The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 18, 1897, Image 6
THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., FEBRUARY 18, 1891.
A CITY OF THE DEAD.
PEFIE LA CHAISE, THE GREAT AND
BEAUTIFUL CEMETERY OF PARIS.
It Contains 00,000 itlMimolcuniii and Slon-
nmen’s—T!i«- Last Kesting I’iacc of Many
Whoso Names I.ivo In History -A Kat-
tleflold l* *j the Days of the Commune.
Pitv' lu Chaise, so called after Louis
XIV’s confessor, who had his residence
oti the hill lonf< u”o, covers 100 1-2 acres
uml is laid out, like a miniature city,
iu nearly 150 streets cr avenues and lit
tle paths. Bordering these are !)(i,000
mausoleums and monuments of every
description, from the moot magnificent
tombs to the meet unpretending urns.
Each little house has its family name
above the door, and few are ever with
out some fresh tokens of loviiig remem
brance.
The French may not be a deeply re
ligious nation, but they certainly do not
lark personal affection and respect, and
this is Btrikinyly shown in their devo
tion to the memory of their dead. Orna
mental wreaths made of beads or tin,
black, white and colored, many of them
will', appropriate mottoes, were piled or
hung upon the monuments.
l.ntcring one of the main streets and
walking up the hill, we were soon iu a
labyrinth of tombs. Inside of one little
house, which had a glass door, there was
a shelf built of marble, upon which
stood a framed photograph rf <t man.
On each side were vases filled with
white lilacs, and underneath was stretch
ed a white ribbon, and letters in gold
upon it told th»t this was an offering
from his sorrowful schoolmates. Three
columns rising from one pedestal and
resci;iMing some fragment of a Roman
ruin stood to commemorate three broth
ers who had wished to bo laid together.
Many monuments were like obelisks or
in other Egyptian forms, shewing the
influence upon the fashion of the time
of Napoleon's eastern campaign. One
large column with a broken shaft stood
alone in an open space upon a raised
platform and attracted our attention be
cause of the great number of wreaths
and flowers piled high upon it. This
was u monument to those whose bnrial
plnecs wore unknown, whose deaths
were shrouded in mystery, and whose
mourners come here to pray and weep.
As vo looked a poor woman with a
child by one hand added her little spray
of chrysanthemums to the gay but pa
thetic heap. Soon familiar and world
famous names began to claim onr inter
est. Hero lay Molierc and further on
Alfred do Musset, the great poets,
Chopin's hu t resting place marked by a
beautiful figure. Lafontaino, with a
little fox appropriately crowning his
sepulcher—for who can mention him
without tHnkii'g of the idy puss that
got the crow's dinner?—Balzac, the nov
elist; Cherubini, the composer, and
many other famous painters, authors
and musicians. Then the b are men
who fought for France—Mardm! No,*-
Nnpolcon’a right hand man, who lies in
a little inclosed lot filled with shrubs
and flower:;, Lut with no monument, for
when he died Lis t nemira wore iu power
and would allow none to be erected, and
now its absence and the simple grave
speak mom eloquently than could the
finest tomb.
Near by lies peer Vil’eneure, who
lost r t Trafalgar a.nd in consequence of
Napoleon s dis; !< asnre received such ;»
ha.i.-h repulse v. hen ho n turned to Paris
that he ran a needle through his broken
heart. .Ta.-t across the way from him is
Parmentior, the agriculturist. He was
the man who with the utmost dillier.hy
convinced the dainty French that the
potato was worth cultivating and eat
ing. Tiny sa.y that Marie Antoinette
helped him to attain this end by wear
ing potato blossoms with her bountiful
ball gowns. However true this may be,
certain it is that the vegetable is planted
every year around the good man's b mb.
There is one tcmb which every one is
sure to visit at Fere la Chaise, and this
is the grave (f Abelard and Heloire, the
grave that has been the robjeet of so
many songs and verses, and where le
ers come to plight their vows and pledge
their faithfulness. Very romantic it
must be, too, on a moonlight evening,
with the pale rays falling on the stone
figures lying peacefully side by side,
with folded hands, under the canopy of
curly Gothic style, with queer gargoyles
at each corner. The story of the lovers
is well known. They had many trials
and tribulations, but at last they rest
together, according fo Heloise’s last
wish that she might be reunited to her
idol. Through the tombs and trees we
went higher and higher, until wc came
cut upon a wide terrace and Paris burst
upon onr view. Paris, sparkling in the
sunlight, spread before us in a glittering
panorama, an immense expanse of white
buildings with domes, towers, spires
and bridges, and the Eiffel tower rising
like a gaunt skeleton amid the feast of
lieantiful architecture. No wonder that
the mutineers of the commune appreci
ated the fine advantages of position «f-
fonhsl by Pcre la Chaise. Here they in
trenched themselves and transformed
the quiet cemetery into a noisy camp.
Hen; they mot the fire from the govern
ment positions, until finally they were
overpowered by troops which sealed the
heights, and the terrible slaughter took
place when thousands of the communists
fell among the sepulchers, borne poor
wretches tried to hide in the tombs, and
the merciless soldiers closed them up
fast, so that to this day skeletons of their
victims are found i;» their ghastly pris
ms.—Paris Cor. New York Observer.
KANGAROO HUNTING.
Hiding to Hound* Aft^r the Nimble Brute*
In Ar.r.traiin.
Then arc two ways of limiting kanga
roos in Australia—cpc followed by na
tive hnntrvH and the other by white
men. The natives surround a herd of
the animals, narrow the circle and then,
when the kangaroos dash at them in
wild efforts to cseiqic, kill them with
short spears andclul s commonly called
waddies. It is lively work for the native.
The kangaroo uses its hind legs viciously
and with great judgment, and dogs,
horses and men have teen torn open by
the nails of its hind fis t.
The vliite men prefer to follow the
kangaroos with dogs. Every herd < f
kangaroos has a lender, known ;*i (he
old man, or boomer, which w.-.n*<« its
followers cf the approach of danger by
stamping the ground with its hind foot,
making a booming sound that starts :.!1
the kangaroos in hearing on a run. A
seared herd will run 20 or 30 miles e.t
times, or until it reaches safety. A
male weighs from 100 to 175 pounds
and is 7 cr 8 feet long. The Englkh
make up parties ef hunters and follow
the kangaroo with dogs somewhat like
foxhounds, but of greater sizo and
strength. Women and men join in the
sport, riding -to the hounds on good
horses.
“Eiding to the place where a herd of
the beasts bad been w-en the day before
by busl'men,” a Sportsmen’s Magazine
writer says, “we came to the bush, a
growth of ubiquitous ti trees and tree
ferns, fit to brush one off his horse.
Quiet was the word of caution passed
when we came near the spumely grown
ground beyond rhe bmh where the kan
garoos had been seen. The dogs were
called in, and then we rode from the
bush into view of the herd’s sentinel,
and then away went the kangaroos, fol
lowed by the dogs, and we were at the
tail tips ef the dogs. The fcangarccs
could not run; Lut, folding their forelegs
across the ft- breasts, they sat down.
Then, with tail and hind legs, away
they went by hops, no hop being less
than 20 feet long and others being more
than 30 feet. They cleared d rubs 12
feet high.
"Curiously enough, (ho kangaroo
travels faster up hill than down, the
dogs catching up on the dovrn slopt«.
The beast sometimes breaks its neck
while running down hill by going head,
over heels. The does began to throw
their j'oung out of their ponchos, end
wc knew they were hard pressed. They
turned suddenly for the water. Wo
found the' clegs at a water hole with two
boomers at bay. We dismounted and,
drawing our knives, waited an oppor
tunity to run in and hamstring them.
A dog rushed in and was caught by a
hind leg of u boomer and pressed under
water, where it was quickly drowned.
Then a dog get one cf the bo.'eds by the
back and threw it, whereupon my cousin
qnickly hamstrung it, w hile I r*ppo " ‘
nose with my whir ki! ;ing ( it. We had
k-’*.,;... u tail soup and steaks for dinner
lor several d.iya.”
WROUGHT IRON FAD.
la a Hurry.
rector—How is your brother, Miss
Cynthia?
Aunt Cynthia—Hi ’a worn* this morn
ing, doctor—a lot worse.
Doctor—Did you give him that medi
cine us I directed—a teaspoouful every
hour?
Aunt Cynthia—No, doctor. I just
gave him the whoh lottlc at once. lie
wanted to hurry up and get well, so’s
to go to the pantomime tonight. —Strand
Magazine.
IF ONLY Ti-iF. DREAM ABIDE.
It Tfad » Beginning In Ormnny In tlie
Miiirifo
There is no doubt that wrought iron
is more and more used every year in do
mestic economy and decoration. De
servedly so. There is nothing that lends
itself so easily to the requirements of
both utility and art. Besides, it has an
ancient nrd rorpootable history.
Germany in the fifteenth century pro
duced much wrought iron work of a
rather special character, such as the
grave c rosses and sepulchral monume nts
to be wen in the ermeteries of Nurem
berg. Iron was also employed for well
canopies, such a* that at Antwerp at
tributed to Quentin Matsys. Originally
a blacksmith from Louvain, he came to
Antwerp to seek his fortune. There, as
the story goes, he fell irr love with the
daughter of a painter, and, to propitiate
the daughter ns well ns her father, ex
changed the anvil for the pair tor’s pa
lette, and before his death, in 1581, lie
v.th successful in helping to raise the
school of Antwerp to a celebrity equal
to that of the wheels of Bruges and
Ghent.
Ironwork was extensively produced
at Augsburg under the fostering care
of the Fupger family, taking the shape
of brackets projecting from the walls
and prills e ver fanlights cr in a balcony.
Grotesque knockers are also common in
Nuremberg. Ke ys were sometimes elab
orately decorated, and the part which
is now a cf unncn ring was once occupie d
by little figures in full relief, with coats
cf arms and the like. The Frenc h revo
lution was the cause of much splendid
ironwork b« iug destroye d, win n, in
1708, certain provinces hod to gather
together every available piece of iron
to transform into pikes and other wcap-
r«s.—New York Herald.
P« pe am] Soldier.
The ix'pc used to be the idol of the
French soldiers during the occupation of
Romo and did not disdain to maintain
with them the intimate relations and
cordiality of a village pastor. Whenever
there was a regiment called home, its
members never failed to visit his holi
ness to obtain Ids benediction, and the
soldiers were always warmly received.
One day a trooper made a singular and
daring request—that the pope would say
a mass for him, for him alone. The
pope consented. “But,” said the sol
dier, “I want to be present.” “Well,”
answered the pope, “come at 9 tomor
row to my private chapel. No one but
yourself shall be admitted.” “Tomor
row,” suddenly replied the eoldkr.
“Tomorrow I've got to go to the station
to see seme cf the loys off; but the day
after, pope, I’m your man.” “Very
well, my son,” said the pope with a
siyile, “day after tomorrow be it.”—
New York Tribune.
CiuiaJit on tlie Ply.
He—Wc 11, your sisU r is married.
Now it’s your turn.
She—Oh, George! Ask papa.—Boston
Traveller.
If tbo tli j(r< of ■•<»*:)
Lilcr tu'> bi'W. upon l
ipoli I ho KraMS,
Libti the that break and rnn
At ti- ■ forward swoop of tlio son,
1 Fiirdl t o Matirftcd
If only the dreams ah! to.
Nay- I would not 1 - shorn
Of gold from tbo ndnrs of morn.
I would not l>o boroft
Of tho last blun f.owi r in the ch ft.
Of tin.- h:;70 that haunts the hills,
Of tho moon that tho uddnisht ftllft.
Still would 1 know tho tfraco
On lovo's uplifted food
And tho slow, sweet joy dawn there
UndiT tho dusk of hoi hair.
I pray thee 8i>aro me, fate,
Tho woeful, wearying woluhl
Of a heart thnt fools no prin
At tho sob of the autumn min.
And tnfci'S no breath of yl*sj
From tho orgrn sur^' of tho boo—
Of a mind whore ni- inory broods
Over sonuless solitudes.
I shall bo satisfied
If only the dreams nhldo.
—Clinton bcollard in Century.
HER MODEL HUSBAND.
Levity Provoked by Her Iteply to the
Question of a Spinster.
It was at a woman’s luncheon, and
they had been exchanging opinions in
regard to the husband question, both as
a whole and with particulars. By the
time ice cream was served the discus
sion had grown quite heated, and tho
hostess was beginning to look anxious.
At tho top of tho table the woman in
the chiffon vest and her companion in
tho trimmed gown were at daggers
drawn. V
“Well, I don’t care what any one
says, my husband is as good as they
make them, ” said the woman in the
chiffon vest excitedly. “He always
rocks me to sleep when I have a sick
headache, and he gets breakfast when
the cook is away, and ho always gets
up in the night i? the baby cries. “ She
glared at the woman in the trimmed
gown triumphantly, and she in turn
glared back and took up tho parable cf
sp-.. ch.
“Well, my husband,” she remarked,
with a strong accent upon the possessive
case, “never does any of those things. I
should Ik; sorry to see him do any cf
tla in. I detest a man who steps over
into his wife’s province. But he always
looks after the furnace, and I never have
to worry about tho coal bill. ”
The woman in the chiffon vest smiled
disagr-s ably, and the hostess was about
to interpose when the pretty woman at
the foot of the table spoke up.
“?Iy husband dess all the things yon
have mentioned,” she sai.l sweetly,
“and a lot more. When we have no
girl, he washes the dishes and sweeps,
and I’ve never hud to got dinner cnee
since we’ve been married. I always
knew lie was going to be levelv mat
way b< cause he said so little uuout it. 1
ni ver had much o-.iln in the nu :i who
talk so much. When wo were first mar-
:h d, we talked about it, and he spoke
beautifully. ‘I don’t say I’ll always do
it, ,T< nnio, ’ he said the first time I was
without a girl, ‘but I’ll always help. ’
And he’s been better than his word
right along. Last night he oven made
the porridge, so it would be ready for
break last this morning, and every morn
ing he brings me a cup of coffee before
I g‘ t vp.”
With the smile of a conscious oon-
qnen-r, she toyed with her menu card
and srnih d sweetly at the angry women
at the other end of the table. They were
spt . bless, but the woman in tho gold
rimmed glnoses who si-t in the middle
gave her u keen lock and smiled too.
“i orncthing has got to l>o done for
the protection of us poor spinsters,” she
t-aid merrily, “and if any one else tells
a hurband story I. shall retaliate with
a tale regarding a wonderful cat which
I possess. But, first, before wo quit the
subject, let me ask a question. How
long,” turning to the pretty woman,
“l ave you been married?”
The pretty woman blushed vividly.
“Nearly two weeks,” she stammered
cut timidly. And the other women
laughed in the unfeeling manner they
so often affect.—Chicago Tribune.
Tho Kair.bow Parly.
The latent fad is the rainbow party,
which derives its name from the fact
that the girls wear pretty aprons of ev
en shade and hue which their good or
bad taste may suggest, all of which are
lefi imhcmmc.1. Every girl has a nnm-
bc r, and two of them take charge cf a
Lex containing duplicates, which is
pb.red near the cloakroom and from
which the men, having previously
bought tickets, draw a number, armed
with which they wt forth on a voyage
of discovery to find the young lady
wearing the corresponding one on her
apron.
When all have found their partners,
the master of the ceremonies proclaims
the conditions—namely, that the young
men are to set about hemming the
aprons, .he one acquitting himself the
l- vi gaining the prize. The girls supply
the cavaliers with needles and thread,
and at the call of “Time!” tire fun be
gin;; v> ith the efforts of the poor fellows
to tarend their needles. At the second
call of “Time!” the work is handed in to
the committee, which passes judgment
upon it and awards the prizes, which
sometimes are of great value, to the vic
tor’, after which the aprons are raffled
for, and the party winds up with a
tiainty little supper.
Precautionary.
“Don’t you think the true principle
j of life is for all mankind to go hand in
| hand?”
“I don’t know about that. There are
times and places when mankind has to
have one hand on its pwkotbook. ”—
Chicago Record.
Mic hael Angelo secure to have believ
ed that he received seine of his most
noted inspirations iu a dream or vision.
In one of his letb rs he Alludes to the
statue of Moses and intimates that the
idea come to him iu a dream.
Many have lived on a pedestal who
will never have a statue when dead.--
Br ranger.
FERTILIZERS THAT PAY.
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CONSTRUCTING RESERVOIRS
For PurporiM o? Irrigation Where ramp*
nml Wlnilinillit Arc t’oeri.
Professi r F. H. King of the Wiscon
sin experiment station, in his paper on
"Irrigation In Humid Climates,” pub
lished iu a fanners’ bulletin, has tho
following to say on the construction of
the reservoirs necessary where' pumps
are employed, and particularly if wind
mills are used:
The location of the reservoirs should
be such that its level iu above that of
the land to which it is to supply water.
Tho deeper the reservoir can lie made
the less will be tho loss by evaporation
and usually also by leakage, but if tho
water supplied to it is too cold to use it
will warm faster in a shallow reservoir.
Where the soil is cf a clayey nat ure a
good reservoir may be made by first
plowing and removing the sod to a dis
tance beyond the border of the proposed
walls, because if introduced into the
wall it will leak. Tho earth is then
plowed and serajK'd into a broad ridge
having the inside slanting iu order that
the waves shall not ore-de tho embank
ment. While the earth is being deposit
ed in The wall it should be trampled
firm and close. When the proper height
and form have been given to the walls
’of the reservoir, it is necessary to plow
and thoroughly pulverize the bottom to
a depth of five inches preparatory to
puddling it. If the reservoir is circular
in outline, the loosened soil should !>o
first wet at the center and thoroughly
puddled there by trampling with a
team. Then by widening the wet area
constkcctio:; ok UEScnvoins.
the team may bo driven round and round
until the sicks are' reached and the
whole thoroughly worked into a mortar.
In this condition, if thoroughly pud
dled, the ree* rvoir is nearly water light.
To prevent washing the inner slope may
be covered with a layer of coarse gravel
or crushed rock.
If a perfectly water tight reservoir is
desired, the bottom should V cemented,
coate d with asphalt ;b.d sand, or six oi
eight inches of brick clay used in the
puddling.
To remove the water from the reser
voir tho !>est. plan is to use lap weld
steam pipe provided with an elbow and
laid with the mouth of the elbow level
with the bottom of the reservoir and
facing up. This is closed with a plug to
which a long T handle is attached. The
cut represents a craw section of reservoir
with plug inserted in the discharge pipe.
The end of tho pipe where the plug is
inserted should Le thoroughly imb-xldcd
iu a large mass of cement heavy enough
to prevent it from ticing shaken when
the i '.ng is taken out or inserted. A res
ervoir with sloping sides should have
an outlet at the junction of tlic side's
and Ixfitom, and it will bo necessary to
build a pier out to it in order to read'
the plug.
A reservoir -1 feet deep and 40 feet in
diameter will hold wat er enough to ir
rigate 0.1].') acre 4 inches deep and 0.09
acre 3 inches deep and 100 feet in di
ameter will irrigate 4.03 and 2.10 acres
2 and 4 indies deep respe lively.
Flffhtlag Q!T a Frost.
The idea is an old one of fighting off
a late frost through orchids, etc., by
building small fires. In California,
where fruit growers have met with suc
cess, the best results have been gained
by burning a damp smudge. Small fires
of damp straw or stable manure, it is
claimed, have saved plantations. Some
times bags of wet stable manure, weigh
ing about 90 ]s;unds each, are distrib
uted through the orchard. When frost
threatens, a little kerotene is poured on
each Back aud fired. The wet manure
burns slowly, sending off large quanti
ties of moisture in the form of vapor,
aud it is this watery vapor or fog which
prevents the froet.
Different growers have different
methods for creating this artificial fog.
One of them user, frames made of chicken
yard netting mounted on wagons filled
with wet manure or straw. Under them
pots of tar or petroleum p.re kept burn
ing, and ns the heat sends up a cloud of
moisture the wagon is slowly hauled
al>out the orchard. Others employ sim
ilar fire., as stationary smudges, tho
wire netting being stretched between
four stakes driven in the ground.
Tobacco Proptijatcd From Slip*.
Foreign exchanges give the intelli
gence of tho discovery of a tobacco ex
port of Hungary which may cause de
cided changes in the system of culture.
Tobacco has boon hitherto treated as nu
annual plant. According to tho now
system, it can be propagated from slips.
It is claimed that the leaves harvested
from plants propagated from slip.i tire
in all respects eujierior to those of the
mother plant. Should these reports
prove true the chief labor In tobacco
cultivation of growing new plants every
year from (lie seed will be done away
with.
Louisiana Stations,
It is learned through Tho Station
Record that T. D. Boyd has been ducted
president of tho college, vice J. W.
Nicholson, resigned. J. G. Leo, assist
ant director of tho north Louisiana sta
tion, ha;; resigned to become state com
missioner of agriculture, and D. C. but
ton ha-, been appointed in his stead. E.
B. Fitts, farm manager and tobacconist
at the state station, is succeeded fcy
James Clayton. R. E. Blouin of the
state station has been transferred to the
sugar station at Now Orleans, and J. D.
Clark has been appointed to succeed
him.
Cheap ftnil PrnflOtMe M:inurrn For the
Cotton B. Jt.
In applying f rtliian bear in mind
the fact that nitrogen, phosphoric acid
aud potash are the three constituents
of plant food which usually become de
ficient in cultivated roils and must
therefore lie artificially supplied. An-
oth: r fact to remember is that if availa-
bl<‘ phosphoric acid a:: 1 potash are need
ed, they be re stored either by purchase
or by rendering available some of Che
insoluble reserve store in tl>e noil, and
that nitrogen may lie restored cither by
purchase of substances such an cotton
seed meal, animal refuse, fish scrap,
nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia,
or it may be eliminated from the atmoB-
phero by means of nitrogen colleeting
plants, such as the legumea, clovers,
peas, beans, lucerne, mclilotus, etc.
Tho insoluble reserve of phosphoric arid
and potash hold iu tho soil aud subsoil
may be partially rendered available by
liberal applications of lime and by
growing upon the laud the legumes al
ready mentioned. Thus writes Professor
J. S. Newman to Southern Cultivator.
From tho sumo source comes also the
following:
As shown by analysis of a very or
dinary crop of peas (vines an4 roots) at
the Alabama station, this plant organ
ized 45.95 ptounds of phosphoric acid
per acre, 101.91 pounds of potash und
123.24 pounds of nitrogen, at as
much phosphoric acid as is contained In
300 pounds of high grade acid phos
phate, as much potash as is contained
in 800 pounds cf kninit and as much
nitrogen an 1,043 pounds of cottonseed
meal contain.
It is conceded that tho plant ft>od
stored in one plant Is available for the
nourishment of others as soon im yielded
by decomposition; hence such • crop cf
peas may bo asr.umed ns equivalent to
an application of, in round numbers,
acid phosphate, 890 pounds; kainit,
800 pounds; cottonseed meal, 1,648
pounds. In addition to this arc the ne-
ccsoory benefit*; derived from shading
the land in Hummer, the perforation of
the subsoil by the tap roots, the im-
provement of the mechanical condition
and tho addition of humnft to the soil.
An ordinary crop of pea vines adds as
much nitrogen to tho soil of an acre
upon which it is grown as will li to 14
tons cf stable manure. Indeed, tho only
practicable means of Improving worn
soil ? on a large wale iu tho cotton states
iu bv Grrowi” 0 » .o m tL.v,.,
mentod by tho application of potash
and phosphoric acid.
Upon boils to which large annual ap-
plicsth n.H of acid phosphfttohavebo.cn
made and which contain an abundant,
supply of vegetable matter kainit alone
would give good results, otherwise tho
preference is given to supplying also
phoKpb'rie acid and nitrogen. Kainit is
very beneficial in dry seasons as a con
servator of moisture. A compost of
green cotton seed, phosphoric acid and
kainit has been found profitable where
but little stock is kept, but bolter ro-
sr.lts are obtained by combining these
with stable manure. Here is a formula
for cotton: Stable manure (direct from
the stall), 700 pounds; preen cotton seed,
500 pounds; high grade acid phosphate,
600 pounds; kainit, 200 ]K>unds. The
stable manure and cotton seed are mixed
and thoroughly moistened and then the
dry phosphate and kainit completely in
corporated with them. It is best, how
ever, to dissolve the kainit and use the
solution in moistening the cotton seed
and tlable manure.
Winter Workroom.
The accompanying cut of the work
room of a business gardener is from
Diver’s book, “Vegetables Under
Glass,” and furnishes a valuable sng-
g''St ion to farmers as yet unprovided
with a comfortable workroom.
The room is well lighted and has
both water aud heat. The floor is ce
mented, with drainage under the wash-
Y/ASH TiQOfi£0X
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ncsixnss uakdenehs’ workroom.
ing K'x. Tho market wagon is backed
into the same apartment and stands a
few inches lower than the cemented
floor. A wooden platform is provided
for storage of baskets, crates, etc., while
u stairway loads to another story or loft.
There is a door both front and back, and
the worktables can Ixi put wherever
desire d. The cement floor makes it pos
sible to “:vrub up” frequently, and
there is no danger of the floor becoming
rotten.
Tht*, That aud the Otner.
Considerable interest is evinced in
orange growing in Bcuth Texas.
American Agriculturist reports that
the interest in the beet sugar industry
is keen all through the middle south,
especially Kentucky, Tennessee, North
Carolina aud the Virginias.
Splenetic fever, also called Texas cat
tle fever, it has been decided at the
Texas station, is communicated by ticks
and in no other way.
The Oviedo is named by tho Florida
Fruit Grower as tho largest and host
poach that thrives in that latitude.
A statement is going tho rounds of
the southern exchanges to the effect that
“wood tuihos placed aruuud fig trees
will cause tho wood aud bark to grow
so hard that they will not freest in
winter, though they be young trees."
LOSS OF VOICE
After Acute Bronchitfe
CUBED BY USIKO
Cherry
Pectoral
AYER’S
A PREACHER’S EXPERIENCE.
“Three months ago, I took a vio
lent cold which resulted in an attack
of acute bronchitis. I put myself
uiider medical treatment, and at the
end of two months was no totter.
I found it very difficult to preach,
and concluded to try Ayer’s Cherry
Pectoral. The first bottle gave me
Croat relief; the second, which I am
now taking, has relieved me almost
entirely of all unpleasant symptoms,
and I feel sure that one or two tot-
tlcs more will effect a permanent
cure. To all ministers suffering from
throat troubles, I recommend Ayer’s
Cherry Pectoral.”—E.M. Brawley,
D. D., Dist. Secretary, Am. Bapt.
Publication Society, Petersburg, Va.
Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral
GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD’S FAIR.
AYERS LEADS ALL OTHER SARSAPARILLAS.
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western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman
tleeplus ears between New York end New Or
loans, nu Washington, Atlanta ar I Montgom
ery .and also between New York and Memphis,
vtaWaahbigtou, Atlantaand Rtrndnfcliani. Pull
man sleeping ears between New Yoi 1« and New
In eonneetIon with tie- "Sunset Ltm-
Orleans, In '■onnectlon with
Ited" trains for San Frnneisru, semi-weekly.
' -^Ing Jersey City—’— • - -
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leaving Jersey City Tuesdays and Fnturdays;
returning, leave New Orleans Wednesday* ami
Saturdays. This train alas carries Richmond-
Augusta sleeping enrs between Danville and
Charlotte, Eli
between Washl
e’.ass thoroughfare conches
ngton and AlllHl'a- Dtning.ars
serve all meals en route.
Noa 9ft and tUV-lJiiited States Fast Mail
runs solid between Washington and New Or
leans. via Southern Railway, A. A W. P. R. R.,
and L. A N. R. R.. being eomjx.sed of txiggago
ear and coaches, through without change for
paaauogers of all classes. Pullman drawing
room sleeping cars between Jcrx\v City and
New Orleans via Atlanta and Montgomery.
Leaving Washington each Saturday, a tourist
sleeping car will run through between Wash-
Ingtou and Fan Francisco wit bout change.
Nos. 31 and 32—Now York and Florida Lim
ited. Veatlbuled trftln lietween Now York and
Ft. Augustine, vlft Washington. Charlotte, Co
lumbia, Bftvftnnah and Jacksonville, consisting
of Pullma. drawing room sleeping oars, Pull
man compartment cars. Pullman observation
cars and dining cars, leaving New York aud
t L Augustine (terminal potntst dally except
unday. This train also earrie.K twelve section
drawing room buffet sleeping cam between
Augusta and New York.
Noa 11 aud 12—Pullman steeping carslmtweoa
Richmond and Danville.
The Alt Ltee Bella trutu, Xu*. 17 and 18. li»
tween Atlanta and Cornelia, (in., dully except
Bun day.
W. H. tlRKSN, J. M. CULP,
Gen’l 8upt-. T*afHo M’g’r.,
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C.
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