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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-17
River Division
s12: s5 p m.
sos p N.
Daily.
f6' 40 a N.
rs 80 p m.
F4:10 p m.

FSurdays excepted. fSsturdays excepted. tAon-
DAYS excepted. Trains not marked Gre daily.
J. A. Chandler. Gen. Agent 1lS E.. Third st.
Northern Pacific Railroad.
Depot foot Of SibIey strsss. Ticket sns frssghs
sssee, No. IS jackson street
Vi iss,s. Trains. I'M Ia.,,..
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-17

TRAINB M1NNETONKA,
CWsyzata station.)
pm noon am am pm pm
60 10 100 s:25 LIE st. Paul, Arr. 9:36 $3.50 7:1e
535 IL 80 300 LIE Minneapolis, Arr 800 400 80
6:15 1:10 9:38 Arr Wsyzsta, L.. 8:lS 30 5:4s
Through sleeping cars to st Vincent on Z p m
train which, leaving st. Paul Saturdays, lays over
Sunday at Fergus Falls Train leaving Saturdays ut
SOS m, lays over Sundays at Breckenridge.
Except Sunday. Except Saturday.
JAS. J. HILL, Gen Manager.
". 8, ALExANDEs, Gen. Passenger Agent.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-17

Daily, except Saturday. Daily, except Eonday.
Pslses slesping eosches on Gil night trans betvczA
st. Paul and Fargo, also between Duluth snd Fargo,
Passengers leaving 81. Paul st $50 p. IA reach
Fargo for breakfast ne1t nuaGaing, and BismErsk
the following evening.
Connection made at Bismarck With Stages for paAs-
xoed and all points In the Black Bills, also for Fore
S1fore, StsndiDs Rock, Fort Keogh, Tongue River
and intermediate points, and with hrst-csss ssepn
ere during sssscn OF navigation for Port Benton ana
I'll intermediate points Missouri rivsr; also Fcst
Keogh, Miss City, sud all Yellowstone river points
and at st. Paul With tzsins to aud from an psiats
Eat and South.
In effect April asa, lsse.
y. Z. SARGENT, Gen. ks1a<sz.
G. g. EAsBolN, Gen. Passenger Assnt.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-17

Minneapolis, White Bear Lake
aud Saltwater passenger.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24

The nativity of the cucumber, says q
writer in am exchange, is peculiar
From my experience, with careful OBJ
servatiOn, / have learned that field
of cuCumbers will produce certain
amount in pounds weight, with proper
management be grown into cucumbers
large or small, the weight either large
or small being the same. TO illustrate:
"A given quantity of vines will grow
100 cucumbers, which will weigh fifty
pounds, or the same vines will grow
800 or ] 900 cucumbers, which will only
weigh fifty pounds. | have learned,
that if from any cause, cucumbers in
the bearing season, are allowed togrow
to q large size on the vines, after
taking off the overgrown and worthless
cucumbers, the vines require one or
two weeks to recuperate and make a
setting for another growth Of fruit, and
and the overgrown fifty pounds are a
dead loss, which might have been
grown into eight hundred or one thOus-
and market cucumbers of the same
fifty pounds weight. The market re-
quires cucumbers for pickeling pur-
poses from the size of mans finger
up To the size of a brOOmhandle, or a
little larger. This assortment will
count eight or nine hundred to the
bushel, which the dealer sorts to suit
the wants of his customers. | have
taken orders for eucumbers of size
that would count 5000 to the bushel.
To obtain the assortment in size
which | have described cucumbers
must he cut once in two days, or, if
the smaller are required, must be cut
every day. One acre of land properly
titled will produce a yield of 10000
picking cucmbers.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
nominal value Of salt.

The following Is brief report of the
discussion of the Farmers Club, of
Rio, Wis, on the value of salt for land
4" Mr.. Seth Allen opened the discus
sion by giving his experience in the
use Of salt upon his land and stated
that he had first used 1t on his farm
eight years ago, and that it added
fully fifty per cent to his yield of
wheat that year. That for year or
two thereafter, heNlid not use salt, on
account of the cost; but that he
BECAME thoroughly satisfied that a
free use of salt was indispensable to
the success of his farming operations,
and that he has used it every year
since, resulting in increased crops Of
grain of improved quality-his wheat
from sailed land never grading below
No. 2, while that from unsalted was
inferior in both quality and quantity.
At first he had used at the rate of one
barrel of salt to three acres, but now,
uses one barrel to two acres. Other
members, in giving their experience
and observation, fully corrobatee all
that Mr.. Allen had said in behalf of
the use of salt as a fertilizer, and after
a full consideration Of the subject, the
the conclusions arrived at, were as
follows THAT salt has the property
of fastening the maturity of all grain
crops; that wheat on sailed land will
ripen six to ten days sooner than on
llnsalted land, all other conditions
being equal; that it increases the
yield from twenty-five to fifty per
cent; that it stiffens the straw and
prevents rust and smut that it
checks, if it does not entirely prevent,
the ravages of the chinch bug, and
that there is no danger of mans
pocket permitting him to put too
much salt upon his land, as two
barrels per acre will injure no grain
crop. In answer to questions as to
the best time and manner of sowing
salt, as also the proper quantity to use
the following answers were given q
The best time to SOW salt, is in the
spring, and it ought to be the first
thing done on either fall or spring
as all the after stirring Of
the land assists in its equal distribu-
ton through the soil. The best and
easiest method of sowing salt, in the
absence of machine for that purpose,
is to SOW it from out of the rear end of
a wagon, the sower using both hands
while the team is moving at Il slow
walk. In this way thirty to forty
acras can be soWed in one day. The
quantity used may be from $50 to 300
pounds per acre; but the greater
quantity is the better"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
no BIRDS ACCOMPLISH ANY GOOD9

A great many farmers destroy their
birds in quantities during the spring
months, They even put out poison
and kill them by the Wholesale We
think this bad policy as the thousands
of insects destroyed annually by the
birds, will more than compensate for
their depreciation on the crops
The following will give some idea
of the quantity of worms and insects
destroyed by birds
The sparrow is an instance OF this ;
two sparrows have been known in II
single hour to carry to their nest forty
caterpillars The swallow while on
the wing destroys more apple moths
and millers than could be counted.
The beautiful robin slaughters more
grubs in the month of May and June,
while feeding its young, than David
slew Philistines in his whole life.
And even the hated crow, no doubt,
destroys every year 5000 grubs to every
one kernel of corn. The farmer may
employ :.'scarecrows" to protect his
planted field, for the crow does not
always use good judgment as to the
time and place of his food. He has
some natural rights that even farmers
ought to respect, but we will admit
that the farmer may protect his seed
corn while sprouting in the ground.
The crow has right to living, any
way, if he does not encroach too far
upon conceded rights. Still further,
we insist he fully earns his living by
the good he does, and the farmer can
well afford to feed him, while his crops
are growing, but he shows his igno-
rance by prosecuting him unto death.
Those legislators who make laws and
offer bounty for the destruction of
crows expose their stupidity. The crow
is the farmers real friend, and should
he protected and treated rs such.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
A Sensible Farmer.

A Michigan farmer says that fifteen
years ago the livery stablemen of De
trot were glad to give away their
manure, and frequently were obliged
to hire it removed. 1t now brings
from fifty cents to 81 50 per wagon
load in the locality. This rapid in
crease in value has caused the writer
to cconomize as far as practicable by
manufacturing his own fertilizers. He
goes on to say :-"In this / have sue
ceeded by rearing pigs and feeding
cattle. Previous to the last year |
bought nearly all my own feed. l
now rent land for the purpose of rails
ing it, for which pay an annula rent
of from So to So per acre. If l can
make the sales of pork and pigs, and
amount received for the cattle after
deducting their cost, equal the value
of food consumed, letting the manure
balance the labor, | consider it good
investment But | find | can do bet
ter than this by keeping the small
boned, fine bred pigs. With judicious
and heavy feeding, taking the value
of the manure into consideration, |
think we can compete with the far
NcSUcTn luIulcIS III IdIolIlS poI ~
Our pigs during the past year have
returned 81 900 over the value of the
food they consumed by those sold for
pork, while at the same time we are
establishing a herd of thoroughbred
pigs but we expect greatly increased
profit in the enhanced production of
Of the crops caused by the use of their
manure. make practice of buying
the steers in the fall, either two, three
or four years old, which cost from $50
to $50 each. These are fed until in
good condition, and then sold at from
fifty to 100 per cent advance. There
are farmers who raise cattle till they
are two, three or four years old, merely
giving them feed enough to keep
them alive and make them grow, and
this class of farmers are found all over
the State. I can buy these cattle,
feed them heavily three or four
months and get nearly as much for
keeping them that length of time as
the man did who raised them for keep
ing them two or three years. This
result cannot be reached by a slipshCd
way of farming. My cattle are kept
in warm stables, and fed regularly on
cut hay. straw and stalks, mixed
with pulp, roots and all the corn meal
and mill feed swecpings Of flour mill,
&C. they will bear"
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
CULTIVATING WATER MELONS,

There is nothing better than good
melon, and nothing poorer than Il
mean one. TO secure good water
melons you must have good seed
which can only be had from the finest
varieties. What we call the rattle
snake is about the finest variety,
although there may be smaller vari-
cites jIst as good in taste.
A large melon will always sell
better in market, and on that account
are better tor that purpose. My father
is now selling some melons ut dollar
apiece, while smaller ones can be
bought for twenty-five cents. They
are fine; some Of them weighing 30
pounds, and belong to the rattle snake
species, which is long melon, the
color outside resembling the stripe on
Il rattlesnake, from which, we suppose,
it originally took the name.
BY proper attention and cultivation,
the melon crop can be made very
profitable; last year we Melted at the
rate of 800 per acre.
The following directions for growing
melons for an early market are very
good:
Select Il high and dry soil for the
purpose. Plough it up well and har-
row it. Check of the spot thus
treated, at distances of ten feet each
way. Dig out each check with hoe
or spade, and place in five or six
quarts of cotton seed, or if this can
not be procured, fill the place with
stable manure, partly decompOsed,
Haul over the earth before dug from
the hole, and mix it well with the
manure. This being done, you may
now haul up the manure and earth us
before directed, into hills, on the top of
which you must place Il peek of sand.
Your hills will now be ready for plant
ing. The hills should be made broad
and fiat, and not high.
Soak your seed over night in milk
warm water, and plant them out the
next morning, placing from five to six
seeds in each hill The seed must not |
he covered more than one or two
inches under ground. Water the
hills for Il few days until the seed has
sprouted, and then leave the plants
to run.
As soon a. the plant has got leaves,
take off the central plant with sharp |
knife, and when the lateral shoots are
six inches or foot long, take off all |
but three. When the shoots thus left |
begin TO run TO the ground between
the hills, stake them down with a
small cross stick.
As the vines begin to branch at
every 3 or 4 feet, where the vine
branches, put a shovelfulI of rich earth
over the same, and press it down
tightly with the foot. Wet weather
should be selected for the operation,
and by 50 doing, the vine Will never
fail to take where they have been set.
The space between the hill should be
kept free of grass and by following
the above directions, large melons will
he produced.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
Kansas Played out.

one by one the freedmen who left
around here for Kansas, are returning
to their old homes.
Sam Thomas, colored man who
was doing well here, and had by hard
licks and industrious habits, accumu-
lated some property, left few months
ago for Kansas. There he thought he
soon would grow rich.
lie reached home a few days ago,
perfectly Disguised with the country,
broken down in health and almost
bankrupted. We asked Sam how he
liked the country-don't like dat Ian
sir hard 10 git work, and was sick
all dc time, and sick now.
How much do you suppose you
lost by your trip to Kansas, 500 or
mOre?n
Sir, dat trip to Kansas cost dis
man fully S1OOO Guiding the loss from
not making a crop this year"
He says there are hundreds there
i'm a starving condition, and anxious
70 get back to their old homes, but
have no money. We think the exc
dus 10 Kansas is played out in these
diggins
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
Corn Fodder.

Mr.. Ansel w. Putnam complains OF
drying corn stalks so that his cattle
will not eat them readily. / think If
he will SOW his corn in drills, and
when il is all tasseled out and the
stalks begin to turn yellow at the bot
tcm-fOr ] believe it is at this period
when the Juice becomes sweet and not
before-will cut up the corn, lay it in
gravels, and let it remain 80 from five
to ten OF fifteen days, as he can catch
a dry spell, then begin with the center
one Of five rows of gravel, say ten or
fifteen feet from the end, an armful
and lay It across the row, then another
and lay il across the one laid down,
then across the corners, until the stack
is some three feet high, minding to
keep the middle the highest, and then
by crOwding in the butts raise the
center until it forms perfect cap, and
nut two bands around the top, which
is the only binding done, he will have
no trouble about his cattle eating all
up clean. 1t is very difficult TO cure
c0rn-stalks 50 that they may be safely
piled in large quantities i'm a barn I;
but treated as above described they
will Keep until winter, W longer il
needed. and the stalks will be tender
and the leaves perfectly bright and
green. / thus cut and cure from two
70 four or five acres every year. The
work IL done at about One-quarter the
cost Of the usual way.-Tribune.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
Carp Culture i'm California.

\ correspondent Of the Pacific Rural
Press, gives his experience in the cul-
ture Of carp, which, to say the least, is
very satisfactory to him, and encourag-
ing 10 all who may desire to grow this
kind Of food In January, 1876, he
bought six carp, one of which soon
died. The first year he raised 2044,
and in 1877, 1852, from the same five
fish. In 1873, he disposed Of two Of
the old fish and reared 1900 from the
remaining three. The four fish ponds
costs so each first cost Of fish $50
food $40; total $40. He has sold s415
worth Of fish, and has from 5000 to
5000 carp in his ponds, besides his
family has been eating carp for the
past IS months. The ground devoted
to this industry, that j., the area
covered by the ponds, etc, is about a
half acre and It j. 10 be remembered
that il was wet waste and otherwise
comparatively worthless land at that.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24

COons are going blind around Jack
son, Tenn, and no cause can he as
signed for it.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
OF MISSISSIPPI.

This is home institution, managed by HON
people, and gives its members the benefits of good
reliable insurance at the least possible ACTUAL
COST. No association or society can pretend 10 do
more than that
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
THE ROUSE, Farm, And GARDEN,

OOyDUOYhD BT s. H. STA CKHOUSE.
Parties dcsitldg to communicate with the EdltOr
of this Department OF THE COMET, will address $.
II, Stackh0usc Esq Crystal Springs, Miss,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
CLIMATE AT THE SOUTH.

Northern papers give terrible ac-
counts of the disasters at the North
from smstrokcs, and the effects of
the almost intolerable heat. The
Chicago News of a late date has almost
half column of deaths from sun
stroke, while large number died III
New York during one day. We notice
that while the thermometer marked
nearly 100 degrees in the Northern
cities, it was scarcely 80 degrees in
New Orleans.
Chicago ought to be a cool place in
the summer with her fine breezes
from Lake Michigan, and her open
prairies; but it seems that New Orleans
is lust as pleasant. We have a few
hot days here, but the nights are very
pleasant, and we would not exchange
them for Il more northern latitude.
1t is estimated that there are now
10000 persons from the South travel
ing in the North. Unless they are
very economical their expenses can't
be less than 500 apiece, which makes
Sl,0O0,0O0 of Southern money spent at
the North in order to enjoy their cool
breezes, and breathe the hot air of their
densely populated cities.
Recreation and pleasure are good to
build up those who have been over
worked, but if our Southern climate
is Just as salubrious and healthtul as
that of the North with the thermOme-
ter up to 100 degrees, would it not be
better for some of our people to spend
little of that money at home?
We believe the day is not far distant
when a great many Northerners will
not only spend their winters but also
their summers here.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
w A r N e RS
S A + e
BI T T ERS.

In eliminating the impurities OF the blood, the
natural and necessary result is the cure Of ScrOiu
lous and other Skin Eruptions and Diseases, nclud-
ing Cancers Ulcers and other sores. IL is the best
BtoOd Purifier, and stimulates every. function to
more healthful action, and thus benefit in all
diseases. Dgspepsia, Weakness Of The Stomach,
Constipation, Dizziness General Debility, ETC., are
cured by the SAFE BTTTEIS. 1t Is uneqlialed
as an Appetizer and Regular Tonic
II lisa medicine which should be in every family.
aud which, wherever used, will save payment Of
many Doctors bills
Bottles two Sizes. Prices soc. and 81.
Warmers Safe Remedies are sold by
Druggists and Dealers i'm Medicine
everywhere.
SAFE hidhey and LfBer Cure, SAFE DiaJctes
Cure, SAFE Bitter, SAFE NerDine,
C4fS Pill
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24
Experiments with Early Peas.

Among other interesting trials made
on the grounds of Cornell University
experiment station and Incorporated
in this institutions first annual report,
numbers one conducted for the purpose
of determining the relative earliness
of different varieties of peas. Great
care was taken to have the seed treat
ed alike in every particular. The peas
were planted in moderately rich
sandy loan, thoroughly ploughed to
depth of Gig int inches, and then work
ed into drills. In the bottom of these
drills was spread about two inches of
we'll decompOsed barn-yard manure.
The seed was dropped directly upon
the manure i'm the drills, and covered
two and half to three inches in
depth. Seven varieties of peas were
planted on the same day, and after
wards cultivated alike in every re-
spect. Philadelphia Extra Early,
which produced a large yield Of good
peas, and Rennie's Extra Early with
small yield of fair quality, furnished
their first pickings June s, the earliest
date gained in this test. June 10
Early Caractacus and McLean's Lit
tie Gem each matured their first lot Of
peas. These sorts both produced mid
ding yields, the first of very good and
the latter Of good quality. June ~
marked the date of the first picking
of Carter's first crop; the yield was
large and the quality good. Daniel
O'Rourke and Extra Early Kent ma
tured their first picking June IA. The
Kent grew large crop of fair quality;
the quality Of the OROurke was good,
with a somewhat light yield.
A second and not less valuable eX-
pertinent was tried with seeds Of one
variety-McLean's Little Gem using
seed that had been grown in four diff
ferent localities, viz: Newark, y. J.,
Mimi; Marblehead, Mass;
Ithica n. Y. In this trial it was clearly
indicated that, other things being
equal, crops raised from seed grown /.
where the seasons are short, matured /.
earlier than those from seed grown |
where the season is longer.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-07-24

1t is an uneontrovertible fact that
Mr. Garfield, more than any other
man in Congress, was responsible for
the passage Ofthe back-salary grab. He
could have defeated the measure at
either Of several stages Of its progress,
but he artfully eontrived 10 boost il
along while protesting 70 oppose il. All
the LAWYERS in christendOm cannot ma
nipulate the record 50 as TO clear him Of
this eharge.-WashingtOn Post.
The Osceola times., 1880-07-10
HUMAN MISERY.

A young man, IN not tell his name, snfhce to say
that he
Was sufrsring bitterly alone, the keenest
Nony;
weakness for small feet he had. % one day
with his chum
Went for swslk, and thought 10 show MS foo'-
sizes Of-sech fun.
They siroIled. and strolled. our hero bore Lis
tight shoes ike man.
He only hinisd, martyr-like, lets take 9 street.
car Dan"
But Dan you zee, had number tens encssed
about his feet.
"whatG'' was his answer "think you We could
stand the street-cars hestG'
Our hero smiled Ia siekly smils) and answered,
well that's o.;
but, Dan, let's not walk quite so fast; lets take
It rather slow. {"
why" Dan replied, ''ifwe 90 pokins long at
such q rate
A precious short Walk We will have, for IT is get
ting late"
Our hero sraghtened up bis face and once more
raid That's so:"
But who can tell the pain that hovered 'rsund
his corned toe.
And just a. he had s,ubbed his corn, 90 II seemed
split in half
His chum told him nlnny yarn and expected
him W laugh.
The Osceola times., 1880-07-10

china work, the roses siandin, 49,.
a crispness rs though thev a%W oW with
carved or cast. Then there was asa been
ish dress, Adricnne Lecouyror, Iark.
good deal of brilliant embroiSa, Silh a
and other charming inventlons J On it
as | tell you once more, / corlS con- SShicll,
appreciate through the ecstoc, tu'u only
faint, half-smothered cries of i ol The
tional fair. Itwas really very droIi, IH aevo.
Mas Jest rdriss1RU c'e merr;1..''o 70 near
joti joi! coliP Amid them all lTl'tIuH I'r eea
milllner stalked about with tba a'e man.
look of mastery OF the firm.ya,dp proud
and now and then he picked ON, nv od olfd
his feminine aids 10 put ON a Jroehe ohe Of
twisted her round aud round Sa 10 and
the points. In corner were tvo ~ snow
umental trunks, hardly to be rne.il oo mon,
in length by ones extended arms ,sSsgfed aagl !,
were to convey>the things 10 Ionach %tlch
Even these were got up in the nra,.! n1,,aon
way, lined with SATIN and baar;sest l,Ssuest
huge S b. on the outside of tbe hing Jug a
proof cover of the wicker work 7, I"a.ei'
royal state does Sara set forth IA a1l 'nl'
war into Britain. w '"ffy