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Agricultural Department, 'What Strawberries Shall I Plant? Too Much Shade for Health. The strawberry is the fruit of the* people. If one has room to raise no oth- cr fruit, he tries to find a place for the strawberry bed, knowing that freshly picked strawberries, ripened upon the vines, arc about the greatest luxury thai poor mortals can enjoy. When asked ai to varieties 10 or 16 years ago, we could only answer, “plant the ‘Wilson, ’ for that was then the only one that one? could set out with the hope of getting strawberries. The “Wilson” was a safe variety to plant, as one who had vine* was very sure to pick berries—to be sure they required, much sugar to mako them eatable, but they were strawberries— and othor varieties of the day gave but meagre returns. But matters have changed of late years, and n o have sev eral varieties, quite as snre to produce fruit os the Wilson, and fruit of much better quality. No fruit is more affec ted by the character of the soil than the strawberry. Tho Stiff clay soil on the place of tho lute Mr. Knox, a few years ago known' as the “Strawberry King,” gave him results with the “jucunda,” and othor foreign kinds, that no one else could equal. The truth is, that certain varieties nro best for light soils, and others most suited for heavy soils. If asked to name tho best one variety, without regard to soil, the variety from which one would got fair returns wher ever planted, wo should say “tfirarlcs Downing.” This is a fur better fruit than tho “Wilson,” and apparently equally reliable. After (in experience of several years, wo nro- safo in saying, if wo could have hut one variety for family use, it would bo “Charlos Downing.”— For early voriotios, “Downer's Prolific” for light, and “Nionnor” for heavy soils nro to bp commended. Among later varieties thoro are, for light soils, “Seth Boydon,” “Greon Prolific,” and “Ken tucky.” For heavy soils, “Triompho do Gtotid,” and "Jucunda.” Of course there are other claimants for popularity, such as “Ool. Ohonoy,” “Monarch of tho, West,” “Great Amorican,” and others, which aro worthy of trial, but wo Imvo given ubovo thoso whioh have laxm tested for several yoavs in a great variety of localities. Wo ndviso those about to plant gtrawborrios, ns wo do thoso intending to plant vegetables: put in your main drop of well tested varie ties, and then try of the new kinds all you can afford to tost. To novices in strawborry culturo, wo would say, a plant can not bear fruit until it has made one season’s growth. If set this spring, and well cultivated, u good crop may be had next spring. If tho plants are set in tho fall, they give hut a par tittl crop tho noxt spring, uml a full one tho year following.' If runners arc struck in pots in Juno and July, and set out in August, ns wo havo shown in former volumes, then a full crop may bo gathered the Bpring following. For ordinary garden oultuvo,.tho plants may be sot a foot apart in rows 18 inches apart, in highly manured soil—the onr- lioiytlie bettor. The busine,r> of planting shade tree: is not perhaps overdone. Ornamental trees, the Maples, Elms, Oaks, Tulij trees, and others, certainly add much to the beauty of our village streets, uml we should hardly know how to spare the Lilacs, the Wistarias, the Honeysuckles, he Hawthorns, the Wigelias, and Rhododendrons, and other flowering diruba, that thrive in the yards, and .'luster around our windows. There is no occasion yet, especially in the newer villages, for the tree-planting societies to disband. Country roads still sadly lack ornament and shade. But tho tree-planters should certainly have their attention balled to the abuse of shade. Such an unusually wet season as this in the East, showers fulling almost every week, all through the eltrly summer, in tensifies tho evils of our overshaded streets. In many of those old towns which are considered the glory of New England, the trees have been planted so near together, and so close to the house, that sunlight is almost wholly excluded from tho dwelling, excopfc nt mid-day. Trees aro not only on all sides of tho house, but they have been planted no thickly, that tho branches interlace, and no, sunlight fulls beneath. Elms that require 80 to 100 feet space, for the full development of their branches, arc planted within 20 feet of each other, and Maples, that need nearly os much room, nro allowed but 10 or 12 feet. It is gloomy and damp under such trees until mid-day, and the moisture steuls into the darkened sleeping-rooms of the house. The carpets and furniture grow moldy, and tho people who dwell in these over-shaded houses, grow thin rihd pale, dyspeptic and consumptive. If New England boasts of her trociwucd villugoa, she also mourns ovor the larg est proportion of consumptives in her death-list. Thoso villagers want more sunlight and a dryer atmosphere. The dwelling should havo the full benefit of tho sun, and a freo circulation of the air upon evory side of it. The remedy for these overcrowded stroots and yards is the axe. Thin out until every tree lias room for full development, and a margin of sunlight beyond. It will make handsomor trees", and healthier m. Wo protest against Clio abuse of shuelo., Connecticut.— In American Agriculturist. Cheapness op PiionucrioN.—In ov cry department of industry tho tendon «y is, to reduce the cost of production, by means of more offeetivo methods, and more Bkillful work. Wo are oven now soonring many foreign markets for produce, und for manufactured articlos of many kinds, morely because wo can prodneo thorn chonplv. We ureoxpbrt iug iron, stool, and tools of various kinds, us well as machinery, from loco motives and other heavy engines, to plows and apple-parol's. Wo are send ing off cutlery, cotton goods, leather, boots and shoes, clothing, as well us a vast amount of small articlos of hard ware, “notions” and rubber goods, with agricultural and other raw predace. Generally, agriculture is beaten in*'tho competition for cheapness of produc tion, and'the oxport trado does not sat isfy farmers as to the prices realized. Wo shall soon, mend this in othor pro duce, as we havo already done os regards tho’ production of beef, which' is expor ted at a satisfactory prefit to the stock mcu. Thoy havo cheapened their prod uct by the use of improved stock, and » similar course of improvement must be puKsucd in all the departments of ag riculture, by tho use of t he licsfc meth ods and the best\tock, seeds, machines and implements. If by tho use of those we lessen tho cost of our products, we add to our profits to the same extent and if we increase the amount of our products at tho same time, we can afford to sell cheaper, and yet make more profit than wo do now. t T There was a time when a great many people in this country regarded William Tocumsch Sherman us n lunatic. We havonovor givon in our adhesion,to that theory, but wo are willing to declare that he is jiow open to tho charge of boing a fool. Ilis recent speech before the Alumni Association of Wo3t Point stamps him at once ns a disturber and a man unfit to wiold the baton of General. Alluding to tho possibility of an attempt being mado to disturb Mr. Hayes’ title, ho declared that Mr. Ilayoa, although a mild-mannered gentleman, would be found to possoss tho norvo to maintain his right if it was assailod, and that ho would havo tho support of the army, It is time for this loose tonguod warrior to bo informed that tho tax payers of the country have hired him to kill poo- plo when they give him ordera. His threats are ontirely out of plaoe. It is all well enough for his brother John ..to talk about war and. revolution, for ho is probably a criminal and his tail -is in tho trap. Gen. Sherman’s efforts to create tho impression that tho Potter investigation is a declaration of war should bo sternly deprecated. lie ought to be locked up in the guard house until ho ccasos to bo a disturber of the peace.—BaltmoreGazette. Stanley Matthews is chiefly censured by his party for placing himself in a po sition whore lie can’t conveniently lie but of it. A Cincinnati youth guided' by tho advico of a fortuno toller, sought to mako a girl love him by moans of eleo trioity from under her chair. When tho time came she sprung into tho air about three foot, and wlion sho came .down sho landed in her lover’s hair and took about, two handfuls therefrom, mul then told him that she hated him. No match. Refined homes arc at tlie end of civ ilization. .All the work of the world— the railroading, navigating, digging, manufacturing, inventing, teaching,' writing, fighting, aro done, first of all, to secure each family in Hie possession of its own hearth; and secondly, to sur round as many hearths as possiblo with grace, culture and beauty. Tho work of all races for fivo thousand years is represented in tho difference between a wigwam and a lady’s parlor. It has no letter result to show. How to Prevent Colds. If people were blessed with common^ sense and a little wholesome self-denial, they might often escape severe colds and fevers by resolute measures adopt ed in season. There is probably not a man, woman or child, who is not as often as once a year afflicted .with a cold, which ends jn a cough or catarrh; and thousands there are who flie ever}’ year of consump tion, brought on by taking cold. He, then, who should discover a certain and effectual remedy for this complaint would be justly regarded as one of the greatest benefactors of the age. The writer docs not profess to have discov ered snch a remedy, but he wishes to iittcst the truth of the following certain and effectual expedient for preventing a cold. A cold cannot be instantly cured; but if it can be prevented, it is of no importance to know how it may be cured. A bad cold, like measles or mumps, or other similar ailments, will run its course of about' ten days, in spite of what may be done for it, unless reme dial means arc employed within forty- eight hours of its inception. Many a use ful life may be spared to be increasingly useful, by cutting a cold short off in the following safe and simple manner: On the first day of taking a cold, there is a very unpleasant sensation of chilli ness. The moment you observe this, go to your room and stay there. Keep it at such a temperature as will entirely prevont this chilly feeling, even jf it re quires one hundred degrees of Fahren heit. In addition to this, put your ect in water half-leg deep, as hot as on cah hear it* adding hot water from time to time, for a quarter of an hour, so that tho w’ater shall he hotter when yon take your feet out than when you. put them in. Then dry them thor oughly, and put on thick, warm, wool len Stockings, even if it be summer— for summer colds are most dangerous— and for twenty-four hours eat not an atom of food, but drink as largely ( as you desire of any kind of warm tea; and, at the end of that time, the cold will bo entirely broken, without any medicino whatever. Efficient a3 the above means arc, not one in a thousand attends tq them—led on, as most men are, by tho hope that a col’d will pass away of itself. Nevertheless, this arti cle will pn ;s under the eyq of some who do not choose to run the double risk of taking physic and dying too: Tho ex pedient is a severe one for epicures and gluttons, but most persons will find it easier to fast one day than to be sick a fortnight.- Sometimes fasting for three or four meals is sufficient.; but the whole remedy is better than a part.* Let those who are often afflicted with colds—ministers, students and con sumptives generally — remember the above directions; if faithfully followed, they will 9b more good than all the pulmonics, cold-cordials, and otiie^ hurtful nostrums in the world.—Hall's Journal of Health. A RATTLING GOOD NEWSPAPER. The Weekly World, FOR OXE DOLLAR PER YEAR, OR. Fifty Cents for Six Months, * POSTAGE PAID, Which is Less than 2 Cents a Week BY THE,YEAR, 1. It contains all the news of the past seven days, collected l»y tlie agents and cor- rk Daily World, .‘spondents of tlie New' Yor id in «¥$■■■■■■ . ana in fulness, accuracy and enterprise in this respect is unequalled. '. - 2. Its agricultural department contains the latest news of the farm experiments at. home and abroad, contributions by borne and foreign writers, full reports Of the Farmers’ Club of the American Institute,’ and quota tions of valuable and interesting articles ap pearing in the agricultural weeklies and mag azines. 3. Its grange news, to which attention is specially called, is a feature which can be found in no other paper. All the resources at the command of a great metropolitan daily newspaper are employed in its collection. In addition to this weekly record, The Would { fives tho cream of all tlie local Grange papers n c " ' ***■• ' - - • evcry„8tntc. This department is, and will continue to be, under *hc charge of one of the active members of the Order. / 4. For the firbside department, in addi tion to its other attractions, such as poetry, miscellany, humorous extracts, etc., during the coming year, there will bejiot less thdn one hundred short tales by the best writers of fiction in England and America. 5. Tlie market reports, brought down to the hour of publication, are (lie best that can be made. Each market is reported by one whose special knowledge and training nuke him tlie best authority upon that subject in tlie United States. For accuracy ana com pleteness tlie Market repons in The World are unrivalled./ During 1878 tlie WEEKLy World will con tain a number of interesting first-class stories from the pens of the best writers of fiction. Two of this series, “Bagrianovka"- and “lii- ana,” have been published,attracting well -mer ited attention. We liuvo been unable to s'**v ply back nuriibers to all who have applied i r them. Tlie Haunted Hotel, by Wilkie Col lins, tlie greatest living novelist, commenced May 22d, and will be continued through twelve or fifteen numbers of the Weekly World, and will appear iu no other American publication. In the publication of these sto ries we will give each wqekas large an .instal ment as the space at our disposal will permit. Wc shall not do our readers the injustice yf “spinning out” a story through as many rmm- Iiers as possible, but will rather try to give them as many good stories during tlie course of th§ year as we shall be able to print. 3±L or I again announce to ■ Tu-ssil hand CUT THIS OUT. PUBLISHER TRE WORLD, Little Danny aNd His Dead Mother.—I’ve just been clown in the parlor to see mammq. She’s in a long box, with flowers on her. I wish she’d come and bathe myjhcnd—it aches so. Nobody ovor makdS it feel good but tnamnia. She know how it hurt me, and sho used to read to mo-out of a lif- tj.i hook how my head would got ivell and not ache any more some day. I wish it was “some day” now. Nobody likes mo but mamma. That’s cause I’ve got a sick head. Mamma used to take mo in her arms and cry. When I asked her what’s the matter she would say, “I’m only tired, darling.” I guess Aunt Agnes made 'her tired, for when she camo and stayed all day mamma would take me up in the oveuing on her lap and cry awful hard. I aiut had any dinner to-day. Mamma always gave me my dinner and a littlo tiny pudding with “D,” for “Danny,” on top. I like little puddings with “D’s” on top. I like to sit in my little chair by the .fire and eat ’em. I wish mam ma wouldu’t stay in tho long box. I .guess Aunt Agnes put her there, cause sho put all tho flower trimmings on and shows her to everybody. There aint any fire in the grate, but I guess I’ll sit by it and make' believe there is. I’ll get my little dish and spoon and play, I’ve got a pudding with “D,”for “Dan ny,” on it. But anyway I want mamma so bad.—Xew Orleans Picayune. A young lawyer iu Lynn, Mass., Inis sepemted from his wife, to whom lie lmd been married only eight months, because she attended a cireus in the evening with her father. That young man’s morality must be of the most ex asperating sort. 85 PARK ROW, NEW YORK: Inclosed find for The Weekly World for M Name in full, here PoaUOJjlce, here. County, here State, here Address THE WORLD, 35 Park flow, New’ York. Please shots this to your neighbor. je 20. 8t. THE IMAGE OF HER MOTHER. .a. zero-sT-ei BY RUTH RUSTIC. In the Savannah Weekly New’s of Satur day, April 20th, was commenced a new* serial story with the above title, written by a lady of Savannah. The Weekly News is tho Largest and Best Weekly IN THE SOUTH. Tt is a complete newspaper, and contains the ^Telegraphic and State News, Markets, ETC., AN AoRICUTTURAL AND MILITARY DE PARTMENT. It is adapted for general circulation through out the South. Subscription, one year $2.00; six months $1.00.. Specimen copies sent free. . ' Address J.;H. Estili., Savannah, Ga. THE NATIONAL HOTEL (Nearly opposite Passenger Depot,) ZMZ&ooicl., Georgia T he Proprictor.feeling thankful for the very liberal pntronage ho has received for the last ten months, now begs leave to say that this FIRST-CLASS HOTEL Is in perfect order in all its -arrangements, and the most convenient of any in tlie city, beiug.only 100 yards from the Passenger Du- pot office, where are always Attentive Porters to receive Baggage and conduct Passengers to and from tho Hotel. 1 have made such improvements as to ena ble me to accommodate all who may be pleas ed to give us a call. My fare shall lie as good as the fare of any house in tlie State, and ray terms reasonable. Call raid try us. E. G. CORBETT, Proprietor DRUGS and Of all kinds. I guarantee all medicines which bcarTny own lal those used in filling prescriptions, to be' pure and of full strcngt strengt —I also deal in— • F-A-TEaSTT TvrTriTSTm-NT- —Such as— , Hunt, Rankin and Lamar’s Preparations j BradfleldVFcniale Regulator,. Simmon’s Liver Regulator, * Cough^Bal. Liver Pills, And many others, which arc highly commendable. FAINTS, OILS, ETC. —A good stock of— PAINTS. OHS, GLASS, LAMPS, and LAMP GOODS of every kind. Also, STATIONERY and WRITING NlATERIAI Of every description always on hand. TOlLET ARTICLES i The Ladies are especially invltedAo come and inspect my st Fancy and Toilet. Articles,- —Consistlng.of— m Colognes, Extracts, ' - Lily Whites. Hair Oils, * ' Brashes, . . Combs,' -- Tooth Brushes. * Etc., Tobacco sljol(3L ; Cigars A few of the best brands of CIGARS and TOBACCO alv to bo found in-stock, •All goods sold at the lowest prices for a -A. S.EC . , E. J. TARPLEYV june20-8m J. B. WOLFE, ' " - AGENT FOR* SoofdelcL’te IrGn MACON GEORGIA —SELLS— STEAM MILLS, GRIST MILLS, - /.'■/' CANE MILLS, . . ^ * _ CO TTON PRESSES, . ' KETTLES, , GINS, " SMALL ENG IN For Gins and Plantations, and all other Machinery, Will be-pleased to s&j any partieadcsiring to purchase anything this line. H)Tx~bl±XL 3 - - - - - - — G-a june20-3m. * i JOEL E. PERRY, DEALER IN Family and Fancy Groceries, COUNTRY PRODUCE, DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HAT* —AND— • -4 •• ;•*>***- • - ^ - Gr©3ZLe3?jal 3)/Ce:r j oIfcxa:n-cL±sj DUE LIN\ GEORGIA: Highest market price paid for Wool, Hides, Tallow, Etc. june 20, 8m. , % .A. IMI-A-INT IKIIXiXiiED By paying high prices for carriage work. This victim resuscitated and all others saved from a similar fate by calling i WARE’S CARRIAGE SHOP ON THE DUBLIN SQUARE. Every’ branch .of Ihe business greatly reduced. Buggies pa and handsomely gilded, for - Ele-ven ZDoXlax’S- Work unequalled in style and finish by any country sh june 20-tf , ’ : 1 W. F. GEFFCKEN, Carriage jMZEufcex*., Building and Repairing done to Order. All tcoi trusted to ine Neatly and PromjAly executed at pr\ suit the times. Shop on* southeast corner Court Square. Cali and see. june 20, ly. *