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Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
PREPARING CUTTINGS FOR PLANTING.

Cuttings of grape vines may be pre-
pared so that much larger proportion
will grow if little extra care be taken.
Before the cutting can send forth roots
callous must form on the lower side.
This is helped by keeping it immersed in
moderately moist sand, at temperature
of forty or fifty degrees. Cover the en-
tire cutting, as it is not desired that the
bud should start. In greenhouses the
cutting is inserted in sand underneath
which pipes run to furnish bottom heat.
The bud is left exposed to the air, which
is most of the time cooler than the soil.
In this way the root is ready to start as
soon as the expanding bud makes call
for more sap. Where the cuttings are
to be planted in open air in the spring,
keep them in the sand without watering
all the winter. When ready to put out
the callous will be plainly formed, while
the bud will be scarcely swelled. Ex-
posed to warmth and light the bud will
quickly start into leaf, but the root start
ing at the same time, there will be no
check to its growth. Guilt
gator.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
HIRAM HAYRIcK ON ECONOMY.


Now, dear Tidy, femme tell ye thet thar is
Fer TO be sorter savin' fer the comm rainy day.
An ye mustn't sit all fiustered, when 1 toll ye
TO begin.
Fust, by parin all tho taters leetle clusser to
the skim
1t may save very leetle but it's savin' Jest the
same,
An will figger up an item, suro as Tidy is yer
name.
Now come to think it over. thar's q han kercher
OF mine,
Out a-swingin' an a-tearin' all to tatters ON the
line
Thars the socks ye knitted fer me only bout
year ago
Tibet ye hewitt heeled dozen times or darned
EN- at the toe;
Then my ole blue shirts OF fannin might be
med as good as new,
Eff some bussoms war put in EN- an another
sleeve or two
An ye're gittin' quite extrayasint In usin' karo.
sine,
With yer sittin' up a-sewin' things fer sickly
Wilder Green.
Most pint is gone already an no more n a week
is past
Why, at sech ratio of spendin Rockerfeller
couldn't last
Burnin frewood to butte is moren others'd do
fer u.s.
Not to count the thread yere buyin' an the con-
slant worry an fuss.
Efreward is comm to ye fer the things We got
an med.
WI! III tLuiuet uon sne tuailk ye, lot De wait
in till ye're dead?
| All the sugar ye hev gin her, an the coffee, an
the tea
| Might 'er brung thankee frum her but 1t didn't
| N street
An ye might keep on givin' till we hear the
| crack o doom,
But the widdern never thank We, settin' lazy In
her room.
Now, l amt gittin' stingy, fer wouldn't hev
| it sed
| Thet Ole Hiram wuz miser when they Law in,
/ with the dead;
But it's this, an that an t'other thing tibet fills
| me with alarm,
Fer a keerless waste II never lift the mortgage
| off the farm
Did ye say ter quit terbackera Wall. I'd like to
But we know, dear Tidy. smokin' seems to do a
| power of good;
1t Jest holds sorter comfort tibet no smoke,
| kin explain,
An if should quit, git sick, an die, wha,
| then'd be the gain?
Did ye say to stop my bitters2 Now. dear Tidy,
| do ye think
Tibet ever could hev weathered 1t through life
without drink?
Yes, it costs leetle item, but couldn't ever
quit
Course know ye're savin', Tidy, mighty saw.
in, admit.
Shucksl the leetle things 1 spoke on aren't
worth a tinker's song"
co II ak We to excuse me, wuz iokin' all
Yet it's did, an how dunno, but thar is
sartin way
Fer to be a-sorter savin' fer the comm rainy
| dayi
| Chicago Ledger.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
Wanted to Know ALI Ahont II.

Papa, how do you nail campaign
lie?"
with the hammer of truth, my son.
Don't bother me"
And the editor smiled sardonically
and resumed work on the leading arti-
Gle In which he was pulverizing loath-
some contemporary.
What do you nail it to, papa?"
Toto the bulletin of public exc
Grafton. Can't you run out and play.
Johnny?"
Johnny was silenced for few mo-
ments.
Papa, what sort of nail do YOU
use?"
"The nail Of Confound the boyl
Don't you see I'm busy?" W
Doesn't the nail sometimes bind.
papaw inquired Johnny, after
thoughtful pause.
For heavens sake, johnny, shut
up!"
Silence again reigned. The editor
paused o moment to give his beastly
contemporary the finishing stroke in
terms at once dignifed and polished.
yet bitterly sarcastic and crushing, and
the work required some thought.
Papa, what do you do when the
hammer misses the nail and mashes
your thumb, kerchunk ?"
Exit Johnny, accompanied by a
cfiouo- os 7f,..ssLs. sta pss ,,a,,er-
weights, and language wholly insult
ahlp for publication.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
KEEPING ONIONS.


A prime necessity in keeping onions,
whether it be the sets or those full
grown, is to keep them dry and cool. To
keep well, the bulbs should be fully ma
tured and be pulled at dry time. They
should alss be fully developed, round
and plump. Those who raise the sets in
large quantities for sale, keep them on
stalled racks in cool rooms that can be
ventilated without freezing. A quantity
may be kept on the garnet floor, covered
with old quilts or blankets; or onions,
either large or small, may be stored upon
straw on the barn floor and covered with
straw or hay. In either case, freezing
will be light and will not hurt them, if
they are left to thaw out gradually in the
spring.-Neto York World.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
FEEDING HORSES,

The work teams especially, should be-
kept IN good thrifty condition. 1t is
not good economy to allow them to run
down at this time and then be obliged to
give extra feed latter in order to get
them ready for spring work. With
horses as with nearly all other classes of
stock the best results can be secured by
feeding a good variety.
During the winter more or less corn
can always be fed with profit. There is
no material that is superior to corn for
maintaining animal heat, and for this
reason it can be made larger part of
the winter ration than in the summer.
When the teams are at work bone and
muscle is of more Importance than heat
or fat; hence it will be quite an item to
supply such materials as are best calcu-
lated to secure this. One of the mate
rails that can be used at this time is oats.
Barley is also a good feed for horses.
Wheat bran fed in connection with oats
IS good material. Oats is good
feed.
Unthreshed oats run through cutting
box, and small quantity of bran added
and mixed thoroughly before feeding;
one quart of corn meal, two quarts of
bran, with cut hay or fodder, makes a
very good ration during the winter. In
the spring and summer more outs and less
corn should be given, giving plenty Of
hay and grass wherever supply can be
procured readily.
The advantage in cutting the hay or,
fodder and grinding the grain is that III
can be mixed more thoroughly, while
there is much less waste than in feeding
whole. Give more corn during the win
ter and less bran and other grain, but I'M
the spring and summer give less corn and
more of the other materials. Some horse
require more feed than others, and n p's
quantity should always be grantes'#
cording to the needs Of the anim&
-Snos 'fa.al.~.sl1 .ls,sayas lha- suunliadv
In feeding hay and corn fod9
should always be taken not to 4
much. 1t is not good plan to k9e
and oats before the horses all the tn
What they will eat up clean at each med4
is all that is necessary, and giving only
this will lessen considerably the waste!
Prairie Farmer.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27

ing complete and economical rationa.|
hence more or less Of the farm should be-
Nn grass.
Taking the average farm where sys-
tenn OF rotation is carried on and where
the products raised are fed out to good.
thrifty stock, one-half the acreage of the
farm should be into grass. Of course
care should be taken to secure good.
even stand so that the best profits may be-
realized. In many cases it would be a
positive benefit to the farm to seed from
one-third to one-half the acreage to pas.
ture grasses and manure as much of the
balance as possible, put in the best pos.
slble filth, use good seed, and give thor
ough cultivation so as to increase the
yield. Grow larger crops on a less acre.
age and lessen the cost.
Seeding to grass will give the land
some rest; it will be change even if
kept pastured down. To a considerable
extent, at least, the growing of more
grass on the farm implies the keeping Of
more stock, and with good management
the making of more manure. While Il
is not always possible to keep sufficient
number of stock to keep up the fertility
of the soil, it can be made to do a con-
siderable part. Rotation, tho use Of
green crops for manuring, and keeping
stock can, all three combined, be made
to keep up the fertility. Grass or clover
can be used in all these to good advau-
tage.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27

According to an article in the New
York World, based on reports from the
treasurer of each state of the union, the
actual wealth of the United States is
computed at SCI, 459, 600, 900, as against
$23. 719, 900, 600 assessed valuation for
taxable purposes. This estimate is ex-
elusive of public property and an esti-
mate of 100000, 900 held abroad.
The population of the country, on the
ratio of increase that obtained from
1870 to 1880, will be IS, 900, 600 next
year. On this basis, and tiking the
Worlds figures of aggregate wealth, the
amount per head of our population would
be $945, or about the same as
France and considerably less than Great
Britain and Ireland. Commenting on
its own figures, the World says: ..The
wealth of the United States now ex-
ceeds the total wealth of the whole
world at any time previous to the mid
die Of tho eighteenth century, and the
amount invested abroad is alone equal
to tho national wealth Of Portugal and
Denmark. The total wealth Of only
1--we nations is equal to the mere increase
Of the United States in the last nine
years" Still the ratio of increase was
greater in the decade between 1850
and 1860 than at any subsequent OF
prior period.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27

The great. interest taken in naval
affairs during the past two or three
years seems, in the opinion of the
Washington Star, likely to be eclipsed
in 1880. The authorizing of eight new
battle ships and five torpedo boats marks
a distinct era in United States naval
history. From sneers at our feebleness
foreign critics have become deeply in
tercsted in all that pertains to our naval
structure and progress. The new
armored sea-going vessels will bring us
in line as naval power. At present
we have no such ships, while England
has seventy-six such craft, either built,
building or projected; France, fifty
seven; Russia, forty nine; Germany,
forty; Italy, nineteen; Sweden and
Norway, twenty; Austria, twelve, and
even Turkey fifteen and China seven.
These vessels are exclusive of unar-
mored cruisers, corresponding to the
sort of ships we have been building
recently.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
WHY THE HENS DO NOT LAY.

One of the puzzling questions that
often arise In the experience of persons
raising fowl is why their hens are not
laying as well as neighbours, who is far
more fortunate in the weekly additions
made to his egg basket. From the di-
rections given in poultry journals and by
manufacturers of specifics for egg pro-
duction many persons start out with the
confident expectation of uninterrupted
success in raising chickens and eggs, to
find at last that the business has for some
reason become Improbable.
The truth is, there is variableness in
the laying of fowls under what, at first
sight, appears to be very similar condi-
tions, where none of the directions given
for making the hens lay appear to have
the desired effect. In purchasing hens
for laying particular attention should be
given to the color and appearance of
their combs, which should be bright and
red. Where the comb has dull, sickly
color, and kind Of fattened-down APP
pearance, ne amount of feeding or care
will force the laying of eggs as long as
these conditions exist. Again, the legs
should be smooth and clean and free from
scales or the appearance of spurs, both of
which indicate that the hen has passed
the laying age. The cock should be
bought out of different flock and be as
purely bred as possible. The principal
causes of failure in egg production are
believed to be, first, keeping hens that
are too old; second, breeding in and in,
or failure to introduce new blood from
sources entirely outside of ones own
flock, and third, keeping the flock too
long in the same runs.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
rARM AND GARDEN MOVIES.

Oats are good crop to grow and
handle, make a valuable feed in almost
any form, both with and without the
straw, and should be grown more extern
sively than they are.
There are thousands of native chestnut
trees Of moderate size growing in our
fields That might be grated with the
foreign varieties and bring in quick and
remunerative returns.
Old seeds do not lose their vitality all
at once, as an animal dies, but are con.
tinually losing it, and old seed that will
merely terminate in the dollhouse may
prove failure in the garden.
Most horses when tethered by rope
will injure themselves by saving the
rope against the groove above the hoof
behind. To remove this trouble tie in
piece four feet long of stout canvas,
making soft roll in place of the rope. !,
No soiling crop equals clover, unless il
be Kentucky blue grass. But northern
farmers can grow clover with more suc-
cess than blue grass. If somebody could
invent an easy and rapid system for
curing clover it would be more popular
crop even than now.
Milk utensils that are not scalded with
boiling water every day soon propagate
in their seams species of yellow fungus,
which is very liable to produce milk.
poison. / strongly recommend tho
liberal use of sal soda when scalding milk
utensils, both on the farm and at the
factory or creamery.
Lice are very liable to get on dairy
cattle during these winter months and
do damage before the farmer is aware of
their pernicious presence. A strong
decoction of tobacco leaves, applied with
a sponge along the back and about the
horns of each creature, will knock his
liceship "galley-west."
The winter before their first calving is
the proper time to train young heifers to
habits Of pacific milking. When caring
for the animals handle the heifer's teats
occasionally, and give the bossies many a
kindly stroke and pat, thus establishing
a feeling of confidence, which will pave
the way for an easy breaking in on the
first milking.
To feed mich cows whey, sour milk
or dairy slop, and anticipate remunerative
results therefrom, is like firing locomo
tive with cinders from the ash-box and
expect to run mile minute on the
steam thus engendered. The slop alluded
to will increase the volume of the lacteal
flow, but debasc its quality to level
that is positively unwholesome,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
MORE GRASS,

The growing and selling of grain from
the farm, writes N. j. Shepherd in
Farm, Field and Stockman, is gradually
selling the fertility, and in majority of
cases it is only question of time when
the amount of available plant food de-
manded by these crops will have become
so nearly exhausted as to render it diff
cult to secure profitable yields. If the
grain, instead of being sold, is fed out
to stock on the farm, making, saving
and applying all the manure possible,
considerable help can be secured in keep
ing up the fertility.
Following a rotation of crops lessons
the wearing out of the soil, because
different crops require different elements
of plant food; and some crops not only
take elements not used by other plants,
but aid to make available other ele-
ments that are in the soil but are not in
an available condition. But grass for all
kinds of stock is one of the best and
cheapest foods that can be secured,
whether used as pasture, as soilinp
crop, or as hay after cutting and curing,
1t proves good crop in making up
rotation, It Is good with grain in MAX
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27

A vessel from Durham, small port
on the southeast coast of Africa, arrived
at Boston the other day, having on board
a number of wild animals, am ng which,
it is claimed, is gorilla. The animal
is about three feet tall, weighs 100
pounds and is extremely ugly and fero-
clous. During the voyage it broke
open strong wooden cage and made a
savage attack upon the sailors. The
vessels captain was glad to be relieved
OF his disagreeable passenger and trans
Ter it to Boston museum, where it
now is. 1t may be doubted, however,
that the animal is d real gorilla. Only
two gorillas have ever been captured
alive. One of these died in short
time and the other is said to be alive in
England.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27

Deer Island Lighthouse, as it is officially
known, stands on the southern extremity
of the spit that makes out to the south
from Deer Island. The water is six feet
deep around it.
determination of the structure is great
cylinder of iron, resting in the sand, and
securely anchored and protected by some
thousands of yards of broken stone that
have been dumped around it. This part
of the structure is 80 feet in diameter. 1t
swells out, bell fashion, at the top, where
is wide promenade, protected by a
hand rail and covered by roof. Above
this rises the tower proper, in the form
of truncated cone. There is gallery
around the top of the cone.
The light itself is 81 feet above mean
sea level. 1t is a five-wick lamp, and
will illuminate an arc of the horizon be-
ginning at point on the horizon south
west by west I west around to point
southeast by east bearings taken from
seaward). In clear weather the light can
be seen ID nautical miles away by man
on ships deck Is feet above the water.
The strength and cheapness of iron
and steel make it certain that these
metals will be used in the future in all
lighthouses which, like this, are exposed
to the assaults of the waves. The old
fashioned stone towers are more expensive
and less comfortable for the keepers and
in no way better than the iron towers.
e The base of the structure is painted
black, the tower is brown, and the lamp
is black. The lamp shows white light,
varied by red flash every thirty seconds.
---NeU York Sun.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27

Mrs. John Oliver of Nobleboro, Me-,
Is woman thoroughly skilled in the
accomplishment of our grandmothers.
During the year 1889 she has spun 125
skelns OF yarn, woven 11S yards of
cloth for blankets, one web of which
took the premium at Damariscotta fair,
woven IS yards of rag carpeting. and
moreover done all her house work and
attended to all the duties usually de-
volving on woman living on a farm.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27

Stanley claims that his recent dis
coveries show that Victoria Lake in
Africa is the largest body of fresh wa
ter in the world--a d istinction which
has always been awarded to Lake Su-
perior. The Chicago Herald facetious-
ly declares it rather mean of Stanley to
discover in the backwoods of Africa a
lake which discredits our own lake
region.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27

The weafthiest classsin the United
States is considered to be vastly richer
han the wealthiest class in Great Britain.
The average annual income Of the richest
LOO Englishmen is about $3.50, 900; but
,he average annual income of the richest
LOO Americans cannot be less than ST.
100000,
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
THE VALUE OF A RING.

Mary practical "A beautiful ring, my
dear; what did you give for ita
Eleanor poeticaI Myself.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-03-27
Boston's New Lighthouse. ;

Boston harbor has new lighthouse in
operation. 1t is on Deer Island. AS a
sample of modern lighthouses it is well
worth notice. = =
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-28
TILLMAN'S CONVENTION.
BE GETS TIE NOMINATION FOR
THE GOVERNORSdIP.

c. Colt OF Chesterfield the Nominee
for Lieutenant Governor-AF FUN Del
egation Present - The Convention
Votes Not to Nominate Candidates
Tor the Other state officers.
COLUMBIA, ). c., March q. "A conven-
ton representing what is known as the
farmers or ref-rm movement, met in the
state capitol at nooa today. 4 full delega-
ton was present from most of the counties
under the leadership of Benjamin TilIman,
of Edgetield. For several years a persist
ent attack has been made on the existing
form OF government, and the cry has been
down with bourbon or aristocratic rule
lower taxes. adjustment of superhuous
offices, and revolution generally"
BITTER ARRANGEMENT.
In january last a bitter arragnment of
the state administration was made in the
form of a letter TO the democracy of South
Carolina, CHARGING extravaganza, ineffi-
cheney. ring rule, ETC., and calling a con-
have been again and again dIsproved, but
the farmers party still maintains
its purpose to overthrow existing
institutions, and viii send delega-
tons to the regular state demo-
cratic convention pledged to sustain the
nominations made. W. g. Talbert, of Edge
field, state senator, was chosen temporary
chairman and John I. Duncan of New berry
secretary.
The convention decided to nominate can
didates for governor and lieutenant gov
ernor, but motion to nominate OF Ter state
officers was voted down by large major
ity.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform adopted recognizes the i'm
perative necessity of Anglo-Saxon unity,
and pledges their followers to abide by the
decision of the regular democratic con-
vention i'll its Choice for state
by the convention; demands that all other
than state officials shall be nominated by
primary elections, aud that the states
phosphate beds in navigable rivers aud
waters be surveyed and leased to the highest
bidder after a commission has set a mini
mum royalty according to the value de-
veloped by the survey, and that
| constitutional convention be called !;
demands the abolition of the board of agri-
culture and that its duties be devolved on
the trustees Of the Clemson Agricultural
| College; pledges liberal support to the
| South Carolina college, as a classical and
| literary institutions; demands that scho /
| districts shall be as nearly square as practi-
| cable and of an area to allow only one
| WhlCe and one colOred free school IN
each district, and that school
trustees be elected instead of appointed,
asks for rigid economy in public expendi-
| lures, and a reduction of the salaries and
fees of all officers to conform to tho in
| creased purchasing power OF money, and
the decreased ability of the people to pay
taxes; calls for the election of railroad con-
missioners by the people. and expresses the
opinion that no salarled attorney of rail-
road or phosphate companies should be
eligible to the legislature
The convention adjourned sine die.
| The convention nominated b. r. Till
man OF Edgefield for governor, and c. Coli
1 of Chesterfield for lieutenant governor.