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A ItUSEOFWAll.
‘You’d better make up your
mind to do it Frank. I give
vou liiv word for it, y au will
find Laurclton not a bad place
and tlie girls are—well, there
are no finer girls than my
granddaughters.’
Old Judge Ransom looked
earnestly over his gold rim-J
• med spectacles at Frank Ha
zleton’s handsome, indiffer
ent face.
‘You certainly are very
good, judge, to press upon me
such a friendly invitation to
visit Laurclton, and under
any other circumstances than
those wo have discussed, I
would >e delighted to aecept. |
As it is—I confess I havn’t
the cheek fo go down to your
place, see my pretty cousins,
be entertained by aunt Sara
and all the while feel that
my object, and your object,
is to select me a wife from
among the young ladies.’
‘That’s the sheerest non
sense, bov. Why on earth
shouldn’t you marry one of
your cousins, and thereby se
cure Laurclton in tlie family?
Somebody’ll get the tine old
place yvith one of my girls—
why shouldn’t it as yvelf be
you?’
‘I suppose you call yours a
very sensible vieyv of the case
Judge Hanson. Rut, lioyv
can a felloyv expect to curb
and harness his fancy and
•r
affection to suit—even yvith
‘Laurclton thrown in the bar
gain?’
‘Who’s talking of fancies
and affection! I only ask
you to run doyvn to the home
stead for the holidays and get
acquainted ysilh the giiL;
then if you fail in love with
one of them, well and good.
There's not much danger but
that they’ll take to you. You
are a line felloyv, and your
five years’ absence at the Ger
man universities add very
greatly to your popularity.’
‘Thankyou, Judge. Sure
ly 1 ought to be grateful, and
oblige you by falling in love
yvith one of my charming
cousins.’
‘Then yye’ll consider it set
tled, shall we? The Thurs
day before Christmas.’
‘I guess yve’ll manage it
between us, Sara, Frank’s
agreed to come, and, what’s
more, has half promised to
fall in love yvith one of the
girls.’
Judge Ransom sat reading
ills village paper beside the
cherry open grate; and fat,
motherly Airs Ransom sat in
her capacious chair, busily
darning stackings.
‘Promised to fall in love
with one of the girls! Hen
ry, the idea! Who overheard
of such a thing! You never
went and told him you want
ed him to marry oneof them?
‘Of course I did. There’s
nothing like being open and
aboveboard. I like young
Ha/el, and told him so; and
told In m lie was welcome to
one of my granddaughters,
and Laurelton in the bar
gain.’
‘Well, Henry Ransom, I
never would have believed
you were such a tool! Don’t
you know you have ruined
our little arrangement bv go
ing and telling him? Why
there’s not a man living who
will take a fancy to a girl
that is recommended to him?
Well, if you aren’t a niui
sliie!’
‘I can’t see what I have
done so dreadful. I am sure
you are as anxious to have
f •
him in the family' as I am.’
‘Of course I am—and that
is why I hate to see anything
spoiled so. My word for it,
Frank Hazleton 19 of too no
ble a nature to deliberately
make love to a girl because
she is rich; and, at the same
time, I know lie will take a
dislike to them because he is
expected to do the other
thing.’
‘Seems to me I have put
my foot in it, Sara, accord
ing to yom* way of thinking,
I am sure I meant well
enough
‘Oh. I know that. 3Tow,
if you’ll just leave it to me,
and agree to do just what I
sav, I think it'll end all
light, yet. Listen, now, and
sec if a, woman can’t beat
even a judge in love affairs/
And he sat. and listened,
his tine face gradually broad-,
ening until it was one big
smile from eyebrows to chin. |
‘If you don’t deserve a di- !
ploum,’ he declared jubilant
ly. t
A magnificent December
night, with myriads of frost-!
ilv twinkling stars above,and !
a snow-bound landscape be-!
low them; and Frank Hazel-!
ton, wrapped in bis overcoat,1
and his seal-skin cap cozilyl
jammed over bis forehead, |
thought as lie was driven
from the depot to ‘Laurel’;
behind the judge’s fust trot-i
tors, and in the ‘Laurel’s’ big ;
double seated, warmly cash-!
ioned sleigh; that the lines
might fall to a fellow in a far j
less pleasant place than that,
to which he was going,where !
the judge met him at the!
door, in the broad banner of j
warm yellow ligjit streaming
from within.
‘Come right in, my boy—:
right in! You’re as welcome]
as the first flowers in spring.
Hero’s aunt Sara waiting to
kiss you—aren’t you, eh!’
Frank found himself in
warm, motherly arms, and,!
laughing and joking, was es I
i-ortod to the parlor, where!
four young ladies were sitting
in apparent ready welcome.
‘What! have I four cous
ins, judge! .you’ve got the1
best < f me. I had no idea
my courage was to be put to
such a test.’
‘Indeed, you needn’t think
I you are so blessed as to pos
sess four pretty cousins.—
These are all you need lay
claim to—Maud and Ida, my
two dear granddaughters.—
These other two young la
dies are Miss Florence and
Irma Cloudesley — visiting
TanreTtorf, to as&rsf in enter
taining you.’
After such an informal in
troduction, the ice was im
mediately broken; and, be
fore the merry little circle ]
broko up that night, Frank 1
caught lrmsclf internally of
faring congratulations to him
self that ho had conic to Lau j
relton.
‘Pretty girls—of course]
they are pretty, all of them,’!
he soliloquized, mentally as
he carefully arranged his
neck-tie, one bright, merry
morning, a month after he
had come to the farm house.
‘There’s Maud, with her
matchless grace and her dig
nified, statelv manner. She
should wear a coronet and
never feel but what the straw
berry leaves were honored by
her acceptance. But nut for
a thousand ‘Laurelton’s’ wo’d
I spend a lifetime with her;
when an hour exhausts all
her entertaining and instruc
tive ability.’
‘I wonder what the judge
and aunt Sara would think
if they knew of my private'
opinion of Maud and Ida?
To be sure, Ida’s a nice, lady
like little thing, and has
about as much mind ot her
own as a butterfly. I doubt
if she really ever does think
beyond the arrangement of
her pretty yellow hair, and
the tit of those marvelously
•
tiny slippers of hers.
From which it will be seen
Mr. Frank Hazelton bad
been very observant.
‘There’s the Misses Cloud
esley — sensible, intelligent
girls as I ever saw; only Flo
will persist in tyranizing over
dear little Irma—’
Then the dinner bell ab
rnptly dispelled bis mental
criticisms, and he wentdown
to find them all gone in bnt
Irma Oloudesley, who, with
a suspiciously tearfhl face,
str>od before the mirror. She
started, half guiltily, as ho'
entered. ?
‘Oh, I thought you had
gone in. You’re late, Mr.
Hazelton.’
‘And so are you. What
has kept von?’
fie saw Mae flush surge
over her cheek.
‘ ‘l—oh—nothing—much,’ i
‘Has Flo been teasing you
again?’
i He went close up to her, >
> . i
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looking down into her faee.
‘No-nothing at all. Please
go into dinner, Mr. Hazelton.’
She looked really distres
sed, he saw, but the head
strong fellow did not obey
at all.
‘I’ll go in a moment,Irma.
Tell me first if you avc angry
i with me that you seem so ea
ger to get rid of me? Not on
ly now, Irma, hut always.—
; You avoid me continually.’
j She blushed rosier tli »n ev
I or and turned her face away.
‘No, Irma ! you must an
: swer me. Have I offended
you?’
I ‘No, Mr. Hazelton, you
have not, j lease go to dinner,
i They wont like it, and Maud
i will think—*
She hesitated, and looked
! painfully confused.
I ‘Inna, I positively will not
go to dinner until I know
; what is the matter with you,
if I never eat a mouthful ag
ain. What will Maud think?
I What right has my cousin to
think unvthing abjut what l
do?’
j ‘Oh, Mr. Hazelton—you—
i you are cruel to ask me. It
j was foolish in me to say a
j ‘Every word you say is
| very sweet, to me, little girl,
j Tell me why you'd read Maud’s
(knowing we are here,togeth
er? Tell me Irma, or I shall
—kiss vou!7
‘You kuow well enough,’
she faltered desperately.—
‘You know they all expect
you will marry Maud, and—’
Frank laughed,and sudden
ly caught her in both his
arms and kissed her.
‘Don’t struggle, Irma-you
are my little darling, arn’t
you? You love me, don’t
you? Because I love you so
very dearly, Irma ! dear little
Irma! Maud knows I never
shall marry her, and T know
I shall marry you, shan’t I?:
‘Oh, Frank!’ Slie whisper
ed it slyly, blissfully, as sire
looked into his handsome
face ‘You ought not to love
me and lose Laurclton,’ In
idced, indeed, I’m not worth
so much.’
‘I consider myself the best
judge of that, Miss Cloudes
j ley! Perhaps jou think in
vour humility, that vou are
not more to me than ten thou
sand ‘Laurelton's.’
‘And I-ieally-ain I Frank?
He k issed her over and over
again
‘Shall we go to dinner—or
has your appetite vanished?
Mine has, after such nectar
as your kisses.’
She laughed, then he saw
her beautiful mouth begin to
quiver.
‘Frank— you won’t-be an
gyy, will you? promise me’
it wasn’t my fault, truly, but
grandma’s.’
She looked so wistfully at
him, and her laughing was
so puzzling, that he laughed
outright.
‘Angry?—never! Promise
you?—anything!’
She leaned her head for
waid, so he could not see her
face.
‘I am not Irma Cloudesley
but Irma Ransom. Sister
Florence and I changed iden
titics with Maude and Ida,
who are really the Misses
Cloudesley. So, after all
Frank, you shall have ‘Lan
relton’—if you will take it.
Will you—with me?’
That of course settled it,
since Frank was so anxious
to have Irma. And, so, af
ter all, Aunt Sarah’s rnso of
war accomplished the desired
end, on the unalterable prin
ciple that she and the rest of
us women understand, that
men are stubborn creatures
who are sure to do just exact
ly contrary to the way you
d«.
Spirit of the press—Cider
Blunt men are generally
sharp.
Carpets are bought by the
yard and worn by the foot.
When the man said ‘look
into my heart5 it is supposed
he had a windy-pa in in his
stomach.
An Irish doctor lately sent
his bitI to a lady as follows :
‘To curing your husbaud till
he died.’
I
iJOIV. A G bilOW.iV. |
A Hinds county correspon-1
dent ot the Clarion says of I
Copiah’s old favorite:
I see the newspapers aredis-;
cussing the merits of different
citizens of our State for the
U. S. Senate. I am proud to'
see all seem to speak so flat
teringly of our own Jeff. Da
vis; but at the same time ad-1
mit he is not available.— I
While, too, I am delighted to
see the Chairman of our State
Executive Committee spoken
so favorably of, and Missis
sippi’s orator,L. Q. C. Lamar,
in the estimation of some, is
the man;yet, Messrs. Editors,
there is one who is regarded
by the people as the great lea
der in the ] ait canvass; who
gave tone and direction to the
platform upon which the can
vass was conducted ; upon
whose policy every stump-'
speaker planted himself; who
himself had advocated that
line of policy from the first
year of the surrender; who
staked his all—judgment, re
putation and statesmanship—
upon “equal rights to all be
fore the law;” and though
then he was ten years in ad
vance of us, yet now, while
the whole people of Mississip
pi are rejoicing over our glo
rious victory, let tlie politi
cians not forget that it was
the statesmanship, the fore
sight of Gov. A. G. Brown,
who first conceived and bold
ly advocated this line of pul
icy, upon whicEi.we advanced
to victory.
If we'had followed bis ad
vice ten years ago, we would
have escaped innumerable
woes. If we had been willing
to acknowledge then “a vote
was a vote,’ as readily as now,
we would have escaped the
live million debt hanging over
us. If we had been wi lling
then to grant equal justice to
all ‘before tlie law,’ the man
agement of our Sfate affairs
would never have passed front
our hands. But we were then
just front the gory field ef
battle, whet ewe had buried
brothers,friends and acquain
tances,and unprepared to take
that sober statesmanlike view
of this question.
Time rolled on,and though
we have been led by our
whims and notions through
dark and dreary paths, jet
that great beacon light has
ever pointed us the way,never
faltering nor misgiving once,
but ever urging us to grant
‘equal rights to all before the
law’ and gain the victory.
No>v that it is won, injus
tice to ourselves, uot from
magnanimity, but front a de
sire to do right, I think we
should exclaim “Well done
thou good and faithful serv
ant, enter thou into, etc.”—
Not only is this a claim upon
us, but fifteen years ago we
took him from the U. S. Sen
ate,made him aeaptain in our
army, to fight our battles; it
is nothing but sheer justice
now to send him back to the
place wo took him from. In
justice to ourselves and to him
we should do this. And when
wo shall have done it,he will j
enter the halls of that Senate
chamber with more influence j
for us,with more respect from
his peers—with far more pow
er to do as good—with more
ackno fledged ability,farsigh
ted nesss, statesmanship, than
is possessed by any one else
in that Chamber. Those Sen
ators will acknowledge him,
not only as tboir peer, but
look up to him as the honor
ed associate of Webster,Clay,
Calhoun, and all those pure
men who graced the Halls of
Congress,when learning,hon
esty, ability and real states
manship guided the affairs of
our nation.
We trusted him before and
during the war—bo never de
ceived us. We all feel within
ourselves, and acknowledge?,
that he has more political sa
gacity, sees fartlu|*JnToItho
political future ot iffiSyfitan
any other nian we can get.—
He is a staEdsman^^,.
Then let ns he nor nlwlel ves,
let us lumov otiMPKl, let us
do justieito uilirdwti Judg
ment, let as (fe justice toOov
I A. ti. Browifc, and elect him
to the United States Senate.
i
l-kUlTTREES.
So many persons now set i
<|ut fruit trees that it soeins
as-|f it is hardly worth while
to say a word in encourage
ment of the practice; hut a
hu ge number of those set out
are not because people have j
thought much about planting
or careyvery much for them,
hut chiefly because they have
been .bothered by some ped- j
dler to such an extent that!
they hjid to give an order so
as to git rid of the fellow. So;
little <i> people who give or
ders qtp'e for the trees underI
such CfVcnirtwtanws,that there
is often trouble with the rail
road companies in regard to |
paying freight on thorn, and ;
in order to protect themselves
the companies often insist on
freight being paid in advance
by tlie sender of the trces;and
in this way the legitimate
nursery business is embarras
sed by leason of these pestif
erous peddlers.
Supposing the trees arc re
ceived and paid for, there is
still much indifference about
setting them out and subse- j
quent care, and in conse- j
quence many die, or, if they j
live, struggle along and come I
to little account.
It is strange that people
should have no better reason
to give for purchasing such
trees that they could not get
rid of the peddler without;
though they kuow that they
must pay high prices for poor
trees, whieh^muy never turn*
out to be as represented af
ter all, unless the peddler of
trees is a purer being than
the peddler of other articles.
Still it is well that some trees
arc planted, and even trees
tHpght under such circum
stances as those may as well
tpMWpred for, for they will, or
at Ijapt may, be of some use i
in tJm eud.
^■4set out trees because- I
are taught to believe
tti^t great profits will result
from t lie sale of tbe fruit, in
time. We do not urge plan- j
ting on this ground, because |
money is seldom made by j
those spasmodic attempts,but!
by those who understand!
fruit culture thoroughly, and
make it a chief and leading
busiuess. JbVuit trees, by the
average owner of land,should
be planted for family reasons;
that is to say.in order tohave
a supply of fruit always on
hand on one’s own place. It
may be that one will discov
er That profit can be made of
the .fruit as well. There will
then be the chance to take ad
vantage of these circumstan
ces, and to set out especially
for the purpose.
Many persons ask what
land is uost tor certain fruit
trees; what manures are best
to use*! There is no doubt but
that some soil is better for
trees, and some man tires more
effective than others, but this
is ruther in a professional
sense, where special excel
lence is desired, aud need not
worry tbe averags man.—
There is no soil nor any ma
nure that is ready to one s
hand but is quite good enough
for ordinary persons.
The trouble with most peo
ple, and the reason why trees
so often fail it that tue roots
are allowed to get dry. Dry
roots is a worse condition of
things than poor roots; and
then the earth should be
hammered in veiy tightly
about the roots, and the trees
severely pruned. Not one
tree in ten thousand need die
if these simple things are re
ally attended to.
The after culture of trees
is very simple. Keep out in
sects from the stems of the
trees near the ground; do not
disturd the surface roots by
digging or plowing near them
and spread on the surface ab
out the roots now and then
something to eat..—Thomas
Meehan, in Weekly Press.
SEd^Tho largest and cheap
ost tot of Furniture ever of
fered for sale in this market:
good Bedsteatf for $3 75, by
Birdseug, Horn© & Brittain*
Hazlehurst. 12-4t
‘Belles’ call a great many
people to church.
IMPROVE YOUR HOMES.
Every farmer should now
try to improve his land from
year to year; the days ot the
migratory Mississippian have
passed. Every man should
strive to make his Home a
permanent one for himself!
and tor His children; lie slic’d
add to its value month by
month and year by year; first
by increasing its fertility and
productive capacity; next, by
making permanent ditches,
drains, fences and hedges,
then by permanent and sub
stantial buildings of every
kind; and lastly, by adding
in every way to its comforts,
conveniences and embelish
tneuts bv orchards, gardens,
vineyards, pastures, lawns,
walks and bovvers* and also
by the steady improvement
in every species of stock,poul
try and bees.
Hegin by saving, sheltered
every partieleof manure from
the stables, hogpens, sheep
yards and poultry yards. The
winter is the chief period for
buihling up the manure piles
but they should be kept grow
ing during Hie whole year.
Haul, at leisure times, muck
that is rich earth from the
low swamps,marshes, or from
where it. has gathered in the
drains and creek bottoms;
haul, also, dry and wet leaves
from the woods, where they
may be banked up, and put
these with the muck into the
manure pile, :iiix all up occa
sionally. A manure pile will
grow astonishingly from any
or all these sources with a lit
tie industry, and the experi
ence from every quarter show
Mi at, the results of manuring
in the last few years have
produced crops of every kind
which paid a thousand fold
for the trouble and expense.
Let tho farmer begin by
using the manures and thus
increasing the p< isiti ve income j
value of his land, and all the
other improvements will soon
follow.
The tendency and practice
hithcito Ims been to exhaust
the land and sq ueeze out. of
it all that, could be obtained
in present profits, utterly re
gardless of the decrease in the
value of the land.
Increase by every means
the value of your property
and make it a point to have
this as well as the income.
This increase of value by
manuring is so much capital
laid up eaoh year. It is bet
ter than United States bonds,
and-can be cashed nearly as
promptly. It is an interest
paying, home bank, of which
the tanner is president, cash
ier and director,a hank which
no robber can break into and
no defaulting clerk can strip
of its funds.
It will always pay on de
mand—drafts on it will al
ways be honored.
Don’t be too greedy, how
ever, to draw out the inter
est. Capitalists grow rich
by compounding their intei
est. So tlie farmer pan add
the interest to income, drawn
from his investments in en
riching his soil, to his prin
cipal, by new investments in
further enriching his soil and
improving his property.
Every farmer should hear
this in mind and not sacrifice
all the future fora little groat
or present gain.
Make home pleasant, beau
tifulandalso profitable; make
its comforts and enjoyments
go great that your children
and grandchildren will re
member it with delight, and
strive hj make their own like
unto it.— Exchange.
A wise layer-np is a wise
layer-oat. A light parso is a
besitvy curse. A man may buy
gold too dear.
t3^Got« Williamson & Co’s
for Pnroline oil, Gas burners
and redtuers, Coal oil, &e.
Dr., J. R. Jones? family
medicines for saleatthodrug
storoof Jones & Co, Crystal
Springs.
yon want a good ci
gar, or pipe, to sinoke, call at
Williamson 6s Co.’s Drug
store.
Few women ^no\\: t!#e se-"
cret of growing old graceful-'
ly. And yet it is vain to cling
to the youth which is gone.
Rather shouhFit be gracelul
ly resigned for the cheerful
acceptance of the duties which
mature life is sure to bring.
Why, for example, should
a single woman of forty cling
to the dress and manners of a
girl, instead of owning to her
self and others that she has
fully reached middle agel
Countless advertisements
show but too plainly how ma
ny have a horror of. growing
old,and snatch credulously at
every device for hiding the j
unwelcome fact.
Success in such arts means
a walking deception, where
there is falsehood on the sur
face there is not much hope
beneith; futuro means an ib
surd anomaly—bright hair
does not harmonize with a fa
ded cheek, or rouge with a
furrowed brow. Reside,lovely
as is the bloom of youth, it is
hardly missed when the beau
ty of expression beams forth
in itsstead. In mourning over
and mac lifying what is past
there is always danger of neg
lecting, if not losing,tho trea
sure which remains.
Guns and rifles may be ea
sily cleaned from lead by the
following: If a muzzle-loader,
slop up the nipple oreommu
nication bole with a little
wax, or, it' a broech-loader,
insert, a cork in the breech ra
ther tightly; next pour some
quicksilver into the barrel,
and put another cork in the
muzzle, then proceed to roll
it np and down tlie barrel,
shaking it about for a few
minutes. The mercury and
the lead will form an amal
gam, and leave the barrel as
clean and free from dirt as ilie
first day it came out of the
shop. The same quicksilver
can .be Ugcd repeatedly by
straining it through wasli
leathcr, for the lead will be
left behind in the leather,and
the quicksilver will bo again
fit for use.
———■— —
The Rome Ga. Courier re
ports this instance of good
cropping: J. H. Camp,whose
farm is two and a half miles
above t bis city on the Etowah
river, made thirty-six bales
of cot ton this season on forty
two acres, 30 acres of which
made a bale to the acre. He
also made thirty-eight bush
els of corn to the acre on 40
acres, and twenty-four and a
half bushels of wheat to the
acre. The only fertilizer be
used was barn yard, Droduced
on bis own farm.
My experience is that, corn
stalks ire Worth one dollar
per acre to the land. Plow
under for three years in suc
cession one part of a field of
clay ground, and burn the
stalks on the other; the third
year you see the difference al
most to the door.
Fowl Stewed with Oysters:
Fill the inside ot a young
fowl with oysters; put in a
jar or tin pail, tightly closed,
and put in a kettle of water.
Boil an liouir and a half; there
will be a quantity of gravy
from the fowl and oysters;
add to if a little floor made
smooth In a small quantity of
water, some butter, seasoning
to taste, and more oysters,
with their liquor. Serve this
with the fowl, wdiloh will be
very white and tender. All
the tine flavor lost in ordina
ry boiling will be preserved.
Dried Beef Frizzled in
Cream: Chip the beef as thin
as paper with a very sharp
knife. Melt in a frying-pan
butler the siste of an egg, stir
the beef about iu it fbjrtwoo*
three minutes, dost a little
flour, and half a teacupful of
rich cream,giyo a boil up and
serve in a covered dish:
The belles who tread the
streets burdened fashionably
by the clanking chains and
bracelets, are not convicts, of
course, but it is reasonable to
, suppose they are open t%epu
viction—by the right man.
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C. W. Birdsong & Co.
have Leather to exchange for
; green or dry bides. 34
United Slates-. I have fcrav
elod much, and I have exam
ined with care into the indue*
trial interests of all sections,
and I am confident that here
after the South will get a
large and growing share- of
those who are seeking new
homes hither from Europe,,
or from the older States of
the Union. The tioodtide
will bear with it wealth and
varied industries. Ipray for
the day when the South shall
be prosperous in all its pur
suits, for until it is so there
can bo iu» assured pervading
welfare in other sections of
our Union.
Disadvantages.—A far
mer who docs not know
enough of the improved
methods of farming to ap
preciate them, labors under
very great diadvantages. He
toils harder than his wiser
neighbor, but he barely makes
his way, while the other ac
cumulates property. Ho sees
this, is sometimes vexed at it,
but too often remains blindi
to the cause. It is a lam ant
able fact, too, that this bliud
ness is persisted in by a stub
born, and even foolish preju
dice atwhat this ummccessfuK
farmer sneeringly calls'book
farming.’ His neighbor who,
greatly outstrips him in the
same business, carefullygath
ers from the books and pa
pers all the valuable experi
ence of othors, and utilizes
it in bis daily work. The
slothful farmer plods along
iu his blindness, relying on
what his father knew boforo
him. It is strange that tliia
class will not. get over this
prejudice, and avail them
selves of the rich experience
of all other men, whether
they print it in hoiks or pa
llors. If the world had ac
I ted upon the same method,
we should to-day have no*
railways, or telegraphs, reap
ers, mowers and threshing
machines. Gather the truth
and the valuable lessons
wherever they may be found.
Sift, it all and utilize the good.
The columns of the agricul
tural press teem with the
rich experiences of practical
men. They wont through
the toiling process of expeii
lucnts, proved with t!ieir la
bor what they offer freely to
others. Avail yourself ofal!
this.—Indiana ifariner.
Grain Crops.—Tlio de
partment of Agricnltur© re
turns for October show that
the wheat crop for the pres
ent year is a short oue, amt
there is a marked deteriora
tion in quality. The average
thus far reported is about 80
per cent of last year’s pro
ductions. If this indicates
the total depreciation, it
amounts to nearly 62,000,000
bushels, and gives the crop
at 240,000,000 bushels. In
quality, the crop averages 14
per cent below sound condi
tion. The oondition of the
corncrop is except ion ably high
The product reported this
year falls short of 1874about.
4 per cent. The oat y rod net
is 5 per cent greater than
last year. The potato crop
promises to he extraordinary,
both in yield and quality.—
Tobacco is 2 per ceut abovo
the average, lturley is 81
y>er cent of last year’s crop,
and buckwheat not far from
the average.
Corn loses ono-fifth by dry
ing; wheat ouo-fourtoouth.
from this tlm estimate is
made that it is more profita
ble for the farmer to sell 1111
shelled corn in the fall at 75
cents than at $1 a bushel the
following summer, and that
wheat at $1 25 in December
is equal *o $1 50 in the suc
ceeding Juno. In cases of
potatoes—taking those that
rot and are otherwise hist—
together with the shrinkage,x
there is little doubt ikat be
tween, October and June tho
loss to the owner who holds
them is not less than 33 pec
cent.
To do business a man must
have dollars and sense.