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THtf 'WfffWKLV OONSTTTTTtKW* TfflBtfDAT APRIL fo 1^4- TWELVE PA GISH. 11 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 USTS HAVE ALWAYS FOUND The Most Perfect Made; ft PURE FRUIT ACID BAKING POWDEAt- There is rone stronger. None so puro ??? end wholesome. Contains no A lum or Ammonia. Has teen used for years in a million homo% He, great strength makes it tho cheapest. '.t:. perfect purity the bnalthieit. la tha ciout. Prove it by tha family loaf mt^eljcie poly . ???uc test THE TESTgF THE OVEN. STEELE & PRICE, Chicago, Ul., and St Louis, Mo. ???r Mjiwr iift ??>rn??n noinv rnnno. r oomo, i . _. waring by.tei n??e matter of <tre?? ??o tauc by gontit-men of tram. ^tn tho tailoringdi paitment 1 hue aiupcrb .teak FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WOOLENS Larzo enough, flue enough, handsome eroneh, flood enough i.nd cheap enough to uns t (be Tuned fli imii???fN *.f fill i'VtM???8. I ??????mp???ny nm f hut Ibe mnl???killed workmen. Hie the hem trlmmhiRN and am prepared to iufturo complete avifffAC'lon in mako'iipand fit at price* aa low aa compatible wilii flrai-elaafl Rooda and lint elite workmananip. Tb* department* ol Ready vfadoclothing. HaU. and FiiPdihluK Rood*ere. a?? uvnal. complete; but of uu will fijrt-ak juoto ptrilcularlj In buhae- queut notice*. A. O.M. GAY, CLOTHIER, HATTER AND MERCHANT TAILOR, ???7 PMcbtne NtrMt, Atlanta, Oa. A MEDICINE CHEST MO HOtKEHOID SHOULD BE WITHOUT THB OLD GRANDMOTHER When called to thebedaideof tha little chim inf with that night fiend to children and hnrm } parentt, caocr. the oM grandmother oaed 10 h I for Mnlleln and make a tea aud ai once relieve I*??? made Into a tea now and combined with BwwJ Qaa Itjwaeeiita ta Tkylert Cherokee Remedy oi Hwnol inim ??r.fl Mull. lii a pieaewut and tffofltfv* cure for Croup* Wb^opiu* <;ourh. CoM.and Too* gumption. Price 2Sc. and fl. Thfj with Dr. JMr flcra'Heutbern Remedy, ail equally elttcarioua rem edy for Cramp, Colic. lMarrhtta. Dysentery, children mS-ring from 'hr (freta of uethloe pre* ???enta a If me UzoicineChemtiio household aaould ?? without for the apeedr relief ???udde.i attack! of the !uun aad towela. Aik your druggliui fer then. Manufao- fared by w u.i kk a. : avi/.r, Atlanta, Oa??? 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