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TITE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA. C-A„ TUESDAY MAT 5 1885.
THE YOUNG FARMERS.
n« Etcond Annual Matting of tfaa Tonne Varaurs*
Clnb at Oolton-Bomo intarMting and la
ttniottvo 8p**che«-A Good Dinnar and
a Tlaaaant Oar Gaaarallr*
Holton, ftu¥ar ].—fSpedtl correspondence.]
One jear ago to-day the Young Farmer? alab of the
fcuthcru states wa« organic*! at thia pretty little
village. The clnb originated from a auggeitlon
made by A. M. Allen. Jr., of Qaltman count/, In
letter written to the Southern Cultivator la July,
)»3, Jlon. W. J. Nortben, Major Sidney Herbert,
Captain J?. E. 1’aik, Hon. R. A. Niabet and several
other progressIve farmers took hold of the matter,
and the result waa a meeting at Holton May 1,
DM, to organice the clnb. Hon. W, J. Northcn
waa elected president, Hon. K. A. Niabet vice pres
ident, Major Sidney Herbert secretary, and Mr.
A. M. Allen. Jr., treasurer. The membership
waa small, total subsequent meetings held at
Jlaron during the lait state fair, and at New Or-
)< anr Purging tbeopoaltlou.it waa largely lucres.*-
cd. Tocfay.toorc (Lnn five band red young farmers
own aIHglaore to the club, and Virginia, North
Carolina, Kentucly, Tcnnesicc, Georgia, florid*,
A.'sb.ma, Mississippi, Louisiana. Arkanaaa and
Ten* have each a vice president and three mom*
Urn tf tbo executive committee. The clnb ha«
nctblrg to do with fjueatlonaof politics, «but La
ft.Undid solely for the Improvement of the young
fa inert ard their farms.
The meeting to day was largely attended. Nearly
every aoutlurn state was represented, Georgia
opuially sending a Urge delegation.
Tbe dub waa the gneatof the Holton Farmers'
club, one of the oldest and beat agricultural socle*
tics In Georgia. Hon. R. A. Noablt, president of
the Holton club, and Captain R. K. Park, a mem*
ber of the tame club, and the owner of tho famous
Holton stock farm, amlated by a number of real*
denis of Holton, met the excursion trains from
Atlanta and Macou. and at once took hospitable
charged tho hundreds of ladles and gentlamen
w ho tad come to i njoy the pbartuee of the day.
At ten o'clock Hon. R. A. Neablt called tho
meeting to order In the beautiful grove just out
of the Holton Farmers' club grounds, on tho bank
of the Ocmnlgee. He Introduced the president of
the Young Farmin' club, Hon. W, J. Northern,
who waa received with applause. President Nor*
then replying to President Nesblt'a graceful words
ofwdconc, paid a high tribute to the Holton
dub, Fpoge enthusiastically of tho suoc&ia of the
Yonng Farmers' club, end concluded by elo
quently eulogizing the wives of southern farmers.
The Rev. 8.8. tfwcet, of Macan, offered an up
proprUtopraver.
President Northcn announced that tho
order of butlneea would be, first, to bear
letters and speeches from promi
nent farmers and others Interested in
the fanning interest; second, dinner; and, third,
the regular buslnem meeting ol tho club In the
hall of tho Holton Farmers' clnb.
Afler music by an excellent string band, Secre
tary Herbert read an Interesting letter from (kiln*
uel J. C. Richardson,of Alabama, expressing regret
on account of not being able to be present.
Mr. W. W. 8lrln8fellow, vice-president for Ala
bama, waa Introduced. Secretary Herbert aupplt-
nxutcd the Introduction by saying that Mr. Hiring,
fellow was the son of a preacher, and, that m he
waa tco honest to be a lawyer, not good enough
to tc a preacher, mid too lazy to ba anything
else, he had dropj»ed upon farming m
a intans of gaining a livelihood. Mr.
Blrfugftllow, a tall, handsome young m«u,
mounted tbe platform and delivered a speech that
Immediately put bin hearers In a good humor.
He said that he waa a stock farmer, and waa
much Interested In tho subject. Ills farm, tieu
Montgomery, waa about the also ol a back yard,
but ha managed, nevertheless, to make U profita
ble. He had not come to Georgia to make an
agricultural speech, but bad come to aee fine cows
and pretty wemca. Ho had aeou both and waa
satisfied. He alerted to leavo tho platform, but
the crowd insisted enhlamaklnga apoqeh. lie re*
turned, and gave an amusing account of how he
did not water bis milk, but milked Ida water, lie
followed up thhr account with a short speech full
of keen wit and good sense, gaining (reincut and
llbual applause from the delighted listeners.
An Interesting letter from t)r. John Karr, of Ar
kansas, waa lead. lie la tbo editor of tho Ruml
Worker, published at Llttlo Rock, llla absouco
waa caused by an excursion of tho Arkansas prosj
association to the New Orleans exposition.
Nr. A. 1. Branham, of Tita Constitution, was
lutrodnocd, and delivered a abort address, express
ing sympathy with tho objects ol the club.
fcccictary Herbert road a aynopaU of an address
on "Diversified Agriculture for Young Farmers,"
by Mr. William H. Bchmdcr, ol Tallabamoe,.Fia.
Tbe address waa a fine ono, especially that part of
It which advised all young uumarrtcd farmers to
secure good wives as quickly as possible. Mr
Pchradtr ia one of tho moat efficient workers cou
nseled with the Young Farmers' dub.
The next item on the niogratnmo was the gem
rf tho occasiou. This wse a recitation by Mias
ItoasJe Mills, a pupil of Misa liunule
J-ovi’s school, Atlanta. Mtsa ifoaste
Is hut nine yearn old, but her elocu-
lion was perfect, and tbo recitation made a pro.
found luiprmlon. The subject waa, "Hoeing
Carrots and Cahbsjtfaud the m nation was a
sttng tug reply to a quest ion asked by a gentleman
who delivered a linrsry address at Washington
and lie university, Lexington, Virginia, lxti
year, lu the course ol his address the orator
autcrlngly asked: ' Umao,crested a lltllo lower
Ben TerUy Poor, ol Washington, D. G\, lx-
United Htfttts Commissioner of Agriculture Lor-
Jug, United .Ststea Commissioner of Agriculture
Coleman. Mr. D. D. T. Moore, ol Mew York, and
Hon. Luther Tucker, of Albany, Maw York, went
elected honorary members. Governor Rome for*
tutrly Uurbt a bool at Tbomaaton. Geoegf*.
The report of.Treaaurerj W. J. turn man read
by Mr. W. C. Warner, of Atlanta. The report
showed that one hundred and oue dollars and
thirteen centa had been received from all
sources, and ono hundred, and five dollars
and cighty-three cents expended, leaving a deficit
of four dollars and seventy centa. Tho club re
quires no fees from Its members, whatever fund*
that are necessary being raised by voluntary con
tributions.
ficcretaty Herbert called the roll of the dead,
aid read murtiingly beautifully obituaries in their
hi nor. Hfuoe Its or»anlx*tt«>u, but three members
ol tbe club have died: T. W. Dickey, of Green
ville, 8 c„ the first member: 8.J. Harrington, of
Tumimbta. Ala, memberof the executive com
mittee, sod Mis. Fannie Steed Bowman, of Hol
ton, Go. On motion of CoL H. II. Jones, tho taatl-
monlafs to the worth of tbe dead members were
Indorsed by a rising vote.
It was ordered that a page of tbe club's Journal
te Inscribed to the memory of ea ;h of tho deceas
ed mt-mbrrr.
Under the heed of new famine?* tho constitu
tion wa tamer dc d tons to permit the organiza
tion of local clubs In tba several southern states.
Messrs. H. A. M*f*t, W. W. .Htrlngfcllosr, and W.
('. Warner were appointed a committee to njlvCt a
place for the next annual meeting.
On motion of Mr. W, C Toole. of Americas,
Georgia, the president was directed O call a meet-
ire of the club to occur at Macon during tho state
fair next fall.
'J he follow leg officers wero elected fur the next
year: W. J. Northcn, of Georgia, president: Hid*
r.iy Hubert, of Gtcrgta, secretary, and W.C.
Warner, of Georgia, treasurer. K. A. Niabet, of
Macon, was elrc-ted vlcu-prealrient for Georgia, and
W. U. Toole. C. W. Howard aud Goorgo Jones
mi tubers ol tho rxccnUva committee for Georgia.
\C. T. Thomer, ol Arzamas, was elected vl-W nr air
for that state f ‘ ‘ ~
on tc count of age.
tlccuii •
fbat Hr
l»0 in
lot liter executive commlltee.^^*^*iM*™M
A rif olution of thanks to (tipttin K. E. Park, fur
valuable assistance rendered the club by him,
waa adopted by a rising vote. Captain Pam
replied in a speech full of hopo for the club's fa
ilure. He took occasion to suggest that the club
could Ugiii a greatly needed reform by putting
ills condemnation eti tho promiscuous and souse-
* »oof such titles as "captain," "oolonel."
o," i tc. He did not tbiuk that every lltllo
two /fy threo fellow deserved a title, and thought
the time had come to Institoto a search for a few
private roldlcra and citizens. Major Herbert lu-
Coned Captain Park's remarks, sud told a good
joke on Const J. B. Gorman, of Talbotton. Home
tin e ago the count and a party of gentlemen
weio engaged In conversation at tiro Markham
house, Tn Atlanta. Each gentleman
njolred In a high sounding title, and "ciptaln,"
"major," "colonel” and "general" warn Indis
criminately applied by each to tho other. Whllo
the oft repeated titles were filling the hotel
with the aroma of war. an old soldier walked up
to the count, caught him by the hand, and shout
ed cut: "Why, hello, Hergcant Gorman, I ain't
seen you since the war!"
for (lie remainder of the meeting titles ware At
at a dl>count.
Beiolutloua thanking the Southern Cultivator
td tba Southern World for favors rendered the
Jubwtre adopted. Vice president l|. A. Niabet
cfltred a ((.solution thanking Tub Constitution
mrotiog.
The
port of to-day's i
nsolution waa unsulinously adopted. Thanks
were tendered Mr. J. J. Griffin, of the Cut Ton-
|r.o»rc, Virginia and Georgia railroad for courte
kit r, sed also to the various railroads of the state
I for reduced rate*. A resolution offered by Seoro-
retary Hubert, thanking the Holton farmers'
club and the people of Holton for the I r hospital •
fly. wan unanimously adopted by a rising vote.
After the adoption of these rtaolutious, au hour
wasi pent iu listening to Informal speeches.
Mr. W. C. Warner. of AGanta, waa Introduced,
and mado a speech that provoked much applautc.
lie raid that he came to Georgia from Pennsylva
nia two anda half yean ago. lliit friends predicted
ithat ho would tuako a failure, as
he bad at the time no
knowledge of agriculture- He ha 1 not fall-id,
hut had succeeded in making a comfortable llv-
llpg. Uo believed that he would do better than
that Iu the future. He spoke In the highest terms
ol Iho Georgia climate. A year iu Oeorgta. for all
r practical purposes, waa twice the leugth of a year
In the north. lle meant that thuro were twice »«
many flue days. He thought the south uccdod
tin migration from the north.
Vice President R. A. Misbet arose and expressed
his pltaturo In listening to Mr. Warner's apeaeta.
He warned jmtauch luen as Mr. Warner to cornu
south und live.
Mr. U.C. Grogan, of Klbertou, Qoorgla, was
called out, and made a speech
Ithat completely captured hta hearera.
lie laid that he had cemo two hundred and seven
ty miles to attend the meeting, and that twine the
distance could not bavu kept uim awey. A physi
cal breakdown had sent him fa the farm whi-rh
had telonsed tohla ancrators. Ih It* soil retted
hladead, end upouits aollebodo hla living Ud
weed Germ lord that no master foreign to its sa
cred precincts should ever again trrad It Ho
Iwonld It VO and die upon It. ae« klug from mothor
earth the sustenance he and tits ueedrd Hu had
bu n strongly lmpressnl by the pathetic re iltstlon
ol lltlle lk-wfe Mills. No man could liuiu to It
without Mug litsito better. No farmer could
|Hsicn to It and feel anything but pride
his
Farmers club waa lulu incfplenoy, but he
seen and htard month fa convince him that the
tcmuaWsrd of the Young Farmers' club.']
'■>* took the floor aud said ho thou.gm u
— ..Jlng |o leete a gotxl thing alone. He
wislitd to say, however, that tho young UeorgU
fatmers who were trying fa create tho Impression
wenuda ...
icstlon, and sadd that ho v MM
The repotur may add that Mr. Htringh
mau of go«xl eduoatlou aud fine seuao. aud If any
Gtornfa fataiDi'ft daughter wishes to live iu AU-
tauoa, sho mlabt Qud it to her advantage to cor-
itsputd with the genial stack farmar.
*’r. J. I* hteven*. of Marou. delivered an lntar-
Mr. iiUKhroIqultt,of Atlanta. In rm»p>usctoa
call, dilivired a bright and iutercaliug apeo.:b
dtferllingtho proc«ka of raauutseturfai; fcrill-
in is. lla though the fact that one hum!red aud
ntinly five thouNand tonsot tartlllsvnt had ban
mid In Georgia this year wldeuce of advance
U|in the pattof fatuura. He advisad the farm-
thsu tho angels, toipcud his days hoeing carrot" | r, i*® stop vajlng forty percent for crisluan-lfa
• ll.l kf.I.ir
cabbages?" Major 8idoey • Her ber
ia tho author ol tbe answer ao
bcamllutly delivered by little MU* Resile.
Thelmlb lady wa» overwhelmed with appUukc,
end wa* tbe recipient of tome lovely flowers.
Litter* were nad from Uolonel T. A. Flannlgatt,
cl Louisiana, and Mr. W. H. Worthington, o( Ml*
•ts»ip|J. The latter wiot* of the "Mtwiou of tho
Agricultural I'rm" He la the editor of the
Feuth, published at Columbus, Mtalaajppl.
A syuopala of an addivas by Vico-l’reildcut It. lb
Tillman, o! South Carolina, amt letter* from Vice
1’mldcnta J. U. Wtlaou, of North I'arollua, and J.
K. Htultii, ol Virginia, were read.
Ron. N. K Harris, member ol the general aa>
icmblyol Georgia lor lltbb county, wa* then tu-
trrductd, and delivered an address on "Techni
cal Xduratiou a* applied to Farm Machinary."
Mr. Harris is a forcible speaker, and hla aldroaa
waa ractlnd with many axproaaloaaoi favor.
iwmbr arr.acMim Maisa.
Dr. s. Rape, of Atlanta, drllvoiwl an interesting
and instructive address on grape culture, lle also
answered a number ol quciilmt* ou theaubjacL
put to him by member* of the club.
Colon cl K C. Greer, secretary ol the Georgia
state agricultural society, wa* called ou fa apeak,
but he excused him veil on tho ground that he was
too young,
J'resident Norther. In warm terms, thauked
the members of tbe Holton Farm, r*'club for
nxutatka, and then Introduced Cokmet U. U.
Jonca,o! Macou, who delivered a pleating ad-
droa,
At the oottduiioa ol Colonel J oaea'e speech, din-
crrwff arncncccd. Hanty arms always fa reign
at VoUon, far the dinner* sproad by iu goad pco*
1 leahound Hi an that la llkaly to tampt the appe-
fin. To-day fully oie thousand people were fod,
and yet Ike supply of well cooked food wa* far
(rca being exhausted. OMUdlea and young la
dle* alike, tn this delightful rural retreat, know
tho whole art ol cooking, and If tho unmarried
member* «| it# Young Formats’ dub art anxlou*
to follow Mr. Teh radar's advice, let them come to
Holton and chooM wives.
. At three o'clock pi m. the business amrioo of tho
club was held la tho hall of the Holloa tarmera'
dub. President Northen i-residing.
Oa a •count of tho targe numbot o! members,
whom carets would hate to bo read, tho culling
of tho roll waa omiliod,
Mbs Btaie MUM, by a unaalmow vota, waa
electedmaauctatemembar.and Maaten lUbert
Part ami Bowosi Bryaat aebvo momkan of the
c-bh, UCIOI*v;>X J Xu.X9llC,Vi JUifitiMajoc
Dr. S. llure *pote of tht£bc»t wethol* of pro
Giili Kfruit and exhibited spoClutGi* that ho
had pu served by a new prove**
ARtr a ft w »n»ucM parilne word* from l*re»l
•hut Ntartliin, the clnb adjourned fa m-jot lu
Jfatcn during the next *tato fair.
Theswoittl *rinml meeting of tbo Young Far-
mcr** club era* a •ueqaa*. The gentleman In «ou-
trulktuw Ju*t what to do, aud the delightful
lidoiniNllty that characterized tho proceeding*
cam*d cvcrybcdy to come away feeling that a day
ol ran- pi* am re had beairvpeut.
Mauy uow tartnlH-rt were addeu w too eiuu, u
1* safe to predlt-t that at Ure next annual meeting
qttHiot*. Its officer* having uo azos fa
> rind, aud lla members rouslitlng of the brightest
ai d lH»t|oucg people of tmth sex.* of the aontb-
cru >tat**, tisiuturu uacfuluras will t>s Hull **1 by
rotMur, and Ita expansion lass sure aaanythlug
rurtly lauuatitan t-o.
Notea.
Plintyof time h r amusrmeut waa given iho
l*i»c Mir.tcr ol yi ung people preaeut. lUnclag
in the pretty pavilion ou the gnuud*oftbo Hol
ton Fa nut it.* club, 1-oaiing ou the river, bsieball,
tnd Nkuburinas among the tree* and rocks oa the
rlvcr'a UuSTaCorvU-d ample opportunities for
tr et Oleg tbe day alemanUr. and the young pe>
pie *H« cot slow in taking advantage ol Ucui.
Atneug the charming young farmercwoi-lf the
word te allow*d—who graced the occasion, was
MltsWlUic Miller, of Toombaboro. Mis* Miller
hssco&trltuttd a number of Interesting aketebee
andttoiHato the southern World, which have
made her widely and favorably known She U
among the few abeolutaly unafitcied female
authors, bat mauncr being refrohtugiy natural
and graceful.
lion. K. E. IIarris it a native ol Teuneaseo. Ills
•pcech to day made a profound luprc«.«lon. and.
It tbe otahlMimcnt of a school of technology
weiw left to those who heard him, It would soon
le In oisislfon.
Holton I* bound to be a Uvorito suburban re*
lottof Macou r«ople. if the people fare will
cfier»mall fntmafor*aleat re*wruble price*, the
advantages of tho place will be sure to attract
settles*.
Mr. J. J. Hay. of Macon, add*! groatlv fa the
p'raaure of Uie young people. He look cnerge of
the amusement- aud carried them ou with spirit
BasNHsx.
A Thrva-Fytd Cblckoo*
From the Baxley, Ga., Rauuer.
Mr. Aaron Johnson, of this county, brought
a chicken fa town thia week that la a curiosi
ty, having a bead and a half aud threo eyos.
fh* chicken Is natural all but ita head. The
under hilt ia cemplefa, the fap one la divided
into two heads. There ia ah eye en each aide
sad one in the middle, where dbe two inner
beaks roue together, iust above the lower bill.
Dr. Carter has the chicken put up in al-mbel,
end the curious earn he accommodated by call-
tag at kia cfi.cc.
TRAINING BEES.
Vrs. Blits B.TarkcrOivea Her Kxperlsnos la
Coltura—Practlctl Hints a* to the Kaasgs.
Btst of tba BoalncM. and the Froflt
Thar# is tn it-Bee Howe.
Editobs Coxstitctiox—Whatever opinions
may bo held at fa tbo profits of boo raltiog in
thia country, the desiro for information on the
subject demonstrates the fact that there exitts
a very general and widespread interest in this
branch of industry. Much has been laid and
written ol !ate in regard to bee-keeping as an
occupation for women, and it is recommended
to them aa vary light and very lucrative orn
ployment.
To avoid the disappointment that b sure to
follow exaggerated and visionary whims on
tbe subject, it may be well fa emphasize tbe
fact that the proper care of bees requires hard
work, and, during certain season*, a great
deal of it. Any woman, with but a little
outlay of time and strength, may take
care of a few stands ol bees and re
alixe a small return; bat,
undertaken as a means of support, patien
•nd industry will be required fa insuro su:
cese, that it oilers a profitable field of work fa
women, however, ia now well demonstrated,
and, cases are numerous wboro they have
grown rich at tha business.
r.sa xxiriao a bcibxcs.
Under the old aystem of bea heaping, boot
required a great deal of care and attention,
pecialiy during the summer season, while the
winter were very destructive to them, thus
rendering the business very precarious and
uncertain, audit beet the profit very small.
But under any of the new methods of bee man*
age meat, which are founded on correct aud
scientific principles, bee keeping is reduced
a science. There can be no loss withoul
cause, there can be no gain without
£ roper understanding of the natural
abita and requirements ol bees, and wa do
not hesitate to say that a correct knowledge of
the lubjeet will insure success.
After bees are once located in suitable hivos t
very little expense ia required fa keep them in
good condition. Hives, if possible, should bo
placed on the south aide of buildings, or a
dote board fence facing southeast or west. If
they an [situated ao aa to be under the shade
of treea, and thus protected from then
tho sun during the heat of the day, it wi
best; the hives abould be set three feet apart,
and made to stand perfectly level.
Beginners in bee raiding,l should ramemhar
that nees always mark the location of their
hlvca. and if the latter are removed in the
working acaeon, the result is, all the bees that
go forth are lost, therefore it ia necessary fa
place the stocks early in tbe spring before
they have marked tho situation of the stand*,
•nd not change them after tho boes bsvo
commenced their labors.
A I WARM or Bi:uj,
A swarm of bcca contain ono queen, thous
and* of workers, and in tho »urumor season, n
limited number of drones. Tho queen is tho
only fully developed female in tho swarm, and
uiuslly lives from four to six years. The
queen has a atiny, yet may be handled with
Impunity, for except in combat with a riv.il
queen she will not use it.
Tho working bcc ia much smaller than the
queen, and on it devolvos all the labor of tho
swarm, it potBeises an iuatinct but little in
ferior to reason in tho humnu family.
Tbe drone is the male bee, and awarm*
should not he permitted to rear a large num
ber of these non-producers,|as it takes a great
deal of honey to support them in idlenoas for
several months.
Tbe natural increase of tho honey bee ia
very imperfectly understood. Tho queon
laya all tho fertile egg* in the swarm, A hjgh
temperature will forward, while a low 2fm-
C Ira tore will retard tho maturing of [the
rood.The eoniroling of swarming is now per
fectly understood, aud it is important that tho
bee keeper should become acquainted with tho
best method.
HOW to KXTRACT PROFIT.
To receive the greatest nrnount of profit
from bees they must be fed before naturo
furnishes thorn food. While sugar disaolvod
water la tbe boat article for tho
l>oac. Tbe sources from which
collect honey are various.
Almost every (lower, t roe, shrub and vine ia
field, forest or garden yields honey, and in
tho south, ihe home of tbe bee, a profusion of
wild (lowers afford a rich harvest. When wo
take into conaideration tho fact that bees will
go teveu mile* or more fa collect material, it
laiRsy to understand that a certain inumbor
of swarms will succeed in almost any locality,
and that bee-keeping can be niauo a very
profitable and healthful occupation for
women, especially those who, to the injury of
their health, are confined fa tbo houso, ex
cluded from tbe air aud sunshiuo a great por
tion of tbe time.
in an article aa limited aa this, it is impos
sible to givo correct mica for bee culture, aud
we aro only endeavoring in it fa
»how to women seeking a mean* of
iur;ort that bees givo ample return f *r ihe Is-
lor and care required by them, especially in
the south, where climate and food is so fi*cura
ble. But to succeed with bees wo should re
collect tint j ersonal experience is tho b**t
guide, or iu othtr wordr, that "practice make*
perfect."
lu engpging in the business, none but
Mtoiig, hen It by stooks should be bought,
and the tnt hives only u*ed, then their
i atmnl habits and requirements should be
closely studied, aud tho care nad attonUoa
given tb«m that knowledge teaches they re
quire. Tbo precho condition of tho baai
•build always be known. Whether they are
weak or strong, without a queen, or in any
wey requiring aseistanco from tiulr keeper.
To turreed in thia industry or in anything
die, one must become interested in their
work, when annoyances and discomforts will
tetm trivial, when compared with the success
which patience and perseverauco will surely
bring to the earnest worker.
Kurt It. Parrso.
On* WIu. Mttcketh Uk* a Brother.
Firm the Nassau coriopoudent New York Tine*.
The centipede 1* much larger than the scorpion,
and 1 think even more fa be dreaded. He grows
sometime* to be six or eight Inches long, but la
*!Uu and rather fiat. He, too, lureis my last (he
on«ht to, be has legs enough), and he scratohea
rather than bite*, leaving an ugly mark wherever
kc sets In ouo of hla numberless claws. Like tbe
scorpion, he Uvea under boards or atone* or at ths
bottom of old walla, lle la made up
all in Joints, Itke a tape worm, and coca joint has
either two or four legs. The centipede s poison
Ilia tn hta claws. There la a b-*«t ami very sharp
purpo
lees
be bed with a centipede. On aoin< fa bed Oue
nlstt t e juteu that long wane hucu Kirmsit
wbirh Is so comforting fa the teases la a h it cli
mate. and It did not take Mm long to discover
that thtre was somethint In It A moment later
a rrulipede wa* fastened to hta back, aa t the gea
titiran waatrytuf to tear the Uneu oil witaas
little deter as possible The centipede by this
time bad giwn up all claim fa the linen, but hold
on to the back for dear llta.
They etlck very tightly, having fa be
almost tern off: and tbe gentleman had fa call tor
help to bate him pulled off*. By the time a«stat-
anco arrived the Insert had crawled a foot or two
and some similar experience* it I* quite tam-
lonabta In tbe tropica to shake your cloth* well
fcefore putting them on. _
A Beg* Hat Killing.
•From the furry. Go., Journal.
Just before sunset ona day last weak Mr. J.
N.Bsrker,of lha upper Klevcath district of this
ccunty, shot and killed nlno largo rata whilo
they were drinking water from the trough ia
his nSrte lot. He counted more than twenty,
•Ld shot at tham at ij once.
PROSPEROUS PECANS.
Lowndes County's Trees nad gome Pacta fa
Regard Thereto.
From the Valdosta, Ga., Newi.
It ia not generally known, perhaps, that
Lowndes county esn boss! of more pecan treea
fhsn anr other in Georgia, but such it the
case. Major Holliday first commenced plant
ing them twelve or fifteen years ago, and
since then quite a number of citizens have
bought trees from his nursery and plauted
them out Mr. Tom Crawford hasten acres,
about seven miles from town, which he
pl&nted ten years ago. His orchard is doing
well, and one of the trees bore lut year
and two will bear this year. Mr. Craw
ford ssys ft takes ten years lor the
trees to bear, and fifteen fa be profitable.
There is a large pecan tree on Marion Nel
son’s place in iown, set out by Malcolm Craw
ford about twenty-five or thirty years ago,
from which $25 fa $30 worth or pecans are
•old each year. It was from seeing the results
from this tree that induced Mr. Crawford to
plant hla orchard, and he says his venture is
coming fully up to his expectations. Captain
Wells has about seventy-five or eighty treea
on his place in town five or six years old
wbieh ore looking fine!, - 1 ‘ ‘ ‘
bear. Among others havl
their yards in fawn are
and Mrs. Besant. Mr. John Beatty,
on Cat creek, has bearing
trees on his place, and Mr. Crawford estimates
that there are at least 500 bearing treea in the
county, all young, bcaidea tho fery largo num
ber coming on. There is a tree in Berrien
ccunty, owned by Mr. Futcb, from which he
sells large quantities of nuts in Valdosta every
yesr. Parties in Darien, Ga., derive a large
Income from their pecan treea. A gentleman
in Miuiitippi bad a vacant place Tn front of
bis home which he plsnted in pecans more for
tbe shade than anything else, and eventually
found them more valuable than all the rest of
bis plantations. It is well known that vast
quantities of pecans are profitably grown in
Texas. Thirty or forty thousand dollars worth
•re brought into Indisnola and sold ever
year. The pecan tree resembles very mu :L
the hickory nut tree, is very faugh and hardy,
and takes aueb astonishingly firm root in the
ground that storms have not been known fa
blow them over. The trees should be plsnted
about thirty feet apart. They constitute as
handsome and efficient shade trees as any
other. From statements which have been
made to us by those who ought fa
know we believe with Mr. Crawford and
others who have plsnted thorn that there
is a bonanza in pecans. They do not bear as
early, but in the long run a pecan grove in
Georgia would bo more valuable than an or
ange grove in Florida, became they aro not
liable to the same disaster*. Mr. Crawford
believes that English walnuts would do well
in Georgia also. He has one on his pises in
town about six years old, too young fa bear
J et, but growing finely and rapidly. Major
Tolliday has one on hn place. In view of all
there facta it fa confidently expected that these
tress will be largely planted in thia lection in
future.
WOMEN IN CHINA.
Their Fnrchaae and Bala a Trade Recog
nized by Law.
From tbo North China Nows.
A remarkable cote arizing out of the rocog-
nized trade in buying and selling women among
the Chinese came before tbe Mixed Court Jan
uary 5. It ecimi that about three months ago
an old man, who is well know to tho police as
earning his living by thia traffic, went to a
woman and asked her ifsho would like to earn
snmo money by coolie work. Tbe woman hid
been living for years with a chinaman oa his
wife, though she was not legally marriad fa
him, and they had a child; but her reputed
husband sras away from home, and she ex
pressed her willingness fa go out and earn
money in tbe way suggested fa her. Tho old
man then told her that he had a situation for
her out in the country, and aho accordingly
went to a village, fa the house of an old man
of f»0 years. For two months, according fa her
account, she remained ther
of a servant, but at the end
aged employer wished to eatabliah more
intimate relationawith ber. 8he repelled him,
isyitfg that she was a married woman and had
•imply come to earn money by coolie work,
but he replied that he bad paid $100 for her
nod the was his projxjrty. The woman then
tcok tho first opportnnity to run away beck to
the settlement, changing her house there in
cider that aho might not be traced.
However, the tipao of tho village, who ap
pears to bavo had a finger in the sale of tho
woman, followed her fa Shanghai and at
length discovered her whereabouts. Ho aeizod
her, took her to tbe tipao of the district and
■old ofl*every thing in lior house, realizing
about $14. Here in tho tipao'a house she ro
tnained for thirteen day*, when the mattei
cemo to the knowledge of the police, and sht
was released. On tho fifth the Shanghai tipao
tho village tipao and tho man who bad sold
tho woman were all brought up at the Mixod
Court and charged with their respective
shares in the transaction, the woman appear
ing to prosecute accompanied by her reputod
husband and their child. Mr. Giles, who was
sitting aa aieeifor, asked inspector Howard,
who waa conducting tho case for tho police,
whether ho beleivtd that tho reputod husband
was privy to tho sale of hia wile. Inspector
Howard said he waa inclined to think that tae
husband did know of it and received part of
tLe proceeds of hia wife’s sale, but he believed
tbo woman herself waa quite innocent in the
matter and really bolioved that sho was aim-
ply going rut to do coolio work.
The question waa then raised as fa whethor
the reputed husband had not perfect right in
Chinese law, to sell tho woman, Booing that ho
was not legally married to her; but it was
ruled that, aa they bad a child, ho had no
right to fell her. The husband was according
ly arretted on auinicion and placed with tie
other prisoners, who wero remanded for tho
tttindance of tho woman’s purchaser, who
wi.* the real loser by the wholo transaction,
having paid away $100 and got no return for
H. Aa there was no doubt, Howovor, that .the
Shanghai tipao had acted illegally in keeping
the woman locked up in hi* house for thirteen
dfijs ho w’bs ordered to rcceivo 100 blows "to
begin with," and as thia ia not the first of-
tenre, Mr. Huang intends to apply fa tho Tao-
tai to have him removed from hla office.
A Hold Treacher.
Tbe boldness of Pamuel Davies will be Illustrat
ed by a single anecdote. When president ol
]'*tact ion college, be visiled England lor the pur*
rote of obtaining donations for the institution.
The king (George II.) had a curiosity to hear a
preacher ficm "the wilds of America," Ua accord
legiy attended, and was to much struck with hia
CLXBtranding eloquence, that he exprearcd his
asUnUbnnut loud enough fa be heard half way
tbe house, in such terras aa these: 'He is a
vrouderfniman!" "Why.be beats my btahop?"
etc. Davies observing that the king waa attract
ing more aiu-ntlon than himself, paused, and,
looking hta majesty full in the face, gave him. in
an emphatic tone, the following beautiful rebuke:
* ken tbe lion roaictb, let the beasts of tha forest
tremble; and when the Lord apeokath, let the
klrgiof the earth keep silence.” The king iqatant-
!y shrank back in hta scat, like a schoolboy who
had been rapped on the head by hta muter, and
rcrratnrd quiat during the remainder of the ser
mon. The next day the sanarch sent for bias,
•nd gave him fifty guineas for the institution ovar
which he presided, ohoerviogat the same time fa
hta courtiers: "He lean honest man-an honest
man." Not one of hta *Ukan bishops could have
doicd to give hiss such are bake.
Church-Going Doga.
Frtm the Fort Gaines, Go., Tribune.
Fort Gaines hoe some very religions animals
of the canine order. Tbceadoga are poodles,
setters, pointers and sometimes a long-eared
bound. They take their respective placet in
the church and U mot interfered with during
tinging, they join in the chorus. The princi
pal part though ta, they like fa act aa usher,
•fad raw eroued end aee that every oue ia
pleasantly seated. Now, while some may think
these animnla are very indispentible, we beg
fa say ram are badly mistaken, aud would ask
you to keeo them at home, aa we are oppvaad
to the civil right! bill, and especially, a* to
people ard deft worshiping in the fame sanct
uary.
ATTAR INCIDENT.
The Love Between Master nod Slave ae
Shewn at Island No. 10.
From tbe Louisville Courier-Journal.
Of General Alpheua Baker, now of thia city,
lut formerly a citizen of Eutaula, Ala., a
lawyer by profetiion, and an orafar of great
sweetneis of diction and power, the following
incident is related: , f
He owned a slave called Paria, before the
war and at the time the first gun fired on
Sumter. The slave waa a huge negro, eery
dark in complexion, six feet two in stature,
•nd correspondingly large in frame, making
a perfect ij>ecimen of manhood physically.
Tbe general quit his home and family to fol
low the fortunes of the confederacy. Ht
said to hia servant Parii: "I am going ts
the war, Taris; will you go with me?' Par
ia, who loved and admired hia master, ae
once assented, and followed the wanderingo
ol hia matter as a devoted squire, until the
general, with thoae associated with him, waa
captured by General John Pope at Island No.
10 iu the Mississippi river. In the pretence
of the federal soldiers, when the general waa
shout to be hurried off* aa a prisoner fa John
son's island, his servant Paria came to seo
him. In tho interview which took
place, in which mnch that was affec
tionate occurred between the master
and his old aervant, the general laid
to him: "Well, Paria, what are you going to
do?" Paris replied: "Well, massa, with the
help of God, I’m goin' back fa znistus and do
cbii'ern.” The two old friends, who had been
boy a together on tbe old plantation in the
"Land of Best." and were about the same age,
shook hands in silence and in tears. Paris
turned to go, buthad gone but a few feet away
from his muter when he turn
ed toward him again, bis soul swelling
up from ita lowest depths and hia countenance
all aglow with tbe fervor ol pure affection,
and rushed into hif muster's arms, weeping
like an infant, and exclaiming, "Massa, let
me hug you 1” Tho two men claupcd each
other, and their sighs and tobs brought
tiara to the eyes of tho victors who sur
rounded them, and tho expression wu
heard; "GreatGod, see what atfection be
tween the master and bis old servant I"
And that affection between muter add wor
thy servant remains to-day in all the aouth,
•nd will be a bulwark of the conservative ele
ment of tbe country through all coming time.
Not Strange at All.
From tbcTexas Siftings.
A Houston Inebriate wu reading to hla wife
about the English in Egypt. He remarked:
"The camel can work steadily for ton days
without drinking. Isn’t that strange ?"
"No," she replied calmly, "there Is nothing
very itiangc about that. I’ve kuoaru men who
could diink ten days steadily without working."
Views of the Bon. William Penn Nixon.
Mr. Nixon is widely known u the editor ol
the Chicago Inter Ocean, one of the moat out
spoken and spirited dailies of the present ago.
Like many other busy editors, Mr. Nixon
over-worked himself, and about six years ago
round that hta health* wu gradually running
down. Hia business associates and bis family
felt that he was in a perilous condition, and
urged him to tako rest—giving up,for a while,
all editorial labor. Hia natural ambition aud
hia long habits of diligent wo fit were against
this. Declining the suggestion of a vacation,
he kept at bis desk. At last, alter fighting for
zonae months with the condition of his system
which was exadually undermining his vi
tality, Mr. Nixon concluded to take a lew
wceka of rest. Of that rest and of what fol
lowed it we will let him tell, in his own
words, communicated fa one of our corres-
-nts, who recently visited him at his odi-
rooms in Chicago.
Mr. Nixon, who now appears in the primo
of life, and in the full vigor of bodily and
mental vitality, said, substantially: "It wu
in February, 1878, that I took a aevero cold.
My system had become much worked down,
and, driven with constant editorial duty, i
had neglected it. After loug consideration I
concluded to take needed rest. 1 went fa
Florida and Cuba for a few weeks. Oa tho
way 1 had several hemorrhages from the
lunga. 1 was quite sick and returned in no
bettir condition tbon before. My wife waa
much alarmed about me. The physician who
atftLded me on my return gave me inhala
tions, tonics, alteratives, and pills; after talc*
frg which, for about two weeks, I was weaker.
I kept at my work, which wu exacting. By
BipUmbcr my state hud bccomo critical. I
lest flesh ami suffered from aaovero soroness
in the upper part uf my right lung. My wife’s
sister, who was in Boston, wrote about a treat
ment which was novel to me—Compound
Oxygen. A relative of hers who had boon in
such poor health that he had been compelled
to apesd several winters in Florida, hod boon
restored by thia Compound Oxygen to such an
extent that he waa ablo to endure the climate
of Boston in winter. The little book issued
by Btarkey A Talon on Compound Oxygen wu
sent me, and after reading it I concluded that
even if their method of treating my ailma&ta
could do me no good, there wu reason fa
believe that it would do me no harm.
"I procured a 'Homo Treatment’ from tho
office of Messrs, turkey A Talon, in Philadel
phia, determining to give it a fair trial and
abide tho result. For four or five months I
to«k the inhalations at regular Intervals,
twice a day,continuing roy work steadily. At
first no marked effect was observed; in fact,
not until three r r four weeks. Thou l began
to feel that it was doing mo good. I found
that when I waa expotrd to the cold and fa
chilling drafts my power of resistance wu far
greater than it b&d be*n. There was no ex-
Eiloratiop, but there was a constant increase
of atrergth. I still coughed considerably,
and, in tact, did so for Some months. The
aore •] ot on my right lung gave me much
aunoyanco. 1 rubbed my chest with various
liniment*, and I woro a cheat protector. Rut
gradually the soreness went away, aa tbe lung
gained strength. And the cough, which had
so long clung to me, at last went off' in an un.
expretfd manner. One ol the last coughing
spells I had was almost as severe and extended
aa any I bad ever experienced. It seemed to
bo the going out of the cough-habit. There
waa probably some extraneous matter in the
way, and this severe spell of coughing got rid
of it.
1 gained tleah very slowly, but gradually
came back to my original weight,
•nd now weigh more than beforo my
illness. I am more able fa resist
cold, ard theugh I now take cold occasionally,
1 am far leas subject to it than I was of old.
My digestion, which was. of course, disorder
ed, ia now all that I can desire, and I am able
to do my customary work without inconven
ience or serious fatigue. I have never given a
testimonial to any patent medicine, and I
wculd not; bull do rot consider Starkey A
Tslcn's Compound Oxygen a patent medicine.
It is a vitalizer and a restorer, and to it I owe
roy life."
"Mr. Nixon, did you ever take any other
Oxygen Treatment* than that of Messrs Star
kly A TalenT"
•'No; I had no use for any other. This
aeived the nnrprse perfectly, and did even
more than 1 could have expected of it."
’Do you ever have occasion fa return fa the
of the Compound Oxygen Treatment since
ir restoration to health?"
Only occasionally: for instance, if I have
been exposed and hava taken cold. But I
keep a 'Home Treatment' in my family, for
we iet a high valne on ita efficiency in cose of
need, and several of my friends have found
the advantage of it. Yon may put ms on
record aa being a hearty and thorough believer
in U."
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THERE MAY BE A FEW
Who Still Doubt
II ao they will llsd In oar offlcc many lacn
letters aa the following, hot none that ate entitled
to m era eoneldcnUon:
With my experience I pronounce
Brewer’s Lung Restorer
the heet Ion, remedy made, foot ol my hrothera
and t liters had died with coniomptlon, and about
threo yean ago I became ao exhanttad by a Ion,
continued cough, accompanied with low feres
and night iweata, that I could barely get about ,
aud my friends garo up ill hope. I coughed eo
Inccaaantly that 1 could not deep at alb Altar' •
tying acreral long modlolnea 1 began the era ol
Brewer’s Lung Restorer
and irae greatly beaeStad by the ant bottle, gain
ing aeah and etrenglh .and resuming work. X
continued to tako It and am ustout now ss I ever
wss, rarelyCTtreongh nor do I suffer with my
lung, ady moro than II they nerei had been
affected.
1 am nerer without a bottle ol It In' my house.
Daring the winter I giro It to my little children,
eren a little fellow three yean old, lor auythln,
Uke common col da, 'or when they show any otI
dcnce ol croup and alwaye with tho most halts-
factory tosults. Very tuly,
0. B. HDOE1.Y.
Bantesrllle, Georgia,
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