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Muck Land. Mad. Valuable.

Beginning near Lawton, Mich, and
extending westerly past Dowagiac. is
an immense swamp. says Drainage
Journal. A portion of 1t Is covered
with black ash and birch and other
large portions have In ages past been
buried under water SO long that it's
growth Of trees has been smothered.
Roots and earth-imbedded trunks
alone remain to tell the story. De-
nuded OF its trees. the swamp presents
the appearance Of plain. Centuries
OF decay of vegetation produce rich
plant food. No part OF this swamp
produces better returns for its tillage
than that near Decatur. Ten years
ago the state made ditch five miles
long in this swamp. which drains into
Dowagiac creek. and from thence into
the st. Joseph river. Owners of
swamp land constructed laterals, and
a ldrge body OF the land was brought
into condition for cultivation. Shrewd
residents OF Lawton. Kalamazoo and
other points invested In the swamp.
They grew mint. celery and onions.
The ground produces fne celery, and
an enort has been made to colonizs
HoJ'<nders from Kalamazoo to work II,
but 20 far without marked success. Be-
fore being drained these muck lands
had only nominal value. Now they
sell At prices ranging from $40 to 800
per acre. depending very much upon
the market facilities. The growing o.
mint on the muck land has been and ID
yet remunerative. The mint produces
. valuable oil when distilled. Each
mint grower has q small still, and the
distillAtion Is said to be very simple
process. 1t 10 claimed that mint grow.
ers realize n profit Of 80 or more Der
acre.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

A curious epitaph is to be seen on
a tombstone in cemetery in one Of
the suburbs of Paris. The slab marks
the last resting place of husband and
wife. The husband died first and be-
meath the record OF his name and de-
mise was paced at his request the inc:
II am anxiously awaiting you. July
so. 1927" Forty years later his devot-
ed spouse followed him to the grave
and the following line completed the
record on the stone: Here l am.
Sept 2, 1867"
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seed for 10 to Is minutes in scalding
water-temperature Of water l32 to lSS
degrees F., and soaking the seed from
IS to 20 hours in a solution OF potaesi-
um sulfid diver OF sulfur) made by dis
solving one and one-half pounds of the
sulfid in twenty-five gallons of water.
This solution should be kept in wood
en- vessel. In the hot water treatment
the seed is placed in wire mesh YES
sci or in an open gunny bag and then
immersed. Ten minutes treatment
gave the same results as fifteen min
utes, while the longer did no injury.
With the potassium sulfid method the
grain is covered directly by the liquid
and allowed to remain for the time
stated. In both cases the seed Will
need to be dried to SOW in the drill, but
may be sown broadcast while still wet.
Details of these methods will be found
in Bulletin "a of the Ohio Experiment
Station. Another method was tried in
1896. 1t consists in treating the seed
oats in piles by sprinkling with soiu-
tion of potassium sulfid from a water
ing can with rose. The grain must he
repeatedly stirred during treatment
and the sprinkling is done also at in
tervals of an hour. By this sprinkling
method the smut was reduced from IL
per cent to per cent in one case; from
% per cent to 10 per cent in another
Hot water and sulfid soaking treat
ments Of the same seed reduced the
smut to lilo of one per cent and 6-10
of one per cent of smut respectively. 1t
will no >, III 1oth nd
is not SO complete prevention as the
hot water and soaking methods.
The details of the sprinkling method
are as follows: Dissolve one pound OF
fresh potassium sulfid in fifteen and
one-half gallons of water in a wooden
vessel. This solution will be enough
to treat 500 pounds or fifteen and one
half bushels of seed oats. In other
words, every gallon of the mixture,
made as directed, will treat one bushol
OF oats. Place the oats in piles OF five
to eight bushels upon tight door and
sprinkle with the sprinkler every hour
until the liquid Is used. Just enough
should be applied SO that none goes to
waste. The seed should be we'll stirred
between sprinkings. After all the So
luton has been applied, the oats should
lie not more than six inches deep and
should be thoroughly stirred twice a
day. 1t is best sown about two to
three days after treatment. Manifestly
the seed will be swollen and must be
applied in larger quantity per acre.
The attention to the condition Of the
seed after treatment and before sowing
Is evidently as exacting as for the hot
water or soaking methods. The pref
erence OF the Experiment Station is for
the hot water method as most effective
and at the same time most practicable.
This sprinkling reatment is stated for
the beneht of any who desire to use It.
There Is no method of seed treatment
that does not involve labor,
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o.oa Root. :. rr.a.p'.a.,ns r-...:

osod Rosts In rransplantins rsssss
Mr.. H. NJ. Stringfellow. fruit grow.
er Of Texas. and who 10 regarded In
that section ~ q good authority on
practical fruit culture. has lately start.
led planters by contending that young
trees planted for orchards. or. one may
say. for anything else. are better with.
out roots than with them. He cuts in
all the roots to mere stump. making
the tree little more than n mere cut
ting. says Mehan's Monthly. The top
70 OF course at the samc time cut in
severely. II 10 argued that there 10 a
ersas ooint gained. provided such trees
The silver star., 1897-04-29

The W. C. T. q. OF Battle Creek are
in a quandary. Adam Arnold, noto-
rious character. died there the other
day and willed this organization his
lated by crime and selling liquor. Ar
mold. short time before his death, had
been convicted of numbering his own
son. What do you imagine the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union Of
Battle Creek will do about IL?
The silver star., 1897-04-29

In United States court at Phila-
delphia. recently. several applicants for
naturalization as American citizens
were before the bar Judge Butler
questioned each one OF them TO see
what evidence there nigh, be OF his be-
ing attached to the principles Of the
Constitution OF the United States, and
weli-d!sposed TO the good order and
happiness OF the same" To one appli-
cant he said. What privilege will you
get by becoming a citizen of the United
States?' Il would get license. sir. {"
answered the man. In Philadelphia. II
seems. no one can obtain q license to
sell intoxicating liquor unless he Is Q
citizen OF the United States. and this
man had truly betrayed the fact that
the secret OF his attachment to the
principles OF the Constitution" was his
desire to poison the people with alco-
holic liquors. One purpose OF our laws
relating to naturalization should be 70
exclude from the privilege men whose
motives are OF this type. They are al
together too common among the appli-
cants for citizenship.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

A farm colony for New York inebri-
ates is good idea They would be
self-supporting. A great deal of
land. however. would be required if all
the New York inebriates were to be
worked
The silver star., 1897-04-29

A New England lady who had re-
mained single 100 years has Just died.
Only New England lady could be so
fastidious as not to accept a mate in
all that time.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

A Kansas newspaper man has caused
much commotion in his town and
caused several engagements to be brok-
en- Oh by the puoncation OF the follow
ing observation. What can q sensible
young man think when he observes
strong. fat girl laying around amusing
herself with fancy work or quilting or
running to every shindig and hoedown.
while her poor. sick. and worn-out
mother takes In washing to support
he familys" No less than sixteen
young ladies have called upon him for
. FotrAction and the village 10 rent
ffoo center TO circumference
The silver star., 1897-04-29

In seven months the decrease in i'm
migration has been only 45.525. The
European stream has by no means been
turned back. 'rhe labor market will
continue glutted.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

As soon as Mr.. Bliss learns what a
sooner" is. he will be encouraged to
proceed with q further study of the
Great West.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

Greek names will never be anything
but troublesome. Familiar as we all
are with Marco Bozzaris. we still have
to stop and thing occasionally whether
the hero used two RS or two rs.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

The Buffalo Enquirer calls ingalls,
Cheap John" 1t wouldn't think so IL
It should see the size of the check Mr..
Hearst has to pay.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

The only vengeance that a good
man desires is to have his enemies
know that he is right.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS or INTEREST TO
AORlCULTuRlsTs.
some Up-to-dats Hiats About Cultiva-
..on Of the Soil and Yisids Thereof
-Horticuiture. vitlcuitars and y1oss.
culture


HE Ohio Experi-
ment Station has
used several meth
ods Of treatment
and two of these
ere uni formly
successful. A third
method reduces the
smut one-half to
three -fourths. The
successful methods
are immersing the
The silver star., 1897-04-29

The conduct of Mrs. Fitzsimmons
strongly vindicates the theory that a
woman's place is not at the ring side.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

Many claim to be praying for the
conversion of the world who are not
doing anything else.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

What Greece needs Just now is big
brother with Monroe doctrine in his
pocket
The silver star., 1897-04-29

In the course of time all the mud viii
be utilized as campaign capital.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

Butter and Cheese Consumption.-ln
1887 the United States consumed $50.
900 tons Of butter and cheese: the Unit.
ed Kingdom. $4,000: Russia, 80 900,
Germany. 5000. and Austria, i30. 900
The people Of Canada eat more butter
and cheese per capita than those Of
any other country. The annual con.
sumption In tho United States. per in.
habitnnt. Is 20 pounds. and In the
United Kingdom 10 pounds.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

Freedom Of thought is mockery
when the expression of it is suppressed
The silver star., 1897-04-29
Treating strawberry Plants.

An eastern exchange says: L. j.
Farmer. a widely known strawberry
grower OF Pulaski. N. Y. has a method
of his own for spring treatment OF
strawberry plants. The plants are TAX
en- up very early and trenched closely
In sloping trenches. about seven inches
deep, twelve to fifteen plants to the
linear foot. and crowns even with the
surface. The roots are clipped before
trenching. The whole surface is mulch
ed, the beds leach consisting of three
trenches eight inches apart) thoroughly
soaked. and week after sprayed with
Bordeaux mixture. The plants are
kept in the beds, where they can be fire.
quently sprayed for mildew (Which in
Oswego county is worse than rust)
about six weeks. Ten thousand can
thus be treated on a square rod OF
land. About May 20 the plants are set
IN the fields, and will ordinarily need
no more spraying until after they have
made a crop. Mr.. Farmer puts the win-
ter mulch ON early. about AZ soon al
the ground will bear a wagon. Horse
manure is the preferred mulch.
The Farmers' Review regards the
above with a good deal OF suspicion
and does not advise its readers to try
It. II can hardly be believed that the
plants set out In Msy could develop
enough roots to give q large yield OF
fruit.
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Don't try t. pe an assistant boon
keeper to the recording angel.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

Small boy. don't seem TO care for .,ilts
ne ve used to- mo: ptlits hold them too
far up out Of the mud"
The silver star., 1897-04-29
Painful ERUPTION

my sister was afflicted with efunt,,.
around her ears which kept reft;s.
worse and spreading until they bccss3
very painful. We made mp our min.
we must do something for her, and "a
procured bottle Of Hoods Sarsaparili"
She continued taking II until she -
entirely cured. DuNNrNc, e..
cord. Wisconsin.
| Hoods Sarsaparilla
ts the best-in fact the One True Blood Puiau.
us,, n,11. arc prompt efaciens =
The silver star., 1897-04-29

Profitable Dairylng.-There Is no use
trying to make dairying profitable on
old lines. Better cows are needed at
once. and they should have the best
care. Stock that has to stand out In all
kinds Of weather and has no shelter
from the fierce storms that sweep
across those prairies. other than q
barbed wire fence. will never yield
enough milk to be q source Of impor-
tant income to the owner. Cows must
be well housed and well fed: and better
care Of the milk before It goes to the
creamery 10 absolutely essential. Clean.
illness in the barn. about the milk
rooms. with the pals and cans In
which the milk ID handled. should re.
ceive very close attention. Get the
milk to the creameries in nrst-class
shape. free from the bad odors that
are 70 often absorbed by It, and the
fault will lie with the creamery man
agement II the finished product IL not
Of . high grade.
The silver star., 1897-04-29

Read up on the dairy business.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS AND THE
PUBLIC.

Sealed proposals are hereby invited by the
undersigned commissioners of roads and rev
enueS of Glynn county, Georgia, for the erection
and completion of a new court house building
i'll said county of Glynn agrt cable to the plans
and specifications prepared by Frank p Mil
burn, architect, of Charlotte, \. c., which plans
and specifications are now on file in the onice of
said commissioners and open to the inspection
of the public and which will remain ON Gle and
open to inspection during the continuance of
this notice, and sa d bids or proposals to be
likewise made agreeable to the 30 lowing stipu-
lations and conditions, to w.t.
First. The building to be erected is to be so ID
feet front and to run back 66 IL feet: to have a
basement and two stories, the has ement to be
of granite and the first and second stories of
bun brick and the roof of tin. For a more de-
tailed description of said building reference is
hereby had TO the plans and specifications ON
file in the office of said comm. slOners.
Second. The contractor do ng the work shall
be paid rs follows: When the first floor FONTS
are on twenty (20) per cent of the contract
price; when the second floor JOINTS are on fiji
teen % per cent Of the contr act price: when
the roof is on twenty (20) per cent of the con
tract price: when the floors are laid and the
glass IN fifteen Q5) per cent of the contract
price, and the balance. thirty (5O) per cent of
the contract price to be pa d upon the compile
ton and acceptance of the work. The work to
be done under the superntendence Of the coun-
ty architect and PAYMENTS made in a cordance
with his specifications.
Third. The bids or proposals will be received
at the commissioners office IN the court house
of said county of Glynn up to ten (lW O'Clock A.
proposals will be opened and consde ed. the
commissioners resefving to themselves The
right to reject any or all bids.
Fourth All bids or proposals must be accom-
panied by cert fed check on some reliable
bank for the sum of one tn usand $1,000 dol
lars. made pay able to the order of James 5.
Wright, chairman of the board Of commissions
ers, AS evidence, if the contractors bid is ac-
cepted, that he VIII enter into contract at
once and file an acceptable guarantee company
bond III the sum of double the am mnt of the
contract price within thirty 800 days from the
date of signing the contract for the faithful
performance of the contract. Should such con-
tractor fail sign a contract to give the re-
quired bond the $1,000 check will he forfeited to
the county of Glynn as liquidated dam ges &C.
easloned by the delay.
ISeal. JAMES 5. WRIGHT,
Chairman.
f. +. CONEY,
III. ii. HARVEY,
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues OF Giynn
County, Georgia
Attest:
j. G. LEHMAN.
Clerk "Reminiscences.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

"Let parents not live for their chill
dren, but with them" The mother
should allow no false modesty to stand
In the way of her daughter knowl-
edge of herself, OF her possibilities OF
her perils. For over thirty years DR..
Pierce has used his "Fovorite Pre-
scriptlon" as a strengthened, puri-
fier, regulator. 1t works directly
upon the delicate, distinctly feminine
organs, In natural, soothing way. IL
searches out the weak spots and builds
them up. A woman who would un-
derstand herself should send 81 cents
to the Worlds DispensaIy, Buffklo, N.
Y, for DR.. Pierce's Medical Adviser,
book of zoos pages.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

The Mount Lebanon Shakers recent.
ly performed great deed of charity
although IL was not designed as char
ity, being nothing more nor less than
an advertising scheme. 1t, however
resulted In great good just the same,
They gave away 1000 bottles of their
digestive cordial to those suffering
from stomach arrangements.
1t was so effective In curing those
who used the remedy that they were
loud in their praises of it and in con
sequence large demand for the cor
dial was at once created.
The druggists of this town have lit
tie books that tell all about it. Di-
gestive cordial creates an appetite,
aids digestion and brings about rap
id increase in tlesn and strength.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08
Advertised Letter List.

The following list of letters remains
ing in the postoffice at Brunswick, Ca,
unclaimed, for the week ending June
5, 1897:
A-BIuet Anderson.
DO. A. Blunt, Mrs. HattIs Bryan,
Miss Custer Brul, Charlie Brown,
Abram BrinsOn.
C-Mr. Carter, Mrs. Annier Carter,
Miss Emma r. Cr0mis, Captain John
Clearer.
D-JohE Garnett Duncan.
G-Wille Gardner, Mary Lee Glib
son, Mrs, Rushie Geise GMnnels.
H-Mrs. A. f. Helms, Robert Hen
derson, Samuel Hines.
I-Alonzo Ivory.
J-Batey Jones, J. e. Jones.
John II. Lewis, f. B. Londs.
Mn. j. Manahan, Mark McCtow.
Mrs. Georgia McCray, Mrs. Matte
Moore.
president Seaside College {2l.
S-Mrs. Emma Sanders, LawFance
Sillvers, Alfred Smith, N. C. Smith.
T-Adolphus Tull.
W-Miss Lula Williams, Eddie Will
liaMs.
Parties calling for any of the above
will please say they were advertised
and pay one cent for each letter
claimed. w. f. SYMoNs. p. M.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08
THE TEN BEST POEMS

The ten best short poems n the Eng
lIsh language, according to a vote taken
among the leading editors and writer's
OF the world, are as follows, stated in
the order of preference:
l. ION His Blindness" by John Mil
ton.
2. "When In Disgrace" by william
Shakespeare.
3. "BugIe Song" by Alfred TenDy-
son.
4. "Bannockburn," by Robert Burns.
5. lode On Grecian UrD," by John
Keats.
6. "Hohenlinden,' by Thomas Camp
bell.
z. "Elegy Written In a Country
Churchyard," by Thomas Gray.
s. "Thanatopsis," by William Cullen
Bryant.
8. 1.-THE Chambered Nautilus" by
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
10. ITO the Skylark," by Percy
Bysshe Shelley.
The peculiar fact about this list is
the great number of really superior
poems it Omits. OF the ten, Gray's
immortal elegy should certainly dis
place Millions sonnet as first choice.
Tennyson wrote dozen short poems
of rarer worth than his "Bugle Song
His "locksley Hall" should stand al
the head of all lists as The greatest
short poem ever written, and our Owr
PJe's craven" will be quoted and adj
m red when "The Chambered Nau
lus" ami 81 hanatopsls" exist Onl,
OF unread pages. Holmes "Las
Lat" pXceis his Nautilus" effort il
every particular of real poesy, al
though neither of them >hould appear
am0 e he greatest ten. That immor
til poem of Richard Henry Wilde's
b ginning My life is like summer
rose" which is the acme of masterfu
poetry expressed in few lines, can
n )t be fairly omitted from such list
Should the general reading publ,
be called upon TO name its prefer
ences the verdic; would greatly diffe
from that OF these editors and writer's
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08
Nervous

People find just the help they so much
need, in Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t fur
nishes the desired strength by puri-
flying, vitalizing and enriching the
blood, and thus builds up the nerves,
tones the stomach and regulates the
whole system. Read this:
al want to praise Hoods Sarsaparilla.
My health run down, and had the grip.
After that, my heart and nervous system
were badly affected, so that could not do
my own work. Our physician gave me
some help, but did not cure. decided
totry Hoods Sarsaparilla. Soon could
do all my own housework. have taken
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

ACTING on the suggestions of "a
Friend of the Horse" published n THE
TIMES, the people of Waycross are ag-
lta'ing the organization of a society
Tor the prevention of cruelty to ami
mals. Brunswick had an orsanizs-
tion once, but it needs revivification.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

Hoods Pills with Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and they have done me much good. 1
will not be without them. have taken IS
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and through
the blessing of God, it has cured me.
i worked as hard as ever the past sum-
mer. and I am thankful to say / am
well. Hoods Pills when taken with
Hoods Sarsaparills help very much"
MRS. NJ. M. MESSENGER, Freehold, Penn.
This and many other cures prove that
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08
TO NASHVILLE.
The Plant System Announces Its Rates to
the Great Exposition.

The Plant System Announces Its Rates to
the Great Exposition.
For the Tennessee Centennial ana
international Exposition, Nashville,
Tenn, May to October 30, 1897, the
Plant System will sell rOund-trip
tickets from Brunswick to Nashville
Tenn, at the following rates on dates
named below:
$23.65-Tickets to be sold April IA
and "a and daily on and after April
IS, until and including October 10;
final limit November Z, 1897
735-Tlckets to be sold daily on
and alter April 20, until and including
October Is, 1897; final limit twenty
days in addition to date of sale.
.60-Tickers to be sold on Tues
days and Thursdays of each week, be-
ginning April 20, and until and in
Guiding October 26, 1897; final limit
ten days in addition to date of sale.
$ll35--Applies to military compan-
les and uniformed brass bands accom-
panying them, moving in bodies Of
twenty-five or more on solid ticket; to
be sold daily, beginning April 20. and
until and including October rs, 1897
final limit ten days in addition to date
of sale. Same rate will apply to bona
fide students and their teachers III
parties of twenty five ur more Gu sold
tickets, upon application of principa 5
of colleges, schools and universities
to be sold May Is to June 30, 1897, in
elusive, and September Is TO October
20, 1897, inclusive; final limit ten days
in addition tn date of sale.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

POPE LRo's poem, which is the latest
literary effort of international note,
consists chiefly of list of eatables. 1t
might be properly called a versifled
bill of fare.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

OHIO has demonstrated that her pro-
ductive abilities are not limited to
furnishing this great land with pres
Tents. She can also turn out a good
supply of oOrpses.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

THE latest invention is a steamboat
that will roll over the water like a bar
rel on land. All the passengers Will
naturally be "hlgh rollers"
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

The OglethOrpe hotel is noted for
being one of the coolest spots on the
South Atlantic coast in the summer
months. A most delightful place to
spend pleasant summer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

Four million bottles of champagne
have been ordered for the queens jub-
lice. The jag record will be interest
inn
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-06-08

Nor few ambitious gentlemen are
waiting for that anticipated Southern
rail way receivership to take up with
fhonn