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THtf 'WfffWKLV OONSTTTTTtKW* TfflBtfDAT APRIL fo 1^4- TWELVE PA GISH.
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FARMS AND FARMERS-
THB GOSSIP OF THE FARM AS OLD
BY FARMERS.
Yb* Holm 2r.mtp.-a-necrn'ii* Orm cnnure-
Xh. B oek L.W - Braom R*n ruttu..???Milt
Curing n tin r-itg.Boina Botlnr in New
T rk-*l1k Cellar* in ??.lf.r.l..
Cur Worwi E c ??? EJI oreOokiiliailon: I notice
in your p??psr mtay Inquiries 11 to wUtt trill keep
eat verms and other insects from dettrorluc the
corn od bottom lends Here Is ?? remedy I here
tried gucosesfuliy; When corn is pleated, plant
with it the common fonrdseed. Put plenty o( it
in end there will b?? no farther trouble.
6UBSCEI1I1.
J a H K, Roswell. Oe???Can yon glre me a rem
edy for the surfsoe waehleg which Is the greauwl
drawback to the Impressment of our farms during
heavy rainsf
Terracing the land will be fonnd tho best pro
scaUre.
TuiModut M*NBk*Hksr.???Editors Consti
tution: Recently,before nnjsssoclatton of Geor
gia grangers, I had some words to say on a sub
ject of importance to farmers. I have been
requested to ask their insertion in Tw* Cos-
STiTtmetr. The folio wing are extracts:
Not long since t rial ted a brother granger,
a man who knows hew farming ought to ba
done and, whst is of infinitely more impor
tance in this world, does it. He knows and
he uses hie knowledge. We always learn
from these men, beesuse their work lies alt
before ns, at once an illustration and an ex
position of their theories. The man and his
farm make on open book, full of choicest
wisdom.
We were strolling about, talking on this
and that.
??????That looks better!" I said, pointing to a
clean place in rear of the back yard, which
had beea but recently occupied by a disreput
able looking heap of rotten rnbbieh, ewept
thither from the yard, tho kitchen and else
where.
??????Oh, yes!" he said. "Come, and I will
show yon a little experiment of mine."
He carried me to a spot on the edge of a
patch of eottod adjoining the garden???a
patch, by the way, in the last reportof your
committee on conditions of crops, thnt sent
the figures spinning away beyond the ayer
age. The ipot alluded to was partly cleared
off and the refuse of the heap had been
ponred on the surface with a liberal depwls
to tbs square inch. It was ths thinnest of
poor land, with a aort of f ireaksn look about
it, aa if every respectable aore on the planta
tion had forsworn a 1 affiliation with it. "No
kin tome,??? that was what its rich neighbors,
freighted with the fleecy staple, seemed to
"I am going to reclaim this little spot as I
have reclaimed that." resumed my granger
friend, "by the nse of that heap you saw and
other ood* and ends of manure piles here
^"Youdon't mean to say," I exclaimed
-with some astonishment, "that this place was
once like thatl"
?????????Yes," was the reply. . . .
Well, I thought,great is ???? ,nl ?!L *
said aloud as we walked back The liar
mans have this wise saying: ???The eye sees
what it has a capacity for seeing. Notewr
man can see manure when it???s before hla
?? 5 I would glvo much to be able to oonvey the
???iKoro'>i emphaala of bf* aasont. Ha knew oj
coute that there waa just anyamount of good
things absolutely valuelees to him because
his eye had never been educated to ie*
.The coBsciouanees of this may have * r *}tated
him just a bit. Perhaps ha was Irritated, and
this may account for the acceea of emphasis
in his reply. I preenma that all of us ftei
this to some extent when we oonelder how
' opulent it nature iu gifts for us had we only
the wisdom to unlock har Taulta.
???'Not every man,"said I to him, ??0* eee
manure when ita before hla syce! Now of
oenrse I don???t mean to rsfleot on anybody on
his spectacles I don???t mean to aay ??b??t any
body here is so old that be cotjldn t Bee a
manure heap If it were piled np before him.
I mean to eay that eome peoplej-??d,, may
be. I am in that illuetrioui band of inoar
peblra"???can't see a pile of manurennlese it la
heaped before them.
Now a inn., urn beep has this mysterious
quality about it, It neyer assembles lieelf. If
you shall hereafter read in anrw<paper that
somebody affirms, on the representation of
somebody else, that this somebody caw the
truck of Mr Smith???s barnyard and I??* ??????
stables, rise np a*d walk to a certain locality,
and tbtre heap itself in a c0 ????????? , h *J?*Slmlv
cover Itself with boards, end then calmly
sleep until called on to dtetrlttule Itself over
the farm, you may put that down as a leetle
overwrought, at lera. In tbe detail.. Manure
is not that sortol a bird. ., lte ..
To eay that manure does not assemb e itself
is to tfflrm by Implication, first, that it . n }???' t
be collected under intelligent ??? u ,P* r , v i???i??
Of course evrrr granger knows this, bU???.every
former does net. At least there are
who recognise the absolute nseewltyof pro
viding at home some manors, but who leave
that manure to collect itself and J????????
latlone calling npon the mister of the farm
to haul it off. Teat, I take It, is relytng too
mnebon tho foresight and prudence end
business eagaci y of average manure, ror,
whatever may be the intellectual
tionn of that maladorona element of
tiona, I don't believe it could be, induced to
undertake a step Involving .noha ratlicalde-
partnre from its psst record in this respect.
Apile of amours is an old fo??y of ths most
abandoned tvpe: it never moves until the
weeon a>f revolution makes it move.. ..
Thesooend etaiement involved by lmpUca-
tlon is. that manure, so far from
itseif, actually takes a wicked delight In dlf
fusing end secrelingitselfinall sorts of places.
So modest in fact Is this fasoinutl 11 *
that it shun* the g.w, avoids } h ?? ?? bwr ( T*' i0 o(
and sbrioke from *be search of man. Ooe of
the delegatee to yoar rec.nt convention In
Columbus is repored to beve eald that he
fonnd manure in the crushed cane stalk.
Some pluck it from tbe thorn, some from the
thistle It harrows in ibe swsmp ini tbeform
of mask | it cotceeii i'self beneath the leaves
and twigs of tbe forest and has been discover
ed wrapped np in the leaves themselves. It
hides in fence^?? mere, beneath bousee, and I
haveseen men hanlingit from glna lt hsd
eome bow or other crept Into tb?? ??????????? <?f
cotton and they bed to Bitch np and fetch it
back It drs*w in pboepbate bad*, in oyiter
ahelllf, in Mbboppers, lLalt bara.ta.ln wheat
chaff, and lnrks in its roost alluring and so-
dnetiva di.gui-ei (alas, that It should be seQ
in all tbe warehouses of every railroad village
n tbe whole son'h It is, as we sometimes
say of abasbfnlyoatk.ofa retiring dUposi-
Jfon? 1 It Is every where, but U is. for the meet
pwt. hidden. And it takes a keen eye, an
educated eye to delect ita whereabon ?? Uy
granger friend saw it drifting oyer bie yard,
now in a leaf, now In a rag, Dowlnthepar;
lags of vrgetab'es now in a mouldering chip,
and he ewept it into hie heap and it helped
to run bis report?? high that we were ail
green eted wi'b jealousy. It did that for
him and it will oo that for anybody who has
an appreciative eye for its value.
L-tus cultivate the native home-raised
manure heap! There's millions In it. Ac
cording to the truthful newspaper
paragraph, a Beeton, Ky., ???farmer
Siscoveml in digging a well on
bis neighbor???s premises raveral g'is'ening
frrgmeDts of rork. which he believed to be
either gold or silver He kept bts discovery
secret until bebsd married the wid-w who
owhed Ike farm He then took the frag
ments of rock to ??? profesklonal gentleman
living in Paducah, who has a local reputation
as a mining expert, and laying a hsndfnl of
them before him asked with III .dnpress.d ex
citement, ??? doctor, whet is that worth?" The
doctor made a brief examination and re*
plied "Prrilts of iron, it Isn???t worth a nicks]
a ton!" The visitor staggered to the door aod
into the street and when, an hoar later, a
couple of acquaintance, lifted him into his
wagon. It was painfully evident that he bed
succeeded In drowning everything ex
cept his sorrow, wnich etlll
looked out from the most melan
choly countenance that eras ever seen in Pa
ducah. , ,
That farmer was keen. In marrying the
widow I Tue maneuver had something N*
poleonio about it It waa characterised b
celerity, directness, comprehensiveness, i
wni worthy of a great general and I give him
credit for it. But he was a fool to take nil
that pains about an imaginary gold roiue,
when, psrhept, there was a real one on the
elaoe in tbe form of manure He could have
had ortainty for uncertainty and saved die
appointment. Had he gone to tbo widow,
calmly and said: *??? Modern', I want a wife
I like yon. Hava you a manure heap?" it Is
lifetly that she would bare asswsredyw, or
assured bins tbat facilities existed for making
one. accepted bis hand and then be might
hare gone to housekeeping with tbe solid
satisfaction of a man who feels tbst his
wealth is assured, a satisfaction tbat the
world can neither ??????giro away nor take.??? ??? A
l ouso founded on a heap of manure is found
ed, if I may be allowed tbe expreesion, on a
1 close with the remark that tbe whole
country looks mutely to tbe grange for new
departures in agriculture. To show the folly
of enormous expenditures for commercial
fertilizers is a wort that belongs to tbe grange
to attempt. That is its destructive work. Its
constructive work is to educate the eye of
the average farmer, who may or may not be
a granger, to the importance of the waste
manorial material lying abeut bins. By and
by, wbou ho shall have learned all abjut it,
a good many Georgia oornoribs, now located
beyond tbe Mississippi, will make np.their
minds to emigrate to tbe old hooitsieads and
a squealing bust of hogs that no man can
number will follow behind
In that happy day, wnen tbo voice of the
???wine is heard once more in the land and
guauo and o??uimission merchants shall floe
awav, tbe true teet of a man???s importance
will be tbe sise of bis manure pile. Uacon-
seiouily, aa did Mark Twain and bis pom
panions while traveliag through the B ack
foraebof Germany, we will fall into the habit
of judgiag of a person???s station in life by this
ssaie eutword and eloquent sign. There is,
perhaps, a solitary traveler along tho country
road. He will notice a pigmy heap near the
ben coop and he will say. ???Here Is a poer
devil, this is manifest,??? when he sees a state
ly accumulation, he will say, '???Here Is a
banker.??? Wuen be encounters au alpine
pwmp of manure, he will say, *???Donotless a
duke lives here.?????? .... , ??? ???
???od ba will be all right! L. H. H.
Ooaciasisa Gbass Coltubb.???Mr. J. B
Wade, ot Kirkwood, Is regarded asaa authori
ty oo grass culture, as well as everything else
coanected w tb a well regulated Jersey farm
One of tbe Ural things Mr. Wade did several
yaars ago, waen be purchased the land which
under his indefatigable efforts has grown Into
a model farm, was to aut a good portion of it
in clover, orchard and olae grass. Wo Georgia
farmer baa ever met with greater success iu
grass culture, and no man is better qaalified
to speak from ao nsl experience. The Gowsti-
tutiom intimated to Mr. Wade, a short lime
a*o that his views on grasses woald be read
with uuoa interest, and the result was the
fjllowing communication:
Ksitoas CoMsriTOTiow: The summer of
lSdi was a seasonable one, and the fortunate
owuers of olover. orchard aud blue grass
patents were enabled, from tbe two former to
get three outtinge,and in many instansesfonr
or five tons of h??y w*re produced from oacb
acre that yoar. Maoy farmers who wished to
pat some of their laud la grass considered
that It would not do to risk it on the success
ot such a favorable year and were afraid that
a long dry summer might prove the rain of a
crop that at beet was ooiy experimental. In
???83 tbe drywn summer we ever had, followed
by the extreme cold of last January have
given these grasses as crucial a test as insm??*et
conservative agriculturist could wish List
Uip.ewber wnen there had been no rain fsr
months, the gr*si was apparently dead but to
see tho fields now would oonvince any one
tbat when the laud is suitable, (a rea clay
subsoil is best); properly prepared and the
crop once firtuiy set, that orchard grass, blue
grass, lucerne, aud to a great extent clover
will stand aoy vicititude that this climate of
fers. Did U ever occur to you how much
mors valuable these crops were, hero in tueur
most sontneru limit of their produotion thao
tb??y are in tbs northern or western ststesT
Here we wet our first catting early in May
wbeu the weather is generally pleasantly
cool when a mi an can do so muon m ire work
ttian in July, the time for haying in the
northern states with a temperature from 90
to 100. But this is a secondary coustderatlou
compared to the advantage ???( gutting three
crepe, which wh can easily do here should
tbe summer be ralsy, for after the May cut
ting the grass springs up with the very first
rain and will continue to do so tilltiep.euiber,
whereas in the northern states the season is
too abort to gel more than one good crop and
that we are always sure of here,for the winter
rains would make our crop even should there
be no rain in the spring, in fact a dry spring
is preferable if we coaid get tbe summer
fain.
Besides their adrentagoi tbe frees here can
be grssed daring the winter mouths till Feb-
ruaiy, which gives sufficient time for the
grass u> grow for the May mowing. In ordi
nary win u??rs and dating much of the pait
severe winter, blue grass, orchard grass and
clover fornlstied a large part of the living of
cattle, while In the north tho ground was
frozen or covered with snow and It takes
ranch less feed for stock here than in a colder
climate. Ths hay made from olover and
orchard grass here Is vastly superior in flavor
and nutrition to any northern or western hay
that comes to this market. Every cattlejman
who has saved his hay made from these
grasses grown here will tell yon that his stock
eat tbe northern hsy only as a matter of ne
cessity, wh le they will devour the home
made hay with a relish of satisfaction, and
for all these reasons, climate and variety of
feed, I shooul think a eow could make a bet
ter annual butter record here than in any
part of tbe United Busies.
! am ioformtd by tbe dealers tbat there has
been, by f*r, m>re gram seed ssld in Atlanta
during the past season then ever before, and
if this should prove a seasonable summer,
which is probable, after tbe dry one of last
year, the snocess of those having their grasses
will encourage others ai*d gram and stock
(they go together, one matches the other) are
the surest and most economical reclaimers of
worn ont cotton lands.
The Stock Law ???I would not, for any
oonsideraiioa retard the program o. the farm-
ingtnierestof our state, bat seeinf so much
that m-gkt baTe been remedied is the stock
law in our county, I cannot forbear a word of
caution to those counties which hale not
yet entered into the plan. We ha??e had a
grad deal of trouble in Wilke* oountyon
acoonnt of tbe manner in which ???no fence
came upon ns. We had an election at the
right time, the9:b ofjniy, bat thermal}
woe protested by tbe fence party end carried
to the supreme court, end the ordinary being
enitaloen, ba proclaimed the law in effect the
V b of January, when the people had mad.
no preparation, thinking that we would eltll
hare nx months to prepare. Now my edTice
ie to let me eleciion be fair and honorable
end then there will be no lawenit and much
of (be bitternem which hie been displayed in
this county would bo avoided. I don t bo-
lieve ??ix months is long enough to prepare
for it. Tbe matter ihonid be weighed before
going into it and let none think tie going to
b. a fortune to them. Let no one be de-
eeifed by the large farmer* laying we wlU
keep np our fence*, a* wa now do, for they
will not. If one man remora* bis fence it
will forae perhaps a doaen to do tbe same.
Every one rosy be aetured that no fenoe
mean* no fence, there'll no half Way ground.
Da not be deoelred with the idea tbat neigh
bor* can have joint pasture*, for one man
can epoil the prettiest air osatle of tbat kind
wliloa any one can hulld. I know a case In
which thirteen families could have had, the
same pasturage they always had (end a good
postur.) but one man wanted to plant tour
acre* out aide and spoiled the whole They
would hare bad only about three hundred
yards of fence to baud and one gate. Their
cows could have dome in fifty yards of erery
one of their homes. Do not count on having
rails te split end no fencing to be done for
yon will be badly fooled. I know there hu
been more fencing done in Wilke* oonnty
since Obriitmu, tb??n was ever done In that
length of time. From all l have experienced
In the matter is that every one ought to
prepare ahead of the lew. Do not enter hastily
into the plan, and by all mean* do not tear
away your fences until you have fixed lota
In which to sow barley and to plant you some
forego crops Dearths paatnree, In whlob to
turn your stock. Fix Iota for potatoes,
groundpea., chufaa, adjoining the pasture,
and enter into the system with sense and
sobriety. I nave no doubt tl?? a go id thing
proparfy managed, and I hope my neighbor-
Good will be better satisfied as we become
accustomed to it. I throw ont these hlate
that farmers may profit thereby and net to
retard the movement, which in the end may
prove a blessing. Farusr.
Dauburg, da.
Baoox Conn Cult Una.???Editors Oonstltu
tiou: Why do the farmers orplauters n.g-
lect this important ctop? I nave an Idea
that it would pay better, or as well as any
???rop that is raised in the south, it requires
no more labor than corn to cultivate, aod it
will always sell for a fair price, ranging frem
3 to 12 cents per pound, it also would com
mand the best price in tbe market as it could
b* harvested au much earlier than Kansas or
iiliaoi. broom oorn, a week or two earlier at
tbe least time, of the above states, and not
only tint tbe farmer or planter can harvest
it. at a time when other crops, 1 think are
IsU by, in the aeoond week of Angus! the
orop would be ready for first cutting. 1 have
had sous experience in broom oorn raising,
and have worked In end about broom oorn
???loce U63, ami I think that it ought to be
raised Sere, if for nothing else but for home
consumption. Here iu Atlanta ths firm of
Logan Broe., nse from X of a ton to IK ton
par day, aay average 200 ton* a y#*r, at lay
4ot* per pound, or (30 per ton, ie (10,000 per
year, all of whloh hoe to go out of the state,
oesidea handles, wire, twine, etc. Iltjpe
that the farmers and planters will look tor
their own Internet and raise it as t.e a would
be a oonetant demand for the material, in
creasing ev*ry year, giving more obanoes for
home Industry and saving money for homo
workmen, and not having to depend on tbe
west ami north for a staple article used in
ovary home where cleanliness te sought.
Atlaita, 0a. Ba ran Com.
UaaT Cuaise is thi Crrr ???In tbe seooid ol the
five itorlsa el a Oeaoh street house a nan ylokcd
hams oat of a crate and threw them into a caste of
water, white a clerk and nnolhor young man
watched him.
Whet 1 was a boy," the clerk eald, "I lived
tbe wilds of Ohio, In the valley of the Manmee
river. That Is a land which producer hogs and
hetalny spontaneously, as it raises elm end burr
oak. and soft maple end sycamore trees. Ths hogs,
the burroak. the corn and the sycamore formed a
natural sequenoe in the produotloa ot ham in my
day "
The young nun smiled, bnt without appearing
louudenand. Theolerk continued. "The fair
men there turn thstr tugs oat to ran In the woods
loose In warm weather. The burr oek toorns along
tbe fall fatten up the shoots nicely. When la good
flash they areroundodopaud pennedforilx week,
ana fed on com, That Improve, the flavor of the
pork. Then they ere ready for killing,???
???Where did the lyeamoreecams lut*
???The .yoomora grows In ths form oft hollow
???hell In thatoouatry. 1 bavooeeu them dve feet
la diameter oa the Inside, with a trank forty feet
high. The farm.r on a off a twenty foot seotlon of
a Urge sycamore, rolls the big end on a mud ua<???
mud boait-tted with runners six feel long aud six
inches wide. Then h* yoke, tao rattle to the sled
aod draw, lthome. Stood on end and roofed with
clapboards split from a red oak log, the syoamore
smoke house Is a landmark as frequent as stoke and
rider fauces. The farmer hangs up a doseu hams
and shoulders properly salted, builds up a Ore of
ooraoobi mornlugaad ersslsg under them for
three or four or dre days, and then leu them hang
there UII wanted."
How much have the wholesale pork men Im
proved the old process,???
Not a cent's worh. In the eutera states tbe
farmers aied frame or brick bnUdlngs six or ci|bi
feet sqaara and nine or tan foot htgb In place of
the bollow log. The smoko house of the wholesale
smoker Is an enlarged sdtUon of the farmer???s brick
smoke house."
"How do you prepare burn for imoklug.???
" lo tofln at the oeglaniog, the live bogi are de
livered by western drovers to tbe slaughter house
men, who hill and dross the animals, salUng the
whole carcasses to the enltera. Theoutteraoremen
who cut up the whole hogs, soiling porta to thi re
tail meal markets, maslng lard of part, salting
part, and selling many hams, shoulders and belUra
for bacon to the smokers We all ran to ipeclaltles.
Tbe hams come to ns all trimmed and nice and
fruh. We dump them la to a cask of pickle that Is
made of water, salt, sugar and saltpetre."
How much of eaeht"
Well, that depends. For the dir trade a weaker
solution It required than when the meal Is to go
south. A good average would b?? twenty poundief
salt, three-fourths of h pound of saltpetre, and dve
pounds ef white suger te e tleroe bolding WO pounds
of meet. The water Alls the tierce. Tue hams care
in thta solution say, sixty days for tho foreign
trad., walls the baoon should not be eared longer
tb.u thirty day.' for the borne trade Bacon Is
thinner aud cures through quicker, you see. At
tbe end ef that time the m.at Is taken from the
Ueroe, starred string Is pul In each pleoe, and
then all are fnaheaed tor from two to fourtcea
hours la auks of fresh water. Tost man there Is
dumping cured meat Into the flattening cask."
West Is that for?"
hooks. If the salt was not soaked from the
outside of the hem It would fry out during the
smoking end stand thick la ory.tal. hU ont tbs
???urfara. That would kill lb. ml.. When thefrerit-
ealag tadene there Is so .scnllonon theh.u that
will dry Intoaa effsnslve dim If not removed by a
bath ol hot water and sal soda. Then we are ready
for the naoke beuma. Here are Are. Yeuran.ee
ices lor yourself."
Tru olerk pointed tea harrow silt of a door la a
brick wall not far away. Looking into It hla com
panion >aw, alter rubbing bU.yra two or three
times, lh.sb.pe ef n black pit, erosstd and rtorras-
ad by line, of wood, from which hung the lrrrgatar
pieces of meat Away below oo a bed of aabra waa
the (lew ol a few red coaU, flanked ky charred
pf.cra of wood. Aa far shove, worklag by Ihnllgbl
of a <fegle candle, woe a man who was Ailing the
top rows with meat.
??????Thawskhta,??? Iks dark explaleed, pointing to
tha stick, from which Ibe meat hoof,??? "are two
and a half (eel apart, np and dewo, and as near
together tideway, is they can be placwd without
making the pieces of meal tench one noolhtr. We
begin to bang Ua meet on the level ol the Dm
II tor. The Are U below that. In tbe basement. The
Inside measure of the bones In aslO feel. It runs to
the tool. It wlU bud l too pieces.???
" What kind of n Are hare yon ? "
"Hickory wood antu the sarfaea of the meet ta
dried and then wa add black sawdust."
"Whai'i tbat?"
"It ta anpperad to he pars black mahogany, bnt
the sawmill men will dilute It with n Hid. cedar
and outer wooca Some smoker, use only hickory.
Different woods give different flsTore."
not fsr from here, who smoke for their own trade,
hang Its a fresh lot every other day. Twenty four
honn of kooks gives a delicate cotof end a min
imum shrinkage of weight, say two frt cent. It
pleases th* seslhetlc taste ol the custasnerand adds
shekels to tbe retailers??? bank account. Oor trade
demands three days si least. Tbe shrinkage ta
from eight to ten per oenh For the Wert Indira the
meat ta dried down still further."
"My landladynlwsyshoys tbe hams'that are
rewed up In yellow bigs, with pretty label* ??n the
ontalde,??? the yonog min remarked.
"BlemhereonH" the clerk exclaimed with en-
thnsiasm. "Mayher tribe lncroaie! We bag fhe
hams ostensibly to keep tbo Ales from stlngfag
them. First the hem t* carefully wrapped la thick,
heavy, spongy paper; then a cotton cloth thicker
than chocs, doth ta sewed over; then It ta tbiokly
painted with a puts made ol rye flour, chrome
yellow end water. Paste snd paper do not coat to
much as bam, bat they sell lot jatt the rams price.
The purchase ol begged ham ahonld Increase."
"Dost It Increase?"
"No. BattheatrasUraslsnstbad. For the post
few weeke those who ownsd hums have grown rich
by not selling thsm. A rising market causes lew
comptalsu from dealers.??????-New York Bon.
Bones Burnt i* Nxw tonx ???A special commit
tee ol the New York state Matte, which has been
Investigating tbe question ol food adulteration,
did. nme startling facts In butter eapeclally tbe
b^ut article was fauna In every town and city In
tbo state. It 1s adulterated with tallow, lord ell
and bone oil, end so general ta Ita sale that tho
ootatnlt.ee estimate that 40 000,000 pounds are used
yearly, or one ball the entire consumption in Ibe
state. Tbe avenge cost ol bagn. butter la ouly
fourteen cents per pound. Many dairy farmer,
have been obliged to go oat of the basilica of pro
ducing honeal batter. The low to this industry le
vary heavy. Ooe of tho worst results of this auto
ef thlog. tain destroying tbe export denusd. Tbo
bnslaeas ef this brgns manufacture ta ebltAy car
ried on la the cities ol New York end Brooklyn.
Bax Nona???Atthe winter meeting of the Cham
plain Talley Be*Keepers' association of Vermont
soma laterestlog fsots were oltdted. Ooe number
said bit Italian oolonlra bid given on average of
thirty-two poooda more ol honey end ai many
swarms ??? his black beea Italian bees died In win
tering while black beea lived J. R. Crane's NO
colonies yielded. In 1803, 28,800 pounds ol comb
honeyand 1,000 ponndsol extracted honey. L. O.
Thcmpton's Aliy-eight oalonlcs yielded 6,080
pounds, one colony alone giving 280 pounds. The
best reported yield (rum one colony was 278 pound.
Tb. yield ol U. B Ilham's ton col.ntu sold lor 1161.
0. B. Brown ripened he kid not keen eunmalnl
In doubling weak colonies lu spring. lie had found
It better to take a comb ol brood from a strong
colony and (tv. It In n weak one. II. B. Inborn
preferred to let tb. strong one. alone and take from
thaweak. ldeoalalthtakestwomedlnmoolenles,
feeds them end then takes brood from thoso to
help evsry week colony. J. D. Anoka had llied
hoes fsr flve miles, yet he lost many of hta bees In
crossing lake Champlain, hta nplsry being looated
on the east sbore and the dtauuco ecrota belag
about three fourths ol a mile. II. L. Leonard
thought Urge nptarles should be looated at least
tour mtlca apart.
Brut CuLTUnn lie CauvotniA.???Six thousand
aud tweaty-dve mulberry iren have boon planted
la twentyvseven different oonntlee ol tho state,
???bowlog that the tmerral In silk oultoro ta mneb
wider spread than ta generally undeiatood. The
ltdlte have a society and they desire te be enoonr
aged lo tbelr efforts, whloh. should they prove son
ceiiful, may add greatly to tho producing capacity
ol the state.
flrlnglng litas t?? Taw,
Two men were standing at the gate ol a country
farm yard whittling sUski and giving eaeb other
dots about managing women. "Talk sassy lo 'em,"
tbo man on the outside ol tho lenoe raid, "nt
ye???ll seehbw they'll be fotehdown."
Just then tbo cabin door opooed, and n red
headed, long ueoked woman yolledr
"Say, 'Zsko tber flour's out l"
"Out wharT" he yelled book. '
"Oaten tber bur'I," she answered.
"Wall, put It back an' oarer it up tighter." he
replied, whUe the ontalde man grinned.
'Don'tyeu tee how she's heeksd a??? ready!??? he
laughed, when tbe fiery topknot disappeared.
I does," spoke the elated victor. Presently the
tame ???brill voice cried:
Zero. 1'so gwlso ororto mar's, tut' el ye think
ther mosaic, sir kotehln', I???ll losve tb.r baby
byar."
Dnnno whether they's ketchln' er not,??? replied
the husband.
"I've never eeed ???em ketch onything."
Again the brad was drawn back, amid appiaura
from Ibe outildo. The next Unto the door opened
tbe inutile ol aihotgun wespoksd out, nod n bend
drawn on thesaucy m#n.
??? Zeke,??? came tho solemn voloe.
"Melludy," be gasped, looking In vein for tome
place to dodge.
???Zoke," she oohtlnued, ???tber floor's out."
"AU ilte. I'm offtur the^nUlat once, ???ho answer-
shiverlngly.
Zcks I'm gwlne over ter mar's for a epsU, d???ye
think the msaslu Is ketchln 1 1"
No, Melludy, I seed pep ter day, on' ho std the
cbUIULi wttz alt well.???
Kerrcct,??? the said, lowering Ibe gun, "I'm nff.
Ye can roller dean np the place 'UUI git back, bat
be shore ter stay Inside while I'm gone."
"A11 right," he answered meekly, moving aside
to let her peso
law n.MUs???i U.saad OhI Cr.il
From the dan Francisco Nows Letter.
During the weak preceding the duel between
Control dam Houston snd (tenoral White, Houston
remained at ths house of Hanford Duncan, prsc-lo-
tog, moanwbile, with pistols. At thta
temporary home, says a writer In the
Bawling Green (Ky.) Intelligencer, were two
belligerent young dogs named "Andrew Jackson???
and '-Thomas Bouton,??? on tooount of tbelr pugna
clous dlipositions. Ilitae dog* wore continually
fighting???Houston's pall???loal ???ontimoatt leading
him to espouse tho cause ol lb. Jackson pup.
which, very math to hlx delight, waa a constant
wlDLtr In tho frays. Tho hour for rising and
preparing for the duel, on tbe nr*
tint ot the day, woe 8.??> a m.
Just before that hoar General Jaokson barked be-
nea???b the window ol hta admlfir???s room,awakening
him. Honitoa arras without dtatarbtng hta attend
ing fiteudi and began the task ul molding bullets
wrltn which to light White. As the flrst ballet feU
from the mould, n gamecock, whloh Houston od*
mired aenrcery less than be did the dog, crowed a
load, clear note. Houston with that elaaant of an-
perstltlou which ladsu ptaoe. In nearly every
mind, accepted the uriy greeting ol hta friends u
happy umene, and marking Ibu bullet on one
???tde lor too chicken, made np bis mind tool hta
f urot should be loaded with it, and that be would
re Bnt that parUcutar ball at (tenon!
Wnlw Houston afterward *Ud that bq was
net super, it Hum, bat tost tora. two Urcum
??? sU.nltBfral a??ired ot.nocew???thus dte-
ntaown wotdi TO. bullet wu used.
and Wnt e fell nt toe dret Are af er toe due
Uuusiou selected a ouleken arch md n dog ra h
ocas .1 arsis, and nuoy war. in. oomm.uu stale
thoso unhunitUr wlib * ibe (ecu.
Hit? years, wnen as president ot
Texas asd senator tn aopfteaa he .ported ??
strong, a crest. Thee. foot, or* anusnup. having
two rented ky General ilanston to Baolurd Dan
ism. Jr, white the two ware onra.n route to
Washington daring llooMou???a term ra United
HUte. senator from to. "Iona .???At sate.???
A Lltu. Mm. i. (m Ik. .new.
From Uu Pittsburg Chruu tele-Telegraph.
Mo. did ton wicked children ray'Go np. old told
head.??? to good Klljshr???
"Yea, dear."
"And did the been come nod eat them t???
"And woald toe; (
, nl/t hens hand/U
"How long most the meat be cooked?" -Thin yon say It to hlm.aad I wlU give yon flvg
"Tbat depends oa the trade. A Arm of retailers cents to era tb* bears."
Jmlgo Kelley???* Vleir*.
Tbe Hon. William D Kelley, of PWlariel-
pbis, has long been known for bisfearlewnri-
vocaoy ol tint right, and hi* niioomnroinfo???ng
opposition to the wrong Since 1880 he Due
been n member of tbe bouse of representa
tives of tbe United States. He bee el wry.
been known a* a man of positive counsels; a
powerful epenker; an earnest debater; an
able thinker, and nn unwearying worker.
Jndge Kelley lies been so Tong and so
prominently before the American people,
that his sentiment* on any important eubject
are vainsd, even by those who do not agree
politically with bitn. He la emphatically a
mnn of tbe people. Elevated to the judge
ship many yea re ego, be proved to be a men
of euch unswerving integrity, rucb eemeet-
nrn of pnrpoee, and streb depth of conscien
tious conviction, that be wee fora long teyra
of years retained on tbe judicial bench; and
on big desiring to retire to the comparative
eeeluiion of an extensive law practice, wo.
told by lire- people tbat he must reeve them
in emigres*. For twenty-three consrctrtWe
years hla co??gT????rkm??l servio* be* been ren
dered with singular fidelity and parity. Hi*
utterances are well known to ootne from his
inmost bean, and bin opinion* to bo tbe re
sult of tbe most mature deliberation. The
judgment of sueb n ntun csrri.g with it im
mense weight, and hi. vlewot whether on
pnblio ifftire or private interest., are entitled
o the reaped and esteem of all thoughtful
persona.
Jndge Kelley???s power of resistance to ob-
atacles, which would hove pat >n ordinary
man in bi?? grave, lute long been the auhgrbt
of oomntent, not only antung bis friends, out
by the public generally. Sucb wo* bis phys
ical condition ten year* *gw, that it wna feared-
hat the next coagrcseional session would be
tie lust.
For many year, the judge hnd been afflicted
with the most obstinate catarrh, whlob Helled
nil tho oldfuhiened remed-ee, and which
wonld hove entirely laid on the shelf n less
indomitable nun then biutself. His lifo be
came almost a burden to bim, end lie wns
nearly at death's doer. Today, although at
nn ttgo when most men begin to show signs
of wearing out, he is hesrty and vigorous,
and as ready snd as able to perform bis ardu
ous congressional tlutiea aa be was twenty
years ago.
An account of Jndge Kelley???s remarkable
case, ??s given by hlnt.elf, wilt be of intercet
to all who are suflsring with catarrh, anil
who are wondering what they shall da to get
rid of Ibis horrible disease. One of oar edi
tors recently spent a morning with Jadgn
Kelley nt that grntlenusa'e home, in Writ
Philadelphia. To him the jndge communi-
oated the history of his lllncs and recovery,,
substantially aa follows:
"I bad. as a hereditary victim to catarrh,
???uff.ri-d for year*. I wu subject to violent
paroxysms of coughing. Straining for relief
tad produced abrasion of tbe niotnbrunea and
daily efluslon of blood from my throat. For
four yean I pissed a portion of eaclt congree
eionnl vacation in the Kocky mountains or on
the Pacifiu coast. While Uteri-1 found relief,
but on my return to tide-water, the disease
appeared with apparently new vigor. My
breathing power uinilnisned so that In the
early summer of 1873 it wu little more titan
a panting breath. About two years before
this my attention Imd been called to Oom-
tnund Oxygen On aa then administered by
>r. Hiarkey, A friend who bad great tilth
lu itsrflloncy advised mo to try it. Uu read
ing l)r. Starkey's advertisement I threw the
little book aside, and declined to resort to tbe
treatment, on the ground tbat it waa a quack
medicine tbat proposed to cure everything,
and wu oocseqitcully without adaptation to
any particular disease. 1 grew worse, and in
the summer my breathing wu so short that
a cough, a enet ze or a sigh produced suon
acute pain at the base of tbe left Inug, that I
frit it necessary to cloae up my affairs; u I
did not believe 1 could lut lor sixty days.
Nor do I now believe I would have luted lor
that lime, bad I not found a potent curative
agent
"1 bad lost none of my prejudice against
the gsx, as n medicine, bnt iu vrry despera
tion, seeing that It could not make me any
worse than I wu, raid u medical treatment
bad utterly failed ro meet my owe, I conclu
ded to iry it. After a thorough examination.
Dr. Bfcirkry, to whom I wu then a stranger,
mtid: 'Sir, 1 Gave no medicine for either form
of your dlsoue (alluding to tho catarrh and
the bleeding at tbe throat), bnt, if you will
give mo lime, I will cure you.??? .\Iy responu
wu a natural one. 'You are frank in saying
you have no medicine for either forth of my
disease, aud yet you propose to emit me. By
what agency will you work this miracle ????
???Tlte Oxygen (tea,* said he, 'la not a medicine.
It line uoue of the charaoterisiio. of medicine
oompounded of drugs. These create a require
ment for continual increase ot quantity to be
???akeu; and, if long persisted ih, pro-luce some
form of diaease. lint Illegal produce, no ap
petite for tteelf. It pannes, by Inhalation,
into the blood, and purifies and invigorates
It. The system ta tbas enabled to throw off
effete matter. Yon will flotl by experieoee,
if yeu try the treatment, that it will nut in
crease the rapldi???yof tbeaotionof your pulse,
though tlte beating thereof will tie stronger
under itainfl nance,'
"Thta explanation removed my objections
and 1 ceuld us how .ucb an sgeut could
operate beneficially in cues of widely differ
ent symptoms and character.
"Dr. Hiarkey said that tbe cells af my left
long were oougeeted'with catarrhal mucus,
and that its believed the gu woald at once
adtlrcee itself to the removal of tlte depoeita,
and the restoration of nty full breathing
power.
"1 entered on the ate of the treatmeift, end
it tlte end of three weeks, with an improved
appetite, with the sbility to sleep several
oonsecntive bourn, with a measurable relief
ol the pain in the lung, and with Dr. Htar-
key'a content, 1 made tbe tonr of the lakes
from Erie to Duluth, in company with my
venerable friend, Henry O. Carey. Return
ing, we stated friends in Bt. 1???aul, Onicago
and Pittsburgh.
"Notwithstanding the intense best, I re
mained in Philadelphia during the summer,
and inhaled tbe gas daily with tbe happiest
effect. Before congrrsa asKtitbied tn Decern
her. uty long bad been relieved o(
ntucb of ila naiueotu deposit, and 1 wu able
to breatbe without pain.
"Without detaining yon with detail, I ntny
my tbat in tba progress of my recovery I bad
occulonal hemorrhages, which always p/e*
C.ded a palpable step in tbe program oi re
covery, eo that I came to regard three nnwel-
coma visitor.' t-s part of the remedial action
of nature, .Misted by Compound Oxygen Gee.
"1 am now more thou ten yean older than
I wu when I first trilled tbe treatment. I
have bed no perceptible efinaion of blood for
more than six yesn. 1 breathe u deeply as
I did at any period of ray yonog manhood,
and my natural carriage ie so erect u to elicit
frequent comment.
"1 have regarded my case u a very extra-
ordiuiry one, and yet I beve bad nntler ob
servation one which I regard aa more remarka
ble then my own. Tbaiof a young lady, wbo
bod been paralysed by fright or contusion
when her berara ran away and her oagrtage
wu dratroyed, and to whou father Dr.
Starkey, after examining th* cue, eald tha
wu beyond tbe reach of banian egency. I
know Iter now ox a happy wife and mother,
restored to most excellent health.
???You may judge of uy restoration to
health by tbe contrast between tbe results of
eome of my recent congressional debate*,
compared with what they were in 1874 In
that year when I spoke in the bouse iu favor
of tbe grout by tbe government to tbe cen-
teuntat exhibition, 1 wu eo prostrated
by tbe exertion that nty dmr
friend tbe lute Colonel John W.
Forney, left tbe gallery in which chad been
???itt lag, in order to ootne to tbe door of tbe
bull to uatat la relieving mo when I should
fail. I fonnd, on quitting th. Boor, tbat
there bad b??en a general fear tbat in my xral
I wu (taming beyond the bound* of prudentee.
"Bnt on Ibe fifth of May, 1882, when sub
mitting an argument in favor oi a tariff com
mission I held tbe U ror (or nearly three
hoars: though part* ol the debate might be I
characterised a* a wrangle between tuyaelt
and ??? others; snd u I did
not obtain the Boor until the Af
ternoon, I snne-idcre'l it, because tbe
oloseof Ibe day bad comip, when members
appetites told them thit dinner mo on the
table. The evening w>s pss'erl in nty rooms
with high degree of socUbillty, in which a
number of young ladies and gentlemen from
my d'ttrict, wbo happened to have been in
tbe house during mv speech, participated.
' On a lucent occasion I addressed live
Umand people In the Plillsdi-lphia Annie*
my of Music, witbont feeling any exhanst-
ir.n. I have a hearty appetite, and nm able
to take abundant exercise. I deep well, and
have a far better color in my cheeks titan I
had ten years ago.
"You ssk if I still continue the treatment.
Whenever I am in Philadelphia, nml feel a
fresh cold, or suffer from the nervons ex
haustion which follows excessive labor, I go
to tbe cfllcwof Dra. 8tark*y ft Palen, and re
sort to tbe treatment, an} am never witbont
the 'home treatment' i??> Washington. I
have the highest confidence, not only in the
treatment itself, bnt in Dry. Btarkey ft Palen
ns gentlemen cl skill, integrity and good
judgment"
To learn ail about Compound Oxygen,
write to Dr. tAartoey ft Palen, 1.109 Girard
???treat, Ptiiledriob???a, for???pamphlet setting
forth fell pait'culsrs
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