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MR. NESBITT’S
MONTHLi TALK
The Commissioner’s Letter to
the Farmers of Georgia.
IMPORTANT HATTERT DISCUSSED.
Th. Qnnwtloa of th. Probable Cotton Acre
age Forth* o.nlng Tear I» Attracting
Attention on All Hhlm an<l the < oininla
■ loner Present* Some Ine!, on the Sub
ject 'Hint Erery Farmer Should Consider.
Department of Agriculture,
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 1. 1896.
Just now the question of the probable
cotton acreage for the coining year is
attracting worldwide attention, and iu»
thin is n subject of primary importance
to each and every farmer in Georgia,
twi well as the entire south, we present
n few facta for the careful consideration
of those v ho uro contemplating the at
tractive, but deceptive prospect of a big
cotton crop and remunerative prices. In
the monthly talks for December and
January w endeavored to expose the
fallacy of such expectations,, and urged
that our agricultural interests for ’96 bo
. Luiir on a stronger foundation.
The Cotton Growers’ Protective Asso
ciation is doing a good work in attract
ing attention to our fatal errors in the
past, and to exposing the costly folly of
u largo cotton crop at the expense of the
perhaps more important provision sup
ply. To induce a concert of action on
this subject among farmers is important,
but. it can only be reached when each in
dividual farmer is convinced that year
in and year out it is to his best interest
to raise his supplies at home and make
his cotton purely a surplus crop and for
this reason we should bring every argu
ment to bear which will help him to
this decision. Once his mind is thor
oughly made up, we will see the cotton
crop curbed within profitable bounds,
ami while the income from this source
will be maintained, the other crops will
be cultivated and gathered, and thus
represent an additional clear profit. The
south can raise cotton cheaper than any
other country, and therefore no rival
cun successfully enter the field if wo
manage our great staple crop on sound
business principles. An American crop
which forces the price below It) cents is
certainly too large. We should plant
us near ns possible to a 7,030,000 bale
basis, which will insure a fair margin
of profit. If by an increased acreage
and an increasvi use of fertilizers and
other expenses we produce 9,000,000 or
10,000,000 bides, every bale will, accord
ing to ail precedent, be sold at a loss
of at least 1, 2 or perhaps 3 cents
A 7,000.000 bale' crop at 10
centsw Al),000,000
bale crop will bring at the highest
only 7 cents a pound, or $315,000,000, a
loss of $85,000,000, not counting the
additional cost of producing the larger
crop. If it costs 8 cents a pound to
raise the 7,000,000 bale crop, which is
about the average cost of production,
that represents $280,000,000. This crop,
if sold at 10 cents, will net the farmers
$70,000,000 over and above the cost of
production, with plenty of provisions
for another year—9,ooo,ooo bales at a
cost of 8 cents per pound for production,
will represent $360,000,000 and if sold
for 7 cents will only bring 315,000,000, a
loss of $45,000,000 to the producers.
Adding the profit on the lesser crop, to
the loss on the greater we have $115,-
000.000 in favor of a reduced area and a
smaller cron.
Facts and figures gathered from past
experience carry more weight than any
mere words of advice, and to thought
ful men, the following will appeal with
unmistakable force:
It has been conclusively shown that
outside of the cotton grown and con
sumed in other countries that is Asia,
Africa, South America and Mexico, the
United States furnishes about 75 per
cent of the cotton of commerce. In
other words the world is dependent on
the southern fanners for three fourths
of the cotton which it uses and which
cannot Is' produced elsewhere. From
this simple statement it will be seen
what a power we hold among the na
tions of the world and what a lever to
lift ourselves and our section into pros
purity. But when our cotton crop is made
we cannot cat it, nor can we wear it
until it passes into other hands. Now
if our necessities for food and other sup
plies are such that we are obliged to
part with our cotton in order to obtain
these, we arc necessarily compelled to
take whatever price the buyer offers.
It thus appears that our lever is power
less in our hands, unless we rest it on
the fulcrum of abundant home supplies.
If a man has plenty of home supplies
he can afford to wait. The world is
obliged to have his cotton. This was
demonstrated during the civil war.
when the enforced suspension of cottou
production in the south caused the price
of one pound to reach the astounding
figure of $2.85 —although foreign coun
tries were making the most superhu
man eflforts to supply the demand.
The following is also worthy of care
ful consideration : In the last 19 years
our cotton has brought to our doors
$6,000,000,000 —that is, that enormous
sum has been received for this one crop
alone. It is also shown that, as com
pared with the exports of other crops,
the value of the cottou exported from
the south in 19 years, is over 50 percent,
greater than the combined value of the
total exports of wheat and flour for the
whole country—for the same periiHl,
and more astounding still we find that
the total value of the wheat and four
exported from the United States tor 74
rears is $4,000,000,000, or $3,000,000,000
less than the value of the cotton ex
ported from the south in 19 years!
Whether or not the individual farmer
has reaped the full benefit, the fact re
mains that the south has had poured
into her lap a fabulous sum, fully
enough to have enriched and made her
independent.
Os this vast wealth, what remains?
Hundreds and millions have been paid
out each year for provisions and manu
factured articles, while hundreds more
have been absorbed in the effort to cul
tivate at a pecuniary loss large areas in
cotton. The mistake has been that the
yearly cotton crop has heretofore repre
sented the product of the Combined
agricultural force of almost the entire
THE CHATTOOGA NEWS.
S .uth. It is only since a part of this
energy has been diverted to the raising
of home provisions that we begin to see
a glimmer of agricultural hope and that
farmers everywhere are better able to
enter on the work of another crop.
This is the whole situation in a nut
shell. Its universal adaption compre
hends the reduction of the acreage, the
lessening of the cost of production and
the prosperity of our agriculture. Un
like the farmers of many other coun
tries, there is no power which can dic
tate the course of southern iifi! in this
matter. The decision must be reached
through thrir own convictions and the
responsibility rests on them to deter
mine whether they will risk the bond
age of a large cotton crop, and probable
debt, or less cotton, ample provisions
and independence.
In making this decision, let us keep in
mind that with the same labor we can
by careful selection of laud and judi
cious preparation, manuring and culti
vation nearly double the yield, while
otiier expenses, except picking and gin
ning remain about the same. The bet
ter the land the more manure it will
bear and we can thus, in a measure,
substitute fertilization for labor. As it
is not the number of bales, but the pro
fit in those bales, which is most impor
tant to us, it follows that we should use
every means to reduce the cost of pro
duction. We may manure good land
with less risk, indeed it d -es not pay to
waste labor and manure in raising cot
ton on dead poor land. Such land
shotaid either be reclaimed by judicious
treatment with legumes and rotation of
crops or. if that is impractible, left to
the kindly offices of Mother Nature.
We can then concentrate our forces • f
labor and fertilizers on the more fertile
portions.
food supplies.
Under the prevailing condition of
European affairs nothing is more prob
able than an advance in the price of
food supplies of all kinds. A European
war would certainly annihilate cotton,
and raise the price of ail bread and
food stuffs. A short time since the
mere rumor of war between England
and Germany caused a decided advance
in bread-stuffs in the Chicago market.
' We should heed these warnings, and
prepare should the unsettled condition
of European affairs result in war, to be
independent of that disaster, which we
can ily do by having a full stock of
provisions on hand.
That we are learning to remedy our
past mistakes, the following figures,
taken from tiie crop returns, will bear
evidence. And that t i these facts the
present improved condition of farmers
is largely due, is too apparent to re
quire argument:
The south's grain crop for ’94 was
611,000,000 bushels, valued at $302 -
000, more than the value of the entire coi
ton crop. The yield for '95 wil. probal y
reach 50,000,000 bushels more than for
’94. This fact, and also the interest in
manufactures, the diversification of
farm products, the development of the
fruit and truck industries are all unit
ing to retain at home a large part of
file tm>i;y that formerly found its' way
north and west for the purchase of arti
cles which we find we can produce
cheaper at home.
FERTILIZERS UNDER NAMES.
To put the farmers on notice as to
certain brands of fertilizers, which are
being offered for sale under misleading
names, we quote the following from
our last fertilizer bulletin. These bul
letins are valuable to farmers, and to
obtain them it is only necessary to ap
ply to the Georgia Department of Ag
riculture, Atlanta, giving proper ad
dress. The department has had a good
deal of trouble recently from the efforts
of companies outside the state to boom
certain inferior fertilizers and has re
ceived hundreds of letters from farm
ers enquiring as to the merits of these
1 brands.
, The bulletin says:
1 “The sale of the above Bone Phos
phate Fertilizer. Special Crop Formula
and Paine’s Cottou and Corn Fertilizer
is forbidden under such names, as they
violate the spirit of the Fertilizer Act,
which requires a total of 10 per cent of
available plant food.
“The Bone Phosphate Fertilizer must
be sold for what it really is, and not by
a name indicating a complete fertilizer.
It is simply a Florida soft phosphate with
a trace of potash.
"The special Crop Formula must be
sold for what it really is, and not by a
name indicating a complete fertilizer.
It is a soft phosphate with potash.
Bale’s Rust Preventive should be sold
as common salt and not masquerade
under the name Rust Preventive, which
conveys the impression that it con
tains potash. It is 94.64 per cent pure
salt.
“Low priced fertilizers are much to
be desired, but deceptive names must
not be used to make inferior goods ap
pear of average character. Such prac
tice works a great injury to the farmer
in inducing him to use goods under a
misapprehension as to their true com
position.”
There is a material now being sold in
Georgia which is attracting considera
ble attention on account of the exten
sive advertising which has been given
it and the broad claims which have been
made. This material is the Soft Phos
phate of Florida.
These phosphates only contain be
tween 2 and 3 per cent of available
phosphoric acid and in no way repre
sent the acid phosphates of the market
which contain from 13 to 14 per cent of
available phosphoric acid.
This material has not been tried suffi
ciently to demonstate with accuracy
whether it is in any way superior to or
dinary “Floats.” “Floats;’ are simply
very finely ground phosphate rock, and
in so far as the Soft Phosphates contain
m re available phosphoric acid than the
“Floats.” iu so far they must certainly
be superior, but that the bulk of the
phosphoric acid, which is in an insolu
ble form, is any more available than
that in the “Floats,” there has not yet
been sufficient evidence to fully demon
strate.
These phosphates contain from 15 per
cent to 2. percent total phosphoric acid.
They usually, however, run about 20
per cent. This, its promoters claim,
can l>e all secured by the plant the first
season. The evidence thus far has not
been of a conclusive nature. The claim
certainly appears an unwarranted one,
as positive proof is wanting.
Acid phosphates of the market usu
ally contain from 14 to 18 per cent of
total phosphoric acid, of which from 13
to 16 per cent is available. This being
the ease and the Soft Phosphates only
running about 20 per cent total phos
phoric acid, with abeut 2*s available,
even if the Soft Phosphates were wholly
available, they would not much exceed
in value a 1 igh grade acid phosphate,
but it has not yet been proven that they
contain insoluble phosphoric acid iu
such a form that it becomes any more
quickly available than insoluble phos
phoric acid in any other kind of finely
divided phosphate rrx'k. The Soft Phos
phates are in an exceedingly fine state
of mechanical division, and on this ac
count should weather more rapidly than
ordinary ground phosphate rock because
a larger surface is exposed.
The law of Georgia recognizes as com
mercial plant food available phosphoric
acid and does not so recognize insoluble
phosphoric acid.
It is well, with each* now material, to
give it a fair investigation upon its
merits, and if the farmers of the state
desire to try the Soft Phosphates on
their lands, ihe Department of Agricult
ure wishes them to do so with their eyes
wide open, and on this account has for
bidden the ale of this material under
any name which indicates tnat it is of
the same character as acid phosphate,
which it most certainly is not. As
above stated, it more closely approaches
in character a finely ground phosphate
rock.
| We have permitted the sale of these
Soft Phosp ;ates under their correct
; name, as “Soft Phosphate,” just we as
I would any other crude fertilizing ma
| terial, like land plaster, ashes, lime, etc.
i There has been a strong effort made
by several parties to secure permission
to sell this material, mixed with potash
! and ammonia, as a complete fertilizer,
j The sale of such a mixture has always
I been forbidden if it contained less than
10 per cent of plant food, as clearly a
violation of the state laws.
This material is a natural product,
and if sold under its proper name, will
deceive no one.
The price at which the Soft Phos
phates are usually sold is about SIO.OO
per ton, and the price at which acid
phosphates are usually sold isJ}>l3.oo per
ton. These figures are not far apart,
I and if the claims of the Soft Phosphate
i people are not largely true, the Soft
I Phosphates would be dear at such a
price. Scientific men do not admit these
j claims, and say that they are chiefly
statements of an advertising character
i and have not been proven.
I Any material which will furnish
' plant food to our farmers cheaply will
■ be welcome to us all, but many cannot
i afford to use such unproven materials,
and will not use them if taey are aware
of their unproven character. Hence,
!we have ruled and insisted that Soft
i Phosphates must be sold as “Soft Phos
phate” and not masquerade as some-
I thing else but must stand upon their
I own merits and not shine with the re
. fleeted glory of some other material.
SPRING OATS.
We are now and will probably all
through February get much of the rain
fall which we have lacked for several
months, and while it is important that
we get the spring oats in the ground by
the latter part of the month or the first
of March, because they should bewell
established before the hot weather’
comes ou, it is equally important that
1 we do not attempt the work when the
i land is too wet. When plowed in this
' state, it is almost impossible to bring it
into good condition for sowing or for
planting any other crop. Stubble land
will be round first ready for the plow.
Do not burn the growth remaining on
the surface, but if necessary run a har
row or drag over the land to break it
down. It will supply humus, and then
plow deep enough to reach some of the
soil, which has not heretofore been used
in making crops. This contains large
stores of plant food, and even at this
season may be moderately and with
■ profit mixed with the surface soil.
Thorough preparation of the land before
seeding means great saving in the sub
sequent cultivation. It has been truly
: said that “Ac best time to cultivate a crop
is before it is planted.” As oats require
no after cultivation, it is all the more
important that the preparation of the
land be exceptionally thorough. The
average price of oats on the market has
been maintained at a more uniform
rate than any other crop and the indi
cations are that the demand will in
crease rather than diminish. In view
of these facts it will pay Georgia farm
ers to plant a full crop, provided it is
done on good land, and with the-faet in
view that oats will return a bigger per
cent for good preparation and good fer
i tilization than almost any other crop
, because they have a greater power for
abstracting fertility from the soil itself.
We know that to some farmers it may
seem a waste of time, out it is neverthe
less a good investment to thoroughly
break the land, going a little into the
subsoil as suggested, aud then harrow
' before sowing. This will make a good
seedbed and if the seed are then har
rowed in deep enough to cover them
i well and a roller is just afterwards run
over the land we take all the chances
against a late freeze, aud should there
lie a dry season at the time of matur
ing moisture will be drawn from below
to sustain the plants. A fertilizer in
the following proportions, in larger or
smaller quantity to the acre, according
to the fertility of the land, will be
found suitable: One part acid pnosphate;
three-fourths kainit; one-fourth cotton
seed meal; or, if preferred, the cotton
seed meal may lie omitted and nitrate
of soda at the rate of 100 pounds to the
acre may be applied as a top dressing
when the crop has fairly started its
growth.
GRASS, CLOVER AND LUCERNE.
Land intended for these crops should,
when the weather permits, be gotten
into fine tilth, so that the seed may be
sown as early as possible. For up
lands. tall Meadow Oat, Orchard aud
Red Top. For low ground, Red Top.
Japan clover and lucerne should be
sown later. The latter requires very
rich land, thoroughly pulverized, and
while it is at first delicate aud of slow
growth, when once well established, it
may be relied on to produce crops for
several successive years. It should be
carefully cultivated and kept entirely
free of weeds and grass.
PUTTING OUT MANURE.
We have found that when hurried for
time, a very good plan, instead of com
posting. is to haul the manure directly
to the fields and having opened the fur.
rows broad and deep, put in the manure
where it is to remain and throw two
furrows on this. If a long, narrow
' scooter can be run in the bottom of the
> furrow before the manure is covered, it
will break the subsoil, mix the manure
• thoroughly aud will be found the bert
paying furrow in making a crop.
j R. T. Nesbitt.
SUMMERVILLE. CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, FEBiiUKaY 12, 1896
War as a Civilizer.
Merchants undoubtedly in early
times penetrated foreign tribes and.
nations and brought home in addi
tion to their wares stories of wh&t
they had seen and learned abroad..
But the merchants were too few, too>
ignorant and prejudiced and too lit
tle given to observation to spread,
much useful information in this
way, and their peoples were too self
satisfied to give up any customs and
beliefs of their own for those thus
brought them.
How, then, could any effective re- ■
suit from national contact bo pro- i
duced? In primitive times the only
effective agency must have been
that of war. Destructive as this is
in its results, it has the one useful ;
effect of thoroughly commingling
diverse peoples, bringing them into
the closest contact with each other
and forcing upon the attention of
each the advantages possessed by
, the other. The caldron of human
■ society must be sat boiling before its
: contents can fully mingle and com
bine. War is the furnace in which
I this ebullition takes place and
: through whose activity human ideas
are forced to circulate through and
through the minds of men.—Charles
Morris in Popular Science Monthly.
Threw Away His Canes.
Mr. D. Wiley, ex-postmaster,
Black Creek, N. Y., was so badly
afflicted wiih rheumatism that he
was only able to hobble around
with canes, and even then it caused
him greai pain. After using Cham
i.erlain’s P in Balm he was so much
improved that he threw away his
canes. He says this liniment did
him more good than all other med
icines and treatment put together.
For sale at 50 cents per bottle by
all druggists.
The New Girl In Trouble.
‘‘Miss Minnie Bertha Learned will
now give us some very interesting
I experiments in chemistry, showing
the carboniferous character of many
ordinary substances, after which she
will entertain us with a short treat
ise on astronomy and an illustration
of the geological formation of cer
tain substances and close with a
brief essay entitled ‘Philosophy Ver
sus Rationalism.’ ” Thus spoke the
president of a young ladies’ semi
narv_on the class show day.
A hard headed,olTfasnionedfarm -
er happened to be among the exam
ining board, and he electrified the
faculty and paralyzed Miss Minnie
by asking, “Kin Miss Minnie tell
mo how much 16 3-4 pounds of beef
would come to at 15 1-2 cents a
pound?”
“Why, really, I—l”—gasped Min
nie.
“Kin you tell me who is the vice
president of the United States?”
“Why—l—l—Mr. 8., isn’t he? Or
is it” —
“Kin you tell me where the Mis
sissippi river rises and sets?”
“I—l don’t just know.”
“I reckoned ye didn’t. Gimme
the good old days when gals and
boys went to school to I’arn sense.”
—Our Dumb Animals.
Simon S. Hartman, of Tunnel
ton, West Va , has been subject to
attacks of colic about once a year,
and would have to call a doct' r
and then suffer f“r about twelve
•hours as much as some do when
they die. He was taken recently
just the same as at other times,
and concluded to try Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera .-nd Diarrhoea
Remedy. He says: “I took one
dose of it and it gave me re lief in
five minutes. That is more than
anything else has ever lone f or
me.” For sale by all druggists
L'p and Down.
Gadzooks—l tell you, Younghus
band dresses up his pretty wife in
great style.
Zounds—That’s all right, but her
women friends make up for it by
giving her a dressing down when-
I ever they talk about her.—New York
.Tribune.
The little daughter of Mr Fred
Webber, Holland, Mass , had a very
bad cold and cough which he had
not been able to cure with any
thing. I gave him a2scent bottle
of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy,
says W. F. Holden, merchant and
postmaster at West Brimfield, and
t te next time I saw him he said it.
worked like a charm. This remedy
is intended especially for acute,
throat and lung diseases such as
■ colds, croup and whooping cough
and it is famous for its cures
There is no danger in giving it to
children f or it contains nothing
injurious. For sale by all drug
gists.
The most remarkable cures on
record have been accomplished by
Hood’s Sarsaparilla. It is unequalled
tor all BLOOD DISEASES.
i WINTER IS HERE
Bringing With It Catarrhal Dis
eases of all Kinds.
j M inter is half over People are
continuing to catch colds, and not
|a house but hears the winter cough,
i People are trying to get something
Jto cure these troubles, which are
‘almost inevitable at this time of
| the year It can safely be said
j that nine-tenths of the people in
l the United States have a cold some
s time during the winter. There is
Ame remedy which will prevent
j colds and coughs and cure them
i with certainty when they are con
j traded This remedy is Pe ru-na.
Taken with regularity during the
winter months, it will entirely pre
vent coughs, colds, la grippe, con
sumption or pneumonia It will
aiso cure without failure catarrh
and recent cases of consumption,
and often in advanced stages.
Everybody should have the 64-
page book on catarrh and winter
diseases which is being sent free
by the Pe-ru-na Drug Manufactur
ing Company of Columbus, Ohio.
Buukien’s Arnica Salve
1 The Best Salve in the world'for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter
Chapped Hands, Chilbins, Corns
and all Skin Eruptions, and posi»
lively cures Piles or no pay re
-1 quired It is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money re
funded. Price 25cents per box
for sale by H. H. Arrington.
Grows Sentimental.
Br> ther O’Kelly, of the Conyers
Banner, grows sentimental in his
old .ge. He says: “Do not keep
the alabaster box of your love and
tenderness sealed up until we are
i dead and gone, but fill our lives
1 with cheer and sweetness.
approving and cheering words
while our ears can hear them, and
i while our hearts can be thrilled
and made happier by them. The
you will say after we
are gone, say before we go The
( flowers you have for our coffin, be
> stow them now, while we can know
1 who gave them and appreciate
■ them, thereby brightening our lives
and making every day sweeter and
. happier to us and ours.”
The Proper Time
When the most benefit is to be
derived from a good medicine, is
- early in the year. This is the
season when the tired body, weak
ened organs and nervous system
I yearn tor a buliding-up medicine
’ like Hood’s Sarsaparilla Many
wait for the open spring weather
and, in fact delay giving attention
to their physical condition so long
that a long siege of sickness is in
’ evitable. To rid the system ofthe
r impurities accumulated during
the winter season, to purify the
1 blood and to invigorate the whole
system, there is nothing equal to
Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Don’t put it
■off, but take Hood’s Sarsaparilla
• now. It will do you good. Read
■j the testimonials published in be
i i half of Hood’s Sarsaparilla, all
from reliable, grateful people.
They tell the story.
“Laura writes from home that
, she has bought a wheel,” said Mrs.
Figg to the aunt with whom she is
spending the summer. “I am glad
: to hear that the old fashion is com
' ing in again,” said the old lady.
“I allow I'll have to come up and
teach her how to spin ”
1 :
Durant, Miss.
Office of J. S Rosamond.
Messrs Lippman Bros, Savannah.
1 Gentlemen—While in San An-
• I ton io, Texas last spring, I saw your
' advertisement of P. P. P (Prickly
• , Ish, Poke Root and Potassium) in
< the paper for the cure of rheuma-
tism, and thought I would try a
• J bottle, finaing such great relief
1 from it, on my return home I had
my druggist, Mr. John McClellan
to order me a supply. After tak
-5 i ing, I ihink ten bottles, I have not
? i had a pain or ache since, previous
’■ to that I suffered for twenty-five
. years, and could not get the least
t - benefit until I tried P. P. P., and
r therefore, take pleasure in recom
l mending it to all. Yours truly,
J. S. Rosamond .
I
Another Piohibition Fight.
In the last issue of the Marietta
Journal a card is published an
nouncing the name of N. N. Ed
wards as a candidate for the legis
lature as an anti prohibitionist.
The card is signed “Many Citizens,”
and following are some of the rea
sons they give for wanting to
change the present status of things :
“Many citizens of this county
feeling that our local prohibition
law has totally failed in its lauda
ble purpose, but instead thereof
has placed the traffic in liquor into
the hands of a lawless and irre
sponsible class, who desecrate the
Sabbath, making it a gala day in
their sales and places of worship
even, in their nefarious business,
corrupting minors into evil habits
and occupy the time of grand ju
ries and the courts with their vio
lations of law and cause hundreds
of witnesses to leave their avoca
tions often causing the commission
of perjury. That it does not abate
the drink evil, but deprives the
county of a revenue that might be
applied to the cause of education,
and sends hundreds of dollars to
other counties, and tends to create
a sentiment of depravity. Feeling
thus, we deem it our duty, if pos
sible, to remedy this gre tevil and
to this end we present the name
of Mr. N. N. Edwards to tho voters
of the county, as a candidate for
Representative in the next House
of Representatives.”
Avoid pneumonia, diphtheria
and typhoid fever, by keeping the
blood pure, the appetite good and
the bodily health vigorous by the
use of Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Hood’s Pills have won high
praise for their prompt and effi
cient yet easy action.
American and English Girin.
American women in Paris have
been grossly insulted by a benighted
heathen of an Englishman who had
classed them with his own country
“women i'll-mak
ing on “the little Frenchwomen.”
American girls adore their French
sisters and utterly despise their Eng
lish cousins. The reason is not far
to seek. The American girl is pret
tier and better dressed than the Eng
lish girl. That is the lovely Ameri
can’s opinion of herself. Her broth
ers, uncles and grandfathers are
quite in accord with her. One of
them, who evidently knows what he
is writing about, says, “The English
woman dresses herself to look like a
guy, and as she has little but a
shapeless plank to start on she gen
erally succeeds.”
This spirited citizen of the great- •
est country in the world winds up
with an olegant invitation to us to
come over and see for ourselves.
“If half the race of whisky and soda
drinking, bacon and egg eating, eye
glass folding islanders should come
on a visit to the States (Chicago in
particular), they would be so enter
tained they would never return. ” It
is very kind of him, and we know that
Chicago is famous for its pigs and
its butchers, but why mix them up
with American girls? So long as
they have big enough dowries we
don’t mind how they get them.—
All Free.
Those who have used Dr. King’s
New Discovery know its value, and
those who have not, have now the
opportunity to try it Free. Call
on the advertised Druggist and
get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send
your name and address to H. E.
Bucklen & Co., Chicago, and get a
sample box of Dr. King’s New Life
Pills Free, as well as a copy of
Guide to Heal h and Household
Instructor, Free. All of which is I
guaranteed to do you good and I
cost you nothing H. H. Arring
ton’s Drug Store
The much mooted question of
the convict lease system is now be
ing heard by Governor Atkinson.
The real facts about the working
of the system will be brought out I
•and it is expected the hearing will ■
develop some sensational features..
Americans sympathize with the:
Cuban insurgents in their struggle
for freedom, but with 150,000 Span
iards to 40.000 Cubans, it is prob
able the latter would appreciate
aid more material than sympathy.
Prejudice.
“Why is it you have so violent an
antipathy to Righter’s works? You
never read any of them?”
“No, but I smoked one of the ci
gars named after him once.”—lndi
anapolis Jourcul.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
Powder
Absolutely pure
METHODS OF ADVERTISING.
Some Valuable Suggestions to
the Retail Merchant for Dull
Seasons.
From the Dry Goods Chronicle.
How to advertise successfully in
dull times for a general retail store
is a difficult subject to decide. It
is at the same time a subject upon
which there is a great diversity of
opinion.
By dull times we mean the sea
sons of the year when trade is not
usually so brisk as it is at other
times. At these times some mer
chants largely increase their ad
vertising expenditures. Others
continue about the same as in busy
times. Business discretion should
of course, be used by all, but as a
rule those who do the most adver
tising at these times have the best
of the argument and can bring up
more good reasons to support their
side than the others .
If the purpose is to draw trade
then why not advertise when you
need trade the most? Os course
this rule is subject to surroundings
and the circumstances. We real
ize that in dull times it is harder
to bring people to the store, but
that is one reason why more ad
vertising should be used or better
advertisements should be used, for
it is not always necessary to ex
tend one’s space where the same
result may be accomplished by us
ing the same space in making the
advertisements attractive.
If possible, in dull seasons, more
• AQducements should be h(4n ■ tiUj
to the customer than in brisk sea
sons. More care should be used
in selecting articles to be advertis
ed and more thought should be
given to advertisements to bring
j trade to your store.
Advertising, to a large extent, is
cumulative in its benefits, for the
value of present advertising de
pends largely upon what has been
done before. If you discontinue
i advertising entirely you are leav-
I ing out some of the bricks in the
1 wall which you are constructing
and will lose * large portion of the
benefits of accumulative advertis
ments when you begin again, there
having been a disconnection in
what you did before and that which
you now intend to do.
The benefits to be derived from
advertising are in the future as
well as what you may get at pres
ent, Advertising is something like
managing a snow ball—the further
you go the bigger it grows. If, al
ter you have rolled your snowball
a little distance, you stop rolling
it and begin another one you are
spending an extra labor instead <>f
accumulating, while if you had
kept on rolling the old ball it
would soon grow to much larger
• proportions than any new one you
J could start.
It is poor policy ever to stop ad
tising altogether. In dull times,
if the amour t expended must be
decreased, more care than ever
should be used in the preparation
of the advertisements. When the
fish is harder to catch be more
' careful in selecting your bait.
The way to advertise is an « im-
I portant point to consider. In dull
i times make your offerings just as
attractive as you know how, and
: advertise seasonable goods, such as
! will be of immediate use. It is
hard enough to sell ' unseasonable
goods when people buy freely, but
it is much harder to push them in
unfavorable times.
Old winter blusters rnd blows
and lets the north wind whistle
through his whiskers as though he
enjoyed it, but the sly old rascal is
doubtless looking forward with as
much pleasure as anybody to his
I annual picnic with spring.
Held a Prisoner for a Part of a
Dangerous Minute.
Captain of Infantry W. R.
Hodges: ‘‘l was once held a pri
soner by the Confederates for a
period consisting of about throe
fourths of a minute. This remark
able event took place in the fall of
1862, when I was a member of
bherman’s Troop, which was then
on the road from Memphis to
Northern Mississippi.
“M hile in Mississippi we camped
a few miles from Gen. Grant’s ar
my, recently arrived from Bolivar
Tenn. It happened that I had a
relative in Gen. Grant’s army whom
I had not seen since the beginning
of the war, and 1 concluded this a
good opportunity to pay my res
pects. With one of the men of
the regiment I started out. We
rode across the country and arriv
ed safely at General Grant’s camp.
Unfortunately we remained longer
than we had intended, and when
ready to return found it had al
ready commenced to grow dark.
“We put spur to our horses and
galloped along, our progress being
veiy slow on account of having to
pass through a river bottom a
quarter of a mile wide. After a
while we camo up to higher ground
at the mouth of the river, where,
just over a hill, at perhaps a dis
tance of a half mile, lay the road.
The dense woods lay back of us
and out of this we joyfully rode,
but into a body of mounted Con
federates, who immediately sur
rounded us and demanded our
v
“Knowing that the only possible
way of escape rested entirely on
the answer 1 was about to give, 1
replied: “We belong to General
Hamilton’s division of Grant’s ag
in y. which is now moving over to
join Sherman.’
“At this instant a bugler, one
whom I presume must have been
a beginner and had been sent be
yond the confines of the camp to
practice, blew aloud, and I, imme
diately turning to the Confederates,
cried: There they come! There
they come!’ The Confederates
turned and looked in the direction
to which 1 had pointed and 1 sup
pose they must have imagined that
they saw through the trees the ap
proaching army for they imme
diately put spur to their horses
and skedaddled and as tons —well,
we did the same.”
A Household Treasure, a
D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, X.
Y., says that he always keeps Dr."
King’s New Discovery in the house
and Ins family has always found
the very best results follow its
use; that he would not be without
it, if procurable. G. Dykeman,
Druggist, Catskill. N. Y., says that
Dr. King’s New Discovery is the
best Cough remedy; that he has
used it in his family f*r eight
years, and it has never failed to
cto that is claimed for it. Why
not try a remedy so long tried and
tested. Trial bottles free at H.
H. Arrington’s Drug Store. Reg
ular size 50c and $ 1.00,
Try a can of Hopkin’s Steatncd-
Hominy (Hulled Corn) It is delic
ious.
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