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(JSSIA \ i>x ncrations of Tyre - c One rroc 9 * ORE T PUBLIC REJOICiNGl 7., Becei Peace Envoy Holds an AllDa Conference With the Hum, bl Sovereign and Finally l)ep.* With a Signed Manifesto G ting Freedom of the Press, ? fat of Assembly and Immunity of the Person, Including the Writ: of Habeas Corpus. i , The state of unnrest and semi-an, *rchy that has existed in Russia for! years has recently broke forth in open ( violence. Rioting has been everv-' * where since before the closing of the | war with Japan. Strikes and labor \ demonstrations have added to the common danger and unrest, so much so j ihat the Czar has been almost a prisoner in his own palace. The termina tion of these troubles is told in the j following graphic account of the lib- ; "oral measures now being adopted by r,\ i~> : . . I vue xxussmn ^vveniuiciiv. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?The autocracy of the Romanoffs, and the oia I . order of things ceased to exist in Rus. ??!&. Emperor Nicholas has surrendered * and Count Witte comes into power as i I Minister-President with an imperial |: mandate which will enable him to confif, Tert the farcial National Assembly } into a real legislative boddv, elected by ? > greatly extended suffrage, and to con- i' fer upon the people fundamental civil liberties, including free speech. ' These welcome tidings reached St. t Petersburg shortly before G o'clock t Monday evening. Count Witte had 1 pent the day with the Emperor at Peterhoff, going over the final draft of the manifesto to which he insisted ! that minor modifications be made, and 1 before ta^iggdhe train for St. Peters-11 j^^bu?g'"he telephoned to a friend that 1 Sv^"TBe Emperor had affixed his signature ' ] | and that the imperial mandate com- j [; prising the conditions upon which he | ; bad agreed to accept office was in his < jp pocket. These include freedom of the press, the right of assembly and the { ;? immunity of the person, including the ' fc right of habeas corpus. 1 Russia's Magna Carta. "We, Nicholas the Second, by the j grace of God Emperor and Autocrat , | ' of all the Rassias, Grand Duke of ' .Finland, etc.,vd?r4*re to an our laun-: subjects that the troubles and agi-1. ? tatipn in our-Capitals and in numerous j s other places fill our heart with ex- j - cessive pain and sorrow. I * "The happiness of the Russian sov-1' i, oreign is indissolubly boundd up with the happiness of our people, and the sorrow cf our people is the sorrow of ; j/ ^fce sovereign. ?. "From the present disorders may ?rise great national disruption. They menace the integrity and untiy of our , ompire. I, "The supreme duty imposed upon j j us by our sovereign office requires us., to efface ourself and to use all the j ] force Jind reason at our command to i hasit^n in securing unity and co-ordi-1, nation of the power .of the centrall] government and to assure the success j of measures for pacification in all cir-1. cles of public life, which are essential t to the well-being of our people. i. - "We therefore direct our govern- j; fr % mont to carry out our inflexible will ! , ^ following: ( Privileges and Immunities. "First, To extend to the population J' ? - Live News Items. Asbpecial board of engineers who investigated work on Philadelphia's: If*% Alteration plants and boulevards de-! j$ , clares the city has lost $6,330,000 :! through alleged irregularities. *Vp i j ; t\ Leading men of both big political , parties in New York have infomed an ( V association to prevent the corrput use , of money at elections. ; % . * The Fortifications Menaced, j Halifax, N. S., Special.?A spectacular fire which destroyed British vc Government property valued at $10;).000 on George's Island, in the center | of Halifax harbor, threatened to ob- , ^ literate numerous masked batteries and magazines which constitute one * 11 ; rv>r??nt ornnns of 17) 1'- : OX [Ut' UW51 lu.|/v>ku... s titications at tliis port. A row of woodeh buildings 300 feet in length which were used as store houses and machine shops, were burned. In tinmagazines arc stored several hundred thousand pounds of gun cotton and other explosives, but the lire did not ' rrjs* reach the explosives. Armored Cruiser Sinks. Ferro, Spain, By Cable?The Span-i 9 ish armored cruiser Cardinal Cisneros. | sauk near Muros, province of Coruu- j after striking a took. The crew \ were saved. The cruiser struck a | heavy fog on Point Mexedos, which is ; extremely dangerous to navigation, j Her crew, numbering 540 men. im- j mediately took to the boats. Theic was great excitement over the acci- j dent on shore. Shot His Brother-in-Law. Chenoru, 111., Special.?William Lc-' due, a farmer, enraged over domestic i affairs, shot and killed Mayor Charles Niekol, his brother-in-law in the Bank of Chenoa, and Hugh Jones, a brick mason slightly .wounded two pedes-1 trians and dragging Jones' body into ' the bank vault, partly closed the door j nd defie darrest for many hours j ainst officers and citizens with whom exchanged scores of shots. ' ^4 \ IS FREE inny Swept Away in lamation the immutable foundations of civic liberty, based on the real inviolability of person, freedom of conscience, speech, union and association. "Second, Without suspending the already ordered elections to the State Douma, to invite to participation in the Douma, so far as the limited time before the convocation of the Douma will permit, those classes of the population now completely deprived of electoral rights, leaving the ultimate development of the people of the electoral right in general to the newly established legislative order of things. ''Third, To establish as an unchangeable rule that no law shall be enforcnble without the approval of the State Donma. and that it shall be possible for the elected of the people to exercise real participation in the supervisiion of the legality of the acts of the authorities appointed by us. "We appeal to all faithful sons of Russia to remember their duty towards the fatherland, to aid in trcminating these unprecedented troubles and to apply their forces in co-operation with us to the restoration of calm and peace upon our national soil. "Given at Peterhoff, October 30, in the eleventh vear of our reign. (Signed) "NICHOLAS." Russia Acts Half Crazed. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?All Russia celebrated the Emperor's gift of freedom, which the greater part of the people received with deepest joy, though in St. Petersburg, Moscow and other cities Socialists and revolutionists organized anti-government demnnstrntinns nnd red flair parades, which, with the patriotic manifestations, led to a number of conflicts between the "Reds" and "Whites" as the anti-government and royalist factions are respectively termed. On the whole, the day passed more quietly in Russia than had been expected tho' eollissions betwen the people and the troops are reported from various places resulting in loss o.f life. In each of the two capitals, St. Petersburg and Moscow, the day was one such as Russians never before have seen. The Slavic people, which, during the long war just closed and the anxious period proceeding the announcement of the new era of constitutionalism. seemed self-restrained and apathetic, gave itself up fully to the exuberance of the moment and spent the entre day in parade-, and assemblies, which, for the first time in the history of Russia were i>c?ly permitted. Under the orders of Count Witte the General Trepoff the trcops jenerallv were withdrawn from the streets of the cities and the fu'iest reign given the people to let out their enthusiasm in demonstrations which, so long as they were not destructive were not intereforred with. Gen. Trepoff Gives Warning. Early Wednesday morning after a conference in which all the generals commanding troops in M. retersDuig participated, General Trepoff issued the folowing announcement, which is being placarded throughout the city: 'The day of October 31, unfortunately, did not pass off without violent encounters between the different factions of the population as well as with ilie police and troops. " Recognizing the responsibility imposed on inc. I again request the population to maintain order, and {rive warning: that all attempts to disturb order will be suppressed with the most peremptory and categorical measures." ' TREPOFF." President Reaches Home. Washington. ?Special. ? President Roosevelt reached the city on Tuesday without accident of incident, lie regards his Southern trip just ended as :t most enjoyable and profitable experience. Particularly did he enjoy the ?ea voyage and the President expressed himself in the most enthusiastic terms regarding the ships, officers and oien of the squadron. Exchange of Messages. Washington. Special.?As soon as (lie West Virginia got in touch with lhe wireless station at Key West Tuesday the first message to be transmitted from the shore to the big cruiser was a persona! one from Mrs. Roosevelt to the President congratulating him on the anniversary of his forty-seventh birthday. This message was sent from the Navy Department to Key West with instructions to deliver to the President at the first opportunity. TU* "Wtlsnn ftase. Washington, Special.?The supreme court of the United States refused to advance on its docket the case of Warren B. Wilson vs. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury. The proceeding is an effort to enjoin the secretary from paying out money for the construction of the Panama canal on i the ground that the act of congre.-s authorizing the payment is unconstitutional. Twelve Dead in Wreck. Kansas City, Mo., Special?At least 12 persons were killed and 30 others injured in the wreck of one of the fastest regular trains on the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, the California limited, which left Chicago at 10 o'clock Monday night for the far west. The train was ditched one ! mile east of Sheffield, Mo., six miles from the business center of Kansas City. J -iiffltfliy . v, THE DISPENSARY FAILING' s , _____ < Has Been Voted Out in All But Onfl of the Counties in Which Issue Has Been Joined. Columbia State, Oct. 30tii. It is probable that the ortiee of the attorney general will not be represented at Ashevillc Tuesday when the constitutionality of the "13riee law" will be attacked in the United States courts, it is said that the anti-dispensary people in Union will have a loj;al representative there anyway and that the law will not be allowed to be declared unconstitutional merely because there is no one there to de tend it. , Perhaps if the attorney general had ' not had information to this effect his ollice would have been represented anyway, but it appears that there is no necessity to send an additional attorney there. Judge Pritchard recently affirmed an order that the law would be declared in contravention tc the federal statutes unless the county board of Union could show cause why they should not reinstate certain dis(H-nsers to their jobs. It is ijow but two months until the legislature meets anyway, and it is possible that a big tight will be made to kill the law. root and branch, if the Price law should be declared unconstitutional. Capt. Jno. C. Sellers of Marion was here during the State fair and expressed his belief that a prohibition measure would be passed anyway. The house was 3 to 1 in favor of anti-dispensary legislation last year, but the senate was mildly in favor of the dispensary. There are elections to be held ir. several counties at an early date and it is probable that in all of these counties prohibition, or anti-dispensary, will carry. The dates are as follows: Anderson, Nov. 4th: Greenville and Spartanburg, Nov. 14th; Edgefield, December 7th; Fairfield, December 12th. Efforts are being made to have a vote on this question in Saluda, Lexington and Chestertield counties before the legislature meets, and in Saluda at least the dispensary will be voted out, if persistent effort will avail. Twelve counties in the State have expressed their disapproval of the dispensary, and only one has favored it. Marlboro and Greenwood have consistently favored prohibition, and ( York, Lancaster, Cherokee, Horry, ] Marion, Union, Newberry. Pickens, Oconee and Darlington have voted it ] out under the provisions of the ( "Price law." Florence by a majori- , ty of 74 favored the dispensary, but ( reports from that county are to the j effect that an election tomorrow would , go overwhelmingly the other way. cs- < ii n..i:?u.. ,J peciaiiy since ^juiui^iuh imr. .UwU I asrainst the dispensary. Florence was , afraid that Darlington would keep the ( dispensary and it was believed that . the dispensary situation would affect trade. As a matter of information the , vot"s in these'several elections have Ik en as follows: Anti.For Cherokee 1,251 349 ' Pickens 761 412 ? Union 761 412 i Newberrv SOS 243 j Marion.'. 1,149 281 , York 725 131 \ Lancaster 976 126 5 Florence 63S 706 j Dai line-ton ISO 271 j Horrv- 832 314 t Oconee (partial) 560 SO Totals.. ..' 0,031 3,156 The elections were Jield on the fol- i lowing dates: Cherokee, November j S, 1004; Pickens, May 20, 1905; Un- ? ion, August lli; Newberry. August ? 20; Marion, September IS; York, September 26; Lancaster. Florence, * Horry. October 3; Darlington, Octo- s bcr 10; Oconee, October 24. South Carolina Iteni3. ( At the annual meeting of the stock- y holders of the Saxon mills t he reports < weer very satisfactory. The follow- j ing directorate was chosen: Elijah P. Smith, New York; Ellison A. Smythe, Pelzer; \Vm. A. Law. Philadelphia; John I>. Cleveland, W. S. Planning, II. E. Ravenel and John A. Law. city. { The directors will hold their meeting f next week. ( Sunday morning shortly after 3 -i o'clock the Laurens roller mill, !oeated on east Main street, was swept ( away by lire which is supposed to have started in the negine room. ' When discovered the entire building was enveloped in flames which fanned by the prevailing gale made quick work of the plant. The mill was built by Messrs. J. S. Maeheu and II. R. Martin seven years ago at a cost * of about $5,000. ( Judge Benet beinjr unable to serve 1 in place of Judge Ernest Gary in t holding the regular term of court at j Marlboro county Judge Jas. X. Izlar has been appointed. At the annual meeting of the South c Carolina State Fireman's Association 7 it was decided to hold the annual ^ meeting in Georgetown next- May. In- a vitntions were received from Beaufort, Sumter, Anderson and Gcorgetown. The latter place was selected on the second ballot * [( Tt is rumored that tiie new treas- J urer of Dorchester county has been ' unable to give bond. The matter has ' not been rej>orted officially. Greeiiville County Finances. Greenville, Special.?The vrork of the investigating committee appointed by Governor Keyword under a special act of the last session of the leg| islature to examine into the finances I of Greenville county is rapidly drawin:; to a close, and the report will shortly lx*'made up and forwarded to the governor. The committee lias until January 1st to complete the examination, hut the work is about completed and the report will go forward in a fw weelb. STAlfc A. .AIRS y Occurrences of Interest From ' All Over South Carolina May Restrain Election. Saffney, Special.'?P. Sims of the lirni of Sims & Hatinon, Spar- j tanburg. appeared befoic Judge C Klngh licie and secured an order to ^ the authorities in Spartanburg to show cause before him in Gaffney t next Monday, November 6th why the v superintendents and managers of ? election should not bi.enjoined from ^ holding the election to decide the q question of "dispensary" or "no dis- v pensary.'' The plaintiff in this case is ,T. W. t Harmon, one of the county dispen- p sers, while the defendants arc I). P M. Miles, in his own right and as ^ supervisor of Spartanburg county, p and E. E. Bishop, J. W. Bishop et al., a managers of election, in their own 0 right and as managers of election to ? be held in Spartanburg county, South 0 Carolina, far the purpose, amongst c other things, to vote for, or agaii%t fc having dispensaries in Spartanbun^ t county. n The order is as follows: State of t South Carolina, county of Spartan- t burg, Court of Common Pleas, J. W. P Harmon, plaintiff, against D. M. P Miles et al, defendants: On having e read the verified complaint in the P above stated case upon motion of Sims and Hannon, attorneys for the r piaintift, it is oraerea mat tne <iefendants be required to show cause r before me at the court house at Gaffney, South Carolina, on Monday, November the 6th, 1905. at 10 o'clock a. i m., or as soon thereafter as counsel g can be heard, why an order should t not be slanted restraining the said defendants from holding an election in Spartanburg county, South Caro- p lina, on November 7th. 1905, on the j] question of ''Dispensary" or "no dis- p peusarv.' j J. C. KLUGH. p Circuit Judge, i, j New Steamer on the Waccamaw. v Georgetown, Special?A new steam- p or, probably the fastest on the river, lias recently been completed at Conway and put on the Waccamaw line between Georgetown and the capital if the Independent Republic of Hor- f ry. Her name is the "Mitchelle C." y She is 100 feet long, 20 feet beam and t( is of 104 tons, net burden. The jj "Mitchelle C" is elegantly fitted up tl for the accomodation of passengers n but has no sleeping accommodations it for the reason that she will make t< daily trips between the" two cities. T T?u:? Una laal-ao tlin tliirvl new line T) J. II ID 1II1C J 11 (t IV V. kj Iruv vt*.... .. r jf steamers that has opened comrliuni- b ration within the past two months with the "City on the Sampit." n ii A Foot Crushed by a Train. lf Columbia, Special.?About dark f, Thursday night a negro man, who g rave his name as Henry Green and -r lis home as Ridgeway, was found lv- li ing on the side of the Southern rail- a road tracks a short distance north of si :he freight yards at the Blanding w street station with his left foot horri- 01 ably mashed. He had been drinking md was unable to give any coherent h iccount of how the accident happened Ci a A Sponsor Appointed. Bamberg, Special?Brigade Comnander George Douglas Rouse has aj>x>inted Miss Lewlie Bamberg as sponv...: i ft ior IUT lilt? r UM i;ii^nuc? i'uiun v/m?w -. ina division United Sons of Confed- ^ * w rate Veterans. Mis< Bamberg has ^ iclected Miss Elizabeth Henry as her rj naid of honor. The fair sponsor will t( >o a fitting representative of Bam- v )erg and Commander Rouse is to be g ongratulated on his selection of a tI roung lady so well fitted by natural n, harms and grace of manner for the w wsition. b t? New Enterprises. pl A commission was issued last week r( o the corporators of the Chester lee h< ompany, Messrs. T. L. Eberhardt and ^ A P. Midglv. To be capitalized at ? =20.000. ni The Bank of Cross Anchor was _ni bartered, the capitalization being tl 525.000. The officers are L. H. Wilson, tt iresident: M. C. Pool, vice-president, ind L. Yarborough, cashier. The National Chemical company of Vllendale has applied for a commision. The capitalization is to be $20,100; company will manufacture ferti- M izers. W. R. Darlington. H. W. Mon- JI io ague aud Louis P. Hart are the cor- t, K>rtators. . The Aiken Cotton and. Stock cx lmusre was cimmissioned. Capitnli- I at ion to be $2,000. Corporators O. w Halley, N. Johnson, W. Johnson 0' ind AC. J. Moseley. to King of the Penguins. 's The "emperor" penguin, one of the 'j' iiscoverics of Capt. Scott's recent lU intarctic expedition, was the subject ni an interesting illustrated lecture by Dr. Wilson before the recent ornithological congress in London. The bird stands about four feet high, weighs eighty pounds or more, and nj with its black coat and erect posture di has, when seen at a distance, a truly se startling resemblance to a dwarf in man. These "emperors"/of the pea- n< guin world live upon the great girdle or of pack ice Which surrounds the ant- p; arctic contineut, and seem to depend w daily for their food on crustaceans u caught in the crevices of the ice. cc The female lays a solitary egg, fi| which is caught on the great web feet, so ' it never touches the ice, and is *? covered with the w moths ^ching occur*. ^ mk ' L ''&.vX J-'* fmiWl4 ,; & dlttt ST, JL : h 4 ltlfrri anil H?rl>or* nnd Good Uoaila, jlOK HE advocates of the Blown* ( _ jj Ibw-Latimer (loed Itoads > I O bill are not afraid of eriti( eisin. In fact, it is exactly what they desire. t.s this rill aid in getting the matter before he people in discussion that will deelop the strength of the question. One f the strongest arguments in favor of National aid to good roads is that based n the river and harbor appropriations. ?lie only questions seriously discussed rhen a river and harbor bill comes up ii Congress are the amount to be voted nd for what particular improvement he money is to be spent, the general olley already being thoroughly estabisbed. Congress has in the past fifty ears voted more than $400,000,000 for his purpose, and now an anrual approbation of $25,000,000 is looked upon s quite conservative. The advocates f National aid to road improvement laim that much more can be said in avor of their proposition than in favor f river and harbor legislation, and auch less against it. Certainly no ;ind of improvement would do more o promote the prosperity and the noral and intellectual upbuilding of he masses. It Is also equally certain hat this great work of internal imi:*ovements will remain undone, to a :reat extent, if the whole burden of xpense is left to be carried by the peoile of rural neighborhoods. The policy of voting Federal aid to oad improvement has three great adantages over that of voting funds for iver and harbor improvements, as foljws: First?While the money voted for the itter purpose is collected from the rhole people by taxation, it is necesarily expended in limited localities, he inhabitants of which receive the xeater part of the benefits. In fact, great majority of the people of the Tnited States receive no direct and but ittle indirect -benefit from these imrovements. On the other "hand, a federal appropriation for road imrovement would be available for use a any section. Every State and counv could share in the direct benefits, khlle large indirect benefits would ome to the people or an euies auu 3wi1s. Secoud?-The benefits flowing from n appropriation for rivers and harbors re strictly limited to the amount of loney voted, as ho help is required som the local communities. But the tofownlow-Latimer plan merely eonsmplates that the Government shall elp the people who are willing to. help lemselves. No community could have ny part of the Government aid until : had raised a share of the funds equal ) its quota of the Government fund, 'bus a Federal appropriation for this urpose would produce benefits far eyond the limits of the amount voted. Third?National aid to road improvelent would be free from the"log-rolllg" features of river and harbor legisition which so often injuriously af?cts other important matters in Conress. This is true because the fund .^.,1,1 l,n aonltohlr (lietrihlltpH flPPOrd* UU1U UC CVJUI ia Wij ig to a general plan. The Governlent would simply make available a urn of money an equitable share of 'hich could be secured by any State r county complying with certain speeied conditions. It is difficult to see ow any member of Congress can logially vote for a river and harbor bill nd refuse to support an appropriation > aid in improving the highways of le country. Road Building Active. Good roads conventions have beer eld in twelve Western Stated, and >rty-six good roads associations have pen formed during the year. Reports hich have been gathered show that here these campaigns have been cared on great impetus has been given > public road building. In the States isited during the year and in the tates traversed by the good roads ains previously sent out over the Illiois Central and the Southern Riiiay systems, about S31.000.000 has een raised by bond issues and direct ixation, and is being expended in ermanent road construction. Xever since the days of national >ads and turnpikes, the report says, as there been so much active road aildine accomplished in the United tates as during the last few years. Several of the States within the year ave provided highway commissions ad made liberal appropriations for ie sv -t of their work. Among tese s are Maine, New Harnp is, Iowa and Washington, other States have taken looTiing to the utilizand county prison labor 4*'d the preparation /tth yiv distribution to vvernfs^ ><ies and. districts. aTjyT also enacted that road taxes. ' at least a portion, shall(be equally vi - ^ all property, and further, fan* labor system be abandoned. N. cuch taxes be collected in cash i ld^s^nded under expert engineer- , g direction. 'j'here is a healthy, substantial and idesprend sentiment in favor of a manent system of public roads in < country, including State and 1 :ntv roads connecting the cities and J ?*wi hn Kiifol /liqli'lris Thorp *119 UliU IIIU uivttiv..-. a growing and f liveable j.cntiniont 1 so for the principle of naiiouai altl ] ir the building of permanent postal id interstate roads and national unk line highways. A IIn;e Hope. The biggest rope ever used for h. ulje purposes has just been made foi a strict subway In Glasgow. It /is ven miles long, four and tive-eiglith ches In circumferoiice and weighs : ?arly sixty tons. It has been made in ie unjointed and unspiiced length of itent crucible stool. When in place it ill form a complete circle around lasgow, crossing the Clyde in Its i >urse, and will run at a speed of 'tven miles an hour. There is a llsli in Hawaiian waters hich is known by the native name of lmahumunukunukukuanjuta. I SOUTHERN :-7 'd E-E 70/>/CS Of INTEREST TO THE PLANT I UJM An Experiment With Germniams. T do not know of any plant which is mentioned in a tlorist.'s catalogue which so bravely endeavors to do its best under trying conditions as the geranium, wrftes A. Eva. No matter if the rain falls or there is an excess of damp weather for weeks, it continues to send forth its cheering brightness; and when hot wind and sun of drouth wilt or destroy some other plants, it yet more proudly lifts its glories in defiance. The most lovely geranium of the single flowered class I have ever owned or seen is the "Julia Marlowe." It is said (and easily believed) to be one of the most exceptionally valuable novelties which spring up in plant life. The flowers are as perfectly formed and rounded as though made of wax. In color It is a dazzling scarlet; the petals are broad and overlapping and form a flower which is fully two to two and one-half inches in diameter. The t^ses are extremely large, and the pmnt attracts much attention. Another geranium which I believe is without exception the most intense scarlet bedder known is "Le Soleil." This is one of the double type and is extremely effective when planted in masses. The flowers are very large and held up by strong, straight stem's, and resist both storm and heat. No matter what the variety of geranium, I have learned that we must expect effects in accordance with the plant food which it receives. Last year when transplanting them to the open ground, we made the soil rich with well rotted manure from the cow stables. The plants made.an exceedingly rapid growth, with leaves Tomnrlrnhlrt net to fiizo and deep coloring, hut throughout the summer the flowers were so sparse that our disappointment was great. For some reason florists seldom, or never, re^er to the proper balancing of plant foods when preparing soil for flowers, but I believe it fully as necessary to success in this work as in the growing of fruits and grains. The fruit glower and the farmer knows that nitrogen in too great amount will cause too rank a growth of leaf and stalk at the expense of fruit or grain, but if the nitrogen is properly balanced with the two other important elements of all plant life, viz., potash and phosphoric acid, both fruit and grain will be perfectly developed. It was plainly evident that my geraniums were given an excess of nitrogen by fertilizing with the barn manure alone, which is quite often very deficient in either potash or phosphoric adds, scientists tell us. and so I decided this past spring to experiment Before transplanting the geraniums, we thoroughly mixed with the soil of the bed, which was eight by two feet, a round quart of high grade fertilizer, such as we use for garden truck. This. /?rtnfnina in too nounds of material, four pounds of nitrogen, seven pounds of available phosphoric acid and ten pounds of actual potash in the sulphate form. r The result has been most satisfactory. The geranium leaves have not been abnormally large, as were those of last year, nor too greatly abundant, but the flower stems seem almost countless and the trusses are enormous and of great brilliancy of color. Plants of the same variety were again given the treatment of last year and proved as unsatisfactory. I think all flower growers will meet with better success in regard to profusion of flowers and intensity of color If they will mix some potash salt with the stable manure and soil, and I know the flowers are far more lasting than those grown with manure, without this addition. Lucerne on Sandy Soil J. P. Pearson?Could sandy pine land with yellow sand subsoil be made rich enough to grow lucerne? What time should It be sown for winter pasture? Would it injure cotton to run one or two furrows to the row at this time of year and sow rye for winter pasture? * 4 l/-?n rr% modo r^PT AUSHtT?A StlMUj ;uaui( ujuuv ?v.rf rich. is the very place for lucerne (alfalfa), such a location and condition as would produce a tine yield of sugarcane, or forty to fifty bushels of corn, would produce a satisfactory/ growth of clover. The proper time to sow the seeds is in September or October, after thoroughly preparing and fertilizing (or manuring) the land, provided you can have a good season in the groundsufficient to bring up the seed promptly, If the seed lie in the ground until the winter rains set in and then come up the chances are that the young plants will be killed by the first heavy frost. I advise you to sow in rows thirty inches apart, just as you would sow rutabaga turnips, so that the land can be tilled with cultivator or scrape. Lucerne is not so well adapted to grazing and certainly should not be pasReflections of a Bachelor. The cream of society is easily sepirated from the milk of human kindness. Money has power to crush happiness only when its roots get in the heart. The tnie children of the kingdom ?re not wearing themselves thin over their precedence in the mock-court which men call society. I News Notes. James Whitcomb T>" poet, is in Virgi- ' for a historic? Capt. He* tug Mara Norfollsault fl ARM ? f/OTEj J M tf ^ i ^ IR, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. p ~ I tured before It Is in Its third year, and then not heaUIy. It is particularly, suited for green soiling and for hay. You may also sow the seeds in March * I or April. . * -g It would not Injure cotton in the least to sow In rye and cover in with two or three shallow furrows in one trip; < with a cultivator.?Professor Soule.^j Establishing a Bine Grass Sod. J. L. M. writes: How is the best why to get a good blue grass sod? What soils are most suitable "for blue grass? What is the correct way to get ha nnmw of himhpis of lime per acre? * It -will take both time and patience and good farming to secure a good bine grass sod, some of the best sods I have ever seen being from twenty-five to 100 years old. Blue grass comes slowly, and does not become well established for several years, but of course it will yield some grazing and continue to Improve in quality if handled judiciously. Many persons make the mistake of not sowing blue grassrTtratl, but rather ^ wait for it to come naturally. This takes too much time, for one thing, and unless the conditions are very favorable the waiting may be in vain. On the other hand, many who sow blue grass attempt to graze it at the end of the first or second season and overstock the ground, with the result that the crowns of the grass are eaten down too closely and much of it dies, or at least it does not grow and spread as rapidly a* it should, and weed^ come in and choke out what the cattle do not destroy. . Land intended for blue grass should be very carefully prepared and well enriched with farmyard manure, dr if that is not available, a leguminous qrop may be plowed under to advantage and supplemented.with liberal applications of high-grade acid phosphate and potash, say at the rate of 200 pounds of the former and fifty pounds of the latter per acre. Be sure that the land is free from weeds. This may be accomplished by putting it in a lioed crop a year before seeding to grass and is probably a better and more satisfactory method than summer fallowing. Strong limestone soils are best suited to blue grass. It does not give good results as a rule on thin, light, leachy soils or very tenacious clays unless they are well underdrained. Blue grass love3 lime, and where the underlying rocks are well supplied with this element, it generally provides satisfactory grazing when once well established. Dry, thin lands are not well adapted to this grass. This does not* mean that it mast of necessity be sown on low land, for blue ? grass in sections to which it is adapted does well on hilly, rolling land sufficiently porous to retain a good part of the water that falls on it as rain. It also gives its best results in semi-shaded pastures, as it does not like too strong open sunlight. . There are many ways of applying lime and it is hard to say which, is the best. . That depends a good deal oa local conditions and on tbe lime used. There are many forms of lime sold on the markets which can be distributed in the grain drill to advantage.- A special drill Is also made for the application of lime. It is not an expensive implement and provides qne of the easiest and most satisfactory waya or aistriDuang a suDsiance wmi-u i? ! very mean to handle. Lime can be applied by buying it In the unslacked condition and distributing it at satisfactory distances over the field, depending on the amount to be applied per acre, scattering over the : ground uniformly after it is slaked and Incorporating in the soil with a harrow. The distance apart to place the piles of lime on an acre of Iqpd depends on. the rate of application. For instance, if you put the lime approximately twenty-two feet apart in each direction and put half a bushel in each pile, you would be applying between fifty and sixty bushels per acre. If you put twenty-five bushels per acre, the distance of the piles would be twice as great, but twenty-five bushels is a light application. The ordinary grain drill will not apply lime in sufficient quantities for heavy applications unless it is especially constructed with that end In view. For ordinary farm practice Mine can be distributed from the wagons in piles as sugested. Limo should be applied about two weeks before seeding, so that It will have no injurious effect on germination, and as a rule, it should ue applied, separately from any commercial fertilizer which # may be used.?Andrew M. Soule. in Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune. Ex-Secretary of the Navy John D. Long prefers to make a speech rather than to listen to one. He declares that both arc bores. "Shagreen," now applied to sharkskin goods, came originally-from the Persian word Snghrl," which means the back of a beast of burden. * Current Happenings. m . C. Cutchin, of Franklin, was ar- fl rested, charged with forging check B for $1/100. B James Pruitt, a Danville co4' boy, fell under moving ce* instanntly killed. I twelve lives jr fi been lost in ^ over the r % have 1