The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, June 06, 1906, Image 6
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*[A comoly asserted.
We're all a selfish run,
That every blessed fellow
Looks out Ior number one.
Livrtd ;akes, just look around you
To .see 'ti< not the case;
"1.ici i- overnowing
Withu eirity and ::race.
One a has information
What tixure stocks will be;
He does not mean to use it,
So e the tip to me.
A h~teheior naa know -e
Of how to win a maid:
He does not mean to sie it,
teils ire for ny aid.
W $i all succeed by taking
Adice on what to d:
( don't intend :n try it
,"i tell this 1)p n to yu).
MLandbuorgh W :ion. in The Sun.
N relmarri.: of M1rI.
V nI e after : loll,
O x idowhood. was 11he popu
_I goss'ip of the e:tsoni.
Yet 110 -w M1,14oul sotlve
t'hed no one .rd tirel
ahxied x newt hush:nd. The
Vana.tonie :: v.terve veedv the ser
vae's hkey.t. andwidw'ti tud
d.at~ ghter. ('iohey :idf ' . i. .iust ofI
:g.: ne h i: ect s 'inithiigted
- !"o. Ge rtre. va e t sal I do,-':" bit
.Deverley-which was the lad11ylev
ne w t a n-,e1td I II 4cry. :
"Don't mt' 'e :n * eaf id
herin~h~ei. ah grat.rolin
::1g. "They're.....y eir: thyl
tow wla t'cYi sOder."
But thet sqiro's doeermined ;Zo.od
humI1or, aggriavatedhi stench, ldreni
more than t m of Iitiop
.1 ition wvould have done.. a1nd tht...
mnade no elfrt tou) e~!tei el
e -tr Ie ver ea cl*i that 1 ca
ther : s; i ili.'.Jont.
~ Ir~w 1." y: {::rsi' ios of
"3y dai..; o ~ ' wJ:ui ous.
sen id rs tht' v:-!ey. m.to~vr
. ,n-.1 t . to *.1 . . 1*i l 11111) P nrule
oi ther : f
M:: .y t no sa e tine *; n:.il- t
"aidChar' 'is ag u dihiist urn.ta
curly here 1:r Dver~y huslf canu
torthe reto do
nuIsY rs bag as o lie. I::-. re usin'
lermlnt yr *. II'A*le ne
ofee tis"
illi: fit t ootime Loin entringthind
rev ofisr ;:'ee n s ai.:t ohe
"Notra wll." sea. id 'harlev tooly:
* :.- 'll r.:- what slie ei::wen os.
imilie. "Ik'ver .turplnin ae ~i
So' hve I .t0it.1 sIaiey. " hos o
'em: on.eliO'ly drink:ingsee .i tofferk
Nen .I tri to uhni (Vinto pratice."
ti'te bein v~iei~.ng h la toos cone
baid Millie.itS5
"It tst su a f:s f I had nhrig
asbete noa tht you men stion it."
enrlyv hair. tut why shlould yhou
writ lt lier-r. wa a h od
vLthous utfaitrs' rcie i"' re
- Sheni to withiz eus.hruhywt
e sad Mile. " simy consider Ie-et
-Aul uri~ta.e spokiafelw ksidl dotAn
-shelaomsed et oet e n
s ay aslon wis Ie pien. Ther do hop
niceXotelin itue vilae." sharley ande
her. fathle svery11k0 hospible. An
ther ('5its a ne. upply olrotnd de
lighjul hoig e, Loie wri ~ tes. nandv
pienty of a h~'greble soit.lii'rie.
Notv a hadie." sid zi Chaley'. re
eelrtiey
th Iyn 'e *v *i *i. * *v
r.a",e Ger.e whtsm' ed?
ed if 'v erl.ey,~ turinale whenl.
eI comprehemvoed tha lt lowst chi(ren
avere :tr nithelosne.ii!
--G"ve 'im theiral' ads. sai hear huis
t>igh ae retn They'll be tlad to come
lBut it suc a u s abot nthii.
husflunui . "That prcey whatthey
en~iy:" nd te joiy cllowshoo
wih iagter.o ''S~hM*
Her1 father da st.ae middle-aed
gen:!enin.oe a shew't kind l words
"Oh.-' dear: taid :Iille when st'itwhe
esh i o isur . ane:i~ ."
Nothing~ dis.urb papa ."aiLui.
was tmalt was to d'-sete our "pPY,
happy home. I just clas',ed my hands
and cried. I'Papa:" and ran away. sob
bin.t Is if my heart would break. Oh.
and I had so hoped that. when I was
larried. we could stay on here just the
same: but with a stepmtother. of
oirse. ntioh~nL will e-:er he the snmn-'
--You., marr1-ier!, Louise!", cried 31:0
-i in't he tell you? Mut it Ily
happened this lorning. Charley h:
me to be his vife."
"-%ut. faltered Millie. "if your s:e
nioher loved you very much in
--.iddlesti ks:" aid T.miise: "as~ if a
<teilnother coul love (Me! Oh. I hWte
h'er already: And You. too. nMy p)oor
wounded gazelle. will 1 driven from
your refuge. If I could only offer you
a liOCe
"It's so to-od of you. darling!" whis
pered 'Millie. "B1ut I don't really thinik
that it will be iee:-sary. because, be
eause-"
-You're not eiizgel fn lie larried.
too'i' almost shrie-ked Loulise. SLItruk
with a certain consciousnss inl her
frieud's face.
-es. I am." said Millie, hanging
Ilown her heall.
-And to whom. you precious little
clons pirator'.
"To-to your father:" said Millie.
"Oh. don't h'aie mc. Louinse: lded. I
coudn't help it" "ae.aynles. in the
PETS OF BRTSH SOLDIERS.
One lie::iment Had Enn and Nanaroa,
A noth er a snixke.
No less than thirty relent)s ill the
B:rritish 'riy have I)- - n! ::is :.
tached.
The dogs of the 'hin Fivfth"
::nd1 1.1 T ." thle r i ever. .f lie
Twrelfth L:in'ers. uarch wili their
conmaries when oI active service.
and have taken intri in more th:a one
battle. The druml horse of the Sevenh
H!ussars-preseited by thle late ('en
Victriamarbespmo!! at the headi
of the ien. wvith wte t.-! Il and ane
dowing.
"Billy." the goat of the Welsh Fusi
lers. is better known. and is a very
showy soldier inidil' . asl he struts
allg in ll the glory osare oat.
ith white fingii s. nanl tIlhe baldge :,*n'I!
'rest of the re;:Imenet on his for.head.
The Queen's Own U ussars has :l o
2 goat.
. deer is the pet of the ". r .th
II:tanders. *Atony." a little oll
1:. thed hiiself to the Twenty
sx:h Untte:ry whhile in India. n.m. he
e e stlablislled favor'ie. m
::. eatnll. aid drinking with11 the Imen.
A pet bear whs the nuscOt Nf the
Ginetrregiment. buI bcoin l.
'tempIr( had to be shot.
The Lancers of New South W:les
have an eni and a kangaroa. "Pe\.r.
thpioose, becaime the, pet of the Gre-vi1
dirs while in Canada. The huii: ir
lin:ped up to a1 sentry on night a:al
held uin a hurt foot for his insiethm.
lie attended to the wound, and tO
bilrd thereafter refused to leave the
camitp. so the sohlietrs adopted it.
W'hen the Devonshitre reimeint w'ra
in India. a snaken was for miany mtoniths
adopted ats a pet. and. thlought poison
ous. it netver' attemtpte'd to hurt aniy
memhler of the companitiy. Wheni the
men retuirned to Engh~uind tIs itieatny
pet was ieft behind.--Fromn Reyuoid's
Newspaper.
The Pa:ter Hlabit.
"Very old persons." said amn observet,
"nearly always. on1 unfolding their
newsapers, turn'f to the c.oilmns of
'Deaths.' This is because, in the' first
plce. they are more likely to tid news
of thetir friends there thant in the col
un of *Marriages,' or ainy other patt
of theC paper, mtid been:use,. iln the see
ond place. they ar'e interested in death
-they havt e it much 'nl their' minds.
"Young girls turn fir'st to tile society
news and weddings atnd after that to
the fashions. Yountg menC~ of the
health, openl-air sor't tutrn first to the
sportinlg news. wile boys5 univer'saly
turn to this page tirst. Tile actor, of
course. reads the dtramantic columnls,
and tile wtriter the boo0k reviews, but
neiter of these depart'tmients, I fancy,
does any part of the disinterested pub
lie conlSUit first of all.
"The elderly gentleman of .a pompous
appearance reads thte ed itotrials first,
wile hlis corpulent. cheerful wife reads
the recipes on the 'household' page.
Somte clergymen read the wills of the
dead to see what charities have been
retemnbered with bequests. There are
may people who read the crimes, the
scandals and the shocking accidents
first. Poets, as a rule. will not read
the -newspapers at all."-Philadlpihio
Record.
Professor H-enrt Moi-:sa Itas beenU
trymll somec interesting experimnents in
vaporizing gotld in the electric futrnace.
ie findls that it boils at 2400 digarees
-entigrade. and1( that 104) to 150 grinils
can bie evap~orated in two or three i'n
te.By condlensintg the gold vaptor on
ai cool surfa'ce. eithe1r tilli fermi masses0
orj (utl !rystals canl be obtainedt.
It is found -.hat gold. iika copiper and
:rn1. (dis5(oire a certain atnount of
carbioni when in the liqu'd st'tte. bt
tii Sepairate is out as ;;rapjhite 01n cool
ig. Goild is found to be less volatile
hall coppier. The piroper'ties of dis
illed gold areO the samlte as those of
bannnitered gold, or' tile imeited mtatl re
iduced tio a tinei. powde(ir. Professor
Moissan has foutnd no0 intdications5 of an
a lotropie mtedi tiention of gold. W\henU
n alloy of copper and gold is distilled
ie vapor of coilper comeIs over lirst,
-owing' that there is no0 detinite comt
'ond.i In the c-ase of alloys of god
In till thet latter mxetal burns in cOnt
aI withl the airt. This liln oxide is
onut~d it be of a purple (01lor. due
*dep (os~uit of fine acod on1 its slut
e~(.-l.Ondtonl Glb
The Fluient s-words.
. -;ans swords~ ate the finl"st."
rrat~. of Tol'oi''' :1ndt of Damascus ust
n:o w a~ the c':t9c!o
-- t te' t:: tt-V'bl'-t Cu
'1 ta :1n ntre. Th' tinal -est o
PAMETT AFFAIRS
Occurrences of Interest from
All Over South Carolina
MANY ITEMS OF STATE NEWS
A Batch of Live Paragraphs Cover
ing a Wide Range-What is Going
On in Our State.
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, quiet.. .. .. ....111-3
New Orleans. easy... .. .. ....11
Mobile. easy.. .. .. .. ......107-S
Savannah, easy .. .... ......... 11
Charleston, nominal.. .. .. .......11
Wilmington. steady ... . ...... 11
Norfolk. quiet.... .... .... .. 111-4
Baltimore. nominal.. .. .. ..111-2
New York. quiet.. .. .. ....11.45
Boston, quiet.. .. .. .......11.45
Philadelphia, steady.. .. .. ..11.70
1Hoaston, quiet.. .. .. .. . ......31
Augusta, quiet............111-S
1emphis, quiet and nominal..11 1-16
St. Louis. quiet.. .. .. ....113-16
Cincinnati.... .. .. .. ......
Louisville, firm.. .. .. .. ....115-S
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These prices represent the prices
paid to wagons:
Good- middling.. .. .. ......11 1-4
Strict middling.. .. .. ......111-4
MIiddling.. .... .. .........111-S
Good middling, tinged.. .... ..11-S
Stains...... .... .......9 to 10
State Dental Association.
The 36th annual convention of the
South Carolina State Dental associa
tion will be held at the Isle of Palms.
Charlcston. S. C.. commencing at 4 p.
in.. Tuesday. J-une 26. The program
will be: Tuesday. Calling association
to order and rou'ine business. Wed
nesday. Association work. reading pa
pers. etc. Thursday. Clinies. Friday,
Comidetgin association work. The
board meets on Friday. June 22. and
applicants for licenses are requested
to present themselve; to lhe board on
the 22nd inst.. prepared for exami
nation.
College For Women Closes.
Greenville. Specil-Wednesday .e
eniag in the Chicora colleze ndhor
inn the followina young ladies r
ived dinlomas from ther Gre~n-ilie
Collere for Women: MIisses Nina
Joseph ine At(chisoil. Mary Ell Broks
Sarah Brown Brooks Flossie El ia
beth Coffee. Nora v Jenkins. Ella
Mfaxwell MlKellar. Ella Townes. Cora
Lee Wri'h. Flora Mahala Wri.ht. A'
certificate was awarded to Miss Es
telle Park. With the exercises the
college closes one of the most suc
cessful sessions in its history.
Sterling Industrial College.
Greenville, Special.-The closing ex
ercises of Sterling Industrial College,
colored, took place last week. Twven
ty-five young colored men and women
received their diplomas, which under
the recent ruling of the State board
of education will entitle them to
teach in the public schools without
examination before the county boards.
The address to the graduating class
was delivered by the Rev. .J. B. Mid
dleton of Darlingto,. who was for
several years pastor of the Methodist
church here. Other addresses were
made by other nrominent colored men.
and the usual programme of class ex
ercises were carried out.
Farmer Commits Suicide.
Seneca, Special.-Mr. Henry Hess
committeed suicide by hanging him
self with a wire some time Thursday
night or early Friday morning.. He
was a prominent farmer of the Con
neross section. and lives four miles
north of Westmiinister.
Mad Stone Applied.
Bishopvillc. Special.-Mrs. Geo.
Jeffcoat was bitten by her pet dog
and it is reported that the dog had
hy'1raphobia. Dr. J. E. McClue ap
plied a mad stone and there were evi
dences that the dog was so affected.
Mrs. Jeffeoat does not seem to be
suffering from the bite and is not at
all nervous. The dog was immediate
ly shot by Mr. Jeffenat.
A Blind Man's Work.
Bamberg. Special.-Mr. L. A. Sinz
ley, an old man who has been blind
for many years. is living here in a
deserted barn and is gaining a name
locally as a broom manufacturer. He
has attained a marked degree of skill
in this line and now supplies the en
tire community with bis handiwork.
He may be seen each day going the
rounds of the town, led by his wife,
who alone shares his barn house soli
tude. He is a skillful organist and
a tuner of pianos. His work is gain
ing popularity not out of reason of
sympatby, but of merit.
Suit Against Mill.
Columbia. Special.--Snit for $20.
000 was filed against the Grauby mills
through Attorneys Tompkins and
Spigner. in behalf of Elizabeth Hall.
mother of H-owvell Hall. for his decath
last February. The complaint states5
that on Februa rv 26 young Hall fell
through an elevator shaft while lean
ing against the door. The distance
was about 40 feet and1 1Hall was in
stnatly killed.
Limestone Commencementt.
(;affney. Special.-Thie commence
ment exercises at Limestone college
for the session of 19t00 have exceeded
anythning that has gone" heretofore.
This inst itut ion is knowni far and
wide and thromys of visitors 1lce
to the city~ daily to) !:ike pa~ in
and enjoy the exercis.
A feature of the recisi and oub
lie meetings of the s.wities wae
preentito a maau:nifre' io-rirait
of Pr:,f. 11. P. (G;rillithl. fle -C:2'r pro
iTXI BOOK CHANG[S
Will Be Offered For the Five Yeas
Adoption-The Regulations Made
By the Board.
The agents of texz-book houses ire
in the State pressing the claims of
their respective publications. The
"'book fight,' as it is known. re
quires thz services of scholarly wit
ers rnd indefatigible workers. 'The
general public has no idea how in er
esting this campaign renly is I is,
said that one member of the State
board of Corgia received over $75
wortk of sample copies of text books.
To examine each and every one wc-ld
be an endless task and the S:ate
board perhaps makes selections as
much on the reputation of the writ
ers and publishing houses as for any
other reasons. It is said to be the pol
icy of the depar-tment of education
to make a- few changes as poss:ble,
but ,to get rid -of any trashy publica
tions which might have been adopted
in former years.
;The adoption of books is to cover a
period.of five year:,,as is th case in
other states'. May 22nd was t'un day
fixed for filing bids, and bid.- wi be
received from this fime until ihe 22
of June when the board will 'ne:t to
make adoptions.
Readers, histories, arithmetics and
geographies are the branches of study
on which the hardest fights are made.
It is said that there will be a hard ef
fort made to get the board to adopt
the history of the United States writ.
ten by Mr. Waddy Thompson, ef At
lanta, brother of Col. Henry T.
Thompson of Columbia. This is pub
lished by D. C. Heath & Co., of New
York. Another strong effort is being
made in behalf of the history o' the
United States written by the Rev.
Henry Alexander White. D. D.. of
the Columbia Seminary, -nd pu ,lish
ed by Silver. Burdett & Co 'The
board will 'ive careful eonsdera
tion Jo 'he-:e two propositionz but
many decide that thef bok now i.1 use
are' just as 2o);d. The bo.:rd m :a not
have time to e::ine thie reri:s or
errors of all text -books offerd. but
in the matter of selectini ories
reat' care will probabl. be observed.
In selectir, text books. the first
thin" to be e.nsidered is subject riat
ter. -then price and finally rK~itive
merit in mechanical excelleae with
the promise of durability. To those
whose schooll days knew nothing more
p)oftie than Webster's "blue back
se!er.'' the beautiful primers of. to
day would be a revela-': TlI e in
genmity of writers and of priniters has
beenl taxed to work out clor scmes
which would be in good state ar d vet
would teach children: the colors and
shades in a way which would make
the entira reading lesson entert::anmn
as well as instructive.
It is stated on zood authorit:' that
only one or two of tC~e bige publishing
houses dTo their own -rinting and that
some printing houses get out books for
two or more coimpeteing pub]lishing
hous'es. This is r statement which
sounds anomalous. but is made -n the
authority of an author and publisher
who has his printne done elsewhere.
Thle following r. gintions have been
adopted by the State board of ecduca
tion:
First: That the session of the~ State
board of educationi of South Carolina.
begining 5 p. r... June 22nd 1906,
shall be continuous until acdoption is
comlete, excep~t necessary rece sses.
Second: That no representa tive of
a publishing house shall appear before
the State board of education or any
member thereof during said ?;essiorl
unless requested by the full h )ardi to
do so.
Third: That no aninouncement shall
e made of the adoption or any part
thereof until the entire adoption is
complete and signed by the chairman
and secretarv.
Fourth: That the State board of ed
uation, at its meetinig Juno 22nd,
adopt 100 additional library books.
The condition of the above p~roclama
tion shall not apply to this adoption,
but the resolutions c'o apply.
The instrue: bm~s sent out hy the
State board siate:
"No bid s!:ail be consideredl unless
i be accompanied by an emi Ia vit of
the bidder to the etiect that theC per
son, company or corporat ion bidding
is in no way, dirctly or indhirectly, a
party to any compact, syndieate or
scheme whereby the beneti s of eorn
petitive bidding have been 0:- W:i-l be
denied to theC people of the St-ute of
South Carolina. or by whichi he. they
or it, either individuallv Or as a comn
share with another person. fi:.m. asso
ciation or corporation the profits to be
madc from the contract to b:e award
ei: and. provided further, that the
truth of such statemeint 1:; nereby
made a part of tihe conrraet se entier
ed into with him or them, it beine~
understood that the falsity of such
statement shall ipiro factb operate thle
avoidance of sudh contract: and, pro
vided further. that the.State hoard
of education shall have, and it here
by reserves, tile right to reject ony
or all bids, or any p~art of a bid. and
to accept any part of tire same. with
out being under obligation by such
partial acceptance to accept the
whole.
'Bids muist be secret, and state spe
ificlly ani dtinitel the uity of
the b&oki price t whi'b hooks will
be furni ,ed :no th e* ".n price
pid for b..-...d.....ced. und must
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
OficizZ Report ot South Carolina
Crops For Week Ending Monday,
May 28, 1906..
The week was generally cloud-y
with frequent showers and thunder
storms during the last three days ov
er praetically the entire State.
The mean femnierature was aboit
th-ce degrees per dy below normal,
in the central parts, and about nor
mal in the southern and sotLheastern
port.ans. owing to somewhat lower
maximum temperatures than usual
and to nearly normal night tempera
tures. The highest maximum tem
perature for the week was 87 degrees
at Rock Hill on the 21st, and the
lowest minimum temperature for the
week was 56 degrees at Greenville
fromthe 23rd to the 26th, inclusive,
and at Walterboro on the 23rd.
The precipitation averaged about
normal. although is was not well dis
tributerdI over the State, there having
been i deficiency in the central north
ern and northeastern counties, and
heavy rainfall in the southeastern
Sa' annah valley and horthwestern
cor.nties where it was in excess of the
normal. and where the weekly
amounts ranged from one inch to over
three inches.
Fresh brisk easterly winds pre
vailed over the State generally and
northeast gales occurred on the coast.
The anzunts of precipitation for
the 27th and morning of the 28th
are not generally shown in the "Ob
server's Reports" but are included
in the special rainfall reports.
Womai Shot by Unknown Person.
Mariou, Special.-Saturday night
about S o'clock a negro woman, nam
ed Caroline Thompson, aged about 40
years, was assassinated by an un
knowi. party at her home which she
owns In a negro quarter in the eastern
suburbs of the town. She was stand
ing by the window ironing. and was
shot with a shotgun loaded with small
shot, the load taking effeet in her
ieft arm and side. The wounds are
not considered fatal, as it is not
thought that any-of the internal or
gans were reached by the shot. At
the time of the shooting she was alone
in the house, her married daughter
who lives with her having gone to a
neighbor's.
In the Ciharter Mill.
The secretary of stte has granted
a commission to the Mailboro Lumber
Company of which Mr. W. C. Smith.
D. D. McColl, Jr., and Hugh L. Mc
Coll e corporators. The capital will
be $40.000.
The Taybr Ginninrg Company of
Greelvville also received a commis
sion. The capital will he $4.000 and
the petitioneds are S. J1. Taylor, T.
W. Boyle and F. Mishoe.
A commission was issued to the
Bank of Ninety-Six, capitalized at
$50,000. The corporators are: W.
B. Anderson, R. S. Nickles. Jas. C.
Self and others.
Negro Woman Surrenders to Face
Muirder Charge.
Charleston. Spec.ial.-The unusual
happened, when a negro woman. Liz
zie Simons, walked into the sheriff's
office and surrendered herself for trial
for murder. She hit a negro. William
Sumter, on the head with a glass bot
tie about a week ago and two days
later the negro died of lock-jaw. The
woman had 'escaped and gone to
James' Island, where she told her
parents of what she had done. Her
father persuaded her to return to
Charlottee with her uncle and deliver
herself to the shedff.
Crushed to Death by Mill Shafting.
Union, Special.-A horrible acci
dent is reported to have occurred at
Jonesville Manu facturing company
where a ten year old boy,
was caught in the shafting and so
dashed against the ceiling before the
engine could be stopped, that many
bones were broken. as a result of
which he died five hours later.
To Cotton Convention.
Governor Hervward hio samed as
the delegates to a can1on convention
to be held at Montene, Ark., June 20
and 21. the followingz Sonth ''arolin
inns: E. D. Smith, E. C. Ander~son.
Ninet v-Six: J. A. Peterkin, iFort
Motte: R. M. Pegues. Chieraw; E.
S Keith. Newiserrv: J. T. Moore.
elare; W. G. Ilinsonl. Charleston: J.
M. Woodly, Daiizell, and Iredell .Jones
Rock Rill.
Lynching in Mvissippi.
Columbus. Miss., Special.-George
Yourger, a negro. who shot and illed
William Rector. a wel!-known white
citi7 n last Smuday while the latter
as a membnier of a posse was endeav
Ioring to elfect the negro's arrest, was
taken fromn t he jaiil at this place
Thursday nimiht by a mnob and lyneh~ied.
There is no elne to the idenitityv of
aiiv of the Iviehers.
News Notes.
For-mer Chief Enzineer John F.
Wallace severely attacked Secret aryi
Taft for his statemnent azainst Wal
lace.
In an efor to cpt nn income tax
from Uniteil Smt~es enigineerinz etli
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I 0SUT HERN -:
7OPICS 0F INTEREST TO THE PLANTA
MalurinT Cotton.
At this season of the year many of
us are considering methods of fer
tilizin; our various field crops. and
cotton largely enters into .this dis
cussion and thought. While a great
deal of experimental work has been
done looking to mastering. some of
these fertilizing problems. it still re
mains a fact that we are very lagely
in the dark about fundamental prin
ciples of manuring.
As a rule our cotton lands require
phosphoric acid. nitrogen and potash.
Neither phosphoric acid nor potash
gives as good results when used alone
is when combined with each other.
Phosphoric acid alone largely sur
passes no manure; but it is doubtful
if potash alone is of any value. Ni
trogen when combined with phosphoric
acid and potash shows marked effects.
but small favorable results when used
alone. While it is true that nitrogen
in some soils shows good results. yet
phosphoric acid on the whole seems to
be the controlling ingredient in in
creasing the yield. So far as fertiliz
ing goes.-kainit and muriate seem to
be about equal. while cottonseed meal
and nitrate of soda are. in proportion
to content, popular forms of nitrogen
because of their value.
Now, how much manure shall we
add? That depends. Fertilizers pay
best on lands in good mechanical con
dition and well improved. Just as you
cannot fatten a very lean animal in
few weeks by large quantities of
feod, so you cannot in a very short
while force land into immediate fer
tility by any unusual quantity of chem
ical manures. For that reason, then,
we must keep within moderate ex
tremes if our land is not under a high
state of cultivation.
A second question is. "Does double
osings of fertilizers pay?" We have
eperiments both in favor of and
,=nst double dosings. While nitrate
of soda may be a ppiied in July. the
results oZ tests show -Lhat it may be
pied as effeCtively and certainly
core economically with the other fer
tilizrs than it can be in one or n:Gre
ton dressin.gs." In general. it may oc
sttfid that where quantities up to ~>00
pounds are used. it is wise to apply the
same in the d:-iil. incorporating the 1
sene with the soi! thoroughly before
piantig. When as much as 1000
ounds are us:'d per here, sideiisting i
of one--half th- quantity. or its appli
aon broacas. the remaining half
ppied in the dril. is more satisfac
tory. Of course. jet it be understood i
that the wi ter feels that this large
:uantity should be used only on soil
that has been well p:-epared and well
taken care of in previous years.-C.
N. Bukett, in Pr'ogressive Farmer.
riant Cn--Peas-.
We often talk of our natural advan-i
a;-s. and yet these very best "gifts of
the gods" are the very ones most ig-:
nored and least appreciated. We do
not fully appreciate health until its<
blessings are gone. Pure water and
air are taken as a matter of no conse
quence until the fearful results of their
being violated come upon us. Heaven
has indeed been generous to the South.
All men speak eloquently of our "-great
monopoly of cotton." and it is indeed
wondrous money-miaker'. Yet we
have hut recently seen our whole peo
pie groan under this very monopoly:
ud on account of receiving only half
y for its production, many of our
farmers driven either into bankruptcy
r to the cities. Then cotton. on ac
ount of the clean culture necessar'y to
its production. is an exhaustive crop, to
our soiL. In consequence. muany a
southern hill, that should be robed
in verdure, is now seamed with gullies
and mllions of galled spots are lef't
as a blot upon our landscape. to tell
the tale. That portion of our South
land that still respontis to culture, is
taxed more than a tithe to pay the
enormous fertilizer bills we are annual
ly.forced to make, that we may enjoy
growing our '-monopoly." This is all
our work-it was never Heaven's plan.
Nature, in her kindness, would have
foretold such results. had her children
been attentive to her teachings. She
gave us a twin monopoly, a nd intended
tnat thewondrous-easy growing. ni
trogen-gathering. soil-restoring--ami
nnal-feeding le:gume, the cowpea,
should receive sljually the attention
deoted to cotton. It was her plan
tht the cowvpta s.hould produce the'
eriiity necessary to the best produe
ton of her siste;'. cotton. For over 100
iars we ha'. e koown something of the
'-alhu of the co.Vlca, but we are too
tsy in our :n-tire pursuit of the
er--c staple to giv-e the cowpea the
on~sideration it deserved. and whicfh
would have resuited -an untold bless
n~ to our soil and ,ourselves. Like
he eidren of isr-ael. we have gone
stray after fal.'- gods: wve preferred
1 Ilin to the oily talks of the cotton
secuator and guano dealer. who were
i~vin heaivy tribute upon the labor
/ our lands: to the "still smnall veie'"
of naure, who wculd hatve wooed i'C
News Notes.
A number of Pennsylrania Rail
road oficials were witnesses before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
man admitted getting coal stocks as
gits one of them securing as much
as 07,00 worth.,
President Paul Mforton sent out
.ies of the proposed new charter,
which provides that 2S directors shall
be elected by the policy holders.
A new bond issue of $50,000,000 is
to be placed by the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company in Paris.
All the San Fraucisco banks op-I
ced for business, but there was no
run on any of them.
The General Assembly of the Pres
bvrian Church in the United States
in session at Des 3Moines. compro
nised the "Book of Forms' contro
vrsy and reecived practical assur
ARM : |10 TES.
iR, STyOCKMAN ANG yRUCK( GROW ER.
to the ways of wisdom and independ
ence. Farmers.. wake tip and go to
doing. The cowpea is the easiest crop
to grow that you can plant and one
of the very best. The pea is fine food.
for man and all your farm animals.
The vines make one of the very finest
hays for all your stock: and the vines
and the roots form one of the very
finest and the cheapest fertilizers you
can return to your soil. Our advice is
to grow peas: f4ed your stock with the
peas and vines and return the manure
to your soil. We figure it in this way,
one ton of peavine hay fed to cattle. is
worth, as food and manure, atFest
$15. A -armer should want all in any
product which he raises, that there is
in it for him, and hence should feed
his peavines. But if be does not care
to keep so many cattle, the peavines
and roots. after the peas are gathered
for reseeding. are worth 17.50 per ton
as manure 16 the land when plowed m
der. While it is better to have the
$15. it is worse than folly to lose the
$7.50. Any farmer can grow a ton of
peavines cheaper than he can buy a
200-pound sack of guano. We meet
men every day, who tell us how they
can tell to the very row, in their grow
ing crops, where their peas were plant
ed last Year. We know labor is scarce.
but this is all the greater reason for
planting peas, so as to increase the
ield of cotton and corn upon the land
ou do cultivate. So, whatever the
nature or extent of your farm opera
tions, plant peas. The peas themselves
are as saleable as cotton. Every good
ized farm should have a pea thresher;
nd twenty-five or fifty extra bushels
>f peas,. cver your demands for home
sowing. will bring' more than that
many dollars to buy some needed
bousehold goods or your family a new
mit around. If you are a stock farmer.
>lant peas-if you are a cotton farmer,
ant peae-if you are a fruit grower,
lant peas-if you are a trucker. plant
)eas-if. finally. you are in sympathy
vith the best interest of the South and
2ave any regard for the fertility of
rour soil. plant peas. This is a com
non groun. where we al! can and
hO~nuld meet. and as the cowrea can be
anted any time from the first of May
o the first of August, we call upon all
:o remember ro plant as many peas as
ossible-sow them After
mt them in yo cor1: plant them be
ween your trees; sow -h.em in your
ncon patches. and plant them upon
ery available space you can find to
t them upon. Then will our soil be
mproved, our stock better fed. our
'er.tilizer bills reduced and we will be
nuch better off in every respect.
outhern Cultivator.
Feedina xoune~ Chic'eien.
Let's begin with the chickens .inst
1atching. We will leave them in the
est until the last one out of the shell
s fully'twenty-four hours old, and they
ire all bright and active. Then we
hould take the lhen and imr brood to a
oop wvith doubi4 apartments. that is.
1 place snug and warm for her to
lover the chicks in, - and a box ex
:ension with but a small entrance to it
rom the coop -proper.
The first thing in the way of feeding .
rhould be to give the mother all the
rin she will eat, and water her. too.
hen scatter a little feed in the same
ipartmen$ for the chickens. so that she
may ielp in learning them to eat.
rheir first feedshould be of hard boiled
igg, cooked potato and corn, or oatmeal
mixed ub in a crumbly state.
Then, after the chicks -are a day or
two old. open the passway to the outer
oop. which should be well lighted
and feed the little chickens in there.
After the chickens are two or three
lays old, the' egg food may be dropped,
and a mixture of cornmeal, slightly
parched, boiled potato and pure white
bran, may be given them. And t
at the end of a week or less time
meal may be parched and fedo the
hickens with. mnillet seed, finely
racked whief. etc.. scattered in clover
hulls, or other fine litter in the outer
coop. They will take to it naturally
and will scatch like beavers for it.
In the meanwhile, after being from
the nest a few days. a runway should
be made for the hen and her brood,
so that: they may get out into the sun
light and air and exercise naturally.
If this system is followed, there will -
be but very little loss of the chickens
hatched.-H. B. Geer, in Southern Cul
tivator.
A Warning.
In tliis State. where there is so much
clearing going on at all times, the
following warning from the Rural New
Yorker is specially needed:
Do not carry an ax on. your shoulder.
when walking with others. We harve
seen men sIlon arid in trying to keep.
from falling strike a horrible blow
with the ax. Carry it under the a'rmi
-Florida Agriculturist.
A dispatch ?rom St,. John's states
that ::he scalers' harvest in the Aretic
tis year anmounis to 37,000J deabs.
Reflections of a Batchelor.
The angels certainly seem to be
able to preserve their monopoly of
the flying machine busmness.
It maay be foolish to write love k'
ters to nur own wife, but it is safer
than to somebody else,
A comfortable feelin'. oM -"
ing tn umbrella is maybe it was one
of your own that was stolen from
T.e hardest thing to do is to make
money when you have to have it.
At watchmaker has more hands
than a centipede has feet.
Di) so well toady- that you need
hav no fear of being done tomor
T ie best sermon isthe one that
goes over your head and hits the
oth r fellow.
When the experienced parlor maid
has spent her savings she can grab a