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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
Thinning Fruit.
German Telegraph.

ptIlHdh leIeBTaIH.
Whenever we tell friend he should
thin his fruit, he talks about the cur
culio, the cOdling moth, the birds and
the boys, and "guesses there will be
thinning enough before the season gets
through" This is true in its way.
Wherever these troubles exist to any
great extent, it is not much use to
grow fruit at all. But there are some
who do not leave all their gardening
to insects and vermin-some who dis
pute the right of these pests to inter
fere at all, and wage war, successful
war, against them but even these do
not half appreciate the value of thin
ming their fruit.
The evil of Overbearing is particu-
larly apparent in dwarfed pears and
grapes. As general thing there is
rarely a grape vine but would be ben
fitted by having its lunches cut away,
and some of the free bearing dwarf
pears might have from One-third to
One-half. The grapes may he cut
away as soon as they can be seen;
but the pear should be left until some
what grown, as they often fall afteI
they are pretty well advanced. 1t
not only helps the size of the fruit,
but is gain 10 the future health of
he tree.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
White and COIOred Labor.

According to late statistics of the
State Enumeration for COpiah county,
the are IS, 29G bales of cotton raised by
white and 1884 by colored labor in
this county. This IS a good showing,
and ought TO convince the people of
the North, that in some of the cOun-
ties at least, more than one-half Of the
cotton is made by white labor.
1t proves that the white man can
labor in the sun aS well here as at the
North it proves that he is not afraid
to work; and it proves that when this
is the case our country is getting to be
in more prosperous condition.
We have great climate and soil,
and it is destined in few years to he
more largely developed.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02

1t is now the time of the year when
returns are coming in for the work of
the earlier portion of the season-the
early apples, pears, etc, are ready for
market. If one with fruit to sell could
visit the city markets, he would learn
by observation the importance of what
seem to be trifes. 1t will not take
long to learn that much depends upon
careful sorting of the fruit. At least
three grades should be madc-the
" Extra" " Nice" and third sort,
which, in most cases, unless the fruit
is very scarce, should not reach the
market. Usually it does not pay to
market the fruit as it comes from the
tree-the greater uniformity Of the
fruit all through the package, the bet
ter it is for the producer. Very much
depends upon the way the fruit is put
up for the market-the size and shape
of the packages, that they may be
easily handled. The neatness of the
package, with plain Label, goes far
to secure the best prices at the market.
Half barrels oates and baskets are
the packages most used for early APP
Mes and pears, and the last two for
peaches. Whichever of these is used,
the fruit should be packed in firmly
to avoid bruising that would otherwise
follow from shaking. Peaches require
judgment in picking; the longer the
time before they will reach the consul
mer the harder they should be. A sin
gle over-ripe peach in the crate spoils
the looks of the whole package, and
though the fruit in the main be first
class or "eXtra," it can only pass for
poor. The poor specimens are us the
weak links in the chain by which the
value of the whole is estimated. Per-
sons who care nothing for the trees,
and so tear and break the limbs that
they look as if Il hail storm has visited
the region, are not fit to have ill an
ochard 1t must be remembered that
there are seasons to follow, and the
trees should be treated with care ac-
cordingly, only the careful pickers are
profitable pickers. Earlypears require
more care than other fruits, as they
ripen and decay 50 quickly. They
must be picked before they become at
all mellow, and marketed at once. If
for home use, they are best picked
early and ripened in the house.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
a Convenient Land Measure.

To aid farmers 10 obtain accuracy in
estimating the amount of land in diff
ferent fields under cultivation, the
following table is given:
Five yards wide 10y 9GS long contains
one acre.
Ten yards wide hy lsl long contains
one acre.
Twenty yards wide by 2I2 long con-
tains one acre.
Forty yards wide by III long con-
tains one acre.
Seventy yards wide by 80 IL long
contains one acre.
Eighty yards wide by 60 long con-
tains one acre.
Sixty feet wide by 726 feet long con-
tains one acre.
One hundred and ten feet wide hy
5s6 long contains one acre.
One hundred and thirty feet wide by
So5 long contains one acre.
Two hundred and twenty feet wide
by Isl long contains one acre.
-Four hundred and forty feet wide bv
80 long contains one acre.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
YeIIOws In Peaches.
from the American Agriculturist.

From the number and character OF
the letters that are coming TO us, it Is
evident that in some regions, this has
been n very destructive year TO the
peach trees on account of the preva-
icnce of the "yellows" A commune
cation now being before US is from
"E, II. e." st. Joe, Michigan, in
which ii says: "This vicinity has
been a great peach region. The 'yel-
lows begun here about ten years ago,
and has swept every tree from exist
ence. 1t is now claimed that the
business Of peach growing is being
restored in New Jersey, where the
'yellows' prevailed a few years since.
1t is the topic for discussion at our
next meeting" etc.
A recent letter from one of the lead
ingpeach-growers in Delaware, informs
us that there has not been much
trouble in that section from the "yel-
lows for number of years. But
what is the "yellows?n This question
is so frequently asked, that we wish it
could be answered beyond shadow
of doubt. The 'yellowsn has been
claimed by some to be of fungus
origin, while others class it among
those deranged states of plants not
caused, as far as is known, by either
fungi or insects. In order to find out
more concerning the nature of this
destructive disease, we have spent
time in examining the
diseased parts with the compound
In this examination,
which included all the parts Of affected
trees, the leaf, stem, fruit, root, etc,
no traces of fungus could be found.
This, of course, is by no means con-
that the trouble is not caused
by fungus, it is probably one of those
minute kinds like that of the yeast
plant. Recent investigations upon
the pear blight indicate that it may
be caused by n fungus so small as to
require the the higher powers of the
to see-that it can be arti-
ficially propagated on healthy pear
trees by process of incubation, etc.
1t may be that the "yellows" comes
in the same category. 1t is certainly
contagious, as has been proven be-
yond doubt, and though not so sud-
den IN its action as the pear blight, is,
MS many in the Michigan peach belt
and other localities can testify, as
destructive in the end.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
Jersey Butter in New York.

Three-quarters of the highest priced
butter used in New York and New
England to-day, is made from Jersey
cows; it brings from forty to eighty
cents per pound, and the demand is
greater than the supply. The bulk OF
the butter dealers do not handle this,
and it is not known to the newspaper
market reports. AS a rule, it goes
once or twice week from the dairy
where it is made to the dwelling house,
or club, or hotel in which it is eaten;
it has less than one quarter Of an
ounce Of salt to the pound, and thus
none of the finer and aromatic odors
are lost. 1t is made from the milk of
healthy Jersey cows, who eat only
the sweetest food, drink the purest
water and breathe the cleanest air !;
are carded and brushed and carefully
bedded and are always treated with
gentleness. 1t is made from milk
which is Immediately removed from
the stable, though the stable is daily
sprinkled with gypsum, and has no
manure cellar under or near it; it is
made from cream which has risen in
less than thirty-siX hours, in clean tins
and a clean atmosphere; it is granu-
lated and brined or washed in the
churn and worked with the greatest
care is always kept cool, but never
touched with ice, even on the table.
The cows, the milk, the cream, the
salt the tins, the butter, are all kept
clean and in an odOrlcss atmosphere
Country Gentlemen.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
Muck and Manure Compost.

Several inquirers are interested to know
the proportion Of manure to muck in COM
posts; That dcpends-lst on the quality
and texture of the muck ,, on the rich
ness and heating quality of the manure.
If the muck is quite dry and pulverulent,
one load of horse manure to five of muck
will bring on a good heat soon after the
heap Is laid up, especially if it gets good
soaking rain. But if the muck is lumpy
and the manure stale and perhaps mixed
with much litter and COW dung, one to
three will be better. After any heap has
come 10 a good heat, cut it over, add more
muck if you think il hest, and let it heat
again. Tankings, ground scrap, cake.
castor pomace, hen dung, pigeon dung and
many similar heterogeneous and easily fer
menting substances are substitutes for sta-
blc manure, and may De used in smaller
quantities
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02

Winter is coming, and all having
Farms or even Garden Plots will find
valuable aid i'm the American Agri-
culturist for October, just issued with
is hundreds Of practical directions,
hints and suggestions. Among lead
ing topics are Work for the month a
$1,000 Farm House, with plans and
specifications Shelter for Stock Nu-
merOus Hints and Helps for Farmers;
Humbug- Exposed; a full Household
and ChildreD's departments, ete.-15
cents per number; 81 80 per annum
Orange Judd Company, publishers,
24j broadway, New York.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
THE GEGA+ nR
KIDNEY RECU II6


KTDNEGEN IL highly rec Z, pr T0lil I
and unsurpassed for Nas.s1sT-S plis.
KIDNEYS. DItOpSN. ISIS, NEHlg,.,
EASE, LOSS of ENEItes1. ,II1 T1ese
DEBILITY, OF my OBs al, ADpiS
arising from GRAVEL =. a1V ri y
DISEASES. Also for =. .,.s1s9soN NJ
BLOOD and KIDNEY
infected maIarial sectle1ns'sT IFN
~ By the disfiilatiun Of ht9l5W MALI y II
JUMPER BERRIES and hAhisIl --itisalJ 2
discovered KTDNFGFN, which as " srIssis y ,
Kidneys and Urinary Organs, Tfln 49, 80 n irfl
Bladder and any siraiulug, sulartlli ii.lih w =
the water passages, giving tntia - ~ uriua -
causing healthy color and essy - ifiIauf hi "
- iaken Al All times IN al cllals-. go b. -
The gystem. Unlike any ot-l5l 80 AMI -.
difficulties. II has ven llaasis .t.9geiie ~ =
and favor II contains posl y ' : 49,, sspet 81, >
and piIl not umuaente. laala EIDNhbR
Ike n and fseufiemen WI nm ~
barf KiilneT Tonic ever usedl -. .s,,afurs 9 =
EOTICF.-Fach bottle llearA u se-7rr e1sl-il
RFNCF 4 MARTIN, also q -. t--salf -
sI1nr. which pern1ifs X IDh ~ -. sls Z.
coussl b druEEists lErocers ana o.. "a 49,
NJ - q ouars-sEus Hofflss for ee.sfa ,..s..ss y
laWFFNcE q n1ETIH. Proc =. - S',ss go
~ Sid b. Druggists. erooels ~
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
j ACKSON
SCHOOL.
The undersigned will, ON next
MONDAY. THE goth.

Open a Male school at the High SchO0l Building
The session will lie divided into two terms the
last Of which will begin February 7ih, and close
June path. 1851 Pupils in the school, after the
first month will BE- considered as entered fn the
term. Instruction shall be thOrOu.sh aud due at
tenti0u shall be- given TO each pupil whether with
vita a view 81 preparing him for college or for
business!
The Principal undcrtakes this enterprise with
the intention 81 building up a permanent school,
aud asks the iearty cooperation aud patronage Of
the parents ufiJaekson.
English Branches per month. 90
Latin, Greek aud Freneh-eaeh cxtra.--..-..- I %
These tersls cover the rent aud fuel fees % tina
thcHc viii D. no charge far incidental expenses.
Cfmpeteut A. isfanis win be Obained when
neeessary. RESPECTFULLY,
Sepls-'s0. ROBT. X JAYNE
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02

P,uy House, Canal and n.rlnue 'sis.
seIIs-2D NEW ORLEANS, Ia.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02
HOUSE

BYRON LEMLY, Druggist
r,vt5c,1 jackson Mss
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-10-02

Ihets card Of references covers Eve millions Of
dollars 81 work delivered frnm Maine 20 California
Ihey have branch Offices az Isl Ilslle ST. chicago
lll9 Olive ST., 81. Louis; and At the enrnor Canal
and Boronne streets, New Orleans. At the latter
City, during the last two yeas, they have erected
many hahusome and Imposing monuments and
tofnis, among the number the f,IIowinr. Uerias =
dez i.edWiiz, Morris. s1loy, Washington ARTILLERY
and Meuan- The latter stands SC feet high and
~ without douli the finest one iu the Southern
oiuhify. They, ahuVc all competitors. were
9Hara,i The contract laar erecting The Mississippi
ints- Monument. Members d the pnss As ueia-
i"n are entirely pleased with a G. work auI viii
reffiininend The firm 90 she public This finn has
under contract She monument of the Army Of
Northern Virginia. 1lnui-iaTa Uirisinu Persons in
the Hnuth desiring monument work should atllrfss
ihe DoiuIuuy's General Agent,
ClIAS A. ORLEANS,
f,uy House, Canal and liarBnue sis
5erls-3J NEW ORLEANS. la
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
WHOLE NO. 1898.
SCHOOL LAW.
From the Lansing Republican.

From the Lansing Republican.
I. In primary school districts any district Of
fcer Is entitled to such pay for his services as
the qualified voters at district meeting agree
to raise by taxation for such purposes (sec. 81,
Gen. sch Laws OF 1879 In graded school
districts district officers may be paid such COM
pensation as the board may decide upon, pro-
vded the district votes tax for such purpese.
A district board has no authority TO pay officers
for services n case the district has refused 70
raise money for such purpose.
2. When district at its annual meeting de-
cides that school shall be maintained certain
number Of months (not less than the minimum
required by sec. Sc, Gen. Sch. Laws OF 1879 il
becomes obligatory upon the district board TO
provide for that number OF months school.
Should the board fail 10 do 81, its members are
liable to the penalties prescribed 70: neglect of
duties.
3. Whenever board OF school insrecteis
altar the boundaries or change The nnmbere or
any school districts, it is the dnty OF the town.
ship clerk to deliver 10 the director Of every
district affected notice in writing stating tie
alterations made and diagram showing he
boundary lines.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

An agonized cry for help comes from the
furnishing Irish people, and it should be re-
sponded to. The Americans are quick to SYM
pathize with suffering and relieve it. But we
do not see how the payment Of 81 per seat to
hear agitators make speeches in this country
will put bread in the mouths Of the starving on
the other side OF the water. 1t reminds us of
Artemas Wards experience with Fenian en-
eral, who used to stamp on the British opprsss-
or by eating canvss-back ducks and drinking
champagne in high-toned New York restau
rant, at $40 plate, for the emancipation OF
tho down-trodden children Of Erin, the money
being contributed by day laborcrs and hired
girls.-Lansing Republican.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
TIE TEMPERANCE BALLOT.
From the Portland, Ore, New Northwest.

From the Portland, Ore, New Northwest.
Large numbers of women, who wall not come
out openly and demand equal political priv
ieges with men, are yet becoming 30 imbued
with their presnet inability to cope with the
liquor traffic that they are asking the ballot
for home protection" That is, after labor
ing in many ways to rid tho country OF the
course OF intemperance; after trying the Good
Templars plan; after giving up the crusade OF
prayer; after having urged the adoption of
temperance textbooks, aud after working IN
other ways TO secure the needed reform, they
have bat one resort left-and that resort should
have been the first method tried-the ballot
Those who, for years, have advsed women to
work for the suffrage, IN order that their de-
mands and wishes might meet with considera-
ton, but who have been rldiculed and kept
back by over-nice advocates, now take satlsfac-
ton IN seeing the plan they have advocated
from the first coming into general favor. Wo-
men have found by sad experience that in
temperance cannot be fought successfully un-
less Its opponents have equal power with its
protectors.
Miss Willard is the most conspicious advocate
OF the new system of treating the whiskey
question. She has found that many wome
who fear the term 'strong minded" If they
demand equality, will yet enlist under the ban
ner OF home protection" When they find
that the exercise OF the importance ballot 10
such simple matter, they will be ready to use
all the privileges which should of right belong
to them. This Temperance ballot" scheme is
an indirect method OF educating extra-careful
women up to the grand idea OF human free
dom and universal equality. Women may vote
against liquor, but their decision will not be
carried out, for the reason that they have no
power 10 select officers. The officials will not
care cen. about their decree on the liquor
question until the women have voice n the
selection OF those who fill the Offices and IKE
cute the laws. When women find that their
DEGREES in regard TO the sale Of liquors are
treated with contempt, they will inquire as to
the reason, and will find that they must have
the power to name all the officers before their
opinions will have weight. In other words,
officials will side with hquor-selers while they
have say in the choice Of the candidates and
the women have not. The women mus. have
the ballot, unrestricted, to successfully fight
the liquor traffic.
To show the effect which the present sgita-
ton is having, we give the following extract
from letter TO the editor Of the Womsn's
Journal from the wife of Governor Wallace,
OF Indiana:
The conviction is growing in the minds Of al
thoughtful, Christian temperance women that
the ballot in their hands is necessity, IN order
to secure and enforce temperance legislation.
God hasten the day when all true women for
God and bone and native land shall be awaken =
ed to the recognition OF their duty and right to
ask for the ballot in it's broadest significance.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
PROP. TYNDALL's LATEST WORD.

This article is handed In with request to
publish. We do not know from what. paper it
was taken, therefore cannot give credit to the
last paragraph.-ED. NoRTHRRNER.
II asked whether science las sol7ed, or is
likely in our day to solve, Inc problem OF the
universe, must shake my head in doubt. Be-
hind and around us, the real mystery OF the
universe lies unsolved, aud as far as we are
concerned, is incapable OF solution. The prob
lem OF the connection OF body aud soul is a.
insolable in it's modern form az 1t WAS IN the
pre-scientlfic ages.
There ought to be clear distinction made
between science in the state OF hypothesis and
science in the state Of fact.
And. inasmuch as it is still IN its hypothetl-
cal stage, the ban of exclusion ought to fall
upon the theory Of Evolution.
After speaking OF the theory of Evolution ap-
Piled to the primitive condition Of matter. as
belonging to the dim twilight OF conjecture,
the certainty OF experimental Inquiry is here
shut out.
Those who hold the doctrine of Evolution are
by no means ignorant OF the uncertainty Of
their data, and they only yield to it provisional
assent.
In reply to your question, they will frankly
admit their inability to point to any satisfac-
tory experimental proof that life can be de-
vsloped, save from dsmonstrable antscedent
life.
1 s.are virchows opinion that the theory of
Evolution IN its complete form, involves the
assumption that At some period or other OF the
earth's history, there occurred what would be
now call spontaneous generation. Iagres with
him that the proofs of it are still wanting.
hold, with virchow, that the failures have been
lamentsble; that the doctrine is utterly dis
credited.-Fortnightly Review.
After this, what becomes OF oil the chief uni
versities OF this county, which, according to the
Independent, teach Evolution? ? They must
now wheel about with ryndall once more. The
Observer wrote to the chief universities OF the
country to ascertain il the Independents as
serton was correct aud found that one and al
denied It, The independent, nothing daunted
said the Observer should have applied to the
professors within whose department this ques-
ton comes, and affirmed again that they taugot
Evolution. 1t is to be hoped il the Observer
does not do this, that the president OF the
universities will do so forth With. II is intolera
BILE that the youth OF the country should b'
crammed with unsubstsntial imsginations a
war with all experience and common sense Of
well as with Scripture.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

Deadheadism" has swollen 10 such degl ee
IN New York that about one seventh OF all the
persons who attend theaters pay nothing for
admission. The press furnishes bat a small
part OF this noble army. The owners OF bill
boards, the changers" OF Autographs In the
windows OF stores, the clerks OF hotels, the
passenger agents OF railroads, the police offic-
ers, employees OF the fire department and post
Office. and politicians who are supposed to run
the city government, all claim deadbead tickets.
The newspapers, while furnishing the largest
equivalent, enjoy the smallest recognition in
this limo. 1t is believed by the Dramatic News
that the 20 theaters Of the city seat 100000
visitors per month. and $4,000 Of them were
deadheads. The system of "psperingr the
house, or giving away tickets by the hundred to
fill up theater and make q show of success, ia
on the wane.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

There is one woman il seems who has 20
cured her rights. This IS MISS Howard, a
Canadian girl, that the Toronto Mail teDs
about. She was a girl OF great energy and
succeeded in completing her professional odu-
cation in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She was poor
aud had to deny herself many Of the comforts
and even tho necessities OF life before sho be-
came an NJ. ID. But she psrsevered and nov.
she is a brilliant success 40 physician in China
Her shingle 10 hung out in nensin and as last
accounts she had been sent to Pekns m .
royal barge that was loaded with presents on
account OF her skillful treatment Of the wife
OF prominent Chinese official.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

Every" Ready LetterWriter' should contain
a formula something like this:
DEAR EDrroR-Will you kindly insert the
inclosed letter in your valuable paper: The
tickets for the coming entertainment in aid of
the - society are not selling 40 we'll as we
could desire, and Il 10 our wish to get up q
Newspaper controversy on the subject in order
to call public attention to the good cause, etc.,
etc.-Buffalo Courier.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06

Miss N. Pmpton, OF stursis, who has served
as stamp clerk in the Kalamazoo postoffice,
and assistant postmaster at Iona, has been sp-
pointed to . clerkship in the postoface depart
ment At Washington.