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fliinn; dkparthikxt. j. j-\ x/sB/rr \ 6 pabliso vwok a lottor Trom. the "re>-i iot.t of '> ? Xationa . AHiar.'V. IWr fail ,<? read it. Vve would like for more of our people to -Ai li :ri t>o for tiio Uot.t.VvvJi;;ra I'.a ;! ro are a great n 1j:y tliio::" t.'iat 1 do not f are r?y..>m for t!nt 1 would bo glad for p(< <? road. Ooul< 1 "t every V.I ?r.c- take ..t ' : one copy? "Jlavo it 3ont to !.e !.ot ?"?: and keep him po?'ed The ropov'-.r-" l!io (Vtt o J'lant from tfm suhfrj that have be<oV'nrg.m i7.> r. aro ' til! coming T* and the next quarterly meeting v ill diow a considerable increase in the i i i.:.. l.'t*. 1 ' * U\t XI11'III DriMll [? li.^Hpr From 1 lie* >:atloiuil -'rosilent as-PuMIshcd invito Cotton Viant. T ; 1 (.>. ,i< ; :\ <1 1 ' in. ' National Faruicrd'AllIan v:i;i : In' 'l -i r' '! ' '.v! < ireprin *: -Mij> -mo C'otiifml v a.* li?'M ? !?. ' ' br ;!: .?t*o- * . Ylu* t\ rj ii :' e l u . iv ;?> u ! y tin-* | "... ( sr, ' K A V: '!? , i>. t . ' r 1 i rl . I! s \ . y . \ '. '.'.[ 1(>' :i. \ ire iii'i . :: 'ill . ' , < i? r. . \ . . Iter, it t?-r , .r In j ; ; il prt < ' : ' I. ! V. j'? t ,; I,.. . i.? i ' .. V\ v r ? , . . . f ; y ii hi, i ; 1: . I'r tn a beats in sympathy with your every in-| terest. thai we t^try every grievauoeof I the past and from the rislug sun to thdl lioldcii < iale, and from the chain ofj Lakes In the I.ulf "inirc, I#?S u-* uni(:? | oi.r ? : . : ..r L. ( uiin It*.! urj^l." promise ' ivine, t'...i "as Wei *< W. .) r\ e , i. ; * r oir .rt ami ntjiy t'hc r '! - > f >n- labor reach np into the thorn nul the roll i rail of 1M''.'?. v r ^V>?h Ii ?.? wishes, frati rnally, i i \ jti)n kk, I'r -blent. Attest: W. P. IJkickbk, Secretary. Farmer's (lanlcn. (PrUo Letter.) A plat with a southern or south*' eastern-rlopo and clay four:dation is best for ?u early garden. My garden is &quare, bu.t. it would bo *cr twice as wi le if {lie situation is 1 favorable and the rows suould be run so as to drain fin1 water o'l'in time of very heavyj r ins. t ut must net h:: v "uough , fall t 7* ?sb the land. manure and break ;<s early asl the ground is dry enough after I'Y-bruar; 1, using a mixture of }|.) '!- , , he. ; and :i:: !. e 11 manure. l.ich year I u-o the, a h f \ o i; made on the |?I.t<*?* aV i <t .. i, re 1 e?bin.. ( u - a i . 11 intit;* ' f '-alt / ? ot :o much " uro *{*ft i away wi rm^, li ' to i"i? ' ' rt \ .!;> /' \t :* * ? ISfjv ^ r 1 need- m<f. :n:uiurr | taj^rinkle s u, -a c111 ^ th" ' ' '?' an,! ?rinjr it <-:i late tl$f4veifirfg. uso a turning j 'ow in ^ tTjJen, but break \ . deep V* *f"' - I by running; two or three times ii tho same furrow with a long nar row plow. For a tow early peas, lettnc ' ninstaid an 1 radishes, 1 u e i hand plow and plant before fh< tie- ;rro':j; 1 is dry enough to brea! all of the pardon. l.triy cabbage see<? at. t foniati seed 1 sow in a hallow box, rai < two or three feet above tin gr >?md, and '.hay can easily b< covered in c-ise of frost, ate! : n flafe fron: :*v . ... *; best sown iof .January or first of F binary then a month or two iat r foi lat< r kinds. f plant potato ? when I firs brrak Hi" .union, using onlj early kinds, so as to have earli potatoes, and raise a secom crop by planting in the ?nvi< ground, or some other wll pr I r\'i" ol i J ; t hvim A Itoilwt : "? . j 1. M ) ...< '" ? -? ? ""V ! covering iivo or six inches deej -traw or loaves if ! have i. At t'"nv\ if ? >? early, 1 i\v onion - cu, radish seed, bo t seed arid sprite .r:.!ps :; al>.. j oa ; tnd n fov hunch he ? p- ntii * ri r 1 iter on, ti i veil as rutin: nc anc ': . ' best 1 *) br .! tl- nlaute 1 is the la . 1. il It" a > many heavy sprii:.. v ill ;;t t ha: : r lan he ' r it was broken. <' rn !" ?r r'y u e ;r h : ,1 \ c . onion t . . >w u, a id i bitten . . V 1 . i f ;l I, , , . ; , . , ! . V . . pi at) ted t;;P r. vj ,v ' t r ' ) u 1 d ' n ' ' hot be.! il -i "en* id ' ; -. lien la re r ru h lira v oil' a mi . et n \ '! i -? : " '! -.) < ' : ?n v? e ?nev III; lit)!', 11. e'; i i vin *i s v tin ovttor .. (luce; \vc i, hut. v ,'i.u.1 keep. . :r Olid 'v W : r I. i. at. t J:i ;i-! h" i' 1 > v. -11 pren ir. ! always plant beans in the .a:.,j ?ec, j ci allow no ash s there as wood ashes ruin the vino ol either hunch or pole varieties. ri' i_ r a. i i r>:n:>toe* i s vr one ] T?T every four feet in the row ; rowt three feet aj>?4rt. Pinch < II sid* shoots till one foot high "'llies fa jten to a stake or trelliA to keej the fruit oil' the ground. If wol attended to they wil?* bear til frost when the grown ones ma) be put away to ripen and the green ones will do for pickles one or two good kinds is enough I plant the large multiplying onions in August to I oep then from rotting and have thoni foi early use. Per bunch oniona J plant sets in Rummer or fall am cover with straw or leaves in win ter. ! cultivate niv garden wit! i .. ,.,1, i, i ~ r .. i Iii( IK1JMU n .tnii : I /1" , m; i*'l Slllili vegetables have my rows ver\ { ]< > f< goth r anrl f r larr-T one vvi'l'T apart. With a hand nlou you can often do a little wort when you v ?;ii;f tot wishtohitel uI? a hor e, ami if tin rows art shr rt or ol >- t -get her a liors will-tramp ') vegei .hie* badly lveepv Vhe grout ! v 1! stirred < : :i and n si ly h v< !, v-i plowing deep, >u!y midway I o tv e'i t! o rows while the vog. tables are small. All vegetables -diouM have plenty of room if you e.vpect then to d<? well especially in dr\ won* mr. V l-.ns. q lashes, and cucumbers should have from thre? to fifteen feet square, according to the kind, Beets should havi six to eight inches, partsnips ami carrots four to six inches; onions two to four inches. B-eh and \ i onions may he transplanted if 1 - not'Viol; enough; rodishe;. from [ two"to four inches; mustard and ] , jletiuce may be thinned as i* is . , us (1, nut allowing it to crowd or, | >it will ho tough and soon run to' j seed. With cabbage two feet each! i ? way is best, while the larger kinds)' )j l plant t.;' e feet apart each way., 1 i i peas ;.ro rare;/ ever too thick.! b but beans ought to be from twelve |1 ? to ih.hi' ?eu inches- apart in the-1 jrmV: l Each year I plaut potatoes,, on-1 i ions, iedi.-k lettuce, mustard, ( i" early corn and bunch beans all at one side of the garden and ?1 1 all come oil' in time to plant po.; ', f itoe. for second crop or sow ; ' turnips. J If th o ground is not rich enough ; I manuro mora, h ?k deep and J' p j well; and keep free from ^eeds 1 j till from the lath of August to b the 15th of September: the earlic r j "] the larger the turnips, but later M ones are sweeter. I sow broad* -: east, harrow lightly, keep fm? s from i eds, leaving one to every \ 7 foot square. They can b < thin, j | nea 9s tnoy grow, fuelling thotnl ' { , 1 ,'' <!> Or . i- ; , . . i I ' t li. 1 / ; ' 1 ' ' t r.! til ! iv.i' it 't *prii:g; lop . ; r.i .:. (! van.'!!* vi' 1 <1 ? I' >r ? . il the will! 'i > not ti. ) *<?\ . , 'Am wiiit* r !iv rakiit^ (I.p.. . front tv > o it !n- hols in :i liillj i ' ' '. ' f 1 ; i !> n:..! so ? -;1 r >' ' : ' t may < vi t; i'! 1" i; t nd r "rot v "1! .i ground. ? T? . ; -.-f n 4 I' , . Il); .t id J ' I iV. 1 :t t i! , j/uU I1, V < 1 ioi l' P !>( clitOJ < . :. i > ;tit It', i. in o- ; ; ' ; i !. pn' ,ij? a . !:!; > ' irni; , > or kept in col! a*, t V'i v.- 0 ; ? - <!- ! :t of | 1 T /t/ii; i .''ti . i i'1 - ?*'^ i ' ' VH I tin vim i and feeding tin m to n.y J ' , t ;-.o\vs and dig . n < ?.? ,.ili-(' '' in" frost; piling wh ?rr thcv will I a few weoke, then l pnt tli in in:; vvar.i dry c- liar and : omu "imes tin v keep and pomi-d | i iin's t hey do not. i 11 A vt/etable garden pays the , k farmer in money, health and the 1 I pleasure of having something i ! I II good to eat every day in the year.; . ?i 11 11 nine and Kami. . J -M ItS. M . ( '. Sl'AKK.M A N. .Middle Fork, Tenn. I - ? - i To Make Karmim' lYolltnhle. : M I (l'rlio Inciter.) | . There must l?o : vast amount I _ j ] of labor performed, cheaply, ;it ('!: proper time, in the rich! man i it' !', and upon most of out I I i 1 :i vast quantity of fertilizers ap-| j>liiNow, Itow to do the \\ <?r aii<i obtain the manure i> 11?< , ' (|iii -lion. Tin- lir>l obstacle t?? be removed is all stumps and r< ' !>, 1 nit as most farmer-. !ik" myself, are unalde to do litis, we on" f find a ' uI?st it lite for ' * la!>or sa\ "nir, or. rather. labor j ( ::| lit : m; . -at -. or a- we : cm. ! ' . i) lit ' Jv!o\V --a-. - 1 he ' } i .. - i - ' ' inner ?m . lie iiiiill 111 l). i' llillljr ; ' ;i <.. ,iii ' m I >" li ii'il on a!! \1 cept very Htunipy or rx !>. ^, A i ' ?sf i! a to ivmir! I li* a i: j:o i ( two hor o plow, to l?c ?1im vii In ( :in extra largo uiiilo or ox. A ' eulti valor lira am l?v two horses ' greatly f'ai'ililalos the cultivntion ' of erojisy/ hut on rolling I mil that i /t{. : ; i? < 1. an I all rolling 1 . I" - ) ?* " land should he full of short rowi st uiiips and rocks, wdriat coul l)o' done with a cultivator? Fin is a cultivator is, it si work <;a bo approximated hy t\io use < large sweeps or heel scrapes, sa 2 1 to 2S inches. < >uo row at i * r*!l tV-r.t oc.ni lone with a cultivator, arid yo mi accomplish ahout the sum in three and a half feet row ['Riding" one row and leaving ??n 1! next working, with a twentjl i_'!(t ilifl: -crape. Of course all who have tried know that scrapes and sweej will drag and not plow whei there is a coal of grass lolt o I he land from lasi year. 'I he adopt clean culture. "What, veu say. "have no vegetable m:v tor to plow in to re-tore tli land ?v '\vall mono a, hut thoi is hotter way. and woof mat lire si 1 to n pr< h en ol noxious crop, hut p as, ' d h LaI Ill-nil... - ; ! 4 I... 1VI?||||J||_ iliv'l i " I ? 1 * i i ? * ' I I \ I I tl I hey take IVoni it (which i> in t'. 1 < ;i .' v. i111 v. t<!?*. , 111iik( it \coHunt Jt'< tl, and iavothe .an in betl,er condition for tlio plo' next year. T!io vinos ami root ' nst < r1111 .I , <li*r -y :?11 1 : 1 on >l the way before next pi an tin " i> t m no, 1 , a my r:i :. I t'. ! i i * I a t it!,1,:?v i:!>in . ii any I him. that v i.; arov u n ; a- ':'!! on i'iil injis. I'r luva. !: 1,1* f.* 1. ' .1 'It. i'UlliVi-t ' 'V i corn ! ! ut in <lri ; -M ' : t), !V>: i I Jj'.IOS; . ' ili. 1 I on ; ;>?t h. 1" tit "ii' ? fin . i i: '! ;a . - p? r. Mo-,.' <! . i) ' , ; i I I:: ; it. . lilt ill (;1 I?: J>C \\ , i j) ?i t t .m ??n< 1 w *rin.-, "i tiit* euro, tit >!ow tiijr 11f in was plowInL'. t!i jorn. It need not rniii ?very fc ia\ - to make oow pea-, l>ut the tvill e\ : :i (,r -hi M if :j.i v '. c: i: . S-1 ii ii fur j)( . A r.t?; !k : ' . ?i" i\!.il; implc .oil i? :t mower. I ean't thin if any u' si it i:l" lor a mower, m . < : *. \ \*1 .... . . I ? -- ii i> snoop. -.1 iiiti we iuomi A*:u 11 :t mowor lor is not lo on i iy. for what u^-*1 would wo hav or ! i: i y if wo li: d lino wintur pa uros '{ I int woods would ovoi mi our pastures tinloss provonto o* i >it?ir to sood." As fo pri I X M uriiiL. tlio v;i>f amount oi fortil /or ! poko ol in the oulso!. v. i m i -1?I m i \* plifis pliat o and potas] o make poavinos, lo improve lli and, to niako olovor. lo loo I cow o inako uiauuro. And wlion u ;oi it. lot's take oaro of it nut loodod lor Use. IjOl's Ami tin* oo\\ ip at ni'/lit in <faides. and pu ;iU-iily ol -1law lioddin^ in lli .1 11 lies lo alonrli all the inannri ! loiv <.!.,< i row p n at proson m? it w . i rly waist d< op i .'Ill" I ( Mr it* J (ill I lit* t'tl\VS I I . 11111 M * i ?1" 11. 1' . s no .v .i i(k11 t IIIOIV. T. W. r.wvA. rv < ?, \ i:i. ^ ilt I * i : > ']x A ni?- r ?*?ii lliiffle. l.utnl \ pril li; Ktiffhiml has <h fate ! Hn- jmwers in 11?* ir effort# i ut-rcf 11: I iiit<1 states, saying Hi! n an event of t hat kind she \\i11 he 11 letive ally of the i iiited Staler. oyv^ToriiA.. IV hi0 (t | ? ALWAYS KEEP ON HAND ? :: Han^fl/kri J ,( *^93'* a?aU4^ti?. // W THERE IS NO KIND OF PAIN Oil <r 4 > ? ACHE, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL. gX ^ ., W THAT PAIN-KILLER WILL NOT Rp- ? { J 5UEVE- i I I *v LOOK OUT FOR IMITATIONS AND OUB- 1 I. K STITUTF.S. THE GENUINE" BOTTLE K ' I <T BEARS THE NAME, ? \FI ^ PERRY DAVIS & SON. \ ^ THE SIMS DYNAMITE GUN. *% it , i(s Inventor Says Ho Coulil Crip)S pic a Torpedo Flotilla. Winfield Soott Siins of I GO n I J .ViounI avenue, Newark, N. J., tlio ^ n | . w ,, inventor ol the Sims dynamite * _!iu which has been used with . * ' fearful execution against the 10 I i , . Spanish bv the Cubans lias im (? : 1 * , | proved the gun since he lias had lime to study its workings in aetlua! warfare, and says he could lit 'en! l rue niito licet wliicli would \ ! ' ! e il v rv did'cnlt for a Span \ J 1 injury 'o tlie Van |f" 1 i. Mr. Sims says lie* can ? ft < i?:. a . g! which \>ill throw at least ;*.-. t, . ... f ; , . . J t; at torpedo bo. . iii < . ? . .tat travelling ;> | ' l. i! ?. Till I 1:0 1) :.i)CT Ol' 1 ! '"t! " ivcri;'.! ^ v :.<!;p j >: (,jco..?( wliic . <i una ili'k I nri''.! !"" ' <! v i>< :l t ' M&r.y ? w' . ittglc ' T 'i!|t it' II Stp'.vC '' ' v ff?p{ >' ' i -tlf) . '1 bout TjthI c vii it, t a ,? * " ^ i i . ir . i ! l:;.s eon .... lug > *,..1 Sdlm* -ii i.i- r;-;ns. i? t J ' \v not *' : !I them 1 lho r. : his .country. I\I.situ-, i; h v icirn \ ? ' i <>i tin* civil war and a .-launch { patriot.?a* Yor; Suit, y I " t Thirty- . < . iv- ra:;I;o a net-.. 1 a J That Is how long Adolph Fisher, f . ' i\ . ?. iV\. i ?- :i " ....... -..in.. -.1111 >-i -ii 11< l l piles, lit" 1 w ft? . ur?d in uslnff thr^? bo3t?s of De-' .1 i -i. i i :./.> I .- ..Ire. < ;:i u .1 * " ! Pros. ) War llnlloon Corps. '' 1 !)?>riV'T, April 10.?S?>;*^r? nts 15:i! !<> win, Myrn mnl !!urn?>ft, of tin? signal ' i>rps. department of ('olnrado, started I for \i?w Orleans tu-iftiy. They will form a war lialloou corps i > be used in ;1 <lof?'iisp of New Orleans. ? , I * iiililri'n like il, il saves Itinr lives We mean On Minute Coilfjli ('lire, the infallible remedy for coughs, ruliN, i. croup, bronchitis, grippe, and all liuiir troubles. Crawford I'.ros. J ' \ t, ?I.i ' of letters advertised lV#r ;I i!k! vo ek omiinji April 11#, 1M1.S : I .. .. .... ^ .wi . .Mary isi-mutt, rats, .1. II. < *i*:?i*r iv'). -lini Kurr. W. I'\ M irimi, .1. A. .Mc( ialu'c. I. M. A!? ( rarkiMi. , i i uokv. r. M . ii Ml i t forever. ! I nrs M rt r* : \VM?'-oy r i N if! a.'I ?' ??vvi ^ ftv- *.? li . -fy li J \) lidllur-. n.-nl J' K KI*.. m " ^ "**" . \-n. OllicO l?'l M. l'fjor iiw Xoticr * Ul . * * ? /'//#., \ V? " ] n i n i; i; v Noiv,,/' a ? f 1(1 ? i)MI HIy ?on h>y ,s () ///Jv \ J hi ' Sfctci cot to liarta) J 1. i ii format ii> ' \ /f 1 'Ti. will be arV Jt, apk. r f ' i I