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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS TUESDAY. APRIL 22,1884:. TWELYE PAGE*. II FARMS AND FARMERS. THE GOSSIP OF THE FARM ASTOLD by farmers. Btclalming a Sandy Bolt-lbe MolUa Plait-Early Cabb*ice-Tbo Native Cow-Ooneernuf Dralatgc-Nciea, Ete, Rbclaimisq a Saudi Farm ???Although study soils are easily worked, they are for teat reason apt to be more rapidly and en tirely exhausted by cultivation than those of firmer texture. The coarse clods into which olay soils compact are the veto which nature putaon exhaustive cropping. Long before fertility is cxhsusted such soils get into con dition where allowing them to lie in grass and slowly recuperate is the only profitable course. But in lighter soils there is no ob struction to the roj'.s of plants which range so freely that unless very carerully managsd they soon become entirely exhausted. Lack of vegetable matter is the most dangerous, it is the most common symptom of this ex baustion.' So long as a due proportion loam exists, clover and other green crops can begrownand tbefertilitymaintained. Much depends upon the subsoil. If this is reten tive it prevents rapid or entire exhaustion while it the subsoil is also leachy the case Is more difficult, and unless location gives special value to the land its profitable work ing is almost hopeless. la determining what mav be profitably done to reclaim any laud, its probable value after reclamation is a most imnnrtant consid eration. Fear large cities or where unusual facilities offer for marketing produce, more money may be expended than would be war ranted in localities where the best land can be bought for a merely nominal sum. The first thing to be done is to get a crop of some kind that may be turned under as green ma nure. But where sandy soil has been run so that the vegetable matter has gone, clover will not catch, or if It does it wilt be so quick ly dried out that the soil receives no benefit. Something with larger seed, making more vigoroiisgrowtb, is needed. Buckwheat and Hungarian grass will make some growth on land so poor that clover would be an entire failure. Jf any manure can b?? secured, it should be spread tbiuly over the surface at seeding time. Little and often is the rule in' manuring aandy toil???little only because to secure largo amounts of manure for any con siderable area ia Impossible. Growing corn for soiling and for winter feed ia tbe second step in reclaiming sandy soils. Stock must be kepi, and of ait soils sand is least adapted to pastnring. With a little fertilizer to give the plants an early start goud corn may be grown on compara tively poor eandy eoii, A largo part of its substance will be carbonic acid gas taken by the leaves fjoift tbe atmosphere. If this is carefully saved the soil will gradually in crease in tbe aoionnt of vegetal)!? matter that it cntali/v. As far as pouible, sandy soils should be protected from severe winds. A belt of trees on the windward side will be a great advan tage, and in localities where a good market exists for fruit, some poniun of tbe farm should be set to them. WKh occasional green manuring, and tbe uso of all the coarse feed grown on me f irm for stock, only min eral fertilizers need be bought, and these not in large amounts. In some places farmers find that phosphates are of little benefit, but po tash ia almust always useful. The value of these commercial ieriilizeracan, however, only be determined by experiment In eaeh locality. If a thin acd covers the ground to be re claimed, it should be plowed under very ???lightly so as not to Imry bjyond reach tho small amount of vegetable matter tbit it con tains. The argument for deep plowing that it pulverizes tne subsoil, does not holu good on land whese failing Is in being too porous. Where little vegetable matter exists there is all tbe greater reason for keeplog it concen trated and wi thin reach of the roots of plauis. Many years ago practical farmers protested vigorously sgalrrn tbe mischievous effects of deep plowing on their sandy soils. Experl once has abundantly confirmed their opin ion, and theories have generally been changed to conform with it. Tux Mullein Plant.???A vigorous mullein will produce as many as 000,000 seeds, enough to stuck an elgbiy-ncre farm, with a few 10 spare to the neighbors. Mulleins are pre-eminently weeds of old pastures, and seldom Is there an untidy farmer but that yearly crops of muilelts wiih their stalks persistent inrough winter, advertise bitshifUeisnets. But were every farmer tidy, there are still enough unkempt roadsides and commons lo afford them per manent foothold. The common mullein has been at-he heels of man for ages, ft was widely diwilliute-a when our oldest records were written. U is now common all over Europe and temperate Asia to tne Caucasus, Altai and Hymaiaya, in northern Africa, America, and some Pacific islands. It early found its way tu New England. Josselyn, In 1672, mentiena "mullein with tbe while flower," which probably refers to our ordi nary large mullein, altnough its flowers are normally light yellow. Two other species of mulletn are more or lest common throughout tbe country, butaUthreebavcyeilowfiowers, occasionally varying to white. Two ol these, tbe common sort and the moth mullein, were known to Cntler in 1786. The latter was confiued to roadsides iu Lynn, While the former was "common in old fields.??? Cutler wrote of tbepieuis of Massachusetts, as did also Jesaelyn, and no doubt tfie latter referred to tfie common mulleio, which a hundred years later bad taken tolls habit of usurping pasture lands. Furah found it in abundance in New York in 1607. In 1876, or shortly be fore, it reached Catiioraia. Iu common with all plants which have long been companions of man, uinllein has an interesting matory. Its wand like stalks early attracted the attention of witches, in whose sorceries it became a potent instru ment. A resold of inese weird old incanta tions Is supposed to exist in the name Hag- taper applied to tbe plant in nurch European countries. The ancient Greeks saw other virtues In the plaut. Its leaves are said to have been used by them as lamp-wicks. The Romans called the pleat Candelaria, and ap plied its dried stalke in met to barn fur fa- neral torches. The old fioglish names Hig- taper and High-taper may refer to a similar use of tbe plant, althongb some authors would derive those names from the northern Hig-uper. Our word muliein is said to have come indirectly from the Latin malandre, a disease of cattle which tbe plant was sup posed to cure. The old French n*u.e u maien. Gerarde, however, calls the plant mullein, or woollen, whieb reminds one that the woolly leaves -may have had something to do with the makiog oi tbe name. Tne Latin origin, however, recalls many historic incident* regarding tbe use of the mulleio is a medicine, a use commemorated in the old name bnllock???s lungwort. Aside from its use in pulmonsry end other diseases of cattle, it was also in grett repute for the lick room. Gerarde euumerm es several preparations made from mullein which were auppoeed to be potent in many diseases. Pniilip Miller, a century since, adtlstf this use of theplant: ???A pint of cow???s milk with a handful of tbe leaves boiled in it to half a pint, sweetened wi-h su.ar, strained and taken at bedtime, ia a pleasant emollient and nutritious medicine lor sl aying a ongh, and more particu'arly fur taking off tbe pain and irritation of the piles.???' Tbe leaves have a bitterish and mu cilaginous taste, and a decoction of them is still used in domestic practice, especially for catarrhs and diarrhoeas. The dried leaves are often smoked for catarrhal and bronchial troubles. Decoctions of the leaves are eaid to afford emollients for the hardening of turners, and in other external applications. Early Cabbage???'To get them early some care Is necessary, as the plants must be start ed either in a hotbed or cold frame. It ia not required that glass be nsed, provided tbe hot bed is well covered at night. Muilln makes a good covering, retaining the beat better than glass, and is also much cheaper. Work the eoil nicely to a fine powder, sow the seed broadcast, or in little rows if preferred, cover ing with a brush-rake or even with the hand. Tbe eeed will spring up very soon it good, and the bed should be watered with a spiinkler whenever required, tepid water being pre ferred. Dutfog fine weather tbe plants may be exposed to the open air by removing tbe top of tbe frame, bat they should be covered as soon as tbe evening comes on, in order not to check their growth. Young cabbage plants are comparatively hardy, bat should De treat ed tenderly until they are large enough for transplanting. Ip transplanting, always en deavor to take np the whole plant (roots and earth) without damage, and draw them only in sutUdent numbers as may be necessary at tbe time. When placing them in the ground, set them deep, and if water be used pour it around the roots, covering with earth, aud uot over the surface. The rowsahould beone vard apart, and the plants tbe same distance from each other. Cabbage plants must be kept clean, and the oftener they are culti vated the better. In foot, it is a crop that cannot receive too much cultivation. Plenty of manure should be used, owing to tbe plants being very gross feeders, and in order to get them early tbe forcing should be ex tended to tbe field as well as the hotbed. There are a great many early varieties to se lect from, tbe Jersey Wakefield being among tbe best Cabbage should not be set out on locations previously occupied by a similar crop. Tn* Nativb Cow.???We commend the fol lowing remarks in regard to the native cow: The old man ???Who had a cow, Dut had no bar to give her. Continued wjlug unto her, "Consider, cow, consider!?????? But U is a rare thing to see the case reversed, and to find a mau who considers the case of the cowl Therefore, "three few lines??? from the McKenzie (Terra) Tri county News are the most refresuiog. "A great deal is being said of late about graded cattle, aud while we would not lay a atraw in the way cf tho progress in fine dairy- cow breeders, and hava not a word to say against the Jersey or the Short-horn, we do protest against the constant revtlement of our native cow. No animal on the firm is treated worse. Struggling among weeds in almost irasslcss pastures, furnishing blood for flies, o the blazing heat of summer, and subject to hail, snow, sleet, rain and north winds during winter, she still survives, ever patient, re turning good for evil, Put the native cow under treatment similar to that received by her foreign cousin and in our opiuion we would not have so much room to complain. To say the least, if our farmers who are not able, aa they think, to purobase the grided cattle, would give the native cow good atten tion, good pastures through the summer, and warm quartets and plenty of roughness through ibo winter mouths, they would soon be able, if they wished, to buy a fine grade of cattio. The way our fanners treat theTr cattle it Is u wonder they have any at all. The Jer- sey, the Short horn, the Ayrshire or the Hol stein would not be famous long under similar treatment," will gnmluaio and exterminate at tho oamo time. They can bo destroyed any time when deiirable by me me of the hoe. rattles in my neighbor hood who hsvegtren this berry a tilil have never znus, a ntarasoine one calling forhelp, but filled to have an early garden. Let other garde- nonldnot locate 'tie sound. Again 1 heard ??? ??? tbenoUo. 1 ai d Gri'i-sple made our way out CoKCEBtiiNo Dbainao*.???It is stated that "all lands underlaid by clay, rock or other impervious material need draining. What is to he gained by under-drainage? The sur face of the water ia the soil ia lowored, The roots of the cereals and grosser may penetrate es far as the surface of the water, but never into it. It ia necessary to draw the water oil to such a depth aa will give tho roots of grow ing crops plenty of room to reaoh downward for that nourishment that la necessary to thi lr growth. If the water is oaly one foot from the surface, the roots of plants have only that amount of soil from which lo gather nourish ment, with the aisadvantago of haviDg their feet wet by capillary attraction. Only aquatio plants grow well with their feet in tne water. ???The lowering the water below the surface pre vents a large amount of evuptralion ana its effect in cooling tbe soil. Toe water being removed, air and warmth are admitted to the soil. Drained lands are {or this reason ready for planting at least one wee* earlier in tbe spring. Thegrowihoi crops is qulokened tnrougb tbe summer by the increased tem perature of the soil, which amounts to several degrees, and tbe injurious effect of early froats are proven led In tue same manner. Crops are, therefore, given an increased period in which to make their growth of at least two weeks.??? . NOTES- Fair abatioms Against DRouoH-re-Thcrc Is rare ly a leuen when at some time tbe crops de not suffer (ram lock of moiature. To somo extent the dsmage from these droughts may be prevented. Thorough aubsolllna will allow more water to be absorbed by the soil, and If thoroujh drain ago Is added the feitlle area will be deepened for tho roots of crops to feed in. Soas otaris are not much attacked by phylloxera. This Is especially true of tho norlhen wild froet grapes, or vide rlparia. Upon such varieties other varieties may be grafted. The fol- losingtre good hardy sorts upon which to graft: Cbucard, Clinton, Hernonoat, CauDlnghtm, Nortots, Virginia, Bents, Cyutbiaaa and especially all varleilee ??f the wild species mentioned. Dsv Fksd Eos Yovtto ChickZNS.???Many young chtckeuiare killed by btfrg fed too much water with their meal, and especially If corn meal li fed, which is very eoncentmted food. The wet misses are compacted Iu the tlomech, so that they cannot well dlgceled. If corn fa fed,. it Is bolter for young chickens 11 broken Into small pieces and fed dry, but wheat without breaking If betler still. Manuring in tits hill beforo planting formelona and other Vfgrtablee is often unsafe. But little manure should be tried, and then it should be thoroughly mixed with the soli. If applied iu quantity, and especially if pat la a lump It eoou dries our, unless It Is very thoroughly decomposed. Some manures are too etrong for young plaals. We have known young melons to turn yellow and die when two Inches high when planted over hen manure. Fans and 6labso Litre.--When carbonate of e la burned la Ute form of limestone ft becomes caustic. Thobulkof water It contained Is txptll- ed, and Its weight and bulk are much decreased. Is then In best condition for hauling long distances to be applied to land, though for even distribution the large herd lumps are slaked to a fine powder before It Is spread on the surface. Air-slaked lime hte still a good deal of the caustic property, as It will burs Uta bands of those ueefng It freely. Tbs Cvr Wosa.???The eat worm cannot stand exposure to direct action of Ute frost, althoogh It Is safe when t u the aoiL Therefore spade or plow np Ihe garden J nit aa soon as it oeo be lone. Do not rake or barrow It, but postpons that operation later, which la better. Leev* tbe groand in tbe rough condition, eo that aa much surfeoe as posit wilt be expoeed to Ute cold. but oy Ute lime Ura planting period arrives the cut worms will be all 1 or gtaatly thinned out. Early turning of the Is the best method known for their destruc tion To Darrxor lJfiacn.???Spring Is here tod the busy gar doer has no donbt commenced bis work every state ia Ihe anion. During s cold, w. I spring insec-e end cat worms are very troublesome, end I will herewith famish s preventive that always dots Its work well, so far as my observe- goes. Take the common china berry and uter promiscuously over Ute garden They nets try ibe experiment this spring, and report. It is cuBtont and intrrsstino to examine Ihe question of analysis of soils. The statement is frequently made that soils should bo analyzed ??o aa to know In what elemont of plant food the flt-d may happen to be deficient. In tbe application ut hail a ton of fertilissr. say containing potash, torn acre of ground of which six Inches In depth were iu cuMvatlon, ana at there are 46 560 square feet in an acre, there would be over a thousand tons of soil lo mix with a half ton of fertiliser. This would bo half a pound of chemicals to the ton of soil. We doubt whether agricultural chtmlstiy la exact enough to detect this byan average anal}sis, and therefore conclude Ibat sell analysis is net es d-.-flulto and infallible a guide as some agricultural writers would have us thin a. Testing Szedj ???Before garden er field seeds are rowo in quaaUileelnsa good plan to teat them. They wlU often be found to be worthless or only panlaily good, and much time and vexation may be saved by testing before the planting in done. To lest seeds, do not plant them. Not infrequent ly Ihe conditions of tbe suit aud ill temperature prevent good seeds from germinating, and this Is especlallv trus when they are put In boxes In tho house. Without s greenhouse or hot bod s regular temperature and an even amount of moisture can not easily be secured. A good plan Is to place ???icda between damp pieces of flannel, and keep them as marly uulform in temperature aa possible. The seeds can bo examined any number of limes, and the process Is cleanly and convenient If seeds were rested, much vexation and doubt in many wsysrolghlb* Sparad. It might often bo found that good seeds tall to germinate when planted out, and tM Cannes of the failure discovered. Ilow to Tsll a Good Cow,???Many persons select cows from their knowledge of a tingle Indication denoting quality, but It is clttmed tbit tho best sign for rlchnisa of mllh Is deep orange color In side tbe ears. Such Is said to be Infallible, but there are aeeompsuylug points that assist tho ex pert In miking his selection from a number. After examining tbe ears, feel the skin on tho rump aud observe that It should be soil, velvety aud ea<lly falls again to Its pcilllon when iho band Is removed. Tbe hair should be flue and silky, with yellowish cast underneath. Tbe milk veins should be very ptomiuoni, uulform, and Ihe ud der well balanced, extending full to the rear, sud Will forward In frout lo the main milk ducts that extend along the belly. Thi bones should bo fine, the eye mild aud expressive, tbe body abowlug a tendeuoy to avoid accumulating fat, the teats even and at regular lulervala, with the escutcheon well defined, dandruff bclug easily rubbed therefrom, aud ibe cow should give indications of being a good feeder. Gillespie they made their wav through I Judge Flanders of New York, tbe window ou the root of the car. ???As we The Hon. Joseph R Flanders e D joys tbe CM?* ? ut the window, said Mr. I eminent distinction of beimr one of tbe most iSS!??? onecan 1 ng for help, but \ prominent lawyers of New York. Born aud brought up in Malone, Franklin county, on . a- v .. . the edge of the Adirondack region, he early p'aiM uy crawling on our devoted himself to the practice of law, and n 0 ??* dipping car took an active part in the politics of the l on roof of the state. He was for years judge in Franklin 1 HE i wo WRECKS, The itoillcs the Dcatf Mem F??Ufed fend fitlMfeTed. Tho scents at the two wrecks on tho Western and Atlantic yesterday were horrible. Yesterday morning at four o???clock tbe crews of men commanded by Captains John H. Flynn and Dave Wylie and Mr. Marlin Doo ly, were put to work to clear away the wreck aud recover the dead men. The night be fore last tbe most of the men slept at Big Shauty end yesterday morning allrespondcdon time. Big Uhanty is iltnatsd almost centrally between the wrecks, and for tunately for the railroad there was a number train, composed of an engine end several flat cars, at that point at the ilmeof tbe two acci dents. This engine rendered invaluable aid in the work of removing the debria and In transferring passengers. A crew under com mand cf Messrs. Wills and Dooly was taken to Moon???s, where the wreck of the freight train occurred. No work was done at this place tho night list ire on account of the fear that the engine wonld fall from Its lofty perch on tie side of tho bank and crosh those who were at work below. The engineer sad fireman still lay busied densath the wbeck, while the tenner of the engiue and the rem nants of sixteen freight care were piled In broken lumps upon theiu. Tne chum caused by the washout was about fifty feet across by forty feet in depth. Tbe men weut to wore with a will to rescue the bodiee of their unfortunate fel low workmen. The debria was being quickly removed, there being aboutsixty men at work, when some of tne men who were at work about the lower ptrt of the engine boiler, cried out, "Here he if," and on exam ination tbe dead body of Engineer McDonald was found. It was tightly wedged in between the fire box of the cugine and tbe bank, end was almoet completely buried under the fallen earth and tne wreck of tbe cars, Strong arms and willing hearts were soon at work * tearing away the broken planks and aboveliog away the looee earth from the body end at 7:2D a. m , the body waa raised from ita resting place and placed on a litter by the brawny hands of bis comradi s, while their volcet choked as Ihey spoke of the terrible fate he had met. The ecenrfricicnted waa a harrowing one, and men turned their faces'hat they might not reveal the womanly tear in their eyes. The body was put on board strain and taken down to Marietta. It was put in tbe charge of an undertaker who prepared it for burial. The employes of tbe read iu and about Marietta assisted by the noble heurted ladles of that city made wreaths and Grosses of immortelles and the casket was beautifully ornamented. B. A. McDonald, or Bine McDonald he waa familiarly called, was known to almost every lerson along the line of the road, he haring teen running over tbe road for me pest six teen years. On all sides nothing oonld be beard but regrets that such a noble hearted and Christian man had gone down to such a horrible and untimely death. naniNo tub eacoao Sony. Saddened and elck at heart the men went back to work to find the body of Mr. McCul loch, tho fireman. The work of removing the broken care progressed awiftly. Tbe pieces of limber and plank were taken aside and piled in great hespe. A great portion of tbe iron sheering of tbe tender was torn off and caught by the engine and pressed by lie weight on the upper end and by the weight of tbe beanie of the freight can fiat against the side of tbe washout. Peering beneath this one of the meu saw a portion of bii clothing. The men set to wora with above Is and axee to re cover Ihe body end about 12:50 o'ciock it wee pulled from behind the pieoe ol tin and f laced In a litter and home to a handcar. be face was washed and tbe clotted blood covered the bead. Tbe face woe terribly bruised and cut, so much so that it was almost unrecognisable. There were several deepeutson theforrhead over the eyes, Tbe iluibe were all broken and men who exam ined tbe body declared that there wu scarcely a wno.e bone in it. isto tub raws or math. When the melt car made tbe plnnge ita inmates were Misers. Hills, Gillespie, and Merrill. Tbe two lint are ronte agents and they were engaged in sorting and distribut ing the mail. Tbe young men, Mr. .Harvey stomach ovei Hi down to a brake second car and Irum there) up <o the bank. We then wen' hack to me sleeping car and lay down, ns l was feeling weak from my hurt. a<i ai once I tbuiighiof the voice I bad heard calling far help and made a rush out of the door and back to the wreck, followed by a gentleman whom I did not know. I hallooed for Merrell twice, but re ceived np response. However, the engineer answered me from the other Bide. By this time the mass in the bottom of the gnlch caught fire end waa soon blazing furiously. It was terrible to sea the poor boy burn and Snow there was no help for it " SlRniNG THE BODY OSRR HESEILL Early yesterday morning, Mr. R. L. Calla way, of Atlanta, who had been commissioned to take charge of the remains of young Mer rell by his father, with a Constitution re porter and othen, visited the scene of the wreck for the purpose of finding the body if possible. The remnants of tbe can were still smoking in the bottom of the gulch, The engine still remained I ierched on the edge of the abyss ooking as if it would fail every moment aud bury the party of searchers under its im mense weight. The eearch continued about two hours, when they were found aud taken from tbe ruins and carried to Big 8hanfy, sod from there brought to the ciiy. The body was burned beyond recognition. Dasraoa to tbs railroad and along the limb Tne damage to the railroad will amount fully to $76,000 Besides the two washouts mentioned eud in which the trains are wrecked, there is also another bad washout at Noonday, about one mile this aide of the freight wreck. This is fully forty foot in width and extends half way across the bank, the western side having caved in. A force of bands are at work repairing the work as fast as possible. Reports were received at Big Shanty yes terday that all ihe county bridges in that eeciion bad been washed away; also that all of the mills with their dams oil Proctor end Noonday creeks have gone down. The Chattahoochee river was higher Tues day than it has been known to be for years. It commenced rising after Ihe rain Monday night and in twelve hours had riren about ten feet. Yesterday evening it began falling slowly. The evidences of the terrible rain along the line are atill very evident. Old settlers say that it was tbe lrardeet rain they have ever seen. THE CUBAN AGITATION, The Cap-ala Ucncral l* bn It, ralltC???.Vetrhlna Ear Fliilkaatcr*. New Yobx, April 14 ???A Madrid special says the Aguero movement in Caba will lead to iho removal of Cav???ellu and tbe appoint ment of General Kivera.nowon tliePhillipIne islands, es captain general of Cuba. Advices from Havanaatateltissemi officially reported tbet Aguero penetrated the rich jurisdiction of Colon, receiving every where on the road accessions of men and horses. He had burned tho various ??? planta tions where help was denied. The insurection will increase if tbe troops are unable to cap ture the party. Borne of the papers accuse the military authorities with atier Ignorance and Indifference. Boats from the flag ship Tennessee are patrolling around the island and ihe light house. At Key West, Florida, the steamer Laurel, cruising about tbe entrance of tb?? harbor to intercept any contemplated expedition to Cuba. Rumors aro rife but they have little foundation. Maobid, April 14.???An official dispatch from Cuba reports that a band of forty-two insurgents, under Juran, who Intended join ing Aguero, wore attacked by tho troops and thirty-eight men were killed. THE TIME CONVENTION. Arrfefesffeff a Ttai Pehofule lor 0aatk??ra raralnal Potato* Nsw Yoi k, April 10.???'The southern rail road time convention was in session for three hours here to-day. Representatives of Ibe principal southern roads attonded. The primary object of the convention waa to do* terrains the schedule of through trains between New York and Jacksonville, Atlanta, New Orleans and other points. It was decided that tbero should be no changes if time between New York and Washington, and that when local changes were made south of Washington they should take rllect May fltli. Benrmaiy W. F. Allen presented a report for tbe adoption of Ihe standaid time, which, be aald, Is uow recognised among 45 ol 60 million people in the United Blslea. Tbe contention put on record by resolution, its recognition of Mr. Allen es the originator of the system, and tine through whose efforts it had been adopted. The question of uniform signals wu settled by the formal indorsement of a reaolurion dealing with tbe sul-jsct. which tho general time convention adopted at Its session iu Cincinnati last week. Tho convention adjourned until nextOctober in this city. REBELLION IN MSXICO. A. Merreil, was temporarily employed os mail weigher. He bad finished his workani tain down and gone to deep When tbe crash came be wu sleeping u peacefully os a little child. never dreaming of the horrible fete that wu in s'ore for him. Mr. Hills wu thrown from one end of the car almost to tbe otberetriking hie breast against something to the ear, and in- j nring himself veiy badly, though in no wise fatally. Mr. Hills wu confined in a narrow apace of about five feet square, aad he called to Mr. Gillespie to know if be wu still alive. Mr. Gillespie answered him, end Mr. Hills toll him to come to him, that be bad found s window. Followed by Mr. k9 NtllfM Tara Oat Aftlail Ibo American iitilltaU*; Chicago, April 16 ???A special from Klpiso, Texas, to the Daily Nows stys: A dispatch from l-???racaa-Ecas, Mexico, 75 miles south of here, is to the offset that there is trouble among tbs Inhabitants and an uprising against tbe American residents. They at- tackrd the Mexican Central railroad, burned the bridges and tore up tbe track for several miles. In Cbibaebaa the governor called out the troops to prevent any demonstra tions. Travelers from the interior for several days have reported an uneasy feeling and faara of a rebellion among the inhabitants. Ht Louie. April 16 ??? Lsla ad rices from Vers L'rus Male that yellow fever prevails there, sud that It destbs occurred In olc day 1st! week. Among those who sled wu an American named C if. Powers, formerly connected wtih ure Mexi can Central railroad, Tbe American consul who had the fever bu recovered. A NOVEL. FIOHT. A Weassa aaS a TilMI rt.l.il.c BaJlraaS IVark la Smkira Brooklyn, April 16???Some excitement was caused this, morning when theSmp'oiea nf tbe Bruff Elevated railway comp- -> In Brooklyn resumed work on the road in tbe vicinity of the church of the A-sumption. The putor of the church had been assured that the compiny wonld take another auee>, bat tbie morning he found that they were pushing tbe rood directly in front of tlie church. A large crowd collected and hooted. One women planted herself on tbe flagstone which a workman wu to remove, and dared them to move her. The woi kmen removed the stone with tbe women standing on it. The putor of tbe church subsequently pro cured an injunction restraining tne company from procsedlog with tbe work, and the police then (topped the operellooe of the workmen. A OVPSY chief. Tka Urt4?? *ra Greer H??Uj PiraicS-lk* It Huito Alai a. YouxowoWN, Ohio, April 15.???William Wells is the leader of a large band of gypstea encamped tael of the city, and bu a wife and six daughters. Tbe second one, Amelia, elgbtaen yrars old, Is a band soma brnaatte. Recently while at Mansfield, Ohio, sba became enamored of a gypsy qtnt bemad Wil liam Hlanler, ksowu at one of tbe beat bone j ickeya In Ohio, mauley eaktd peimnrioutomak* net bis wife, but the father refused, and IDs coupte eloped, bnt were raptured the seme day. and since ???ben Ibe daughter IMS been guarded my fleetly. Lest night, while tbe ramp tlumbtred, Hrealty ap peared with two fleet Rot oeo, gtMly awakened hie a wee th cart, aud preclog her ou one endmounda* die other, were soon mllra away on the red lo happlaeo*. At daybreak her abeeuce wu dltcov mo. end the mea In eemp dlepaiched In tvery direction In Kerch of Ibe couple, but no clew wu obulntd. and Stanley and bis sweetheart are donNJrai married and laughing at the ruse played on tbe father. county; and hp served with distinguished ability several terms in the legislature of New York. He wu for a long time in partnership in tbs practice of law with the Hen. W. A. Wheeler, who was Vies President of the United States during tbe presidency of Mr. Hayes. Judge Flanders wu a member of tbe famous committee appointed about twenty years ago to revise tho Constitution of the Slate of New York. He always bu beeb a staunch aud fearless advo cate of temperance reform, and of purity in political attain. Daring the controversy which led to the war, he wu conspicuous for his consistent and forcible advocacy of ???State rights,?????? always taking tbe ground of the statesman and jurist, and not affiliating with the demagogues or noisy political charlatans on either aide. In .his present appearance Judge Flanders???s countenance gives np indication of tho rr markable physical experience through which he hu passed. No oue would suppose, from seeing him busily at work in his law office, a cheerful, hearty and well preserved elderly gent???eman,that hewu formany yean a great sufferer, and that his emancipation from slavery to severe disease wu a matterof only recent date. But even so it la. Visitlne him n few days ago in bis well appointed law of- fflees in ???Temple Court,??? which Is one of the new twelve-story office buildings of the metropolis, we found him disposed to engage in conversation regarding hfs Illness *n-1 Ins completeireatoratlon to health. The in fir mil lion whieb he communicated in regard to this extraordinary case wu as substantially follows: "For many years 1 suffered from weak digestion and the dyspepsia consequent upon it. My health was not at any time since l was i wen ty-ono y esra of age vigoruu* ;although by persistence and close application I have been able ill most of the years lo perform i large amount of work in my profession. Gradually l declined into a state of physical ami nervous prorlratlon, iu which work be came almost an impossibility. In 1370 l wo* all ran down in strength and spirits. Energy and ambition had entirely departed. That summer I went to Saratoga, and took a va riety of the water*, under the rllreollon of one of the resident physicians. But Instead of receiving any benefit 1 grow weaker urid more miserable all Ihe time 1 wu there. "In September I returned lo New York in very reduced stato. X was incapable of work and barely able lo leave the house. Soon after my relurn 1 suffered a violent chill, which prostrated me to tba lut degree. But under medical treataient X gradually rallied, so that In the tourseof the winter and spring l managed to do a little work at my office in my profession. During this time, however, I wu snliject to freqnent fire of prostration, which kept me for days and weeks at a time In the iiouse. "So I kept on until the anmmer of 1882 I tried a variety of medicaments whieb kind friends recommended, end was under the care of several physicians from time to time. In the latter part of tho summer I went to Thousand Islands, where I staid several weeks with friends. But 1 found the atraos phere did not agree with me. Soon I had a chill; not a severe one, yet in my state It added to my weakness and general discom fort. Several days after this I had anotbor chill which totally prostrated me. ???As soon after ibis as I was able to travol I went to Malone, my old Franklin county home, intending to stay fur n while anion, relations and friends, and to consult my oli family physician. But I found that he waa invuy ill rIk- While inoiiiiljiini willi V ??? President Wheeler, roy old friend and for mer law partner. They did not relurn to Malone until three daya beforo I left there. Of courso I consulted tho physician. He ueiiher raid nor did muoh for me. I came away feeling that the battle of life was nearly ended. The next time I saw Mr. Wheeler In New York, he told me that the doctor said to him that he never expeoted again to see me alive. When I arrived at homo in Sep tember, it was In a slate of sueb exhaustion that I wu unable to leave home except ou blight mill sunshiny days; and tlren only to wal x s'o bIv u block or two. * "Meanwhile my eon, who had been in Muuchmetts, made the acquaintance of a country postmuter in that state, an elderly gentleman, wuose prostration teems to bava been as great u my own. or nearly so, This gentleman had been taking the Compound Oxygen Treatment, and had received from it the most surprising advantage. My eon wrotn frequently,' and urged that 1 should try this treatment. Bat I had lost all faith in reraediet. I had tried many things, and had no energy to try any more. But In Sep tember my ton came to New York, and per suaded me to visit Dr. Turner who is In onsrgo of Dr. Starkey A Paleo's office In New York for the Compound Oxygen Treataient. My going there was not becauu I hail any faith in this treatment, but to gratify my son???s kind importunity. When Dr. Turner examined my cue, he thought I wu so fsr gouo that he hardly dared to express the faintest hope, , "On the 7th of October I commenced tak ing tho Treatment. To my great surprise 1 began to feel better within n wet k Ina month I improved eo greatly that I win tide to comelo my office and dosonie legal work i then canietntlieoflioH rrgu'arly except in ha 1 weather. Ou the 19th of Dr camber a law matter came Into my bands. Itwatsooiu- plicated cun, promising to give much trouble and to require very clmo attention. I had no auibiiion to take if, for I bad no confi dence in my ability to attend to iL I con sented, however, to advise concerning it, and to do b little work. One complication after another arose. 1 kept working atitallwin- ter anil Into the spring. For three months this case required as continuous tnougbt and labors* 1 had ever bestowed on any com in all my legal experience. Yet under the con stant pressure and anxiety 1 grew stronger, liking Compound Oxygen ail the lime. In the spring, to my astonishment, and that ol my friends, I wu as litas ever for hard work and close application. "My present health is each that 1 can without hardship or undue exertion attend >?? the business of my profession u of old. I am ngulerly at my (.files In all kinds of weather, except the exceedingly stormy, and even then It is seldom that I am housed. My digestion is good, roy sleep is as natural aud easy aa it ever wu. ana my appetite la u Uesrtf ss l "i Id -dr "A remarkable feature of my caw ia the hopelessntss with which Dr. H a/ley viewed It at the outset. It wu not brought to ids personal atn-ntlon nmil slier, in Dr. Turmr s care 1 had begun the treatment. Th-u my son wrote to him, setting forth my c-mdiliou, end - eking him to interest himself individu ally in endeavors fur my hem lit Dr. Star- key replied that be had oerefnlly examined tbe cue, u set before him; and that there wu evidently nothing that could be done. He saw no possible chance of my being made better, and doubted if I could cyan be made more comfortable. ???I am very eorry,??? he wrote, ???to giveeuch a hopeless prognosis, but conscientiously I can give no othir Wha; would Dr. Star key have Ssid, had he then been assured that In lets than a year from tbe time of hie writing t sbonld be thorough- 'y restored to ss good health u I ever bad, sud that I should be able to attend regularly to the arduous duties of my pruf-uioo? "Do I still continue to rake the Treat ment? No; not regularly, for my eye'eru Is in such condition that I do not need it Once in a while, if I happen to take cold, I resort to tbe Treatment tor a few days, and always with certain and beneficial effect. "My confidence in tbe res.oratfve power of Compound Oxygen ia complete; si also it ia in tne ability Bnd integrity of Drs. Starkey A Palen, and of Dr. Turner, who is in cbsrgeof thslr New York Depository; otherwise I should not allow my name to be used In this connection. I have thus freely niarienu-iriion ol the history of my case aa a du???y I owe of fendering possible service to some who may be as greatly In need of physical recuperation aa I ana." From the above it would aeom that even the most deapondentinvalidaand those whose condition haa been supposed to ba bi-yond remedy, may take courage and be of Food cheer. For ihe roost ample details in regard to Compound Oxygeu, reference should be made ro tbe pamphlet issued by Drs, 8'nrlrey A Palen, 1109 and 1111 Girard street, Polls- dalphia. On application hy mail, this pam phlet will bu sent toany a ldress. TOPICS AND OPINIONS- Ono of tbe Iraost prosperous young men In the Bute Is Hr John D Cunningham, eon of Jndgo J. D Cuunlngham. Leaving behind him the glare of city life, ho assumed charge of his fatljcr'e mag. nlficent property at Orchard Hill. Under Mr rare ho hu increared Ihe number of trees by ort rlO,- 000 lutwoyetrs.hu mulered all tho dill! .-ulllee of peach culture, and perfected such arrango- menu for the disposal of bis crop that ho may welt be railed tbe peach king of tho touth. As lo iho part of Georgia best adapted to peach culture, Mr. Cunningham says Ibat tbero Is a dividing ridge between the waters of the Atlantic oseam and those of the Gulf of Mexico, commenting about rorsyth aud running to Atlanta which Is from three to flvo miles wide. This section Is pe culiarly adapted to tho peach; it li safer Mom host, the trees Ust longer and.thefrult ir of ampirfor il??- vorsud color. This ridge U very htgh.bolh actually and relatively; the winds are seldom at rest; and again tbe air Is dry, the temperature In wluier le m cold that premamre blcMomlng Is prevented. Further touth tho buds aro apt lo swell io winter and be "winter killed.??? The ulshis )u Ibe fall aro so cold on this this ridge that vegetation is checked In lime to allow tho buds to matme. The country around Orchard Ilill U by far tho best adapt! d of any portion of IhU ridge, but near Hewuan, Madl ???on. Orceusboroisnd Covington la also a good peach country. Grsprs also fiourhh la Ibe samo sectionb. The mounUIn sidesomhs Western and Atlantic railroad aro npceltUy adapted to tho gmpo. Around Angusta melons, cantalonpos aud straw berries, besides all tender vegetables, would grow to perfection. Etch motion U peculiarly adapted to grow somo particular fruit to perfection. Ur. Cunningham says be lost a thousand dollars try lag to grow Ilsrtleit pears In ralddlo Georgia aud nn- other thousand on apples, and it wonld bo Just an unwlaotoattnn.it to grow peaches south nf tho belt moniloned. Tho LcUunto pear flourishes arouml BmUbvIllo while tho peaob would provo eullrely unprofitable. Mr. Cunningham hasovor 60,000 IreraIn bearing. In Ihe shipping season ho often sends off from 6,COO to OJOO crates dally, apd ???Ifll hundreds of bushels rot from wautof labor to garner them. Chinese cllnga, of tlavor superior to that of tbe Jersey peacl, command readily six dollars s bushel Is Philadelphia and New York, while tho New Jeriey peach brought but one thlnl that sum. In bit fre Ight bill wu over! 12.000. Now tho same fruit ran be marketed In the samo markets, Iu better condltloo, by use of Iho Austell refrigerator care, tor about oue-balf or ono third the money. Now is Iho Utno to mnko money plant ing peaches and delicate fruits and vigotables. Tho CenlrRl railroad, the Wetloraand Allaullc and the Georgia railroads have arranged for a voiumncnt auppy of Iheso refrigerator cars for parlies along the lino of these roaas. Evaporating and cam.lug Mr. Cuunlngham bellovcv to bo very profitable, IIo knew of a nortberu Arm which was paying 11 per bushel for inferior pcsche??? 1 and stripping them cstiuod to us at a profit. There - Is no real on llmt a canning factory iu any commit* inly. In Iho fruliatid vegetable regions of Georgia, would not pay. The northern people make ortuucs growing vrgctablcs ou laud worth 1100 per aero, with labor at ono dollar par day, canning them and shipping them to us. A groit many men are going into the business of fruit raising in tula teflon of Georgia. Tho Wosdruff fruit faim, sbovo Grlfllii has 4C0 acres, planted mslnly In grspta. Besides Ibo Woodruff giapo faim of 400 acres, young Woodruff has 100 acres, Dtley ICO terra, J. Kcllar too acres. Hurled 100seres, I'.Hmlth ICO sens, Leavenworth 00 acres, M. U. Kelvry 50 idles, and imall frull man 100 acres. Fully 5} pur cent of thesq fruits aro grapes. Deputy Sheriff Zirn has lodged Iu Burke county J all Pr m Vi llllsmr, who waylaid and killed Clem Bush last October. Mr. Earn got a clue to a part; ailing himself Isaao Jackson, working near or on Iho Augusts and Kuoniilo railroad, tu Carolina, that answered to lbs dticrlpllon of Bern WI,llama, and promptly following It up, found in Jackiou Iho man ho baa boon qn the lookout for, for somo Ums. Tho truck prospect in Brooks county Dpromlslug. Tbero sro ten seres in ukra near li-riiman. An other man hu two acres f u lumstora Tho acrcsge iu melons, though not aa large as lest jiar.it lu excellent condition. Haraauah News: A colored mau called at the police barracks and reported that a negro preacher had been shut while holding service In a Obursh located iu ono of tho negru sittlemeuia touihol tho city. Two mouutrd pullcemeu wero lmmedl-' ab ly dispatched to tho locality for the pui p.iso of ??? bringing In tho author of the dlilurbaDOe, but they returned about midnight ampiy-bauded, tbs di??? tnrbor having made his recipe. Tho ofllccii re ported Ibat during preaching hours atn church loratod at Cook's plane, ou too Mlddto Ground rosd, anouta mile beyond Anderson streol, a young negro named Fred Waldburg created a dlsturbanoo outildo Ibo church door, annoying thocmgrcgatlou. A colon 1 man named Jefferson, cither Ibo preacher or an cllleJr of tho church, wont out and ondcarored to sllenco him, but to this he waa unsuccessful, and pro voked a quarrel. Hot words brought on a fighl, and In in i Altercation WaMbnwt shot Jnur-uu withailir'giiu. Tbs ebargo of small bird shut lodged In J< fferaoo'e floo ai d arm. This bn ko up Ihe devotional exercltu for tbe Urn.-, ami ih>- male portion nf tha congrcgsilnu proc. I-.:. -1 io dis arm lira jnufblul di spend >, and,hath g .uareded ??? so o*tng endeavored to bold him uml- r mivV- this tne/were uot so su-resa-lol Va .lours broke away and ran Into Mi Uouml whirl, by,audio a faw mumeuta emerged " * brnn>llihluga ft rinl'Ublc (com 4 tfenfnshis jr??urn to detaiu him. Jlofcucceed*??> iL k ?? | line nts would bo c&pton at bay until bo nx'cbla cactpd into lha adjacoot woodi. It waa mauk! to the oflieem that a white man bad ???uuiijuenlly ???ecu Waldburg. and bad fired two abnta ??t him. Tbewooda wcre??courc*d, but reluctantly thoolb* cua *tro compelled lo return to tberlij end re port at headquarters that the bled had Uo * a. An exetml m of Mhiourt editors fa ou i(a way to Florida. Tbe odltors w lit atop of er ia Atlanta one day lo order lo fret tbe betrlaff of tho ruin paw. Jacksonville, Florida, tho party wiii laud, >hed their overcoat!, don their ilnen, piocure a hall dozen palmetto fan* of tbe natural leaf and make general auivcy of tbeclty. which will be to them one ooatUfuouacrand rccoo of beauty* Tho petty will board a flue ateamer and make direct for au Aufoatlne, on Iho A thus tie coast, the most an* ci?? nt aud probib!J Iho moat noted city ia tho Uni- tcdltijate*; thcnci acron the peolouila. tho oeiU drivers will go to Cedar Key ion the gulf of Mea* Ico, partake of come fine turtle coup and U:??n bard an ocean steamer and sail for Havana, Cuba. It will be well If they ewape being taken aa pari Aquero'Afllllbuttering laud when they reach the "ever faithful Mr. tieorge 8. /loach, of Wajcrets, is going into thecblckeo raUlog bu*iue??a on a large acalc. He haa arenred a apleudld lot for that pnrpoaofrom Ber. W* II. Thouua, of that t lace, acd when we were there !&it week,waa buildirg a Urge hennery. Fart oi iho lot waa ploughed up and p'auted with imali grata, we nuppoio, while about ouo acre la pine thicket. Rev. Mr. Thomas waa at woik ditch- log around the prcmiMi.aud though an old man ez hiblta traits of an exceedingly IcduMrloua old gentjemau. We have not tbe least doubt as to tae MKxfcHiof the venture, htcaUMj Mr. K./??u:h teidota cngiigcain anything that will not wields p ofil. m to _ yon in the baiin< failure with* light piofit oy thlae e, and io t Iking would bo a ns ae???nodlat preacher, and Metho- i thrive bettor when ia??y have chick* oflee<'oauty, fia., Gare-te. ,1