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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-20

II. T., Anderson Courthouse, s. CT have
a mare fourteen years old. L have owned
hel eight years. She is free to travel, al
ways IN good order. She has two hard
Jumps, one on ench side OF her neck, be-
tween the neck and jawbone, up near the
ear, as large as q goose egg. These Jumps
have been coming four years, but Erowed
faster the last year. 1t does not seem to
hurt her only when she puts her head down
to drink. Please give me the name OF dis
ease and remedy.
There is now no remedy but to dissect the
tumors out with knife, which operation
requires the skill OF a surgeon. If you had
promptly applied asSidine they might have
been removed when they were quite small.
To ]. Il. W., Enoree, S. C.-To cure
mango on your dog wash the dog thorough
ly with soap and water, to remove all
scaes and scurf; when dry rub we'll into
all affected parts this ointment: Two ounces
sulphur. two ounces lard. Apply once
day, but the washing need not bS repeated
unhss more than four applications Of the
ointment shall be required or, n preferred
use the following ointment: One ounce Of
tar 20 ounces whale oil. Apply once day
Gi'e fresh Hitter every day and scald any
rugs or blankets that may have been used
WISH the kennel. II the dog is go provided
win boiling water and soap, and when dry
spose 1t over with solution OF one ounce
corrosive sublimate In one gallon Of water.
Baq cases will require very persistent treat
met. Internal remedies are of no account.
= II. c., Lewisburg, Miss.-1. Does 1t pay
to top cotton? If so at what time is best
10 the topping, and how much top should
be taken?
Which pillow is best for the digging OF
sweet potatoes, turning pillow or shovel?
Sometimes II pays and sometimes 1t
dos not. Sometimes topping July 18th will
cause greater yield; sometimes 1t does bet
lie August LIST, but topping is oftener In
jr'ious than beneficial You can never
know beforehand Gn time to top what the
coalitions of the future Will be.
We would bar off the ridge or potato
r0v, with turn plow. Then use n long
scooter or scrape and put 1T in deep. 1t
reilly depends more on the condition of thu
Ind and the way the plow is handled than
O any peculiar shape of the share.
T. S. w, Edgeheld S. C-Enclosed find
n specimen of grass. Please name ii. An
s-er through Weekly Constitution and
otige.
me grass is bermuda grass-Cynodon dac-
tyln.
Another Hawk Remedy.
Subscriber Everett's Station, Gal notice
n subscriber from Dixie, La. asks for a
sire method to kill chicken hawks. L will
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-20

broad planks, dressing twelve to eighteen
inches in width.
2. But one kind, the inglaus nigra, or
black walnut.
s. We do not.
4. Mark w. Johnson Seed Co., Atlanta,
Ga. Brazilian artichokes
r. M. c., Oxford Fla What Is the
largest crop of corn you have or can get
record OF per acre?
g. Also of oats?
3. Give average earliest date or the water
melon shipments in Georgia.
4. How much per acre do melon raisers
realize net?
s. Does a mail carrier receive regular pay
by the month, or does ne get pay only for
the time actually at work, anu how much
In either case?
/. we believe it has been claimed that 200
bushels (shelled) corn have been produced
on one acre.
O. one hundred and thirty bushels of oats
Is the highest record We have hearo.
and 4. We cannot answer these
5. The carrying of the mails is let out to
a contractor, and he employs his carriers
and pays them according to any agreement
that may be made between them.
M. E. c., Stevens, N. C.-1. Will the
SHROPSHIRE ram, crossed with the southern
merino ewes be a suitable stock for middle
North Carolina? Where can the Shropshire
be bought?
2. Will sheep do well, say ten or twelve
head per acre on rich grazing, by changing
pastures two or three times In sumner. and
NOW and feed gr-en feed In manure yard!
3. Will crimson clover sowed Whsn cotton
and corn is iaId by be good land lmproV-
err ployed under green, say about the nfst
or middle of April, when the land is pre-
pared for another crop?
l. We do not know.
2. Yes. ,
III would be too early to sow crimson
clover In cotton and corn ut laying by. Inc
seed would come up after the hrst ram aru
ha liable 10 die But you Gun sow the seed
in Sentember in corn or cotton fields, ana
harrow them in Crimson clover is good
renovating crop sown in this way and plow-
ed under in April.
III pa,ban 6 CT Does IL brighten
- -, mt lime or soda in the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-20

T.. Y. T., Sycamore. GAVIN you be
s. ttnd as TO give me 4 remedy fof liE
r,ulep At times the fat on her under tyelli
rrxt 10 her eve viii swell NJ "AaNc th@
Iii ana her eyes VIII ran water and som"
very tough corruption VIII come ~ htF
eyes. This appears about three moh'hS
apart.
Your mule doubtless has moon blindness
and viii eventually go blind. as II is in
durable But you may. by proper treat
ment. postpone the final termination. When
an attack is first coming on give pur-
gativ- % five drachms of aloes, one
drachm Of ginger. one drachm of gentian
root ana syrup to form a ball. Give as
one dose Then follow with this as one
dose: one drachm OF potassium iodide,
half pint Of water. repeat It three times a
day for two weeks. Feed on bran mashes,
green food, etc Battle the eye with hot
water an hour at a time three times q day.
AnnIv the foIlowin. oyewater to the eye
with a cameTs hair brush, three times a
day: Two grains sulphate Of atrcpia in
one ounce OF water.
7. w. s.. Barton. Cal have horse
that was taken two weeks ago with
stiffness in his hind legs ard weak IN the
hack. with excessive urin. lie failed TO eat
ot first. hut eats now. yet he does not seem
t. be any better. lie had high fever at
first he will not move only as he is maze
poos not Law down. Can you tell M what
is his trouble and what TO do for him.
Your horse has had rheumatic fever ana
the rheumati tic symptoms persist Foment the
legs and hips three times daily with hot
water and rub dry. Give one-half drachm
O. io6ide Of potash. one drachm Of iodine
one drachm of colchium, one-half drachm Of
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-20

TO ~ SGbscriber." Prichard-"Curb"
place IS swollen and hot battle 1t with hot
water two or three times day, half hour
al a time; and each time, when dry, battle
with a. lotion of 1 ounce each OF murlate of
ammonia and pure saltpeter and one quart
OF water. Raise the hsel an inch (hgh-
heeled sLoe) and continue the above treat
ment until all sorness IS gone; then tlister
By rubbing a of all ounce or DOW
dered cantharides, / drachm biniodide of
mercury and ounces of lard. When Well
blistcrcd grease st once a day until the
blister heals and then blister again. DO rot
work him for two or three weeks. If the
above does not cure you Will have to resort
to tie firing iron
e. il. V, Arab, Gal. How long does 1t
take to grow a walnut tree large enough
for market, and VIII II pay 10 grow them
for the WOOD?
? Is there any difference in the wood, or
Is there more than one kind of walnut tree
used Cor furniture?
> % you know any one who buys the
walnut tree in its crude state, as Ii stands,
or delivered at railroad? If So please give
p0stofiicc.
T. Where can I get some artichokes, and
which is tho best kind?
I. II would depend on the character and
fertility OF The soil on which the trees may
have been planted. on rich SANDY loam
The trees would probably grow to a suiii-
ciant size TO commence thinning them out
- tho end of ten years, but it would re-
o,,ira nerhAns thirty or forty years for
tbem 70 attain size that would saw into
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-20

To ]. c. NJ, Vernon, Ala. Yours. dated
July 18th. just to hand this week. 1t was
then too late to SOW peas, and is now en-
tirtiy too late. 1t would have done very
we'll TO SOW the peas not later than July
10Th. Make into hay when in full bloom
and then SOW the rye.
=. Mosquitoes produce the wiggletails In
other words the wiggl tail is the larvae of
the mosquito. and are Matched from eggs
laid Ly the latter. You can destroy them
by pouring a half tcacupful of Kerosene oil
on the water and letting II stand few
hours Or you can put wv minnows in
the well. Keep your we'll covered tightly
SO that mosquitoes cannot get into it.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-20

subscriber Everett's Station, Gal notice
n subscriber from Dixie, La, asks for n
SIRE method to kill chicken hawks. will
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-20

]. II. s, Pine Hill Tex.-To settle
friendly dispute, please tell us which is the
genuine Jersey COW, the full blood or the
thoroughbred?
In common parlance the terms thorough
bred" and full blood" as applied to cattle,
mean the same thing. But strictly speaking
thoroughbred" bull is one that has been
bred III direct line sufficiently long TO estab-
lish a fixed type which he has the power
to transmit with Uniformity TO his offspring.
A 'ful blood is the result of the sixth
cross OF a thoroughbred. Thus the cross OF
thoroughbred bull on common cow is a
half-breed; that Of q thoroughbred on
haif-breed produces n three-qUarter breed:
the thoroughbred on the threc-quarter
breed produces the seYen-cighths and so
ON until the sixth cross, or II thoroush Inbred
bull on 31-32, which produces 1854, or
full blood"
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15
Irrepressible Woman.
SHE IS sUPPLANTING MEN AS STEAM
BOAT PILOTS, ENGINEERS, CAP
TAINs, AND IN OTHER
CALLINGS.

Women are steadily extending their
field of labor and securing positions in
the most masculine character of SER
vice. Each year sees them engaged in
occupations that had been considered
as possible only for men to perform.
In Nebraska a woman owns and per-
sonally operates a travelling steam
threshing machine outfit and goes about
the country with it and makes her own
contracts. There are two women cap
tains of steamboats, on the Mississippi
river, each one holding a United States
marine license as captain. One owns
her own boat; the other boat is owned
by a company of merchants. There is
another woman captain of a steamer
on Puget Sound.
There are three women pilots on the
Mississippi river, all holding licenses.
In shingle saw-mill in Washington
State two women work on the shingle
machines, and at another mill in the
same locality woman runs the dummy
log engine that hauls the immense logs
into the mill-yard. In Chicago a wO.
man is engineer of a steam laundry
plant, having control of large engine
and considerable machinery. Another
Chicago woman is engineer of the en-
tire plant-engine, steam heater, eleva-
tor, power and water system-in one of
the sky scraper buildings downtown,
and a woman runs an elevator in a
hotel there.
One of the great manufactures of
household furniture in Grand Rapids,
Mich, employs a woman as chief de-
signer of artistic furniture and pays her
a handsome salary. She employs two
or three girls as assistants. Another
woman holds a similar position in the
service of a great stove company in
Detroit. The Studebaker carriage
builders in South Bend, Ind, employs
a woman artist to do the delicate orna-
mental painting on the vehicles they
make. A woman is steward and purser
of steamer running between Grand
Haven and Chicago.
There are several women who own
and manage livery stables in Western
cities, and women farmers and women
cattle ranchers are numerous in all the
Western States. There are also many
women engaged in fruit culture. One
of the finest vineyards in Iowa is owned
and managed by u young woman ex-
school teacher.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15
0f-Hand Incendiarism.

The burning of the grandstand at
the Philadelphia baseball grounds on
Monday, following similar disasters at
Chicago and Boston, suggests a lesson
which may well be taken to heart by
thousands who care nothing tor base
ball and never even saw a grandstand.
The fire is not to be attributed to some
mysterious "hOOdoO," nor to incendiar-
ism in the usual meaning of that term,
nor to an 'act of God" nor yet to an
accident which could not be foreseen
or prevented. Its cause was perfectly
simple and easily preventable; and at
the same time so common and so much
disregarded as a source of peril that it
is wonder every city and large town
is not in blaze half the time there
from. Somebody. having smoked out
a cigarette, threw down the still glow
ing stump and went his way. Hence
these ashes.
Now that is something that is done
in the city hundred thousand times a
day. If the consequences are seldom
| disastrous, that is because the kindness
| of Providence and the care exercised
by others than the doers of such deeds.
There is no exaggeratiOn in saying that
through all our walking hours an in
cessant shower of potential incendiar-
ism is falling from the hands of smok-
ers. A man lights his cigarette or
cigar, and tOsses the blazing match
aside; he finishes smoking, and the
burning remnant of the weed" follows
the match. They may fall into the
| gutter and be harmless. They NAV
fall into some cOmbustible rubbish and
start a blaze. They may set fire to
the garments of some other passerby,
doing actual damage and grievously
endangering limb and life. Take, for
example, the Brooklyn Brigde platforms
during the morning rush hours" That
at the Brooklyn end is strewn with hun
dreds of smOuldering cigar-stumps,
thrown down by smokers about to
enter the cars. You can scarcely put
your foot down without treading on
them. At the same time the platform
at the New York end is as thickly
strewn with matches, dropped by the
same men, who, on leaving the cars re-
sumo their smoking. There are many
wax matches and fuses which blaze fol
some time and are pot readily extin-
guished. And over and among these
the women, who compose half the
travelling thrOng, must pick their way
in peril comparable only with that o.
the ancient ordeal of hot plOughshares
-NelU York Tribune.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15
The DrOuth in Western Kansas.
CROPS HAVE BURNED UP, AND FAM
lilies ARE FLEEING.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 1T G.. Henry,
of the Colorado Land and Immigration
Company, has returned from Central
and Western Kansas. To a United
Press representative he said
Many counties in the western part
of the State of Kansas have already
lost four-fifths of their population, and
in some counties organization cannot
be maintained. The condition of the
people is appalling in many districts.
| saw hundreds of teams going east
ward with loads of household goods
thrown hastily into hay wagons.
The condition as compared with for
mer drouths in Kansas is without
parallel. Heretofore the farmers have
been able to procure loans on their
farms to make up the shortage in
crops, but now they have no equities
left, and if they had, the loan COM
panies will not let out dollar on Kan
sas land.
There is no new corn, no vegetables
and little stock, and in the central
counties, where there is a little wheat
crop, wheat is worth but 80 cent a
bushel. The people are literally i'm
! pOverished, and the business men are
caught the same as the farmers.
Up to three weeks ago there were
the finest prospects for a good corn
crop. It was almost made, and far
mers obtained credit on the strength
of it, Three days of hot winds burned
it up and now they have no possible
chance to pay.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15
Kent w. c. T. U. at Camden Camp.

Wednesday the w. C. T. U. of Kent
county held a meeting at Camden camp.
The president, Mrs. Kate E. Smithers
of Smyrna presided, and number of
white ribbon women from that and
other localities were in attendance.
w. 7. Smithers conducted a song
service at both the morning and after
noon meetings. and Herman Taylor
also assisted with the singing. Solos
were rendered during the day by Mrs.
Mary l.. Wolcott, Miss Mary Cannon,
Mrs. Adam Stengle, L. NJ. Price and
others. Mrs. Annie Wharton of Dover
had charge of the morning devotional
service, and Mrs. Adam Stengle of
Smyrna of the afternoon devotional
meeting. The Rev. Adam Stengle,
the Rev. T. E. Terry, the Rev. Dr. w.
S. l.. Murray and the Rev. H. c.
Turner delivered addresses. Miss
Helen Slaughter of Dover and Miss
Ethel Jones of Smyrna gave recitatiOns
at the afternoon meeting in credit
able manner.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15
The Red Men Sat Down.
THEN THEY AROSE AND DEPARTED
FOR THE IRON RAILS BENEATH
THEM WERE HOT.

For real hot weather stories you
want to go to hot weather country"
says w. F. White, passenger traffic
manager of the Santa Fe Railroad.
"Now, you can find hot weather that is
hot weather in New Mexico and Ari-
zona. It's one thing to go through
that country now on a train which
carries the cOnYeniences for keeping
cool, but it was quite another thing
when the railroad was being built and
there was nothing between you and
the sun but alkali dust.
"The Atchison road reached Dem
ing, n. NJ, in 1881, and it was a hot
summer. 1t had been hot right along
in that steady, energetic fashion that
would make man wish for hour in
a Bessemer steel mill to cool off. The
first construction train pulled into
Deming on q day that was so scorch-
ing as to stand out even among those
other blistering days. The train was
made up of long line of fat cars, and
along the centre of the cars ran a pile
of steel rails u foot high. The rails
had been in the full glare of an un-
blinging sun until they were about as
hot as when they came through the
rolls at the mill.
"When the train came into Deming
it was, of course, an object of great in
| terest, aud no one was more interested
in it than a lot of Apache Indians.
They were peaceful enough, and filled
with curiosity. and were quick to as
sert the birthright Of the American
Indian to ride free on a railroad train.
The conductor in charge was some
thing of Joker and saw an Opportu-
nifty for some fun. He urged the To-
dians all to climb up on the fiat cars
and have ride. The engineer was in
the scheme, and, as soon as the Indians
were up on the cars, he backed his en-
gine with jerk.
"They could ride bucking pony
under any condition of unsteadiness,
but this motion was new to them, and
the entire party sat down on the rails
! Now, you must remember the summer
costume of an Apache can be cut out
of pocket handkerchief with cloth to
spare. Well, my idea of Indian stole
ism was shattered. There were shrieks
that added new notes to the regula-
tion war whoop, and the Apaches left
that train and started off across the
hot sands in a way that would have
turned US all gray if they had been
coming toward US instead of running
away. They undoubtedly remember
that as the ho ttest day they ever
knew. w."-KGnsGs City Journal.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15
WHOLE NO. 2.O55.
A Pigtail War.

The failure of the Chinese To defaat
!he japanese so far in the present war
IS probably due to the inability of the
former TO get near enough to use his
cue, or, as the irreverent call it, his
plgtail, against the hostile Japanese.
Ii the two armies once come to close
quarters and the Chinese can make use
OF his long wSp Of closely braided hair
there may be turn ia the fortunes of
the war, which nov seem to be run.
nlng so steadily in favor of the Japau-
csc
FOR, contrary to general belief. the
cue Is not wholly for ornament. Pro.
fessor Isaac II. Headland, of the Pekin
University, writes as follows of how
useful the pigtail is: "If the Chinese is
a carter he whips the mule with his
cue; he makes hat out of his hand
kerchief by tying it on with his cue:
the father leads his little bov bv his
cue instead of by the hand; and the
blind beggar is led by the cue of his
BOY Leader; while our school boys, in
stead of suffering as | did for a string
to strike an arc or a circle in geometry
or trlgonometry, strike an are with
their cue" This will change the opin.
ion of good many people as to the
usefulness of this Asiatic appendage.
But on the other hand the pigtail
may prove a weakness as well as a de-
fense. The Chinaman values it as the
dearest thing belonging to him, and he
would as soon part with his life as with
his cue. If a Japanese army on going
into battle should raise the shout"Your
cue or your life" it might strike terror
to the hearts of the Chinese soldiers
and start a rout before a shot had been
fired. Or if the armies came to close
quarters the japanese soldiers might
devote their attention to clipping cues
and so confuse the Chinese soldiers as
to cause them to turn pigtail and run.
There is more than one way to do
most things in this world, and the
Chinese-Japanese war may prove that
that there is a way to fight battles
without using bullet or shell.-PhiLa-
/ deIDhid Press.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15

FLY PAPERs.-Every good house
keeper wishes to say that there is not
a single fly in her house. AS, we all
know to our annoyance, flies are very
troublesome in these hot days. Here
are three good recipes which can be
recommend as exterminators of the
dipterous pests. The peculiar virtue
of these ingredients is that no poison
Gus ingredient is used in their COM
position. Boil together linseed oil and
rosin until the compound becomes
thick, or boil three parts of rOsin and
four parts of rapeseed oil together until
a sticky mass is produced, or again
boil to thick paste one pound of rOsin,
three and One-half ounces of mOlasses
and the same quantity of linseed oil.
Any one of these compounds spread on
thick sheets of brown paper and scat.
tered over the table and shelves will
effectually exterminate flies. These
recipes were given to Women's World
and Work by a well-knOwn New
Orleans gentlemen, who vouches for
their success in the application.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15

is safe to say that rapid reduction OF
weight by a resort either to violent ex-
ercise, severe change of diet or, worst of
all, to drugs of unknown qualities, can
not be prudently attempted except
under competent medical direction.
There was good counsel in the often
quoted epitaph II was well, would
be better; took medicine and here l
am. ."-BGLtimOre Sun.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15
The Best Wheat.

An enterprising Ohio farmer says
that he finds that his best wheat,
where the plants are crowded so as to
produce as large and plump berry as
produce the largest yield, does not
wheat that grows more thinly and
yields less. He believes the yield is
largely determined by pedigree and
kept on selecting seed from the best
parts of his field with steadily increas-
ing yields. Tho idea is we'll worth
thinking about. Possibly one reason
why. Mr., Terry's wheat yields grow
better is because be is constantly max
ing his land richer. The fact is true
to, of corn if not of wheat. Nobody
would think of selecting seed corn
from the half filled ears that set too
late to fertilize all the silk, though
the kernels on such ears are often twice
as large as on ears well filled. But
with other grains-oats and barley, for
example-the largest, plumpest grain
is best for seed. Oats that grow thinly
and produce poorly are light weight,
because most of them are affected by
rust, which prevents development of
the grain.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15
Highest of all in Leavening Power
Highest of all in Leavening Power-Laes J. Govt Repo
R@!a!I! g! RskdsgE RRakiRg
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Keep in Line.

When the world is going right,
Keep in line:
When the path is strewn with light,
Keep in line;
When across life's ripping sea,
Joy is floating, far and free,
While the birds sing merrily-
Keep in line.
When the world is going wrong,
Keep in line;
With an impulse pure and strong,
Keep in line;
Drive the shadow from despair.
Smooth the wrinEled brow of care
Plaut song upon the air;
Keep in line.
There's a noble task for you,
Keep in line;
There's enough for all to do
Keep in line:
Through the billOWs' widest play.
Hope still points an open way
You man anchor in the bay,
Keep in line.
Smyrna times., 1894-08-15

There is a constantly growing trade
not only in electricity sent to the Gus
toner by wire, but in regularly stored
electricity. Storage batteries are much
used for running Photographs and
other light tasks, and batteries are
charged at places that make a business
of manufacturing electricity, The price
is about 80 cents per cell, and it takes
from six to ten hours to charge a bat
terry, the time varying with its size.
Stored electricity is handled like any
other commercial article.