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8 THE COLUMBIA JIEltALl: FK1DAV, AlMUL L.5, lh!7. DOBBINS : &. : Wo are sole agents for Garr Deering1 Binders, Mowers and Hay Rakes. TYF.TCRTicn wan the first to use ball and roller bearinirs on all parts of their machines where there was any friction. You niav look out for other once talked against this grand feature are now loudly in praise of It. Deering Binder Twine. We have a car loai fresh from the factory. OIVK Ud A CALL. Telepitaite 73. Agricultural and Live Items of Interest to Farmers and Horsemen. This Is locus year. The time when we must expect another pcourage of the troublesome Insects. Every, seventeen year they make a visit, their last appearance being in 1880, when the army of these creatures did considerable damage to vegeta tion. Exchange. Recent statistics show that the annual value of the poultry and egg trade in the United States Is $500, 000,000. Just think of it. Five hun dred million dollars for poultry and eggs every year. It is astonishing. Hog Cholera. Dr. D. E. Salmon, Chief of Bureau of Animal Industry, at Washington, gives the following as the most effi cacious cure and preventative of Hog Cholera: Wood Charcoal 1 lb. Sulphur lib. 8odium Chloride 2 1b. Sodium Bicarbinate 2 lb. Sodium Hyposulphite 2 lb. Sodium Sulphate 1 lb. Antimony Sulphide lib. Pulverize and thoroughly mix the Ingredients Dose 1 table spoonful to each 200 bounds, welirht of hogs. to be given In liquid or soft food,once a dav. Do not turn tho nog on it s back to drench it, but pull tho cheek away from the teeth so as to form a pouch then slowly nour the medi cine in the poucb and the hog will stop squealing and swallow it. Agriculture. A man may succeed well upon 50 or 100 acres of land ; he doubles the size of his farm, but it is only to find that he makes no more money than he did before, for his theories did not hold in practice. The exception comes to him who takes to stock raising. It depends wholly upon what debt is incurred for as to its wisdom It is foolish to give a note for a fast horse or for a luxury, but when the debt will help one to make money, and" so to become independent sooner, it is a very dilierent thing By top dressing with manure in the fall of the year, after the cattle have been taken oil the pasture, the fertilizer will become packed in the ground, and the enriching qualities will all bo absorbed before grass grows in the spring. If top dressed in the spring, the growing grass will lift the manure up, to be dried out. It is well to harrow meadows and pastures, for it tears the roots and tends to thicken the grass. It also destroys moss which may grow on badly drained or cold ground. It sometimes as essential to harrow these fields as it is to cultivate the corn. Numerous experiments have been recorded to show that moisture is saved by cultivation. During hot dry weather every foot of ploughed ground should be kept well stirred on the surface with any tool which will keep it from baking. A fine surface will hold down water like wet blanket. The farm and the work must be studied. By having the labor properly systemized and distributed less hired labor will be needed. Only by taking every advantage to produce result at lowest cost is profit possible, oftentimes. Plan for the coming years's work so that when spring is here you will be ready to be up and at it and know lust what you want to ao. The tar mer who works ao steadily that h never has time to stop and think ahead can not be sure of the best re suits. The location of drains should be accurately marked, or. better, a exact map of the fields should be made showing their location Otherwise they may be lost, or ex pense entailed in digging to tin them when they fail to perform their lull duty. It is not the adding of all kinds of , material to the manure neap which makes it valuable, but the preserva tion of these materials so that they will not deteriorate nor lose any of their plant food. A progressive far mer is one who pays more attention to the making of manure than E New - Scott's Engines With Wind Stackers. makers tryin? to imitate the ball and bobbins Stock Department. anything else on the farm. It is not an Impossible thing to make good land pay for itself every year. This sounds extravagant to many, but the fact has been demon strated many times. The larger the acreage under cultivation the less attention can be given to details, and, consequently, the smaller average profit an acre can be ob tained. Stock. In regard to the comparative value of shelled and ear corn, as a feed, the latter is considered the safer, and if the ears are broken, split or crushed until they can be handled readily by cattle they are certainly to be perferred to shelled grain. The feeding value of flax straw Is very small. It is really too valuable for other purposes to use as feed. It commands in many regions the prices of good hay. Liet the stable floor ot the stock barn always be of cement. It not only prevents wind from blowing under the cattle, but it saves all liquid manure, and is less expensive than heavy joists and plank floors. It is also rat proof, and one of the greatest economies of the farm. That you may nave a liberal feed ing of roots next fall and winter for all the stock, unles you have plenty of rich winter pasture or will put up a silo and will nil it with green corn ensilage for green winter feeding, plant plenty of root crops this spring, nave beets, carrots, tur nips and cabbage, and a good warm bin in the barn, well lined with straw, to keep them from freezing and convenient for feeding. Where one can devote a good part of his time to "chorlng ' nothing can fall in line more acceptable than the apiary as a side issue. It will be of advantage in more ways than one. iJven success with irult cul ture is often dependent upon the activity of the ever busy bee; and the stores of honey should be ro ward enough. Likjfc cotton seed cake, oil meal cake furnishes a food of great value on account of its high percentage of nitrogen: it becomes of especial im portance as means of raising the albuminoid ratio of diet, while its abundant supply of this element naturally furnishes an extremely valuable manure. It is properly fed with cut straw or hay, and is cheaper than grain. deeding must be done regularly, liberally and systematically, work ing to accomplish the end in view in an economical, business like manner. Each feeder must, in a great measure, determine the ration which he can most economically supply, as that which would be too costly for one might be compara tively cheap for another. it takes a wise manager to market live stock at just the right time, as it is more difficult than to sell other farm products. If held too long the profits begin to decrease by reason of the added cost of keeping. Grain in the bin will not "eat its head ou," but stock sometimes does this very thing. The disposition of the animal has much to do with the gain or loss upon a given amount of feed. This is an important thing for considera tion when buying cattle either for growth or to fatten, and as much judgment is required in selecting animals to feed as in feeding them. To allow an animal to make a slow growth and then, when sufficient development has been reached in this way, to feed it for the market, will add to the cost to such an ex tent that in many cases no profit will be obtained. Feed from the start. Dairy. A good cow will make more pounds of human food in a year than a steer will make in a life time, and you have the cow left over for another year, and the same pro gramme can be repeated. The continuance of high feed for a few generations, without proper exercise, win destroy tne trood oual ities of a fine race of animals. They lose their symmetry of form, which depends upon the proper action of the muscles, and become barren and worthless. All animals live best on XNG HARDWARE, WAGONS, Farm Implements, Oliver- Chill Plows. If you want a good wagon try our Listit and Threshers. : roller bearings, and the dealers who 4 JEtving, variety,' and should have both that which is concentrated and that which is coarse. The management of a good dairv farm oilers a good chance for the exercise of any brains you may chance to have; if you have energy here Is the place to ue it; It has need of you if you have good iudg- ment and are careful in looking after details. A dairy can not be run by "any fool," but a high order of intelligence and executive ability is needed. Too many never look the facts of their business in the face. A great amount of butter is continually offered in the market, the cost of producing which exceeds anv nossi ble price which can be obtained for it. rarmers would bardiy Keep on if they knew of the loss entailed, yet the testimony a9 to the state of things would not be hard to obtain Millet is an excellent food for pro ducing a flow of milk, and some re cent careful tests show that it will produce a larger per centage of but ter tats man most other grasses Of course, this does not apply to millet which has been permitted to become ripe and woody before har vesting. . Poultry. rne finest rovm neglected are no better than the veriest scrubs they are worse; they can not stand neg lect, because they are not used to it scrubs can, because they have been raised on It. Those only who have time and inclination to do so should raise pure bred fowls, because breeds can not be kept pure without close atten tion. Keep too essential points in view when feeding chicks growth and warmth. Unless chicks grow rapid ly they will not give as large a profit as they should. The food should be composed of elements which pro duce bone and flesh. As til food contains heat producing elements, they will seldom be lacking if a variety is given. If your hens stop laying suddenly in the winter look at their combs. If these have been frozen, the fowls are on the sick list, and laying is out of the question. Their houses were not warm enough. Egg production should be a possibility without hav ing the benefits of the food given them simply to sustain animal life and heat. A long row of figures is required to represent the egg crop of the United States for a single year; it reaches the enormous sum of about $1,800,000,000. Even this does not shut of! the importance of large numbers of eggs in the face of a duty. The value of our wool crop is about $00,000,000, that of our wheat $200,000,000, while that of eggs is $140,000,000. He who puts the finest product in the market reaps the richest harvest. Eggs are refined wheat, corn, grass, and they contain much that on the farm would go to waste. In winter a basket of 60 dozen eggs will bring more money than a load of hay it took a large pau-h or ground to grow, a team to cut, a horse and a man to rake, two men to stack, and a team. wagon and a man to market. Horticulture. Do not run closer than six inches to the newly planted Ptrawberries or raspberries with the cultivator, for the newly formed roots will surely be disturbed. Be content to do the rest of the cultivation with the hoe, and let it be quite superficial. He who has much fruit can hardly hope to preserve it without some kind of cold storage, for thus kept the loss from shrinkage and rot will be comparatively small. A cellar with heavy stone or brick walls, built into the side of a hill, can be cheaply made, and will be very satisfactory. The stations have been experi menting with the cross fertilization of raspberries and blakberries, but because of the meager reports we judge results hava not been satis factory. The wish has been to pro duce irult with less seed and more flesh. i Do not be too gross nor too busy to care for the things of beauty which should adorn the farmer's home The cultivation of flowers tends to bring out that which is best and finest in our natures. Make the door yard bloom with beauty in the spring, and have a thought for the lIanU io'' house decoration m tne winter. Jf the blitck knot tmninn upon tlin plum tren it fiin oftmi le eilVetually hecked by Hit winn: mi the knot mm paintiny: the wound witli UnseeU on, to which n little I'lirbolic Ht'id added, and enough i:Ule i.f iron to give it color. 1 he promise from trees so heavy with fruit that they must he propped is" a delusion. One of the first re quirements' to make a linancial suc cess is to prevent overbearing. I lie excess of fruit should be removed at an tarlv stage of its uevoloimuMit. DEEDS NOT WORDS. Is could s.-ttwfy Urn hoart 'i'lii- lifurt is.ittlit timl less curt', Bur woriix, n sunmiur birds, dupart Ami leave but empty air. Tii In-art, h pilgrim upon t-arth, Finds oftun, when it m-ftdx, Tm.t words nr us lit tin worth As just so many weeds. A littlp Ruiil and truly said Can deepp r joy impart Than hosts of words, which reach tho head, But never touch tho heart. Tho voico that wins its sunny way, A lonely ho-mi to lu-i r, Hath oft the fewest words t-i say; Cut, oh, thot-o fuw how deurl If words could satisfy the hreast, Tho world niif-'ht hold a feust, But words, when pummouud to the test, Oft satisfy the least. Like plants that make a gaudy show, All blossom to tho root, But whoso poor nature cannot grow Ono particle of fruit. Charles Swain in Housewife. HAW) WATER. "Tha'll live to rue it." "Well, Aw cannot go again my fccl in's. Aw cannot help not lovin thee. " "Naw, an tha' cannot help lovin someb'dy else, con ta? Tha'll live to rue it, Aw tell thee, an so will that hupstart tha's sect thy heart on mind that." The girl addressed blushed faintly, but did not hang her head. Rather she lifted it, with a proud look which, de spite her working shawl, plain bliick hat and somewhat pasty white com plexion the common heritage of mill girls lent something queenly to her whole appearance. Had you seen Rachel Swann on Sun day as she walked, with her Bible and hyinnb(X)k, to the Methodist Sunday school to teach her class yon would scarcely have known her. Dressed in the latest style or the latest that had per colated to the provinces' from the "tips" in her hat and the "fall" which expressed rather than hid her delicate features, to her neat little shoes, she looked, what she was, a lady. And had you seen her, at tho chapel door after evening service, without ado or even greeting beyond a mutual look of satis faction, meet a pleasant faced young man and walk away by his side, you would have been in possession of the secret no secret now that James Sum uer, assistant cashier at Messrs. Peel's mill, and Rachel Swann were "keeping company. Jim Sumner had started life as a half tinier and little piecer; but, naturally an intelligent lad and a great favorite with the schoolmaster, he had, in spite of the great disabilily of beginning to earn his living at 10, made such good j nse of his opportunities that he was early taken into tho "office" and was not quite "looked up to by right think ing folk as a man who "could addle i.'arn) his brass 'out takkm his coat off." Moreover, he was junior "chapel steward" at the Methodist chapel, and altogether a man any girl in that place might be proud to "keep company with. That Rachel was proud of her lover everybody knew. They had only "made it up" a short time ago and had walked in public less than a fortnight when the above conversation t(H)k place. The man for such he considered himself who threatened to "mak' her rue" was con snlerabir okier than herscn, and an "overlooker" at the mill in which they all worked. He had long forced his at tentions upon Rachel, who, while giv ing him no encouragement, had not ab solutely repulsed him until she heard that ho did a little private bookniaking among tho youths and young men in the great mill. Until then she had regarded him as a decent fellow and shrank from hurting his feelings, hoping he would desist in timo and give it up as a bad job. She did not know Jabez Smethurst, Ho was the sort of man whoso love can turn to bitter hate, and now, both against the girl and the man he deemed his supplantcr, his rage burned fiercely, Aw 'in fair miserable at my work, Jim, now," said Rachel as she walked with her lover from his mother's cot tage along the embankment of the great reservoir. "Why, liow's that, my lass? Aw thought tha' wur all reet now an grade- ly set up wi' four looms an averagin 19 an 6 a wik, " for, though Jim was an assistant cashier, he dropped, like his lady love, into his native Doric on all familiar occasions, "an tha' towd me that even thy cross grained owd aunt could speyk civil now." "Aye, Aw was fain euuf, Jim, but Eh, lad, Aw can hardly tell yo Aw've kept it to mysel' for days, but Aw can not bear it no longer. Th' overlooker's ta'en one o' my looms off me an says he'll tak' another if Aw don't mend my woik." "Dost mean Jabe Smethurst? Aw'U sco that root, ne'er heed, Rachel." And as they had passed the railway station winch stooa at tne upper end or the res ervoir andwero in a somewhat secluded place he put his arm around her waist, drew her to him and kissed her fondly, "Say nowt, Jim. It'll do no good. Gaffer thinks weel o' Jabe. He hearkens to him as if Jabe knew everythin an hrm nowt. An it does hxik as if my work was bad, for he gives me such bad soarts 'at Aw con on'y do half what ('others con, an my aunt Bays who'll gie me th' key o' th' street if Aw cannot addle more nor a little wench. It's piece work, tha' knows." "Aye well, ne'er heod, my lass. Kis mas'll soon be here, an we'll get wed aa soon as th New Ye'r comes in. ' Aw'm gel tin 2 a week now, an Aw'm prom ised a rise wi' th' New Ye'r." . A month had passed. Poor Jim! All his f..ir hope -s seemed blighted. Bromley Bros., a firm in the neighborhood with whom Messrs. Peel occasionally did business, in cheeking their bankbook found themselves debited with an amount paid by check to Peel & Co., for which they c:mld find no corresponding item i:i Peei'-i account, and, on making inquiry from them, found that there was l.o account of its receipt in their caslibook, nor did siwh an account ap pear to have been paid in the usual way to their credit ut the bank. Evidently a check had been drawn and p.iid if Which the bocks of neither iirm had any record.' 'It wan a sum under 10. Bui us the youth who ran between the mill a;:d the bank in the ai';ji lining town ( i Blac k brook appeared too unsophisticated to transact sneh a frand, and as Jiia i-'mn- uer was immctiaty re sponsible i'rr t!:e uvreiit cash of the firm, he was hobi f" be morallv responsible, if not actually criminal, and, according to the imme morial custom of the firm, "had to go." Poor Jim 1 lie did not wait to meet his chapel folks and intimates. Ho jniit kissed his widowed mother, who would not have believed "owt again' Jim" on the testimony of an archangel, and wcut out into tho frosty air, straight to tho station and away to a town 30 miles distant, to make a fresh start. His sweetheart was still in the mill. He ought, of course, to have waited for her and told her. But he didn't, llo would write. She would learn sixm enough: The village would buzz with the news as though the new "hooter" hud pro claimed it by nightfall. Aud it did. There were girls who seemed glad to tell Rachel, and when she flared up and said: 'Yo' know as well as Aw do'at Jim ne'er did it," they only replied: "Well, he's ta'en his hook, at any rate. lo rAunt Bet seed him goo an says 'good riddance to "bad rubbidge.' She doesn't seem to think as weel o' Jinimie as her niece docs." What could Rachel say? She went homo with rage in her heart against her aunt, and some thing like resentment against her lover for hasting away without a word to the girl who could have died for him. Ah, little did she think, yet even now a dead misery had taken possession of her. "Well, Miss Proudie, an how's thy fine gentleman naa?" (Aunt Bet's own lad had had hopes of the "office" once, but had turned out a wastrel; hence her bitterness. ) "Aw thout wot it 'ud be. Some fowk can't stand gettiu up i' th' world. Pride'll hev a fa', an thy whip- persuapper s come a cropper, at ouy rate." In tongue warfare Rachel was no where. Besides Aunt Bet wasn't worth answering. Then, that very day, the overlooker had threatened to reduce her to two hxnns and had humbled her so terribly before tho other weavers that all the spirit seemed clean gone out of her. She went to bed, but not to sleep. The "knocker up" had on easy task next morning. That day was the black est of many black ones during the past few weeks, aud now no lover's comfort awaited her. Everything went wrong. Tho stuff wouldn't weave. Her looms seemed bewitched. The overlooker over looked with a vengeance. "Yo'll start on two looms tomorn, he said. "Think on that I Aw've lots a' wenches o' 14 'at weave better nor thee an do moorwark on two looms fan tha' con o three. It was tho last straw. She dare not face Aunt Bet and her sneers. "Oh, Jim, Jim," was the cry of her heart, "why couldn't you say a word to me?" For when her heart spoke it cried for Jim, and not for looms. Coming out of the hot mill it was bitter cold. She drew her shawl over her head and hur ried away not to the pliice she called Always ACME EASY CHAIR. YOUR CHOICE FOR $7.50. Correct designed, finely made, superb1 finish, medium price, 1 i. A complete assortment acme hygienic couch (patented). of Secretaries, Combination Book-cases, Sideboards, Library Cases, and Ladies' Desks. W. J. OAKES,- iune5 17 North Main Street, Columbia, Tenn. HARRIS & COLE BROTHERS, Manufacturer HOUGH and DRESSED LUMBER OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Also Sash, Doors, Blinds and Mouldings. WOOD delivered to all parts of the city. 'LKPHON KNof lumber wanted- Call and see 01 before buying cUewbart. "home. " She scarcely knew where she went. AktpeltsK despair wch-.heil her sensitive spirit. Tears, unchecked and unheeded, droppi d as she walkeiL "Anywhere, anywhere, out of the world!" would have been her exclama tion could she have expressed her deep est wish. Suddenly she found herself on the top of the nrn voir embankment. The moon was :;iih.i;ig upon the waii r, which sparkled and shone with a crys talline brilliance. "There's nowt left to live for, an I won't live!" find, easting her shawl from lu r, (.he threw herself from the embankment.- There was a sharp, ri:: ing sound. The moon shone ou, and all was still.. "Now, Aw wonder what's come oi!t about this money?" thought Jim Sv. in ner us he, struck the reservoir bank on Ids way from the Katiui home. "Folks arc fain to stay in toneet, Aw reckon. Aw'm glad nob'y'll see mo tijl Aw've cleared mysel' if clearin it" is and what canth' masters ha' taken th' trou ble to get my address fro' mother for no'dby else knew it an telegraph for me to come instantly, if it's not'!1 My, but th' frost has bin keen this two days! Aw'll bet th' lodgo'llbear." So saying, he ran down and tried it with his foot, and, finding it safe, walked a distance on the margin. "What's that.' Good heavens!" Ho had stumbled over tho prostrate form of a woman lying u few feet from the em bankment. The ice was starred in every direction where her head had struck it. "Poor wench!" He turned her over, and the moon's light fell upon a face he hail often kissed. He reeled as though he had received the blow that made the blood flow from that marble brow. How cold she was! But she breathed. He picked her up and carried her, he knew not how, up the bank and away till ho stag gered into his mother's cottage. Could she be in better hands? Still unconscious, but with signs of returning animation, he left her and hastened to the mill. The lights still burned in the office. The masters were seated by the fire, and in the background sat the mes senger and Jabez Smethurst. "How d'ye do, James you got our wire?" "I did, sir, thank you." "Boy, tell us again what you told this morning." Whereupon the penitent lad, with fearful looks at Jabez, told how the overlooker had terrorized him about small betting debts; how, at his instigation, ho had obtained a blank check from the office lad at Bromley's; how Jabez had filled it in, copying the writing from another of Bromley's checks; how he had presented it with the rest at the btmk and got the cash. The sequel was known and did not need recounting. Jabez swore it was a parcel of lies, but the boy's evident sincerity, revelations of Jabez's bookniaking trans actions and later Rachel's account of her rejection of his suit, aud his subsequent threats and persecution, convinced tho masters of Smethurst 's guilt. They sim ply discharged him and eased their con sciousness of Jim's overhasty dismissal by raising his salary to 150 a year. The folks who cheered a happy pair and pelted them with rice did not see a scar on the brow of tho bride, for it was covered by her bridal veil Tit-Bits. 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