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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-11
CONDITION or THE CROPS.
Fresh Growth aud Vigor Taken On
Since Recent Heavy Rains.

Fresh Growth aud Vigor Taken On
Since Recent Heavy Rains.
For the past two or three weeks rains
have been quite general over the state,
and in consequence the growing crops
have taken on fresh growth and vigor.
COTTON.
In most of the counties there has been
too much rain for this crop, and unless
there is very speedily more sunshine
and less moisture the damage will be
very serious. Complaints are coming
in from various points of rust, black
rot, blight, shedding, etc., and all these
are aggravated by excessive rain, par
ticularly on the light lands of the state.
The fields are generally too wet to plow,
and grass is getting troublesome in
some localities. The crep is just at its
critical stage, and the next few weeks
will decide as to the result. At this
date think the outlook poor for full
crop in Georgia. Fair weather. with
occasional moderate rains, is what the
plant needs now, but in place of these
we are having cloudy weather with
heavy rains.
This crop has improved wonderfully
in the past few weeks, and the state is
now almost sure of plentiful suppiv
OF this, our most valuable grain crop.
The very early corn in South and Mid.
die Georgia has been seriously injured
by the dry weather Of May and June.
and yet in many cases this corn, with a
dwarfed stalk, and looking as though it
would make nothing, has been revived
has put out bold shoots and will make
three-fourths of good crop. The very
early corn is but a small proportion of
the crop, and the rest is making all that
the land and cultivation given It renders
possible. Some reports state that Ger.
tain counties will make double the crop
made last year, and all report excellent
prospects A large crop is now assured
In South and Middle Georgia, and two
more weeks wlll make the crop safe in
North Georgia. There has been some
INJURY to bottom lands from excess of
moisture and inability on that account
to work them, but in the aggregate this
does not amount to much.
FRUIT.
The watermelon crop, most of which
has been shipped, has proved rather dis
appointing. The crop has been album.
dant and the shipments probably an
average IN the number of carloads. but
the melons have, % a rule, been small
and the prices therefore low, leaving
but little profit for the grower. Some
me melons are now going north, on
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-11
Tax Receivers Notice

The law formerly required property
held on the first Gay of April returnab;e
for taxation This has been amended so
that all property held on the FIRsT DAY
OF MARCH shall be returned at its market
value, II will. be at the following named
places on the dates mentioned below for
the purpose OF Receiving the Tax Returns
of Cobb county for the year 1898
Marietta, ApriLl to 16. Mays.
Acworth April l8, May 2 and II.
Big Shanty, April19 (morning.) May 4
and ,1S (morning
'werittss April %, tmorning) May $ and
10 (morning)
Roswell. April 81. May and go
Post Oak, April % (morning,) May and
% (morning)
Gritter, April % (eve) May and 90 (eve)
smyrna. April Cd (morn,) May 10 and "a
Lemons. Aptil IS teve,, May 10 and "A
Howells, April 81 (morD) May Il and
IS (morr.)
Coxes. April 81 (eve) May Ii and 90 (eve)
Austell, April % May IL and 26.
Powder SIP in4s, April 80, May 10 and 81;
Red Rock, May 2 90 TO II a. m J May is
and 81 g to IL
Lost Monntain, may 2 (i2 To % May Is
and 81 (12 to2)
Oregon, May Q g to 5p m } Ma y Is an
81 e to 5
! S r McCleskey's, June (morning)
| Benson School House, June 6 (evening. J
Winnings, June 10 (morning.'
L NJ Power. May and Is
At Marietta all other times till July 1st.
| All tax payers are reqrested to make
prompt retur-s I will oe compelled to
close my books July 1st, 1893.
The Tax Collector will be with me on
all my rounds for the purpose of Regis
te.ing Voters Please meet us ~ your
court ground and make your returns and
re lister. w N. GRIST,
| Tax Receiver, COBB County.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-11
p. r. CORTELYOU, n. D,

!. tGENERAL PRACTITIONER,
MARIETTA, GA. Office North side Pubic
Square, over Mrs. Warren's Millinery Store
p: M, unless otherwise engaged Residence,
Church street, nearly opposite Presbyterian
Church. All calls promptly attended. Tele-
phone No. As.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-11
IRON CLAD NOTES

We have for sale ironclad n otes wa,vias
all the exemptions, with other binding fea-
lures prepared by the Solicitor General
CT the Blue Ridge C;rcnit, which is pro-
nounced the strongest and best note in ex>
istence. 1t leaves no loophole fora dishou>
est man to escape from paying his obligs>
ton, while it is approved by honest n en-.
We send beck OF one hundred notes, with
stub, post paid to any address onreceip. Of
Scots, or a book of fiftyl notes for 25cs
Address Marietta iGa. Journal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-11

Remember that the Marietta JOURNAL job
Office will duplicate Atlanta job printing
q STYLE quality and price
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-11
THE STANDARD BALE.
DEPARTMENT OF AeRIcu1ruRE,

Equally important with the careful
saving and baling Of our cotton is the
necessity of meeting the complaints
made by the various transportation com.
panies and mills against the different
sizes OF our American balls. The loss
OF space in storing these bales, and the
generally damaged condition in which
our cotton reaches foreign markets.
have given rise to general protest, and
as about three fourths of our cotton is
handled by European buyers, it is to our
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-11

calls promptly attended to. Thanking
our patrons for past favors and asking a
Continuance of same, we are yours truly,
Marietta, Ga. l.. BLACK & son.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-08-11

We are making special discount, com
peting with western market. In add
ton to the above we have a large assert
ment of
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The number of stars visible to tho
naked eye is less than 5000. The NUM-
Der of stars visible through the largest
telescopes is probably not less than
l00, 0OO, 900.
How far away the milky way is there
are no means of judging with much con-
fidence. Prof. Barnard has given good
reasons for thinking that its ground.
work consists of stars, which are much
smaller than tie sun, perhaps hun
dreds of thousands of times smaller. sc
that its distance from us may not be
great, as star distances go.
Some experiments recently made in
Belgium tend to throw doubt on the
truth of the assumption that insects are
guided to flowers by the brightness OF
their colors. Brilliantly-colored dab.
has were covered so as to show only the
disks, and butterflies and bees sought
these flowers with the same eagernes;
and frequency as those which were fully
exposed. The conclusion reached thai
the insects were guided by their sense
of smell rather than by their sight
seems conclusive.
The long familiar laboratory methot
OF drying the air by means of mois
ture-absorbing agent has been Dor
rowed by Frankfort inventor for
patented dry barrel or box for preserv
ing vegetables and other substances
Tie new apparatus is simply box witt
false bottom of Stats, under which i
placed metallic tray containing caus
tic potash. The vegetables, fruit, etc
sre placed on the false bottom, and tn
air--admitted only through the bottom
lis dried before reaching them by pas
sage over the potash. One charge of tn
drier is claimed to last six months.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11
HERE AND THERE.

Good butter is not made in Eve
minutes, nor ten minutes. The best ar
ticle requires 81 TO 40 minutes, and you
can't save time AMI quality both.
"A hog fed ct a fair profit until it
reaches 200 pounds will be fed at loss
soon after passing that point, and if
fed to $50 or 400 pounds all profit will
be destroyed.
TO be successful farmer one must
not only read, but his mind must be SO
trained as to be able to slit what he
reads, separate the chaff from the
wheat, for there is muca chatf in the
best papers.
Give the hogs as good care as any
other stock. Do not go on the theory
that anything is good enough for y hog.
Anything which comes handy for a
feed will never bring the hogs to q
profitable market.
Never let your cows be moving
manure piles; they do not look pretty;
and some neighbor might call you q
thoughtiess, lazy farmer, and that
would not be nice. Moreover. they
might tell of it, and that would make
| you ashamed.
| The amount of milk COW will give
| in a day or a week, is not decisive of
her merit; it is the quantity she will
give in year. Some cows demand o
long rest spell, while others do not.
Persistency is . cows most valuable
characteristic.
During the summer, while eggs are
| abundant, why not put up q few dozens
in lime water for "hard times?" In this
connection we will call attention to the
article on keeping eggs in this issue.
Moderate abundance all the time is bet
ter than o feast followed by an egg
famine.
| A horse is really none the better
for being sleek fat. In fact the fat
may be hurriediy applied and may con-
ceal blclnishes that would appear it the
horse was in good condition for actual
| service. And yet fat horse will sell
better ON any market for the simple
reason that he is fat.
| As the weather becomes warmer
slack up on feeding corn. One feed o.
whole corn at night is all any fowl
ought to have unless fattening for mar
ket or the table. For growing chicks
or laying hens. wheat bran and oats
sorghum seed, with plenty Of greer
vegetable matter, are the foods ~
lQuired.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11

There are many medicines that paiiiate
asthma. There are few that do more than
relieve for time the oppressed breathing
of the sufferer. There are few diseases
more troublesome aud more Irritating
than asthma. 1t interferes alike with
business and with pleasure. 1t prevents
endowment of the day and makes the night
a terror A remedy for asthma would be
hailed by thousands as the greatest posi-
Bile boon that could be offered them. There
is a remedy for asthma. DR.. ]. c. Ayers
Cherry Pectoral has cured hundreds OF
cases of this disease, and testimonials to
its efficacy from those who have tried the
remedy are multiplying with every year.
The cases presented in the TESTIMONIALS
that follow may be taken as exemplifying
the quick aud radical action Of this great
remedy.
"About year ago, caught bad cold
which resulted in asthma so severe that
was threatened with suffocation whenever
I attempted to lie down on my bed. A
friend recommending Ayers Cherry Pee:
toral, began to take it, and soon obtaineo
relief, and. finally, was completely cured
Since then, have used this medicine II
nv family with great success for colds
coughs, and croup.r-S. HuTrER. Editor
"Roiink" POLISH, Stevens Point, Wis.
swhiie on the casconade River. Ca,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11
AsTHMA'S PROGRESS.
From Cold to Cure.
No relief in other remedies.

caught q severe cold which resulted -
asthma. After taking doctors prescrips
tions for a long time without benefit, ae
length made use of Ayers Cherry Pecto-
raj. and was completely. cured."-H. u
KIrcHELL, Greenwood, Miss
"sorne time since had severe attack
Of asthma, accompanied with bad cough
and a general soreness OF the joints ana
muscles. 1 consulted physicians. and tried
various remedies, but without getting any
relief Finally took Ayers Cherry Pec-
torai. aud in q very short time was entirely
cured."-J. RosELLs, Victoria, Tex.
Or. ]. c. Ayers Cherry Pectoral IL known
the world over as Zone of the most effective
medicines for the cure of coughs, colds,
Group. whooping cough. asthma. oron,
chitis, and all affections OF the throat ana
lungs. 1t Is not, as are so many cough
medicines, q mere soothing syrup. .
temporary relief and palliative, but It -
a radical remedy. dealing directly with
disease aud promptly healing It. In
response TO q wide demand DR.. Ayers
Cherry Pectoral is now put up in hall size
| bottles, sold at half price--So cents. More
about DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectorai IN Ayers
curebook. A story of cures told by the
cured. Sent free. on request. by the ]. G
Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11
New use for soldiers.

A standing army is not such bad
ihing after all, even in peaceful times.
With considerable trouble and more or
less opposition from ignorant legisla-
tors, the Massachusetts, general court
appropriates every year thousands OF
dollars to provide the gypsy moth COM
mission with ammunition with which
TO exterminate the caterpillar. But
there is so much fuss over preparations
that many worms escape, ready to
propagate in multitude in the following
year. The kaiser does all this different
ly. The other day he heard that cater
pillars were destroying the fine timber
in Rominten, in East Prussia, where he
has a jagdschloss. The mighty oaks,
some of which date back to the Cru
sades, were being wiped out by the
hundred. The kaiser promptly ordered
two battalions of his pioneer corps into
the district, led by officers who were ex-
pert agriculturists and entomologists'
They swept down upon the caterpil-
lars as their ccnipanions-at-arms did
upon the French at Sedan and Metz
and they are said to have exterminated
them. This work may seem like an in.
suit to the German uniform, but it is q
very worthy Office all the same.-N. Y
Times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11
COULD NOT BE DONE.
It Was Utterly Impossible for That
Boy to Respect His Father's
Gray Hairs.

''Boys," began the Sunday school super.
intendent, impressively, II hope none OF you
will ever get into the reprehensble habit
of abiding to your father as the old man.
When you grow up, no matter how big OF
old you may be, you should always look up to
and respect the silver hairs of your father,
who has grown bent and gray working for
you in your helpless infancy. Now, all OF
you who think you can do this please raise
your right hands,
Up went every hand except one.
Sternly cycling the delinquent, the super
intendent solemnly observed:
"Why, young man, am horrified-abso
lutely horrifed-as well as astonished at
your behavior Don't you wish to raise your
hand and put yourself on record as being
willing to respect the gray hairs Of your ia
ther when you grow up to be mani"
mo, No use tryin'; can't do it nohow,
unblushi.lgly responded the lad.
"Why not, sonny?"
"'Cause he amt liable to have no gray
hair. Dads bald" chirped the youthful
philos spher, triumphantly, and amid gen
eral litter the discounted superintendent
gave il up and passed on to something else
Tit Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11

History states that certain Roman Of
fetal of some Importance was killed one
day by a falling tile while ndulging in a
parade. A young man of the family of Hur
was charged with his death and brought
into court. The Judge, after hearing the
case, turned to the prisoner and said:
"I sentence you to the mines for life"
"To the mines?" echoed Ben Hur..,
tious magistrate: 'there are great mining
facilities on the Mediterranean. You will
find all the oar you want in the galleys."
At this brutal Jest it is said the attorney
for the prosecution laughed long and loud
but Ben Hur saw no Joke in the galleys-ht
was not printer.--Detroit Free Press.
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WHERE THE JOKE CAME IN.
The Boys Hauled the Professor BACK
Much to Their Chagrin and
Discomfort.

A very good story is told of the head
of college, who was the possessor of
a very clumsy, old-fashioned vehicle, to
which he was very partial and which
he constantly used in riding through
the streets of the town, to the disgust
of most of the students.
A plan was formed among some of
the boys that on certain night they
would remove this offensive vehicle
from the coach-house to wood about
half a mile from the college. Their in
tention was to run the carriage into the
thickest of the woods and underbrush
and leave it there.
But the principal by some means
learned or suspected their intention.
Accordingly, in the evening, he quiet
" went out to the coach-house, and,
well wrapped up, crouched in corner
of the carriage, and waited.
Soon the boys came, very stealthily,
and, without looking into the vehicle,
began their operations very quietly;
and in whispers, and with many o
"Hush," and Take care" and Look
out" they succeeded in getting it out
of the house and yard, and into the
! road.
There they were all right, but they
were puzzled to find the thing so heavy
to haul; and amid grumblings and puff
ings and paintings, varied occasionally
with a strong expression of disgust
they succeeded in reaching the woods
the principal listening to their com
plants, and rather enjoying the situa
| ton.
Having with some difficulty backe'
the carriage into the brush, they began
| to congratulate each other on the sue
cess of their maneuver. The old gen
tleman, letting down the window, t
their utter surprise and alarm, yer.
quietly said:
snow, young gentlemen, just tax
me back very carefully, If you please.
Spare Moments.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11

come blind. My nerves were in such state
that a step on the floor unsettled me.
Eminent doctors, skillful nurses, the best
food and medicine all failed; Then ! con,
sented to an operation. That, too, failed
and they said another was necessary. After
the second / was worse than ever and the
world was darker than before.
cit was then l heard of Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. / heard that
they had cured cases like mine and l tried
them.
"They cured me! They brought sun
slime to my life and filed my cup. with hap
r,iness. The headache is gone; the witch
ing is gone; the nervousness is gone; the
trembling has ceased, and ] have gained
twenty-six pounds Health ard strength i
mine and am thankful to DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People or the blessing,
These pills are boon to womankind
Acting directly on the blood and nerves
they restore the requisite vitality to all part
OF the tody; creating functional regularity
and perfect harmony throughout the ner
yous system. The pallor of the cheeks j
changed to the delicate blush Of health; tn
eyes brighten; the muscles grow elastic
ambition is created and good health returns
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11
The Sleeps Likes and Dislikss.

Sheep are the epicures among farm
animals. The hog will eat corn in filth.
knee deep, and cattle gather living from
muddy stalk fields; but the sheep asks
for clean food, in clean troughs, stand
ing in clean yards. No farm animal
has such strong likes and dislikes, and
we must cater to its tastes if we expect
it to do it's best for us.
The sheep will not touch hay that
other stock have nosed over They
must eat at the first table or not ALL
We throw the refuse from the sheep
racks to the cattle, but it would be USE
less to throw the stubs left in the cat
tie managers to the sheep. So with
corn and oats; they like them none
the better if the rats have played over,
or the sparrows roasted above the feed
bins. The best corn shelters have fan
attachment which blows out all dust
and loose particles of husk. Hereafter
our corn will be shelled by horse power
and then passed through the tanning
mill.
Sheep dislike to have their hay-racks
used for hen roosts. In these days of
pure food laws, one of the children
should be appointed a special deputy to
see that such trangressors are prompt
Iy put in the chicken house. Mud is
another of sleeps dislikes. Had they
their chico, they would take lady-like
care of their golden slippers. l saw a
flock stand half an hour this morning
studying whether or not to cross a
| xv,,,I<lx, -
In November we had cistern built
to supply the main sheep with water.
The water has yet such strong taste
of cement that nothing will drink it, so
the sheep must be let out to drink.
These muddy days it is no uncommon
sight to see q whole flock of sheep
crowded on the stone walk that leads
to the barn. Soon we hope to house
our sheep during the entire fattenina
period, as they will fatten better when
they are confined. When sheep must
be fed out Of doors, few loads of coal
ashes that make the back yard in
slightly, should be thrown on each side
of the feeding troughs.s No one since
the days OF Job can startdown a line OF
troughs with mud ankle deep and 9
flock OF hungry sheep at his heels and
not lose his patience.
Sheep like pare water, several de
grees warmer than they fnl it in the
brook. These are reasons that they
hunt the springs and Gloss mp to where
it bubbles out; or cross therun to drink
. in TIE barn, where pure water is pro
vided and warmed several degrees BY
passing through the underground
pipes. These may be considered thu
nicsties of sheep husbandry. You car
notsay TO the sheep: Eat what is SCI
before you, asking no questions. The.
|, want clean service, pure food and pure
drink, with clover blossoms for dessert
!. 1t pays to give them what they want
National Slockman. IL
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1898-06-11

Do Won want good farm, where you can
work outdoors in your shirt sleeves for ten
months in the year, and where your stock
can forage for itself all the year round? Ii
so. write to p. Sid Jones, Passenger Agent,
Birmingham, Ala, or DIR. II. b. Crawford,
Travelling Passenger Agent 6 Rookery
Building, Chicago, Iii.
Do you want to go down and look at some
Of the Garden Spots of this country? The
Louisville 4 Nashville Railroad provides the
wav and the opportunity on the first and
third Tuesday OF each month, with excur-
sions at only two dollars over one fare, for
round trim tickets. Write Mr.. G.. p. At
more, General Passenger Agent, Louisville
KY, for particulars.
Do YOU want to read about them before
going! Then send ten cents in silver OF
postage stamps for a copy OF "Garder
Spots to Mr.. Atmore.
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', Hiram, be you agoin' to town TO-


"Say, Hiram, be you agoin' to town TO-
Yes, Uncle Bill, / got to git the mare
shod and do some high old shoppin' Ter
the wimmen folks besides. Can l git any
thing fer your"
"Well, YES, you see your Aunt Lucy says
she wants heap of stuff to the store, but
she don't reckon she'd trust me nor no ono
else to buy her the new caliker dress she's
bent on havin, so she's got ter go and DO
the selectin' Of it herself and il you just
give her lift there and back it'll save me
hitchin' up"
of the opportunity, fer promised Mandy
and all three of the gals a ginuine surprise
all around if things panned out satisfactory
on the sale of that wheat, which they DID,
and now propose to keep my promise IN
good shape and Aunt Lucy, she knows Just
the very kind of colors the gals like IN print
goods and what ter select and how much
fer each dress and want them and Mandy
to have the very best there is; the kind Of
dress goods heerd Aunt Lucy say was al
WAYS marked on the tags with the name OK
William Simpson 4 Sons. She says that's
| the kind that always looks bright and wears
well and don't fade. tell you what, Uncle
| Bill, they amt nobody enjoys seem wen
| dressed wimmen folks around the house no
better than me and when Aunt Lucy and
get through buyin' print goods and calico TO-
day guess William Simpson Soma III think
| this town amt no SLOUGH for well dressed gal
| and wimmen."