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V O L- V i I i 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. Awarded Highest Honors— World’s Fair. DR- F CREAM BAKING POWER MOST PERFECT MADE. A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fret from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant 40 YEARS THE STANDARQ. No 51