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H E SENTINEL=JOURN Entered April 23, 1903 at Piekene, S. 0., ae second clam matter, under aot of CougreH of Mareb 3, 1879. VOL. XXXVI PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, I1ARCH 9, 1907. NO 4 HOW MUCH FERTILIZER 'TO APPLY. The question, "How much fertilizer should be used per acre?" cannot be an swered definitely, but only in it general way. It is sometimes put in this form: "What is the most profitable amount that aaiay be applied per acre?" Neither can the question in the amended form be exactly and accurately answered. The soil, its character, condition, preparation, etc., may be well known, or controllable factors, but we know not what the sea sons may be, says lion. R. J. Itedding, Director Georgia Experiment Station. De partment of Agriculture, in the Virginia Carolina Fertilizer Almanac. We know that some crops will bear larger anounts of fertilizers with reason able assurance of proiltable returns than may be expected of other soils. A crop that occupies the soil from the fall season until spring, or early summer, will bear heavier fertilizing than will a crop that is planted in the spring and ripens for I harvest in midsummer. The first case is illustrated by oats, wheat, or other small grain, or grns.--. especially when sown in the fall of th.: :ear. Such a crop occu p!es the soil during the late full and win tef1 and 'etrly spring-during which pe riods the rains are usually abundant ripening for harvest in late spring, or very early summer, before the burning summer heat and possible drouths of June and July. Oats and wheat therefore are ideal crops for liberal fertilizing. Corn is rather an uncertain crop on the ordinary dry uplands of the South. It has but a short period in which to devel op its flowers-tassels and silks-cover ing but a few days. If very dry weather shall prevail when this critical period is approaching, and for some time after it is passed,' the crops may prove a greater or less failure. There can be no second effort, no second period of blooming. It is different in the case of cotton, which commences to bloom and make fruit in June (or even earlier) and con tinues throughout the summer until checked by a severe frost in November. It has a number of "chances." Cotton is therefore another ideal crop for liberal fertilizing. A small amount of fertilizers applied per acre will no doubt yield a larger percentage profit on its cost than will a larger amount. To illustrate: An application of $2 -worth of fertilizer per acre may cause an in creased yield of cotton (at 10 cents per pound) of the value of $6 to $8, or a nroflt of 200 to 300 per cent. on its cost. I have frequently had such results. But it does not follow that twice as heavy an appli cation will produce twice as large re sults, or that three times as much would cause three times as great an increase in the yield. In other words, the rate of increase in the yield of cotton will not be in proportion to the increase in the amount of fertilizers applied. Two dollars' worth of fertilizer per acre may yield an increase in the crop of $6; but 16 worth would not therefore bring an Increase of $18. But careful observation has shown that en 'application of $6 to $6 worth of fertil izers (properly balanced) Is a safe amount to apply p>er acre on cotton. Many farm ers in Georgia have secured satisfactory returns from an application of so much *s 800 pounds per acre, I think 600 pounds a perfectly sate nmiz 'n upland in fairly good condition, well prepared and properly cultivated in cot ton. For corn, I would limit the amount :o 200 to 300 pounds per acre on old up :ands. TURNED THE JOKE. The Way a Bridccroom Got the Laugh oil i-i '',ny" Ch2:m, Under the thin cisguiso of' harimless full 1111111y n tinpa rduM oilab ie r'ud l prank is playpd.upa newly married cuples. It is refreshing to hear of anl occasion al instance in whicl the "joke" reacts on the joker. A young in:ta and his bride, who had just been ma rried in a Western town, were starting oin their wedding journey. ''hey had nanaged to reach the train in safety despite the showers of rice and ol Ahoes. Just as they had taken their seats in the car one of the bridegroom's chums caie hastily in to bid him goodby. As the young husband extended i0.4 hni:.l the friend snapped ati idenif ronnl his wiqst. Tille groom had been si... pe.('tn lg a tr'c of' sonic kind, and b('fnre lhe pracltticaIl jokei' could ply a1 siiini trick oin the brlde lhe fol ud thle ot h:er hanideuir snapped)( r'oundi hIls own wi~riot. lie wias chalIined( to the happ)ly bide-l grooii hiimself. "T.hat's a goodl OneO Onl me, Harry," lie sidi, with a slekly kind of' :mile. "'hut I'll have to ask you to cmne to th door' with mec anid get the key to ths l.vt it. Ho01(d on. conlductoir, Just it in lnt the conlductolr, whose huickk eye had1( taken ini the sltia tilon, refused('I to 1 vati. Hie gav'e the order foi' star'ting. sind thO train puilled Out. It was1i a 1trough, tr'aini and1 madl(e no0 stop i'or the next fiff'y miles. Be('fore it stohpped,. howeveir, the bi'aihenian. with thle nld( (if ai siharli' e andi 11 ilii hamme',s li(s'eed cd in lelensig H1ai'iy. Th'le pracical jokeri mleann:lie had1( hadi to :- l'ull fare for the (Ifty miles aiid still had hisi faro hotne to pay13. FRENCH SENTIMENT. The Way It Classifies the Greaatest Men of the Nation. The Petit Paislen ini 1900(~ "nw' u'ted at very interesting p)leb)is(:It. (: . obj'ct of wh'iich wns to ascertainii wiho.. In the opinion01 of its readers, w.ere' te ten gr'eatest F'renehnen of' th Iuln imzteenthi 4'enturly. More thn 1 5.000.000( votes were'L giveni, and the iresult wa:s I lat Paslflteurl came Out att the to1) of thie poll with 1.338,4i25 votes. Thei inext wereO 'VJ tor Hulgo, who received 1.227.113 e 1us:Onmett 1.55.72.N:lpleonm -:not 050,772, Curie F'5l1.7 A. Dunmiis pere 830,002, Dir. Itoiux l;13.94i1 and1( Parmnutiel' 498,813. Imlmedilately fol rm'v tihe eXfloi'er: Zola, La iurtIine b'1 d l(Ar go: be11) observed with Iifl'rest how the- proportln of~ scientI Ie ~ ~ )her of thos~e who, in 10~ ~t'0q .ds oft) country. Napoleon Is only fourth. though Pasteur heads the list, and Curie, Roux and Parmentier, the chem ist who introduced the cultut'e of the potato into France, are also honored, while 'Ampere and Brazza are not far behind. Literary men and statesmen dispute with the scientists for the highest distinctions, and the national sentiment of France is evidently ec lectic. Animals That Are Trained. The animal trainer paused in his midnight supper. "It is strange," he said, "how train. ing increases an animal's value. I can buy at young lion for $100, train it and sell it for $5110 afterward. Take the group I performed with tonIght" three lions, .three tli ers, twvo leopards. four hears tind four boarhounds. They are all young adults In the pink of con. dition, but untrained they wouldn't be worth inore than $1,500 or $2.000 at the outside. Yet the' boss was offered 80.060 for thmu last week. The train Ing setA the price, and no wonder. It lo k four years to train this group of nine, and. though there are only six teenl animals in it now, no less than teventy had to he tried and discarded before we got together the sixteen we wanted." Short Stay Neighborhoods. A man who contemplated going into busiuess for himself looked around for a good location. He rejected the ad vice of two friends who had suggested neighborhoods which they thought de airlable. "I don't like either of the places," he said. "Business can't be good around there. 1 have passed through those streets manlly times, and always I have been struck with the frequency with which the names on the shops are changed. That doesn't look promising. Wherever a man finds trade profitable he tays; contrariwise, lie moves. None of the short stay neighborhoods for imle."-New York Post. Causes of Headache. People get headache because they do not take sufflcient active exercise to Iceep the blood circulating actively, be come excited and often about things that do not concern them at all, neg lect daily action of bowels, bathe in euki water without wetting the head, sleep on a low pitlow, take too much alcohol. allow the feet to get cold, take iron and tluinine when these drugs do not agree with the system.-Pittsburg Press. HIDDEN TREASURE. New Zealanders Dig For Kauri Gum In the Ground. Many New Zealanders find it profit able to dig for hidden treasure. That for which they dig, however, is not gold or Captain Kidd's ill gotten wealth, though it has a dull yellow color. It is knuri gum, a resinous sub stance which is the product of the kanuri pine tree. The gum can be se cured from the trunks of trees while they are alive, for It protrudes In lumps. but it is especially profitable to dig for it in the soil about the 9tumps remaining after the trees have beenl cut down. Sometimes chunks weighing as munch as 100 pounds are taken uip fronm the ground. DI)gging for- kaurl gum is profitable, ror tihe gumti 1 ist'sd in the mianufacture of' varnish, amnd apiparently it is one of those products of nture whose place can inot he filled by anything else which haus yect bteen discover'ed. It has been found that it can b)e used in certain enmatniel Paints, andi tis~ has had the eff'et of br-inging the dlemnd up to a ipoluit above the supply.3' Thie kaur'l l)ne is a mnagnificent tree. It rises ais str'aight as a needle to a height of fr-om 150 to 200 feet and attains att times a diameter of fifteen feret. It is noted for its dar-k, dense foliage and ia much used for masts for vessels constructed for the BrItish nAvy. The Word "Idiot." "Idiot" ist a wor-d with a curious his tory, in Gre-ek "idiotes"' began by meanig a pivate individual, as ap ltosed to the state or to a state oflieial; then it meant a nonexpmert or layman an d finially an ignorant mani or an awkcwardl fellow. It was left for Enig lisht to car-ry the meaning further to muental deficiency. In "Pier-s Plow.. hl'an ani "idiot" is all ignorant per SOn, and1( as late as 161)8 it could mean a person who knew only oneo language. Wy3clf attl Jeremny Taylot' used it ini the sentse of' "layman," and thle latter also in that of "private person." An'd a1 prtofession)al "fool" or jester was at one tue ant "idIot" too. Killed at a Party. day night ac Lanigdale, Ala.-, wvhile Itadiing a p)arty at thte hotme .of Will Fuiller-, two young men became on gaged In a diffilculty whIch cost' Ben 11laninah his life.- The young man who, It is alge'd, killed him, Touley 13reed love, now langutishes in the jaIl, at LaiFayette, Ala., charged with miurd(erinlg lis friend and companion. Grover Jennuianus was also wounded by at htray bullet dumrii g the ahooting, but the wodiPd will not prove4 fatal, L1 guor was.the C8anrh)*t4 tt a agEtr THE DETECTIVE STORY Origin and Growth of the Clever Amateur Sleuth. VOLTAIRE WAS HIS CREATOR, rho Great French Writer introduced Him to the World of Fiction--The Genius of Poe and, Gaboripu gnd Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmos. Most persons who read deteetive ttork 4. and most literary critlcq, to, leliev.' that this very popular for of letion was invented by Edgar jlnn Poe. 'TIhey point to his story 99 'The I'urloined Letter" as being the jt of its kind-the ilrst In which is Vtro luced the man of keen) mtind, pf plise c,esoing and of constructive singl sttiton, who is able to piece tjilher 'erta{iit facts that site known a4 hjen iy brilliant deduction to 'pu,.: li'p them to other fucts which OC pot iaown, but the truth of which ' Is tile to establish beyond a doupt, Poe himself' had at mind prealtqy of this character-the mind of it 'Ij ie. naticlian. subtle, logical and aglIhle >f searching analysis. lie oncq g ye a remarkable illustration of iylIg ho .ould do as at investigator of IlyRtu rious crime. A young shopgirl 1 9yoo Niary Rogers was found tur( tled uider circumstances which ogged rewt public interest in New TpyC. T'he police were completely bu lpd, though they advuaced a theory w g%p w%as plasible in part. Poe, taking the 1'nets that were admitted. Wove tlpmP lto a story, the scene of which he 1id in ('aris and which he called topg Mystery of Marie Itoget." Then tppl what was knowni he passed by tleipc live reasoning to what was ilty gu knownt and worked out a solntigi} tc t he puzzle which no IrfessIn11 i - teetive had been able to or,11gu Years afterward the confessigni q n dyltI man aiforded proof tllt 1oe was right and that he had rclti'uct ed accurately the whole sgrlp o events which led to the death 9f upr. Riogers. This remarkable achievement of qd h the public mind the notion that $l) us of logic blended with 1maginatlq) wval original 'h'ith Poe. As a mtthtter of =itct it is almost certain that Poe, who Wat deeply versed in French literaturR, go the suggestion of the method frolu reading certain passages In tibp ori ental tale called "Zadig," by Voltilre In this book a young man as quositIeet as to whether he. had seen a stray dog and horse that might have paspod hinm oan his journey. In reply ho desppibes very accurately the pecullarltlps of both, though he had not seeq thom, [le had deduced his knowledge from )bserving certain Indications along the way-the nature of the fogtrints and many other signs which tl4 ordi aary person would either not hy no 'iced or would have been too duil to understand. Here is really tho germ )f the conception which Poe pq bill lantly elaborated in the story of "The Purloined Letter," where we find ex. Abited the striking cont'ast between he working of a usual mind and the tehshevemnents of a mind of exceptIonal ')ower and training. Poe's central figure, the amaatetir de tective, was afterward caught up and nlaborated with great effect by several b'reiich writers, of whomi the chief wva inile Gaboriau. GJaboriou gave thet world the chaaracter' of M. Lecoq1 In thie remarkable novel of that neame. Lecoq is a professIonal detective, but &p pears ini that book as a novice, lnexpe rienced, but full of' inteliigenace and en thiasma and1 obliged to work out his dews agalujst the. secret opp)ositioni of hils oflielal chalef. Gevrot, who ia Jeal otus of. the younmg detective. ln the bneckgr'ound is the laster'estlig figure of the real amiateur deCtective, old Fa ther Tre-aat-Ciir ("llirbg-to-lighst"). ii r'etir'ed tradesanani who atudies erlint froma slieer love or tihe intellectual p)u. zIe which it aff'ords him aa and which h< solves bmy purely seentitie dedusctioan. Sira Coan DI oyhe ini erentI ig iSherhud Iloiumes opeig nyaeknoarwledge,t itl grenai ludetednaess to Poe. like l'o'sm hero lIolmies workas apart from then otllb pJolic sind its (onsulItedi by themi whiet they arie wholly at a losas. .Izansy 4)1 the inacidenits ini tie HIolmesf eyel( 0; stories were dtge.sted tby thae inven' tions of P'oe. Yet it Is onily fsair to sasy thait Doyle0 has gone one stepa furathes thans his master. Poe's ebairnteters sars nbustructiotns. Thdisy ar like cheawumea on the board and excite iatereost onal3 because of time complexity of the phrob lems whic'h . they aire made1s to solve D)oyle's chauracrw, on the oither sanmd ire drawn wvitlh isympathy nad i :Ihrewd inighmt into human anature They enitertman us by their wvhims ai indsivldusal tratta no less thasu by thes mdvenmtmre4 through which they pas Thttas Illmes' addletions to the (!cg1iii habit. his. trick of tamol:lang great qluatn titles of shaug tobneco whena thiniging suit a problem,tis.lb di e of womens his. Akill ais a boxcer--in acst, a tsegre 0: trits all give ha4ma individutality amt aaui uss think of' lim ax. nm tf)ultlin a'harntter* tiite atirt froms hia pqweri sas a dednective aeamsonaer. ~'And l[ is as' wvitha the ibaor hersonsasgs .ms well WVatseon. ta Mmrl)wta 'obtnen *c.mu CAUGHT B REL .a Grippe Is Epidemic Catarrh. TUHE disease now known as 'grip' used to be called 'influenza.' It very closely resembles a cold, but is more tenacious in its hold upon the system and produces more profound dis turbances. Grip is in soality epidemic catarrh. When it once begins it spreads over the country very rapidly. People do not catch the grip from each otlhr, but each one catches it from the I atmosphere. "Most Effective Medicine Ever Tried for La Grippe." Robt. L. Madison, A. M., Principal of Cullowhee High School, Painter, N. '., is chairman of the Jackson County Board of Education. le is a writer of occasional verse and has contri)uted to a number of leading papers and magazines,-religious, edu- i cational and secular. In speaking of Peruna, Mr. Madison says: "I am hardly ever without Peruna in my home. It is the most effective medi cine that I have ever tried for la grippe. I "It also cured my wife of nasal en tarrh. Hler condition at one time was S such thatsho could not at night breathe through her nostrils. "In consequence, an inflamed condi tion of the throat was brought about, getting worse and worse and yielding I to no remedy until Peruna was tried." Healthy Mucous Membranes. Those who are fortunate enough to have perfectly healthy mucous nem branes ordinarily do not catch the grip. The mucous membranes lining the nose, throat and lungs, when in a normal state, are an effectual barrier against the invasion of grip. But, if there happens to be the slight est catarrhal derangement of the mucous membranes, then the victim be comes an easier prey to the grip. This in part explains why some peo- I plo get the grip, while others do not. The rational thing to do is to keep the , systeml free from catarrh. lin attemptli ing to do this most people have found 1 Peruna to be invaluable. Systemic Catarrh, the Result of La Grippe. Pe-ru-na Receives Credit for Present .Good licaith. f Mrs. Jennie W. Uilnore, Box 11, e White Oak, Ind. Ter., formerly Ilouse- s keeper for Indiana Reform School for S Boys, writes: "Six years ago I had in grippe, which was followed by systemic catarrh. i F "The only thing 1 used was Poruna a and Manalin, and .I have been in hetter health the last three years than for t years before. V "I give Peru.ua all the credit for my g good health." Icier of the adventures: Le'triade and Gregson of the ofileial police and Mioriarty, the arch criminal. But, however brilliant Poe may have been, or ho'Oever ingeniously (Taboriaui may have spun tangled plots, or how ever ably Conan Doyle may have given life and1( reality to thle central figure o'f Ils stories, thley all dler'ive their hn spiationl, wheOthler conselous;ly or nout, from the e'let er taile tol by' lthe (1 mnous Frene(hmana before Poe saw u the lighlt.*-Scralp Book. Wrightsvliie is Fire-Swept. Wrightsville, GIa., Feb. 25.-Pare was discovered Sundad:y nilghat in athe store of WV. M . Stewarat. This storr is connected with thle Emaire tore which is located in the *1irst Na - tioanal bank buaildinhg L1( and wi1co sunmed thIree b)uhiings boeo the fire' fighters g~ot it unader contro1l. The Return. "I1 belIeve,'" sad1( thle a'h eeryv philo ... phea', "that tear ev~ery sinagle thlaiag youa gIve awvay two come1 back to you.'" '"Thiat's my expeaienace."' said l'hum-ll E hey. "Last Junec I guave away myl~ daughter, aind she and haer iahsandl~ ( camne back to us in August." Shingling a House. ' And I looked andl behldl( sevenl car. pentero shingling a house. Theuy were hauling up bunudles of shlingic. thataat had been lyliag in the rainl for two[ days and nailing them oan one b.y onae. In a few days the shlingling will lhe done. Then the p)ainiter' will ~omeW along with his ladders andC brusllhes and stains, aand 4300 will be spenlt by the owner of the cottage to haave It thoroughly dabbed. And in a little while the sun will shine1, and( a'll the shingles will buckle, somel up,. somec down, until the .cott4age wvill a'esemble a frizzled chicken. Aand thei'e wvill be leaks and Curasings and lamuenltaatIons. Now, brethrecn, why not be seansible in ese small maitters? Painter's tare not I P youri shlingles (dry; buy a trv b roes of stain; soak the sh aa [ o t al'.l i aeo the kiad s. They Wtil nover buel(lyt 'Naw YorkA )Press'a : Y THE GRI EASED BY Mrs jk,\ Choe ~ RS ANZC Recognizes The Gri ass l "1 hould be used. '1'h d sJuv c la nTdd he bottcl==r uic . e R.eHat.mnecomnteueo ena i asofudseevrhurl uring tl dme acuf st g,atr wih he of niections on the bonttl ae shuldihoifoi-P owed. EIxperienlce has shown that the peoplo vho use Peruna as ia remedy for grip, to enorally recover sooner and aro less lable to tho dist.ressing and long-conl- Iv inued after-offects of the grip. Z'C When P'eruna has not been used dur- qu nig the course of tho grip and t he patienlt ca Inds himself suffering from tho after- at iTects of th is disease, a course of Peruna p 9y houlld be resorted to.I uffered Twelve Years From After- ol, Effects of La Grippe. lat Mr. Victor Pat.neaude, 128 Madison ve t.,'l'opeka, KCan., member of Knights ] nd Ladies of Security, writes: ((S "'Twelve years ago 1 h ad at sovero at- I r tek of la grippo and I never really re- ha, c)Vered miy health andi strength-----but, hu row weaker rv(ery year, until I was I v niable to work. tin /T'S MDiso unt~~- . A he valedica re ofein o PitroScloss rs C.Ee Th Uric wota heoiinsp pideic 'origi goopds sent out oi ap pro Woil eo H-d ave B15i 2201a flI(lid Cth ottmcsiiie ar c PE-RU-NA. I Two years ago 1 began using Perunia d It built up miy strength so thatin a upio of months I was able to go to )rk again. "Tlhis winter I had another attack of grippe, but. Poruna soon drove it out my system. My wife and I consider trun a household remedy." Pneumonia followed La Grippe. Mr. '' Barnecott, Vest Aylmer, On rio, Can., writes: 'Last winter I was ill with pneu onia after having la grippe. I took runa for two months, when 1 became to well, and I can say that any one n'e cured by it in a reasonable time little eaxpense." a-ru-na-A Tonic After La Grippe. \1 rs.eChas.',. Wells, Sr., DeiawL,*o. ilo, writes: )-After a severe attack of grippe, I took P1oruna and found it a ry good tonic." drs. Jano Gift, Athen , Ohio, writes: ix years ago I haIt La iippo very bad. cad a testimonial of a woman who A been cured of grip by lu -una. My sband bought inc a bottle of - VILs soon able to (o m11y work. ned using it, until I was cured." A UfCE O Clothing. 1 .- e C e.t.(. 3 Disconti to viusit our store during this tage of. thle OTHiltG, OV1ERCO/.TS ABD S1UIT S. jinSh~an are n'fot shop-worn, otdof. >f Anerica's foremost rianu y article we have mn thij sale ce, and the one.-thirdl pff is ngs the p)rice below mgeufne >day. - [ices. erations mu i b val dui ng Sale. GetThem* South Main stet'