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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01

MT ]. J. Wood of Columbus, Ga. writes
a, letter giving "a detailed account of his
success as a farmer, during an experience
OF six years past he having been con-
federate soldier and only commenced farm
Ing in 1891. Owing to the crowded state
OF our columns We cannot give space 70
the very long communication. lie has been
successful in the cultivation of cassavoa,
and believes it Will provo to De good
hog crop. lie has sent us a few tubers
for planting for which he has our thanks.
Mr Wood would be willing to send few
tubers to any one who would Ike 20 eN-
pertinent with the plant. or exchange for
some good seed corn or cotton, or for a
registered Berkshire bore two months old.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01
WHO'S SHEILABERGER2

He's the wire fence man, OF Atlanta, Ca,
"a sails the best and cheapest fencing in
sXistence for all purposes. Freight paid.
catalogue free. Write for II.
X l.. SHELLABERGER,
&c FORSYTH street. Atlanta, Ga.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01

Kalamazoo, Mich. Is famous Tor celery.
See Thomas Slater's article, headed "Hs
Sends 1t Free" on pags 8.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01
DISCRIMINATING johnson Grass.

To "A Subscriber" birmingham. Ala
We cannot give from personal experience
the most cffcctual mode of destroying
Johnson grass" Those who believe In THIS
grass do not generally agree IN their modes.
Probably the most effective plan is the
following: Commencing now & would be
more troublesome than at any time OF the
year. as Il would be impracticable to get
any other crop well started before the
johnson grass would spring into vigorous
growth. Better wait until summer in hot
weather IN July and August turn over the
sod as deep (no deeper as the roots 30.
Harrow thoroughly, using preferably Il
spring tooth harrow Repeat the narrowing
every two or three weeks. when the wealth
er is dry and hot. In September sow in
oats. seeding at the rate Of three to four
bushels per acre. and fertiliz.ng well. Next
June. after cutting off the oats. turn over
the stubble and sow two bushels Of COwpcas
10 the acre. adding 2o0 pounds OF acid
phosphate and harrow iu In the fall, after
moving the peavines for hay. turn under
and sow iu oats again. as before, and fol-
low the oats with n late crop of corn or
peas again. this time sowing in drills and
cultivating If there Is \ quicker way That
Will not involve large amount OF labor
we do not know it, We have reference In
the above mode TO land that has become
well so1ded IN the pest.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01

pounds. cotton meal 800 pounds would prob
ably give good results on sandy soil
Copper Hook.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01
FcrtiIizing an Apple Orchnrd.

W. w. G.. Blue Springs, Miss have
just planted an apple orchard, also "A peach
orchard. The apple archard is on "A hill
side with AN easy slope TO the south that
has been in pasture Tor several years. It
had on IL fine light growth OF sage. |
terraccd and bodded il last fan. The soil
is very thin with red clay subsoil, some
gravel / want to improve the fertility
of the ground and apply some fertilizers
directly To the trees if necessary. ID Would
II be better TO SOW 1t broadcast i'm peas
or plant III rows? - What kind and how
much fertilizer per acre should be used?
CD How and when should the fertilizers be
applied. before Subsoiling or after.
ca How much and what kind of
fertilizer would be applied TO each tree?
Co Peaches are on some kind Of land, but
much more fertile. 90 Would like to have
"A reliable work on fruit culture.
You have made a mistake In planting
apple trees on a poor hillside but l sup
pose you will have TO make the most of
it. Apples require deep. moist, rich,
heavy loan. Peaches do not require rich
soil.
% We prefer to plant the peas I'm three
or three and one-half feet rows, fertiliZ-
ing them with 20 to 800 pounds of acid
phosphate per acre. You might break the
land (subsoiline). then lay off the rows in
March or early April scatter the fert-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01

lizer along the rows. List on the fur
rows and In latter part Of April plant the
peas-unknown or Clay.
(2 BY all means apply some fertilizer
directly around the trees. Mix up one-third
each of acid phosphate. kainit and cot
ton meal and apply two pounds around
each tree within radius of two feet. and
work it with fork.
go Answered under l.
"a Answered under 3
90 The same mixture will answer equal
ly well for the peach trees. using little
less. say ono and one-half pounds to each
tree.
(6)t Send TO Orange Judd Company. New
York, for a COPY of Thomas's Fruit Culture,
new edition, just published: $50.
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Confederate Stamps

bought at best cash prices. Prompt re-
mittance. Send two-cent stamp for price
list. PRESQUE ISLE STAMP CO.
Box 4S4. Atlanta Ga
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ID. G. c.. Atheville. S. CO have about
twelve acres of fresh land (original for
esO part has been in cultivation two years
and balance only one. That which mas
been in cultivation two years was planted
in cotton last year that of one year
planted in corn. 1t is a dark. deep soil
as rich as any land in these parts. l want
To plant the whole in cotton this year
Tell me what kind of fertilizer To use and
how much per acre. 90 l also have a fine
piece of land on which | have never been
able to raise a good crop of cotton. 1t
makes fine corn and grain. in which crops
it has been mainly planted for the last
ten years: is dark. stin land, rather
low and Hat; was planted in wheat and
oats last year, and part followed in peas
what kind of fertilizer and how much per
acre?
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-01

l. We have so often published our formu-
Ia for cotton that fear the close and
careful readers of this department VIII
tire of seeing II in print. Mix together LOCO
pounds of acid phosphate 100 pounds of
muriate of potash tor 400 pounds Of kainiD
and 200 pounds of cotton seed meal. Pos
sibly your land may not require so much
potash and possibly not much cotton
meal. The formula is for average uplandS.
Suppose you reduce the mur1ate by one
third and the cotton meal by one-half.
Apply anywhere from 2G0 to GOO pounds TO
the acre. On this land you might use any
high grade ammonlaJed goods TO adVan-
ta2e.
.. The second piece of land ~ probably
not suited TO cotton. being too damp and
cool. You would probably secure better re-
suits by planting on high beds, and using
only phosphate of lime tacid phosphate as
a fertilizer. You do not state IN what par
ticuar the crop fails. whether from too
large and succulent a growth of weed, or
rot. or what. Also select rather dwarf,
early variety OF cotton.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06

The best Boston brown bread il
cooked by steam, and almost any brown
loaf can be cooked TO advantage in this
way. 1t requires about three or even
four hours to steam a loaf OF moderate
size thoroughly, but when IL ~ done
1t is moist md tender. not hard, as
brown bread is liable to be If baked
in the oven. Old people and children
whose teeth are also liable 10 he tender
enjoy this crustlcss brown bread, and
1t Is very nourishing. Boston brown
bread is made from Indian meal. a pint
Of rye meal tnot -four, q quarter Of n
cup OF molasses. 3H cupfuls Of sweet
milk, a scant teaspoonful Of soda and
the same amount OF salt. The rather
tall, slender pals used to hold lard are
an excellent shape to steam bread in.
The amount OF Boston bread given in
this will be sufficient when steamed
to fill two pails of the "three-popnd"
size. This bread is nice eaten warm In
milk.-N. Y. Tribune.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
why Mccormick Changed from h
we Left to the Right HIND Binder.

1t has been said That the conveniences of
one age become the necessities of the next:
hut no ordinarily sane man will contend
that the necessities of one age should be-
come the Inconvenience of the next. When
binding was done by hand the left hand cut
harvester was 4 necessity. The grain fell on
the platform of the harvester and was de,
livered into the receiver with its heads
towards the rear of the machine. The men
stood in the receiver facing the grain. With
the left hand machine the heads of the
grain are at the left hand of the man doing
the binding, so in taking out the bundle
with the band around it, whether the man
turned to the front table or to the back
table he kept his position toward the
bundle itself-that is, with the heads toward
his left hand; hence, in making the tuck he
showed the ends under the band toward the
heads. Grain is handled by the shocker by
grasping into the heads, as shown in the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
THIS AND THAT.

A public ~bcncfactor has appeared In
Kansas City. He is Bertrand c. Halde-
man, who invented a cane with an In
candescent light in 1t that Is illum-
mated by pressing q button.
The government intends that you
shall soon be able to put two cents In
the slot and draw n postage stamp
from an innoccnt-looking little cstab-
iishment clinging to pillars and door
ways,
To bore a hole halfway through the
sole Of Il shoe is said to relieve its
sQueaking. The reason assigned for
the cure is that the mir between the lay
ers Of leather is released by the boring.
The horror social" is n function at
which every one is expected to bring
that which they have the most horror
Of. At Topeka some OF the ladies took
men, others mice, castor oil, spiders,
grammars, etc.
One Of an order OF rat-traps which q
Christian county (ky) farmer ordered
from a ne'ghboring city. reached him
with half n dozen rats In It, which II
VAS supposed had been caught II, some
station.
A quart Of oysters contains, on the
average. about the same quantity Of
active nutritiye substance as n quart Of
milk, or a pound Of very lean beef, or II
pound and n half Of fresh Goldfish, or
~two-thirhs of a pound Of bread,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06

1t is IA mistake to suppose that cold
drinks are necessary to relieve thirst.
Very cold drinks, as a rule. increase the
feverish condition Of the mouth and
stomach, and so create thirst. Eyperi-
ence shows 1t to be a fact that hot drinks
relieve the thirst and 'cool off" the
body when II il in an ACKNOWLEDGMENT
ed condition better than ice-coId drinks.
1t is far better and safer TO avoid the
use Of drinks below 60 degrees. In fact,
3 higher temperature is 10 be pre-
Ssrred, and those who are much troubled
with thirst will do well 10 try the adj
vantages to be derived from hot drinks.
instead Of cold fluids to which they
have been accustomed. Hot drinks also
have the advantage Of aiding digestion,
instead Of causing debility Of the stom-
sch and bowcls.--N. Y. Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
A DAY WITH THE AIRsHIp

nous art collection Of any Englishman.
The whole OF Sir Richards great wealth
and the peerless collection of pictures
(which includes 10 examples OF Nelson
Ter and Is Of Greuze) were given TO his
wife for her own free disposition. Prior
to his death, however, he expressed his
wishes to his wife that after her death
his superb collection Of works Of art
should go to England's national gallery
and that his wish in this respect should
be carried out she arranged several
years ago.
The magnificent Hartford collection
comprised when IL passed into Sir Rich.
ard Wallace's hands . splendid assert.
ment Of paintings. porcelains, bronzes.
decorative furniture, jewelry and other
works Of art. His OWN purchases dur
ing the past 30 years included many Of
the choicest examples Of old japanese
art, which he was ONE Of the first to
bring to the attention Of Europeaa
connoisseurs; OF the masters Of the
italian renaissance, notably the produc-
tons In silver OF Benvenuto Cellinf and
his Immediate followers and Of modern
French painters.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
the composition Of which is a secret OF

the composition Of which Is a secret OF
| the inventor, and then pressed in
blocks. The inventor buys up straw
in bales, binds them closely together
with wire, and then immerses the en-
tire bundle into q hot solution. the smell
Of which indicates that several materials
like pitch, rosin, tar and other Of the
same kind form part Of the mixture.
These bundles Of straw remain for a
certain length Of time in the solution
and ere then subjected to heavy pres.
sure in Q machine, which they leave in
the shape Of ready cubes. ding
to the inventor, this paving m~tcrinl
il cheaper than wood. but more durable
and stronger, and ut the same time
more elastic.
CssIa Not Awe the Asaesican Girl.
Justin Huntly Mccarthy was once
showing q young American woman over
the house Of parliament. In cscorting
her through the library Of the commons
he casually mentioned, a. o more or
less interesting fact. that II was against
the rules for women to sit down there.
rs that really . law Of the placer
asked the fair American. 'That Ii TO-"
answered Mccarthy, graveIy. Then"
said his visitor, .you Just zee me break
H." and, drawing up I chair, she sat
resolutely down ct the table.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
WHEN WE CRlTiCiSE OUR FRIEND
The Kindness Of Ignoring irwin
Mistakes In Our Drily Life.

f''h
Mistakes In Our Drily Life.
There are two kinds of mistakcg:
mistakes OF moment and trivial mis-.
takes. Undoubtedly the best service
which one friend can render another il
to save him from u mistake liable to be
serious In its results. In such an act
lies true friendship. But in these DAYS
OF criticism, when we ARE apt to criti.
else everything and everybody, we are
all too apt TO correct mistakes which are
absolutely trivial and not worth cor.
recting. And yet in calling attention
to them we often hurt the feelings Of
our best friends. Not one of us. even
the most good-naturcl, likes TO have his
mistakes pointed out. We may appear
no 10 mind corrections. and uccept
them with a smile. But IL is human
nature TO smart under correction, al.
though some of us may he clever enouen
to conceal the smart. Hence. the fewer
mistakes we call attention TO IN others
the better. TwO-thirds Of the mistakes
we make are trivial. Their correction
is unimportant. Why. then, notice
them? Yet some people do, and do 70
constantly. A person speaks Of having
done Il certain thing on Thursday. when
In reality it was done on Wednesday.
il no important point is involved why
call attention to the mistake? What
good does it do TO has. the exact day
set right? 1t is a matter Of no impor.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
where cAIoMoMs ARE MADE

WHERE CAl0MoNS ARE MADE.
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49,. m. r1ts.~ ms.sl- B
The revival of tka nsr ~ faIsS h.I.
IN wx,men.k cxitYur~ Mas amin eer1
abroad the stories ti,st the.,e orna,,, NJ
are shorn for ~ frsde from the spnln1
| of dead women h m.v he rea.sur;nu
| to the ladies to know that such stories
! sre uptr,e. r,,ev are pbvs;olop;cn,lv
( impossible. because s.f,cr death the
hair becomes too brit,k "a e. twisted
into the forms demanded Nv fashion il
the chignon.
Nar,eilles In thu great entrenot n,
the trade in human hair more than ~
900 hounds weight of this commodity
being imported there annually. chiefly
from italy. and more particularly from
Sicily. Naples and the states ~ tbs
church. while n moJernte a,,anti y
comes from Spain and certain depart.
ments of France.
The French provinces which Weld
the largest supply are Brittany and
Auverpne. and BUYERS 90 round on mar.
ket DAYS. when the younr demoise lie
who wishes to dispose of her locks
mount a wine cask. and. unloosenine
her headdress. showers down her hair.
An active bidding follows. As the
weight Of hair in nm ordinary chicpop
does NOT exce..l three ounces and n half.
a. - u - 49,
Marseill.s alone would he sufficient for
inward of 10000 beaddresses. A
large quantity OF the hair arriving nj
this mort is there madesup and re-.x-
ported to Algeria and Spain,
The hoirdressers of Marseil;es. all of
whom are moro or less engo redin The
chir,lon trade. are something like 400
in nnmher ar tbese fonr Largo houses
manufacture among Them 5,5.ooo chip-
mons annually for home cons,,mption
a., n,a ..l: ,u4. "a.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
AN ExASPERArlNG PERSON.
The Woman Who Wanted "a to 80
Georgetown and Met Revcrscs.

The WOma Who Wanted "a to 80
Georgetown and Met Rev
She was one of those women best de.
scribed by the term ''exasperating fe-
male" That is TO say. she was not
pretty. nor pleasing Of name or per
son, nor any other Of those choice at
tributes that go with that sort OF female
we love 10 call woman.
Neither was she young.
Say anything else of a woman and be
forgiven, but never this.
She boarded n yellow car of the
Metropolitan line al Fourteenth and L
streets and in two minutes was scrap
| ping with the conductor because some
body left the door open. Then she
beckoned TO him TO come to her. and he
thought she wanted him to stop the car
and he rang the bell, only to discover
| that she wanted him to come to her 50
she might ask him some silly question
or other.
by the time the ear reached X street
the conductor would have surrendered
half his salary for just one good chance
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hran aid ,el1 Il thsr, III, ,hs coropor
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$50 D. u,o,,h -, .iv .oaIs M,
of course, he didn't dare do it, Neither
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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
habit I have about once in six year

d habit I have about once in six years
and ] came across the letter for him.
Forgetting the time at which it had
come | hurried downstairs with it. and
with many words OF apology handed IT
to him. He had a habit of reading out
loud and he began: My Dear Jack:
You have received a blow in the loss OF
your wife from which you will never
recover, but don't forget, my dear fel-
low, that Then he dropped it md
glared at me.
II didn't 60 to the wedding and he's
never spoken to me from that day To
this. Yes. indeed, you may trust me to
mail your letter without fail"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
IOlD BY THE EYEBROWS.

II h popularity believed that Il ones
eyebrows meet II indicates deceit,
Charles Kingsley indtrscs this belief.
but Tennyson had other ideas and po-
ctically speaks OF married brows." f,
In Turkey meeting eyebrows are
greatly admired. and the women use
artificial means TO bring the brows to
this condition. and II nrt cannot induce
thin eyebrows 20 grow, they make up
by drawing n black liae with paste.
1t would appear Tint the Greeks adj
mirei brows which almost met. and tho
fashionable inhabitants OF Rome not
only approved Of them. but ~resorts1 TO
pigments to make up the lack which
sometimes existed.
Some proverbs state that the person
whose eyebrows meet will always have
good luck. while Others state exactly
the reverse. The Chinese say that
'.pcople whose eyebrows meet can never
hope to attain the dignity OF a minister
OF state" and in Greece OF to-day the
man whose brows meet Is said To he
a vampire, while In Denmark and Ger
many 1t is said he is n werewolf.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
The hnby said taud gave that yell
Which makes his father soowll,
II may not be a bowling swell,
hut I'm a swelling howl"


by local applications, M they caunot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There "
only one way 10 cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused Ivy an ATTAINED condition Of the mu.
cous hAine OF the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets tnilalncd you have a umbling
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when " is
entirely closed deafness Is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken ont
aud tins tube restored to its normal con
dltl0u, hearing Will lie iestroyCd forever;
nine cascs out Of ten are caused bs catarrh,
wtlch is nothing hut au i]ntiNnicl condition
OF tie mucous surfaces.
We viii give Ono Hundred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness ]ttauactl by o1tHrrbi that
cannot be- cured hy Halls tatoI,h Cure.
Send Tor circulars, free.
r, J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold hv Druggists, Tac.
Halls Family pills are the best.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06

"A. Swindle" is the name that APP
pear over the office door Of a struggling
lawyer in a city OF Canada. A friend
OF the unfortunate gentleman suggest
ed the a~dvisability Of his writing out
his first name in full, thinking that Ar
thur or Andrew Swindle, as the case
might he, would sound better and look
better than the significant "A. Swindle."
When the lawyer, with tears in his
eyes, whispered to him that his name
WAS Adam the friend understood and
Wa sjlent.--W;sconsin Blade.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
Why NE WOULDN'T FORGET
One Aan who Always Malls n I.ct-
ter At OAce.

ecR ot O0CSs
Can I trust you to mail this?" asked
Miss Jawkins Of the e boarder, re-
lates the New York Journal. "or are you
the kind Of man who carries letters
around in his pocket for q week before
mailing themY
"You may trust me. said the new
boarder. taking the letter. ct" was
cured Of that disease at my first ut
tack. l was boarding in the same house
with a very good friend, a married man.
He lost his wife suddenly and was in
consolable. Loads Of letters came to
him from sympathetic friends and one
Of them was handed to mt to give to him
by the postman. l carried it upstairs
to my room and inadvertently put 1t
into my desk with o lot of rubbish from
my breast pocket and then forgot all
about II.
Just n year later my friend had so
far forgotten his loss that he became EN-
gagged to a very pretty girl. The morn
ing of the wedding, to which | had been
invited, l was putting my desk in order
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06
MILLIONS IN PAINTING.
The wallace Collection Is
Worth y o 600.

The celebrated Observation-Disclosures col
lection of pictures bequeathed to the
British nation by Lady Wallace is esti'
mated to be worth 81. 100000. Her mag
nanimity, says the Boston Transcript,
is all the more noteworthy because she
was struck off the queens visiting list
many years ago.
Sir Richard Wallace died on July 90,
1890, leaving behind him the most ia
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-05-06

The life OF a serpent is sometimes
p~rotracted far beyond Q period that
would be deemed reasonable. In the
python temples Of western Africa
there are serpents which are known to
have been there q century and q hail.
rhiladelphis Pres.