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Newspaper Page Text4 FARMS AND FARMERS. SHORT TALKS WITH THE MEN WHO O UIDE THE PLOW. Many Questions About the Farm Answered by the Agricultural Editor of The Weekly Constitution. Please look ahead and send In Inquiries early—ordinarily an answer may not be ex pected under three weeks. Never request an answer by mail; the editor has no time to spare for writing private letters. Never ask where an article can be had or the price. Editors have no better sources of information about these than other peo ple. The editor has nothing for sale and is not interested in anything advertised in the paper. Questions of any character concerning the farm will be cheerfully answered by the editor of this department. Inquirers will please make their questions clear and to the point. The editor of this department will give all questions close research and will give the readers of The Constitution the benefit of any Information that can be ob tained on all questions propounded. Address communications for this depart ment to THE CONSTITUTION, Farm and Farmers’ Dept.) Atlanta. Ga. , Feeding; Ilogs. During the summer season, when there is B K tally an abundance of the various kinds Os succulent foods, the growing pigs should be pushed for all there is in them, especially those that are intended for next winter's killing. Indeed, as a rule, there should be none on hand at this time that are to be carried through next winter and spring and on until another winter. There is no fact more definitely set tled than that it does not pay to carry a pig through one winter and the succeeding summer for the next following winter. And there are two good and suffi cient reasons for this, viz: 1. The extra feed required to carry a pig through the winter makes the resulting pork too costly; and as it does not pay so well to product? porkers weighing over ISO pounds, dressed, as it does to kill them at a younger age and less Size. The best and most progressive breed ers either confine their breeding to vs to one litter of pigs per annum, to be farrowed early in spring, or the pigs of the later lit ters that come along in sum ner and fall are fattened and sold as roasters, or for fresh eating. It is certainly true that a farmer should control the time of farrow ing just as carefully as he does the breeding ©f mares. Os all the foods that are abundant at this Be iron we have found none superior to col lards, Indian corn stalks, ears and all, and sorghum. Indian corn and surghum furnish tae fattening projierties of food, as well as a fair proportion of the flesh formers. Col lards, we consider one of the cheapest and best foods for growing pigs that can be provided. The corn and sorghum should be cut down and thrown into small inclosures, a few panels of rail fence, into which* the bogs are turned. It would be better to chop the stalks into short lengths if convenient. Collards are fed by priming—t Kat is, pluck ing off the lower leaves of the plants, just as they commence to fade. But even with abundance of such food it is well to give a small ration of some bone and muscle producing food. For this purpose nothing is equal to wheat bran, but oats and peas are also excellent. There is another green and succulent food with which very few farmers are familiar—lucerne. This is even better than red clover —so highly valued at the north ami west, and is available the great er part of the year. There is no advantage in cooking food for pigs that is sufficient to i istffy the expense and labor, except, pos sibly, in case of food that has been dam- i, •• i in some way. Cooking such material with sound and more palatable foods will f. - ■ -a farmer to get rid of the former. We are satisfied, however, that tiie small labor involved in merely wotting tie* dry food fed t<> hogs will be justified by . ( i fattening results. Wet corn, meal dough is better than the dry meal or the unground grain. The main point to lie observed from now to killing time is to k ep th. legs growing rapidly, and in order to do this they must have plenty of good, f »od. A i ound of food given now will be worth two pounds fed next Decem ber. _ _ FARM AND QUESTION BOX. Various Subjects on Which the Farmers Ask Information. i . O S. Berlin, Ala.—l enclose in sepa rate i.a kaee by today’s mail a jdant for * lt 1 lt u >,. W s wry fast and luxuriantly 1- J.rf ti and orchard, conies up every th< ground gets warm i is killed by the frost. It suckers out ■oid grows ’Tom the stubble after being 1, ..v. d. Cattle and horses are exceedingly f,m<’ of it. It grows to be about waist 1 uh in fifteen or twenty days it tne A' ath'-r is favorable. I think it is alfalfa, fh'ise answer by mail. Find stamp * Trie plant is Boerhaavla erecta, a weed that grows in Florida and South Alabama and Georgia. It is not recognized as hav ing any agricultural value and does not r. tnible lucerne in any respect. . J. N. C., Americas. Ga.—ls there a field p. a that runs but does not climb? I want It to plant in cotton for the purpose of a f.utilizer. Wlin do you think of planting ti limning p;-a in cotton? Will it be in the w y. and when is the proper time? How Should it be planted? We know of no such pea. The climbing or twining habit is a characteristic of the I hos) Ev< n the whip-poor- v 1. or sp. -kled pea. will run and climb w 1,, n planted early on rich soil. On the oth. r hand the unknown pea will not run if planted late, say in .July, on ordinary land. We doubt if any variety planted as late as the usual laying-b; time of cotton would n ke much vine, but according to our ob servation of tiie hab ' s of the different va ri> ties, we would rather prefer the speckled j. i tor planting in • ot'lon, and would drop tie in. or sow continuously, in a shovel fur row, laid in the middle, about July lath. On the whole, however. we would rather think that it would lie more practicable to BOW the co:ton field In rye about August loth to September 15th. C D. S.. El'ijay, Ga.—l. What kind of gr i.md is best suited to grapes? •_>. What kind of grapes are best adapted t . particular part of the country? What would be an average yield in vine to the vine in gallons if well cutli- X :.d and wiiat price per gallon? 1 Where can 1 get a book on grape culture? 1. A gray, gravelly soil underlaid by red c’ i.v and well drained is best for grapes. In other words, such a soli as you wouid Be ect for a peach orchard. 2. In your section it is hardly worth your v, idle to attempt to grow table grapes for n arket. A few may be grown for family t lie use and home market, of Concord, I lelaware, Niagara, and such other vari eties as are known to do well. For wine plant Norton’s alone. 3 With vines 12x10 feet you should allow only two or three bunches to grow on each vine the second year. The third year you may < xpect a yield of five pounds per vine, and tiie fourth year not less than ten pounds per vine. 4. Write to Charles Mitzky, Rochester, N- Y., for his book, “Our Native Grape.” Get also a copy of Husniann's “American I “Best Liver Pill Made.” PnrftivelV -fire BILIOUSNESS and SICK HEADAI HE, , Xi* tail ii * i rititM fr<»m the blood. Price 25cts. live SI.‘JO I d p'ti liuHiars free. I. S. JOiINbON A Co.. Boston. Mass. 1 Cgres :r:-yp, Cells. Sere Threat, Crimps. Paias. atop* Inflammation in body or limb, like magic. 9, IreS C.HHrhs. Asthma. Catarrh, Colic. Cholera Morbus. Rheu pi.ific i’ains. Neuralgia, Lame Brvk, Stiff fchi.*trate<i Book free. Price. 35 cents- fix >2.00. Sold W«dl druggists. I. S, JOHNSON & CO.. Boston, Grape Growing and Wine-Making,” for the chapter on wine-making. Published by Or ange Judd Company, New York city. (See also reply to B. H., Omaha, Ala.) W. T. G., Orchard Hill, Ga.—Will you be kind enough to inform me how it would do to sow bermuda grass seed with oats in the fall, and how many to the acre? We have no experience of sowing bermuda grass seed in the fall, but are of the opin ion that the young grass would be killed by the first sharp freeze, if it should come up before spring, Bermuda grass is only a half hardy plant, and as a rule the young seed ling plant of this class will not survive even a moderate freeze. There is away, however, to get a stand of bermuda grass in an oat field, as follows: Immediately after sowing the oats lay off the field in rows three feet apart with a scooter plow. The effect of this wilt be to throw out of the fur rows most of the oat seed. Det it stand un til next March and then prig in a joint or two of the bermuda stems every step along in the furrows. We have seen this plan very successfully tried in Thomas county. Possibly you might get a stand by sowing four to six pounds of bermuda seed per acre in the oat field in March or April, but we would not risk many pounds of seed In that way. The young grass is very delicate and would not be apt to live among the oats, especially if it should be very dry in April and May, as it was last spring. J. H. G., Ruston, La.—l. I have a pasture that is infested with bitter weed, and 1 want to get rid of it, and at the same time set the pasture in bermuda grass and Japan clover. The clover Is well set now, but T fear I will lose all of it in killing the bitter weed. Could I sow oats In the fall and then follow with 'the grass ami clover? 2. \\ hieh is the cheaper, bermuda sets or the seed? You will greatly oblige by giving the quickest and most effectual way to kill this bitter weed and get a good, permanent pasture. Most of the land Is hilly. Can you give a better combination for a summer pasture? 1. Bitter weed, of Hellenium tennifollum, is an annual, and may be destroyed by sim ply preventing it from maturing seed. This may be done by plowing up the land in April or May, after all the seed have germ inated, or still better by cultivating in corn or cotton one year. If a permanent pas ture, and you do not wish to plow it up, then go over the field at least once a week during the summer and pull up, or mow off the weeds so long as the blooms appear, which will be until late in the fall, unless every weed be pulled up. The seed that ripen and will be scattered next month will not come up until next spring. Unceasing vigilance in destroying every plant in the pasture and lands ad joining is necessary to get rid of this vile pest. If you had plowed up the lad in April you would have destroyed the bitter weed, but you would have lost the Japan clover also. If you sow in oats in the faU, In the meantime the land will become filled with the weed seeds. 2. If the sets are convenient and abun dant we would prefer relying upon them. Bermuda grass alone is as good a summer grass as could be desired. Add to it red clover ami burr clover and these will fur nish a winter pasture. Sow four to six bushels of burr clover burrs in July per acre, and eight pounds of red clover in Sep tember. Run a cut-a-way harrow over the bermuda sod, or plow closely with small scooters, sow the burrs and harrow smooth ly. Sow the red clover seed at the same time. w M D., Jackson, Ga.—l send you a few'queries for The Constitution, and information will be cheerfully received. 1 Will it improve land and will it pay to sow poor spots in rye, and not cut it, let it get ripe and fall down on the the most of rny land terraced, and would like to know how to manage them to prevent briars, bushes, weeds and grass from growing on them and dam aging the crops on either Side. The weeds on mine have been considerably in the wav sowing grain this year, that is, weeds that grew last year. How to break stubble and plow in again on land that is ter raced. 3 How to manage a poor nve-acre red clay hillside that lias been in clover three years. The poorer spots had a bivj stand at first, and last summer and fall seme of the clover on all of the patches died. This year it is thin and weeds and broom-sedge’ seem to be taking possession, and is not being cut, but old clover is gone to seed. This clover was sown with two ob jects in view, making feed, and reclaiming the land. It is doing both and 1 wish to reset it and keep it in clover as long as practical. 1. Yes, especially if you will fertilize the rye with cotton seed meal. But cow peas will improve the land more rapidly. 2. Clean off the terrace banks nicely in September, harrow the surface smooth and sow on them a mixture of orchard grzss, fall meadow grass and blue grass. Keep the briars and other weeds mowed down. Also mow the grass as often as it gits a foot or so in height. Another way is to sow the terrace banks in sorghum and cut for cattle when mature; or if rich soil, sow in lucerne in September or Dec< inber. To break stubble or terrace land, you should have a hillside or reversible plow so as to throw’ all the furrows down the hill, commencing on the lower edge ot the terrace level and finishing at the up per side. 3. Flow up the clover sod in September, harrow smooth and sow again in clover, i ting about 200 pounds of good fertilizer per acre. Mark the spots that are bare of clo ver and reseed them. When the clover n atures abundant seed it will not be nec essary to reseed. B. 11., Omaha, Ala. —I contemplate plant ing about four or five acres in grapes, and write you with the hope that you will help me in the way of advice. 1. The land 1 want to plant is an old field (now’ in broom straw) with a north east slope, and it is very poor. What shall I fertilize with for best results? 2. How to prepare land and plant, and what time to plant? 3. Will prunings from other vineyards do to plant my land with? 4. What is dried blood and bone dust worth per hundred pounds? 5. How far must I plant my vines apart? 6. What is the price of wine and grape brandy per gallon? Any information you will give me on the planting and the cul ture of grapes will lie appreciated. About how much would a vineyard pay per acre with good attention? And how long after planting before it would begin to take on fruit ? 1. By all means, the broomsedge land should be cultivated this year. Even now’ you may turn it over and sow’ in cow’ peas, as a preparation. 2. In the fall, or about the first of Novem ber, turn over and subsoil thoroughly, keeping on a level, and harrow’ until in fine condition. February is the time to plant. Use about 500 pounds of bone flour per acre scattered along in the row’ and in two or three adjacent furrows, and 100 pounds of muriate of potash and 200 pounds of cotton seed meal. 3. Yes, cuttings from other vineyards are just what every grape grower must use. Rut it would be better, probably, for you to buy one-year-old rooted vines of the kind you want. 4. Dried blood, about $-10 per ton; ground bone, about $35 per ton. 5. Twelve by ten feet is a good distance where land is cheap. 6. Don’t know. W e advise young and inexperienced be ginners in grape culture to visit the vine yards of successful vine growers and learn something by actual observation of the practical methods. Evidently C. D. S., El lijay, Ga., and B. H., are novices in the business, and have everything to learn. The information necessary can be com municated in a letter. Get the books recommended in reply to C. D. S., and then visit Griffin, Ga., and see the vine yards and w’ine cellars there. T- c -, w -» Summerville, S. C.—l. Please tell me how to prepare and put up for fam ily use tomatoes and okra together and sep arately, canned peas and peaches? Also if the vegetables can be put up as well in glass jars as in cans? 3. 1 would like to receve a packet of Lathyrus Sylvestres when you have it to spare. 2. Would it be detrimental to lambs to shear them in August? 1. The following is the method of canning tomatoes: Pour boiling water over the to matoes and remove the skin. Crush each THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA, MONDAY. JULY 23.1894. stat MURRAY VEHICLES and HARNESS Time Tried and Tested and Endorsed the world over as the Best and Cheapest on Earth. Mingle Buggy Harness. • • 5.95 Double Buggy Harnen, . 15.70 Mingle Farm Harness, • • 17.07 Double Farm Harness, • 58.94 Top Buggies, ..... 55.95 Bond Carts. .... 14.90 Bond Wagons. .... 81.75 Mprlug Wagons. .... 43.50 Fiu*m Wagons (2 horse) • . 39.50 Fine ICO page Catalogue, free. ■ Hl—r!f ’-n; -Co.. Cincinnati, O. Mention The Constitution. tomato in the hand and get as much of the juice out as possible. Put on to boil without adding water, and let come to a boil several times. Skin and pour into cans and seal while hot. Be certain that the tops are well scalded before putting them on. Glass is not good material for tomato cans unless wrapped in paper, or kept con stantly in a dark place, as the light tends to bleach them. Okra may be prepared in substantially the same way, cutting In small pieces and cooking until tender. If desired to mix in the same can, prepare the tomatoes by scalding and peeling, then add. the sliced okra; cook all together. To can peaches: To one pound of peaches allow half pound of sugar and two fable spoonfuls of water. Put into the kettle al ternate layers of fruit and sugar and cook until hot through and through. Then put into hot glass jars and seal tightly at once. A very good way (which we prefer) is to put the fruit and sugar at once into the jars and then set the jars in a large boiler of water and cook the fruit in the jars, being careful to till each jar full as the surface sinks down, and seal w hue hot with a hot cover or cap. 2. We prefer not to shear lambs in Au gust, unless gcod, warm quarters be pro vided for them during the winter, in which they should be kept at night and during bad W 3 at We r 'have no Lathyrus Sylvestres seed ~ c m Waycross, Ga., —Please answet through The Constitution the following Q l € 'l U hSve some grape vines that are•mak wffien "first put and than Concord. A large ami iignii > 11 ... never mature— the siflt t ’cccaslonTd , by hnmense e th ger description? What is its comparative V 2 h VwhVHme e and 'to what extent should grapes lie summer-pruned. 3 Also young apple, peach and cherij or two years front the nursery. Tn wlnt extent should they be cut back, Tnd at what time? 1 mean during the s'/ 1 Can th“ pecan be successfully grafted v.roN the hickory nut and what season xt-mild it be done? 5 Can you tell me how to make a suc cess with pie plants and currants. 1 We cannot name the grape from so meager description. Tiie Black Eagle is a variety that is inclined to produce a num ter of small berries intermixed with ber ries of normal size; and there are other vines of the same habit—which seem to increase with the age of the vine. It Is st.) posed to be due to defective fertiliza tion (pollenation.) 2. Summer pruning is but little practiced in large vineyards of late years. \\ e doubt its utility. 3. Cut back young fruit trees to one-half the previous year’s growth just before the buds swell in the spring, for two years. Then confine the pruning to shortening in the more vigorous branches, so as to pre serve the trees in good shape, and occa sionally removing branches of considerable size when too crowded. 4. An expert grafter can graft pecan on hickory. It should be done in February or March, while the scion is dormant and the sap has started in the stock. 5. We cannot. IS YOI H TIME UP? I.ook nt the illite on your paiier. If your NubHeription ruiiN out soon, why not renew at once so iin to get one of the ha nilsonie Souvenir Spoons we lire Hiving to every one who isentlN in ii year’s su liscri pt ion (whether new subscriber or renewnl) tills niontii. —— ♦- - Sei’ll Crop Irish Potatoes. My’ attention was caught by your article in The Constitution of July 9th on late crops of Irish potatoes. Now, 1 am an Irish po tato man, and, I think, rightfully’ so, for my grandfather on the maternal side was a native born Irishman. I have been plant ing late crops of Irish potatoes for many consecutive years, and have met with no difficulties in raising an abundant second crop. Your difficulty in securing a stand is due perhaps to your method of saving or selecting your seed —for by your method it is likely that you plant many immature tubers. My’ method of obtaining seed for the second crop is just the opposite ot yours. Every potato taken from the patch before the vines die down is eaten and which we get by the process known as grabbling. When the vines are all dead, or nearly so, 1 rake off the mulching and dig them with a pronged hoe or piow them up with a com mon scooter plow, not allowing the sun to shine on them for a moment, but carry them to a dry, airy room, rather dark than otherwise, and spread them thinly’ on tiie floor, where L leave them two or three weeks to cure. When the time comes to plant my second crop, which should not be deferred later than the 15th of August in this locality, I select for seed the largest and smoothest tubers, which I cut up with two or more eyes to the piece and plant on the same plat of ground year after year, having prepared it before each planting by broadcasting with a light coating of tot ted trash front the woodpile and lot ma nure, plowing it under wf.ile my seed are curing. 1 plant the second crop precisely like the first. I never cultivate Irish pota toes with either hoe or plow after planting. In planting I run the first turrow with turn shove] lengthwise through the middle of the plat; drop the pieces, skin side up, them with the return furrow and dropping fifteen or eighteen inches apart, covering in it and so on, dropping in every furrow until the bed is completed. When they come up the plat has the appearance of having been sown broadcast. If the ground is well filled with moisture mulch the plat immedi ately to the depth of four or five inches witli oak leaves and pine straw. If very dry’ I wait for a rain and then mulch before the moisture evaporates. By this method I seldom ever fail to get a perfect stand and good crop of potatoes. I dig them after the first frost in the fall and treat them precisely as I did the first crop, keeping and eye on weather conditions and when ever there are indications of a heavy’ fall in temperature, I put them at once in barrels--empty’ nail kegs and old flour bar rels are excellent—filling the barrels nearly full and cramming old newspapers on the top and sometimes around the barrels and place them where they will be secure from freezing. Irish potatoes will stand a much lower temperature without being injured than sweet potatoes. By this method of planting I have often made at the rate of from three to six hun dred bushels per acre. I generally use one bushel of tubers to plant one-thirtieth of an acre. I never buy seed potatoes except to get a new variety. I haven’t harvested my first crop at this writing, but will in a few’ days. Thousands of dollars are sent out of Geor gia annually for seed Irish potatoes alone, which, with a little care and labor at the right time, might be kept at home. J. B. BATE. On the above we desire to say, (1) that we have tried the plan several times with poor success, not mulching, however, which is impracticable in most localities; (2.) 30 bushels of seed per acre is admission that the usual quantity ten or twelve bushels, will give only one-third of a stand. This year we are planting last year’s potatoes and they are now coming up. July 16th.— Editor. It’s Brown’s Iron Bitters you need I SARGE PLUNKETT. A TRIP TOPIKE COUNTY AKE A t( .EAY O VEIU t IK A TEANTA. Seeing Them Make a Great Taper—Men May Come and Men Slay Go, but the Great World Moves on Without a Jostle. For The Constitution. If a fellow wants to be impressed with his littleness he should visit his old haunts and observe how tiie world is moving along without his presence or assistance. Brown and 1 took a trip last week, and visited places where we thought ourselves great factors only a few years ago. A “lay-over” in Atlanta for a night give us opportunity to visit the great morning newspaper office we figured once upon a time in such important roles that it took the starchiness out of our conceit when we found how nicely the paper had run along while we pulled a bell cord over a mule in tiie peaceful seclusion of a Georgia plantation. Os course, we have visited The Consti tution building many times since our im portance made its departure from thence, but we had not made a tour of the de partments, and especially had we Kept away from departments where we once figured as shining lights. Things are mov ing right along just like we had never left, and the truth is that we were not thought of by the busy throngs who work in the places where once we worked, A new generation who know us not is at woik in this old department of ours and passed us by just as they will be passed in times to come. Just a few familiar faces linger there and these made us glad with a welcome as generous as it was sin cere. To make and send out to the world such a paper as The Constitution every day of a year is a great tiling in more ways than one. Brown and I talked of the mouths that would lie fed and the hearts made happy and tiie knowledge dispensed by the work we watched in progress. Out side the good that all understand a news paper to do for a town, I venture that such a paper gives more substantial bene fits to its city than any other one industry— It benefits a greater number of people. It should never be out of place for men who stand as Brown and myself to speak well of this great paper and of its pro pi ietors and attaches. It is men like us who know the paper’s benefits and we know its proprietors, and when one of these pro prietors are standing before the people for ofTce, as I understand Mr. Howell is now standing, men like us can speak of him as he cannot speak of himself and of his good points -which the modesty of his cwn paper will not allow a mention. As ids employes for years we know him as a gcod man and true, and it gives us pleasure to say so, and were it not for the appear ance of sycophancy we could tell of many things that are only known by the men who have worked for him for years and have felt his kindly acts in tiie days of dis tress. There is no need to tell any one who knows Evan F. Howell of his generous nature, and he would scorn a sycophant, but we think it nice that employes ot such men can truly speak well of them in times like these. ******* * * After catching a train it did not take long to get down to the little oily of Griffin and out into Pike county on the new railroad. Railroads change (he appearance of a country more than I ever thought. People who have moved off to the west would think the country out the old plank road into Pike very odd if they were to Ccme back now. We knew every foot ot' ground to Flint river once, but we never knew where we were this time when the train stopped at Driver’s old place, where we were to take the wagon road for Hol land’s and thence to Flint river. We trav eled a road where we once knew everybody, but now we know nobody. The day has been when we would have known trie dogs, the hogs, the cows, much less the children, of all the people who lived from Driver’s to the river—this time we knew nothing. At Holland’s we halted under the trees and talked to some children. We found that they were the offspring of timid young toys and blushing’ girls we knew in the days that are past. They were the chil dren of the children we knew at old Flat rcck church thirty years ago. and when we counted three and five and seven and eight children who are daughters and sons of the youngsters we once knew, Erc-wn could not but exclaim, “Who would have thought it?” The world has moved right along and there is nothing stranger in all the changes than this change of tiie fathers and moth ers. Flat Rock and Red Oak and old Hebron churches used to be great places for the young folks to congregate and sing, and court and be sociable generally, and it only seems yesterday since 1 was among them and watched them and loved them, and it would have caused a great stir among them had they been told that it w< uld be their “fortunes” to numlur many children as their own in the by and by. So it is, Brown and 1 were strangers among tb.e offspring of our old play mates, and as we stood under the trees and watched them I felt with force in sympathy with old Rip Van Winkle when he exclaims: "Is there not one here who remembers poor Rip—Rip Van Winkle?” How glad I would have been to have seen the portly form of old Dick Holland star ding in the door of the little country store. But Dick is in Texas—“gone to Texas” is a ennmon answer to receive when you ask for old friends. Many have gone to Texas, but old Pike moves along with the procession and just as many little children play under the trees at the old schoolhouses and drink from the same co d springs, never giving a thought to we nM folks who played there before them. If you ever come back from Texas you may see dim names on the bark of sycamores which will call up sweet memories, but a young generation will be frisking about you and will think strange that such reminders could be counted sweet by any one. At Berks's mill we looked for the white-dusted miller, but he was not there —the old one that we knew was gone. The mill rocks were turning just as they used to turn and boys were fishing at the very holes where we used to fish, but not a one knew us. Bij ZDozx’t T’ass tluljs By! IS? t A Solid Gold Filled Hunting' Case Elgin f F ri C£ J S.tne Watch and a Set of Silverware, >\ «• want, your trial order for 100 of our full sized 4‘u r inch HAVANA PERFECTOS STRAIGHT TEN CENT CIGA RS. FREE a 14k. SoUi3 filled E\lklii style CliintiiiK* case Watela, and a hand- Fomely lined cade containing G knives and <i forks, hand-engraved, guaranteed by Steriintr Silver Plate Co. We will send tiie V at< li. Silverware and Cigars in one package, to any part of the Uniled States, < .0.1). Kciuember we don't Mend a elieap open face watcßi. We positively aftirni that we send a hunting case, elegantly engraved, full jeveh d. gold tilled Wat<*h with a2O >ear Uiiaraintee, us handsome as any solid or gold lilh’d watch on the market. \\ hen you sen it you will say that we are correct in making this statement. We are strictly in the Cigar business and are tie* largest Cigar Dealers in America. This offer is made solely togain more trade and holds good for 60 days only. You have nothing to risk and all to gain. Cut this out. return it to us with your full name ami address ami we w’ill immediately express you the Cigars, Watch and Silverware for examination. After examining every tiling, if satisfactory, pay the agent 5M.75 for all : otherwisedon't pay. Instead of the Silverware you can • have a Five Shooter 32 or 3s calibre double action Mmitii df Wenton, < Cartridge Kevolvcr. HIVI.USIIIi: CIGAR CO., Dep’t, 73. 1 73 and 1 75 Greenwich St., N. Y. CR» Mention The Constitution. ItQSltfgiO for Infants and Children. “ Castorla is so well adapted to children that Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, i recommend it as sui>erior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, known to me. 1 H. A. Archer, M. D., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes dfc Hl Jo. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N, Y. gestion, Without injurious medication. “The use of‘Cantoria is so universal and “For several years I have recommended its merits so well known that it seems a work your * Castoria,’ and shall always continue to es supererogation to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial intelligent families who do not keep Castoria results.” within easy reach.” Erwin F> p ARDEEi M . D-t Carlos JFartyn, D. D„ . .. „ . L , l—'lh Street and ,th Ave., hew Aork City, hew Aork City. J The Centat-r Company, 77 Murray Street, New York City. We could hear of an old-timer once and awhile, but such cut but little figure in passing events and they seemed to be only waiting to be numbered with the things that were. In every tree and roOk, at every sandbed and every hill upon the road we found reminders of the past. Ihe crumbling old mill had not a Plank nor pillar but what we felt kindly for it, but the world around us was not in touch such dreamings, and this generation, like we have done, will have to leave their youth behind before they can appreciate uur feelings in a trip through Pike. « * ♦ * • As we returned through the country we got to -studying upon how long it will take for a natural increase in population to settle all the land in Georgia. Many of the large plantations have been cut up into small farms, owing to the increase of families. A prolific family will soon di vide up a v,ery large plantation. This seems so much better than to be sending off for immigrants. We don’t know what manner of men we will fill the country up with on this immigration plan, but we do know what these Georgia-raised people are. There is no disposition at disturbance among country people. If they have wrongs to redress they look to the ballot box for the remedy. If they are defeated at the ballot they go home and work quietly till the next election. No thought ot burning or dynamiting ever enters a Georgia-raised boy’s mind and no such methods can ever have a place in their actions. Crops are good and the people are nob crazy over polities and strikes. But one old fellow mentioned the strike—he only winked and said something about the wisdom of secession. He thinks that if these western people want to fight they should secede and raise their own flag—this was Toombs’s position in arguing for secession, to-wit: If we did not secede we would be treated as a mob—many tiiere were, though, who thought tliat the tight should have been mad.' under the old flag in the union. Many old places that I thought worn out years upon years ago are now the finest of farms. I feel sorry for those who moved away to the west when I look upon the prosperity, the peace and the opportunity that is everywhere in the old county of Pike. SARGE PLUNKETT. TIIE TRADE WORLD. Railroads Are Recovering Rapidly from the strike stagnation. New York, July 20. —Bradstreet’s tomor row will say: “The disappearance of the great railway strike of 1894, the revival of regular freight schedules and the customary movement of produce and merchandise by water and rail have done much to restore something like the preceding volume of trade. The most encouraging statement is merely that general business is only approaching the usual midsummer proportions. The return to work of potters at Trenton and Wheeling, employes of Pullman, tubema kers at McKeesport, a further return of coke operatives in the Connellsville region and of coal miners in the western and southern states, together with ail recently striking -railway employes, will furnish more industrial employment within a fort night than at any previous date since April Ist. “Larger eastern business centers report a feeling among jobbers and other whole sale Ik, uses favorable to a revival in trade as soon as tariff legislation shall have been definitely ■ settled. Dealers west, northwest and southwest at the larger dis tributing centers announce that merchants are running with very small stocks, that they continue to buy only for actual wants in sight. The effects of the recent wide spread disturbance in transportation and industrial circles are now making them selves felt in bank clearing returns, the aggregate this week being $820,000,000, a drop, as compared with the preceding week, of about 3 per cent, and as com pared with the third week in July, 1893, of 16 per cent. “Southern cities which have felt the ef fects of the railway blockade report that shipments are now regular, crop prospects generally favorable and the feel ing in jobbing circles one of improvement. Aside from this no change is reported from Memphis, Nashville, Charleston Sa vannah and Birmingham. Atlanta advises that fall trade is opening satisfactorily ami manufacturers are busy; Chattanooga that tiie demand has improved, and .fi gusta, that wliile the demand is more ac tive, tiie crop outlook is less favorable, owing to recent excessive rains. The fruit trade at New Orleans >s greatly improved since railroad traffic has been resume,!, and there is some demand for building ma terial, favorable crop reports throughout Louisiana have stimulated a tiel (er feeling. Galveston jobbers report good order in all lines, particularly dry goods and notions. 'J JI/-: TA/.K or Till-: DAY. Tn the department of public schools Com missioner Bradwell was bard at work, and said: “We are preparing the final papers for the payment of $250,000 to the school teachers of the state. Besides turning loese a large sum of money it will benefit, the best class of people in the state. There is no such thing as calculating the true value of the work done by the teachers of our public schools The next generation will show the result of the work that has been done. There is a good ileal of red tape about getting the money out, but 1 will be attended to all tiie better. “I have just returned from a long trip, ’ the commissioner resumed. ‘in Avery, Hancock county, I attended a barbecue dinner, which was fit for a king. Ihe meats did not come from the west, but came from the hams of native hogs. These people care nothing for strife abroad, but are happy in the possession of a sun blessed land and full larders.” Sheep were the subieef of discussion in the agricultural department. “How many sheep do you think are tn the State?’’ asked Mr. Carter. “Thirty thousand,” was one reply, and “50,000” the second, from one who was afraid he was raising it too high. “Both wrong, as I knew you would be,” said he. “According to the census ot 1890 there are 411,816 sheep in this state. There are 580,816 cattle, 354,618 milch cows, 1,627,008 swine, 115,829 horses and 125,(00 mules. It is not generally known that our sheep interest is as large as it is, be cause they are so seldom seen. Sheep are raised in large flocks, anywhere from 300, in the mountain counties of north Georgia, to 4,000 in the wiregrass region.” A THE A I GULLETT I ‘COTTON GINNING OOTFITSI ? The simplest and most perfect system a A for handling cotton from wagoW*toy Y bale. • A ? The MAGNOLIA GIN, > I ! The ECLIPSE HOLLER GIN, ! ?The Main Beit Brush Driving Gin,l f The LONG STAPLE GIN, ! f FEEDERS AND CONDENSERS. I i t The latest, simplest and most perfect? A elevator and entire system, with singlew T condenser for battery of gins and nec-X A essary lint flue. w Ttli<‘ Magnolia Nelf-Pncklng-Cotton A The battery of three gins, showing* Y entire system in operation, can be seenX A at factory. V Y Prices on complete outfits furnlshcdA A on application. Address A THE GULLETT GIN CO.. A mite City.Lnß © HALSEY A AVEBY, Atlanta, Gq., ▼ A Ger-ernlAgents ADealers inFrickEngines &Boilersy Every Famrer OUGHT TO READ The Rural New-Yorker It’s the business-farmer's paper, and a most reliable authority on agricultural and horticultural subjects. Frauds and hum bugs fear It. _ ONLY $1 A 1 E.VR. Send for Sample Copy to The Rural New-Yorker, New York. We have made arrangements to send it and The Weekly Constitution for sl-50 a year. Mention The Constitution. Reporters and correspondents taught by mail. Practical journalism in ten lessons. Send for circular. Atlanta School of Jour nalism, box 96, Atlanta, Ga. A FIRST-CLASS TEACHER desires to se cure a position. Address “Miss,” P. O. Box 583, Atlanta, Ga. FOR EXCHANGE—Lands for Jersey cattle. R. L. Jennings, Marshall, Tex. Write us for valuable information con cerning Texas. Carruth & Estes, Meridian, Texas. july2l 2t Old Land Claims Bought or Recorded, Six millions of acres illegally held; true owners in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis sissippi, Louisiana. Texas and other states. Write us for information. FORD BROS.} OFFICE, Reference by permission, Gov. W. J. Northen and H. G. Turner, M. C. MORPHINE HABIT CURED on guarantee for only $5. with Young’s Sure Cure. It never fails; order now. Knox ville Medicine Company, Knoxville, Tenn. Mention The (ionstitutton. My KLKCTi: !<’ BE LT sent on TR TAL F 6 T T Give size.’ Dr. Judd. Bet.ro it, Mich. TV ant agtsl it L Mention tiie Constitution. MUST HAVE pie Snshlock fr<*e by mail for 2c. stamp. Immense ( nrivallrd. Only good one ever invented. Beatw wrinliC-*. Sales unparalleled Sig a clay• WVtYe </ud’A*. IS ICOIIA ii Hox 5 > I'hilo© Mention The Constitution. T’Jjr p f )( i inAtimr resull .Tguar- anteed ; advice free. PliOF. X. DYX, hew York City. Mention The Constitution. HiIXWATCHK& THE Mention The Constitution. 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Bk’Am.W IH- r-,.r , -. „rrh’. A.ohn.n. A, riin guaraniwMl. --K T( AA" ;. a rs.-cl Pw’. t Balx-ir. „.:,t all ,i„ ... , . ' r,-<-.•. m w loin. ?. t.cMm.v t-LHlltn ASS-X. H...1 Sl„ t, rt Pa»n,.l„,t. pi *7 A Uuys our tJO N-U’ira! Finish Bahr Carriage t- 1 U ■■■-’"'l’ielfi with plat,-,! steel whb-cls, astle, E A’TaS’i’rr,'-*. MaK ot l.cstm.Ue nau-Jt’-e y. nisUeL.reijable.Bc.: mcrauLced for 3yeani Nbirped *T\ Vtrial. FREIGHT 1 : AID;no money rcquireuiQ <• L- j iJ.UWin use. ?.rc tho oldest aud Er° nC -' r ? °. fcur kin ’• rrHnble » nil responsib e. Reference 1 a llrn: '' lC 'at any time. Mtkosndes'l nothirc h?:t what )•t bo an represented, eo'.d at. tho ’ rest factory WRITE TO-bAY for our Urge FREE iUumtoi AV?-r>nn Slot Stairs pulllsh.d. QXrORD MFu. CO., 340 Wabash Ave., Chicago, IIL Mention The Constitution. This Beats Them All! FAULTLESS Every one who has used one o. nn-rr-sn loultless razors knows wh»» KAIUk they are. We have sold hundreds _ _ 2' t * lem ai? 'l they have given per- nO. 33. feet saiisfaetion. Faultless No. 35 is higly crocus polished, set ready REGULAR for us<> - Tb<s « world-renowned razors are hand forged and temper- BAR BE R C<l b - v 11 Process known only to the manufacturer and ground by the STROP most skilled grinders. Size%’ The strop is a regular barber No. 6 strop, double swing. One strop, woven hose, the otiier horse hide held together by a swivel. BOtn in nice We Oller the above razor and strop, put up in box, prepaid to DOX, your postotlice, for only $1.50. The regular price of the razor is §2 and postage the strop retails for 7 'Cents but by buying in large quantities w< prepaid, are enabled to send to our patron: f° r just about half price. Thii ter only razor and strop was put up ;>s AR n for us and lias never beer 51.50. oftered in this way before. KNIVES Everybody wants a Knife, so THE CONSTITUTION has selected a line to suit every one. KNI F F Nn Jinn , a 3’blnded pearl handle NO. 4160 hmfe, silver mounted on back and ONLY 50c. ttud is a special bargain. ir Nice i This is a 4-bladed congress knife, KNIFE hes two large blades, one small No. 1540 „ file, silver mounted ou r»Ni van ? n y R > hlack ebony handles. These ONLY OOc. knives are expressly heavy built so as to stand wear and tear. KNIFE „ , T l hi , s \ s a vef y heavy Jack knife, N n aooo “ 111 .‘I’ buck horn handles, No. 9228 mounted on both ends, blades ONLY 60c forged—the very knife for KNIFE This is a 2-bladed buck horn No 92*32 handle knife, silver mounted on ONLY 75c. £olished. dS ’ highly CrOC " B This is an elegant 4-bladed knife, with tiie finest pearl handles, sil- KNIFE vcr fined and mounted on both u ends . The blades are the finest NO. 6280 quality and superior workman- ONLY 451 •a« ! 'hip. One of the blades is a French nail blade, anti just tinnk of it, sent postage prepaid^foronly 3 1 - 35 - ;rl . ? e The prices above are for tho only, Add 81 w.icn sending for the pajk-r. ’lf you wm’already a subscriber yon can bnytanv of these premiums by sending the price nnilimi above . ; ' THEi CONSTITUTION.

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, July 23, 1894, Page 4, Image 4