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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: TCTE8DAY. FEBRUARY 26.18*4- TWELVE PAGES. 1
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FARMS AND FARMERS.
SHORT TALKS WITH FARMERS ON
Farm top cs.
[We aellc't short tattrraf om practical firmrnon
prao'lcol matters. t.ilteu* brnfly ynur experi
ence ou any lolnt about tba farm. Yoursuggis
tlon may help . bioiher /.rarer
We ta.vo eng??ge-r apomi-eu-nt fflculturlit who
wUlau.w.r.??r"I. quirts. On farm tattlers.
Writ, pltlnly. ??l*o y..nr full name and addma
and mark I. Dipt" oo tha e-.rn.r of you*
ttrd, or envelops, Addrcu Tbi Conan menu. ]
Old .Women on the "No fence Qne.tlon.???
L. W. R.
???Down with fba rle rail fence.!
The catlln miutu't run "
Hare they taken ltare o' their rentes.
Or, talkiu' only lu funf ^
Ef I Jee had them fellors
To sarveas I p'eeae for awhile,
They tbnnld milk tbe cow., an' feed em.
An' drive om to water a mile.
???CSanie they ro to the Uglilatnr
The feel m> power ml big.
They dlarememoer too women folk*.
An' furglta tnty own a pit.
"No fence" la all they argert,
"O' if. aucn a aaalw' o' ral a.???
And nerer think o' the trouble,
W'en corn and water falla.
An??? If a eow ahonld venture,
To til[i a cottuu truth j
Or, mumble on a corn patch,
An' lire the atalka a puab,
Bight olf.be won d he 'reeled,
Au??? dri't away to J.Ill
"What la tue ornutry cornin' to
W'entoutsan' rearou fall!" ,
An* whar will 'he lono wldder,
Her poor brain ou tbe rack,
Git mouoy fur to pay It out,
Or, hire It fetched backT
"NofeuM.no fenMl" J-s llaten
DlTcrnlfli il Permit,*.
A darkey once naked nte for a half dollar
???to bat.??? When the impropriety of each an
operation was suggested, he said: ???Ob, nol
no Barm In dat,???not when yer certain ter
Win I???no rlak in dat tame!''
If the cotton plnterr wasanro he would win
in crop and price, he would bo in a aafer line
of morale than tbe aforementioned darkey.
Experience teaches us that almost every
crop falla to near totality once In seven or
eight years. It is uot in the massof human!
ty to accnmulafe during the years of plenty
and provide for the years o'f famine. When
abundance comet they think every season
will be as this. Hers is their sin j they risk
too mneh. When the cotton fails In quantity
or price tbe farmer is almost entirely ruined,
He either yielda the struggle, or it is a long
light with debt and probable deteat at tbe
end.
Some sections of land are peculiarly adapt
ed to cotton, others to corn, others to wheat,
etc,
If the mere production were the only
question, common sense would say, plant
cotton In the place where It would best grow
and mature, place corn In tbe aoll wnlch
promises highest development, and small
grain where land and cllmata promise the
largest crops; but in these problems the
markets, the transportation,promptaales with
little waste are all important factors.
These sometimes reduco to nanght the
farmer???s calculations, after a large sum of
productions. ...
TuxCossTiTtmotr, I see, has been urgl:
diversity of produce on the farm. There
wisdom in it, a wl.e financier will not risk
all his property on oue venture. I believe it
Is a common charge of tbe masters of tbe
wranie. that each patron should mske his
own supplies at hume. This in Its lltersl
sente won d hardly be possible and certain
ly not a wise venture. 1 cannot think it
???mod policy for the farmer in southern Geor
gia to attempt Iba culture of wheat, or even
corn on tbtn pine lands. Even tbe making
of bis own bsoon may be questionable policy;
yet it does seem to tue that nature has
specially designed that region for abundaut
production of stick. It is a region blessed be
yond all others in ils mild, pleasant climate,
and the abuodsntgrowtu of natures food for
cattle. Herein Tennessee, after thorough
preparation of tbe laud and careful seeding
we gather only from one aud a ha'f to two
and a bait tons, per acre, of hay which is apt
to be woody anil nut very aweet.
From much lighter lands in middle Geor
gia I hove seen a much larger quantity of
Bermuda bay p r acre produced without
seeding or cu ture. It is also noar known
ute lb. ox's meat as well-s ttte borse'e muscle tre smoke fi'ls the woods obont with a b.ue
to bring money to the coff.rs
J. W. Glut*,
Knoxville, lenn.
FARM LI FEIN NEW ENGLAND.
that this hay Is of a quality far superior to
timothy and clover; and when green ur cured,
it makes lb- sweetest and richest milk and
butter in the world. It yields the very beat
of parturage lor cattle and mules from early
soring to la'O fall, and if bogs ate placed on it
during the wln'er, they wilt gather* large
amount of nutriment from the root stocks
protected from 'he frost by running under
ground. The growing season is so long there,
that two good crops may be gathered from
the same land during one year. After the
oat. are harvested com for ensilage may be
plant' d, cultivated, infflcienlly matured and
Disced in the alio before the first frost. A
silo would cost little and tbe oats straw may
be used fur either food or bedding.
Thus with a crop of,o*ta, a small meadow
for hay at a mtoimnun of expense, and large
bermuda pastures, which once sat cost noth
ing oracarcely nothing. the farmer Is pre-
pafedtoeany s herd ..(ctutte and some other
stock through the entire year.
I once met a On ene county farmer hunting
anew olaotatiun becauseblaon the Oconee
riverbed been captured by the bermuda
^Much of the summer was spent In this
search for cotton land and in a trip to
north. On hi* return home he Immediately
abandoned the Idea of ebaoriof bis quarter.,
but determined to modify his system and
abandon to a great extent the cultivation of
( 0 r as he afterwards told me. his
Uborere had, during his absence, gathered
hay which cost noth! g to produce, bat
which pieced In market was worth more than
the best crop ol cotton ever made on that
???rbi more I have studied the farming sva-
terns of other states, the morel am convl. c.d
that Georgia can excel in diversified crops,
which will probably pav her brtur than large
inTrited in utoQ^ciorin with no-
akflled labor, espedally if that capital is bore
rowed or under foreign control.
Other states have more Iron and coal??more
marble end other minerals; other states pro
duce more corn and wheat,* bat I know of
none that can, at such a small coat of labor
taed and cloths the people, and do both well.
??? .1. Miua ant MUSS
phantoms of the sturdy
hard by. Tbsn roofs a
???e* Iba PWm*. *,.*??. Ills nieise la imBml
Lat'lad-s???A ll.w.???y ssa True It seal t-Ut.rt,
By Kuwlsud E. Robinson )
Winter is fairly upon us at last, though by
inch gradual approaches hat It come that we
are hardly aware of i>a presence, for its while
seal is not yet set upon the earth. Till then
we have a feeling that iba fall la not over.
Tbe mud of tbe highways is turned to stone,
the bare gray trees and dun fields have no
semblance of life in them and tbe dull, cold
sky and tba black green pine* and bemlncka
look colder'ban snow. Tbe Thanksgiving
turkey baa been disposed of and the young
folk* begin to counbthe days to Christmas.
The old boose has been ???banked" for weeks,
msking the cellar a rayless dungeon, from
which cider and winter npplea are now
brought furth lo help while away tbe long
evenings. At no time of the day is tbe fire's
warmth nnwelmme. Bat no anew has come
except in brief flurries; and the cnttlesreout
on the meadows in tbe daytime,cropping the
withered aftermath, and ins sheep are yet in
pas'urea or airsying in the bordering woods.
But now eomrs an afternoon with a breath
less chill in it??????a hard, dull bitternm of
cold;" when the gray sky settles down upon
tbe earth, covering, firs', the blur, far-away
pall, then the nearer
through which the'r
rough outlines show but dimly and are quite
hidden when the coming snow-fall makes
trees In the woods
and roads and fence
??? jnnd begin sowly to
ten and houghs aud twigs are traced with
a fault white outline against a gray bank-
ground. and the dull yellow of the fields grow
paler under the falling snow and a fl ick of
enow birds drift acroes the fading landscape
like larger enoaflake*. Tbe nightfall cumes
early, and going out on tbe back stoop you
find yourself ou a little island in a great aea
of tufs'y whiteness, out of wnich looms dimly
tbe du-ky barn, with iia freight of live stock,
grain and bay, tbe'only ship within ball.
Aroused next morning by tbestampin
feet of ibe first rlssrs, who have gone fortl
to explore, we find'list a new world seem,
to have drifted to ns while we were lyinf
fast anchored to tbe old chimney. Roofs are
heaped and fences coped anil trees are whiter
than in May with bloom with the unlveissl
soow. Tbe great farm wagon, atandiug half-
hub deep in it, looks as out of plans as if a*'
sea. Tbe dazed fowls prer wonderingly from
tbe poultry house or, adventuring abort trips
therefrom, stop bewl'dered midway in their
journey. Presently tbe gray objects, rising
out of the strange white exptuse, take ou
more familiar shapes, and we recognize tbe
barn, tbe orchard (though it has au unsub
stantial look, as if toe first wind might blow
it awsy or an hour's warm sunshine melt It)
tbe well known trees, the neighbors??? homes,
ihe faint lines of the fences tracing tbe
boundaries of fields and farms, tbe woods
sad beyond them the unchanged outlines o!
'traded hills and tbe far away mountains,
bnt with a new raggrdness in meir sides and
with new clearings, till now unknown, show-
' g forth in white patches on their slopes.
e may take our time, for we shall have
long months in which to get acquainted with
this changed world.
Tbe first day of snow is a bu*y one. If the
snow fall Is great, there are paths to be shov
eled to ihe out buildings and wagons to be
housed and sh igus to be got and made ready
and many little jobs, put off from time to
time, to be attended to. Perhaps there are
oung cattle, homeless and uufed in tbe onl-
ot. lowing piteonsly, to be brought to winter
quarters ana sheep to be brought home from
tbeir pasture. Happy are tbe ooys if to them
is allotted this task, for tbe sheep are sure to
have sought the shelter of the woods, and, in
tbe wood*, what strange sights may sot be
seen I With trowssrs tied at ankle the,
trudge across tbe white fields, pathless am
uutracked, save where old Dobbin, scorning
barnyard end shelter, with whitened bac c
and lciclrd sides, paws sway tbe snow down
to the withered grass, which ho crops *1 h as
gieat apparent relish as if it was the herbage
of June.
With an much to Interest them the boys
almost forgot thrlr errand, till they come
upon tbe falot trail of the sheep. Slow!
working this out, they at last find the floe
wandering aimlessly about, nibbling such
twigs and withered leaves as are wllbln their
reach. Their sojourn in the woods, brief os
It baa been, has given them back something
of tbe original wildness of tbeir race They
mistrust man of evil design! against tneul
when they meet him in tbe woods, sod run
from ihe sheep call, 'cadayl os-day I??? which
would bring them in an eager tbroog about
tbe caller in tbe open fields. Bntclvilisstion
baa made them dependent, as it bas their
masters, and they flee homeward tor safety,
and the boys follow them out through the
snowy arches of the woods to the pasture and
so home to the anug quarter* where they are
ipaasihedrad months.
The first foddering Is bestowed In the racks,
and all tha woolly crew (all to with a wtlland
a bury snapping of many Jtws. And an, at
nine In the morning, and at three In the after
noon, are they to be fed till the pastures are
green again in Uay.
A pleasant thing to look upon Is an old
gray barn with Its clustering (beds, straw-
stacks and well-fenced yarda; In Ibis, the cat
tle taking tbeir day'a outing from the etable;
feedi
in that, tbe ebeep
obewlng tbe cud
With cattle and ahe-p, a-- ???y
In the lower portion; with cotton nud era*.,
rorn and small gram and various kinds of.
itock In the middle and upper portion, It
does seem to me that the fsrmtr wonld have
a more prosperous and certainly a much leu
*"oo?ton growing t* a never ending labor and
very exhausting to toil, muscle and brain, ft
does term wiser to engage capital and labor
in a crop where nature lends more assistances
Rt,r if uot bay, will command tha cub as
vmoIIv u cotton which is the main argument
firths Isrge production of tha la'ter A
out of the old fields, now wubmg away de
voted to beitnoda grass will give a better re
turn than some of the cotton fielda
Please understand I do not urge tba aban
donment of cotton; but would say, redoes
the ares, make the soil more productive, and
biki and a pungent fragsnee.
Mere, now, c-mes the farmer, mounted on
his stunt sled with its long wood rack, driv
ing his sleaming horses, which h?? blankets
while be nukes bis load. His sled laden,the
farmer leaves the regicide to his slaughter
and wends bis creaking way homeward along
the gray pillared arcade of tbe narrow, wind
ing wood road, whose brushy border scrapes
and clatters against the jsgaetl load as it
pastes. This and tbe n'lilflrd tread of the
horses and the creaking of tbe runners In the
snow,tbe fainter growing ax stroke* and now
and then the booming downfall of a great
tree, are tbe few sounds that break tbe win
ter stilinm of the woods. The partridge
looks down on him from its safe perob in the
thick branched hemlock. A hare bounds
across the rosil before him as while and silent
u the snow benrsth its feet An unseen fox
steals awsy wi'h noiseless footsteps. Driving
ontof the sheltering woods into the wind
swept fields, here through deep-drifted hoi
lowr, there over ridges blown so nearly bsre
that the bleached grass nearly rustles above
the thin snow, be (area homeward nr to the
well beaten highway and by it to the market
in the village or at the railroad,
Tne hay tor market is burned in bulk to
the large stationers pres-u on the ltn* of tbe
railroad or pres??ed into bales by portable
presses sat up at barns or stacks and tbe bales
then drswn to tbe point of delivrry. This Is
the work of fall, winter or spring as the case
may bs
The laborious pastime of breaking colts is
now in order aod the younger ones are
broken to the baiter, tbe older to harness,
often in theabafteof a primlrira sleigh com
monly known as a '???jumper," each thill and
runner nf which is formed of one lough tap-
cut half way through, with a wide
hntcb at tbe point where runner beoomes
thill. The boys may take a pull at the long
bal'er of the stubborn youngster, bnt a
stronger hand than theirs must give the two
year old or three year old initiatory lessons
in his life of labor.
Intunh pursuits the day passes till fodder
ing time comes, when tbe aheep racks are
cleared nf ???one" which are thrown outside
the yard for Dobbin to glean from and the
sheep fuddered afresh from the mow. Tbe
cows are stabled and fed. The clamor of tbe
s cea*ea as tbeir troughs are filled with
...ill. The horses are cared for, tbe night's
wood carried in and then with supper begins
tbe long winter evening
The bustling hired girl clears the table and
washes the dlshea with tremendous clatter,
S lvrs the kitchen its last sweeping for tbe
ay and then, If she has not dnogh to knead
for the morrow's baking, makes herself tidy
and settles hereelf comfortably to her sewing.
The good wife knits orsews while she ohnts
with her mold or listens to tbe items her
good man reads from tbe local paper; the
youngsters puzxle with knitted brows over
tbe sums of to-morrow's " ???ritbmetio" lesson;
the hired man munches apples and smokes
his pipe while he toasta bis stockinged feet
at tue great cook stove, beneath which Tray
and Tubby snore aud purr In peaceful unison.
Though every farm house now baa its sit
tins room and parlor, and most a dining
room, the kitchen continues to be a favorite
with farming folk???a liking probably inher
ited from our grandfathers In many of
their houses this was the only large room, in
which the family lived and where all meals
were taken, gueats entertained and merry
makings held.
Of all the rooms In oar farm house tbe
kitchen chamber is probably tbe least
changed. Ils veined and blHtered while-
washed celling, low sloping at tbe sidee, still
bntupsunwary heads. The great trunk that
bel l grandmother's bedding when she and
grandfather, newly wedded, moved Into this,
then, wild country, and tha sailor great-
nude???s sea???cheat, occupy tbeir old corners.
Tbe little firep'see Is unchanged and on the
chimney shove it bang, os of old, bundles
and bags of boneset, catnip, sage, summer
savory, elder root, all ...
of roots and herbs for
men's seasoning. There are the same low
beds wrih pa ctrwork covers and by thrlr side
the small squares of rag carpet???little oases
for naked feet In the chill desert of tha bore
floor; and tbs light comes In through the
same little dormer windows through which
It came seventy years ago. To Ibis dormito
ry the hired man betakes himself when hll
last pipe Is smoked and soon. In nasal trum
pet blasts, announces his arrival in tba land
of nod, to which hy nine o???clock or ao all the
household have followed.
So winter drags Its hoary length through
dreary months, with silent snowfall, fierce
storm and dassltng sunshine. Moss dwindle
and slacks disappear, leaving only tbe empty
pens to mark tnrir place, and cisterns lal',
making the hauling of snow for melting an
added task to tbo boys' duties. Duck saw
and sx are each day making shorter tbe lon|
pile of cord wood and greater the pile ol
stove wood.
(Concluded Next Week.)
A System or Cotton Planting,
Will toms uf uurrasdtta suawertbli qnoaUtnt
I askultoh, Go., February, II.???I would be pleas-
Run oirmwathree feel, pat In 100 pounds zatno
ir sere. B*-d on tbst, check scrota ion beds S fact.
ms what kind of autno la bnt adtp'cd to Olay
one ol the dots, a elmoo purs ctar.came np wag-
--|d??d, ???I will give you my
don't need a htaatlsa
> Ity arcuod tbe yard to
lug from their racks or
of contentment, or making
frequent trips to the water-trough In the
^Inside, is the broad ???barn floor," with
grain scaffolds above it, and, on one side, a
K rat ???bay??? filled with bay, on the other,
e stable for the cows, and, over this, a
"mow.??? In the mysterious heights above,
whose dusty gloom is pierced by bolts of sun-
shine, are ulmly seen tbe cobwebb-d rafters
and the deserted nesia of tbe awallowt.
Oa this fl Kir, io winter days, the threshers'
flails are beating out tbe rye. with measured
throb. Chanticleer and Fartlet and all tbe'r
folk come to tbe wide open southern doors to
pick the scattered kernels, and tba cattle
???toss their white horns" in their stanchions
and look with wonder in their soft tpei an
this nnaccoun: tble pounding of straw. Then,
when thP ???cave" (as tbo longpilo of ouwin-
nowed grain on on*aids tbafloor is called)
has become so large as to narrow too ranch
tbe tbresbiog room, the fanning-mUl is
brought from its corner, and amid clatter and
o'oudaof dost the grain Is ???cleaned up" and
carried awsy to the granary Here, too, In
tbe early morning, cornea tbe farmer or his
man, to fodder the cowa by Isn'ern light and
to milk the "winler cow" whuee meager
foamlees '-meat" alone now furnishes the
household all the milk tt has.
The early chores done, breakfast comes
when G lodmsn and Gqodwlfe,???their chil
dren tnd hired folk, nil gather about tbe lour
table in the big klicben, tnd doughty
trencher men and women, prove themselves
every one. The fried pork, or sen wires, or
beefsteak???let ns hope not fried???or cold roast
beef, left from yetterday'a dinner, the pota
toes, tbe wbeaten and ???rye-???n-Injun??? bread,
the johnny-cake or buckwheat-cakes, tbe ap
ple-sauce, tbe milk and the batter, colored
with October???s gold, and likely enough the
tugir, are all homegrown; nothing
???bonghten" but the tea or coflue, and tha
pepper and salt.
Tbe sheep are fed and then some work of
tbe day begins Perhaps it la threshing, or
drawing wood home or to the market from
tbe ???wood 1st,??? where a man lacbopping???by
the cord.???
A tklllfnl wieMer of the ax la be who has
bought an acre or more of tbe woods' whl'e
floor face to face with tbe ateel bine winter
sky. and all over the little waste are piled io
turds sbd half cords tha bodies of tba elain
kings, about whose vacant mossed and llch-
ened thrones are heaped tbeir crowns in
ignominious piles. He has a fire, more for _ .
company then for warmth, whereat be often I trade for ihe other oner 1
lights bis short, blackened ctay pipe and tils "Mu'. Hilly." said Uncle Henry. "I neber would
by while he eats his half frtcen dinner, while |?? believed you'd erax me to part arid dat ole dog.
TslEJNlOOBR AND H S BOOS.
From tbo American Field.
I was stopping at ibe houro of a young planter,
who owned a very Duo hound, but as bo was not a
hunter be bad no affection for bis hnunt), wnlch
wts over fund ol spending bis Urns In the woods.
Instead of remaining at boms to pfeaso bis master.
Ah old darkey on tbo plantation owned four car
dogs, and ihe young planter, thinking be wonld bo
batter pleased with a big, bob-tailed "ytller??? dog
than bs wts w.th his fine bound, decided to go
down to "Usds" Henry's oabln tnd maks n intde,
beltg folly oonvlncsd that "Uncle" Booty, who
jump at the chance ol
Hug lor one of bla curs
accepted aivtiauon tu go along and witness tbo
,l Wefount ??????Urco"nrnryIn bla "truck patch,"
adj lining tht bouse, latnlng on Bit boo u>sn* what
bl* flogs were berklu* si wbcaws arrived.
??? Uncle ll'-nry," said iba owner ol tbobonnd,"!
bare come do-sn to give jou a good dog trade,"and
a one ol the docs, a slump
log bla slue tall, be addei
loe bound for this dug. as I
lug and only want a dug to I
'^WeM. btarisBlIly. l'ssjdtrse ready for a tnuls.
id wiltin' io ob.tge you." said Uncle Henry, ???bat
se a Alee io 'ell yer lOiu???dly del bit will be maay
day before Uncle Hears nod dal dog parts, utlras
ins one knocks ene of us ou d# beta. Why, Maris
illy, he's nsymilncuoudog???
??????Rut, Uncle Menf." ???,if he. "you here three
v burs, besides this bound ol mine will makes
fetter bunting d.g than ,S* .ES'f.'Y'L'p
Poiadnstoooeof tat others he said, Wtll, Iwbl
trm# for that 000 ???
???1 couldn't drink of lolling that on; go,'reuse
ha???s my main 'prasumdeg and besldts heszot
sure affenly roriol w.y .Id him. I eerier feel llse
be ??? tome km to ns. Do ota woman nsber would
quit C tiling me all sorter hard names 11 I tat dst
uue go oat obde family."
"I don't want >our coon di
dog," said us planter: ???I Jui
about Ue borne, and I don t
DO bloi
yoonc
Why he a nigh onto twelve jeais ole, aud <lou .
you re collect when you vu a noy. and ???Uncle
Henry??? was stralgbteruid a ht??p younger'en what
no Is now, de nsppy d >ya ami nights me and
dst ole dog ujed to spend down In de bot
torn? Part wid dst oft dog? Why. Mar???s
Billy. if tber I git to be so
mean I hopes de sperefs ob de coons and de ???pos
sum* dat ole dot bas co'ched forme wo i???t let me
sleep. \ou (sought si weH talk about parting me
and de ole woman as lo talk about parting me and
dal ole dog, as long as dere's a llfle meal and b v
CibIu - dsssm throe ob ui what will dl*
???loehit, an??? data me and deole woman an' do ole
dog.
Arab InnlgrBBta to, the ?? merit a# I??????r
Chicago Letter In the Houston Post.
A large colony of Arabs fr??m Bessarabia are set-
tllog in New Mexico, and parties of them .
through Chicago every day. They dress In their
own peculiar garb, almllar to that worn by the
Tu*k*. Tbeir moat striking peculiarity latheznu*
breechea worn by the male aud femalo alike,
aud which being made of nine notion cloth, not
too thick, gives ibe Chicago ztpbyra cbanca to
gambol through without auy great reafatai ce. Tbe
men wear queer crooked knives in their belts, aro
fluel.iokifi); a war toy fellow#, and all carry a long
nfle wllh * cr, "' k ,n lhfl stock *
lo ** carted ao that the lock la im
mediately under the arm.
1m PartlaoiarFor lilia.
From the Arkan??aw frare'er.
"What church do you b?? long to now, Abe?*??? was
asked of a colored gentleman. "Mefrodlat, ash.???
no longer ago than last Sunday you were a
a Y - * ???*!?? '* "What made you change?"
for me, boas W???y, ash.
i????? p J*?. cher a, # ?? do ?? Moment an??? I get up an'
ra'led blm a liar, an* da tuck me ter *aw ???boat It.
Da said dat 1 ougnter said dat he dldn???> tell do
jruf but .ter save mo I kaln??? ted de difference
sL.. x w. >u . 1 a ,d wbM . ,rue *n??? er He: so I
I&LV&a* f ??ine ter be so par lc???la* I???d go
P???? 1 ^, er o^udder church, whar a man kenaloah
???rouu??? nachuL??????
Thonaanda Hastened to Their Graves!
Relying on testimonials written In vivid,
glowing language of gome miraculous core*
made by some largely puflVd-up doctor or
patent medicine 1 as hastened ihoornnds to
their graves; believing In their almost Insane
faith that the same miracle will be performed
on them, and that these testlmonisls mske
ihe cures, while the so called medicine is all
ihe time hastening them to their graves. We
have avoided publishing testimonials, ss they
do not make the cores, although we have
TltOCfAPDS vro.s THOUSANDS
of them, of the most wonderful cures, vol
untarily sent ua. It is our medicine, Hop
Oiuers, that makes the cures. It has nvver
failed and never can. We will give refer
ence to any one for any dUrase similar to
tbeir own if desired, or will refer to any
neighbor, as ther* is not a neighborhood in
the known world but can show ils cures by
Hop Ritters.
A LOSING JOKK.
??? prominent physician of Pittsburg raid to a lady
patient wbo was complaining of her continued 111
nealth. aud nf his inability to cure her. Joklugly
said: "Try Hop B:tn-rs!?????? The Isdy took It In
earnest aud u*??d the Hitters, from which she ob
tained permanent h*al;h. She now Utugba at the
doctor for his J<ke. bathe Is not well pleased
with it, as it cost him a good patient.
rtn or DOCTORS.
Tbe fee of doctors is sn Item that very
many persons are interested In. We believe
tbe achedule for visits is $3 SO, which would
tax a man confined to his bed for a y??nr, and
in ne??4 of a dully visit, over $l(X>Oa year
for medical attendance alone I And one
???ingle bottle of Hop Ritters taken in time
would save the $1,000 and all the year???s sick
ness.
A LADY???S WKH.
'Oh, how I do wish my skin was n clear and
soft an yours." said a lady to her friend "You can
easily make It so." answered tbe filemL "How?"
IrqnlrsM) the first lady. "By using llop Bltieri
thst makes pure, rich blood sud blooming heidth.
It did it tor me, as you observe."
GIVEN ur BY THS D CTOBS.
"Is It possible that Mr. Girdfrey Is up and
at work, and cured by w> simple a remedyT"
"I assure you it is true thac oe Is entirely
cured, aod with nothing but Hop Bitters, and
The Biggest Thing Yet!
FREE
To Any One
SENDING IIS
Postage Prepaid.
An Yearly Suhscrlhcra to the
RURAL
6
Names
EGORD,
Chamberlin, Johnson &C o
Successors to Chamberlin, Boynton & Co.
66 AND 68 WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, OA-
I.srff.st Dealers In Ocorilt in
DRY GOODS,
Fine Dress Goods,
WHITE GOODS, ETC.
CARPET* 1 CARPETS!
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, ??? ,
Lace Curtains, Window Shades,
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS.
SHOES I SHOiiSl SHOES!
GENTS, LADIES, CHILDREN???S.
Agenta for Butterrlca'a Pattern*.
CHAMBERLIN, JOHNSON A CO.
CANCER
Treated scientifically
and cored without the
kolfe. Book on treat
ment sent free.
avsatftsagg
core If halt good for
dretarl ironfi uren??b??b hUm'bui dit flo*yon
tonkin*SI wynldn'lbsno(ood toysn snyho*.tar
b, wool bonlnordonnlDp but toms???nrtof mean-
neaa. He'll sirel d- hot met on leu do pot or do
bmd off do table oborrebrere k* cats, re' deole
women end tbery one else^dlteome*eboathere
done abuse btm so much bit looks IISes I'm ds oily
iron??? he's *et IHt I??tu *wlol ttsd when I mss
atm * total* oil s bet ptare ol bscoo d* ole worn*-,
c K-ke-1 for my .upper, but wben doy til beat blm
an' be come, np to me lo tafren' bla Irea't h-lp
llklnc Mm wld all hi. mreonem. I irekon I'M J*
only fran' he's got la de ??0'l-l. and I know. If b.
"Well, Uncle Fleury," sold the planter, "why not
???P. P. P.???
???Perfect Pastry Patent???'
???d'FLQUR#*
IS FBOCLAIMED
BY
<-50,000 Georgia Housewives.
Bbt.WhttS. PoIest Floub
EVER 80LD
N A SOUTHERN MARKET.
We guarantee that it is Absolutely Pure;
That it makes Lighter, Whiter Bread |
And makes More to the Pound
THAN ANY OTHER FLOUR.
Buy e to lb., CO lb. beg, or bsrreief tbe
PERFECT PASTRY PATENT??? FLOOR
voa von r a milt,
AND TAKE NO OTHER.
WYLEY & GREENE,
ATLANTA OA.
THE SOUTHERN
AGRICULTURAL WORKS
???MAS HAIlfAN, President,
An prtpsnd to do *n Un is ol
JOB WORK
On VscMncry, BlscksmUIn* sad Osatta*et every
dwcriptlon. Prompt qiisatton given *n week,
Mem moet resMusbl*.
Us* ftriery . 3.
Aril ??1.00 rEN. TT EAR.
And Each of the Six to Get a Premium.
Offer Only Good Until July 1st, 1884.
... ^.imlumllst, with Instructions to agents, Hliaw tlio Hu
ll a 1. lucoiro to your friends amt neighbors, for It will require no solicitation after thry.lin.vi
* ??????n acouv, nnfl team nf the imii'lsuino premium cacti subscriber receives free of
???ceelnt of rttx Dollars, we will forwnril tbo wnlch at once, enter tbe six names on
1 ntton list and mall to each their premium, lie member the Witerbnry Wwtefe
Deed lowlVI entire Mitlsnarttou mill we Hand reiuly In reruadyour moiM
e ornny dlssnllsrnef Ion. Address nil Communications <0 ,
j Dollars, we will forwnrd tbo wnlch nt once, enter tbo nix nnmos on
oursnbeorlptlon list and t ??? ??????
la irnnmnlml fa *'
???y In esse ofsny <
0CH8, YONGE & CO., Rural Reoord, Chattanooga, Term.
GEO.W. SCOTT&COJ
< ??? ATLANTA, GA.
MANCFACTUBKRS OF-
GOSSYPIUM PHOSPHl
THE GREAT COTTON AND CORN FERTILIZER.
, r
A SPECIAL MANURE FOR SOUTHERN LANDS AND CROPS.
It contains *11 tho ELEMENTS of PLANT FOOD In tholf BE3T FORK, It hat stood IheTFST OF
YKX1U, and Is now icgsidcd as oue ol
???THE SAFEST AND BEST FERTILIZERS IN USE-.=
Thousand, of farmers In Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee end Florid* end many of tho most promi
nent AGUICULTUUAL uLUlta u.o It, to ill ol whom wo refer.
IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST GRADE FERTILIZERS SOLD IN GEORGIA,
(boo tbo Agricultural bcpsnment Koporia.)
WE INVITE TESTS ALONGSIDE THE BEST FERTILIZERS IN USE.
WocOiirlt I/jW FOR UASI1 or on tlfno for Currency or Cotton, ileicbsnu, lirangos, Agricultural
Clubs turd ficlgbtjorboo<l Auoclstloui dolrlng to *
PURCHASE IN LARGE QUANTITIES
Will do well to onmwpond w|ih n?? bnfnrobnylmr their Fertilizer*. We aw the W[GIN AL and ONLY
Man ufa cm rent of <Jo??N>|ilum 1*Iion|)Ii???? lt?? uBBaTIUCCSiS and WONDERFUL lOPULAKlTY
tuubiought Into the M*rk??tbfcVJ??ftAL iMITATIONd. None !a genuine unleim branded ou Mcbflick:
"MABUJFACrii'ZIKD BY
GEO.W. SCOTT & CO.. ATLANTA. ttA.???
9i
E. VAN WINKLE & CO
KAHUFACTURZRS OF
CIRCULAR SAW MiLLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES,
CUTTOS UKD OIL MACniMKRT.
ATLANTA, UKORUIA.
MARROW
nsr???=
???.???THE"!
THOMAS
for Ff
BS.
ub??rivCOTTONaCORN& WHEAT*
It will roritlTrly MAVK one Korin# wnd tww. *-
??? *??? " coldraun# inwnr) WIMK. iWFhl.???_ , . .
I'll nt I'll trim prut on airiilirallnit. Wo luivo Agent# In trnrly ever] .i??'t#irtAiit wwb.
& 1LSS THOMAS HARROW CO..V^?^L
ALL CARHIAGE AND CARRIAGE MAKERS
SAVE MONEY
BY BUYIXO THEIR GOODS FROM
J. W. FRANKE & CO*
31 and 33 W. Alabama Street, ATLANTA, GA.
DEALERS IN ???
IRON, CARRIAGE MAKERS??? SUPPLIES,
fAlfllt vanviaura Awn rnino oun '
1
MARK W. JOHNSON & CO. I
27 MARIETTA STREET?????? ??? ??????ATLANTA, GEOROIA,'
DIALERS nr
SEEDS, IMPLEMENTS, FERTILIZERS.
???MtaOre'lH Ob^vatarflLM. Bess Two-Heme Udlir* Cnlttnur taiA*.