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Farm and C aid' n. Allow do cobwebs in your staMes. It is IrfU to avoid ploughing hoary soil* while ihrv are moict. li in not a good plan to allow ca'.t’o and swine to* run together. 11 is sai! that sheep in orchards will destroy the codlin moth, T he lliral New Yorker advises up to t u-ing foieign pouvoes fore til ariin ex| car ieuee wi'h theta Lao nut brpn satisfactory. Asa m!e in x>d fainting p y ys bet t r to the ordir aiy firm r i ! au soiiai crops. Tha pest year has not. beeD as much Tro'ed for wonderful new butter aud milk records as some o* those imtnedi a f elv proceeding. The rage lor extra ordinary feats in this lino-is hardly as great as it has been. In laying out your work for thp sea son give tL** gaden a liberal share of a'tention. It may not be labor which will bring great returns in money, but it is certain to dr so iu family hial'.h and corah rt. The Cliraman’s to R ce. A Canton corespondent says that •he Chinaman's devetion to lvaiiceis as gntft as an Eiglishtir n’s to his. din remand at their n guhir time-' for “chow”--ll in the morning ami 5 in the afteuioon, not! ir.g can take h : ni away from his l owl of rice. As al the eit\ bf is al f esco or.e -ec* miles of feeding Chiramen if he progresses through the streets at their meal hour ft la each open room ur shop the scene i the satir*, a circle of dirty heathens gathered around a table shoveling the rice in'o 'heir months a* fust as chop* sticks can play, tire edges .ftbo bowls heirg hold to their mouths merely as n funnel to direct the stream One ran Bland in the shops, vainly waiti' gto purchase, end a surly Chinaman will only come forward when he has fi i h ed his howl of rice, and ha* a sublime it:d {Terence to trade, profits and cheat lug when it is his rice time. Why be Weighs the Milk. ‘•The milkjxom every cow is weigh ei eg booh as it is milked an! the \v, ig'ht upon record. Ido this for two reasins. It tells mo at tho end of the yo?.r which ate my best cows, and if a cow is ailing it shows first in the lit wef milk, and by watching cate lolly this iccord I have, as it v.e’e, mv hand on their pulse all the time. On o: o tcca-ion I was feeding a cow -reiy high. I gradually increased her teed five pounds a day. She fell off ten pounds in milk. I imr ediatelj reduced the iced and in a few days she regained what dm had lost. I had r sci e and the maximum' quantity of feed that the cow cou'd digest, as eras mdi cal Iby eigbing the tuilk."-[South ern* l’.'ante r. llespect Pal her and Mother! Do-tor .Johnson wont when he was pn old msui to stand In the maiket 1 1 c "of l tfcx*r:er, bis grey “Head *bhr 1 ed to the pelting rain, in bitter re mom nroDca of some act of disobedience to 1 i father on that spot when he was a ho v. ‘ It is only since my own children (■: oak to me with ludencss and con- tempt, that I understand how gre t the debt was which I owed to my mother, and how poorly I paid it,’* said a ma her A Child’s Victory. A child was ra rs fond of candy than her mother th ught g< od for her. YVhat was thought a proper shara wae dosed out to her cno day, and ihe test put awty in the lrgh shelf of a cup boa. and beyond '.he child’s reach, lier mother cautioned her not to attempt rea> hieg it, then left tha room. R naming after awhild, sire locked into the room, standing where the eh Id could not see her. and surveyed the s/ene. There stood the child, her fret on the fiist dielf, to which she bail climbed by aid of a chair, aud her band grasping tho candy, which she had reached to her lips. There it paused for a moment, the lit?le face bent in earnest thought. Saddt-nly tho can dy flew fr u m her lips and into tho hag again as the child leaped from the shelf on to the chair and thence to the floor, where she struck an attitude and shouted exultantly: “There, God! I didu’t eat it af er all.” Philosophy o! the Japanese. At a mec’ing of the Presbyterian onion in Ne v Y )rk R v Dr. G >org* W Kur x of Yokohama, Un it an elo quent address, in vvi. oh ha i\vj..wed the philosophy prevalent in Japan, aud die.v a parallel between the voi- O tnic ch iracter uf the people and the volcanic origin of their country. The fir*t principle of tl eir‘‘philosophy is that this universe (entree in tie Mik ado, who holds the highest grade. The second principle is that all tlt : ngs cite a:e in lowei gradations and that the duty of man grades him. dhe du ty of one is to rue, of another to '■•■hey; one to le lich, Another to he P or; one to he a studen’, mi. t‘i r to boa merchant; and so ot -- nd that even a brute does the du'y which giv es it its grade. That, m in's da y is obedience; that loyaity to tjie Mikado gives him tho light of being, and pa t iutistn the right of expanding t! a being. I iuler this system bpli .Msap pears in the duty to be done, and a Japanese is justified in siukmg every thing in this duty, even to the striking down of bis wife, his children or him pelf. The average earnings of a man and his wife tor cne year will ensbla them, with the greatest economy, to lay up about $3 month —the average farm belonging to one family is but one and a quarter acres. Thieo sevenths of the produce of this has to go for the rent, and upon the balance tie farmer has to support him)elf and his family. The population is (he most congested of ary in the world, with a conse quent lolling away ol n otal ideas, so that hnpuiity is the normal condition. The Japanese philoso; by, said Dr, Knox in ccnelusicn, has >n entire lack of incividu ilisru, and needs the Chris tian reunion, which exal s thefndivid ual into intelligence and responsibility Twelve Sets of Twins. Some years ago h etotckcCpcr in N. V , was e.stouisbed at a m st singular s’ght in the street in front of the store. A large wagon drawn by a horse and an ox had halt ed there, and clustered about the ve hicle were 24 children—all boys. In tlte wagon was the mother, and by the animals stood 'he fad.er, who rx; lam ed to the astoi.i bed storekeeper that tit y 'v<re on tbvir way from Connecti cut to Indiana, and were havirg a fm ily moving. “Its this your family,” asked the uierchan t. ‘ Yen,” answered the man, 4 twenty four boys, twelve sets ot twins, aud we hve no children dead. At night what can’t gut to the wagon bunk un der it on 'he grouud. \Ye are all here stranger. 1 ’ The merchant was so well pleased at tho sight that he formed the boys into line and presented each wi'h* a sttaw hat. Fix Kate Rang the Fire B 11. The white mare Kate, which tune the hose carriage of steamer No 2 to fires, recently went through her usual morning training and also went one better. When the gong sound* and one at G a. in., to give the correct time, fo: the bell-rope, caught it with her mouth and vigoric-usly pull et k. r I he bell ringing the liie call, Drought out nearly all of the minute men, most of whom live iu the inane diato vicinity. They rush'd to the engine house ready for du v, only to find the handsome Mrs Kate inwardly smiling at her con:ciousness of duty •ai fitfully performed. The station men were in the bedroom and rushed down in w< n Ytraent, but could do nothing beyond stroking Mis. Kate’s face and loading Lor to an txtin sup ply of oats. A scientist says a wasp nt iy be picked up if it is done quietly. Yes; it is when the wasp i laid down again that the noi e logins. Brakontan: Bee here; where are yen going with that ax? Passenger: Keep cool, young man. We stop for sand wiches at the next station. A New York nan h?s invented a process for making railroad cars out -of wood ptdji; hut it-iakes—a—Kansas cyclone to make wood pulp out of rail road cars. Bystander: Doctor, what do von think of this mau’s inj'uries? Humph. Two of them are undoubtedly fatal, but, as for the rest of them, lime alone can tell. Satmn is 700 times larger than the earth. We impart the information for tho sake of those who want the latter. They might just as well want Saturn and ha v o dono with it. Tramp (recognizing a friend:) “Is thit yersGlf, Tooley? An’ what are ye doin’ in that hole?” Friend. “Don’t say a wurrud, His a foiue job I the felly that run* the summer hotel below here pays me five dollars a week to live here, and ho calls me The Her mit of Scrub Oak Hill. The booid ers' come up here by the dozen to look at me, and it’s good cigars I’tn smok in' the whole day long.” v isited His Grave in Her Sleep. A young lady of Atchison had a very curious experience recently. A’ yon eg man of whom she was very fond died several weeks ago, and the A rich Philadelphia woman, noted for her wealth an i cc* e ttricity, hav : ng exh listed her Anger b, ace in display iag her jewi’s, wears a striking ring on one of her thumbs. Strange as thin appears, it is erdy going back to an old fashion. Two or three huudted years ago it was the fashion to weir a ring on the thumb, and the signet ring was worn on the thumb by the nobility at a time when the fingers were devoid of ornaments A Week's Kcading Fred FOR SIX GOOD FAMILI2S - yout name and the name and ad dress of five of your neighbors nr friends on a pontal card and get free for yourself and each of them a specimen copy of the Great Weekly. THE ‘ATLANTA CONSTITUTION ” Our three humorous writers, Uncle Remus'H word, famions sketches of tha plantation darkov. Bill A r p‘s humor cus letteis for the hone and hearth stone. Betsy Hamilton's adventures told in cracker dialect. War stones, sketches of travel, news, poems, fun od ventures, the Farm, the household cor rrspondence, a word of instrncti rn and entertainment. Twelve pages. The brightest and best Weekly. Please ev ery member of the family. Send a postal for a specimen copy, free. Address The Const it urioa, Atlanta G.s. For dyspepsia and Liver Comp’aint you have a printed guarantee on each bottle of Shiloh’s v itahzer. It always cures. For sale by W. B. Mason. Shiloh’s Cough and Consumption Cute is sold bv us m a guaramee. It cures Consumption. W. B Ma.on, Homer. Itch, Mange and Scratches of every kind on hnman or animals cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion This never fails. Sold by Hardman Si Sharp, Druggists, Harmony Grove. Legal .^ioticew- Goorgia, | Whereas It J. I)yar * Banks C 0.,) administrator of Thos. P. House, late of said county, dec’d,, has applied to me in terms of the law for letters of dismission from said administration. This is there lore to cite and admonish all conceru cd, to show cause at the regular term of the court of Ordinary of said county to be held on the Ist Monday in Aug. next, why 6aid discharge should not be granted. Given under my hand and official signature, April 27, 188S. 3tn T. F. Hill, Ordinary. Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons having demands against the estate of F. F. A. It tch, late ot Banks county, deceased, are hereby no tified to rotider in their demands to the urdersjgned according to law, and all persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment. June 2nd, 1888. J. H. Brooks, Administrator 6 6w of F. F. A. Hitch, deceased. Georgia, Banks County.—To all whom it may concern: W. P. Ray, guardian of A. CJ. Anderson, applies to me for letters of dismission from said guardianship, and I will pass upon his application on the let Monday in Sep tember next at my office in Homei* in said county. Given under my hand and official signature, May 31st, 1888. T F. Hill, Ordinary.