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Remarkable Photography.
One of the most charming happen¬
ings ever photographed by natural his¬
tory camerists is the birth of a but¬
terfly. Mr. Fred Knock was the pho¬
|jtrom tographer. He depicts the whole event
the stage when the larva has
l^plung ™twig until itself the by butterfly, a silken fully girdle develop¬ to a
ed, is poised on a leaf about to make
the first trial of Its wings. Mr. Enock
notes that in seven minutes from th#
^butterfly ^.time that the chrysalis fully developed, first split and the
was
from the moment that the skin opened
until the new-born beauty was poised
4 on the empty shell it emerged bo
quickly that ’exposures of a hundredth
of a second only were given.
Great-Grandnephew of Washington.
George Washington, a great-grand¬
nephew of the Immortal president,
was a witness in a New York city
court a few days ago. His great
grandfather, William Washington, was
the generaFs brother, but being a Tory
left this country for England during
the war of the revolution. Later he
settled in Belgium, The twentieth
century George does not care for the
reflected glory that comes with his
name, though no one has greater ven¬
eration than he for the man who was
first in the hearts of his countrymen
CURES RHEUMATISM AND CATARRH
B.M.B. Cures Deep-Seated Cases Especial.
ly—To Prove It It. B. B. Sent Free.
These diseas"*, with aches and pains in
bodes, joints and back, agonizing pains in
shoulder blades, bauds, fingers, sms and
kgs crippled by rheumatism, lumbago, soi
atiea, or neuralgia; hawking, spitting,nog*
bleeding, ringing in the ears, sick stomach,
deafness, noises id the head, bad teeth,thin
hot blood, all run down feeling of catarrh
lie sure signs of an awful poisoned condi
jflKdn Inf the blood. Take Botanic Blood
*pMlm. - (E.3.B.) Soon all aches and paina
«tpp, the poison is destroyed and a real
permanent cure is made of the worst rheu¬
matism or foulest catarrh. Thousands of
,cases cured by taking fl.B.B. It strength¬
en* weak kidneys and improve* digestion.
Druggists, $1 per large bottle. Sample free
bf writing Blood Balm Co, 14 Mitchell
8t., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free
medical advice sent in sealed letter.
It has been observed that a man’s hair
turns gray five years sooner than a wom¬
an'*.
In Hungary the legal age of an indivi¬
dual date* only from baptism.
How’i Taut
We offer One Hundred Dollar* Reward fat
any ease of Catarrh that oannot be cared by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Ckzxet A Co., Props., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.Che¬
ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per¬
fectly honorable in all business transaction*
and financially able to carry out any obliga¬
tion made by their firm.
Wxsr * Tbcax, Wholesale Druggists,Toledo,
Ohio.
WiMHHo.KntSJvsilUmvw, Wholesale Drug¬
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, act¬
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur¬
faces Of tne system. Price, 75o. par bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials tree.
Hall’s F amily Pills are the best.
The leech is the only animal which pos¬
sesses three separate jaws.
FITS permanently eured.No fits or nervoue
ness after first day’s $2trlal use bottle of Dr. and Kline’s treatlsefre* Great
NervoRestorer.
Dr.R. H. Kline, Ltd., 831 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
It is a notable fact that most of the sub¬
jects of King Edward VII. are Hindoos.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrn p for children
teething,soften the gums, reduces inflamma
tion.allavs pain,cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle
The dentist that hurts the most doesn’t
always charge the least.
You can do your dyeing in half an
hour with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
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Ms ."K3 k£s ft 3 •5?l»22 o 2g“ o If I 3f! P * -* set fill
it trg st PI S' r g i O’* ir
By taking a thorough course of Rheuma
cide you rid your system of the poison*
that cause rheumatism. A permanent cur*
is the result.' It is the standard rheumatic
remedy, laxat ive and tonic. At Dr uggists.
Conscience is a still, small voice that ia
altogether too still.
Long Hair
“About a year ago my hair was
coming out very fast, so Vigor. I bought It
a bottle of Ayer’s Hair
stopped the falling and made my it
hair grow very rapidly, until now
is 45 inches in length.”—Mrs. A.
Boydston, Atchison, Kans.
There’s another hunger
than that of the stomach.
Hair hunger, for instance.
Hungry hair needs food,
needs hair vigor— Ayers.
This is why we say that
Ayer’s Hair Vigor and always makes
restores the color, long and
hair grow
heavy, juo»i»tuc. ah drujjMs.
If your drags list cannot supply you,
send as on* doll ar and we will express
you of * bottle. Be sure and office. give tho Address, name
your nearest express
J. C. AYER CO., Lowell, Mass.
SO. *7.
SOUTHERN •••• FARM *> MOTES.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER. STOCKMAN AND TF.VSX GROWER.
I’lantinjr Strawberries iu (be- South.
Anywhere south of the Mason and
Dixon's line the strawberry may be
set at any time during fall, winter or
spring, provided the ground is not too
wet to walk on or not actually frozen
at the time. In many respects winter
is the safest of all times to plant.
Air and soil are then cool and moist,
just the condition that the strawberry
revels iu. For it is decidedly a cool
weather plant, extending its root
growth every day during the winter
that the ground is not frozen, even
though the frost keeps its leaves
nipped off as fast as they peer out.
The moment that the heaviest frost
abates in the spring, leaf growth be¬
gins, and close on tile heels or this
come the blooms. Then before most
other fruit has well begun to bloom,
strawberries are ripo and the average
mortal is happy.
Heat and drought are the great foes
of the strawberry. The Southern
grower avoids harm from these foes
at planting time by setting plants In
weather as cool or cold as practicable.
We plant largely In late fall and in
the dead of winter. It is the rarest
thing in the* world for cold weather
to do direct harm to the strawberry
plant at the South. The only indirect
harm it can do Is on wet soil to leave
or lift the crust of the soil up by
freezing. This also lifts jlie plants
and loaves the roots exposed to the
wind and sun when the freeze over
the soil subsides to its normal level.
There is no danger of this only on
wet, soggy soil which keeps saturated
and is therefore greatly subject to
heaving when frozen. Even on this
soil planting may be safely done in
dead of winter provided care is taken
to step directly on the plant after it
Is set. This compresses the soil around
it, prevents an excess of water from
soaking in Just at that spot and greatly
decreases the heaving effects of severe
cold.
But there Is a much better plan
than this whenever it is practicable.
That Is to put about a fork full of
coarse manure evenly around and on
the plants. This gives the desired
protection of the soil around the
plants from cold and the fertilizing
properties are leached out and washed
in where the roots can at once
appropriate them. In fact, .his is the
best way that stable manure can be
applied to the strawberry plant,
North or South. The coarse litter
after the fertilizing properties leak
out makes an excellent mulch to keep
the berries clear of the grit the follow¬
ing spring. If too much manure has
fallen on the plant It will be necessary
to remove some of it about time
growth begins in spring and leave it
around and between the plants.
If manure cannot be had to mulch
the plants set in dead of winter on
wet and soggy land, any coarse litter
or straw will answer. Forest leaves
do very well only that they are more
liable to be blown off by high winds,
and being so mifch broader they are
more apt to smother the pjants. Pine
straw is an ideal mulch, than which
there is nothing better.
The mulching directions for winter
set plants which we have just given
is for the North or for such soil at
the South as is much given to wetness
and to heaving in the coldest weather.
We plant over one hundred acres every
winter on ordinary soil without any
protection or any precaution except to
set the plants properly.—-O. W. Black
nail, In the Progressive Farmer.
A Land Survey Method*
I would like to tell Epitomist sub¬
scribers how to survey a plat of land
if any shape. Measure the boundary
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I'.ae of the land; then draw a plat on
thick cardboard exactly the shape of
the piece of laud, making a proportion
of sa’y one-quartef Inch to the rod.
Now cut out the jolat inside of the
lines and fill the space with small
shot, smoothing down until they fit
closely in the space. Cut out another
piece of cardboard in the rectangul?'*
shape and fill it with the same shot,
and mark the place where they extend.
Now multiply the length by the
breadth and make a proportion, and
you have the area of the land. The
diagrams above give some explanation
of what is meant by the survey.—J. J.
Zuccarelle, of Campbellsville. Tenn.
I’oediuc Hog* in Alabama,
In a study by the Alabama Experi¬
ment Station of the relative merits
of corn, eowpeas, corn and eowpeas
mixed half and half, and corn and
wheat bran mixed half and half the
best gains and the least food con¬
sumed per pound of gain were secured
with the mixture of corn and cow
peas. The food required to make a
pound of gain with these pigs on the
different rations was as follows:
Corn 4.87 pounds, eowpeas 4.81
pounds, corn and eowpeas half and
half 4.33 pounds, and corn and wheat
bran half and half 5.21 pounds. In
these experiments the manure from
the hogs fed eowpeas contained about
70 per cent, more nitrogen than that
from the hogs fed corn. On an ex¬
clusive coni diet 2.3 per cent, of the
weight of the liogs consisted of in¬
testinal fat, while on eowpeas but 1.1
per cent, was intestinal fat. The liver,
kidneys, heart and spleen of the hogs
fed on eowpeas were considerably
larger than the same organs in corn
fed hogs and the bones were stronger.
On the whole there was a great pro¬
portion of lean meat in the hogs fed
eowpeas than In the hogs fed corn.
This work shows the value of mixed
grains for fattening hogs and the
necessity of some such nitrogenous
food as eowpeas in building up healthy
vigorous internal organs and a strong
framework.
Handling a Big; Hog.
An easy way for one man to handle
a large hog is by means of a three
eighth inch rope ten feet long. Cut
off three feet, and tie a loop in each
end, as shown in cut. The remaining
seven feet tie to centre of short rope
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HOG ROPE.
between the loops. Place loops over
hind feet of hog and draw long rope
between front feet and over nose,
then back ngair; through short rope.
Pull forward more over nose, then
back again as before and tie. This
comparatively simple method has been
found quite effective and satisfactory
by many farmers following it—Wil¬
liam Pdfck, in the American Agricul¬
turist.
Tillage.
Every farmer has noticed that plants
in a seed bed grow off rapidly. Even
a stalk of corn or cotton coming up
in the garden grows much faster than
the plants in the field. The richer soil
may be one cause for the rapid growth,
but the prime cause is the pulveriza¬
tion of the seed bed. The soil is full
of plant food, hut if it is hard or full
of clods it is not available. The tritur¬
ation of breaking up of the soil is
called tillage. In a small seed bed it
can be done by the rake and hand.
In a field It can be done by plows and
barrows. The best way to prepare
land for the crop of 1903 is to break
it thoroughly in December, if possible.
The disc plow will do that work well.
Run a disc or other harrow over it.
The freezes will help in the work. But
use the harrow frequently during the
spring up to planting time, so that the
soil will be so pulverized that all the
plant food will be available. Lands
thus prepared will yield twice as much
as land planted without preparation.
To break land in that way, and give
it four harrowings, would require for
each acre about two days for the
plowman and his team of two horses
But it would pay well for the labor.
Try it on a small scale if you are afraid
to prepare several acres in that style.
—South CaroUna Cotton riant.
Howto Grow Turnips Successfully.
There Is no crop that requires higher
or better culture than turnips, and the
most of this culture must he given to
the soil before the seed are, planted.
The feeding roots are very numerous
and very small, hence the soil must be
very fine. The turnip requires an
enormous amount of water, and hence
the soil must be deeply prepared.
Break your soil deep and plow and har¬
row until it is as fine as you can make
it. It will pay you to do this ten or
twelve times.
Okra a Desirable Crop.
Okra, or gumbo, is most useful foi
soups, stews, etc., and is becoming
more popular every year. It is a de¬
sirable fill in market crop.
Walker & Walek, tr-rrA
COTTON FACTORS,
827 to 847 Reynolds St., Augusta, Ga.
6@“ The most modern and complete fireproof warehouse. Lowest
insurance and storage in the city. Liberal advances and lowest possible
terms. Bagging and ties are always on band. Personal attention given
to all business, and satisfaction guaranteed.
STEWARD PHINIZY. JAMES TOBIN. FERDINAND PHYNIZV
PHINIZY & CO.,
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ICOTTON FACTORS,!
9
AUGUSTA, 10 to * 41 GEORGIA.
We again offer our services to the farmers and merchants of Lincolns
and adjoing counties, and promise the closest attention and best possible
results. We refer with confidence to any of our old patrons.
PHINIZY & CO.
C. B. GA RRETT. B. B. RUSSELL.
Garrett & Russell • Q «•
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
Corner Beynolds and McIntosh Sts.
Augusta, Georgia.
Personal Attention Given to all Business.
With two large warehouses we have every facility for handling cotton
to advantage and guarantee satisfaction to the trade. Liberal advance®
on cotton in store. Bagging and Ties at market prices.
JERRY T. SMITH. CHAS. V. BAKES.
J Baker & Smith.
COTTON FACTORS,
Warehouse on Augusta, Georgia.
Reynolds, Campbell and Jones,Sts.
IgyGonsign meats ot Cotton Solicited"^*#
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DEALER IN LESSEE OF
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Wholesale and Iietutl
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