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fOWTH OF TU[ COllRI Increase of the United States ' Ar-, Wealth and Products. STORY OFA CENTURY'S PROGRlG3 'The Treasury Department Places the Na tion's Wealth at 594,0'9.0oOo - Value of Our Possessions Increased Thirteen Fold and Area Almost Quad rupled-Statistics About Agriculture. Washington, D. C.-A moving picture of conditions in the United States at . deceinial intervals from 1800 to 1850, and annually from 1K80 to 3900, is pre sented in a monograph issued by the' Treasury Bureau of Statistics. The area has grown from 827,844 square miles in,1800 to 3.025,600 square miles in 1902, exclusive of Alaska and the islands belonging to the United States. The population per square mile, 'which was 3.6 in 1810, was 23.1 in The total wealth has grown from $7,000,000,000 In 1850 to an estimated $94,000,000,000 in 1900. and the per 'capita wealth from $'07 in 1850 to $1235 In 1900. In 1800 the public debt was $15 per capita: In 1840 it had fallen lo twenty ong cents per oapita: in 1852 it was $2.67 per capita: in 1861, before the beginning of the war. $2.74, and then mounted rapidly until it became $76.98 per capita in 1866. gradually falling again after the war. It is $12.97 in 1902. The money in circulation amounted to $13.85 per capita in 18F,0. and in 1902, $28.40 per capita, the highest point that i. has ever reached. Depos Its in savings banks amounted t:> $I. 13.,576 in 1820, and $2,597,004,50 in 1901. The' individual deposits in Na-onal b'Anks have grown from $500,910,873 in I865 to $3,111,690.196 in 1902. The number of farms increased from 1.449,073 in 1850 to 5,739,657 in 1900; -the value of farms and farm property from $4,000,000,000 to $20.000,000.000. and the value of their product. which was not measured until 1870, grew from $1,958,000,000 in that year o $3, 764.000.000 in 1900. The value of farm animals increasel from $544.000,000 in 1850 to. $2,981,000,000 in 1900. The value of the product of the man Ifacturing industries ~rew from $1, 0000,000 in 1850 to $13,000,000,000 %n1900; the number of people employed therein grew from less than 1,000,000 in that period to 6,750,000. NINTH CAVALRY RELEASED. Pro Return From the Philippines on the Transport Logan. Washington, D. 0.-General Chaffee has cabled the War Department that he Jttb-4isasuccessor, General Davis, believe another regiment of cavalry can be spared from duty in the Phil ippines. The necessary orders for this hare been given, and he will send home one ro'gim'ent, and the headquarters and six troops 'of the Einth Gavalry will be relieved from duty and sail on the Logan for San Francisco. T'he rest of the regiment will sail two weeks later. The stations for this regiment .in the 'United States have not yet been designated. ~It will require consider able. shifting of troops to provide for it. The organization of a large number of batteries for field artillery was au thorized at the last session of Con gress. and uese were assigned to quar ters and stables for'merly occupied by 'cavalry. As the accommodations for these batteries have not been con structedI, it will be necessary to crowd Sthe cavalry regiment considerably to get them under shelter for the wmnter, and it may be nesessary to pit some of the organization in camp,, as was recently done with the entire Seventh Cavalry at Chickamauga Park. MESSENGER GIRLS DO WIELL;' Chicago Branch of the Western Union Decies to Abolish the Use of Boys. Chicago.-The familiar messenger boy, so long identified with telegrams, is about to disappear, so fatr as~ the branch of the'Western Union Com pany here is concerned. This has been finally decided by the local officers of the company having the matter in charge. The latest strike of the boys, the third disturbance in a mouth, forced the American District Tele graph Company, which supp~lies the messengers for the Western Union, to hire 400 girls to take the striker's' places, and after a trial of nearly a week it is dieclared that their servIces are satisfactory. The girls are work ing in the business district and the resi dence portions of the city during the day. The night force is malde up of young men, not. boys. JUD3E IGNORES AZE LIMIT. Caltbwenl, of Arkansas, is Seventy, But Thinks He is Good For several Years Yet. Little Rock, Ark- letter- was re ceived. here from Judge H. C. Cald well, of the United States Court of Ap peals, stating that he had reached the age limit of seventy years, and that he had-finally decided not to retir-e. The JTudge says that Le is enjoying the best of health, and believes that he is good for the bench for sdver'al years yet. He says lhe has no idea of resign ing, whether Conigretss passes die in crease judiciary samly billi or not. - Judge Caldweil's home is in Little Eock. YAQUIS ATAKMEXICANS. Thirty Indians and Eleven Soldiers Kiped, Including an Officer. Hermosillo, .lexico.-A band of mcre than 300 Yaqu! Indians a few days ago attacked a detachment of Government troops, commanded by Lieuteuant Jose Ber-ra, in the mountaina routheast of here. The battle was aesperately fcught and finally resulted in the In -dians. being repulsed Lieutenant B-erra and ten muember's of hii command and ~more than thirty Indians wer-e killed. Lieutenant Berra was a son of M:.nuel M. Berra the natpd Mia-n hicson. MAN LED A TRIPLE LIFE Mayor Pendleton. of Gentry, Mo,.Wa. "Cox" and "Morris* In a Confession He iearsi r- Tee Iinla' Mystery-A Crate of 1Nanenes Brought About 1is UndoinZ. Emporia. Kan. - The mystery sur rounding the burial at Orlando. Logai County. Oklahoma. on August 15 last of a coftin containing 200 pounds of ice has been cle'red by the confession o: James Pendleton, Mayor of Gentry Mo., that he caused the burial as par of a plan to avoid prosecution for big amy. The coffin was supposed to contir the body of C. S. Morris. of Emporia The burial was arranged by a man giv Ing his name as John Cox. It no% transpires that the mythical Morri was Pendleton himself. "John Cox* was also Pendleton. In a word. Pen dleton led a triple life. In Gentry. Mo. he was James Pendleton. Mayor of th< city. a husband and father of five chil dren. In Emporia. Kan.. he was "C S. Morris." Under that name. on .Iii 17 last. he married Miss Grace Obley of Emporia. On August 15 last he hali begun to fear that his dual life woui(' be found out, and he turned up in Or lando. Okla.. with a third personality As "John Cox." of Gentry. he arrange for the burial oZ "C. S. Morris." of Em poria, in a local cemetery. "Mrs. Mor ris." of Emporia, was to lxb left : widow. Mayor James Pendieton was to rejoin his family at Gentry. "Johr Con." having attended to the burial oJ his friend "Morris," was to vanish. Pendleton's downfall came througl: a crate of peaches. As John Cox h( went to Orlando. Okla.. bought a loI In a cen:tery, announced that a travt! ing man named C. S. Morris had die( on a train of congestion of the stem ach. and ihired a man to dig a gravc He then went to Perry. Okla., ostensi bly to get the body of Morris. Thri he bought a cheap coffin and 20f pounds of icv. He put the ice in the coffin and shipped the whole to himself -"John Cox"-kctt Orlando. On his way to get the coffin and the ice he saw i crate of fine peaches for sal-. 11 bought the peaches nid had then shipped to Mrs. James Pendleton, of entry'. Mo. This clew helped To re veal the doribe identity of "Cox." News o. the death and burial of "C, S. Morris" was sent to his suppositi tious widow at Emporia, and her fath er, A. H. Obley, went to Orlando to in vestigate. He had a photograph of "Morris." which was recognized in Or. andio as a likeness of "Cox." Inquir les in Perry unearthed the fact of the rate of peaches having been sent Tr Gentry. Detectives went there. They found that Mayor Pendleton had bei absent from home for some months, and had returned on August 1G. the day following the burial of "Morris." Maycy James Pendleton, of Gentry, was then arrested. He was brought tc Emporia. He was confronted by Mrs. Grace Obley "Morris." She identified him as the man to whom she had been married on June 17 b~y the Rev. Mr. Parker. of the Christian Church here. The warrant for Pendleton's arrest oi a charge of bigamy was sworn out by her, and he soon afterward made a full confession to Sheriff O'Connor, of 'this county. In which he admitted the fact of his triple life. OPERATORS WILL NOT ARBITRATE, Decision .Reached at a Conference Held in New York City. New York City.-No new plans for ar. bitrating the coal strike, no matter b5 whonm they are inspi;red, will be con sidered by the operators. and 110 influ ene that President Mitchell. of thc United Mine Workers can bring t( bear on them will change their positiol one iota. Such was the conclusion reached by the Presidents of the anthracire coal carrying conmpanies at a confere'nce held in this city. It was also stated oficially :hat J1. Pierpont Morgan will not take? any hand in the dispute. The situation at the mining districh was discussedl for two hours. ciurin wh'ceh time reports from the mines were enisideredi. The reports showed(' toat met were apying for work in increasing numb~ers, but that a breah in the strike had not occuwred yet. N( time it was stated was lixed for open ng the collieries. but the queslioni as to preparing the mines for reopening was considered fully. MILES COINC TO THE PHILrPPINES Lieutenant-General Has President's Per. mission to Makce Trip to the Islands. Boston.-With reference to tihe state ment th~at Lieutenant-General Miles is going to the Philippine Islands. Secre tary Cortelyou said: "General Mile.s is going to the Phlil ippine Islands with the permfissionl of the President to inspect army condi tions there." Wash:ngton, D. C.-General Miles has twice requested to be sent to tile hiippines. In 1900, when the Chi. nese caimpaign was heing preparei Geroal Miles dah., wl' 0k c~ (onnenetI o' tile American forecs inl the Philip pines and China. Preside~int McKinley ilid not consent. Last February thll General outlined a planl for ending till war in the Philippiines anti-wanted t( go then. President Roosevelt would not consent. Americans After English Collieries. It was reported, ini Manchlester, Eng land'. that an American syndicate inter. ested in shlippin: may buy three Lan. casire collieries. Eurglars OCt Postofmee Funds. Robbers secured $500 from the post ofice at Larwell. Id, President Tourn~d Three States. President Roosevelt. on the fifth da3 of his New Englnd trip. passed through three States, Massachusetts New Hampshire and Maine, deliverel eight speeches and received the plau dits of a quarter of a million people. Panucefbte's Famnily Not in Poverty. The family of the late Lord Piunce foe will, it Is thought. enjoy an incom of $7000 or $8000 a year. Stories o their being in penury or in affunenc ar slIn be eallyu without faonnda MINOIR [[SOF.JD[W[[K WAS. INGTON ITEMS. Lieutenant Chandler reported record breaking target practice by the torpedo i flotilla. Six thousand Navajo Indians were saidl to be starving. and relief was asked and granted from the Interior D~enartment. A new ruling allows postmasters to eontribut- cash. but bars them from persoaal participation in political cam paigns. Internal revenue collections for July were $22.230.359. a decrease over last year of $7,107,537. The Navy Department accepted the torpedo boats DeLong and Wiikes. Secretary Shaw com:ipelled leading New York banks to issue nearly $100. 000,000 in new circulation. Plans for the reunion of Civil War veterans at Washington in October were made public. The opinion was expressed In Wash ington that the President's speech at Providence would be used for a cam paign document. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Pecause of Inadequate appropriations I the First Circuit Court of Hawall I eoased jury trials, presiding Judge Gear dismissing the jury for the term. Over 100 prisoners are in jail awaiting I trial. The Judges appealed to Gov ernor Dole. The appointment of Mgr. Guidi, Pa pal Aud'tor. to be Apostolic Delegate to the Philippines was announced at the Vatican. Mrs. Chaffee. wife of General Cha.f fee, who has been seriously ill at Ma nila, is out of all danger. Frank H. Bowen. Acting Superin teudent of Public Instruction in the Philippines., denied anti-Catholic prose lyting by Protestant school teachers In the islands. Official figures show 25,664 cholera cases and 18.010 deaths in the Philip pines up to date, the actual number of cases and deaths being largely in em cess of these figures. Governor Taft has resumed his offi eial duties in the Philippines. The Governor testified in a newspaper se di i'm ('ase in Manila. giving his rea sns for appointng former insurgent chiefs to civil offices. The situation iv Mindanao, P. I., where the Moros have been causing trouble, continues critical. DOMESTIC. Prrsident Roosevelt delivered speecles in Nashua, Manchester, The Weirs and Coneord, N. H. Newport (. I.) villas vcre damanged by concussion from big gun target practice at Fort Adams. Nebraska will fight the proposed beef combination when it is effected. Ada Gray, well known for her long potrayal of the leading role in "East Lynne." died at New York City after a long illness. Senator Hanna said street railways ought to pay dividends of seven per ce'nt. and hold franchises in perpetuity. Sergeant Coon, of Troop H, Thir teenth Cavalry, stationed at Fort Keough, Mont., was drowned while at tempting to swim the Yellowstone River'. MIrs. MIarie A. Hopkins, widow of the American MIinister to Argentina. was instaintly killed by a street car in St. Louis. Mo0. After cutting his wife's throat with a razor at Phillipshurg, Kan., Chester Westbr'ook killed himself. The!; safe and vault in the court house at Ipswich, Edimonds County, S. D., were robbed of .$2700 in gold, presuma hy by some one familiar with the office. Governor Odell, in a speech in Low vile. N. Y., declar'ed his belief that a rducticu of tariff duties would not solve the trust probdlm. Pr&Mident Burt. of the Union Pacific. was held in S3000 bail for trial at Omaba. Neb.. charge'd with r'estructing the liberty of strike leaders. In a trolley ear collision at Hubbard. Ohio. Miotormaan JToseph Thomas was kiled and S. S. Bott fatalliy injured. Burglars took $500 in stamps and money froma tihe postoaice at Ridgetop, Ten). A Ne- York society woman mourns the loss of a smuggled .$20,000 pearl neki.es taken from lier On tihe pier by customs oficers. One of the Armour officials declared in Omaha. Neb., that the great neat nackers' combination had been ef fected. Russell Sage declared that J. Pier pont MIorgan could settle the coal strike, and regard for the public wel fare made it obligatory on him to act. Water spouts fornied about five miles off Cape M1ay. N. J., before many spec tators. Ariel 3itchelson, of Tariffville, Conn., said hie had hired 200 chorus girls in New York City to work in to bacco tields. F"ORETGN. Sir Thomas Lipton's third challenge for the America's Cup will be issued in September. 3embex's of the Cuban House of Rep resetatives, resenting the granting of the Casenneda franchise. are urging the impeachment of President Palma. The King of Italy, as the guest of Emeror William. entered the city of Berlin in state; subsequently, at a ban quet, speeches renewing the pledges of the Tripi Alliance were made by the Emperor and the King. The increased demand from the Uni ted States sent up the prices of iron and steel products in Great Britain. Yuan Shih Kai is reported to have meorial-ized the Chinese throne to keep Wu Ting-fang in Washington an other term. Cuba's budget showed a surplus at S3,000.00)0 over $15,000,000 estimated The Italian Court Circular announced that Queen Helena expects her ac -coucheenit in December. The Netherla-.ds refused to recog nuize the blockade of Venezuelan ports. Heavy rain storms in Lower Austria - and Bohemia resulted In severe dam age to crops. MILLIONS BET ON RACES $13,200,000 Wagered at Saratoga During the Season..Just Ended. Fookmakers Did Not ]Reap the Harvest They Expected-Large Individual Win nings-Whitney Complimented. saraitoga, 2N. Y.-Thirteen illion two hundred thousand dollars is the most conservative estimate given by experts of the amount wagered at the Saratoga race track during the season which has just ended. Senator Patrick H. McCarren is of the opinion that at least $600,000 a day, on an average, has been placed with the bookmakers. Bookmaker Joe Ull man, who handled $129,000 one (lay and broke the record a few days later by handling $15,000, declares that on certain days nearly or quite $2,000,000 had been wagered. The McCarren and the Ullman statements are regarded generally as the conservative and the extreme. These figures do not include any private bets which may have been made. The Gates, the Drakes and the Pittsburg "Phils" have hit the bookles so hard at times that the sixty odd men who have done business for the twen ty-two days have not reaped the har vest some of them expected. A careful observer of their doings said that he doubted if the bookies could count on more than two per cent. profit at the track. This would give them only $264,000 to the good, out of which must be taken at least $100,000 for expenses. The biggest individual winning on a single day was scored by "Pittsburg Phil." when he cleared up $60,000. John W. Gates, who has made miser able every bookmaker whenever he went down the line, achieved the dis tinction of winning the largest sum placed] on a single horse. He cashed in S0,000 on High Chancellor the day he left for Denver to wrestle with Os good for control of the Colorado Fnel & Iron Company. John A. Drake has once or twice pocketed S40,000 as a day's winnings. but he and other Westerners lost hear ily by backing Articulate, a nag which has proved a sore disappointment to Chicago and St. Louis plungers. At the close of the last day's racing President Whitney exchanged congrat ulations with directors and others in terested in the Saratoga Association upon the conpletiof of the most sue eessful season on record. For half an hour President Whitney either ac knowiedged or dod-ed bouquets hurled at him by the Beimonts, Hitchcocks, Wilsons, Follansbees. Wcrdens, Dwy ers and Alexandres upon his admirable nanniement of the affairs of the cor poration. Treasurer Andrew Miller estimates that when the books are balanced the profits will not be far from $130,000. against $70.000 in 1901 The usual five per cent, dividend will be declared. The surpsi s will -be .revoted to new yearling stables, training track and other improvements. WHAT! CHANCE HER HAIR? She Would Quit Uncle Sam's Employ First, and Did. Washington, D. C.-A young woman pressfeeder in the Government Print ing Office has given up her job rather than change the style of doing up her hair. The foreman of the press room told her she must change it or quit. as It in terfered with her duty as a pressfeed er. She appealed to Private Secretary Ricketts, who is looking after affairs in the absence of Public Printer Palm er. Mr. Ricketts courteously discour aged hecr. "I am sorry. madam." be said, "that you are iav ing serious5 differences with Mr. McWharland. 1 would not attempt for anything in the world to sulgEst to you how to wear your hair, which. I am sure, is most attractive. but the compiaint is thiat your' hair interferes with the feeding of tihe presses and catses the spoiling of many sheets of p)aper." The young woman went home. MILLIONAIRE JONES" WAS A MYTH Eoston-Chicago Mystery Explained as Ruse to Extort Funds. Chicago. - The mystery surrounding the supposed death of "Philetus Jones, millionire, of Boston, whose death nlotice, recently appeared in Chicago newspapers, was cleared up by the confession of John A. I. Lee, a local real estate broker that lie had invent ed "Mr. Jones" in ordier to secure real estate commissions. He planned a ruse whereby "'Mr. Jcnes" was to buy extensively of Chi cago property for hotel purposes. An agreemelnt was drawn up between the supposed Jones and a real estate own er and a commission was promised. These promis-ed commissions were of fered as security for a loan. Suspicion was cast on Lee when the death notice appeared. in explanation. Lee, who is an old man, said that he felt sure he could have sold the property to some one if he had had time. It is said no prosecntioni will result. LANDSLIPS KILL HUNDREDS. Ruin in Two Indian Towns Caused by the Overflowing of Rivers. Calcutta, India.--Heavy rains have caused tihe Rivers 1-aghmati and Vish numati to cvrrfow. serious landslips have resulted andi' hundreds of persons in tile cities of Bhiatgaamn and Patan have been killed. The Baginna;ti ard Vishnumati are .ibutarics of the G;anges. The inun dated region is in the extregme nort~h of Hindestan. Jamesonl Speaks of the Rald. Dr. Jameson made his tirst speec~ in two years to the Cape :{ouse of As sembly, at Cape Towvn, South Afria. He said the ai.ominable raid was a bad blunt~er, but penance had been done, and lhe th~ught the affair migh1 no0w be iorgotten by fair-minded men. Ostracism Vor Dachelors' Club. A young woman of Dedham, Mass., has star ted a mwvement among her un miarried sisters in thiat town to doom the members of the Bachelors' Club ti pei-penil ostralcism. oltotontOtOtOROntORO~ttOR it 0 SOUTHERN 0 it 0 FARM TOPICS 0 0 o X' X 0 o X' o Devcted Exclusively to the In- 0 0 X o terest of DIx.'e Farmers. X B; 0 In recent experimems made in Ala b:lua with cow peas, extending over a period of six years. the following~ facts seemed to be established: Broad cast sowing affore'.,d a larger yield of hay than did drilling and cultivation, but the latter method is more certain to afford a fair crop of peas in an un favorable season. The varieties aver aging the largest production of peas are New Era, Black and Red Ripper. The varieties making- the largest yields of hay for three years are Wonderful and Clay. Fertilizer experiments on soil repeatedly fertilized showed very slight gains from any fertilizer, but on poor sandy or loamy soils an applicaticn of acid phosphate with _.r without pot ash proved superir to crude or raw phosphate. As compared with velvet bean as a forage plant, cow peas have the advantage in convenience of cur ing, and in palatability, but are at a disadvantage on certain soils by rea son of the susceptibility of cow peas to the attack of the nematold worm and of sever'al fungous diseases. The most profitable method of disposing of the growth of cow peas consists In cutting the vines for hay and using the roots as fertilizer for the next crop. Where haying is not practicable and picking too expensive except for seed, the crop should be grazed with cows or hogs. In curing pea vine hay, no rule as to the number of hours of ex posure in swath, in windrow, or in cock can be blindly followed, as the method must vary with the luxuriance and succulence of the vines and the condition of the weather. The aim should be to retain all the leaves which requires that the exposure of the un raked hay be as short as practicable, and Lhat the main part of the curing be effected in the windrows or cocks,. Wonderful peas sown broadcast at the rate of a bushel to the acre in May with acid phosphate and muriate of potash applied broadcast and harrowed in made a yield of G400 pounds of hay to the acre. Cow peas (Clay variety) sown with sorghum, made a yield of 5440 pounds of hay to the acre.-South ern Planter. Sowina Cow Peas in Corn. J. P. Crawford, of Henry County Times, gives the following Information aout sowing cow peas in corn: I use a pea sowing device which is attached to my disc cultivator. This can be attached at the last plowing of the corn and sow the peas over the row as you plow it. You can either sow peas or beans 'broadcast over the row or drill a row on either side of the standing corn. I like broadcasting best as I think it benefits the corn by being all over the ridge and I am sure you get more peas. Besides they are so much more easily picked, as there is nothing in the centre of your corn row to bother you In picking. I have tried drilling a row with one-hoe corn planter in centre of rows, but I like the other Iway better, as you can sow for peas or beans and plow your corn at one operation. With this attachment you can see what you are doing and can sow just as many peas per acre as you want. I would be glad to hear from some of your other readers if they ever sowed that way, or if they know of any better way. I want to learn all I can, for I do not think that many of us farmers -know too much about farming. I think that farmers should write more abcut what they do and Ihow they manage their crops and work them, and not be so close mouthed about it. Thcn I thiak'we would be better off. Saving Pea1 Vine Uay. There are many ways cf savhg pea hay, and it is a hard thing to say which is the best way. I have tried several ways, and all did very well with one exception. A good deal depends upon the weather. They can be cut and put in small heaps then left to vemain this way for several days, then they can be hauled and packed away in the barn. It will not do to~ let them lay on the -round until cured,. as they _shatter so badly when hauled, losing nearly all the leaves, wihich makes the best food. The way I like best is to get pronged poles, say nine feet long, put In the ground about eighteen Inches, making small stacks over the field. This is very quick work, as hands can carry the vines on forks quicker than they can be hauled, because a radius of twelve yards will make a stack where the peas are good. Should there not be poles convenient having prongs, a straight pole and tack slats some four feet long, and stack on these. As the vines begin to enre, of course they settle and the prongs or slats cause the air to p.ss through the stacks, making the vines cure nice and bright. Vines put up in this way are liable to damage If hey are not put up very well, th~nugh I have hauled them up~ the pegnnnmg f winter, and they were not damaged t all, the stock eating them In pref erence to anything else.-P. II. Man gum, Jr., in the Progressive Farmer. sun-Scald on APPle Trees. his is quite a frequent form of In jury seen on orchard trees. It affects the bark on the southwest side of the tunk, and apyears to be con~ned al most excusively to trees with long ex pose trk ~rch ea to.d the northieast. It is considered a fori of winter injury. The -long exposed trunk receives the rays of sun at right an gles, a condition favorable to the bad results following rapid alternate freez ing and thawing. The bark dies and borers and fungi soon make their ap pearance. The trouble often stagts with the sle-der high headed tree obtained from the nursery. Winds soon cause such trunks to become leaning. The tre"s set should be sturdy and low heade'd. Such may then be set erect, otherwse it is well to lean the trunk to the south west somewhat, as practical orchard ists frequently recommend, and an ef fort made to secure a lower head. Paring away the diseased parts and covering the wound with a mud plas ter will assist the wound in hea~ng. Stiff yellow clay mixed with cow ma nure to give toughness and prevent cracking and containing also a small amount of sulphur, make a good mate rial for the purpose. A board, or two of them, nailed together trough fashion and placed against the tree, answers a good purpose, as would any material affording shade, such as laths or corn stlks.-Ernest Walker, Arkansas Ex eriment Station. Valuable as a Land 1mprover. Sand vetch, sometimes called Hairy retch, may be sown up to the end of October. This crop makes a more metain stand than crimson clover ndeed, It rarely fails. Sow twenty pounds of seed to the acre, with half & bushel of wheat or winter oats. It makes a great- crop for cutting for ;een feed in the spring or for hay. [n an experiment made In Tennessee and vetch grown alone yielded seven nd three-fourths tons of green forage to the acre and one and three-fourths oils of cured hay. When grown with Theat it made three and three-fourths ons of hay, and with oats one and e-half tons per acre. It Is valuable is an improver of the land, making in excellent green fallow to plow down or the corn crop. An average crop will supply as much nitrogen to the re as a ton of cotton-seed meal. Essentials to a Good Wheat Crop. Experiments made in many differ nt sections all emphasize tae factthat arly plowing and frequent'and perfect !ultivation of the land for a period f six weeks or two months before owing the seed? has-~iaii ffliidri6eFon - he yield of the wheat and winter oat rop than even the quantity of fer ilizer applied to the lano. Set the lows to work as early as the lagd s in good plowing order, and plow leeply. Follow with a heavy harrow is soon as possible so as to break the 'urrow slices, and this conserve the noisture and encourage the gerin on of weed seeds. If at all clddy, ,11 and then harrow again. Hepeat :his as often as can be conveintly lone, and thus -d of weeds an'd eure a fine compact These re essentials to a good whea T wo Crops From One Field. Occasionally some enthusiast will itudy how to raise two crops from .a ~iece of ground in a single year. Tils s commendable and is studying'along *ight lines, but the great majoritt ~hould plan how to grow bile good Irop rather than a .half or two-thirds f a crop. Plant an early variety of ,otatoes early and about the time they are finished, so far as cultuze Is coiia ~erned, plant California cream beans ~etwen the rows. Cultivate the beans, ;aking care not to injure the petatoes. .he potatoes may be dug by hand-of vith a fork, and marketed when prices ire best (very early). If this is not de ~irable, the beans can be pulled when *ipe and piled up or taken off the field .d the potatoes dug in the usual man Cabbaaes For Fall Cutting. Cabbages for fall cutting should be ut into rich ground, and their growth istned as much as possible by Ire uent cultivation, and the application f nitrate of soda as a top dressing. Apply 100 pounds to the acre, sowed - Iown cach side of the rows. If worms trouble them dust- with a mixture of iir-slaked lime and salt, when moist with de or rain, or they may be p1rayed with kerosene emulsion. Paris reen may be used when the plants are small dnd before they begin to head, ut we advise caution in the use of this poison on vegetables. Hof water 130 degrees F.), will kill the wormy tud not hurt the cabbage. King Edward's Head. Some of the phrenological experts ave lately been devoting their atten :ion to the head of the king, and te .nvestigationl shows, according to the opular Phrenologist, that his M s of "a very practical frame of mind. Iere are some further details: His Majesty wears a 6% hat; thus - the circumference measurement where the hat is worn is 21% inches, and the neasurement around the perceptives as nearly as possible 22%, inches. His Niajesty's head is rather wide and powerfully developed at the base of the - brain and in the regions of the per eptive organs. His leading phreno- ., logical organs, and those which in fluence his character the greatest, are strong powers of observation, comn- * bined with large friendship, amative ness, benevolen , agreeableness, all- - mentieess, comparison, Imitation, sublimity, veneration, hope, language nd executiveness. That his Majesty "is exceedingly ~ warm-hearted, friendly, adaptable, gen erous-minded, sympathetic, respectf~ul, galant, polite, sensitive In his f*~f ings, yid very companionable," we are a~lso *ld, and a good deal more be