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A REIN OF EPA B0 I 5 .t Ii B:Tdy A 0OU C:I E i& JLSC iL Deadly Miie Exp!c!cd Ins:de vate Car Ccr.vcying Part cf the MiZ. sions Ordered Abroad to Study For. eign Pa!itial MAthods Ki!i Fcur Minor Officials and Wounds Ex Minister and Prince Tsai Tche. P ki. -- Cob.le.-At the Pakin ra:l 'w:ay station a a train carrying one o. the four~ missions orde(red abroad1 to leavin:, n bon': was explod inside a privat t ar. killing four mir offieiais andl v rndring over 20 otl'er persons. The wcunded includc Prin Tsal Tehe. who heads tne most important of the mission. and 'Wu Ting 1Fang. former m;nmst;er to the United States. both of vwhom rc:eivedc slight bruises. The per petrator !f the outrage, who was in the car, -as blown to pieces. The afiair has created a pro'ound sen-' and causes aprehensio re ,arding the safety of members of the court and leading cielais of the gov crnme'nt. The -cvernment offices and railways are nov: strongly guarded. Mi!!ion Doliar Fire at Butte. Butte. Mont.. Special.-Fire causing a less of $1,000.000 consumed the en tire buslness portion of Butte lying be twoen the Shodair block and Rensh:-w vliey cn the south side of West Park street. and half destroyed the public library. The fre started in the forenoon in the 'Synnons store., and by noon the pu'bl' library and several other places stere bu'ning simultaneously. A ger of sparks and burning shin ges e:cuted across the roofs of other buins at a distance. starting nres ha :, howevr, quickly Cxtin The Symons building was allowe to ba:n r.rd the firemen confined their labors:z sa ving adjoining property. 1 v long- after neon before the r mes ;ere extinguishei. leaving a nass C chared and crumbling ruins. The follovin are the lar;o Icsses: Syrns ~ Store. 3Vaulle and York bicics. owned by the New York Feal ty Cornmany. J00. Library buildin'. $~0.00. OgOCr "1o'k. $50,000. Atlant buildi-ng. $110.000. Bar-et: 'ick $0.000. BEATEN AND STONED TO DAETH. M~asked Mob Takes Negro Under 60 Day Scentence From Jail at Wil iamnston,. W. Va. Williaston, W. Va.. Special. Ereakir.g into the jail hero Sunday an arrn .j and masked rech of -'whle ri bonrs tokot htses Lovern. a negro ":r'in sixty days for assaullt Ir~ J*e Bu'tler. Tain Lovern and onr ce. th rive in a b. upor.n stone~ Lover unil h'- zas p)resurnai Graei a ::li Love"n "i die. Black burngr~c te nasesof ight meni in th*nt andi Prosecuticng AttorneY S 1pss ha issued warrats fo t hen:. City of Birmingham Floated Urin jured. Sr wtnnah. Ga.. Special.-The steam er CX. of Dirm:n~ghamt of the Oc:m Ste:nt'sin Compiany's line. which -~ asec near the rnouth of the ris' '-re Saturday, was ficateri S'nflaY crii it her ucckt ini this 't: y.iy Th .c-l0 is uninjr'. Si'e co-in ficmNo':: York to cal n Txvith' a carzo of cet'-'. Ce .:an Burr.e-: anid Six Murder rndictments Lost. * . .. 00:I., Special.-T'e awa. burned at an r -- ayrmorning. The ire hae 1:en incndr. - a drinage raer's were -ateother recorcs -":ee n- S .urder trials are pnig b ile:: ents rcturned to tLi 2 -n :e trne1,which :nake con Geo-:-e D on Knocked Ot. P" i'delphia, Spec.ial.-George Dix wion was knocked OUt in h secn roun'd of what was to -: ..e.en a mi,-'oud bout by Tommntr ' hy, of Ne Yorc. at the Nat i:>nalAh eTi'c Club The ecntest wats siri : men u--ph r:a r a::th o ih Rairoad Security. Drahas. Texas. Specia.-The general .ttrnys of Texas railroad companieCs senian injun~tion against the r::il r o rmrnission of Texas forbidding thr :z~ng lito effert of an emergen er o: n .r .;,,r0:1. The rat" '~a ri:: 02:: ::n he us-al caif v '-=: 1 Texas jo, n:;p in)a Ary of Cur'oerk'1 =~inCea Ch.tno... Tn.. 1:-' -h . YELLOW JACK GAINS SLOWLY I Progress of the Yc!!ow Fever From Day to Cay. Newv Orica-Z. Eeil-il~l:e port to G p. m.: New a. s. -.;: t.a:1 to date. -.S-) Death-. 6: I:lg. 5. Ne;f:i 1 Cases under tre:Im:Z. 10: dis charged, 2.13. Saturday ended the tcnth week of the fight against fvlo: lever in New Cc Icans with a :ecor! of cases and deaths or the (ay higher than expro-t ec. While theue have been a co:isiderable number of new foci in the past week. an examination of the maps in tA ofiLee of the Marine Hospital officcr does not disclose any extensive spread of the disease. Many of them repre se:nt merely the rossing by the disease from one side of a street to the oher. As che cases are promptly reported. however-. the inspectors ore able to tag them immediately and take due precautions to prevent a spread of the 1a ecton. If the present rate of progress is kept up. the State board of health be lieves that yellow fever in the country parishes will disappear almost as soon as in New Orleans. Lake Providlene. which was a hot bed of fever two weeks ago, is rapidly driving out the disease. For the fourth day. all the new cases at Tallulah are negroes. Seventeen cases are under treatment in the Barataria district. In central Louisiana picking and moving of cotton is somewhat handi capped for the want of sufficient labor. Owing to fumigation requirements. ginners are having some trouble in getting cars Work was resumed Saturday on the levee front. The settlement decided on by Adam Lorch, the arbitrator, was accepted b:: both sides and there will be no more cotton labor trouble dur ing the present season. The country reports were not differ ent from the usual run. Dr. Shayot. of Plaquemines parish. reported the trou bles he was having with the Italians on Pointe Celeste plantation and said that they had barricaded themselves in their houses and warned all doctors that they would kill the first one vho attempted to enter. The civil authori ties were consulted and it vas decided to put the whole plantation under strict ouarantine until the fever had risap peared and then proceed against them crIminally. Against Greene and Gaynor. Montreal. Special. - A decision against Colonel J. F. Gaynor and Cap tain B. D. Greene. the American con tractors wanted in the United States on charges of defrauding the govern ment, was handed down by. Judge Ouiment in the Court of the King.'s Bench. ].t is the general belief escag legal men that Greene and Gaynor have reached the liit of ther re sources in fighting agast extre di tion. The defense still has two . ceks in which to bring further proeedlings to act as a stay. Thc cisi~on "iven today, w.as on1 a writ of habn corpus based upon the content that Judg~e La Fontaine. the commissioner who held themn for extradition, had no authority to act i the case. Judge Ouimnes's (ieision Quashing the writ o-f habeas corpus holds the criginal ordier f'or extradition issue:l by Judgce La Foanaine. Donald M~e~aster, acting on hialf of the United States athorities, has notified Judg -e La Fontaine to make every preparation for extradition. Rock island's Mexican Extension. Mexico City. Special.-It is rumored in railroad circs that thte Ro:-k lsland Company is seeking an outlet to the Pacific coast of M1exico and is carntem plating the extensien of its roatd through the State of Sonora with that idea in viev. The Sierra 2!adre rer.i toward the ecast. it is said. raay be taken over by the Rcki Island people,. thtus giving themn the desired outlet. Associated Press Directors. New York. Specia.-At the annual meceting of the Associated Press held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, the fo! Towing direriors were re-elected for the ensuing three years: M.essrs. Grge Thompson. St. Padi Dispatch: Charles H. Grasty. Bati tor Ne~ W. L. 31eean . iae! p' :s. !lin: W. R. Nehl-. Kns -e Yr Timer ..s a-o elec.ei o t'-. year 1ak 'the pla-. o Stolc Large Sum. Philadelphia. Pa., Specia.- ~nia . (..m A theying :.zit-. to C: rr eas. By Cabl.-Forme-tI ,. Ca~~oun, who is chr0twt 2 ~ ~ 3 . -'run.~t' Il --~"'o to c darg l witha Nashvill. ~1Ton. Spc~ea-W. A. * 0 wett -tt oc to thepeng his wn ailoadticet ndo c:nt MAORE GRAFT SIIOWN Equitable Life lnsurance Company is Easy Victim of Rscality MORTON WANTS MILoLIN REPAID The0 Di:;pSiti"on of Life In',rance runds is ! aturaly T'Q- bu "at Toterests All te P-eople. New York. Special.-That the Equi table Life Assurance Society paid out $218:,264 to the IMercantile Trust Com pany in connection with certain loans known as "the Turner loans" and that these payments were without authori 1, so far as the records of the society disclose, became known today when Paul Morton, president of the society, made publi!: a report on the subject submitted I.: him to the societ:.'s di rectors. There transactions occurred in wha-. 3.lr. Mor'en referred to as "the Turner loans." These. Mr. Mortons report sets forth. were carried in 1I.)4 by the Western National Bank, which was contrulled by the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The collateral for the loans was objected to by a bank examiner, and Henry B. Hqyde then agreed to transfer the loan and collateral to the Mercantile Trust Co. At that time, apparently, the loans amounted to $661,491. George V. Turner, in whose name the loan stood, was secretary to Louis Fitzgerald. then President of the Mer cantile Trust Company and a close business associate of Henry E. Hyde. The loan was guaranteed by Marcel lus Hartley, John E. Searles, Louis Fitzgerald. W. N. Coler, Jr., and L. B. Hyde. On DMarch 21, 1S95, the same guarartors renewed their guar anty, the loan having grown to $1,27. 478, the increase being due to at tempts to develop the property on which the collateral for the loan was made. Part of this collateral was given by John W. Young and consisted of Salt Lake and Eastern Railway stock and other Salt Lake stocks. This collateral proved to be of little value. Other collateral consisted of contracts for the Kentucky. Mineral and Timber Cempany and the Amity '.and and Irrigation Company, of Col orado. Attempts were made to devel o. the Kentucky property and the Colorado property, and large sums were expended for that purpose, and %%y July 1. 1905. the cost of the Ken tucky property stood at $G19,067 and the Colorado property at $2,809.633. The Equitable Life Assurance Society paid the :Ilercar.tile Trust Company $218,2C4 on these loan.s on January 23, 100. and $500.000 on February 4. 1904. "The records of the society," sa?i M1r. Morton, "risciose no authority vwaatever fo:' these payments, and the cash entries in respect to them werec very' obscuire. G-ovestor Heiywardi Acts. Colu mba, S. C.. Special.-Governor yvWarsi has started the machinery in oi oile in motion to have a vigorous -n thoough investigation of the kill igOf thec negro, Dave Pendleton, in SA"vil xcounty Sunday night, by a prty ef about a dozen friends and -i ;:e of .Jim: Moore. whom the no er- 1-il'-1 appa-rntly in self-defense. T"Ct)eopl of H-onea Path are aiding thCovermaor and it is thought that all tose tahi-ng part in the kiling will b indic.ted fox murder. The Governor oelegraph.1 dolicitor Cooper, engaged wit the~ Lurens court as follows: '- 'n iform'edl that a murdecr by a :'ob has Laken place near Honea Path. C iustaccs are such that infoma ('n an b e securecd if you go there. I w~ sh you to proceed to Honen Path at onice. Have .Judge appoint some one to take your place for Laurens court and, if necessary. I will defray expen ses. Call on me at any time, and I will assist you in any way in my pow Torpado Boat La',rcc Dra~'d. Norfolk. Seeciai .-Th'e Unjitd States torp'edo boat Lawrce' is ' In ly dlama',zd. Whe~n exam ined inth di" doek ttt the navy yard she sowed tht extenii~ve repairs were ercSS:2'V She0 belong to lie loilila divisioni of tcoasi - ease squadro.ni of thle lrtt' Atloanti naet. lin coraing fram :hms.:-.C ed in Chespeake Bay and be te '1: f. Thits w,,il beC straighit cined -tud the propx] or wvill be re i!a('ed. - .I: Delay in :yre'r- fh'een Ca~se. 2oie-t.:21. Quebet', Specia!.-De& I ion in the rabets enrpus proceemti: inrti.u ed tox cecure the release cf Gay. nor ind '.r-eent' the conitractors chiarg. dI vith defranuing the Unit ed States ;ovr:ment, was not handiled down, as has been expected. It wa-s arnnounced that Junige Ouitet probably will hand on his finding in the case on Thurs SPRAY, N. C. t is annonneeiQd that the American Thead Comnpanty will be orianized ox' the pturxp seof ti ab: s: h a nn:ii for' theO mi:mutt.ium- of line ('"1 o" woolen yarfls. Ani (equ'ipmnxto An other Womian Muhrdered. e o; k.-2 Special.-In the discove: 'e vl of a woman huddled itr ne>t trear stoop of a bijg t ene-j 20-West Thtirty-secrt'-' street ."' G:Cl:oliCe believe they had ev tanother :nurder. The victim. e ~ae was unknow:o. was acott ob a:1 ev,-ijor.y in noor cir .The oletting was disa>r - - her fre bruo.:sd there were nas of violence abotit the throat. whi~1ch aroused the suspicions of the IMMIGRATION AND QUARANTINE Great Gathering ('ailcd Foi the Cen sideration 'f :~o Topics. In the developmert of the South. vi tal questions are involved aside from these which tend solely to its material growth and progress. Its matchless cli mate, generous soil, riches in minerals fields and forests; its beauty in hills valleys; fruits and flowers; its wealth In fountains. streams and rivers are indeed priceless gifts from Nature's treasury, yet they are only some of the factors that contribute to the advance ment and welfare of a people. The possession of health, the culti vation of mind and morals, the estab lishment of right rather than might and the reign of truth and justice those are th'e things more to be prized than all others for which mankind should strive, for these are the founda ticr on which the ages of Christian civilization must ever rest. From time immemorial these are the standarls by which the people of the South have sought to be measured. and there is no stronger obligation resting on its citizens today than to earnestly desire and honestly endeavor to uphold these standards for the benefit of the present and future generations. To the thoughtful observer of passing events this proud heritage is being me naced from two sources at this time, and it is to emphasize this fact and concentrate public sentiment thereon, that this call for a Southern Immigra tion and Quarantine Conference is sent out. In the attempt that has been made by various ,cities, towns and communi ties in the South to protect themselves from the dread ravages of yellow fever, the most strenuous and at times unrea scnable, unnecessary and burdensome measures have been adopted, measures that not only tended to cripple and de strov business and commerce, but which reflected on the very instincts of our common humanity, and became a reproach to civilization itself. It is evi dent, therefore, that some uniform sys tem of quarantine should be adopted that will allay the apprehensions of the people, and minimize the dangers re sulting from an outbreak of this dis ease. This is necessary if we should save our land from the demoralizing and brutalizing tendencies of a panic inspired quarantine. Again, there are coming into the United States at the present time. lar ger numbers of foreign immigrants than ever before in our country's his tory. Among these are great masses, who are wholly undesirable and whom it will be impossible to assimilate with our institutions. There is apparently a desire or tendency to bring many of these undesirable immigrants to South ern ports, and also to distribute them from Northern centers, into the South. nless proper safeguards are institut ed now. these classes will come among us in such numbers as will inevitably lower our standard of citizenship, de stroy our present peaceful labor condi tions. and mongrelize our population. The South will welcome desirable im migrants from any and all lands. but it has already racial problems of such gravity that no others should be. in vited until proper safeguards are pro videdl in advance of their coming. For the foregoing reason. therefore, this call for a Southern Conference on mmigration and Quarantine, to be held in the city of Chattanooga. Ten nssee. on November 9 and 10. 1905. and we desiznate the following persons as tose expected to compose and partic: pte in this conference: Governors of Southern States: mem'bers of Con ress: Comnmissionlers of Agriculture: ,ayors of cities: one Representative rom National. State. County or City Boards of Health: one Represen~tative rom each Railroad System. preferably the immigration Agent; the Editor. Publisher, or Proprietor of. Newspapers and not more than five representatives from each Commercial Organizations in the South. All parties thus designated may cou ider themselves fully authori::ed unner this call to aid in furthering its objeCt. ad are requcsted to co-operate with us n mnakinig the same what it should be for the South. Iexican War Pcr.sioners. Tr:r'ro. Sperial.-Mrs. Susan Wil s.*~- "'~' 75 years, a pensioner of c'3:eicanl warr. v,-as struck by the en e f c. right train from Roe'O' nn.ar instantly killed at Meicra. -e lsnorth of South Ru.:'y b r. nte Atlantic Coast Line rail Thur , ia:. morning. The uinforkl .woanl attemptedl to cross i1 n..r.. of the moving train in -'r oi save the life of a pet C::g. p, arent. cognilznnce of the n~.i which she p;laced hers an 1 dereased vwas a widow: of n 9:iims. v:h: served the Cca':t u s a sctica :nascer for a num'. : Houston Tex.. speinl-State Hea: ierTaber has declared a qur. noaantall Cubcan ports. beern' the pr-aienceO of so-called '0 --e-:er in Hlavana and other p~n Athe Island. The delay in the es"e tnes of the quarantine against ai ris except Hlavana is to give vess yeo- enro~ute to Galveston an opportu tv to get in. they having sailed from heyv we're informed were clear ports. M:3retor Cii Line. .'wport News. Va.. Special.--A cor nie~ een formed under th: Clel Virginiia Peninsula Rail 8:000capital, to build - :n this city to Yorktown, h ai brach line to Pctquoson. It -- nde'd la'er to) exten the lin .m .here to I r.:fll? :' . Phoebus C I"'! * Poin, Comfe:2. Gasoline motor rs~ will be used. i.. A. Post is l 'e By Wire arnd Gabic. wil o be Prsieni canite FRANCE IN EARNEST Determirlcd to Compel Caairo 1o Act in ce~ter 'aith PATIENCE IS FINALLY EXiIAUSTED Venezuelan Dictator Must Disavow Offensive Attitude Toward French Charge d'Affairs at Caracas or Ne gotations Will Be Broken Off. Paris, By Cable.-The offensive atti tude of Venezuela toward M. Taigny, the French charge d'affaires at Car acas, has aroused indignation in offi cial cuarters here. Although the Min istry has not yet taken definite a.-tion, It is said in the highest quarters that Premier Rouvier undoubtedly will de mand that Venezuela disavow the of fensive action and adopt a course con formable with the usual courtesies of dinlomatic intercourse. The Venezue lan authorities are now seeking to show' that their action was directed against M'. Taigny personally. and not against the French government. but officiels here do not accept the distinc --1 between M. Taighy's personal and official capacity. The semi-official Temps Friday printed a leading article reflecting the official sentiment on the subject. It said that M. Taigny has been ordered to insist on Venezuela's withdrawing her positive refusal to deal with him. If the withdrawal is made and Presi dent Castro makes an apology. then the negotiations will continue. If Venezue la does not accede it will be unwise to Immedirtely break off diplomatic rela tions by the withdrawal of M. Taigny, since this would leave French inter ests unprotected. The best course would be for France and the United States to make a joint naval demonstration, simliar to that in which Great Britain, Germany and Italy took part. The au thorities here say that exchanges will occur at Washington relative to the mutual interest involved in the pend ing controversies. M. Jusserand, the French ambassa dor to the United States, will sail for New York. Slain in Political Clash. Havana, By Cable.-Official dis patches received Friday afternoon from Cienfugos announced the killing of Congressman Enrique Villuendas, leader of the Liberal party and the most able orator of the lower house, and the chief of police of Cienfugos, during a conflict between the two political parties, the Liberals and the Moderates. The government advices say the police had information that within the hotel in which Villuendas resided a a quantity of arms had been deposited, and they went to the hotel to investigate the matter. As the po lice ascended the stairs they were met by a party of Liberals, who fired on them, killing Chic? of Police Illance. The police returned the fire, killing Villuendas and wounding several oth ers. Intense excitement prevailed at Cienfugos and Havana. The govern ment authorities fear the result which the affair may have upon the election of members of the election boards, which will be held Saturday. As the news spread throughout Havana the Liberals and Moderates are rapidly gathering iin their respective clubs, and it is feared that unless the leaders give wvise counsel a ciasl may result A dispatch from Cienfugos says that about six persons wcre killed and 25 wounded during the conflict. Out For Governor of Alabama. Montgomery. Ala., Special.--Dr. R. M. Cunningham. of Ensley. Ala.. Lieu tenant Governor of Alabama, an nounc'ed his candidacy for Governor of the State in a letter which The Ad vrtiser will print. The Lieutenant, Governor, in iiis communication, shows his position on all the publhc questions now being agitated in State politics, and points to his own politi cal record. Ax-Governor O'Farrall Dead. Richmond, Special.--Former Govern or Charles T. O'Ferrall. of Virginia, died in this city at 10 o'clock Friday morning from nervous prostration. He had been in failing health for about a year. but prior to his death had been confined to his bed for only a month. the last three (lays of wvhich he was un conscious. Owing to paralysis of the throat he was unable to take nourish ment. Gov'ernor O'Ferrall served in the Confederate army. rising from the rank of private to that of colonel and was for six terms Representative in Congress from the se':enth Virginia district. He was C5 years 01(1. M ikasa's Commander Attempts Sui cide. Tokio. Bly Cab.--A special to The Jil from Saseho says that Captain aichi. commtandt'r cf the ill-fated Mi kasa, made an attempyt to commit sui cide after an address to the su~rvivors of the warship. by. jumping from a window, Hie v:as scverc'ly wounded about the head. and is now reported to be in a critiel condition in the Sa sebo naval hospital *Waiting For Lower Cotton. Fall River. Mass.. Special.-Sales in the print cloth mtarket for the weck will amount to about 7~,.00 piceesh demand conth':s aetor I ll"1 c! I market will ~: Bi r' on then cotton (rop. Mant: 20 ers in lower- pries for the raw miate rial. and are oni'- : ' rasng CnLug to ocver necessiies S amples ot the new crop ar bein..:hown and are -aid to b e of a coo:d quli-.ty. Will Ezch -ng'e R~:tictions in W"ah 'Washingtn Special.-It can now be te raimleatin of the trm o- pea c vlt, but no dietlnitO arran eentns have been made nor has it been decided by ..om the treties shall be exchanged. SOUTHTh;' : I TOPICS OF i!TEREST TO THEPLAY The Winter Garden. One of the most important winter crops is spinach. We usually sow it in the early part of September. and then make another sowing about the first of October. as this sowing *Will usually just get large enough to win ter. and -will be better for spring use than that sown earlier. We try to have a large plot of spin ach. for all that we cannot use at home iinds a ready sale. To make a ton of spinach fertilizer we mix 000 pounds of acid phosphate. 000 pounds of cot tonseed meal and 2() pounds of mu riate of pozash. We use this at the rate of about 600 pounds per acre on strong garden land. Our standard mix ture for truck erops is 900 pounds of acid phosphate. 7X pounds of cotton seed meal and 400 pounds of muriate of potash, but leafy plants like cab bages. spinach. etc.. need a fertilizer high in ammonia, and hence for these we change the proportions. The only winter crop of a leafy nature to which .we apply the last-named mixture is lettuce, but of latg we have varied this and make it SW0 pounds of acid phos phate. 800 pounds of dried blood and 400 pounds of muriate of potash. This !s 'the result of many years of experi menting in the growing of lettuce in frames in winter. We found that cot tonseed meal encouraged the growth of the damping-off fungus in the frames and we get a higher percentage of ammonia with the dried blood. The winter lettuce crop is now the most important one grown by market gardeners in the South Atlantic States. Most of our growers use cotton cloth on their frames and some have es tablished expensive steam plants. and run steam pipes through the frames. While cloth is cheaper at the start than glass, the glass is,. in the long run, cheaper. and no steam heat is needed if one has straw or burlap mats to cover the glass on extreme cold nights. I use mats made six feet square made of burlap with waste wool quilted between. These are used only in the most severe weather, and mats that have been in use four winters look still as good as new. By their aid I keep frost out entirely, and do not need the great expense of steam. With cloth the grower is at times obliged to keep the cover on several days and the plants suffer from lack of sunshine, while the glass admits the sunshine and they grow sturdy and strong. I have found that the best winter lettuce demands a liberal amount of well rotted horse stable manure to be used in addition to the fertilizer. for we have found that the best lettuce cannot be~ gr-own with manu're alone nor with fertilizer alone. It is chiefly the moisture-retaining nature of the otted manure that aids in the solution of the fertilizers used. We make our first sowing of lettuce the last of August, and then another late in September and a third sowing is made in one of the frames after the first crop of lettulce has been cut out in January. The August sowing (-nn usualiy be headed in November with out the help of frames. The second sowing is set in the frames the last of October and is cut out during the winter, when plants from the same sowing that have been left in the open gtound are used for replanting and a part of one frame as we have said is used for sowing seed. The plants from this sowing are for setting in the open round the first of March for the inst spring crop). Those who are growing lettuce for winter should atlwalys have an abund nt water supply, for it is often essen tial to irrigate the beds in our dry fall weather to get the seed to germinate. and when glass is used It is equally important to have a supply for water ng the frames so as not to be depend nt on the rainfall. Another winter cr-op in which we ake a lively interest is the winter adish crop. For this crop we use the Rose Colored and the White Chinese. This is heavily fertilized with the irst mentioned mixture of 9.7. and four pairs of acid phosphate. cotton eed meal and potash at rate of 1000) ounds pe-r acre, and the seed is sown n rows one foot apart in Septem er on ver-y mellow and warm soil. As oon as large enough to handle, they re thinnmed to two inches in the rows, md ais the weathle:- gets cold the rows re well mulched with fresh straw manure. We thus are able to pull rood sodld redishes all winter through till the e'arly radishes sowvn in the r-ame at-c ready for us:'. InI nart of our franm:s we take but he one (icop of mnidwinter lettuce. We thun again fertilize the fr-ame ani aw eedof readishe; andbets~ ae in .Tan:1ry in rows crosis? he f:-ames in wvide enouah apart to r: with a ha" thre-e ineh:'* wmhe. F.:- this eraen we use of radishes the rench Ttreaktrast and the White Jnt o. one! of the prettiest of urnip rnMi es. Of beets, we fond for Reflections of a Bachelor. A man wishes for sons, but he gets his happiness out of daughters. All a man has to hrge never to be ome a gr-eat man is a sense of hu nor. Inf ant mortality is reported to be itreater in Prussia than in any other Ciumry except Russia. The deaths he irst year are (I to 7 per cent!. in: Swden, 15 in France and 23.6 in Love is a sandwich of sentiment and imagiationI. with the mustard put in aft er marriage. A girl likes to have an old man m:R ove to her-, so she will know how a vouing one should do it. Petter b~e despised like Zaceheus the tax-nthecror than die lie Ananias the tax-dodgecr. The only thing that makes a nomanm madder thian to say her best friend i. no eondling is to say that she 7ARM *:. fIOTE, rER, SiCCKMMAN!J 7'yUCK G.LW ER. the frames nothing better than the Egyptiain. These are sown rather thickly in the row's so that the thin nings can be set in the open ground in 31arch or late February as a succession crop. and these will come on in ad vance of the seed sown in the open ground. Lastly. we sow a crop of flat turnips later in September so as to have them just forming roots the size of a walnut when the celd weather comes. We then throw a furrow to each side of the rows and they winter much better than the early sown ones and give us a plentiful supply of greens in the spring. ; We find the winter garden the most profitable and enjoyable of all the year; as iL is never too hot to work, and the products all bring higher prices than those of the summer garden.-W. F. Massey, North Ca'rolina Experiment Station, Raleigh. Shade For Small Stock. Most farmers make some attempt to provide shade in the pasture for their horses and cows, but let the swine; sheep and poultry go without it, which is certainly a mistake, for all animals and birds like shade. It is an easy matter to erect a number of small shade places on the pasture, and at small expense, if n a is willing to inU vest the small amount of labor neces; sary. If there is a wood lot on the farm. what is easier than to cut a num ber of poles to use for posts, and then a number of lighter branches to use as the foundation for the roof? Set the poles firmly in tqe gr.ound, making four posts for the corners. then. with the branches and a lot of waste hay or straw. a thatchcd roof is easily con structed. Spend enough time on the work t6 make it strong enough so that the wind will not blow it over. When you finish you will have a shade house something like that shown in the cut, and the stock will enjoy it and be all the bet ter for it. They would thank you, if they could, so spend a little time build ing some, .even two or three by wayj of experiment., Dccks Hsve No C:99 Unlike other domestic fowls the duck has no crop-all food passing direct. from the throat to the gizzard. For this reason ducks need soft food,_and this is why in their natural state ^ seek the fields and marshes, where they may gather tender grass, bugs and worms. In confinement their pro per food is wheat bran, cornmeal. ground oats, meat scraps, sand and gren food. On the farm they will look out for themselves, and only ascant supply of some soft food need be given. Ducks are fond of potatoes, and will greedily devour all the parings and small potatoes that are useless for othr purposes. It is well also to re member that the sand supplies only in a small way the digestive machinery. Some good, sharp grit must be kp conveni:t for them. -Care of Caponls. The capons are now just beginning' to grow and build large frames. and they should be looked after carefully. They should be kept in separate yards. and have all they will eat of good. wholesome food. It is needless to give them the run of the farm, as they will not roam over it as othier chickens do. They are big, lazy fellows which eat and grow. and they well repay us woen the time comes to sendt them to market. Nice capons. weighing when dressed, from six to eight pounds. will easily bring from twenty-St'e to thirty-five cents a pound. while other chlkecns of same age wvhich woigh about four pounds will bring only twelve or fifteen cents. The flesh of a capon is superior to tha: of aniy other poultry. and the de mand for thcm is growing cac'. year. Orchard M::nure. For young growing fruit trees. wood ashes sulplyin:g the non-volatile ('e ment for m:in!g wood are an exce!lent f tilizer, c:: using a free, but fir:n gtrowth. With iv: a:ing fruit it:cs, stable mnanure o-: ao'n other competet fertilizer should be uod. as without such food supl the leafa'g will ha ple and seauty and the fruit crop light and poor. For the Curious. Miss Lona Dare, an Indiana school girl, makes $50 out of each acre of a small Indiana farm. The University of Chicago closed the year business with a balance of $24 in the cash box. It is expected that within a yecar wireless telegraph commnunicati'n il be establis!.cd between New Zealai~nd and Australia. The exportation of ostriches from South A:rica has i:racticaily. been p'oibited by an export tan of IS each. intended to preserve to that country' as far as possitie. the :oo py o~ the h:erzu ive trade of us tinch farmrin.. is of drwyhis salary is not ohinmg much at dlrawingz souls. One of' the blackest tins is that f raying for the souls of mcen to save the expense of caring for their bodies.