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MOON AND What is Their Proba Ot! Yorkville What influence, if any, does the j moon have on the seasons? This is a ' long.mooted cuesti?n, and as to how it will be answered ly different people depends entirely upen circumstancesi For instance, if a man's father be Jieved in the moon before him, then he is pretty apt to believe in it him ' self; If he was raised in ignorance or disregard of the traditions respecting the-moon, then he is likely to continue that way. That, is, unless there should happen, at sometime, some incident that serves to furnish strong and -convincing evideuce one way or the other. I am not a farmer. I know nothing about the moon. Until recently, I. did not know that the first two quar ters of the new mooia were called the "light," and the last .two quarters werecalled the "dari." Ail my life I have heard farmers talking of ''planting in the moon;" but not being abie to understand bow the moon could exercise influence on crops, I have been disposed to dismiss matters relating to the moon as idle supersti tion. Recently I have undertaken to investigate the matter, and while I have not been able to learn anything that seems to be bf practical value to anybody, the result of some of my in quiries have been somewhat interest ing. I know very little more now, however, than I did before. Not having at hand any literature on the subject, my investigations took the, shape of a series of inquiries of different people who were supposed to be more or less versed on the prevail ing theories. One ol' the first men I happened to speak to was a learned minister cf the gospel. He said, "Well, ? really do not know much about the influence of the moon on the seasons; but T suppose it has some. For instance, if you will read Deute ronomy, xxxiii, 14, where Moses was invoking his last blessings on the " children of Israel, you will find this : ; *'And for the precious things of the j fruits of the sun; ana for the precious ? things of the growth of the moon.' ? Going on to Psalm civ, 19, you will find this: 'He appointed the moon for seasons/ " . Some people believe that every word of the Bible is inspired, and that it means jost what it says. I am not ' going to discuss that DOW;, but I thank ? the good minister for his references. The quotations at least show that the belief with regard to the influence of the moon on crops isa very old one. It is not confined entirely to the igno rant and superstitious. Intelligent people, even if they s.re unable to give a satisfactory "why," seem to have very good ground for believing as they do. Next, I m^de inquiry of a well edu cated man vho had been a farmer all his life; but was not certain as to how much importance to attach to tie in fluence of the moon. :' He said to me: "Most of my neighbors believed iu the j moon more than la the seasons, and j - were not disposed to plant until the ! . moon was right. I wrote to the North .Carolina Experimentstation and asked ? them to give me whatever information 'they might have on the subject, .Their reply was to the effect that while there is DO doubt that tho moon I has more or less influence OD crops, I had better go ahead and plan t when ever I should fisd it convenient to do . so, for they did not think that the influence of the moon was great enough to make much difference." Several farmers to whom I talked . were of opinion that the moon had no influence whatever on the crops; but they were unable to give positive proof or even reasons. Others believed in the moon with exactly the a ame kind of faith. But while there were many who did not think that the moon in fluenced crops, there were quite a number who thought it certainly in fluenced the quality of timber. Nine out of 10 said that timber felled in the dark of. the moon would continue wet and sobby, impossible to season, while timber cut in the l;ght of the moon would season quickly and become light and dry. Only a few gave testimy to the effect that they had ever gotten opposite and perfectly satisfactory re sults from timber cut in thc "dark" of the moon. One man. however-and .j he is intelligent and reliable-said that he had felled timber in the dark of the moon and had it to season as nicely as any he had ever seen. One of the most positive disbeliev ers io the moon theory was an old orentleman who is between 70 and 80 years of age. He has been engaged in farming much of his .life, and has always been recognized of an unusu ally investit,iting turn of mind. He says that he has noted thc moon su perstition with more or less humor all his life. He calls it a superstition, because he is convinced that it is such, and started on his career with that in formation as a part of his scock of ex perience. Here is the storj with which he explains bis position. "In THE CROPS. ble Relation to Each 1er. Enquirer. ! his day aad time, my grandfather was looked upon by his neighbors as a man of much mor? than ordinary in telligence. He was not what you would call an educated man ; .but still he could read and write, and keep ac counts, etc. He was a farmer all his life, and up until he was 80 years of age worked in the field at whatever was to be done. He was a great be liever in the moon, and what he did not know about the moon's influence on crops, nobody else knew. He would not think of planting, killing . hogs or doing anything else that the moon is supposed to have control of, unless the moon was right. After he was forced, by age, etc., to quit his active labors in the field, he continued to direct ?operations, saw that proper respect was paid to the moon, and kept a careful diary of everything that was done on the farm, showing just where the moon was when different crops were planted. He kept this up for 20 years. He lived to be 101 years of age. Well, about a year be fore he died, he was entirely convert ed. To his children, grand-children, friends and neighbors, he repeatedly made this observation: 'Well, now I am a hundred years old, and I have only reached that age to discover what a fool I have been all my life. All this time, I have believed that the moon exercised a most important in fluence on every crop, and during the past 20 years I have demonstrated be yond a possible doubt that its influ ence on the crop is simply nothing.' " So the old gentleman, who has had thc benefit of this experience, is thorough ly convinced that there is absolutely nothing in the moon theory. Ordinarily this might be taken to settle the whole question; but still I was not satisfied. I had heard of an other intelligent farmer who had the reputation of being not only thorough ly info, med as to the influence of the moon; but who could give me some facts and figures. I had a talk with bim and-he got me all mixed up again. "I have been noticing the moon for 30 years," he said, "and it certainly exerts not only a wonderful influence on timber, but on all manner of crops. And why not? Your geography teaches you that the moon influences the tides, and if it influences the tides, why not other things? Xo, I cannot give you reasons; but I can give you something that is better-I mean fret i. . "When I was a young man growing up, I did not believe much in the moon. But one day an old gentleman who did believe in it, ga ic me the whole theory, etc. I was going to build a fence, and he told me to cut my timber in the light of the moon. It was.convenient to carry out his ad vice and I did as he said; but as I wanted to satisfy myself a little fur ther, I experimented some. I wen* out in the dark of tho moon, cuta pine sapling about 20 feet ioug and threw it down in a wornout old field. The next week I cut another sapling, just like the first in the light of the moon, also put it out in the field by the side of the first. At the end of two years the sapling that I had cut in the dark of the moon wan so rotten ; that it would net hold up its own weight, while the other was still sound. ' 1 cut another sapling in the dark of the moon and let it lie for two years, at the end of which time, both it and the sapling that I had cut in the light of the moon were rotten. The test was in every way absolutely fr.ir, and the light of the moen sapling lasted just twice as long as the other. ? "Since then," the gentleman con tinued, "I have made other tests, not O?ly for my own satisfaction but for the satisfaction of others. For in stance I weighed a cord of wood cut in the dark of the moon in August, and found that it is 220 pounds heav ier than a cord of wood cut in the light of the moon during the same month. Then I tried it again in De cember, when the sap was all down, and I found that the difference was O?ly about 110 pounds: the wood that was cut in the dark of the moon still beiDg '"ne heavier. "It has been my observation that there is very little in thc general theory that root crops should be planted in the dark of the moon and other crops in the light of the moon. It is a fact that sweet potatoes, for instance, will make more vines if planted io ihe light of the mono: but then the potatoes will also be about as good. I invariably plant com in the dark of the moon, and I lind that it will weigh just two pounds to the bushel more than if planted in the light of the moon. As to whether there is any more substance in it, I am unable to say; but it is a fact that the weight is there. "Again: Cut peavines in the dark of the moon, . and they will weigh something like 2U0 pounds more to the two-horse load than if cut in the light of the moon. I have tried this time and again; but the right time to cut peavines is in the light of the moon. They cure out better and make a much finer quality of hay." And so it goes. [ BnoJJsome intelli gent men on one side and some on the other. Those who believe in the moon differ as to details; but their belief is unshakable. Those who do not re lieve in the moon ure not to be con vinced by statement of facts, princi pally because the faits are not accom panied by reasons. / ! W. 0. T. TT. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by the ladies of thc W. C. T. IT. of Anderson, S. C. What One Woman Did. A working man in the village of Shannon, 111., spent $50 in one of the four saloons of the place one evening recently. His wife, justly indignant, sought to punish the saloon keepers. She set a watch over two of the sa loons on Sunday and took the name of every man seen entering. Then she went before the grand jury, in session at Mt. Carroll, and entered complaint, giving as witnesses the names of the men who had been seen going into the saloons on Sunday. Thc sheriff was sent to Shannon after them. He reached there between midnight and daylight, and with the assistance of the local constable, routed out four teen scared men and served subpoenas on them. They all went to Mt. Car roll and testified, and the grand jury found twelve indictments against one saloon keeper and one against thc other. Both pleaded guilty. The lat ter was fined $50 ; the other one fled the town in dismay, and his bonds men will probably have his fines to pay. The good people of Shannon are hoping the spring election will result in closing all the saloons. The Difference. Thc young man who thinks he can afford to take two or three glasses of beer or whiskey each day and never miss the sum he spends, would do well to reokon up how much these drinks would amount to in the course of a year. Some ten years ago three young men in Columbus, Ohio, carpenters by trade, engaged to work for a build er, promising to stay with him until a certain piece of work was completed. They were to receive the same wages, and were to draw them as they chose. The work lasted from spring until Christmas. On the final settlement one of the young men, who frequented the tavern and was a pretty hard drinker, found a balance to his credit of $2.50. The second, who was a somewhat moderate drinker, had $11 ; the third, who was a teetotaler, had $150. The first and second wore very seedy clothes and were in debt. Thc third had a good suit of clothes and no debt. Surely total abstinence pays! -Temperance Banner. Who Is Responsible.' A quiet, well-to-do neighborhood is shocked by a horrid crime. An inno cent life is sacrificed and other lives are wrecked. "He was drunk," is the explanation. That is the statement of the immediate cause, but does that sum up the case ? Is the community innocent ? Have the people been ac tive in sustaining the publio sentiment against intemperance ? Have they, by. the enforcement of the laws, done all in their power to prevent the sale of liquors ? Have drunken men been arrested and made to suffer for their crime ? Have the people, who are themselves temperate, felt that they are responsible for the social customs of their community and thc personal habits of those under their care ? Do they realize that the individual is, in large measure, the product of the community in which he has been brought up and lives?-JJtiitctl Prc* hytcr !an. ? mu *.*m> Keep Your Top Cool. It is reported of Armetus Ward that he 5Dce offered his flask of whiskey to tho driver of the stage on the top of which he was riding through a moun tainous section. The stage driver re fused the flask in most decided tones. Said he: "I don't drink; T won't drink; I don't like to-see anybody else drink. I am of thc opinion of those mountains: keep your top cool. They have got snow and I've got brains ; that's all the difference." There's a great deal of wisdom in his remark, "Keep your top cool." Without a' sound brain man is not much use to the world. Alcohol, whether in beer, cider, wine, brandy, or whiskey, is a foe of the brain : and when it Lrets there it inflames it and renders it unfit for use. Be like thc honest stage driver and resolve to "keep your top cool.''-Li file Folks' Pap* r. uOnIy Shree." Many a man has gone to a drunk ard's grave because he could not say "No.'' Daniel and his associates dared to say "No," and would not drink a glass of wine to please thc mightiest king on earth, though they were captives, dependent on his mercy and his bounty. What was thc re sult? They were blessed and honor ed, and their names arc known through thc ages, while the time-serving wine bibbers are forgotten long ago. He who stands for thc right need not fear what man can do uuto him : and hon est men will respect honesty and con sistency. When, as a brigadier general, Clin ton B. Fisk was in command of tho military district of St. Louis, it be came his duty on one occasion to offi cially receive and welcome to that city an eminent major general coming to take command of the military depart ment. Gen. Fisk, accompanied by an aid-de-camp, met. his commander on the east side of the river (there was no bridge then) and escorted him, with his aid-de-camp, across the river by ferry and to the hotel in which he had engaged a suite of rooms for him. As soon as they were within the parlor-at once assuming the place of host and ready to treat the other offi cers as his guests-the major general ordered a servant to bring four whis key punches. "Only three, if you please, General; excuse me," promptly and courteous ly spoke Gen. Fisk. "You'll not refuse to drink, with me, will you?" said the superior offi cer. "If I should drink now, it would be the first time. You would not advise me to begin now, would you, General?" "No, God bless you! Long may you wave !" was the gracious and gal lant responce. Long has he waved since then, and long will generals and governors and merchants and ministers and boot blacks and laudrymen-men and wo men and children of all sects and con ditions-thank God for the genial and helpful influence which Gen. Fisk's bright, cherry words and ways have shed upon them.- The Christian. A Kern ark ride Operation. BINGHAMTON, X. Y., July G.-AD autopsy was held this morning OD the body of Rabbi Louis Giosburg, who died last Dight from a knife wound inflicted by a negro OD the morning of July 4. The autopsy corroborated the claims of Dr. F. L. Forker, who per formed thc remarkable operation of sewing the wound in the heart. Rabbi Giosburg lived for forty hours after the wou?d io the heart was sewed up, and death is said to have been due to septic inflammation of the pericardium rather thao *from loss of blood. When Dr. Forker reached the place after the tragedy he found the Rabbi Dearly dead from loss of blood. Du riog the operatioo he traosfused into the man's veins about three quarts of saline solution to take the place of the lost blood and keep up life. It was then necessary to cut off ooe of the ribs aod push back two others in order to get ao openiDg to perform the operation. Then, in spite of the flow of blood, Dr. Forker, assisted by Drs. h. H. Quackenbush aod C. G. Cole, took three stitches in the heart aod stopped the flow of blood. One of the stitches was takco deep ly into the muscles of the heart, aod the other two through the heart skin. As sooD as the operatioD was perform ed the Rabbi regained*consciousness, aod remained conscious up to the mioate of his death.-Philadelphia Ledger. Blood Poison and Cancer Cured by B. B. B. Trial Bottle Sent Free. Deadly Caocer of the face, neck, legs. lip. eating cancer or sores, cured by B. B. B.-Botanic Bipod Balm. B. B. B. cures by driving the deadly, virulent poison, which causes caocer, out of the blood. This is the only cure and B. B. B. is the only remedy that can do this. Io the same way B. B. B. cures Blood Poison whether iu herited or acquired, producing ulcers, painful swellings, .blotches, pimples, copper-colored spots, falling out of thc hair, sores io the throat or tongue, scrofula. B. B. B. has made hun dreds of permanent cures, aud is a thoroughly tested, powerful Blood Kemedy. Cures where all else fails. Tested for 30 years. To prove its curative powers, wc send a sample bottle free to any one who writes for it. Large bottles for sale by all drug gists for $1, or li bottles (full treat ment) *f>. For sample bottle address Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell St.. Atlanta, Ga., - Dentists in Germany are using false teeth made of paper instead of porcelain or mineral cooipositioo. These paper teeth are said to bc very satisfactory, as they do oot break or chip, are oot sensitive to heat or cold or to the action of the moisture of the mouth, and are very cheap. PersoDS troubled with diarrhea will be interested in the experience of Mr. W. M. Bush, clerk of Hotel Dorrance. Providence, l?. I. He says: "For several years I have been almost a constant sufferer from diarrhea, thc frequent attacks completely prostrat ing mc and rendering me unfit for my duties at this hotel. About two years ago a traveling salesman kindly gave me a small bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhu-a Kemedy. Much to my surprise and delight its effects were immediate. Whenever I felt symptoms of the disease I would fortify myself against the attack with a few doses of this valuable remedy. The result has been very satisfactory and almost complete relief from the affliction." For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Lady-''What! Willy < ?reen, you here fishing on Sunday? I shall tell your father just as soon asl see him." Willy Green-"Well, you won't have to wait long. Here he comes now. He has been back in the woods dig gin' bait !" A diseased stomach surely under mines health, lt dulls thc brain, kills energy, destroys the nervous system, and predisposes to insanity and fatal diseases. All dyspci tic troubles arc quickly cured by Kodol Dyspepsia Cur**. It has cured thousands of cases and is curing them every day. Its ingredients arc such that it can't help curing. Evans Pharmacy. Xew Yellow Fever Treatment. NAsnviLLK, TENN., July !).--A let ter received to-day by Will T. Hale, of this city, from his son, Charles, now in Santiago, Cuba, gives some insight into the yellow fever situation there. He is an officer in the 5th United States infantry. The letter says : "Since I wrote you last yellow fever has broken out here. It carried off four members of the regimental band in three days, and in two weeks we have lost twenty-seven hien out of our regiment. Four . of these were of Company 51, the one to which I be long. "One night at 9 o'clock the physi cians made us get outside the barracks, with nothing on but the Cuban at mosphere, our guns, belts and one hundred rounds of ammunition. He would not allow us to carry a 'rag' out with us. The next morning our com pany was divided up into small squads, in charge of a non-commissioned offi cer, and scattered all about the coun try."_^_ In The Police Court-Tried and Judg ment in its Favor. Some time ago Judge Andy E. Cal houn, judge of the police court of At lanta, had occasion to pass a sentence that was gratifying to him, and if people.will take his advice much suf fering will bc alleviated. The judge is subject to nervous sickheadaches and dyspepsia. Here is his sentence: "I am a great sufferer from nervous sick headache and have found no rem edy so effective as Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. If taken when the headache first begins it invariably cures." Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. 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