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RUSSIA Generations of Tyri One Proi GREAT PUBLIC REJOICING Recent Peace Envoy Holds an All Day Conference With the Hum bied Sovereign and Finally De parts With a Signed Manifesto Granting Freedom of the Press, Right of Assembly and Immunity of the Person, Including the Writ of Habeas Corpus. The state of unnrest and semi--an archv that has existed in Russia for: years has recently broke forth in open violence. Rioting has been every where since before the closing of tile war witih Japan. Strikes and labor <lcmonstrations have added to the co'm mon dan-er and unrest. so much so that the Czar has been almost a pris -oner in his own palace. The termina tion of these troubles is told in the following graphic account of the lib .eral measures now being adopted by the Russian government: St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The au tocracy of the Romanoffs. and the old ,order of things ceased to exist in Rus sia. Emrieror Nicholas has surrendered and Count Witte comes into power as: Minister-President with an imperial :mandate which will enable him to con vert the farcial National -Assembly into a real legislative boddy, elected by greatly extended suffrage, and to con fer upon the people fundamental civil liberties, including free speech. These welcome tidings reached St. Petersburg shortly before 6 o'clock Monday evening. Count Witte had -spent the day with the Emperor at Peterhoff. going over the final draft of the iaani:esto to which he insisted that mivor modifications be made. and "Defore taking the train for St. Peters bur' he telephoned to a friend that the Enlpercr had affixed his signature and that the imperial mandate com prising the conditions upon which he had agreed to accept otfiee was in his pocket. These include freedom of the press. the right of assembly and the immnmity of the person, including the right of habeas corpus. Rzassia's Magna Carta. "We, Nicholas the Second, by the grace of God Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, Grand Duke of Finland. etc.. declare to all otur faith ful subjects that the troubles and agi tation in our capitals and in numerous other places fill our heart with ex -cessive nain and sorrow. "The hxtppiness of the Russian sov-1 -ereign is indissolubly boundd up with the happiness of our people, and the sorrow of our people is the st .-ow of the sovereign. "From the present disorders may arise great national disruption. They menaece the integrity and untiy of our empire. "The supreme duty imposed upon us byour sovereign office reouires us to efface ourself and to use all the' force and reason at our command to 'hasten in securing unity and co-ordi nation of the power 'of the central government and to assure the success ' of measures for pacification in all cir -eles of public life, which are essential to thle well-being of our people. "We therefore direct our govern ment to carry out our inflexible will in !l-e following: Privileges and Tmmunities. "First, To extend to the population Live News Items. A special board of engineers who investigated work on Philadelphia's filteration plants and boulevards de elares the. city has lost $6,330,000 through alleged irregularities. Leading men of both big political parties in New York have infomed an association to prevent the corrput use of moniey at elections. The Fortifications Menaced. Halifax, N. S., Special.--A specta cular fire wvhich destroyed British 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. ine of' tlie most important groups o ftor titications at this port. A row of w'oden buildings 300 feet in length which were used as store houses and miavhinie shops. vwere burned. In tiiu magazines ar'e stored several hundred tho4 usand pounds of gun cotton anu1( other explosives, but the tire did not reach the explosives. Armcred Cruiser Sinks. Fero SpaVin By Cable.-The Spbm is armor'ed c'ruiser Cari.diial Cisneros,4" sank nea Muros, provin1ce ot (orn* na after striking~ a 10ek. The crew" wer saed.Theciser strueh a 11ercre. nuberng e. 2 - c'-ot i's Brother-n-Law. agaist eieer ande n wiI h n e . ' d scre f hos inny Swept Away in :amation thei immr' utabli Co'.ndations 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 Dounia will permit, those classes of the pop ulation now completely deprived of electoral rights, leaving the ultimate development of the people of the electoral right in general to the newly established leg-islative order of things. "Third. To establish as an in changeable rule that no law shall be enforeable without the approval of the State Douma. and that it shall be possible for the elected of the people to exereise real participation in the supervision of the legality of the nets of the authorities appointed by us. "We appeal to all faithful sons of Russia to remember their duty to wards the fatherland, to aid in tremi nating these unprecedented troubles and to apply their forces in co-opera tion with us to the restoration of calm and peace upon our national soil. "Given at Peterhoff. October 30. in the eleventh year of our reign. (Signed) "NICHOLAS." Russia Acts Half Crazed. St. Petersbun. By Cable.-All Rus .a celebrated the Emperor's gift of freedom. which the greater part of the people received with deepest joy. though in St. Petersbur,. Moscow and other cities Socialists and ievo!tinI ists organized anti-2overnment dem onstrations and red flag parades, whichi. with the patriotic manifesta tions, led to a number of conflicts be tween thc "Reds" and '"Whites" as the nti-governmient and royali-t fac tious are respectively termed. On the whole, the day passed more quietly in Russia than had been expected tho' colissions betwen the people and tle troops are reported from various places resulting in loss of life. In each of the two capitals. St. Pe tersburg 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 con stitutionalism. seemed self-restrained and apathetic, gave itself up fully to the exuberance of the moment and spent the entre day in parades and assemblies, which, for the first time in the history: of Russia were free-ly permitted. Under the orders of Count Witte the General Trepoff the troops enerally were withdrawn from the streets of the cities and the fuiest reign given the people to let out their enthusiasm in demonst rat ions v'hic-h. so long as they were not destructive were. not intereferred with. Gen. Trepoff Gives Warning. a; Early Wednesday morning after a1 conference in which all the generals commanding troops in St. Petcrsburg participated, General Trepoff issuedi the folowing announem't, which is being placarded throughout the city: "'The day of October 31, unfortu nately. did not pass off without vio lent encounters between the ditferent factions of the population as well as with the police and troops. "Recognizing the responsibility im posed on me. I again request the popu lation to maintain order. and give warning that all attempts' to disturb order will be suppressed with the most p~eremtory and categorical mecas ures." TREPOFF." President Reaches Home. Washington, Special. - President Roosevelt reached the city on Tuesday without accident of incident. H~e re 'ards his Southern trip just ended as a most enjoyable and profitable exper ienc. Particularly did he enjoy the sea voyage and the President express ed himself in the most enthusiastic terms regarding the ships. officers andi men of the squadron. Exchange of Messages. Washington, Specia.--As soon as the West Virginia got in touch with the wireless station at Key West Tuesdy the first message to be trans mitted from the shore to the big crui ser was a personal one from Mrs. Roosevelt to the President congratu iing him on the anniversary of his fort-seventh birthday.; This message was sent from the Navy Department to Kev West with instructions to de liver to the President at the first op portunity. The Wilsen Case. out oft the Uited (q St t S f(tweid 1" ad va nce on its doeket the eas' ->fWar rn IB. Wilson vs. Leslie M. Shat\. screary of the trceasury. Thit ~n odna-is. an effoir; ti enjin- s Twelve Dead ir. Wreck. THE DISPENSARY AILUNG Has Been Voted Out in All But one of the Counties in Which Issue Has Been joined. ohnia State. Oct. >t. It is probable that the offiee of the att(rney general will not be repre Cnt(d at Asheville Tue-day when the :onst itutiolialiy of the -Brice law' will be attacked in the United States :,orts. It i. said that the anti-dis peisary people in Union will ave a legal represeltative there anyway and that the law will. not be allowed to be declared noeonstitutional ier-ly because there is no one iiere to de fend it. Perhaps if the attorney genieral had not had information to thi. efiect his :Aliee would have been represented antyway, but it appears tOhat there is no necessity to send an additional at torney there. Judge Pritchard recent ly affirmed ar order that the law would be declared in contravention to the federal statutes unless the county board of lnioi could show cause why hey shouild not reinstate certain dis pensers to their jobs. It is now 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 Brice law should be declared unconstitutional. Capt. Jno. C. Sellers of Marion was here during the State fair and ex pressed his belief that a prohibition measure would be passed anyway. The house was 3 to 1 in favor of anti-dis pensary legislation last ye'ar, but the senate was mildly in favor of the dispensary. 'ere are elections to be held in several counties at an early date and it, is probable that in all of these counties prohibition, or anti-dispen arv. will carry. The dates are as follovs: Anderson, Nov. 4th; Green ville and Spartaiburg. Nov. 14th; Edgetield. December 7th; Fairtfield, December 12th. Efforts are being. made to have a vote on this question in Saluda, Lexington and Chesterfield counties before the legislature meets, and in Saluda at least the dispensary will be voted out. if persistent effort I will avail. Twelve counties in the State have expressed their disapproval of the dis peisary. and on1ly olle llas favored it. Morlboro and (GreellwoodI have (on sistently favored prolhiijtion. and York. Lancaster, Ch rokee, horry, Marion. inion. Newberry. Pickens, conee and Darlington have voted it out uder the provisions of the "Brice law.'' Florence by a majori tv of 74 favored the dispensary. but reports from that county are to the effect that an election tomorrow would o overwhelmingly the other way. es peially since Darlington has voted against the dispensar~y. Florence was afraid that Darlington would keep the dispensary and it was believed that the dispensary situation would affect trade. A.s a matter of information' the voe in these several elections have b en as follows: At.o Cherokee.. .. .. ....--- 14 Piekeus.... .-....--..7--- 41 Unewon....... ..-...---S24 ariol......--.1-14*.-S York .. .. .....----- 25 Lancaster.. .. .. .....--- 12 F 'lorec.. . . .--.-- ----- nl)lintol..-- ..-- ..-- ..-' 27 orry....--.-- ..--.---*:1* Totas..........1.251:1349 S. 104:Picens Ma 20 S 195: 3n ion Agut 6 Nwbrr. August. 29: arin. eptmbe 97: York Sepembr 2: Lncate. Florence, Oconee0;partiee) Octbe ..50-S outh .. rol- - - I--t--01s.15 The anuaieeting hl o the fok ling dlrcate:a Choen: NoElijher ih, Aueus York ENewberry. Auguth P20:r MainA Septmbe hiladeork, Septebeve6;Lanaste. Flrnne, H Heorector wil Dalngton, Oetn e':d wee.Ocoe24 Sunday mnnulmeing holfter tck o'lsok the Laxrn oll mill, leo-t inva birectre wasichoisen sElijah to Smithstewteork; EllisongA.eSmythe Jhn diCeveland, the enir buding.H was Raenelped in A. whic fanned byThe diretosail holdei maeetmgc workocf the Larns Thler mill, was awayl by fisrs. which Maclienosed H. have stit ing henegie tosrvem 1 Whn disacovereudgte Eretrea bin bthold aiing al ermadfecoutck aloro ont pln.ud e JmuN.lwar buil bee Messrsit. J. S ahnadH of -bot th 5,000. tn~o teSot itudge eet binubl to serve1 .~ ini-c pacei of Judge(t)'i Enest Mary m Malbr county Jde~ Jas :!.za At the annuaneetinanc tesut Carlin Stte ire~m' --Tseciation~ it was deia to hol :h41* anna vi \in wer -ei 4lved tto natiiio n. btut the wvork is ab' ut co - teted and the report will go forward ]I i n aw weeks. STATE AFFAIRS Dccurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina Gereral Cotton Market. vew Orleans.. .. .. ......10 1:,-1i \iooile. quie-t.... .. .. .... I) .-S 'harleston. firm. . . . .. ..1 ~>-16 Wflniingti. zteiav.. ...... ....1 -; Nofolk. st.ady..........10 31-10 P3altilmore, nominl....... .. ..101 -4 New York. quiet .... ...... ..10.95 Bo-toi. (uiet.. .. ........... ..10.95 Philadelplaa. steady ........11.20 Be so ,steady.. .. . .10 :;-4 X.uusta, quiet.. .. ........I05-8 %hmTphis, quiet .. .. .. ........11 t. Lovis. sleatly . .. .. . .11 isville irm.... .. .. ....... 11 Ciarlette Cotton Market. These figUIS reJreellt piceS Daid o wagvolls . tr)Od iictmding. . ... --..---1.-. i.d .. .. ... .. . ........ 1014 May Restrain Election. 2T nev Special.-C. P. Sim . of ll firmn of Simls & Haninon. Spar a: 1bur1. appeared be loIe .udge KIn-h here and secured Iia order to he authoritiese in Spartanburg to how Cause before him in Gaffnev lext 1ollday. November UJth why the mperinitendents and mniag-ers of election should not be enjoiied from olding the election to decide the jtuestion of "dispensary" or "no dis ruiisarv.'' The plaintiff in this ca.se is J. W. FRariion. one of the eounty dispen ers, While the defedants are 1). \I. Miles. in his own right and as opervisor of Spartanburar county. Id E. E. Bishop. J. W. BiShop et al.. n1nage1 IVrs of election. inl their own 'i"'ht an1d as inaae2rs of election to )e lheld ill Spartanburni. county. Souill arolina. for the purpose. arnongst 4 l1er tlini-S. to vcte for. or againit laigdisp,?!saries inll rtn~lr Th Order is as oli ws: Slate of wouth Carolina, coltty of Spartani )rg. Court of Commol Pleas. J. W. Iarnioi, plaintiff,. ag ainst D. M. \Iile. et al, defendants: On having *end the V2rified 30mplaint in the .bove stated case upn11 motion 4)f Sims and Hannon, attorneys for the 'laitiff. it is ordered that the de endants be required to show eause )efore me at the court house at Gaff 1ey. South Carolina, on Monday. No eber the 6th, 1905. at 10 o'clock a. n. or as soon thereafter as counsel an be heard, why an order should iot be granted restraining the said lefendants from holding an election ni Spairtanburg county. South Caro in. On November 7thl. 1905. onl tile juestion' of "Dispensary'' or "'no dis ensarv.' - 'J. C. KLUGH. Circuit Judge. New Steamer on the Waccamaw. Georgetown, Special-A new steam r, probably thle fastest on the river. is recently been completed at Con ,vay anld put on thle Waecamaw line )tween Georgetown and the capital f the Indepen nt Republic of Hor - Her name is the '"Mitehelle C.'' he is 100 feet long. 20 feet beam andl s of 104 tons. net burden. Tihe 'Mithelle C"' is elegantly fitted up) or the aceomodation of pas;sengers tt 11as no sleeping accommodationis or tile reasonl thait shle will make laily trips between tile tw'o cities. rhis line makes thle thlird new ine f steamers that has openled communi ~ationi within the past two months vithl the "City on the Sampit." A Foot Crushed by a Train. Columbia, Special.-About dark hursday. night a negro man. whlo rave lis name as Henry Green and iis hlonle as Ridgeway. was found ly~ ng on tile side of the Southern rail -oad tracks a short distance north of le freight yards at the Blanding treet station with his left foot horri bly mashed. He hlad been drinking md was unable to give any coherent ecou~t of ho0w the accident happened A Sponscr Appointed. Pambrg, Special -Brigade Comn n-der George Dougtlas Rouse 11as ap ointed Miss Lewlie Bamberg as sponl or for the First brigado. South Caro inn division United Soils of Confed rate Veterans. Miss Bamberg has elected Miss Elizabeth Henry as hien niid of hOoo. The fair~ spons5or wji >0 a fit ting~ representaltive of Biam erig and Commanderl~l Rouse is to be ~oi~U ldy no well !!ued byx niaturafl New Enterprises. A conmmissionl wa issued last week lt co)i1rportors of the Chester lee many iV M -:srs. T1. L. Ebe rha rdt and .P. Migl. To be capitalized at Ti Dank of Cro s Anchor wasl -hi-' d the caph.li za ion beinie 2500. h~oiie ar i L H Wi f' mdL aroo h he. a 'ion to e'-."Pra' -I. Halley. \N.)'Johso. W. Johnson W. . Moselev. 1Kvyers and Harbors and Good 1:oaids. , IO HE advoeates of the Drown low-Latimer ko I) Oands 010 bill are not afr:mI of criti cism. In fact. it is exactly uwhat they desire. as this will aid in getting the matter before the people in discussion that will de velop the strength of the question. One of the strongest arguments in favor of National aid to good roads is that based on the river and harbor appropriations. The only questions seriously discussed when a river and harbor bill come,s up in Congress are the amount to be voted and for what particular improvement the money is to be spent. the general policy already being thoroughly estab lished. Congress has in the past fifty years voted more than $400.00).0) for this purpose. and now an annual appro priation of $25,000.000 is looked upon as quite conservative. The advocates of National aid to road improvement claim that much more can be said in favor of their proposition than in favor of river and harbor legislation. and much less against t. Certainly no kind of improvement would do more to promote the prosp(rity and the moral and intellectual upbuilding of the masses. It is also equally certain that this great work of inter-nal in provements will remain undone. to a great extent, if the whole burden of expense is left to be carried by the peo ple of rural neighborhoods. The policy' of voting Federal aid to road improvement has three great ad vantages over that of voting funds for river and harbor improvaments. as fol lows: First-While-the money voted for the latter purpose is collected from the whole people >y taxation, it is neces sarily expended in limited localities. the inhabitants of which receive the greater pdrt of the benefits. In inet. a great majority of the people of the United States receive no direct and but little indirect benefit. from these im provements. On the other hand. a Federal appropriatbon for road ini provement would be'available for use in any section. Every State and coun tv could share in the direct benefits. wl-,ile large indirect benefits would come to the people of all cities and to wns. Second-The benefits flowing from an appropriation for rivers and harbor.; are strictly limited to the amount of money voted. as no hell) is required fcom the local communities. But the Brownlow-Latimer plan merely con templates that the Government shall help the people who are willing to help themselves. No community could have any part of the Government aid until it had raised a share of the funds equal to its quota of the Government fund. Thus a Federal appropriation for this purpose would produce benefits far beyond the limits of the amount voted. Third-National aid to road improve ment would be free from the'iog-roll ing" features of river and harbor legis lation which so often injuriously af fets other important matters in Con gress. This is true because the fund would be equitably distributed accord ing to a general plan. The Govern ment would simply make available a sum of money an equitable share of which could be secured by any State or county complying with certain speci fied conditions. It is difficult to see how any member of Congress can logi cally vote for a river and harbor bill and refuse to support an appropriation to aid in improving the highways of the country. Road Building Active.. Good roads conventions have been held in twvelve Western States, and forty-six good roads associations have been formed during the year. Reports which have been gathered show that where these campaigns have been car ried on great impetus has been given to public road building. In the States visited during the year and in the States traversed by the good roads trains previously sent out over the Illi nois Central and the Southern Rtail way systems, -about $34,000,000 has been raised by bond issues and direct taxation, and is being expended in permanent road construction. Never since the days of national roads and turnpikes, the report says, has there been so much active road building accomplished in the United States as during the last few years. Several of the States within the year have provided highway commissions and made liberal appropriations for the support of their work. Among these States are Maine. New Hamp shire. Illinois, Iowa and Washington. Many of the other States have taken advanced steps looking to the utiliza ion of convict and county prison labor in road building and the preparation of road material for distribution to he several counties and districts. Many, also enacted that road taixes, r at least a portion, shall be equally levied on all property. and further, that the labor sy.stem be abandoned. nd all such taxes be collected in cash and expended under expert engineer n: direction. ':here is a healthy. substantial and :.lespread sentiment in favor of a p--mannt system of public roads in i country. includling State and c'* :nty roads connecting tihe cities and . -s arnd the rural districts. There is : rowing ad t:: Vvaic sentiment aso for the p; :ile of Thi*al aif for the building. of perian Pfu runk line hih a s A H n::e 7:.n'. The iggest rape evrund for haul a Ipurpo-es hi; ju n m: lliade for a n i( l st~Byins li i:*'' h. m I h in n njinted : ,:d un le lo:h (d n ret erri& 'Xim:: pi ''it Thre is a fah kn IIawvaihan waters which is known by the unative name of humuumunuklwluukukuaruaa, SOUTHERN '-- f TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT An Experiment With Geraniums. I do not know of any plant which is mentioned in a liorist's catalogue which so bravely endeavors to do its best under trying conditions as the geran ium. writes 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 mnore proudly lifts its glories in de fiance. 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 trusses are extremely large. and the plant 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 stems, and resist both storm and heat. No matter what the variety of geran ium, I have learned that we must ex pect 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 ex ceedingly rapid growth. with leaves which were remarkable as to size and deep coloring, but throughout the sum mer the flowers were so sparse that our disappointment was great. For some reason florists seldom, or never. refer to the proper bataneing 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 grower 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 devel oped. It was plainly evident that my geran iums were given an excess of nitrogen by fertilizing with the barn manure alone, which is quite often very de ficient in either potash or phosphoric acids, scientists tell us, and so I de cided 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 contains in 100 pounds of material, four pounds of nitrogen, seven pounds of available phosphoric acid and ten pounds of actual potash in the sulphate form. The result has been most satisfac tory. The geranium leaves have Dot been abnormally large, as were those of last year. nor too greatly abundant. but the flower stems seem almost counless and the trusses are enormous and of great brilliancy of color. Plants of the same variety were again given the treatraent of last year and proved as unsatisfactory. I think all flower growers will meet with bet ter success in regard to profusion of lowers and intensit'y 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 ths addition. Lucerne on Sandy Soil .T. P. Pearson-Could sandy pine tand 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 pas ture? Answer-A sandy loam, made very rich, is the very place for lucerne (al falfa), such a location and condition as would produce a fine yield of sugar cane. or forty to fifty bushels ofT em-n, would produce a satisfactory growth of clover. The proper time to sow the seeds is in September or October,. 3fter thoroughly preparing and fertlizing (or manuring) the land, provided your can have a good season in the- ground sufficient to bring up the seed prompt ly. If the seed lie in the grounrd 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 igches 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 graz ng and 'certainly should not be pas Reflections of aBachelor. '.he cream of society is easily sep arated from the milk of human kind Money has rower to crush happi ness only when its roots get in the The true children of the kingdom are not wearing themaselves thin over their precedence in the mock-court whh men call society. News Notes. .Jaes W\hitcombh 'i..y. thei Indiana uar l iarvt.-I~ liltore. waii' hl~d :at Jn WV. Edwards :atofwy'amfwyvv .Joni W. ihihardls himself went ,>n the standi in his trial a.t Floyd for the murder of Francia. Hie tried to esta~b ish an alibi. ARM - fIO7E FR, STOCKM!AN A ND YRUC (f 00WIEP tured before it is in its third year. and then not heavily. It is particularly. suited for green soiling and for hay. You may also sow the seeds in March or April. 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. 4 EstabUshing a Blue Grass Sod. .T. L. M. writes: How is the best way to get a good blue grass sod? What soils are most suitable for blue grass? What is the correct way to get the number of bushels of lime per aere? It will take both time and patience and good farming to secure a good blue 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 ycld some grazing and continue to im prove in quality if handled judiciously. Many persons make the mistake of not sowing blue grass at all, but rather wait for it to come naturally. This takes too much time, for one thing and unless the conditions are very favora ble 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 over stock 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 as it should and weeds 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, or if that is not availible, a leguminous crop may be plowed under to advan tage and supplemented with liberal ap plications 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 hoed crop a year before secding 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 oi- thin, light, leachy soils or very tenacious clays unless they are well under drained. Blue grass loves. lime, and where- the underlying rocks are well supplied .with this element, it gener ally provides satisfactory grazing when once well established. Dry, thin lands are not well adapted to this grass. This does not mean that it must of neces sity be sown on or land, for blue grass in-sections to which it is adapted does' .well on hilly, rolling- land suf ficiently 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 tooA 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 on local conditions and on the lime used There are many forms of lime sold on the markets which can be distribut ed- in the grain drill to advantage. E specia!- drill is also made for the ap plication of lime. It is not an expen s.ive implement and provides one of the easiest and most satisfactory ways of distributing a substance which is very mean to handle. Lime can be ap plied by buying it in the unslacked condition and distributing it at satis factory distances over the field, de pending on the amount to be applied per acre, scattering ovdr the sground uniformly after it is slaked and incor porating in the soil .with a harrow.. The distance apart to place the piles of lime on an acre of land depends on the rate of application. For instance,. if you put the lime approximatery twenty-two' feet apart in each direc tion 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 suffi cient quantities for heavy applications unless it is especially constructed with that end in view. For ordinary farm practice lime can be distributed from the wagons in piles as sugested. Lime should be applied about two weeks before seeding. so that it will have no injurious eff'ect on germination, and as a rule. it shourl ne applied separately fromr any commercial fertilizer which may be used.-Andrew 3f. Soule,. in Kna'xnille Journal and Tribune. Er-Secretary of the Navy John Dl. Long prefers to make a speech rather than to listen to one.. He declares. that both are bores. "Shagreen." now applied to shark-. skin goods, came originally from the Persian word "Saghmri." which means the' back of a beast of burdcn. Current Happenings. .U. Cutchin, of Franklin.~ was ar rested, charged with forging cheeks for $1,100. James Pruitt,. a Danville cotton mill boy, fell under moving cars and was instanntly killed. Twelve lives are known to have' been lost in the storm which sswep t over the Great Lakes and 10 vessels have been sunk. T 'London is celebratin-; NelsonDy Japan isto utilr vesel eon.!rn elby te Prize io'urt in1ito a neCw :smiitar coua r of St. iPeters Th.Prne and Pti::eess of Wales have left Gjenoa, Itatly- on tdi w23 to India..~