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SOME VALUABLE EXP
HOW TO SELECT, PLANT, PRC
THAT WILL GIVE THI
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Following is a pari ui mc S1
was made by Prof. L. A. Niven of ol
Winthrop college, at the recent meeting
of the York County Boys' Corn a
club: pi
Our fruit trees are so highly domesticated
that they will not reproduce ^
themselves true to name. You can or
plant an apple or peach seed and get
a tree all right, but 99 times out of su
100 it will be of very inferior quality.
This Is the reason why it is necessary fr
to resort to grafting and budding. Gf
Seedlings are not worth the room they or
take up. and don't let them cheat you p?
out of enough ground to grow. Get jjj
fruit trees from a reliable nursery- 0,
man. Don't order through a fruit jf
tree agent who comes around in the n(
spring with highly colored plates. Order
directly from a nurseryman whom jt
you know to be reliable.
Before ordering the trees select and ar
prepare the ground for the trees. If Sf
you want good fruit, you must plant
in good soil. If possible select ground p,
that will produce a bale of cotton per ls
acre. Don't let any one persuade you
that such land is too valuable for f0
> fruit trees. Just remember that the ea
return in fruit will be in direct pro- j1|
portion to the kind of soil in which ist
the trees are planted, and the care injgr
nnrj oare jfiven the I if
Do not try to put too many iree? (j(
on the ground. Give them plenty of m
room. They must have it in order to
give good fruit. Set apples thirty feet ra
apart, peaches sixteen to twenty feet v<
apart, pears twenty to twenty-five feet fe
apart, etc. fn
Set the trees in rows. Do not plant ar
them out promiscuously. It gives L
them a ragged appearance. Lay off
the rows and put a stake where each tj|
tree is to be set. cr
If you are not quite ready to set
out the trees when they arrive, heel ar
them in. Heeling-in consists of dig- w
ging a good deep hole and planting sc
all the trees in one bunch. Pack soil jr
around the roots tightly and let them a)
remain until you are ready to plant cj
them. Never allow the roots of a 0j
fruit tree to be exposed to the sun e{
and air for any length of time before a,
planting. If you do, you are very
greatly lessening the chances of that
tree for living after it is planted. ca
When ready to plant dig a hole
Wide and deep enough to allow the
fr roots to spread out in their natural Sj
* position. Never crowd them. Cut off a
any dead or bruised portions of roots
before planting. Put good top soil ^
around the roots and pack firmly. ir
A fruit tree should not be a long P'
bodied tree, but should begin to .
branch near the ground. This may tl:
be brought about by what is known m
. , Thr. f'
as me neaoing oat-iv <>i mc uj
heading back consists of cutting off
the top of the young tree immediate- s<
ly after setting out. If it is an apple T
tree it should be headed back to J"
within two or two and one-half feet ai
of the ground. The peach should be hi
headed back to within tifteen to "
twenty-four (15 to 24) inches. This Itl
heading back will cause a great many tc
shoots to come out around the stem.
All except four or live of the healthiest '
looking of these should be cut out. o
throwing all the food to these. If f<
it is a peach, half of each one of these J1'
' shoots should be cut back during the tj
winter. The cutting back of these tl
shoots will bring forth shoots from T
^ these shoots the next spring. Cut out
all but two or three of the health!- a
est of these. This system of prun- p
inK will give a tree with an open center,
which is what you want. About
half of the previous year's growth C(
should be cut back from peach trees
while young. About one-third is the jj
proper amount after they begin to SJ
get somewhat old. The apple branches
should be cut back about one-third s<
or one-fourth when the tree is young. "
but very little, if any. after they be- jt
gin bearing. tl
When you plant a young fruit tree u
g
draw in your mind a perfectly shaped t|
tree and cut in such a way that this S
picture will become a living reality.
Remember that any fruit tree should *
be so shaped that the sunshine may o
touch all portions of it at one time
during the day. This is necessary to J.'
give good color and taste to the fruit. u
[tut you are not through pruning o
a fruit tree as soon as you get it
properly shaped. A fruit tree should
be pruned every year, but do not send
I some ignorant person to do the work, r
w Any person who cuts a limb from a b
fruit tree without knowing why he A
does it should not be allowed to cut p
another one. In other words, know f(
what you are doing before doing it.
Very few definite rules for pruning o
can be given. However, a few gen- h
era! rules can be given. The first o
and foremost of these rules is com- n
mon sense. If two branches of any ti
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E BEST AND MOST
RESULTS.
ze are touching, cut one of them
it. Cut out all dead limbs and keep
ie growth properly thinned. It is
common sight to see peach and ape
trees with the branches so thick
iat a stone couldn't be thrown
piailllllh. |J> UIOMQ, _
trees. If you are married to cotton ty,
and don't intend to give anything ex- fr
cept cotton good soil and good treat- pi
ment you had better let everything
else alone. An orchard of apples or fo
peaches in York county properly n(
planted and cared for will bring in
far better returns than cotton. I do q]
not mean to say that any farmer to
should plant his whole farm in fruit. ni
but he should at least grow enough y,
for his own use.
Select an elevated place for the
fruit trees, as they will not ao wen m )a
low, wet soils. To produce the best
fruit, the orchard must be well drained,
and tile drainage is the kind that ^
should be used. Some of the elevated at
places need drainage as badly as low
places. ,n
Select a northern exposure for the
orchard, as fruit trees on a southern ei
exposure are much more liable to
damage from early spring frosts than g(1
those on the northern exposure. A su
few days warm weather in early spring
will bring out the buds and blossoms th
on the southern exposure, and a frost
f comes along and nips them. Fruit
trees on a southern exposure will
sometimes bloom two weeks before sa
those on the northern exposure. aj.
Before planting the trees, get the to
ground in good condition. Break tjl
deeply, and. if the soil is a clay soil,
subsoil it. cc
irough. Good fruit cannot be grown I
i such trees.
When a limb is cut from a tree be I
ire that it is cut off smoothly with I
ie trunk of the tree or the branch I
om which it came. If the diameter I
the branch cut off is greater than I
le-half inch, the wound should be I
linted with white lead or some other
nd of paint. This will help keep I
jt the fungous which causes decay. I
you leave a stub, tho wound does!
>t heal, and sooner or later the stub I
igins to rot. It does not stop when I
reaches the trunk of the tree, but I
?eps on into the heart of the treel
id on down towards the roots. A I
ub left has been the beginning of I
ie end of thousands of trees. The I
oper time for pruning a fruit tree I
during the winter jvhile the tree Is I
irmant. The ideal time is just be- I
re the buds begin to swell in the!
irly spring. But for the sake ofl
jmanlty prune the tree properly and
op butchering it. They generally I
ow and produce fruit in spite of us. I
you will only treat them properly!
ley will respond with such crops ofl
uit that you will be greatly sur-l
ised.
And right here let me make a pleal
r more and better fruit. There is I
> sense in a York county farmer's!
>lng to town and buying apples fori
iiristmas when he can grow far bet-1
r ones than the average on the!
arket at this place. I have heard!
pw York apple growers say that theyl;
lipped all of their No. 1 fruit to I
ew York. Philadelphia and other!
rge cities. And where did they ship!
eir No. 2's and culls? Down south.!
ow let's stop eating No. 2's and culls,
cause we can grow the No. l's right
our doors. If we grow and eat I
ore fruit, and eat less fatback grown I1
the west, there will be fewer doctor!
lis to pay. And it is claimed that!
iting apples will kill the thirst fori
hisky. Truly the apple must be I
>mething wonderful to accomplish I
ich results. I
Don't plant out an orchard and I
ten expect to grow a crop of cotton I
'tween the trees. You cannot growl
e most and best fruit in this way. I
iltivate the orchard for the orchard's!
ke. Always cultivate very shallow, I
id cease cultivating from July 15th I
August 1st. Cultivate three or four
mes during spring and summer. If I
ie ground is poor, grow a crop of
iw peas and turn them under. Don't I
) this every year as you will get tool
ueh nitrogen in the soil if you do. I
his will throw the trees into tool
pid growth and the result will bel
>ry little fruit. If any commercial I
rtilizers are added, let it be in the!
rm of phosphoric acid and potash I
id only a small amount of nitrogen.!
ight dressings of stable manure are
?od. Remember that you must fer-1
lize fruit trees just as you do other
<" *rr?u cvnpcl irnnd results.
Pruing. cultivating, fertilizing, etc.,
e all important, but the man who
ishes to grow good fruit must do
mething else. I refer to spraying.
l olden times spraying was unknown
ml unnecessary. All of that has
tanged. Hundreds of different kinds
harmful insects and fungous disises
have come into the country and
re attacking our fruit trees. We must
?ht them if we expect to grow good
uit. The time has come when fruit
innot be grown profitably without
?hting these insects and fungous disuses.
The most practicable method
' fighting them is by spraying. By
>raying we mean the application of
poison to the insect or tree in the
irm of a liquid thrown as a fine mist
r spray. The poison is generally
ixed with water and thrown on the
isect or tree by means ol' a spray
Limp.
Before spraying it is necessary to
now what you are spraying for. as
le substance that will kill one insect
ay have no effect on another. Be?re
intelligent spraying can be done
is necessary to know something of
K* life history of insects. All in?cts
are divided into two classes,
his division is based upon the
lethod by which the insect takes in
s food. One bites off its food, chews
id swallows it. This is known as the
ting insect. The other class sticks
le bill into the fruit, leaf or stem
id sucks the juice therefrom. The
iethod of killing the biting insect is
> put some form of poison all over
ic tree. When this is taken into the
igestive system, the insects die of
nurse. Arsenate of lead and Paris
reen are the most commonly used
>r this purpose. The potato bug and
l?ple worm are examples of this biting
isect. The sucking insects are enrely
unharmed by these poisons, as
ley get their food from the inside,
hey must be killed by applying
niething to them that will kill them
y coming in contact with them. They
re killed by having their breathing
ores, which are in the skin, stopped
p. They are literally suffocated,
ierosene emulsion and the lime sulhur
wash are the solutions most
ommonly used for this purpose.
Having this brief history in mind
is easy to study the insect and de*rmine
to which class it belongs and
ray intelligently.
Any spray material used to kill hints
is called an insecticide, and those
sed to kill fungous diseases fungiides.
In spraying for these insects
is well to make up the fungicide and
len mix the poison with it. This
ill give a combined insecticide?fun' -'1
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II Kit*. (IIMi 'Hit* :>|>Jcl>lllfe ? ill "Will
te insects and fungous disease,
ome of the common harmful insects
nd fungous diseases and remedies
>r the same makes up the rema. .der
f this talk, and will he Riven in anther
article in the near future.
If any one in York county wishes
ask any questions alonp this line,
award them to the editor and they
ill be answered through the columns
f the paper.
Elephant Who Saved 1.000 Lives.
As there were many wild bazaar
umors afloat about the disaster at the
athing festivities at Sorong in the
.gra Division. I have interviewed the
roper authorities, and obtained the
allowing particulars.
Thousands of pilgrims had camped
n a strip of land which had never
of ore been flooded within memory
f the oldest residents. On Sunday
ight there was a sudden rise in the
de of the Ganges, and the pilgrims
were stranded on the spot where they
were encamped, which has now become
an island surrounded by deep
water. The pilgrims who had the :
presence of mind to link arms and (
stand up, though immersed chest deep
in water, were saved but those who
ran panic-stricken to regain terra
firma fell into the deepest stream and
were lost.
Rescue parties, headed by the
deputy collector of the locality and
the police, arrived on the scene as j
soon as possible, and with the aid of
boats and an elephant rescued the ,
stranded pilgrims.
An account given of the work done <
by an elephant named Jung Bahadur (
is most interesting. Jung Bahadur
belongs to a rais named Koer Jaswant
Singh, who was on a visit to the fair. 1
and his presence was providential.
With ropes attached to his trappings, (
the elephant repeatedly swam out to .
the distressed pilgrims, who would
cling on to the ropes and be landed in 1
safe places. It is estimated that this i
noble animal saved at least one thou- j
sfinrl II vps.
The number drowned is put down
at about two hundred, or even less,
but as the pilgrims had thronged
from all parts of India it is impossible
to say how many were really drowned.
The collector of Etah and his officers
did all they possibly could to
help the pilgrims in their misfortune.?Allahabad
Pioneer.
SUPERSTITIOUS SAILORS.
Children Bring Good Luck, But Women,
Cats and Pigs Are Hoodoos.
"Sailors are the most superstitious
people in the world," said an old salt
who was discoursing from his seat
upon a rusty anchor to those of the
wharf habitues who happened to be
about.
"Anything they can't understand,"
went on the speaker, after having
lit his pipe in the face of a stiff
breeze, "they explain by magic, or
something supernatural. Now, at sea
there are many things that no man
can understand, and the life, too,
makes men superstitious. Let a young
fellow who would pooh-pooh the idea
of putting off anything until Saturday
or next week because Friday is an
unlucky day ship before the mast and
inside of six months he'll be like all
the rest of the old salts, full of signs
and superstition about this and
that. It must be the influence of the
sea: it changes a man, I don't know
just how, but it makes him ready to
believe in almost anything.
"I think that one of the beliefs most
common among seamen of all classes," n
went on the speaker, "is the idea that
a cat on board ship will cause her to
meet with gales. The old saying is p
that "a cat carries a gale in her tail," t
and the average sailor believes that t
when a cat frisks about the deck she |
is raising a storm. The belief that one f
can whistle up a wind is also pretty u
generally found among seamen, al- j.
though those of the younger sort do 1
not believe these things so firmly as ^
do most of the older tars. In my v
younger days I remember boys having
their ears boxed by the captain or the t
mate who caught them whistling t
about their duties, and these men f
fhrnicht that if the voungsters whis- t
tied long enough and loud enough, J
rough weather would result. c
"It Is curious how sailors dislike ^
a cat and how the name is associated r
with so many things that are unpleas- t
ant to a sailor. The cat-o-nine-tails
is well known enough, and no sailor _
has any love for the gear used in e
raising the anchor such as the cathead,
the cat-fall, the cat-hook, and g
the cat-back. The pig seems to be ^
only second to the cat in the bad reputation
it has on board ship, and there
are some other things which are unlucky
to have on the water. All
luck is supposed to desert a vessel {,
that carries a dead body. j
"Among sailors I know of but one ^
thing that is considered to bring good
fortune to the vessel, and that is a '
child. The presence of a child during
a voyage is always thought to be j.
a good omen; and it is believed that ,
no ship which has a child on board
will sink. On the other hand, women
are thought unlucky. I cannot tell ,
the reason for this unless it is that a
ship is the least comfortable place
for a woman in the world and the least _
suitable. Certain classes of people r
fall under the sailor's taboo. Minis- (
ters are sure to bring misfortune to
any ship that carries one out of sight f
of land, although the presence of a g
priest is not considered to be unlucky r
by Catholic sailors. But of all people j
whom the sailors detest the lawyer j
Is looked at with the greatest dislike.
The name 'sea-lawyer' is the worst g
term that one sailor can use toward ,
another, and is bitterly resented. .
Lawyers are particularly unlucky to t
have on board. r
"These are some of the unlucky j
things which sailors believe," went ,
on the man of the sea, relighting his v
pipe, "but in addition to these things
there are many others in which they
place more or less faith. I have seen
many old tars who believed that
Finns, or Laplanders, had magic powers.
The Finns are a strange, silent
people, and have come to have the
reputation of being wizards. It is
thought that they can use this power
for either good or bad, and as they
are somewhat feared by the average .
sailor he takes pains to be on good t
terms with them. It is generally be- *
lleved that a Finn can make all the
rats leave a ship if he wishes and that
Finns have a great deal of control
over the winds. They can raise a
storm by spells and it is unwise to
anger them. I have heard old sailors
tell of certain Finns who were
members of the same ship's company
with themselves in past voyages, who
could send messages to absent friends
on shore by gulls which would light
upon the rigging at their call. They
also told of a Finn who had a bottle
of liquor from which he could drink
several times every day without lowering
the contents. It always remained
just so full, day after day, and
week after week. There are also men
of some other nations who are thought
to have more than ordinary powers.
"Some of the older sailors believe
that it is possible to 'buy a wind,' as
they call it, and by this is meant getting
the favor of certain persons who
have control over the elements. There
are not many sailors now alive who
put much faith in this, although I
have heard of a commodore in the
British navy who not over twenty
years ago said that he knew where
he could buy a wind if he needed one.
This belief is fast dying out among
younger men.
"Sunday has always been thought
a fortunate day to commence a voyage.
and Friday an unlucky one. This
is a belief that is firmly fixed in the
mind of the average sailor, and there
are many captains who, although they
put no faith in this, would hesitate to
leave port on Friday on account of
the objections that the men would be
sure to make. On the other hand, the
C-nnilKrs i i urn .Scin> in aicniit tii c uuci - .
ing this rapidly, and in these days j
there are many vessels that cannot ,
afford to lose a day 011 account of a ,
superstition, although most old sail- ,
ors would tell that a greater loss (
would result before the voyage was (
done. (
"There are some creatures met with ,
at sea toward which sailors have a ?
fixed dislike. They detest sharks j
which follow a ship for days, and it t
is thought that some one on board is .
doomed to die shortly when one or ,
more of these creatures "do" a vessel. ]
The little Mother Carey's chickens, ]
which My so far from land that they j
sometimes perch upon the rigging in (
order to rest themselves, are believed ]
to be the messengers of at storm, and |
for this reason they aire often called
tempest birds. Dolphins or porpoises (
are unfavorable omens if seen during
a calm. (
"I have known sailors to hang the (
end of at rope over the side of ai ship ,
upon leaving port. The belief is that |
absent friends or wives draw upon ,
this rope, causing the vessel to come j
safely back to homo port. I hatve 1
known men who believed that a ship (
hats at voice, atnd many who think thatt |
a ship 'makes her moan' just as does ,
human lutitttr Ki'ftin. ?h<? 1 flhoilt
to k up. Tales of 'speaking ships' ,
are common, and I have known one .
old captain who used to talk to the
mizzenmast of his vessel.
"There are some strange things in j
sea life." concluded the narrator, as
he rose and knocked the ashes from
his pipe against his boot heel.?Bangor
Me., Correspondence New York
Times.
ittiscclliuicous iUadinn. "
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CURIOUS STORY OF THE POTATO. 1
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i
How Great American Vegetable Won
Recognition in Royal Banquet Halls. a
It is not alone in the human world *
that the tragedies and comedies of life s
are enacted. The secret decision of the c
wise men of France to let the pood, '
honest American potato into their ban- t
quet halls, after nearly forty years of v
exclusion, shows vicissitudes in the f
vegetable kingdom that are not to he jj
outdone on any stage of the human. a
It is a curious coincidence in the his- ii
torv of this apple of the earth, as the J
Frenchman called it, that it figured on ^
the same great stage that Louis XVI. e
"Mn^A fomAno ond In o mpflaiirp shnrpd t<
its rise and fall with him. In the ?
beginning of his reign the potato was ^
leemed a rank poison by Frenchmen "
generally. Its one friend was the faCi
nost Parmentier, who cultivated it tj
jnder difficulties till Louis XVI. be- p
'ame convinced of its worth and n
rranted Parmentier lands and protecion
for his potato plants. At once
he despised vegetable leaped to glory p
ilong the path of its royal patron. The Jj
lotato flower was worn in the button- jt
lole of the monarch, and the all-nota- jc
:o banquet became the climax of the e
FYench chef's art and an event in the ^
listory of this most eventful period. ?
It was the day of the great Lavois- ti
er, whose achievements in the world ci
>f science and interest in agricultural tj
hemistry gave him more than nation- ^
il fame and authority. To win him to 01
lis cause Parmentier gave in his honor
l great feast in Paris, where every s|
lish was made of potatoes and even cl
he brandy and liquors produced from a
hem. Many of the distinguished men
>f the day gathered at this banquet, "
vhich was deemed one of the most renarkable
in history, and the glory of
he potato reached its climax. But ?'
ilas for the vanity of earthly honors
rom potato fields to thrones. The *"
;ing lost his head and the potato its J*
aluable eyes, which were no longer "
ilanted two in a row as enterprisingly ^
is the horticulturists recommended in J?
he high noon of its favor. Neverthe- ,
ess, a vegetable with eyes was not to
?e despised, especially when capable *'
if repeating itself in some 600 or more tc
ipecies through the use of them. It Cl
ame out from Its eclipse in France, as 01
lsewhere, and by good breeding began w"
o recommend itself to royal horticul- c/
ural societies and men of science and f
earning of all lands. Even before its
luctuating fortunes in France it fig'
V* /% k!n?Am> rtf Mntlonn nn/1 n>ao
llt'U III IIICT lliniwi (> U1 iianuuo auu noo
orne across seas and continents by
cholars and explorers, who gave it an
mnorable place in classic literature as
yell as foreign soil.
In various Spanish books of the six- H
eenth century the introduction of poatoes
to the Spaniards by voyagers
rom Peru received elaborate notice,
lumbolt describes their place in the
Cew World at its earliest discovery, th
!ir Walter Raleigh honored the North \j
'arolina and Virginia potato tubers
lot only by historic notes, but by culi
vat ion on his estate near Cork. Ger- ai
,rd, in the first edition of the "Herbal," ci
lot only gave the potato plant and flow- U1
r the distinction of a frontispiece, but ?
if glowing paragraphs wherein he de- *
cribed it as "a foode, as also a meate B
or pleasure, equal in goodness and r<
cholesomeness unto the same, being
ither roasted in the embers or boiled ?
,nd eaten with oile, vinegar and pep- c
>er, or dressed any other way by the pi
land of some cunning in cookerie." In d<
ohnson's day it figured in the "Para- tj.
lisus." which one of his closest friends
ind associates put forth, and the sug- '?
;estive names, "Triumph." "Excelsior," h<
Climax," "Bountiful," "Beauty of He- p,
iron," which it achieved in the vegeable
world in its different varieties
how the bright side of its history, lc
vhlch no French scorn of its early ti
American characteristics can long it
loud. JI
In the vegetable world, as the hunan,
you can't keep a good thing down. u,
Sven the grafters have not heen aoie e,
o destroy the virtue of the native va- gj
iety, though they have diverted it
rom the path of duty in some very a]
lignificant cases, as Mr. Maule's fa- ti
nous experiments clearly show, Graft- ju
ng it on the tomato was one of the m
>est of these horticultural experl- e,
nents, and most fit, considering the jj,
truggle both vegetables had to hold jt"
heir place on the life stage. Yet the jn
>otato came near losing its eyes in ai
he operation, not to mention the re- tj.
?ellant attitude of the tomato toward j0
he union. A recent writer must have ^
his experiment In mind when she tjl
vrites the humorous lines:
"A soft, round potato, ol
Of extra large size P'
Loved rosy tomato w
And made such fierce eyes
That frightened to death tt
Was Miss Rose from the first, P(
And when she refused him. w
He boiled till he burst."
ai
The writer calls this a vegetable g]
raged.v and shows a garden full of UJ
hem, which blind and stupid man g
ihets through ignorance of affinities C(
lere as in his own kingdom. Only the tjluperior
wisdom of the plant and its a\
letermination to die rather than be q,
nismated prevents the same crooked- Ql
less of things in vegetable as in hu- rj
nan gardens when grafters and m
natchmakers get hold of them. One hi
lagrant cause of the trouble in the
omato and potato families may be due
o the influence of a bad name which (p
it different periods of their existence jr
nixed them up with that mischievous r(
ipple which was supposed to have ia
uined us ail. At any rate, it is signif- tc
cant that both of them in their sup- w
losedl.v poisonous estate were known
>y that name, one as the apple of the w
arth and the other as the love apple, >j
vhich under its rosy rind held all the tl
jiialities of death and destruction that t
onoweo in me pain 01 oom love ami n
ipples as the Eden tragedy presented ei
t. in
Of course, with such an ancient de*ree
for the connection, human and ei
egetable tragedies might he expected hi
o run side by side. It is clear, how- ol
sver, that both the apple and the po- b;
ato are inclined to forego any claims
o such honorary connection with 01
nan's good or bad fortune, and leave di
t to the banana and its golden rind sc
o mix itself up with the fall of man ci
n these days. Moreover, the recent ni
lecision of the learned professors, in ir
innual session at Yale, that there were pi
to apples in Eden, nullifies the stigma w
.vhich unkind nomenclature may have v<
ittached to the excellent esculent gi
vhich Johnson's friend introduced into tl
lis "Paradisus" as a crowning luxury, di
teeding only the help of a good cook w
0 bring it to the throne. This last d;
joint needs no discussion since the
riuntph of Parmentier, but even in or- pi
linary hands the potato holds an es- p
ablished place in the daily menu that ir
to other vegetable can match. It has ti
wen been known to compete with the tt
laily bread in the needs or tastes of u
reatures who live by eating, though si
not all stand by it as frankly and ai
itoutly as the little tot from the n:
Emerald Isle, who persisted, despite h
hreats and punishment, in praying, 01
'give us this day our daily tatos," as A
1 substitute for the bread she despised. c<
It is supposed that the Rood, mealy b;
Irish potato held first place in her k
prayer; hut as America introduced it ei
:o Ireland along- the line of Sir Walter
Raleigh's returning colonists, no re- L
[lections from Cork need shame the ir
American potato in the estimation of el
good livers.
The patriotic defender of home pro- p
:lucts is quite right when he asserts f<
that "the American potato permits of n
no comparison, whether boiled, baked, \\
fried, scalloped, chipped, mashed or si
served with its jacket on." Parmen- tl
tier's secret of converting it into b
lirand.v and liquor is all that is needed n
to make it grander in the land than tl
the sheaf of Joseph, to which all the h
others did obeisance. There are in- s
dications, too, that in some of those k
dry regions where orange rinds serve tl
as whisky jugs, and bulldogs eat re- s
porters, a great necessity, which is the tl
mother of invention, will wrest the li- v
quor juice from the bosom of the po- C
tato, and no French chef surpass the tl
ingenuity of the thirsty American in d
securing the "gifts the gods provide." ti
No offense need be taken from this r
suggestion, either, by the temperance -
ocieties, since there must he some
parkling and stimulation cup that
heers but not inebriates, hidden in the (
iosom of nature somewhere, to meet
hat life principle, impulse, or whatver
it is, that raises a thirst for it
n human breasts. . I
Old World scientists tell us that they
re already at work upon a whisky 1
irhich will exhilarate, but not intoxi- '
ate. and it may be that Parmentier's i
ecret will soon be out and the potato '
rown the discovery. It is significant *
hat with all the gay carousing over '
hat potato brandy and 'liqueur" at
he "greatest feast of the nation La- "
oisier, the prime guest, was not <
ound under the table, nor were any of *
is distinguished friends helned home i
>y the gene d'armes. To drink with 1
n air that, like Lamb's furious and 1
nfMoant smokiner could "command (
he respect of his friends" would cer- 1
ainly be a comsummation devoutly to 1
e wished by any well-developed drink- '
r, and Ingersoll's famous whisky let- '
er to his friend Walston H. Brown j
hows what poetic possil>ilities lurk in *
he brain of the wise drinker. It may J
e that it would not be so easy to find 1
the breath of June and the carol of *
he lark, the sunshine and the shadow 1
haslng each other over billowy fields" .
l the potato beverage, but if it did
.8 appointed work some glorification
ut of the dews of night and the teemlg
bosom of each would no doubt at;nd
it.
It would certainly be well for the
otato to have its eyes opened to all
le virtues within it, even if unvirjoub
mortals were inclined to abuse
s rich pifts as they have the liquid
)ys in the staves of oak or the luslous
juice in the heart of the prape.
ver both of these, however, the potai
holds the Parmentier record of "a
lerr.v, drinkinp, lauphinp, quaffinp
me," which showed no death in the
up nor a sinple drop of poison to
steal away man's brains." Whatever
le new developments in name or fame
sat may await this modest vepetable
f the parden it is more than probable
sat no potato brandy will ever move
Lich effort as Cassios made at nomenlature,
when he cried out in anpuish
t his overthrow: "O thou invisible
pirit of wine, if thou hast no name
> be known by let us call thee devil!"
One of the most circumspect newsapers
of the land declares that whatrer
may have been the matter with
ie American potato in 1875, when
ranee rejected it, there is nothinp the
latter with it now. That certainly
lilies with the tremendous fipures
hich show the increase in the prouction
and the demands made upon it
>r home consumption by people not
Iven to feeding on poison when they
now themselves. Putting all things
ipether, it might be well for Ameriins
to keep their potatoes on their
tvn soil, at any rate until they are
ell assured that there is not a hungry
liltf left in their borders to pray in
lin, "Give us this day our daily ta- |
>?, tor mai ii ui> ia uic tv11m ui ^
able tragedy no country can afford.?
t. Louis Globe-Democrat.
ELEPHANTS HAD REASON.
ad Been Taught Not to Work on the
Sabbath.
"Do animals reason?" has been a
jestion always actively discussed in
le scientific world. General Benjamin '
e Fevre, many years ago a promi?nt
member of congress from Ohio,
lswers this in the affirmative, and ties
in support an incident that came
ider his notice during one of his
jlobe-trottlng" experiences in distant
urmah last year. Not only can they y
ason, he avers, hut they can count. ^
"In the city of Rangoon," he said, c
>ne of the great industries is the ship- d
,ng of teakwood logs, which come d
)wn from the interior in numberless n
lousands. These logs are large and a
ng, and can only he handled by the T
?rds of elephants trained for that ^
impose. One of these great brutes j,
ill pick up a huge log, balance it delately
with its trunk between its 1
lsks, bear it away to a pile whither ?
s keeper has directed and there place n
in position, pulling it to and fro with ^
s trunk or pushing it with its head x
ntil it is as delicately set in its prop- r
place as though placed there by a |
cilled carpenter.
"These herds of trained elephants,
re, for the most part, owned by na- "
ve Burmese, who hire them out to the *
tmber merchants much as a livery- J
an hires his teams in America. Sev- _
al years ago, however, a large Engsh
lumber firm in Rangoon, finding
s native elephant owners unreliable
i fulfilling their contracts for work
limals, brought a young herd and had
lem skillfully trained in the work 01
g piling. Now, the native Burmese
is no day of rest, like the Christian,
le Jew or the Turk, but works every
ly, resting whenever the lazy moods
' the tropics seized him. His eletiants,
therefore, are accustomed to
ork every day of the year if the masr
sees fit. At the business place of
lis English firm, however, the Euro?an
rule prevailed and every Sunday
as a day of rest to man and beast.
"Now it happened that one Saturday I
fternoon the river, on whose banks the j
reat lumber yard of the firm was skated,
began to rise rapidly. Early 8
unday morning news from the upper r
>untry told of still greater floods on
teir way down, and it became imper- r
Live to remove from the banks a great
nantity of valuable logs that would
therwise be swept out to sea by the r
sing waters. At break of day the
anager not only ordered out his own
erd, but sent throughout the district ^
i hire every available elephant from
ie native owners. As the Burmese
rivers came with their troops hurry- iff
by the corrals of the English>ared
animals the drivers of the
itter ordered them out into the cusunary
marching line for their day's
ork.
"But not an elephant moved. This
as Sunday, and work on Sunday!
ever. The drivers coaxed and cajoled
lem with all the arts of their calling,
he 'hathis' stood fast, blinking their
ttle eyes and watching with indifferice
their brothers of Burmese trainig
file past to the teak yards.
The drivers borrowed some old vet*ans
in the service from the Burmese 1
erds, and scattering them in the midst .
I their own, sought to lead them out
y this ancient method.
"But not an elephant moved. "Work
II the Sabbath they would not. The
rivers, now frantic with their failure,
)ught to gain by force what they j
iuld not effect by persuasion, and
lounting their beasts, dug their goads
ito the necks of the brutes. As if by
reconcerted signal, the elephants
.vung up their trunks, seized the driers
about their waists and set them
ently but firmly upon the ground, as
lough to say: 'There now, you mustn't "
o that; we will work faithfully al the .
eek, but we will not work on Sun- I
ay.'
"At length the head driver, in des- erafion,
seized the ear of the lead elehant
with his ancus, a crooked steel
nplement used only to subdue fracous
elephants, and gave it a vicious
vist. The beast promptly picked him
J) in his trunk, flung him against the
des of the corral twenty feet away
nd resumed the swaying motion that
larks the elephant well satisfied with
imself, but the head driver did not pet
ut of the hospital for two months,
fter hours vainly spent in trying to
ampel their herd to break the Sabath,
which they had taught them to 1
eep, the English manager acknowlilged
himself defeated." r
Several months after, says General
e Pevre, he returned to Rangoon and 1
lquired about the Sabbath-keeping j.
lephants.
"It was no mere idle whim on the N
art of those beasts," the manager inarmed
him. "Twice since that relarkable
Sunday morning mutiny
'hich you observed I have tested them,
eeking to drive them out to work on
ne Sabbath, but never a hoof has
udged. Once again I got the Buricse
to trot their herds by to see if d
aat wouud persuade them to follow, "
ut it was a failure. There is not the
lighest doubt that not only do they
eep accurate account of the return of
he day of rest, but each one keeps it .
eparately on his own account, for 1
here has never been the slightest t
.avering on the part of a single one. ?
'learly their training taught them that t
hey were entitled to every seventh 1
ay as their own and, with a rudimen- ?
ary sense of ethics, they know their ?
ights, and, knowing, dare maintain."
-Philadelphia I-edger.
A MEDIAEVAL NAVY.
Queer Implements of Attack and Defense
That Were Used.
Very strange to modern eyes would
ae the armament of Great Britain's
mediaeval navy. The very names of
many of the implements of attack
md defense sound queer. According
0 the books, in the year 1S37 the vessels
of the navy were furnished with
'espringalds," ancient spring guns;
'haubergeons." coats of mail; "bacilets."
small helmets; bows, arrows,
loublets, targets; "pavises," large
shields placed at the sides and servng
the double purpose of protection
igainst the sea and against the enemy;
lances and "firing barrels." As
?arly as 1338 cannon formed part of
he armament of ships, and about
1372 guns and gunpowder were commonly
used. Among the stores beonging
to one vessel of that time were
hree iron cannon with five chambers,
1 hand gun and three old stone bags,
irobably for shot. Another ship had
in iron cannon with two chambers
tnd one brass cannon with one cham)er.
I BUY YOUR HA
We would especially be plea:
county come to see us for HATS.
In all the latest blocks and shades ?
exacting. You'll be surprised at t
for our Hats?48 CTS. to $3.00 Ej
Boys' Hats In good styles and
CLOTHING AT MOM
Our CLOTHING stock must t
and if you need a Suit of Clothes
at a considerable saving over what
for values not so good. AH Suits 11
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Ladles' Storm Overshoes, were 65c
Indies' Storm Rubbers for high 1
CTS. a Pair.
Boys' Storm Rubbers?extra heavy
Men's Storm Rubber Shoes, were f
Please Remember that every pair
and of FIRST QUALITY.
SHOES FOR ALI
Before buying SHOES come i
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the Quality?We can FIT your fee
Men's Sweaters from 48 CTS. Upw
Boys' Sweaters from 25 CT
Ladles' Sweaters fron
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Cook-Stove
Ideal for Summer cooking. Cuta fuel expense
In iwo. Saves labor, Hives clean, quick results.
"Hiree sires Fully war-ant'"!
STANDARD OIL. CO.
(Incorporated)
TORKVILLE MONUMENT WORKS
(THE OLD RELIABLE.)
IT'S A FACT.
We make a specialty of particular
rork for particular people. We are
ust as particular with a $10 Headstone
.s with a $500 Monument. We do not
onflne ourselves to the old. time-worn
lesigns, carried by the peddler and the
lealer who orders his stock finished.
At least two-thirds of the monunents
we erect, reflect the good taste
,nd the individuality of the purchaser,
'here is no limit to our patience when
re are helping a customer to work out
. design exactly in accordance with his
deas.
We have no competitors in our terriory?our
work stands in a class to itelf.
We are Specialists. If you won't
lave anything else, but poor workmanship
and low grade marble, hidden
iy a high polish, please go elsewhere?
re won't furnish it to you. But renember
that we furnish the better
:ind at the same price.
JOHN E. CARROLL, President.
IfORKVILLE BUGGY 0
Mowing
Machines.
i
The latest improvement in Mowing
ilachines, is the New Ideal, made by
he Deering Co. We have them in
tock. Also Buggies, Wagons, Harless,
etc.
Come and we will sell you at the
ight price.
We have a four-room house for
ent.
iforkville Buggy Co.
The
Difference
Between a good and a poor preparaion
in business method is just the dif- '
erence between system and carelessless,
between success and failure.
Deposit your money with us and do
our business in a systematic manner.
The Bank of Clover,
Oil OVER, S. C.
Bawls Plumbing Co.
Plumbing!
Let me make you an estimate on the
^ath-Room Outfit that you intend to '
>ut in your house some day. I will
lse the best material and give you the
lighest grade of work and prompt service.
See me at onee.
RAWLS PLUMBING CO.
jEO. t. schorb
PHOTOGRAPHER.
F AM agent for the world famous
L LESTER PIANO, one of the best
tnown Pianos ever sold in this secion.
It always satisfies the buyer. I
.lan anil tho VSTEY OROAN?known
vherever reed Organs are sold as the
jerfect Organ. Come and see me for
i Piano or Organ. I will give you the
idvantage of the lowest prices.
GEO. T. SCHORB,
Yorkville, S. C.
Among other implements of war
used at that time were "cannon paviors."
or stone shot throwers, and
"mutherers," which were smaller and
threw any kind of shot. There were
also "basilisks," port pieces," "stock
fowlers," "sakers" and "bombards."
The bombards were of hammered iron,
made of bars welded and bound together
with iron bands. They threw
stone shot weighing between 140
pounds and 195 pounds. A battery
of these erected on a slip of land at
the naval battle of Chioggia (1380)
between the Venetians and the Genoese
did great damage. They were
loaded overnight and were fired in
the morning.
Froissart tells of a bombard used
at one of these ancient sieges that
"might be heard five leagues off in
the daytime and ten at night. The
report of it was so loud that it
seemed as if all the devils in hell
nan oroaen inose. Diasst uruiiuucr
was first cast In England In 1535.
The pieces had various names.
Many of different caliber were mounted
on the same deck, which must
have caused great confusion in action
in finding for each its proper shot.?
St. James' Gazette.
TATWRAY'S I
sed to have every man in York W
We have them?lots of them? f?
ind in qualities to please the most
he qualities at the prices we ask
M?h.
shapes, from 24 CTS. Upward.
EY-SAVIXG PRICES
>e closed out before January 1st,
you can get what you want here
you would have to pay elsewhere
larked in Plain Figures.
IKS OX THE MARKET.
?Now 50 CTS. a Pair.
leeled shoes, were 90c?Now 75
?60 CTS. a Pair.
!5c?Now 65 CTS. a Pair.
of these Rubbers are XEW stock
< THE FAMILY.
and let us show you our line of
hoes. We can just suit you in
ft?Our Prices Are Just Right,
ard.
S. Upward. 9
i 98 CTS. Upward. B
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Y, the leader. i
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No piece of machinery will run just
right unless it is properly lubricated.
Proper lubrication means having just
the right kind of oil or grease for the
bearing you want to lubricate. An
oil that is suitable for one bearing may
be inadequate or too light or heavy
for some other bearing. Come and
see us for OILS and GREASES. Tell
us what you want to lubricate and we
will furnish just the right oil or
grease for your purposes. We carry
a dozen different kinds of oils and
greases in stock, suitable for all purposes.
Many machines are ruined by
using the wrong kind of oil or grease.
See us.
We have Gloves for auto drivers.
RIDDLE AUTO COMPANY.
F. C. RIDDLE, Proprietor.
DR. DAYIES
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? IS AT ?
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MONDAY
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All Work Guaranteed.
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money. We also have a lot of Shoes
of different makes that we are selling
at greatly reduced prices. Call and
get our prices and save money.
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Please SETTLE PROMPTLY.
The Place to
Buy Lumber
la at the Lumber Yard of J. J.
Keller & Co. Why? Simply because
Lumber is our specialty and we know
When to Buy, What ?o Buy, and
Wrhere to Buy and can aiways give our
customers what they want at Right
Prices.
See us for your Lumber needs and
also for Doors, Blinds, Sash, Laths,
Shingles, Builders' Hardware, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Glass, Lime, Cement,
etc.
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IW Bring us your logs if you want
them sawed.
J. C. WILBORN
REAL ESTATE
? FOR SALE ?
LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH ME
IF YOU WANT TO SELL?
150 Acres?Near Clay Hill; 1 dwelling;
all necessary outbuildings?part
of the A. A. Barron place?$10.00 an
acre.
136 Acres?Including the Balrd &
Hudson place near Concord church; 3
good houses; 60 acres in cultivation?
$15.00 an acre. Property of M. B.
Massey.
115 Acres?1 dwelling, and two tenant
houses; 90 acres under cultivation,
20 acres in timber: 2J miles of Smyr
na. Price, $15.00 per acre. T. B.
Nichols.
62 Acres?Property of M. C. Lathan,
near King's Creek and Piedmont
Springs, on public road. Price $15 per
acre.
201 Acres?1 house, 5-rooms; 75
acres, under cultivation; 40 acres in
timber, fine orchard; 3 miles of Newport.
Price $12 per acre?W. W. Auten.
95 Acres?Mrs. J. Frank Wallace
place, 2 dwellings on it; 8 miles of
Yorkville on public highway, near New
Zion church. Price $1,425.
171 Acres?J. J. Scoggins mill and
home, 1 dwelling, 8-rooms, 2 stories;
40 acres very fine bottom land?produce
corn every year; 30 acres barbed
wire; also 30 acres hog wire pasture;
60 acres under cultivation; 25 acres
in forest timber. A new barn, 40x60;
double crib. One-third Cash.
(1) Parks Parish place 91 acres; 1
house, 4 rooms; 50 acres under cultivation,
40 acres in timber, orchard
(2) 1281 acres at New Zion, joins J.
R. Faires an1 others; 1 house, 5 rooms;
35 acres under cultivation; 90 acres in
timber; 3 miles of Smyrna, good barn,
outbuildings. $2,100 for Parish Dixon
place, 1st. $21.00 per acre for place
John Dixon now lives on 2nd. John
F. Smith.
285 Acres?Joins Wm. Blggers, Meek
Faulkner, Jim McGlll; 5-horse farm;
1 house, 6-rooms, 75 acres under cultivation;
185 acres in timber. Some
saw timber; near to Enon church; 2|
miles Smyrna; 4 tenant houses, 35
acres of bottom land. Price $15.00 per
ere. A. J. Boheler property.
Miss Dolly Miller residence? bargain.
150 Acres?75 acres in cultivation;
76 acres in timber; 3 miles Sharon.
Veiy cheap.
50 Acres?Joins A. J. Boheler, West
moreland and Ed Whitesldes corners
at London siding; 1 house, 1 story, 3rooms,
20 acres under cultivation,
plenty of firewood; orchard, good
spring, | mile of Canaan church, 1 mile
of Smyrna station, good barn. Pries
$16X0 per acre.
98 Acrss?Adjoining Forest Hill academy;
property of Perry Ferguson. Pries
$1,600. Forty acres in cultivation, some
of which has made over a bale to the
acre; 58 acres on timber; plenty of
fine saw timber.
125 Acres?-One dwelling, one story
and half, 6-rooms?Perry Ferguson
McCullum place. Pries $1,600.
55 3-5 AcrSa?One dwelling, lj stories;
good well water; J mile of Concord
church and school; 25 acres under
cultivation; plenty of wood. Pries $650.
Terms to suit purchaser. Property of
of W. H. Baird.
97 Acres?And a new 6-room house,
2 tenant houses; new barn 30x40; two
miles Clover. Owner wishes to buy
larger farm. This is a great bargain.
Property of T. J. Bradford.
House and half acre lot in Clover; 1
dwelling, 3 rooms, 2 piazzas, splendid
house, electric lights. J. Ross Parish
home. Price $860.00.
186 Acres?In King's Mountain township;
one 3-room dwelling; about 600,000
feet timber. Pries $10 per acre.
395 1 -2 Acres?Known as the OatesAlllson
place; produces 8 bales of cotton;
one 2-story, 7-room building; 4
tenant houses, 3 rooms each, 100 acres
in cultivation, 150 acres In timber; balance
in second growth and pasture;
2 miles of Hickory Grove. Will cut Into
small tracts. Pries $12.00 per acre.
455 Acres Property of Jas. A. and
E. Bankhead; 3 houses. Nearly 200
acres of bottom land, raises about 1,000
bushels of corn, very productive place.
Price $9X0 an acre.
128 Acres?Home place of J. F. Carson;
good 6-room dwelling; land level;
new barn, crib, cotton house. All necessary
out buildings. A beautiful farm
at Delphos.
1193-4 Acres?Joins lands of Mrs.
J. L. McGill; one new 4-room house;
15 acres of fresh, new ground, balance
in wood; 1} mile Bethany High School.
234 Acres?One 2-story, 8-room
dwelling; good 5-horse farm open; 80
acres in timber; 4 good tenant houses,
4-rooms each; good barn. Land In
high state cultivation. Joins J. J.
Matthews; 3 miles Bethany. Price $25
per acre.
112 3-4 Acres?Joins John F. Smith;
60 acres in cultivation; 52 in timber;
1 dwelling, 2 tenant houses; good new
barn. Price 2,000. R. D. Wallace.
One Lot, East Jefferson, near Graded
near Graded school. Property of Mrs.
Berry?very cheap.
J. C. WILBORN.
professional partis.
W. F. McGILL
SURGEON DENTIST,
Hickory Grove, S. C.
W At Sharon, S. C., Monday and
Friday.
J. S. BRICE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office Opposite Court House.
Prompt attention to all legal business
of whatever nature.
JOHN. L. STACY
Surveyor.
BESIDES doing Land Surveying in
all Its branches and at any time, I
am also prepared to do Blue Printing
and will be pleased to quote prices on
application. Address me at Clover, S.
C. Phone No. 40.
1 t ly
Geo. W. S. Hart. Jos. E. Hart.
HART & HART
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Yorkville S. C.
No. 1, Law Range. 'Phone (Office) 58,
JOHN R. HART
ATTORNEY AT LAW
No. 3 law Range
YORKVILLE. 8. C.
TAX NOTICE?1910
Office of the County Treasurer of York
County.
Yorkville, S. C.. Sept. 15, 1910.
"VT" OTICE is hereby given that the
TAX BOOKS Jfor_York county will
be opened on satukuax, me xoixa
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1910, and remain
open until the 31ST DAY OF DECEMBER,
1910, for the collection of
STATE. COUNTY, SCHOOL AND LOCAL
TAXES for the fiscal year 1910.
without penalty; after which day ONE
PER CENT penalty will be added to
all payments made in the month of
JANUARY. 1911. and TWO PER
CENT penalty for all payments made
in the month of FEBRUARY, 1911.
and SEVEN PER CENT penalty will
be added on all payments made from
the 1ST DAY OF MARCH, to the
15TH DAY OF MARCH. 1911, and after
this date all unpaid taxes will go
into executions and all unpaid Single
Polls will be turned over to the several
Magistrates for prosecution in accordance
with law.
And at Yorkville from Monday, November
14, until the 31st day of December,
1910, after which day the
penalties will attach as stated above.
HARRY E. .nEIL.
Treasurer of York County.
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