.— Five new crros and two deaths are reported from Tampa, from yellow ftVeF....Thogrand jury, of the middle Alabama Federal court, failed to find a single Indictment.... It is announced that Mr. Lamar will be nominated to the supremo judgeship, and that Mr. Vilas will succeed him...-Two trains came together <»n tlie Southwestern railro; d near Macon, instantly killing a drummer named William Clay, and fatally injur ing Thomas Tompkins and Frank Albion. Tho cause of tho accident was misapprehensu n on the part of the engineers on the two trains.s..Mr. Thaddeus Lane, an inmate of the lunatic asylum, suicided by cutting his throat ft-om ear to ear.... i >r. R. T Wethington, of Thomasville, while out on lake Waukcenan fishing, was attacked by vertigo, and fell from ids boat and was drowned before ho could be rescued. IN the City.—Henry Robinson, an old negro well-digger, was blown from t ie bottom of a forty foot well, while fixing to make a blast. The fuse ignited before be could get out of tho well, and he was blown clear out and landed fifty feet away. Upon examination, it was found that his arm was blown off, and a part of his face also. Ho was taken to his h >mc in an unconscious condition, and the physician pronounced his case as hopeless. Saturday, November 12.—A negro desperado, near Kingston, Ga., met the sixteen yearold son of Judge John C. Branson, who was hone back, in a lonely spot in the road, and demanded ids nibii ’y and horse or his life. Instead of a":c.iing to the negro's demands, Mr. Bru»;;„;ii w hipped out a jxicket knife and aUnost severed the hand that held the bridle reins. Putting spurs to his horse, the young man was soon out of reach of tho villian who, no doubt, would have taken his life, but for his true grit....A large cotton warehouse was burned in Memphis. The loss on the cotton is estimated at $210,000....Mr. Ed Walters, conductor on the Belt railroad in Birmingham, met a horrible death by fall n< off the front of an engine. The engine and one car parsed over him, mashing him out of all human share- • • Dave Perkins,colored, wasinstant ly killed by Section Boss Ed Trylor, mar Chapel Center, Ala. Perkins attacked Taylor with a shovel, and received the contentsof lx>tb barrels of'l’aylor's gun, which resulted in ids death as stated.... One hundred hands are thrown out of work In Pavan nah, owing to the shutting down for repairs of tho Artwrlght cotton factory. The repairing will con sume two months; t!m<*, and the hands will exper ience much suffering. In the City.—A. W. Hightower, of Stockbridge, Ga., shot twice at a negro hotel porter, on lx>yd street. Both men were arrested... A negro, named Barney Morris, fell from one of the columns of II e artesian well, and received injutics of quitoa serious nature. • * TIIJE SOUTH AS IT IS. We print this week correspondence from Alabama, g.ving the status of things In that state. This is writt<n i»y Mr, Phlnby, *>f The CoNSTm tion staff, and i the first of a series of letters that vi'l cover every southern State. Members of our start will lx» sent into every state to talk with the governor, tho agricultural commissioner, and othcri as to the so cial, political and industrial condition of the people. These letters will covci de.-.< riptions of tho famous horse breeding farms of Kentucky and Tennessee; the oyster and terrapin farms of Mobile; the com farms of Arkansas; the sugar plantations of I/juisiana; the sheep and cattle ranches of Texas; the gnat cotton plantations of the Mississippi valley; and the unique and special groves of Florida. We shall print about three of the letters each week, and they will give such accurate and pictures of lifj in the have never fjeforo been printed. will be taken from official sources or from iv*tual observation. Four < o.s -incTiON men will lx; < u on the work, and the result will be of greatest inten st to readers north or south. No such lettcis as these were ever printed on the south. A woman who Is weak, nervous and sleep less, and who has cold hands and feet, cannot feel and act like a well Carter’s Iron .Pills equalize tho circulation, remove nervou.** ncu.s and give strength and rest. n 1 lir /hnn BY buying a roNSTiTr vAli I V'JL tion .Sewing Machide. High \ U ■ I arm (with W<ekly) |22 «X'. I) fl I | I ) ill! i.ow arm (with Weekly) |IH. t We guarantee them superior to any machine HjJd lor sls and t 55. Buy one, try it ten days rnd If nos as guaranteed \ou can return it. Have sold thousands under tbb guaiuntce never bad one returned* MERIT WILL TELL; The Names and Addresses of a Few of Those Who| Have Purchased THE CONSTITUTION’SJREBHUM SEWING MACHINES' We Can’t Bogin to Publish All of Them In One Issue, for Wo Have EnouSty Names to Fill Two Pages of the Paper, But Will Print Two Columns a Week Until Enough Have Been Printed to Satisfy Any Ono Who Bas Doubt as to the Value of These Machines. • * James I. ColbertFt Mason, Fla W M McClawhvLuFayette. Ga S W BostonCartersville, Ga F M HesterMcDonough, Ga John W AndeasonHot House, Ga Wm Dunn Hamilton, Ga .1 F Kindred. Jefferson. Texas 8 8 Wootcd. JrWards Station, Ga J W Barnettßaytown, Ga Mrs Susan B JohnsonMcVille, Ga Wm S ChcyneyMt Olive, N U H A PeddycordWinston, N C LH Boykinßrooks Station, Ga Litton a Bro Gainesville. Ga J 1) Erwinßome, Ga W P DyerPalrieGrove, Ark W H Parker,Bartow, Fla J M GoolsbyAvinger, Tex Wesley Brady Oglethorpe, Ga G M BradleyAnniston, Ala J I’ Fair<; emville, S C Thomas A E Evansßirmingham, A’a J B FielderLoachapoka, Ala J T WhittenForsyth, Ga A 8 RayNorwood. Ga M E PickleMacon,Jia f. P Kaniverßuffalo, Ala Walker KellamSpencer Depot, Va Edward 11 Carr Lexington, Miss S 1) Greer Columbus, Ga Mrs Sarah C Wcekcs'i’albolton, Ga William DonaldKollgeo, Ala B F HallowLaGrange, Ga J F ( aruthersKenersville, N C Miss Lizzie Davisßlakely, Ga (' W SlrmonsDamascus, Ga Robert B Smallwood Liverpool, Fla P N DorseyLaurinburg, N C Wm HartDi Grange, Ga Jolui W Anderson Cleveland, Tenn J W Walters Montezuma, Ga J 1) Morganßutledge, Ga J J HalfnillMt Auburn, Ky Joint H stokesl umpkln, Ga Asa F AllenPearmanville, Ala T L VarnerPowder Snrings, Ga Goo M FeaginMacon, Ga Mrs Mary A Johnson Atlanta, Ga W II MearsNcvoly Pond, Ga T E SharmanWest Point, Ga J II Littleßronwood, Ga G WareMarshallville, Ga T J Waller Washington, Ga J W HarnerGftrdi, Ga Mrs B W Grantlxmgview, Ga E W McClendonEufaula, Ga U M Leitnerßirgelia, Ga Mrs Dr Scottßrunswick, Ga M L DuskinColumbus, Ga Georges Dawn Orlando - tat ion, Fla Rol>eit W SimsKanfoni, Ga Milton MitchamSocial Circle, Ga Wilson Green. Dalton, Ga H B Stewakt, M DFairview. SC Mrs Dora BostwickLocust Grove, Ga W L BakerClarksville, Ga John T A< amslefferHon, Ga M C Shcffi'-ldMcGinnis, ’ -a M L B SturkeyMcCormick, S C B c VinsonOpelika, Ala A C LyonsSugrr Valley, Ga P A Cox Plum Biancit. HU Thus E TaylorLakeland, Fla J L SlatonWest Point, Ga J 'l' WilsonStaklvton, Ga 8 M ( luipinan JrJohnston Mallon, <>a LS HendricksEasleys Station, Ga 'I'A WilsonNellwood, Ga Thos A BaileyDarien, Ga H A DupreeAustell, Ga John 'l' Wood Macon, < a W W StokesCuthbert, Ga R S Snug bWest Point, Ga W H Rend.. Conyers, Ga J P TrammellColumbus, Ga John A MiddlebrooksLaGn.nge, Ga H c ArringtonAmericus, Ga J W Reevesßarnesville, Ga W S HesterCutht ert, Ga 8 II Stevensßuena Vista, Ga J N Dorrisßoswell, Ga C il YearwoodJeflerson, Ga Oliver T Jennings Eula, < .a A 1) Kemp.. Marietta, Ga James A AycockMonroe, Ga T E SchellTurin, Ga Mary J StanleyGravilhi, Ala A J PersonsGrantville, Ga Rev R F WilliamsonEllav.lle, Ga L S WorshamMacon, Ga c R McKnightSenoia. Ga J M FilllngameCuthbert, Ga J R Paul kiesßounian, Ga J P HumphriesMilledgeville, Ga Mrs L J DupreeTeeums li, Ala J 8 Pearce West Point, Ga Mm tin Roberts Warrior Station, Ala M M BowdenColumbus, Ga W M ilughe j Choccolocco, Ala G H Smith Haw River, N C J) A Porter Silver Creek, da C J B Porterßuena Vista, Ga W T Meltonßrantley, Ga 3'hos M C BivinsColumbus, Ga \V J, MizeElb< rton, Ga J W WoffordSpartanburg, 8C F. A BrinklyWarrenton, Ga Mrs R N LamarMilledgeville, Ga W E McCurdyAthens, Ga Lydia if WoggLa<irange, Ga J u Johnson Cochran, Ga A A Mori Bin Sun Hill, Ga Dr J H CatesMcßae, Ga B R SmithGrantville, G»x J TGunnMeridian, Miss W B Winnßowman, Ga R HatchettHuntsville, Ala J E RDovtiHartwell, Ga lTj N CochronMaxeys, Ga I.lllsGrantville, Ga G B (liiytonWest McLenan county, T< x A E FutrialGriffin, Ga E BOxfordGriffin, Ga W M Tappan & Son Union Point, Ga Davis E SmithGaiiu sville, Ga Joseph DuneanChipley, Ga G E H« mdonHartwell, Ga J <; Rolxjrtsonl oaehiqioka, Ala C J Wortenßoxana, Ala John W < aqx ntcrMunmurlyn, Ga fl I. Saxon O bmdo, Fla W J Smith Liberty, 8 C 11. Forest Smithfield, N C Tho y A AycockMonroe, Ga J B El wardsJ.oveioy, <ln T J Ja<’kHO»i Nuro (<t i, T» x B E Turner <Leecher-, Ga p x BillDonalds Derxit, SC W D Mooref'bintiTMvflle, Ala B !•' Northßrooks Station. Ga G I) Lauding Perkins Junction, Ga W H Byronßuckhead, Ga J B MitchellHurtsboro, Ala J N SitnpkonSummitville, Tenn J A PinkerLocus' Grove, Ga Mr- Emily C TurnerEastaboga, Ala John J Hendrickßowman, Gu E J McDanielConyers, Ga (i it simervdleßockmart, Gi A F Talbert Bainbridge, <.a j a P BaxleyChildersburg, Ala J W MitchamStinson, Gn E A Powder Springs, Ga Mrs C W Smith Macon, Ga SOliill. Coleman Htalicn, Ga F M Redmond Georgetown, Ga J P Marshall Winona. Mi-8 R L Sm t Ell lay. Ga Mrs M J RusselPlainville, WH StoneGrantville, Ga Mrs James MoirKerm rsviße, N C Miss Emmie MecuneKernersville. N C Dr JAB Sikes Bainbridge, Ga J A fa ster Rogers, Ga RJ PorhamElberton, Gti B B WillettElon ncc, Ga Lenora Jones... Newton, Ala L C Wilburn Jackson, Ga Wm Woods Washington, Ga W If Pitchfordi.alunia, Ga M D TuckerWinterville, Ga James Brightßaconton, Ga !, 1 Per Meridian, Miss Patrick Mansfield. Washington, Ga I M WatsouMarietta, Ga W WrightTailspooea, <ia l.eniue) J Bolx) Bpartftnbing.se G G <Minima* kJackHou, Ala Miss E V < rowlcyAntioch, (in Joel H D'llk/se Ells-rton, (ia J J Gora inUuthiXTt, Ga J i Hampton Athens, Ga J E Pu.minWest Bowersville, < *a Mattie Hairston....... “ A J V. o<xlGriffin, Ga B V HollandJ.v.niUjr < By, Ga O L Welch MclJonongh, Ga G J HollingsworthConyers, Ga K bE I Writ ds .Cow|H.iiA, S C Miss M McAlister <le Au/list u-> A Dean.... ....Audi ison, n J EKpearnian Piedmont, HC Dr H C (Josby Concord, N C J T CliftonLeuksviile, N C John Joyce .Ali/ert Allen 2Covington, Ga James MayoJormsboro, Ga Mary A Tilley.Eufaula. Ala J F Bank-Burnet, Texas James F WatsonWaxahachie, Texas < B Dohf«Roswell, Ga Ne.vnnn Matin*wn ...Kokmj. Tuxum C Jlßiunuett- kikq/Lt'iil, Ark John K ShumateWashington, G®( Mrs Carrie F Hawes •• . Mrs O F Meeks.Bowman, Gal J H Steele Flippen, G— l W N LnneefinlTuseahx sa, Ala,i Miss J E WhiteCuthbert, GU. (’ K B HermanThomasville, GM J 8 W ardAthens, Gal Miss Alice L WalkerLuthersville, Ga 11 G Lamar Wards Station, Gas W F J .ary Troy, Al 3 Dr J M CarrikerMilner, Gik W I, Smithl.umbes city, Gw It 51 Kingßagland, Ala W It GraveustclnSavannah, Ga E.l HardenCuth! ert, Ga Dr R A Reid Anderson, 8 C’i W G Foote .....Etna Furnace, Ga: John W strozierlnd an Springs, Gu B 11 Kinn< brew.Dunielsville, Ga W I’Walton ..Warrior, Ala I. E Lon rvCarrollton. Ga, N M StallordWillacooder, Gai EO North Hampton. Ga ’J. 1 ?'" 1 Cartersvdle, Ga) W H Bolton Cartersville, Gat I. It Flseherßartlesville, Gai J C Shannonßullards. Gar A Stanfield Talking Rock. Ga: W S Powers Atlanta, Gal W F Gilliam Stephens, Gal W E Alle.nClarksville, Gal .1 H KeithLaGrange, Ga! Miss Rosa MurckCartersville. Ga 1 .1 A Chambersl nion, S Mrs 11 E Newton .....LaGrange, Ga .1 R HudginsMilner. Gw Mrs N Holbrookßoyston, Ga E S Etheridgeleflerson, Ga R D Johnsonlettcrson, Ga D N llrownß mea, Ga J M YorkEufaula, Ala J L ChambersGuntersville, Ahi I' L HoltMaeon, Ga .1 M CampbellMoflltsville, SC J E < 'ampbelli awrencev tile, Ga Nt: Osborn —— Tex C M Beall Eufaula. Ala. A W Barnes Gainesville, Ga W it Reidßidgeland, S <J W E Shackelford West Point, Ga T II Neal Savannah, Ga. R E L SittonTurncrevllle, Ga .1 W sutnlieldr....Franklin, N O B F RobertsonHonea Path, 8 (f( Dr J A B Sykesßainbridge, Ga Mrs W H Long Point Peter, Gai G T G,AlawayClarksville, GM K W lti<o Bowman, Gft; T It White. High Falls, Gin T Hall Wesley, Arfc B A MazoOeon’eo, Go: W H Pyenßuckner, Gai A II MartinMaxeys, Ga; J W McWhorterHarimmy Grove, GM M I. StroudMarshall, Tex> EO Davis Covington, Ga; Thos-R Moore Enlleld, N e A B.MinerEgypt, Gai W D MosslnorPlatka, Texi .1 TRutlanditi, c R R? Theo Wilmer Pope's Ferry, taw Mias Carrie HullMilledgeville, Ga .1 L YeatnanSwanton, <>‘ M W Dobbins Atlanta, Goj Miss R A BillupsOxford, Fla. Stephen Smith ..t.aHliej, 8 (I C W Muller Cleveland, Tenii W <> Danielßullards, Ga| Thos Imniasßarnesville, Ga .1 W A CauseyLouisville, Ga O I’ Glaze Washington, Gai J II I'ateLaurel Hill, N fl .1 C Webb Latirfiuge, Gw J T ConeyTuouibsboro, ‘igi J D E liuon IsonLaGrange, GM O T BradleyLaGrange, G* Peter HarrisMaeou, tbs A I, BarronCartersville, Grf M A Davis Dalton, GM W T Meador.. Harmony Grove, G.v Miss ( nrrio E HarrisHawkinsville, GM M D Burger Washington, Ga J M DorseyTayloravi ! ■, Gr» Mitra M WhaleyThomasville, Gal, John T MatinCrawfordville, ga J CO.oinleyNo I, c Rlii Dr L J Simpson Montgomery, Ala James It Neal Roswell, GM James T HookNo hi, < Rrt, A B Duncan Harmony Grove, Ga; H T ItoiierColumbus. < .» Mrs A 1’ .MarshallHazelhurst, Miss M J MeWatlerCorsicana. Tnxl J A Gunn McDonough, (<M .1 M 8 GreeneThomaston, Gai Joel GodardMilledgeville, Gw 8 F Aden Palmetto, Gru J L CohlCanton, 8 M FullerClarksville. G* C CurleyClarksville, GM .1 8 HunthClarksville, Gaj J F Fieldsßesaca, G« C A .1 Head Gainesville, GM James CrowleyDarien, Ga N 11 ConleyLaGrange, Gq L an<l P MultoxElberton, GM Louisa Robertson Dawson, <<ri J T SmithW< ts Point, Gat .1 M Herring Clarksiille, t.w -Miller anti liussey Augusta. Gif it II Tlroio;s>n Flowcry llnntch, G'M J A I’.nss Carrollton, Ga GW ScagirrLouisville, Ga John G Thornton Hartwell, Ga G F Ponder. Rutledge, <ta 8 1. Taylor Talking Rock. Ga Mrs Sarah A GaineyDaingerfield, Tex W B INo |. c |;r, gM ,1 A Stell Forrestville, N (J A B Smith Gainesville, Ci/J S I, Knox ■.Ualnchvillc, Ga Mrs Mary PierceCuthbert, Ga, 8 w SullivanThomaston, Cu H A Shouse... Mtalbtou, f M DM Dickson Rutledge. Ga John Warner Pueblo, Colj M 8 Collie Dalton, Gtv John F HightowerTalking l.'mk, Ga Nathan JonesElberton, Ga, B 1 Morgan Chattanooga, Tontt j C CrozierCuthbert, t.w Jasfa r Poindexter .. .Ellijay, Gai C c WheelerTliornnavllle. Ga Iverson MiddlebrooksForsyth, g* W H Vaughnlxicust Grove, Ga .la'<>!' llo|iklns Tunnel Hill, Ga 8 11 WilliamsElberton, Ga G D Hous-Eufaula, Ala M T MniiSlleldWashington, < a c W CGrimosLumpkin, Ga J it C BoggsLexington, Ga W M Coiubs J-ocuslGii.ie. i,n J II McGeo hisj i r. Fla SlSuitli West Point,Ga F G MillerTilton, t.a .1 W HunterGoshen Hill, B<J Dr W II Boyd East Rome, G» A 8 Willingham Washington, Ga Hiram W hitworthLawrenceville, Gs E M CinnjClarksville, G» A BlalockClarksville, Ga J 1. ArciidellConyers, t a .1 E Bentleylrwinton, t a H W McTyroClimax, "a J II P.ugundieSrnford. I la C n BainesCollinsville, Ala Thos Pe inli'gionLouisville, Ga It T Hajis.Waverly, Ala J B W .11'rCaaon, M .rris county, lex li II Hanner Troup Factory, Ga J D HarrisonHawkinsvi le. La R A Persons Geneva (dl. .1 B Carpenter Anderson, 8 if II C LynchJonesville, 8 U J C Spears Columbus. Gat R W P.audallDexter. W l, Mol>h y ' hlpley.Cat J M SiuitnCalhoun, Ga, 11 C LaingMclntosh, Gai Arthur RamsourCentral, 8 Job L GrovesFairburn. Ga A 8 ReddingHoiitb Lake Weir, Fie,. Miss A M MerrimanGray a 1 andlnv, Gul l>r .1 W IteVaiighuu Bullalo, Alta W W StokesCiitliliert.ua Mackey <fc Robinson Talladega, Ala K W Smith..... Tunnel 11111, Ga J W DtslsonLane Wil), Fla, J W Howell Oxford. N (Z W T Smithßlue Springs Station, linn Mary t; Ringgold UGrangi, Gai J Ben Hilliard CrgwfurdvlUe, Geo A W If C LloydFairmount, Gb Wm T Moore Longview, G* Mrs George Colw ■ R Oolata, fib Jasti HaskinUswkinsv lie. G 4, II M Hargrove...Marshallville, Ga! W M Rogers Johnston Station, GM 8 <1 JordanSt n tersvlUo, Ga G E DurhamThomaston, Ca Hawkins A Taylor Arnericua. Gb Goo B Gamble Clifton, A T t Mrs F L Jenkins Gainesville, <A. A c Muri ay*.Butler, Ga, J W ColeyWelsh Station, Gi; Mrs Florence N LewellyuKetdsvlUa, N txt Henry Howe Wilford, g « Alien Willacoochee, (Mi G I Read Honey Grove, Tsid CLGUtty Jtol’. w 7