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THE SOUTHERN WORLD, JUNE 1, 1884.
„ ia n ot allow " to come near his
“ . D d sister r~they seat them-
nn the front piazza, robed in their
^•1* mother-hubbards. of a beautiful
* miner evening.
*Get out, don’t you come amgh me,”
. llta the mother when he wishes to
? b lde himself in the parlor. “ This is
;^efor you." It is for his sister
„d some other girl’s brother.
His rough hands will soil the settee;
his scaly feet will mar the beauty of the
[t and downy Brussels carpet, and his
uncouth voice will jar and grate too
harshly upon the rich tapestry that
Idorns this elegant apartment. This is
with a silver spoon in his mouth, and
be rocked in a silken hammock by the
gentle breezes of fortune, and be nestled
in the softest and downiest little carriage
that ever rolled down Broadway, if from
the imprudence «f an erring step his
end be destruction?
„ Tub Special Agent.
Oxford, On.
Texas lilue Grass.
Mr. T. W. Holloway, of Pomaria, New
berry county, sends us a sprig of the fa
mous Texas blue grass. The specimen
was sent to Mr. H. W. Ravenel, of Aiken,
who says in reference to it: “ The grass
Jhout the turning point in that boy’s so-1 you send is the famous ‘Texan blue
c ial and moral being. gras,’—Poa arachnifera. It is a native
We lift the curtain upon the scene five of Texas, and like the ‘ Kentucky blue
years later, and that boy is far up one grass,’ to which it is botanically allied, it
road or far down the other. If lip the is a perennial evergreen winter grass,
one, you would scarcely know him. He spreading by numerous roots t It seems
has a well furnished room all to himself; to be gaining great popularity in the
trashes his hands and face, combs his Southwest, and it would be very desir-
bair and blacks his shoes three times a able to have it introduced into our
day. He locks himself up in his room State.’ ”
tf d stands before the glass a half hour Several years ago Mr. Hogan sent
trying on a dozen different cravats to specimens of the grass to this Depart-
gee which will best suit the color of his ment, which were examined and de
dicate moustache. termined by the Botanists, and as it was
He now treads lightly upon the soft shown to be a relative of the Kentucky
and downy Brussels carpet, or leans blue grass, Mr. Hogan adopted for Iub
gracefully against the mahogany table, species the name of Texas blue grass
or Bits erectly upon the flesh colored We give below some extracts from his
plush settee, talking in his tete a tete way letters relating to the subject
/osome other boy’s sister. “ I call it Texas blue grass, and if it
That boy is indeed the pride of .he were possible to patent it I would not
family. He is soon to be a Colonel, a give it for all the mineral wealth of
lawyer, a doctor, a member of Congress Texas. I find it spreading rapidly over
or a bailiff. the country, and I claim for it a/2 and
But alas! if from the imprudence of more in Texas than is awarded to the
the voice that caroled the lullaby song \Poa Pratensis in Kentucky. It seems to
he is found at the other end of the road, be indigenous to all the prairie country
sad indeed is the picture! between the Trinity river and the Brazos
Perchance he has been driven from in our State. It blooms here about the
the parlor to the sitting-room by his sis- last of March, and ripens its seeds by
ter; from the sitting-room to the kitchen the 15th of April. Stock of all kinds
by his mother, and from thence he finds and even poultry seem to prefer it to
an easy access into the back street, es- wheat, rye, or anything else grown in
peciilly if Bridget is not feeling in her the winter. It seems to have all the
best mood. characteristics of the Poa pratensis, only
The father comes home in the even- il is much larger » and therefore affords
ing from his office and finds the house more grazing
all quiet and still. The mother rocks 1 have known U to grow 10 inches in 10
leisurely in her soft arm-chair; the sis- da y 8 during the winter ’ The coldest
ter entertains her lover with grace and winters do not even nip it, and although
elegance; the domestic affairs move on it seems to die down during, the sum
without interruption. But where’s the mer » ^ springs up as soon as the first
boy? 0 he’s around rains fal1 in September and grows all
The Brussels carpet is soft and downy winter. I have known it in cultivation
»«ever; the mahogany table and rose- some dve y ear8 » a p iave “®^® r n
wood settee present the same newness a ^ e ® nd a * ault in 1 ' 1 >e rea y
a* when first placed in the elegant par- P a «ture in three or four weeks after
lor. Still th« lnv OT on/l goes the flr8t rainB in the latter part ° f AU '
' gust or first of September. I have never
cut it for hay. Why should a man want
hay when he has green grass to feed on"
With a pasture well set in this grass
The Rural and Workman, of Little
Rock, Arkansas, is a handsome and well
edited sheet. Its title outlines its con
tents. The veteran John Karr, is the
editor, a guarantee of its merit. Pub
lished weekly at $2 per annum.
“Ensilage and Fermentation,” is the
title of a scientific and practical article
by Dr. Manly Miles, which appears in
the June Popular Science Monthly. Dr
Miles’ first trials of ensilage date back
to 1875.
and
Still the lover comes
Bui where's that hoy?
Two black horses, decked in white
plumes, move slowly through the crowd
ed streets of the busy city. The narrow
aZ ^ , U8y ! C y ’r , e ft r , r °T you cannot run after your cows fast
ll f'fZ apet I' n longfo i ld8 i °| ] black | enough to get them to eat hay in our
| ace ! a single white wreath of flowers
" e u P° n the lid of the bronze casket.
At twilight the mother and sister en
ter the elegant parlor and tread lightly
“pon the soft and downy carpet, and
Zl !i e i r faces in the flesh colored I very severe lessons in — -
1 , 1 tha * cover8 the rosewood settee, tea J h them that gra ss is the main stake
bmt u aDda moango U P from two in agriculture, either as hay or pasture.”
o , hearts and grate harshly upon | /Wy Rep0 rt Department of Agricul-
e elegant tapestry that adorns the
coldest weather. Very few of our farm
ers are paying any attention to grass
but most of them are raising cotton to
the exclusion of corn, wheat, oats etc
and I am convinced it will take some
lessons in experience to
loom.
lure of S. C.
The election of Mr. N. P. T. Finch,
President of the Young Men’s Library
Association, of Atlanta, is a fitting tri
bute to the sterling merit and earnest
work of the man. The Asssociation is
to be congratulated, for none have labor
ed more unceasingly, quietly, but suc
cessfully for the inteiests of the Associa
tion than Mr. Finch.
TV e return our thanks to the large
number of our subscribers who have not
only renewed their subscriptions for the
second and third time, without solicita
tion, but have sent in the names of one
or more new subscribers. Such acts are
appreciated, and are worthy of commen
dation and emulation.
Brevities.
Better break thy word than do woree
in keeping it.
Never reproach a man with the faults
of his relatives.
Be a philosopher; but amid all your
philosophy be a man.
All religion and all ethics are sum
moned up in “Justice.”
A man’s opinions sll change except
the good one he haa of himself.
Many of our cares are but a morbid
way of looking at our privileges.
1 wish it was customary to publish
the causes of marriage, aa it iaof death.
Ttic Ideal Tonic and Bxlillarlnc.
French Wine Coes.—The native* of South
Arnerlc* regard the <'oc* plant aa a divine gift
and apeak of It aa that heavenly plant which
aallxiiei the hungry, strengthen* the weak and
mates men fowl their misfortune*, etc. Men
of science, poet*, acholara, divines, lawyer*,
physicians and other* devoted to much study
and thinking, apeak of It aa the " Intellectual
beverage.” aa ihe mental exhilaration and ao-
tlvlty produced by wine of (’oca la truly won
derful. Many of lltc moat celebrated phyalclaua
The Health and Home, of Port Chester
N. Y., is a medical paper for the people
having for its object the preservation of
health and the comfort of the home,
it is aptly named and deserves its great
success.
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The People’s Advocate, of Atlanta, we
are pleased to note hag been made (he
organ of the Georgia Sunday-school As
sociation . It is soon to come out a hand
some eight page paper.
Georgia has 3,000 carp ponds, an
average of 22 to the county. Middle
Georgia leads the other sections of the
State and Bibb county leaJs all.
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In the neighborhood of Westminster,
S. C., there are a large number of fine
Hambletonian colts.
in the world who have thoroughly usitd the
French Wine of Coca aay: "We regard this aa
the perfection of nervine*, the purest and beat
tonic, the beat luvlgorator, the king of remedies
against dyspepsia anil anei-la, the restorer par
excellence. The best remedy In ibe world to
cme mental ami physical exhaustion, all chronic
and wasting diseases, dyspepsia, disease of the
liver debility of the nervous system, gastric Ir
ritability, i nnstipailoii, sick headache, gout, etc.
sped lie for neuralgia and tiervuua headache.
»lcaa • Bl> re
late " Ask
Its action In neuralgia la rapid amt nli
lief hi log experienced in a short ill
your driiwglst for pamphlet which will give you
com hiring proof of the great merits of Ihe
French Wine Coca For sale by druggists.
DU. J. 8. PF.MIIF.IUON A Cu.. Chemists,
Atlanta, da.
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That boy has found his way from the I <jh e Methodist pic nic Friday last was
ack 8lree t into the grogshop; from the a success, as usual. Everybody had r
8 og8hop into the gambling hell, and an goo( i time; the dinner was both bounti
f^assin’s glittering blade pierces his f u j an( j splendid and the exercises and
ieart and he sleeps in an inebriate’s amU sement8 enjoyable. Colonel H. H.
Si Jones, of the Southern World, of At-
tter that the soft and downy Brus- ij^ta, was present and delivered an im-
8 carpet had been worn threadbare by nr0 mptu address in his own happy style,
e rough feet of that boy; better that Lq the edification of all present.—I’art
8 mahogaty table and the rosewood Q a i net Tribune
h * had ^ een ma rred and mutilated ...
-' the clumsy hands of that boy than The first box of peaches thin MBon
a ' e ^ een dampened by a single tear- were shipped from Judge unn
S3* wruag from a tender mother’s I place at Orchard Hill* on May 20th. A
k° me Pleasant, make home at- bushels per day. This is moving in
p ara ^ e and ®ave that boy from an irre- right direction.
^ WrtXl E«e* .win. *. «-«—•
Ed. Walker, of Alapaha, Berrien
county, Ga., milks 2« cows, from which
he gets an average of 42 gallons of milk
and 19 pounds of butter per day.
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The Atlanta Constitution has donned a
handsome new dress. It is in the height
of fashion and very becoming.
• -»♦
The work done by the Atlanta Consti-
tution in I lie past few weeks entitles it
to a vote of thanks.
The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line is
one of the best lines coming into the
Gate City.
The Richmond and Danville will soon
make the trip from Atlanta to New York
in thirty hours.
When you have nothing to say, say
nothing.
Let another’s shipwreck lie your sen
mark.
Duty cannot be plain in two diverging
paths. ^
Early and provident fear is the mother
of safety.
A WISE NEW DEPARTURE.
A Superior Oln and (iln Driver, both
together for |t7ft. Fully Warranted.
Address, Fsiiglil Deerlng CO., Louis
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GOLD!
yield over tluo per toil.
Ill
Important to
Cii|»ltullwtM and
OtliiTH. A Rich Gold
Mine to be Hold for Di
vision. Assay* (US IS
per ton Average mill
A rare chance lor Cap
italists and | arllcs wishing to Invest In property
which promises to take rank aa one of thevery
IInest Gold Mines In the Southern States The
Mine Is a new discovery (not an old exhausted
property; and Is easy of access, being 7 miles dis
tant from two Kallrosds, In Cherokee county,
(ia. For fur. her particulars address,
K.c. PRKEMAN,aold*boro, M.C.
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