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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, TUESDAY. MAY 27.1884 - T WJELYK .PAGES.' ]1 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. his 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 The Charles K Vo$eler Co. ELtUoliA* COTTON GINS, PRESSES,COTTON SEED OIL MACHINERY, ETC.i Atlanta, ??? Georgia, w.ujraaiH'H.M-ei SEEDS FS&WRIItf'UffilMt SEEDS cardeTJer , ___ FAMILY rown by ourselves sa our own Fnrma 1 SFEDS E or tho private famil OEuLleyiCrown by oursolvc SEEDS Ilnmlsniiic Illustrated Catalogue nnd Rural Register FREE TO A laid. MERCHANTS, HBND VS YOUR IWH1NENH CARDS FOR TRADE LI*T. DAVID IANPRETH&SQMS.SEED GROWERS, PHILADELPHIA XJfT A TVTHRTI f ACTIVK AND INTELLIGENT AGENT** In owry town WV XlbA.ll JLXAjLP i and county to sell our POPULAR NHW BOOKS ami FAMILY BlliLlM. Minuter*, teoctirra nnd others, wliwo time is not fully occnpitd, will And it to thcirirtftrest to correspond wilh ua. To termers* sons and other young men just coming on the field of notion. thia Duslntu olfora many advantnpr*, both un a meana ofmaking money and of self curthrp. Write for special terms to 3?\ JOIIWfHOW A CO,. 1*018 Main Street, Ittrlunnnil. V*. 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,