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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-10-31
CHESTER COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.

We, tho undersigned, James H. Hamilton,
John Millen and p. Blanks, do hereby GER
tify that we were present and did assist in
the ginning and weighing of lot Of cotton
of the Peterkin Improved variety:-- Seed
cotton, 1920 IBIS; yield Of lint 574 lbs, or 40A
lbs to 100 lbs seed cotton. Also tina. 1857 lbs
seed cotton of the same lot Tinted 1855 lbs.
The above mentioned. cotton was gins.ed
on T. II. Moffat's Field Gin, without taking
any extra care in ginning; also, that the
above mentioned cotton was raised by Capt.
o. A. Wylie on his plantation at Wylie's
Mills, in the county and State above writ
ten. ]. 6. HAMILTON,
JOHN MULLEN,
P. M. BLANKS,
Certified and subscribed before me, this
gath day of October. 1884.
JOHN G. MAGILL, Notary Public.
STATEsBURe, s. c., Dec. l, 1884.
Capt. J. A. Peterkin:
this year planted the seed bought Of you
II nd am pleased with them. It has made
more seed cotton per acre than any other
cotton, stood drouth better, and turned out
ii per cent of lint. I can sell some seed in
my neighborhood tor you.
Yours respectfully.
DESSUMORE BULL.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-10-31

A Swedish engineer has invented an
instrument whereby It is indicated at
railway stations whether the points
on the line are in working order or
not. The instrument is worked by
electricity, the warning OF disengage-
ments being given by means of bells;
otherwise the invention Is, of couse, a
secret. The railway authorities are
satisfied with 1t, and permission has
been given to At the apparatus for ex-
periments ON several of the State lines
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-10-31
BAsTRoP, La, January %, 1885,

BAsTRoP, La, January 26, 1885.
Geo. A. Peterkin, ESQ.,:
Dear Sri take pleasure in testifying to
tho value Of the Peterkin Cotton Seed. 1
plant little less than a quarter of an acre.
The seed were planted about the 10th Of
May on the bayou land and received the
usual cultivation without any fertilizer. 1t
until the crop was made. The yield of
lint was at the rate of 62S pounds per acre,
and considering the waste from ginning so
small a quantity in an empty lint room,
cent of lint cotton, and think so we'll of
the seed I now give you my order for
seventy-tive bushels Of see'l to plant this
year. Respectfully,
PLANrEKsviILE, La, December /, 1885.
Capt. g. A. Peterkin;
gave me planted 3M acres land. All who
saw the cotton admit that it had only two
thirds stand. I am satisfied there was not
cotton on the whole sa acres to cover
acres, packed five bales weighing 436 net
lint each. The cotton grew finely all sum-
mer. Did not wilt nor suffer from hot, dry
weather, Us other cotton did. No rain from
July i until picked. Saw no sign of rust.
Two pounds cotton to the stalk was a COM
mon occurrence.
I exhibited one stalk at the Southeast
Arkansas Fair in October, which won first
premium for best stalk cotton raised in the
district. This stalk had ono hundred and
sixty well-open hollis on it. The Peterl<in
improved cotton will yield over 40 per cent
lint per 100 lbs seed. 1t Is the most prolific
and In every way the hardest cotton ever
Dickson, Duncan's Prolific and many 9TH
ers. Would not sell my cotton seed for So
per bushel and plant any other.
Yours Truly, r. s. NUM-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-10-31

Hyosclne, a worse sedative than
is being used in New York.
It comes from a German plant, and
has been occasionally sold by German
apothecaries at seventy-five cents q
grain but the demand has recently in
creased and that price has gone up.
The danger arises from the fact that 1t
Is very powerful, aud the risk of over-
doses is great. It's habitual use pro-
duces muscular paralysis and violent
delirium.
A curious point noticed by London
caterer, whose place is patronized to
great extent by opera goers, is that the
latter make a ssrun" on beer on nights
when Wagner music is produced,
while on Strauss occasions the demand
is equally as great for wine, aud almost
80 for champagne.
Young aliigators are raised and tanned
for Northern visitors by a Sanford
(F'la.) man, who finds it quite lucra-
tive business. He has now a hundred
4 ID N
of the animals under training and
reports his sales last season would have
been five times the number could he
have procured the alligators.
Bachelorlsm Is becoming more popu.
lar In France. In ITO the single men
numbered $50 per 1000 inhabitants
while this year they are found to be il
the proportion Of 224 to the 1000
Crimes, mortality and suicides ar.
proportionally larger In the unmarried
4 portion of the community.
| Queen Victoria will enter on tn,
fiftieth year of her reign on June 20
1886, and It Is stated that the corpora.
ton of the city OF London is planning
la great celebration of the event.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-10-31

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HILL the way OF making money In a few
days than you Thought possible at any business
Capital net rquirsl You can live at home and work
ages grApd pacecssf 800 to IS easily earned every
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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-10-31

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rs FOR, ALL.
The Times Democrat

Tho ideal newspaper for tho office, the shop
and the hoIHc. 1t is n necessity, Mt ~ pI let. 50
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omy, Tits O luxury to which all other Injuries
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foremost IN all good work. entcrprieinG In all
things. It
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muico to subscribers at TWELVE DOLLARS
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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
The Average Cost Of Living.

How many persons have even arough
idea of the average sum upon which by
far the larger part of the citizens of the
United States are fed, clothed and
housedP A recent statistician estimates
that eighty per cent. of the population
of this country is supported by from
forty-ive to fifty cents per capita a day.
at the latter figure this makes $164.25
as the average annual cost of living;
but, as by average VIZ mean the baia,:ce
between extremes, there must be many
persons who have not even this sum to
live upon. That fifty cents a day is .
generous estimate will be admitted when
it is remembered that many mill opera
tives earn only from five to seven dollars
a week, and that the wages of farm
hands run from twenty to thirty dollars
a month, and hat ON these sums several
persons are often supported. When it
is remembered, too, that some other
human beings have a yearly income
equal to what is necessary for the sub
sistence of 500 or 1000 of these .'aver-
age" mortals, the startling contrast be-
tween the extremes of our modern So
ciety must be most evident. -PhIodeL
nki0 Bulletin.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
FARM N

Many good COWS r spoiled by A.
lowing them to sleep out some warm
night on the ground before the frost is
all out. Be careful to keep the cow in
at nights until the ground gets warm.
-Frairie Farmer.
-Cocoanut Drops: One pound Of
dered sugar, q scant quarter of a pound
of -four, and the well-beaten whites of
six eggs, Mix well, drop from a spoon
into the pans and bake in a quick oven
The Household.
Neglected peach trees grow i'll
shaped, with long limbs which often
break. If each spring, half to two
thirds the length of the shoots of the
former year is cut away, the result will
be a compact head and more and better
fruit.-T0ledo Blade.
Pudding: YeIks of two eggs; one
pint of milk: a couple of crackers rolled
fine, nutmeg, and a tablespoonful of
sugar. Bake half an hour. Beat the
whites with sugar to make a frosting.
Spread on the top, and place in the
oven to brown.-N. E. Farmer.
Don't forget that the pasture fields
should have some attention, at least as
| well as the grain fields. Weeds, briers
and bushes should be eradicated from
| them Just as carefully as from the po-
tato lot. Many farmers would be as
tonished to know how greatly the pas
ture yield can be increased by the aid of a
little fres hseed and manure occasionally.
and the keeping down of all alien
| growth.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Using Tablecloths: A good way to
make use of old red tablecloths which
are no longer suitable for the table, is
to cut them in good-sized pieces and
keep them in a drawer in the pantry,
and on baking days bring them forth to
lay the warm bread, or cookies, or cakes
upon. They may take the place of
towels in many other ways, and prove
a substantial economy.-Erchange.
An exchange says: Have a shelf
made at a proper height from the floor,
with holes in it large enough to allow
buckets to go half way down. Feed
either milk or ground feed in buckets
and set them in their holes, and the
calves can not either turn them over Or
put their feet in them. There should
be a bracket to every calf in the pen,
so there will be no crowding and all
can get their shares.
Milk Soup Three pints of milk,
the yelks of two eggs, a tablespoonful
of fine flour, a couple of peach leaves or
some lemon peel, a little froth, and
sugar to taste. Keep them stirred over
the fire till on the point of boiling over;
have the whites of the eggs whisked to
a stiff snow with a little sugar. When
the soup is poured into the tureen, take
desert spoonfuls of the snow, sprinkle
powdered cinnamon over, throw them
into the soup and serve immediately
Boston Budget.
Squash Biscuit: Use canned squash,
or the fresh vegetable, peeled and
steamed; rub the squash through a col
ander with a potato masher;. to each
pint of squash add a tablespoonful Of
melted butter, a palatable seasoning Of
salt and pepper, two eggs beaten to
froth and enough flour to form a stiff
batter; pour this batter at once into
buttered patty pans, and bake the bis
cult in a moderate oven until they are
brown; serve them hot.-N. 7. Post.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
The Presidents Deaf Caller.

The story is told of a very deaf Phil
adelphian who called on MI. Cleveland
soon after election. He had heard about
the influence Mr.. German, of Baltimore,
had Owe Mr.. Cleveland, and he called
to warn him against ''that crowd" He
went into details to show him what a
hard lot the Baltimorean's were, and
appeared to know them ell intimately.
The Governor listened with all his ears,
occasionally yelling ''Yes!" or .NoI'
into the horn of the VISITORS ear-trum-
pet, and never suggesting that he had
had about enough of It. Presently
Colonel Lamont, who had been sympa-
thizing with the chief, had occasion to
leave the room. AS he passed in the
a of the Governor his Excellency
still seemed intent on the old mans re-
cital, never taking his eyes from his
face, but as the private Secretary got
directly behind him he heard his famil.
lar voice say in a wearisome aside:
'tDan, this is the worst racket I ever
struck" But the visitor was innocent
of all suspicion, and Cleveland listened
patiently until he finished. -Philadel
phiG Telegraph.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
SPRING SEEDING.
che Advantages of Seeding for Grass
the Spring Time.

Advantages of Seeding for Grass in
the Spring Time.
: The stocking of cultivated fields with
grass and clover seed in the spring was
almost universal in this country fifty |
years ago and more. 1t was accom- |
panied very generally with the sowing
of oats, OF barley, the grain being
plowed or narrowed in, the ground
leveled with a bush-harrow, and the
mediately following the bush. Some
times the ground was gone over again
with the bush or roller to give a slight
covering to the seed, and to firm the
surface. The two crops upon the same
soil in one season was thought to be
economy of labor. But there was al
ways a serious objection to this prac-
tice. The oat crop, if it was stout,
smothered the grass and clover, and if
drought came on soon after the oats
were cut, most of the grass withered
and there was said to be a ''poor catch"
of the seed; the work must be done over
again. Not a few old-style farmers still
follow this method of seeding. In
later years, progressive farmers have
experimental with early fall sowing of
grass and clover without any grain
crop. There should be a previous ro-
tation of corn, or potatoes, or other
hoed crops, with abundant fertilizers
from the stable, and deep blowing and
a thorough fining of the soil with the
harrow and firming of it with the roller.
This work, if done in September, rarely
fails to give a satisfactory catch of the
| seed, and to make a thick, heavy sod
the following season, and to bring a
permanent meadow, that, with occa-
sional top dressing may be kept in
meadow for a long series of years, al
ways provided that there is but one
| crop of hay cut in the season, and the
aftermath is not grazed. The main OBJ
lection to this practice is, that it comes
at a time in summer when the teams
are not at their best, and wanted for
more pressing labors in other directions.
There is a strong temptation for farm
ers of limited means to delay the fall
seeding, if they approve of it, until No
vember, when the young grass and
clover just starting is liable to be
thrown out by the freezing and thawing
and to perish. The late fall and early
winter often furnish favorable weather
for blowing, and q thorough prepara-
ton OF the soil for seeding. The more
of this that can be done in a season of
comparative leisure the better. Seed
sowing at this time is not a safe prac-
tice in this latitude. But in the early
spring. when the frost is out, and the
4 ground is sufficiently dry for blowing,
sow the grass seed and give it the bene-
fit of the whole season to make roots
and lay the foundation for a meadow.
This is not likely to be done with a
grain crop sown at the same time. 1t
can not be done upon our long-abused
soils without manure and thorough
preparation. The stirring and mellow
ing of the soil is a substitute for ma
nure only within limits easily reached.
The best results are to be gained with
a liberal application of fertilizers and q
thorough preparation of the SOIL
american Aqriculturist.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
STRAWB FERRIES.

How Every One Who Has a Garden May
BE Supplied With the Delicious Fruit.
Every n having a garden may
secure delicious fresh strawberries with
very little trouble, if he so wills. One
of the most successful growers for the
market in this country is Mr.. Parker
Earle. who writes as follows: Now to
begin with the beginner at the begin
ming of a strawberry plant alton: First,
take good land if you can get it; if not
take poor and enrich it if you can. If
you are planting for home use, be sure
you plant on some kind of land; if you
can't get good, take poor. You can and
should grow strawberries for your own
table. If for commercial purposes, it is
desirable that the conditions should be
favorable. Select then the best soil you
can command-such as would grow
potatoes or corn. Plow well in fall and
spring; good common blowing will do.
Don't fool away money in trenching or
deep ~sub-soiling unless you like to-.
Plant in fall; not in spring or summer.
In setting plants don't follow any
~aristocratic directions. Don't dig a hole,
then make a mound in the hole, then
spread the roots equally all around
that mound and then sift in the earth
through a sieve, as some good people
say; I say don't do it that way unless
you greatly enjoy the fun of the thing.
That will do for a dozen plants. but it
is too slow for large quantities, and a
fast, easy way is just as good. Your
ground being well prepared, plowed,
narrowed and rolled, mark off carefully
for rows. Your plants, being well
trimmed, should be dipped in water
and placed in a pail. An active boy
should take the pail of plants and place
them deity in openings which you
make with a good spade. Thrust the
spade in before you at an angle of forty
five degrees, the boy puts in the plants
while you withdraw the spade and press
the earth firmly over the roots of the
plants with your foot. This is easy to
do, and a man and boy can set four
thousand or five thousand plants in a
day in good shape. Cultivate carefully
and thoroughly, but very shallow e to
the plants. Do this all summer, let no
weeds grow Let as many runners
grow as will make a narrow matted
row, cut the balance; keep the middles
clear. Mulch in the fall heavily be-
tween the rows, lightly over the plants.
Don't disturb them in the spring.
If you pick for market, pick every
day; put no poor ones in the boxes. If
you eat these berries you will be glad
you planted them. If you sell them /
hope you will get well paid.-Prairie
| Farmer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16

The Way They Should be Planted to Sc
cure the Best Results.

The Way They Should be Planted to Se-
cure the Best Results.
The most important point in setting
out currant bushes is to set them out.
Set them where you can cultivate on
each side of them, and not against the
fence or wall. AS often treated, cur
rants are a nuisance. The bushes soon
become stunted and covered with moss,
the caterpillars destroy the leaves, and
what few currants we get are small, I'M
ripe and nearly worthless. Why should
they be otherwise They are never
MANFRED. cultivated OF hoed, rare
ly pruned, and no efforts are made to
destroy the caterpillars until half the
leaves are stripped from the branches.
If any of our readers have such bushes,
the first thing to do is to set out new
ones on new land. Let the old ones re-
main until the new mes come into bear
ing and in the meantime give the old
ones a dressing of manure, cultivate or
fork and hoe the ground around them
and keep down the weeds, afterwards
cut out all dead branches and all that
are so far gone as to be hopeless. As a
field crop, when you have access to a
railroad station or near market, and can
secure pickers. currants a be grown
with considerable profit. But you must
plant on rich land, or make it rich with
manure and keep the soil all through the
growing season well cultivated and free
from weeds. Were we about to set out
several acres of currants, we should set
them out in rows not less than six feet
apart, and three feet apart in the rows.
This would give twenty-four hundred
and twenty bushes per acre. Seven or
eight feet apart would be better. The
most popular red variety is the cherry.
-ErcHnn0p-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Wearing the Obi Bow in Japan.

If Japanese should take an Ameri-
can wife to Japan she would be treated
just as the native wife. She would be
placed in a harem and bound by the
rules of the country. She would also
be compelled to adopt the native dress
and veal the obi bow behind. The obi
is a wide sash which all Japanese wo-
men wear around their waists. If they
are married the obi is tied in a large
bow behind. If unmarried the bow is
adjusted in front. The Japanese dude
never makes any mistakes as to whether
a woman is married or single. because
the law compels them to always veal
the obi. If a single woman breaks the
law by tying the obi behind, she is sub.
jected to severe punishment.-M Y
Mail and Erpress.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
For . Women.

MRS. LYDIA E. PINKHAM: About the
first Of September, 1881, my wife was taken
with uterine hemorrhage. The best styp-
tics the physician could prescribe did not
check it and she got more and more en-
feebled. She was troubled with Prolapsus
Uteri, Leucorrhea, numbness of the limbs,
sickness of the stomach and loss Of appe-
tite. I purchased a trial bottle of your
Vegetable Compound. She said she could
discover a salutary effect from the first dose.
Now she is comparatively free from the
Prolapsus, Stomach's sickness, &c. The
hemorrhage is very much better and is
less at the regular periods. Her appetite
is restored, and her general health and
strength are much improved. We feel that
We have been wonderfully benefited and
our hearts are drawn out in gratitude for
the same and in sympathy for other suf-
ferers. for whose sakes we allow our names
to be used"
G. W. EATON, Thurston, N. Y.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-04-16
Painful Impressions.

A remarkable Characteristic of the
average newspaper reader of the day Is
the eagerness and avidity one seeks for
painful impressions caused by perusfng
accounts of human suffering. Is there
q railroad accident, a steamboat disas-
Ter, a hanging, a lynching, a murder or
anything of this nature wildly written
up and glowingly pictured in reporto-
lial descriptive style, it at once becomes
the most interesting item of the paper.
Managers of our large and most success
1iul metropolitan dailies pander to this
corrupt and morbid taste of their pa
irons. A reporter will be dispatched q
hundred miles to gather the latest and
most minute details of some licentious
rape or revolving murder, while the
deeds of the good and the virtuous are
never known outside a narrow limit.
Full many a rose is born to blush unsee
And waste its fragrance on the desert
air"
ALI this is evidence of mental disease,
Q truth that can not be c0ntradicted.
They that are clothed and in their right
mind 10th evil and a recital of evil ways;
with them it is "peace on earth and
good will toward men," Heaven on
EARTH is printed on their banner, while
sail their ways r ways Of pleasant
ness and all their paths are peace" Not
all are conscious of their mental inn
pairment; SO long have they suffered
from urinary, digestive and nervous dis
orders, that they consider their feelings
and impressions natural and common to
even healthful individuals. But If all
such should regain perfect health and
strength of mind and body by using DR..
GUYSOTT'S YELLOW DOCK AND SARSA-
PARILLA, they would experience q
change of feeling that would be most
gratifying and pleasurable.