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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, TUESDAY. MAY 27.1884 - T WJELYK .PAGES.'
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FARMS AND FARMERS.
THE GOSSIP OF TH B FARM AS TOLD
| V "W BY FARMBRS.
firui Culture???SsljII Or.hsrdj-Orsrtltk-now to
Balia . Sll.-Wh.t Fswli K.B-ttuUs!
Wet So.l-Ccttou Seed u a S ock Feid-
Btliiox B.ny culokeet-Koiet.
Eo TOBsCossxiicrios: There seems to be
snch a general inquiry about grass now among
our southern farmers, I have concluded to
giro you the history of one of the grandest
grasses for the south that has ever been dis
covered. It is truly a winter grsss, called by
botanists "poa arachnifera," and as I had the
honor of giving it a local name. I thought
you perhaps would like to be instrumental
ia correcting an error which is to some ex
tent In consequence of some writers dot
knowing whereof they write, wbieh is this:
They call our "bearded mesqulte, or stipa
setigera??? of the botanists "Texas blue-grass,"
when it is not even of the same class or fam
ily of grass.
This is the true history of the poa arachnl-
fera, or Texas blue grass. Sly father discov
ered this grass in the winter of 1870, near this
place, and took it homoand planted it among
his roses in the flower garden. In 1878 I sent
it up to the department of agriculture, and
the commissioner wroto that it was first dis
covered by Dr. John Torry, in 1853, when
General Siarcy explored Red river. Dr.
Torry was sent as United States botanist. He
named it ???poa arachnifera??? on account of
the web like textuie of the seed. The com;
missioner, General LeDuc, also wrote me
that it was such a o ose relative of the Ken
tucky blue-grass that I ought to call it
"woolly, or web flowered blue grass. 8o I
informed that I should call it "Texas blue-
grass??? in contradistinction to tbe ???Kentucky
Dine grass.??? The seed ripen from tho first to
tbe 15ih of May here, and eeed and sets
should be planted in early fall as the grass
dies down during our hot summer months,
but springs up with the first rains in Septem
ber and grows all winter. I have known it
to grow ten inches in ten days, during an
open spell ot weather in mid winter, but it
wjll not do this all the time, although cur
coldest winters do not even nip it. Stock of
all kinds seem to prefer it to any kind of
green food in winter. I frequently get letters
asking if it will makegood uoy. how those
who write such letters do not stop to think.
???,Vhat do we want with hay when we have
the green grass to feed on7 If we have plenty
of burmuda for summer, and a pasture of
Texes blue grass well set for winter, tho
???ailo" is done away with and hay becomes a
thing of the past; but the trouble is to con
vince our southern farmers of the fact that
grass is the main support of the farm. A
wise man once said show him a country with
"no grata,??? and he would show you a country
with no cattle, no cattle, no manuro, no ma
nure, no crops, no crops, no farmers, no
farmers, no notbingl Now, is not this the
casein tbe south? I could give yen the
history of several other grasses that I am ex
perimenting with on a small scale, and may
at some future day write you again, bull
have never yet found a fault with the Texas
blue grass since I first knew it.
Yours truly, Gao. H. Hooak.
Ennis, Ellis County, Texas.
Small Orchards???Every farmer should
have an orchard of some kind, made up of
such fruits os he finds to succeed In his
region, but it will not pay, as a rule, for
general farmers to go Into fruit-raising on a
very large scale. Ou a large scale It most be
a business to itself, as it requires a man???s
whole attention. Bo says the .Prairie Farmer,
adding that small orchards, Intended mainly
to furnish a generous supply of wholesome
fruit for tue farmer???s family, will be found
much more satisfactory on tho whole than
large undertakings, for they can be managed
without interfering with other farm work to
any great extent. We are all apt to take a
little more pains with that which ii Intend
ed for our own particular use and we feel
more Interest in tbe welfare ot the few trees
that are to furnish us with our yearly supply
of fruit than we would in raising for the
market, where It is only a question of dollars
and cents, ranking the same as a wheat or
cotton field ia our calculations of loss or
gain.
Certain it is, that with perhaps a few ex-
ceptiene, small orchards are more thrifty and
produce muon more fruit in proportion to
tbe slse than tho large ones. It seems, how
ever, to be in tbe nature ot tbe American
farmer to enter largely into any enterprise
that may look promisingly remunerative.
He never hesitates in doubt as to his capabil.
ity to manage a particular undertaking, but
sails in with all bis available capital, and
makes things ???geo.??? This is a very com
mendable quality, and wbeu applied to some
project that will no' require a very extended
knowledge or experience, it usually Insures
success. But when we get down into tbe
finer practices of agriculture, and especially
bortlcullu' e, it is sometimes a very danger,
ous element to success. Tbe farmer who,
with but slight previous experience, lavs out
|100 or $200la trees st one "ewoop" Is pretty
apt to lose a good share of the|purcbasa money
and au immense amount of labor along with
it. And this is not all thathe loses, he loses
all liking for the buaioeas, if indeed he doei
not contract a hearty dislike. He failed,
probably, through pure ignorance as to the
needs of a young orchard. In tho natural
order of things the failure, we will say, la
only a partial one. Some of his trees were
set on wet, uadrained land, some were set too
deep, and were aot properly trimmed. Fresh
manure at the roots, no mulching, or adoseu
other causes might be given which he had
never before thought of. Now from this
state of partial failure quite a ehare of the or
chard might be retcueu by prudent and pre
serving care. But he is disgusted with the
business by this time and thinks it will not
pay to fool away any more time on it; ao the
tew remaining trees come up aa best tney can
in their ragged, scattered condition.
His leas ven-ure-ome neighbor commences
early in choosing a few common kinds, and
setting them near the house where he can ire
quently spend a few minute* at work among
tnem. Aa he bat but a few, he can give them
better care from the first than he would be
able to give if there were hundreds instead of
doseus. These few trees thrive, and be feels
encouraged to add a little more. His ex
perience and study keep pace with the in
crease of his trees, and by tbe time be has a
fair tixed little orchard be knows just how to
take care of it, and make the meet from it.
Be knows wbat kinds do best iu bis particu
lar locality, and wbat tbe most favored* con
ditions for each variety. He kuowa how to
get bis tree* economically, and how to start
them advantageously.
An orchard cannot be built up in a month
or a year. Like a library, it must serve t>
build itself up. Tbe first acquisitions muit
furnish the knowledge for gathering others
about them. Capital will burry things up a
bit, but it takes time and excellence to da
the work perfectly. Spasmodic horticulture
cannot be seuccese, so go steady but surely.
Gaarruo.???After planting, the next im
portant opera'ion in the orchard ia grafting.
This it ot great importance to the farmer aa
well aa to tbe Urge grower of fruit trees,
ci-bar of whom can raise bis own seedling)
and top-graft them, instead ot buying root-
grolteu treea iron tne nurseryman; thus
stocking sn orchard without any expenditure
of money and with but little labor. It has
varietlM may be improved in this way, so
that every owner or plauter of an orobsrd
should undetj'ftnd how to graft his trees and
bow tbe process is effected in the growth of
the graft.
In common practice a scion or cutting
from a valuable variety of fruit i?? grafted in
to a less desirable kind and the good variety
may bs multiplied very greatly. And not
only s >, but the worthless stock may change
tbe habit of growth of the graft, as iu graft
ing pear upon quince, by which we make
dwarfs, which bear very much ??? sooner th in
standard pears would do, and in some cotes
greatly improve tbe character of the fruit.
The scions should be cut from tbe last
year???s growth, or thosa of tbe year previous
may be used. But no cuttings having fruit
buds should be taken. The purposo of the
scion is to form the top of tbe future tree, or
a branch which must make several year???s
growth before it will bear fruit. The process
of fitting tho scions Into the stock is as fol
lows: Tbe limb or stem to be grafted is
sawn off squarely with a flue saw and tbe sur
face ia trimmed quite smoothly with a ebarp
knife. A strong Mailed knife, as a shoe
maker???s cutting knife, haring a atraight edge,
a small mallet, a chisel ground to a double
edge, a sharp pen knife, and a pot of graft
ing wax are required. The blade of the
knife is held across tbe stuaip to bo grafted
in the direction in which the grafts are to be
placed, end driven down witn tbe mallet so
as to split tbe stump smoothly. The knife
is then drawn out and the chisel is driven in
to tbe center of tbe split eo as to bold it open
while the graft is inserted, The graft ia cut
wedgesbape both ways to fit the split in the
stock so that tbe bark of each tits closely,
and a shoulder should be cut on the graft to
fit tbe bark on the edge of the stock quite
neatly. Tbe principle is to get as much of
tbe bark of the Rraft into contact with the
bark of the stock as possible. la cutting the
graft care should be taken to leave a bud on
the outside just above the shoulder from
which a shoot will grow to form a future
stem or branch; if a bud is left on the inside
it should be pinched off. When the graft is
in its place the chisel or wedge ia drawn out.
andas tbe split closes it binds tbe graft firm
ly. Tba wound ou tbe stock and junction of
tbe graft is then covered with grafting wax,
which ia a mixture of equal parts of resin,
beeswax and tallow, softened with eufllcient
linseed oil to make it plastic. This protects
the joint of tbe graft from tbe air and from
drying, and encouiages a rapid healing and
union of the graft with the stock.???Henry
Stewart, in New York Times.
hardier and longer lived than others, and per.
haps this common belief is well founded.
Some varieties,uoo, do much better on what
are called doable-worked stocks, because the
stock has same influence upon tbe graft, and
How to Build a Silo.???The first silos, aa we
have seen, were simple pits dug in the
ground, aud the soil throwu out was used to
cover aud protect tbe ensilage. In many
soils these pits served but a temporary pur
pose; and the next step In tbeir develop
ment was a lining of masonry to give tho pits
a permanent character. From tbe difficulty
of keeping tho water out of these pits, in
many localities, silos of masonry were made
above ground, and these si first were massive
and expensive. Tbe next step in advance,
which quite naturally followed, was, to sub
stitute a movable cover of boards, with
weights to give tho required pressure, for the
cover of esnh which bad been used In the
lesi perfect form of the silo. As an air-tight
inclosnre was found to be the essential con
dition In the construction of a silo, lighter
walla were made as a matter of economy,
with good results, and even frames of timber,
linod with boarda or planks, were substituted
for the more expensive structures with com
plete success.
A balloon frame of scantling, of suitable
site, covered on the outside with matched
boards, and lined on the inside with two
thicknesses of one inch matched boards, with
u layer of tarred paper between them, thus
securing a practically aiMtght Inclosure sur
rounded by a dead air apace as a protection
against frost, is, in tbe opinion of tho writer,
the best and cheapest form of construction.
If the boarda and timbers are saturated with
hot coal-tar, which can readily be done with
trifling expense, the durability of tbe silo
will be very much increased. From tbe fact
that wood is not so good a conductor of heat
as walls of misour/, it will be seen, from
wbat follows, that wooden silos may have an
important advantage over any others in pre
serving the ensilage, which, in connection
with tbe saving ofexpeos* in their construc
tion, must have au influence in briaging
them into general use.???Monty Miles, M. D???
in June Popular Science Monthly.
What Fowls Ni*d.???Fowls must have a
eaud-bath. It is their epouge, towel, tooth
brush and dressing comb all in one. How
would you feel, my dainty lady, if denied all
your toilet eppeudages aud compelled to go,
day after day, unwashed end unkempt, and
to wear soiled and rumpled garments? Even
so suffers Mistress Biddy without licr dally
dust-bath, and nature, that infallible teacher,
directs her to the nearest end most con
venient place for such a renovation of tbe
skin and feathers. If no other soft, sandy
and loamy earth is at your band you may bs
sure she will use your flower bed whbout no
regard to coosequanow. She may learn to
hide at your approach, taught by a blind
instiuct that you are her enemy, but the idea
that you btgrudge her tbe dearest delight of
her haplets days???the uss of tbe tree soil for
her bodily need*???is one that poor Biddy???s
small brain can never comprehend. Descend
to her level, then, yourself; consider her
warns and supply them without delay. 8o
???ball the ???irrepressible conllicl??? of Biddy???a
wishes and yours in regard to tbe Sower bade
be amicably settled, and both ot you bare,
after live iu peace. Have a cart full of loam,
sand aud road dust, aud a sprinkling of ashes,
charcoal and sulphur placed under cover
where your fowls can sun themselves, dust
their bodies to tho destrucUn of annoying
parasites and scratch and bury themselves by
tne hour together whenever the wish sells
them, and you may lay the flattering uno-
tion to your soul that the beatitude which re-
fere to tbe "quality of mercy" may be ap
plied to yourself then, if never before.--
Poultry World.
Woaxttto Wxr Boil.???In working wet soil
the most inj ary results from letting it alone,
after plowing, nntil it drieeout, When this
is done the soil "cakes" aud is difficult of
pulverization so as .to make a good seed
My own experience says if cultivation is
kept up very little injury follows. If ths
land is plowed wklle wet, and then Irnmedi
arely and repeatedly harrowed aud cultivated
until warm weather drtea tbe soil, the effect
is lees damaging.
All farmers know that, often, early In the
'Its too wet
season for cultivating corn, the soil.. w,....
to grow, bat not too .wet far the weeds to
grow, and almost before one realises its con
dition the weeds have got the best ot the crop.
In such case I should advise co as taut cultiva
tion.
I do not advocate plowing wben the soil is
wet, if it can be avoided; bat when it is a
question of either plowing or letting the
weede take poesusion, I should plow.
I have worked in corn when tbe water
would run in tbe furrows after the plew, and
by keeping it up, going through the rows
every week until the soil dried out, I am sure
I made a crop when otherwise it would have
been a complete lailure.
Of course, in such work, judgment must be
used. Ifthecoru is even reasonably clean I
would not cultivate.
Cottof Sn* as A Stock Fxxp.???At tbe
meeting of the Cotton Planters association,
held at Vicksburg last Noveubcr, Professor
John A. Myers, professor of chemistry at tbe
agricultural and mechanical school of Miss
issippi, delivered a lecture on "Cotton Seed
tea in Usee, and Ita Value as a Feed stuff tor
Stock." If the facts as given by him are cor
rect, and I have no doubt but what they are.
then the cotton state* have one of the beet and
eheapest foods to raise or fatten cattle, hogs
or sheep.
If the facta, as given by bim, bad been
known to the ootton planters City yean ago,
and could they have been induced to utilize
them, the south could have day many !
millions of dollars richer thaif they are, and
could have made the cotton statAi the great
est stock rsiaers in all our country. Jn speak
ing of the value of cotton seed as a /eed-stuff
for cattle, hogs or sheep, he says: "When
the feed value of one hundred pounds of corn
ia worth $111, cation seed is worth $2 03,
cotton seed meal, $2 32, hay 75 cents, peas,
$1 32.???
Now brother farmers of the cotton states,
think for one moment of tbe many millions
of pounds of good stock feed that bas been
wasted, and is even now sold to oil mills for
less tbsn its value. XblDk that bad you
known this, of tbe many cattle, bogs and sheep
you could have raised, and kept the money
iu the south, that bas been sent Uorth to psy
for the meat that you could yourselves have
raised. ???
Raising Early Chick sue.???Young earl;
chickens should befed cooked bran and mea ,
alternated with bread crumbs aud finely
chopped, bard boiled eggs. If the meal can
be scalded in milk, ao much the better. To
insure thrift, tbe chicks should be fed five or
six times a day until five or six weeks old.
Wheat should be given as soon is they will
eat it, though rice is the best of all grains.
Is order successfully to raise early-hatched
chioken, tbree things are indispensable-
heat, proper food and cleanliness. A uni
form heat at litis season of tbe year must, of
course, be artificial, as the rays of the sun
are not yet to be depended upon for a steady
warmth, save in exceptional sunny days.
Young broods should not be placed out on
the cold groand immediately after they are
batched. They should be kept, if possible,
for tbe first day or so in a moderately warm
room. A broad-bottomed box let in the
wood shed or comer of thejback kitchen
(bavingno place belter) will answer for a
run for the first day or two. When they are
first put out of doom it should bs in some
aheltered, sunny spot and only in tbe middle
of the day. The ooop in which they are to
???tay permanently should have eome dry
earth in the bottom of it.???American Cal'
tivator.
IT .WAS ???OLD JOBE.???
AN INTERESTING TALK WITH OBN
BRAL JUBaL EARLY.
E. VAN WINKLEx & CO,
IbSo ia Ns Lias*'a I* .W*' In Vlrelela-Omsnl
Birir la In Faao, ot i! tamed tor Fraaldat-A
ItefcrcDoi t> Lanza.r r.'t It<w Pany???
ihaCoafadcraio Hama Frojaai.
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NOTES'
Sir. Win. Saunders, superintendent of tbe
department of agriculture grounds and gar
dens, say that no part at a pear or apple tree
coated with lime has ever been affected with
blight.
Feed the little chicks oftea??? flvo times
day will not be too often???with hard-boiled
egg, bread crumbs, boiled potatoes, little
scraps of meat. Supply them with fresh
water twice a day. All this, if you want fine
healthy birds.
The American Agriculturist giver the wise
advice to farmers not to strike matebea for
any purpose in the barn. If tbe lantern goes
out it is better to feel one???s way out than to
run tbe risk of burning tbe barn down with
its valuable coutents.
In feeding oats to horses daring tbe season
of bard labor, remember that the Met arenot
always those which look bright and are free
from inostiness or other odor indicating pre
vious dampness or heat; weight ol oats deter
mines value, it tholr condition Is good. Light
oats contain little nutriment. It pays at this
hard working time of yo&r to feed good grain
and good hay,
There are so many nseful purposes for
straw that the wise farmer will scarcely need
to have recourse to fire to get rid of it. It
makes an excellent mulch for all kinds ot
fruit trees and berry vines, Us* it for bed
ding and by frequent changing increase tbe
compost heap. Spread it on dry knolls and
places in meadows and pasture where the
gnus bee burned or dried out.
Farmers con not expect to raise choico veg-
tables without labor now, bat tbe garden plat
really pays better than field crops lor tbe
time and labor given it. Weed seeds are
germinating rapidly, and mist garden soils
are well filled with them. Tiie hoo and the
rake must be plied constantly or weeds will
get the best of tbs struggle. Throwing the
earth up around most growing vegetables is
better than level culture.
The New York World eays: "In treating
mange, one of tbe tint steps to be taken is to
wash the affected pans thoroughly with 8 lap
and warm water. After this, the parte must
be rubbed dry. When this has been done,
the parts may be dressed with "sulphur
iodide ointment.??? This must bs secured
from a reliable druggist, and is one of tbe
best and at tbe same lime safest remedies
that can bs used.
According to tbe American Garden tbe
common practice of scraping tbe bark ot
trees, and especially fruit treea, is very often
carried to excesv. A bealtby, vigorous tree
does not require to be tertped at ail; it needs
all its natural bark for protcollon against
tbe cold, drying winds of winter, and against
tbe paroblog sun of summer, as much so os
birds need their featheera and wild beasts
tbeir iur, Tbe supuifluus, scaly part of the
bank of a hesltby tree ia ooutinually thrown
off by lia own expansion.
This, says tbe Cleveland Leader, will not
give satisfaction if it Is cold and wet. The
advantage of a few ditohis or tiles under
ground cannot be estimated. Tbe earliest
vegetables are produced on warm, dry, mel
low soils, and this state cannot be attained
until the garden is made so by drslDsge.
Sandy soils drain tbemselveseufilciently, un
less underlaid with clsy, when they too,
mutt be drained, in order to allow the sur
plus moisture to psss off.
In tbe washing of wooden ware, the churn,
the worker, etc , care must be taken to ns*
hot water first and then cold in preparing
them for uso; and cold, then bot, in cleans
ing them, and without any soap however.
The soap used on the tins, and occasionally
on tbe painted doors and 11 sort of tbe room,
the slats and windows, should not be tbe
rank half mado soft soap of ths aospfst man,
nor even the yellow soap from tbe grocery.
Castile odorless olivs oil soap, or the prepara
tion now on the market In tbe form of
powder, are tbe only soaps that can be used
with safety.
Tbe time ie coming when the ehepherd.
will go through the old-lime farce of wosb-
Inghis sheep in a muddy pond or brook,
with the alleged purpose of cleaning tbe
b Kuo
wool. I have koowo farmers to spend a day
in tbe water up to their waists at ibis work,
and drive the wet sheep home a mile or
more a dusty road, supposing the wool
washed. Tbe wool buyer knows when woo)
ie clean and wben it ia not, end does not
have tbe wool drawn over his eyes. Bat, as
a ruie, the one-third deducted from the price
for unwashed wool dees not equal tbe Iota
made Iu washing, so tbe advantage la utual-
ly In favor of the unwashed fleeces. Then
the labor and the oolds and tbe rheumatism
which follow this barhareui practice are not
even compensated by on* bard earned cent
>er pound. If one will wash bis wool, let
lim scour it or tub-wash it, and do it well.
Bot the manufactures would rather scour
their own wool.
Tnera emerged from Ibe door of Hillard???s
restaurant, at the Uuiou depot, n distinguish
ed looking men, dressed la a plain, neat grey
salt. His long white beard, bis bent shoul
ders and bis uncertain gait could not conceal
that be had once been an erect, stalwart and
aggressive man among men, for his keen eyes
were still alive with their unabated fires and
his sharp, decisive tones betrayed an un-
quenebed spirit of self-assertion and inde
pendence.
???By George, if that aiut Old Jube its his
ghost!??? exclaimed an old ex-confederate sol
dier who was standing by the State road train.
"Juke who?" asked Thr Communion man
who overheard the exclamation.
"Old Jubal Early???tbe best fighter the
world ever saw.???
Thr Constitution man summoned
walking-match legs to hts aid and evertook
the gray old general just as he had snugly
ensconced himself in a seat of the 1???nllman
car. The introduction was informal nnd
easy and the conversation was pleasant and
unreserved. General Ksrly was On
bis retnrn to his home In Lynch
burg from New Orleans, and was evidently
glau to get away from tbe heat and turmoil of
the great city.
When asked whether he Interested himself
in the political situation, he replied:
???Not more than as a mere spectator.
Virginia we begin to feel that we are safe and
tbe democrats will henceforth control our
affaire.???
"You think, then, thatMahotie has lost his
po??er?"
"Yea I don???t think he can again rally his
followers. His power is gone and I do not
anticipataany further trouble from him, and
he has no legitimate successor who needs to
be dreaded.???
HI II FOR RAYACD.
How will Virginia siund in tbo dome
critic national convention????
???1 am not well onough Informed just now
to say. Some of our delegates are Bayard
men, and Biyard tiaa a sirong following
among the democrats of Virginia. I shoulc
like losee him nominated.???
"Do you think be is tbe moat available
man we havei"
Ido. I do not understand this apparent
uprising for tbe old ticket. The lime to liavo
made that issue was iu 1880, and we volnn-
tarily abandoned 1L Now we must go before
the nmintry on new itsuVs, or bsuea of prac
tical importance to the people. Bayard is
the representative of pure statesmanship, ot
homst administration aud of sound business
principles. 1 believe he is is strong In New
York as Tilden would be now, and I think,
it nominated, be would be elected easily aud
by a decisive majority. S ill, if Tilden is
nominated, I hope and believe he will bo
elected. I prefer, however, tho younger
man."
LOROtTURT'S NEW PARTY
In the coarse of farther conversation tbe
name ot General Longstreet was referred to,
and General Early asked
"Whatnaa become of Longstreel's new
party ?"
The reporter could only eay where it bad
lest been seen and which way it was goiug.
"Well, 1 thought that visa queer procei d
ing for Longstreet. I had never before beard
of him os a whig. I thought it was a shrewd
attempt on his part to draw away from the
democratic party enough old Hue whig* to
make a party that would once more mako
the negro vote n power in Georgia.
I am glad to know that 'tiers Is no prospect
Of Succeeding in that direction. Bytry in
stinct of a genuine old line 'whig Is contrary
lo such a coalition. Iu Virginia they were
the men who brought about the downfall of
Mahone. They stood firm whllo the old line
democrats in many localities went with Ma
hone to tsespe taxation aud tbe payment of
the debt.???
THS COSrtDISATZ HOUR.
When asked what progrers was being made
toward securing tbe proposed borne for disa
bled confederate soldiers at Richmond, Gen
era! Early said:
"I know nothing about it, except wbat I
have inch in the press. It may be a good
thing in tbe eyes of some, but 1 ao not tnlnk
it la. I( there ia any great distrm among
the old soldiers I have never heard of IL In
every case that bas come nnder my observa
tion the fellow who was asking for help waa
a natural deadbeat and no amount ol help
would ever do him any good. Besides, i
don???t like tbo idea of this sort of charity
coming from tho north. If I could take it
away Irom them by force aud ss a reprisal 1
would do It; but to taae it as aims???I don't
believe any honest confederate soldier will
do it."
General Early thinks tbo south Is In on
excellent condition and that she has a glori
ous future before her in agricultural develop
ment end industrial pursuits He bslleves
that our manufacturing industries will in
crease until the bulk of our raw material
will be manufactured st borne and Ibe profits
go to tbe enrichment of those who are enti
tled to them.
General Early was greet'd warmly by sev
eral oi bis old soldiers rbo learned of his
presence and recgnlsed him. The occasion
was very Interesting to both tbo old comman
der aud the veterans,
Tka lla'Ial'rR'seanCaik.
From the Columbia, 8 C, Keslaier.
Itosgau Cath was burltd iu an orchard, within
200 jar.1i ot bla lather's reaidsneo. It wsa a picture,
that funeral ceremony, to be remembered. The
body was followed to the grave by all the members
ths family, except Colonel Cash, who atood,
however, on h!> plam, In light ol the Bravo. Ho
mlnbtar waa In attenduics. and in tact, them was
no service of any klu< whatever, religious or other
wise. The body was limply homo In illenc* to tbe
grave and covered with larth. tbe whole prooeed.
a Ousts t Old ???IfateM af JOiwi.
From the BandtrsvlUe, Go.. Mercury.
W* are glad to see In onr town last wetk our
venerable friend. Colonel William Hunt, from
Johnson county, he waa at on* Urn* a repreaenia
Uve from this county In tbe leglalatare. away hack
in the forties. Tho colonel was banting from the
nation with a wagon which ha bought at seal* In
Barks county la IMS end the lame darkey FotapeJ
la suit driving his wsgon who drove for him before
the war. The colonel ia S5 yean old and Pomp
shoot 70 and the wagon 44. He Ie without doubt
mo ???old avaeia??? who bonght a new wagon
and Fempey wsa de driver and run agin the gate
pest and busted ndrde tire.
Great things have evar binged on trlflee
The first family difficulty on record was
caused by an apple core; ths last we heard of
waa the negligence of a father to keep up tbe
???apply of Dr. Ball's Cough Syrup when all
hands had a cold.
MANUFACTURERS OF
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS,
tua ia*isyjsub nut m sure imiuuisw * "*'???
nu Min notice of the Um?? or p**c* of burial. tho ot*
teadsucs was quite email. Colonel Cub Is very un
communicative and appears to be vary quiet, so
for v known capteaalng no opinion of tbo event.
Ltsgsc.sst Jterhlll'f Old liwa
From the OreenvUle, Ua., eoutbncr
General Longaireot left on Ita* 10 o'clock train
Sunday, tobewtlh the pretidsnt and his party on
their axcursioR to Ueliyehnrg, CbsneellonvlUe
end several ether battlefields of Virginia. It will
tn'orcsllsc t*|s for tba old Veras
fljTHE GREAT GERMAN
REMEDY
FOR PAIN.
Relieve* and cum
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgia,
Sciatica, Lumbago,
DACiucna,
UKADACIIL, TOOTH ACME,
SORE THROAT,
QUnCUY. BWUdLUfGB,
gPBAIIfff,
Soreneti, Cuff, BniUtt,
FROSTBITES,
M UMS, (SCALD*,
And all achat
FIFTY CENTS A BOTTLE.
BMd by all DruRlsta and
Beaten. Direction* In II
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ELtUoliA*
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BlliLlM. Minuter*, teoctirra nnd others, wliwo time is not fully occnpitd, will And it to thcirirtftrest
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GRANT???S FAILURE!
Wiunndaubtcdly due to,the cramped condition
of the Ann, If It hsd been from the cramped con-
dloa of the bowele they could have been speedily
relieved by the on of
DR. BIGGERS' SOUTHERN REMEDY,
The great spcclflo for all bowel trouble*.
MOTHER!
If tbe little darling is (ponding inch sleepless
nights tnd slowly and pitifully wasting easy by
tho drainage upon Its system from tho effect ol
teething, procure a bottle of Dr. Bigger*' Southern
Rimedy and find what many olhor mother! have
by la rue????? complete core ae it will In all bowel
affections In both young and old.
FATHER1
Your poor worried wlfo locilng eleep night alls'
nlghtnuntug Iholl'tio ono mi tiering from that n'ght
(lend tochfldren, and horror to paronts, CROUP,
should taeve ?? bottle of TayloFs Cherokee Remedy
of Bwoel Gum and Mullein, an undoubted croup
preventive, and cursler Coughs, Ooldv, Whooping.
Cough, Consumption and all Lung and Bronchia
troubles.
Use Taylor???s Premium Cologne.
???10 A BALE
C CLARKE .8K3D
I CLEANER,
SOUTHERN METHODIST PUBLISHING HOUSE,
NASHVILLE, TENN.
The laritcit Hook Manufacturing Establishment ia
the South* A furl assortment of the better class of
miscellaneous books constantly on hand. Theolorical
???*>oolcs, and Sunday-school song-books and libraries a
specialty. Christian Ailvncsa,
General organ of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. Twenty pages each week. A pure paper for
ths old snd young. Only f2 s year,
Sunriny-ftrlionl Periodicals.
Eight periodicals for Sunday-school teachers and
Advocate and Sunday-school
* any address.
Kntlmates furnished on all kinds of Book and Job
Printing. Address
Southern Methodist Publishing House.
NASHVILLE) TKNN.
The Cleaner prepares the cotton for tbe >ln by
removing tbe mno, dirt, dust and loose traTm It
Pflf^ Uy J nc ?7! #J,e, y i0 . qai fi l . u ya. Rn(1 TMUtf t??f the
It will pay/or ItaoTf in half a day's work on
??? sMbalee of cotton, aud give* increased profile to
^Ti 0 . hjL ^ leco1 ^- Agents wanted In all unoo-
copied territory. For furtbor lnfonAtlon call on
c??ABKK i b2B& COrrffiTCLEANER l&F'O CO,
Eaat Alabama 8t., Atlanta, Qa.
I^JeHJI i
I^LKCTllo-VOLTAIO BELT eml gjjeqrww
mk.v*on??y7 vo/)nVou oi.li" who???l???
EOgm fcrevore nr*u,rrv, Lon;
Poison Oak
Beam, to yield every Ume to treatment with
ikUt'eBpeclflo,
BraaTAManan, 8 0.. March 18,1184.
Yonr mast valuable medicine (Bwift'i firzcinc)
?????? dona me eo much good that I feel III* auut
Ibis fur Ibeben.flicf thou wbotuffur Uko I did. I
wz, polwned by misoh oak, and ????w not a well
day for Mx years, until I need Bwirr'aSrzciro In
tbeelx yetr. I used elinoet ovary kind of medicine
but none had the deflrrd effect. After ueteg ,1s
bottle, of hwirr???e Ericirw I am resiorod to per/ro;
health???witejeot a iign of ??>??t ^
POISON OAK
I for thirty eight yean inffered every eprlng
and summer with Palrou Oak , which I contracted
lo bttbfug when a boy. I tried every thing for it
loc.uding m.nLPbriJelenj, bnl wIMumt .nyh.no-
Hi. 1 look eix botdeeSwlft. Hpccldo (8. 8. a^Uour
yean ago, end fi cured mo eouua aud welL Three
eummeis have paiead and I have had no retnrn el
Joau???1 Built,
Columbus, Os.
Oman ozosea.
8Si5??a??0 to IIA..LT", Viooa end Mini,.Ad
BSHWJJte ly-'".! at one. lar Illustrated
Pamphlet free. Address
YOLTAfO IIKf.T VO??? Marshall. OTlJj.
A. 0. M. GAY
Will conttnuo tbs rale of mdj made Cloth*
lag, Hsu end Kurniahlng (foods. H
hit old Muod, 37 Peachtree ???treot, for thirty
130) aey??, until hte new itoro U onlergoa end prop*
vrty fitted ??? ???- ??? r ~ * v, ???
up. lathe mean time, to leiwn.thi
trouble end expenio of raovlnsr, ho wlltrelt Cloth
ing st extromoTjr low prion*. On hi* I 0 fc 0 Table he
ha* p'arvd atilt* worth tU 01,118 6'>, 115 00 tISBQ
end 91*i 00, end you cen get roar choico for!10 00???
end 51*00, end you cun get vonrcnoicoi >r#iu w???
tho groete*t ba'g tin yet In Clothing. A greet m*af
othor good* wilt be mid et the aemo R'eughterlojC
pi Ice*. Don???t want to move them. Imtaubuel-
um strictly.
A. 0. M. GAY,
37 Peachtree Street.
??? Kamarkabl* Best lie.
t have had remarkable niccea, with Bwlfl'e Bps-
..no; have cured several ceerw permanently lit a
very short lime. Oeo am wblsb I am now treat-
Int wes glvon np to dl??, end efiee using three bot
es |s ao let recovered l',. I think one more bottle
???Jill sun her. The most remarkable caie ef ell was
a lady with meduliry rancor of jjtc womb, for
whom had no hope whatever. After using on*
hsttl. .am D.
Eeelsys, 8. a
Oar Treatise on Blood aud Bkfn Diseases mailed
free to applicants.
THE BWIFT SPECIFIC CO-
Diawer g, Atlanta, Os.
N. T. Offlc*. ISO W, 23d Bt., bet 4th and 7lh are.
$250;
JAW MROftitf.)
THE HISTORY OF
Ita CUlmj Upon the Public???Why it should
be Universally Used.
hidden for >e*r* right nnder on?????* eye* and
discovered et la*t by evident. Booh WM tnd ceas
witn Brewer???* Lung heatorer. TUI* remedy wsft
treed for nearly forty y* on by * Buie neighborhood
of people who either did not appreciate Its trad
veltit* or did uot have the mean* or opportunity to
pr??.?? lalm t'fi virtue* to thu world. When they had a
i* ugh, tore throat, bronchitis tickling Is tbs
throat or other throat a id long trouble* they mads
them a email kettle full of thU immured remedy,
tho material for which they bad bat to lo )k for la
the foreittend old field* mirrour.diug tholr home*
and In s remarkably rhort time they wars relieved
by lu me and never thought of it any more until
u BIM. lift i' f| fil red. However, thing* bare chang
ed rtnea thoeo day* buch treaanrea are eagerly
w.t.ri lifter and do not long rem*ln In obacurlty.
n he present r * * ???
by accident 1
1 h* present proprietor* of thla aid remedy haring
orident teamed that lte cure* werejnlre??a lom^
??????ttlncious, they pim heaed the right to maqufao-
???ora*nd*a!lUiaum-in .1- r the l.ein-of Brewer???*
Long Kaatoreraud ft h??o> bicomo m> widely known
tradertbifrmanagement that Hi* to d-ty racdguis<d
aa tin- greatest threat end lung r* m :dy of me age.
Cctililnlnt'co opiates It c*nb* taken wt*h pvrfe t
aafety by the mist dellcato. Being entirely veget
able rv * ???/ iikdi.t In l???.o way be t.armrul *nd even
in the trent that it MAt to cure the gentr-Al health
of the paiteat 1* greatly lmpioved. It can be given
lo ilz mouiha* old iD/anta in tho prtaciltad doses
v??l??h b<i tfilial eff.c *; y??*??? foil grown men are
sorpriasdatlj tfT o on them.
The** who luffer from wasting dt eaaas, in h aa
conauinptlou aud dyf>p??p??.l i, rapfdiy gain in flesh
and ctrcriRtk by tho uws of Brewer???aLuu* Restorer.
M*ny lnstapere of patient* gaining 7 pound* of fitah
ircm e??cry hotel j they took have faren reported to
iji. Tee;itno.:ial?? from the beat people In the land
are loand in every new.-paper ol coorequenoe and
cichui'-lmor.U???jifrom inch men must con vUtoatka
public that ihl* rerredy po$*e sea great merit. This
medicine, lu corn* <1 by iuch m.*n, has dbudznoro to
break do wn the prejudice cxutlcg again*t patent
incdicinii thin ary otherreravdy known. For tna.
Vi???.iou* reason* me itloncd we cad upc?? fuffennm
humanity to give brewer???* Lurg R<a;or??r a tnaL*
It u aimoct Infallible- It* effect*are woo4*rful-??f
fact mlraculcui. +
LAVAR, RtlKIM * UK*.
??? - MACON,