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Terms.—One dollar and fifty cents a year In advance. Six months for seventy-five cents. Two dollars a year if not paid in advance. The services of Col. James M. SMYTHE,are en gaged as General Assistant. ..onrmnPDV The “FEDERAL UNION” andthe SOUTHERN RECORDER’’were consolidated. August 1st, 1872, the Union being in its Forty-Third Volume and the Recorderin its Fifty-Third lolume. T111 O n A D r D mav be found on file at Geo. i M I O I AI L. It P. Rowell & Co’s Newspa per Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce 8t.). where advertising contracts may be made for it IN NEW YORK. EDITORIAL. GLIMPSES. Arkansas plantation laborers went on a strike and ball and powder bad to be used to subdue them. All quiet now. They were Knights of Labor. The Czar.—In his warlike move ments the Russian Czar openly and boldly denounces the treaty of Ber- I lin. He will find himself in a desper- [ ate strait, if the powers shall become partizans iof Austria in the light [which he is so unnecessarily seeking. Paul Hayne.—Such extensive no tices and eulogies of Mr. Hayne and liis works, have been made in the papers in this State and South Caro lina, that it is unnecessary for us to enlarge at much length upon his his tory, character and fame. His death removes from our section the most widely known poet to our people, es pecially those of Georgia and South Carolina, and the best known of the men of letters, except William Gil more Sims' of South Carolina, whose many works in history, poetry and novel, places him in the first ranks. We need not allude to Mr. Hayne's family connections further than to say he belonged to that eminent fam ily of Haynes, who were so distin guished in South Carolina—among them Governor Robert Y. Hayne who, in the memorable days of nullifica tion, as a Senator from South Caroli na. measured swords with Daniel Webster, with such distinguished elo quence and power as to have been deemed the victor, by some able crit ics, in that celebrated Senatorial con test. Mr. Paul Hayne’s father was a Lieu tenant in the United States Navy and died while on duty at Pensacola. The subject of our notice was born in January, 1831. He was a close stu dent and received a finished educa tion at Charleston College. The Charleston News & Courier, says: “The years just preceding the war constituted an important period in the future poet's literary development. In the congenial society of such men as his fellow-poet, Timrod; the ac- ttomplished scholar and writer, Dr. Samuel Henry Dickson, and the vet eran literateur, William Gilmore Sims, the foundation was laid of that classic taste, that love for old English literature, that study of the Elizabeth an writers, that wide and varied ac quisition, that passion for the sea and shore and sky, which is so manifest in much of Mr. Hayne’s poetry.”' Mr. Hayne was at one time the editor of Russell’s Magazine. His earliest ver ses were issued in this literary paper, and were continued in the Southern Literary Messenger published by Mr. John R. Thompson at Richmond Va. In 1854 his first volume of poems were issued bv Ticknor & Co., when he was his 24th year. He had a competence, ,at it was dissipated by the war, and vhen it was over he moved to the pine barrens in Georgia, and at a place ■ which he named Copse Hill, he oassed the remaining years of his life. [His health for a number of years was lelicate but he bravely continued his Intellectual labors. The paper referred to says: “In 1873 he brought out an edition r his friend Henry Timrod's poems, f’companied by one of the most pa- etic memorials that the literature our iand furnishes. Just before is he had put to press his own fourth Jume of poems, which met with jer and more instant recognition an any of his former ones. “Tim e's Life and Remains” proyed very popular, and speedily went a third edition. In 1875 “The untain of the Lovers and Other lems” was issued, and had a more ttering reception—especially in the sorth—than any of his previous vorks. This is the latest of Mr. .ayne’s printed collections. The larpers have in manuscript, we be- «ve, a Life, by him of Gilmore ; mms: and a few years ago he pub- slied in Charleston, “Memorial sketches of Legare and Robert Y. lavne.” Besides these, he has con futed unceasingly to the best Jonthliesof the day—The-Atlantic, I he Century, Harper's, Lippincott’s, je Bivouac and others. Many short pieces of Mr. Hayne s ve been published in the papers of ‘orgia and were always read with ^asure by those who saw them, ch pieces can convey no just idea v ,he poet’s power. The true test is ,-Vid in the reception given to bis ngs which caused him to issue or five volumes of his poetical tc Mr. Hayne was a finished ar and*a noble specimen of the mdlofty gentleman. The Hayne in iugusta will miss him in feocial gatherings. But his pure honorable race is run. It was ly closed and with all the last rs that affection could pay him, s’laid away to a peaceful rest. Fa The Houghton Institute. We are pleased to notice from the accounts given in the Augusta papers that this popular Institution of learn ing in that city has more than sustain ed its reputation in its recent exami nation, running through nearly a week. The Augusta Chronicle says: “The examination of the Houghton Institute demonstrates the thorough training of the children that attended that institution. The city should be proud that it sustains a school that teaches three hundred children with the thoroughness that Prof. Shecut and his corps of efficient assistants give to their work. The standard to which the children are brought is simply wonderful. The short time that The Chronicle's representative was present he became deeply im pressed w ith the whole school, and es pecially with Miss Foster’s history class. The bright little boys narrated the events .of rhe war perfectly. Quite an audience was present and seemed much pleased with the most excellent examination of all the children. The school is one of the most thorough, and the city has just right to feel proud of it. The graduating class is taught by the principal, who is assist ed in the* other classes by Misses Eve, Foster, Puryear, Phillips, Parmalee, Schinuer, McDonald, Prof. Pelot, and Miss Maggie Duffy. The calisthenic department is presided over by Miss Maggie Duffy, and it is wonderful the good that this young lady lias ac complished at the Houghton Insti tute. We feel assured that if the Council committee will visit that in stitution they would pay Miss Duffy more and would feel proud of father ing such a competent corps of teach ers. At the conclusion of the exercises the children were addressed in a hap py style by T. R. Gibson, Esq., M. M. Hill, William Jacobs and S. P. Weisi- ger. Prof. Sliecut's class is carried to a very high standard as showed in their examination of chemistry and phys ics. The examinations were unusual ly thorough. * The calisthenic exercises conducted by Miss Duffy delighted the entire au dience, and were executed with a re markable exactness.” A little slip containing the distribu tion of the honors became misplaced, but we found a notice of them in that excellent paper, the Evening News, as follows: In the girls’ graduating class the first honor and Pelot scholarship was won by Annie Piper, and the first honor in the male department was won by Percy Jacobs. The prize for the second division of the high school was won by Miss Ella Jones. In the grammar department—girls —Miss Jennie Garret, 1st honor ; A. Piper, A. Newman, H. Woodberry, B. Levy, 2nd honor; B. Thompson, E. Sale", W. Luquire, 3d honor; boys— J. C. McKie, 1st honor ; A. Quinn, J. C. Schroder, Jno. W. Murray, Moise Blum, 2d honor; Theo Oetjen, E. Bigelow, A. S. Campbell, J. Pierson, 3d honor. In the Intermediate School, girls— Willie Puryear, 1st honor ; W. Camp bell, E. Redfern, C. Vandiver, J. Hub bard, K. Kunze, C. Youngblood, A. Oswald, E. Thompson, M. Staples, 2d honor; boys—J. R. Youngblood, W. Prescott, L. C. Shecut, M. Jacobs, 1st honor; R. Hankinsoh, W. Sommers, 2nd honor. ... In the Primary School, girls—Dickie Puryear, 1st honor; H. Wheeler, 2d honor; G. Thomas, 3d; D. Malone, 4th; G. Pierson, 5th, and C. Cunning ham, Gth honor; boys—W. Gambri!, 1st honor; B. Hightower, 2nd; C. Stafford, 3d; A. Brooker, 4th, and J. Campbell, 5th honor. We must do partial justice to the whole exhibition which the Evening News says “is pronounced by compe tent critics to be^the best school exhi bition ever given in Augusta.” The Principal, Mr. Shecut, has, for years past, prepared original dramas exhib ited by young amateurs of his school. The impression made by this last one, “The Seaside Mystery,” was so well received that, by request, it was to be repeated Thursday afternoon, at a matinee with, also, the calisthenic ex ercises. If Mr. Shecut should contin ue the preparation of his beautiful dramas for a few years more they would make an interesting collection for publication in book form, that would find a ready sale and be a source of profit to him. He deserves great credit for undergoing the intel lectual labor to -which their prepara tion subjects him. The authorities know too, well the value of his ser vices and those of his able and accom plished assistants to permit them to retire. As the country grows older the de mand for nuts steadily increases, while the supply grows less. In some pla ces groves of chesnut and hickory left by chance have proved the most prof itable portion of the farm, from the mnual nut crop. It is entirely practi cable to plant treeslor the nuts where land is not very expensive and is suited to them. The "vvoodof chestnut and second growth hickory is very valua ble. Under proper care chestnut trees will begin to bear almost as soon as apple trees. The best time to kill a weed is as soon as it appears above the surface. A slight brush with a garden rake or in the field with a smoothing harrow will destroy weeds at this early stage; but if allowed to grow a few days, heavier implements must be used. Volume LVII. ,>-t Milledgeville, Ga., July 20, 1886. THE Mil & REAMS, Published Weekly iu Milledgeville,Ga., BY BARNES & MOORE. Number 2. Personal and General. Congressman Crisp has' received more than enough delegates pledged to Ills support to insure his re-elec tion. The people, of the Tenth Congres sional District, seem to be unanimous for the Hon. George T. Barnes. No man could be more faithful to their interests. Vetoing Pensions.—Mr. Cleveland is right. He investigates the claims of the pensioners and vetoes such as are Iraudulent. The people North and South will sustain him. We hope the Tubman bequest will not, in an issue between the City Council and Richmond Academy trus tees, be absorbed in lawyers' fees. It looks that way.—Augusta Chronicle. Mr. Gladstone is Defeated.— We had no reason to expect a differ ent result with the continuous reports of tlie success of his opponents. He remained steadfast in purpose to do justice to Ireland and we have no doubt that the policy indicated by him will triumph sooner or later. Fitz John Porter.—Since his ac quittal the President has approved the action of congress, and nominated him to be Colonel in the army of the United States, to rank as such from May 14, 1861, that being the grade in rank held by him at tlie time of his dismissal from the army. Mr. Paul H. Hayne.—Mr. Hayne lived long enough to enroll his name on the scroll of fame as a poetical writer. The people among whom he lived admired him for his many vir tues as well as his poetical talents, and are conferring every honor upon him, now that he is called away in the meridian of his fame. Mr. R. A. Odom who resides near Dublin, says the Gazette, is success fully growing the tea plant. Some seed were sent by Hon. Jas. H. Blount to the county some years ago, from which Mr. Odom secured the plants. The plants this year bore seed, and he will divide them with those desiring to enter upon the cul ture. Mr. Odom uses the tea on his table and it is said it cannot be told from the imported tea. Why may not this be made a profitable crop for the farmers of this section? The Augusta Chronicle says : It has been so hot in the Northwest that people in one Iowa town took to their cellars and let their tongues hang out. Washington Solons may look out for that wave. What a climate! Hot enough to make the tongue hang out in sum mer, and cold enough for a Scandina vian “Shed” in winter. Quit it and come South, where we never have the “onhorridest” feather that freezes or melts them up there. At Washington Senator Butler, it is said, has been so struck by the hot wave, as to lose all fastidiousness. Larner, of the Balti more Sun, says he now enters the Senate in a long, flowing linen duster. The State and Public Schools. —Many sections of Georgia appreci ate the benefits of an effective public school system. The people in these sections—notably in some of the more progressive cities and towns—have taken the matter in hand under the provisions of our school laws, and have done what should be done in every county of the State—they have taxed themselves to maintain first- class public schools for at least nine months in the vear. This is a good time for this subject to be discussed. There is nothing that is needed so much as a thorough pub lic school system, and as most of the counties seem to feel a delicacy in taxing themselves to maintain such a system the State should step in and increase the public school term imme diately on the assembling of the Gen eral Assembly to at least six months in the year, and levy a tax sufficient to pay the additional expense. There is no tax that can be so easily paid as a school tax, and there is none that would tend so much to ben efit the people, develop the resources, and extend the influence of the State. Ignorance is no longer considered to be bliss, but is esteemed a misfortune of near akin to crime, for it leads al most inevitably to degradation and crime. The educational wants of Georgia are now not only very great but peculiarly pressing. The peace and safety of society and the security of the commonwealth in the future can onlv be assured by the thorough education of the children of the rising generation. The people would hard ly feel a tax of one mill on the dollar, but such a tax would go far towards giving Georgia a creditable public school system.—Sav. News. At three feet apart each way there are 4,890 hills on- aq acre. Potatoes yielding only one bushel to every thir ty hills would give upwards of 160 bushels per acre. That this is much above the average crop even in good years shows how great are the possi bilities for improvement in potato growing. _ JDeleefalave Purifies the Ureath. •A fetid breath is greatly to be de plored; almost every one shrinks from a near approach to one thus affected. The habitual use of Deleetalave pur ifies the breath, heals the gums, pre vents the accumulation of tartar on the teeth, and makes the mouth sweet and clean. For sale in Milledgeville, by C. L. Case,Druggist. Washington Letter, From Onr Regular Correspondent. Washington, July 12, 1886. The Republicans in Congress are trying very hard to make political capital against the President on ac count of his pension vetoes. But the vetoes are too well supported by facts and common sense to furnish materi al for partisan appeals. It was to be expected however, that the private pension gift Senators and Representa- tatives would grow Vvrathy as the kind of work they were engaged in was brought to light. The failure of their little schemes together with their ex posure incited them to a reckless pitch of determination to secure the adoption of these bills anyhow, though there is little prospect of their success. The Democratic leaders are resolv ed to stay here all summer, as one of them said, before abandoning their position in the matter. But the Re publicans have proposed a compro mise which will probably be accepted. Under its terms two hours will bq al lowed for debate upon such of the ve toed bills as may be selected, and at the expiration of the time an aye and nay vote will be taken the result of which is to be regarded final as to the other vetoes. The report of the Senate Pension Committee upon the vetoed bills, was little more than a long and ill-con cealed howl of baffled rage. It even accused the President of casting a slur upon the chastity of a woman and of sneering at wounds received in the service of the country. But so many of these private measures are obviously without merit, and mere attempts to bestow gratuities upon favored persons who have no real claim upon the bounty of the Gov ernment, that the President’s action will be more applauded the more at tention is called to the grounds upon which it is based. The Republicans of the House of Representatives made speeches upon this issue that were intended to be very severe upon the President, but they were more plainly bids for polit ical support than evidence of patrio tism. They proceeded upon the as* sumption that the vetoes of private pension bills are unpopular and will not be sustained by public sentiment. One answer made by Representative Matson to some of their complaints was interesting. * He called attention to the fact that many of the cases re jected by Mr. Cleveland had already been vetoed by a Republican Com missioner of Pensions. The rejection by the Senate of Mr. Goode to be Solicitor-General was the subject of much discussion at the Capitol on Saturday. The unanimous verdict was that the opposition all centered in Senator Mahone, and the vote of the Republican Senators was their way of helping the thwarted, schem ing little politician to assert himself in Virginia. As no Democrat oppos ed the nomination, many Congress men think the proper thing for the President to do would be to renominate Mr. Goode. He might have done this if the Senate had merely neglected to confirm, but since the Senate had re jected, he will not be likely to renom inate. The Senators were determined to have Mr. ; Goode’s case all to them selves, for when it came up they held a strictly Star Chamber Session last ing six hours. The Sergeant at Arms visited the floor on which the galler- leries, the document and a large num ber of Committee rooms are located, and ordered the employes and visitors to vacate These rooms were locked and then the correspondents, tele graph operators, and representatives of the Associated Press were driven out of their portion of the building. Deep and loud complaints were heard on all sides at being so summarily or dered away from posts of duty, and much inconvenience was experienced by the sudden ejectment, but all had to go. Sentinels were placed at the stairways and doors leading to the galleries which had to be left open in order to prevent the Senators from suffocating. The new broom of this Administra tion is sweeping clean everywhere. The expenditures of the Government Departments here have been found to be $22,500,000 less during the fiscal year just past than in the one preced ing it, and better results may be ex pected for the fiscal year which has begun. By the persistencv of several Demo crats in the House of Representatives, the latest attempted Salary grab has just been averted. I allude to the gratuity to House and Senate em ployes who are paid liberal salaries for easy work on less than half time. It had .been agreed to give them a month’s extra pay because they would like to have it, but Representatives Reagan of Texas, Price of Wis., Hemphill of S. C., McAdoo of N.* J., Holman of Ind. and others emphasiz ed their disapproval of the theft in such a manner as to defeat it. The scheme would have extorted at least $200,000 from the taxpayers to be giv en as a gratuity to men who were al ready receiving liigh salaries. The manager of the Fort Wayne, Ind., Gazette, Mr. B. M. Holman, says he has often read of the wonder ful cures affected by St. Jacobs Oil. Recently he sprained his ankle and invested in a cane and a bottle of St. Jacobs Oil. The latter proved tlie better investment, as it entirely cur ed his ankle. Written tor the Courier-Journal. THE BARD OF MOBILE BAY BY HETTIE A. KAKRAR. In orange groves the birds will pour A sweet enchanting straip, And poets sing, as oft before, The old yet sad refrain. A million hearts will throb to-night Beneath a southern sky, And tears will glisten strangely bright In many a patriot’s eye; For Mobile’s bard will sweep no more His lyre so pure and free, Whose silver chords vibrated o'er ‘•The Sword of Robert Lee.” He'll furl no more the “stars and bars"— So more will see them wave, Like them he rests beneath the stars Within a cherished grave. The white rose, round his tomb will cling And bloom above £is head. Which taught liis poet soul to sing The blest, the early dead. Its dewv leaves in memory's urn Will blossom many a year. And many a poet’s spirit turn' To find on it a tear. The hand which woke the silent lute Will sweep its strings no more; The lips which praised in song are mute On Mobile's lovely shore. But o'er its placid water's gleam The light of bv-goue years. While drifting now o’er memory’s stream We reach the lake of tears. In dreams upon its shores unfurled We see “that banner” wave, While forms from oat the spirit world ray tribute to his grave. Marshalling there in bright array Departed heroes come; We fanev those who wore the gray Now hear their beatiDg drum. And in the line of ghostly forms A noble face we see, Which everv Southern spirit warms, Tlie face of General Lee. While echoes of a far-off strain • Upon the waters play; It is the old, the sweet refrain Of the Bard of Mobile Bay. Corsicana, Tex. BILL ARP. He and Mrs. Arp Celebrate their Birthdays. THE CHILDREN AND NEIGHBORS JOIN IN AND PLEASANT MEMORIES ARE RECALLED—MR. ARP IS NOT TOO OLD TO STRUT AROUND AND PUT ON AIRS—MR. ARP IN A STATE OP “SWEET HUMILITY”. We are having some birthdays now for Mrs. Arp and I are both June bugs. That is to say I am a bug and she is a butterfly I reckon. I won’t call her a bug though she does june around sometimes when things go wrong. She had a birthday last week, and I would tell how old she is if I was sure she would never be a wid ow. She thinks I would marry again at the drop of a hat, but declares she wouldn’t and says something about a burnt child dreading the fire. But she don’t mean that I know, and the hon est reason is that she is afraid she nev er could find another man like me. It would take her a long time to train another feller and get him up to my standard of uxorial docility. A young man will train, but one over thirty won’t train worth a cent, and that is the reason, why it is so dangerous for a girl of ambition to marrv an old young man or a widower. The train ing is on the other side then, and she had just as well surrender to the inev itable. We had the birthday and gathered all the children but one. There were nine of them, here, and some grand children and some friends, and we had a good time. I saluted Mrs. Arp on her cheek soon in the morning. She always turns her cheek to me now, but she didn’t use to by no means. I made up her bed for her, and swept the room and flew around amazing. We had music and played cards and went a fishing and eat spring chickens and huckleberry pie and talked, and the boys said smart things and told of exploits and escapes, and their moth er and sisters thought they were the smartest boys in the world. If a boy sneezes his mother thinks it smart. Mrs. Arp thinks her boys are an im provement on the old mat, but my ambition is for the girls to be as smart as their mother. There is no room for improvement on that line. Not long ago I went off and was gone a month. When I came back I had a warm welcome and everything was calm and serene. I played king and autocrat for two or three days, and strutted around with the same conse quential airs I had worn aver in Caro lina. But they don’t last long at my house, and now I am in my normal state of sweet humility. A man must f o away from home to put on airs, n fact it is a good idea for the wo man to go too sometimes just for a change. Folks get sorter common to one another from continuous pres ence. Absence may conquer young love, but it refreshes the old. I know a lady whose husband is a surgeon in tne navy, and he is generally gone two years and stays at home two montns, when he comes. “How do you stand it,” said L *“I would just as leave have no husband at all.” “Oh,” said she, “I think it is just splendid. I am so glad to see him when he comes, and I look forward to it with so much pleasure. I don’t see what those wives whose husbands are always with them have tdthink about and hope for. I am sure I would get awful tired of having a man hang around home all the year round. It would be so monotonous. Two months in two years is just about right, and besides you know the doctor sends me plenty of money and that makes up for his absence.” Well, it does help a good deal— money does—I’ve noticed that. When I have money to spare I feel better and more like a gentleman, and it sheds its benign influence on all around me. A close observerjean tell when I’m in funds by perusing the family. I can tell by my feelings, my appetite, my hilarity. A man ought to keep a dollaror two in his pocket all the time, just like he keeps a buckeye or a rabbit foot. It is fruit time now. * There are cherries and dewberries and huckle berries, and raspberries, and mulber ries, and the sugar just flies all the time. Every morning before break; fast, while Carl is milking and Jessie is practicing her music, I pick the raspberries and fill a tumbler for each of them to take to school, and I sprinkle them all over with sugar. 1* go with them as far as the foot-log oyer the creek, and in the evening 1 go to meet them, and we come by the dewberry patch and have a good time. They will think about that walk to school as long as they live, and it will always be a pleasant memory. They hunt liens' .nests and guinea nests when they are at home, and come to the house with their hats full of eggs. We will begin to cut oats tomorrow, and they will find some partridge eggs and be happy. School will be out next week, and then for blackberries to make jam ana jelly. They can pick all day and scratch all night, and keep fat and healthy. This country life is just splendid for children. Mix it up with school and with work and it will make men and women for a state to be proud of. But you send a boy to School ail liis young life, anil then to college, and he won’t befit for hardly anything above an office seek er, He will be wanting to go to the legislature before he is twenty-five. I’ve known fellers to run for the leg islature who didn’t know whether a cow that was lying down got up be hind or before, or how to drive a nail in a plank to keep it from, splitting, or whether it w r a the east wind or the west wind that brought fair weather, or whether it was this year’s wood or last year’s wood that produced peach es and grapes. But still they can make laws to govern the'people. Old age may not bring wisdom' but it brings knowledge, und so I was a lit tle proud that three score years had passed over my head. I thought that surely I was gaining sende, but a good lawyer told me today that I was now on the decline, for our supreme court had decided that a man over sixty was incompetent as a juror; so 1 am not fit to try a case, I suppose. I know that a man over sixty could not be compelled to serve on a jury, but the^ court says he shall not serve, for he is incompetent. Well, if that is so the supreme court ought to resign, for they are over sixty. I reckon that some of these juvenile members of the legislature made that law. Country life has a charm for town folks and they look forward to the time When they can retire from work and settle down on a farm. My friend Judge Branham came to see us yesterday and took‘off his coat and hung it on a nail in the piazza and stuck his feet on the railing and rested—rested— that’s the word. We talked over the good old days and We paid'tribute to the dead—the friends who had left us, and we discussed the living, and we talked a little politics and we wander ed over the farm and along the creek and branches and watched the miu- nows dodging around and he said in a whisper: “I almost wish I was a boy . again.” If Judge Bleckley had been along I think we all three would* have gone in swimming. Judge Bran ham said he knew every hole in the the baptizing branch, as it was called, down in Putnam. He could go right now and catch a cat in one hole and a perch in another—the lineal descend ents of the same fish he used to catch in the long ago. He knew the very spot where he pulled out an eel, the first one lie ever caught and he thought it was a snake and threw down the pole and. ran for his life. “Those were good times” said he, “and these are good times too; let us apologize for the bad and enjoy all the good that we can. Love, "pity, and contentment will make anybody happy.” What a gentle, genial comfort it is to be visited by an old friend. Not a formal caH but a good, honest, lov ing visit—a visit that pays double, for it pays him that gives and him that doth receive—it is twice blessed and for a season renews our youth and leaves a sweet odor after it has passed. . • Bill Arp. A Young Journalist has a Big Scoop. Among those who were fortunate enough to win a prize in the last draw ing of The Louisiana State Lottery was W. E. Seymour, the son of the well-known journalist, W. J. Sey mour, of the New Orleans States. He purchased one-tenth of ticket No. 23*.- $50,000. The Bank o£ Commerce of. 408 which drew the 2nd capital prize of Memphis, Tenn., also held for collec tion one-fifth of said ticket. One- tenth of same ticket was held and col lected by the People’s Bank of this citv.—New* Orfean Times-Democrat, June 19th, 1886. After a season cf egg production through the summer, ahen is naturally exhausted and wants a rest. Good feeding at this time is more important than at any other, and there is little or no danger that it will cause the fowl to lay on fat. Even corn will not fatten a moulting hen. So soon as she begins to get new feathers, feed liberally with corn and wheat mixed, and egg production will speedily re commence.