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SWEET REVENGE (JHAPTER XXII. ITUWTINO BIO GAME.. I T was the morning of the lltb of .. April 1802. I was nearing tbo spot I occupied at the opening of tny story, where the bushwhacker had sought to kill.me. though then I wus alone, while now' I was with an advancing army. Five hundred caval ry. a division of Infantry and several batteries of artillery were hurrying down the rood toward tbo beautiful city of Huntsville, lying, tranquil and unsuspecting, a few miles below. The upper edge of the sun was peering above the horlxon. gilding the crest of the foothills of the plateau on the east, the tree tops and the roofs of the neigh boring houses. Tl»e flowers, "which a fortnight Iwforc were opening, were now In full bloom. They looked Inno cently from the gardens beside the rumL they leaned lovingly against tbo l had captured them and were now a C&pt&lo I"* /AITCHEL, Itlwr or "CtiattMoaga.” "Chlokaataaca," Etc. Ilan*r A nrothen. like a man I -conn* buck hyar 1o l>e fol- lerod rounUo’ tjint doggone old IJb!" * It was ouTllt Inst, and the l>oy looked relieved. I Jujpke away and, advancing toward Helen, put out my hand. - She turrietl away from me with com tempt. Fortunately at that moment I espied little Ethel looking at me wistfully and. taking her up. hid my face and my anguish tii her tresses. Then, look ing up. I saw that Jack was waiting for me, and, going upon the veranda, I took both her hands In mine. "Yo’re the only Yankee In the world 1 want to see,” sh« said enthusiastical ly- “Golly!" cried Buck.behind me. Turn- tng, I saw whnt had surprised hlm- 1 - tho guerrillas riding by as prisoners. They had Ihk-ii conducted to Shelby- vllle by the company of cavalry which pillars of the verandas, and from vines trailing over casements they smiled at the rising sun. while the breath of morning was laden with their perfume It was the general's purpose to sur prise the city, capture the railroad ma chine shops sod the rolling stock con centrated there, then make up trains laden with troops, sctic a hundred in lira of the Memphis and Charleston railroad on either hand, thus opening comuiunlcatloh with tbo army at Pitts burg tending oa*the wasted paving the way for future operate is In oast Tennessee on the east. The enemy must not be given time to move troops to protect the city, for even should we defeat them they would destroy the shofis and run off the rolling stock. All depended on celerity and secrecy. The evening before we bad blroosck- rtf wm -mHw north of the rtty onr •coutf pcnnttfed no one to go south of us. enfolding all they met In order that no news of our sppvnach couM'irarti the placv we hoped to surprtec. Two hours before dawn tlie command was aroused not by the life or the bugle, but by whispering officers and the march was resumed with no sound save the tread of men and horses and the rumlde of artllk-r)r. Within s few mllra of the city detachment* of mount ed men. armed with telegraph cutting ami track tearing Implement*, dashed to the left ami to the right to prevent the enemy frtmi sendtiig for troops nr running off the mtttng stock. To an other detachment which rode aun>ng the advance cotunina was aMtgiu'd the duty of arising the telegraph office Itootn! ». Hark, a guut It nnnra fn>m the east ward, not half a mile distant, where the hillnstd runs parstlel with tin pike Artillery Is driving hark a lorw motive. The Iron nxMister shrieks like Sonte wild l>eaat that has met Its death Wound. Huotnl llorv whistles all along the track far down to the south, varying In distinct oraa frotu a nrar. loml cry to a distant, faint moan This la fine hunting- stalking locomotives with cannon l>ld any South African sportsman ever strike such game or hunt with such gunsf Boom, boom, boom! Far ami near the shotted I gun* speak, far sitd near the metal mousters cry out In terror Boom! » All are bagged, except one more dar ing than the rrat. which runs the gant let of artillery and with a round shot- flying through Its call speeds out of range MCBUH UK- • *a as^-vA^t a ate. t. * — S , part of tin* prorasidoti of men and horses hurrying by. Captain Ittugold looked up at U* with a mdaneholy state. He caught aight of Jack, and 1 shall remember to my dying day the Tlie rixul aiv U-lng raised,'^shqttcrs flung open snd^brads ptit out to Irarn the cnusi- of the commotion. As guns boom, whistles shriek and cavalry clat ter along the road, followed by men rapidly marching and artillery horses briskly dragging the guns, many a cltlsen who the night before luid gone to sleep not dreaming of a foe looks upon the passing armed throng, lis tens to the sound of the cannon and the shrieks of the engines and wonders if pandemonium has come. I am drawing near the 8t«n forth s’. There Is the house, with Its broad ve randas and Its peak roof. A knot of poo- plo jjpe at the front gate, but I am yet to*4hr to see wbo they are. Now I can distinguish the turbaned Lib. There Is a boy perched pn one of the gate posts. It Is Buck. Thgt girl, tall and slender. Is surely Helen. As I draw nearer I can see Ginger, his broad mouth stretched In a grin of pleasure at sight of Yankee troops. A figure Is sitting In a wicker chair on the veritn- da, dark eyes flashing In a pale face. It Is Jaquellne. Hiding up to the gate, 1 am out of toy saddle almost before my horse baa , stopped. Buck gives a cry and Jumps Ibto my arms. Ginger grasps my band. "By Jingo, Mr. Brandystone," cried Buck. ‘Tm mighty glad to see youl Since I got back after flgbtin g’rlllas c like’*— , ’t’s good fo’ de eyes f see yo’.” Interrupted Ginger enthuslastlcal l *- "After fight In gYlllaa like a mau”- "Whstl Mr. Brandcrstane. and In the uniform of a Fr.leral officer!’ It was Mr. Stanforth. He looked at me. surprised, then put out his hand. But I always suspected the old mao to 6a st hearth Unionist «. Buck kept on. “After flgbtin g’rlllas like a man I come back"— "Upon toy word I" Another of the family was express. Ing surprise to see a former guest with ttw Union troops. Mrs. Stanferth look- ed pained, bat tbe had Darted me wbea * wta •offering, sod her motherly feel- „ U* 5 »>*ter of her prejudices 1 took bar band, and she did not with- ’ Bock now tin ffrUiaa Jfrtrs'. ’!’• til’' dr t yri f sre po’,” Is IrrrupU'-i Gtnoi r I'NtkNslusttcuflt/ sad look In bis eyra as Mh-) i rated tot a motuciti upou her* . The advancing nrni) moved rspully on and wn* ii iiiIiiisIinI in*r*i of guns and borr * In Xbn ilUtnmw i he sun louclitil iw «••!>< for an Instant. »h.-n were l< In the r>m<l Tt»« region SlMhh-til) t«e<-n enlBcttcvl |h«- quh-t of the •'•wintry JuqiH-lllic tM-ggtsI me (i bou**‘ I (b-tilmnl Mr M cd lil» Invitation ■’Thank yn«, Mr Mfsn must re>>ln my i.-glux nt « U no tliiM- (or Un- to Im- n "Yon •hall rnine in hi drink one glane «•( you art- onr frlemt" I would Is- no! uut> hurl, strong soutbern linpoU- rcfiiMctl. and I reluctantly consented to s(>are n few minute* to pledge my fur nier host 1 entered the holls«- «ii|>|m.i ting Jn h and was turning Into the Hhrary. whsre I had pMswed my ttnn- while wounded, when Jack guided me Into the I Kir lor np|*n«ite Helen left us Mild went Into (he library Lib came 4n Inuring s decanter and glasses | drank to tin- host and the nssendihd compuuy, proiiitstng that during tbe occu|>atkin hy tin- I'uhNi font-s I would use my lnfliienc« to gntn them i \« ir •ho n In what premised to. bo a tragedy. Only Hden knew what my words meant. I sa*v a spasmodic qulvsr pass over her ss I had syeu death touch a comrade who had been shot In battle. Then, gathering her forces, she stood still, her face denoting tba smothered fires of a volcano. “May 1 ask. sir," said the officer, pale but calm, “why ycai desire my death?" "The wrong, the brutal wrong you did.” 1 I know not why some demon of bar barism should have come to me at this critical moment when of all others I should have shown gentleness and magnanimity. Here was an opportuni ty to make a graceful acknowledg ment of Helen Stnnfortb’s service and sacrifice, perhaps to heal the breach between us. I threw It away. My abandoned purpose was rekindled—I was crazed hy Helen’s treatment. I drew my revolver and brought It to bear on my unarmed enemy. "Coward I” cried Helen. I turned to her scornfully. "Who bade me pursue this man to the hitter end?" J "I." y "Who promised to aid me?” "W “Who now begs for her brother’s life at tbo hands of a southern renegade?” “I? Noverl” She sprang between mo and her brother. “Flrel*’* She stood glaring at me, beautiful In her uncompromising fury. I was be wildered, entangled In the meshes of her beauty, her relentless will power. Then suddenly a cold chill swept over me, as a blighted frost across a land hot with tho rays of a tropical sun. 1 stood aghast at what I had done. I had returned her lueetlmable service by a miserable attempt to force her to beg for her brother’s life, I bad lost what hope I had cherished of a recoti clllntlou—of winning her. I threw my wt*a|K»u into a corner nnd was striding from the room, when Captain Btan- forth, freeing himself from .lack, cried- "In the name of God, what does nil this ineatiT* "It means. Captain Stunfortb." I said, turning, “that on a certain night tn east Tennessee a party of Unionists OB ttielt way north were nmbushed hy cttltcliR wjrtl shotguns A body of Confederate cavalry came down to their assistance You. captain"— "It to, false I led tny company'to the scene ydu n>eutU>o not to attack, but to taotert" It was now tiry turn to stand *tup<* fled Had I ta-eii all these mouths fol lowing an rrmr? “I came on.tk^' ground," t'aptatn Htauforth n-ntinued, ‘Jtisf to time to wlttM-M the iiMiat •vlhils.llcal sight ! ever saw tn tlie south. One Inekk-nt of that terrible night I shall always kvtueniber a murder that I punlsh«sl with my own hand I saw a woman dying for protection tn a man who st»ssi mar her A cuaarvlly cur hraWW Hie flrvd. and *fee fell through her pro t*s - t<-^'* arm* I drew my revolvas and shot the mniOrrei ctca<t“ murderer f «ue for other w.>r<! o Helen dear tn inch, •us, hold. Was not old rrlrne I tiad linput«sl * y avenger. I took one 1 *el«-sl Ids hand ’Thank GodT ‘Yod hav< tns-ii mistaken7" '.*tio far mistaken that had It not Is ♦ n for these tvn> W(*||M*II I would I'sve fdiot yoti down wtiere you siuud.* I str-sl. to t|K- door, rushtsl down tin patch to the gate, mounted my borw and ultlmtif on«v l<H>klng hack at tht gaping crowd ts-hlod me gnllopt'd down the road after tlie advancing onnv (to n» coanaoBD.] (irowmi; Three liales to the Acre i the South, is outrageously poor, bat portion of it is fairly stiong land. On this farm 1 have considerable poor upland, yellow, or so-called mulatto clay. It is on this land that 1 obtaiu my largest yield of dotton, but to do this use a complete fertilizer, by which 1 mean that 1 adapt the kind of ferti lizer that the land natunUly demands for cotton growing. Directions for the different fertilizers for tho different soils I will give later. In beginning your cotton crop bear in mind that thorough preparation of the -oil in the winter and the early apr.iug is very essential to a large yield of cotton. Plow the laud very deep and put it in thorough tilth before you plant. This is half the race. Cotton docs not take much work after it is up and starts growing. It needs only surface scraping. That is why the negro is such a successful cotton grower, lie is too lazy to plow deep in working cotton, and the plant is one that needs only light culture. There fore I give this caution to have the land well prepared before the crop U planted. - . * To get the best results in cotton growing rotate your crops. Cotton is a clean crop, by which we mean that it is generally cleaned in the late sum mer and no growth is left on the land except the cotton plant itself, which does qpt leave enough on the land to help feed the fertilizer the following year. In selecting fertilizers each farmer must be largely his own judge, as to the needs of his laud, but a few gene ral rules will show any one of ordinary intelligence bow to use fertilizers intel- Ugentiy. . If the stalk growth of your cotton is excessive use a -‘fertilizer in which the percentage of phosphates is large. This will largely increase the fruiting capac ity of the stalk and give you the very best possible result. If the stalk growth is weak, puny and spindling and the foliage of a pole, sickly yefeiw color, use a brand of fertilizer that ii made up with 'plenty of notash in it, which stimulates the stalx growth. If the bolls are small and inferior and show a disposition not to mature fully, potash is the oo« in- gradient that will remedy the evil These rules simplified mean where your land is such that the stalk needs stimulating use nitrogen ( and potash largsiy, and where y<€ need more fruit depend largely oo the phos phates • If you wish to hasten the maturity Of tbs crop, so as to escape frost, use phosphates, hut it you wish the coUun flngs flttshiHl ’'YoU shot ff» iwt In a turn I 1 had no ton rhl« l« luiji su I This man. drar i •'la|M*-*l lw*e 1 d< at to all thla Ii | tnuorent of the < Mm, Ihii wa* m suitirib •»♦*** | -(• p (orward am •NK KtkXKK ACCOM I’Ll SB Bl « IT. lit mjr xtaaff *an<). sottliia It down, was shout to go out to mount my hots* when H« Icn c»mr-out of the library and cross'll fh«- hall,' 'hand tn lumd with an officer tii Confederate uni form His forehead was bound with s. handkerchief, he walked with dlttlcul ty and. I Judged, had been severely wounded. Jack sprang forward nnd seized the other hand. "Major Branderstane." said Helen, "my brother.” * Great God! Before me stood my en emy! As at night by a flash of lightning one may see for an Instant a landscape distinct In all Its details, so I saw again the events of the night of the massa cre- There were the flashing ftliotguna, the soldiers coming flown the hill, a figure with garments streaming In the wind running to me for protection. And now before tue stood the man with the smoking pistol. Involuntarily I put my hand to my revolver. "I am your prisoner, sir." he said quickly. "You do not need your wenp- bn." Helen’s eyes flashed. “Would yod shoot an unarmed man?" Jack, mute with terror, staggered to the gray clad figure and clung to It. her expressive eyes bent on me, a min gled flame of reproach nnd wrath. My band rested on my holster J moved noi, spoke not, hut stood star Ing at the group that stared at me. This man. whom I had been bunting to kill, whom Helen had stimulated nm n pursue, against whom, she had even voluntarily pledg'd herself to aid me Jit?® 1 !’' revenge, had now suddenly sp peured as her brother. "I was woqndod." said the officer, "at Fort Ttorretemi nmf ' wKa brought here to nry father’s Infuse. I mu unable to endure the fatigue of flight; there fore I am compelled to surreudet.” u —„ “Captalu Stanforth, I have been hunting for you for months.’’ ’’Mer "You." "What for?” A hush came over all, ss If shout to listen to a sentence of death. “To kill you." There was a brief murmur usoog looking on. then they stood waiting far the nest srasBa on Plantar* Journal . round numbers, oo a couserv»- baMs, the South plants about 2fl,- SMi.tMN) .ures in cotton each year and •vt-> about 1(1,(Nk),nOM bales, thus taking make one bale of cotton. When we • •mntVi that on an average-all of this land is capable of making at least one lisle of cotton to the acre under ordi nary ckirful /arming, we realize what an enormous amount of uscltsa labor is expended annually .in the cotton, growing State* from the dinct cause of ignorance. .For a number of years, on ordinary land, 1 have made 4,20) pounds of •*i* d i niton per acre, or three bales, in other .words, and knowiug the ease with Which this can be done, if the average farmer only ‘'kuoss bow,” has led me to write this little book, giving to my fellow cotton growers the benefit of my experience and observa tion. Hud 1 known what I know now thirty years ago, When I commenced growing cotton, the knowledge would have been worth many fortunes to me over and over, and now that 1 give this experience to others, my one hope is that*the cotton growers of the South will make practiQM use of it and profit thereby, as this experience is now profiting me. One of the reasons for the past ex tremely low average iu cotton produc tion in the South per acre is owing to the fact that not one farmer out of tdn ever takes the trouble to study bis own land, and learn what it needs in the way of fertilizer. Another reason is that cotton growers arc content to plant one variety of cotton on all kinds of soil, when it is so essential that different varieties should be planted on different soils. Take ihe average cotton planter in the booth today and he never stops to ask what kind of fertilizer he should buy or what kind of seed should be planted on tbm*"ttettf’'or that ope. He buys a brand of fertilizer because some one-else buys it, or it is reconpneuded by his merchant. He plants the some seed on. all his fields, and even plants the same seed for years without select ing improved varieties. This is all wrong, and so long as it remains so the South will continue to grow cotton st the rale of one bale to three acres, instead of making three boles to one sere, which I have beeu doing for yean and which Hie average fanner can do himself. • My farm, like thousands of others n irm r i niTirff—- get Thin the crop according to the quahlj .of yoar land. la this connection I wish to say ihst a great many farmers allow their cot ton u> grow too thick in the row, often allowing two stalks in the rune hill. A little care in this simple matter will odd several hundred pounds of cotton to each acre, as the best results cannot be had where tho plants are too cloee. Yean ago 1 used to make an average of 1,000 pounds of seed cotton per acre and 1 thought I was doing well. On twenty acres I usually got about fourteen bales. I commenced aloug the lines I have indicated iu the fore going pages and the result was soon 2,000 pounds per acre. I continued to odd the right fertilizer to the laud, U> apply it at the right time, and it was uot long before my crop wuut beyond 4,000 pounds per acre, and all done by simple metiuKls which I have tried to make plain to my friends iu the busi ness in these pages. It is } simple thing to do, but to do it you^must be watchful and observant. You, must watch every part of every field. If you have a part of one field that is weariug away, plant peas on it, or haul in humus, or rest rtf Du some thing to bring it up to the average. When you plow your lauds in early spring don’t be afraid of gelling too deep, and when you apply fertilizer don’t feel that you are throwing away money. .You arc simply planting money that will come up a hundred fold. Study each part of every field and put just the kind of fertilizer on each it needs most. Don’t be content to apply the same fertilizer all over each field. One part will likely need a different brand from the olher. When the plant begins to fruit in July then add a light application of fertilizer at each working. If youfiud the plant it holding the fruit then withhold the fertilizer until it shows signs of ’failure. Then apply and coo tmue to do so until you feel that your cotton plants have taken on a full crop and will be able to mature same in good lime before the coming of frost. I know a great many farmers will say that to grow as much ms throe bales of cotton per acre is what they call ”tancy fanning,” but I know from bx- perience that it is practical farmfng. If I am anything 1 am (inirlical, and 1 believe in getting the mosi out of your, loud you can. 1 used to think it wa« impossible to raise two hates of seed cotton per acre, but I found by expe rience that it was an easy mstler not only to grow thai wueb, but taoro. I sin honest in the la lief that lIn to keep on growing late you will reach I great majority of cotton growers in the your end by the liberal use of potash. 1 South, if they will follow the direction* Tlie average cotton grower who will 11 have laid down in the *iiB|tleet lau- keep these simple rules in mind cannot I guage 1 know bow, can increase their make a.mistake, for he will well know average of cotton per acre at least 1U0 from experience jaat on what field he |>«r cent, in a single year, and if they needs more stalk growth or 6u what I wMl continue to follow the directions fiald this stalk growth needs relaruing. given the time will not be faraway It la the following of these rules which whew every acre that is planted under has enabled me to increase my yield the directions glveu will yield an aver of cotton on the saiwe load from 1 ,ta«» jag«* of over one hale |s# acre, instead murchuDts and Lawyers and doctors liars and Fid- GIRLS AT SOIML wyni and preachers and Ed dlers. How could They be where they ere To-day 1/ They Couldn’t of Lamed to be gratqJ>J making Fools of them •elves at CoUidge?” “ Bat most of them never went to collidge In their lives,” maw sed, 44 What do yoa mean By say Tug uteb Things?” ..... Well,” paw told her, ‘‘If they Didn’t it tfa* Their own L ;s«. Thinx how mutch grater they would Be Thau they are To-day if the Poor fellows would only of Had a Chance to get their skulls Cracked and their Coller bones broken. A boy can He a fool Outside of CoUidge, too, but not so Big a one as if He was in, so it duz- s in’t help him so mutch. “ Then they, are Auuther Iteason why peeplq ’ o to Be thankful along About This time. They don’t haft to go away From home on Vacations for neerly a year, and they won’ts be Enny more elections till next Spring. The ones that Got in this time are Thank ful becoz they won and The ones that didn’t aie Thankful becoz Everybuddy knows they Would of Carried all Be fore them if It wouldn’t of.Been for (Jorrupsbun on the other side. Thanksgiving’s a nohull thing to Have. It brings us Cluster and fills us with sublime Biota, and if the pee-ple we invited Last year don’t get up just as good a Dinner for us This time we no They are snide and have the Satlus- facksheu of telling the nabers About it Everybuddy bas Sum thing to Be thaukful for at This seezuu of the year. The farmer’s Thankful becoz (he crops are all in and He has Time at Last to chop the wood the Foiubly’li uoad to keep from Freezing thru the winter. The Onprnao ou the .Street Car's Thankful Becoz when one hand Gets too num U> Hold the Handle lie can take the olher. Thu Milkman's Thank- full becoz when the Milk freezes iu a •ollud cake it Cau’t slop on his Over halls that be Had wsrhud summer Be fore last. The grocery Boy’s thankful Becoz be can keep his feet From freez- ing by getting out of th* Wagou every Little while to Deliver things. So it is all Thru life. Everybnddy’s thank ful along about This tints. 11 One man's Thankful becoz he duz sen’t get docked for. bavins a day off and anulher’s Thankful! bocCz his wife lias a sick bed ake and They can’t go to Church. It’s i lime of Glad tidings and Grate Joy and if we Didn't have Knoythiug El*« to be Thankful forwe A n « orrsevoiKtouc* riven could all r tm-mber that J. llcl^hbl I lention Morgan ain’t twins, which shows that [ * Things mite He a good teal wone.” While they are acculnulathig knowledge on the profound science* are often » ignorant of their own nature* that they Slow local disease to *«£«».<» th «“ ^ the ruin of the general health. Back ache, headache, nervousness, point to a disoidered or Aiseased local condition which should have prompt attention. Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription may be relied upon as a perfect regulator. It •tops enfeebling drains, heals tnfismma- tiorT and ulceration, and cures female weakness, ft mobetweak worn** and sick women rmsi. ^ ^ _ There is no "Favorite Pre scription* and H fe ertirely free from opium, cocaine and an other narcotics. ,y (r „ Inal rtcrfve&s w»Wes Miss Row xtlfct Iowa, SnT t I crSf have fdOr ’ Vtvoftte It SO tof Surly prescript I-*)' yesto Dr Pierce’s Coohdoo Sense Medical Adviser is sent ftet on mwtot of II Ope- r,‘T<£C‘3. , FT»&?i!2 felo, N V. 4 YOUNGBLOOD LUMBEK COMPANY AUGUSTA. OA. Ovrics ash Woaas, Nona Acucsta, 8. 0. ——to Umovs. Blinds Hardwi and KLOUKING. SIDING, CEIUNG AND INSIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN GEORGIA FINE T prompt at ~ n- of one-third of a hale, as at present. I The experiment is wdl worth trying. Plant fewer acme and make more; that | should be the puiicv of the cotton growers of the South from this lime oo. It will pay every one who starts oat to I follow thuv rale. WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL. pounds of seed cotton per acre to over 4,200 pounds. In striving lor the beat results in cotton growing and to make two or three bales to the sere, of tours*- the tanner must fertilize heavily, but It pays beat. It will not do to depend on 2U0 pounds of cheap fertilizei per acre, yoa can never reach the best results in that way. 1 u*e a* high m l.Ouu pounds of h!gfc.g£*de Jeniliosr per acre, and even esnre nrtunes, hut in doing this. I gel the very best resul s. I have found that by mcreasiug liu- amount of fertilizer, say from |7 tog'.* per acre, I have been able to get an extra bale of cotton, which 1 claim is very good investment, when you cou- •ider the fact that it takes no more to cultivate a well-fertilized acre than one that is poorly fertilised. If you find Uial your land is of the! hell Seczuu,” he bed. Everybuddy heavy alluvial character and coutoms 1**d» thankful that we’ve Got thru the much feed substance and an excuse of iTiubble once more and have quite f nitrogen, depend entirely on the plios- [Tew CoUidge Urn k-ft to Tull the talc Oeorgie’e Paw Explains the Rea sons for OhAerviag the Day * Detroit Free Prase *“ I'kw I ost when maw wasn't busy telling him how Sapnitod she wo* 1 Uscuz Mr*. Haw! ley can gut Ho menny New Close on her ilustiaud’s Kalery, ” why do we Have thanksgiving Enny- way?” , 4 ‘ Becos that’* .the End of the Fout- Gmnhsik. la Hung Chang visited Philadelphia on Hcpteyiber 1, I81N1, when Charles F. Warwick was mayor. The proces sion started down lirond Street. It was soon after this that Mayor War wick, pointing to the crowds which line the street*, said: 44 Your Excellency, Phihvlelphia i* fkmoas for Us beautiful wencii ” Li was quiets few minutes and tiien mode the famous reply: 44 1 have uot scuii any yot.”—Phila delphia Times. The three gn the world are and Hamburg. N« it aliiuping ports in • Yo k, laverpool <’olcnuin-Wiitfuner lliirtlwaru Company, I Huecesours lo C, P. Pwetibeim L , Wholesale and Retail I dealers In Aims, Ammunition, Agricul tural Implements and Hardware Of every kind and Jaacnptsun. •‘wad I m*ila! for Pricea. King .‘jireet, Charleston, S. f. P.b M Medicated Cigars AND tE-M Smoking Tobacco Cough *‘My wife had • deep-seated cougb lor three years. I purchased two bottles of Ayer's Cne A good menuv ■ d Them ate iu the UuapiUle, but it’s chua|ier for their pairunts to kocp them kbdru Thou they were Well uunff to be Up iuu | dying tyuh a IJgH .fitf .Luui F-uc am pi nt's us a fertilizer, and on such laud you con use the largest qnanUly and In; sure of getting the very heal resulta. Otic of the great mistakes which _JJU1LJUlAkk >UlUh.tU u growing—andV m fad. with .many crops—is that they apply all the [crowd cmuWI think up. So That’s an fertilizer at the lime of planting, or [ uUiur reason to Be-thonkfui. before, and then leave the crop to grow j 44 1 can’t see,” maw Broke iu, “Why and mature with that, failing lo give it|(^>Hidge Boys-like to Be sulch,fools another application. A mumeul’s | l^xik at Poor Mis. Oakley's boy that thought will tell any sensible man that Biey Hazed Lost week. Thvy had him this is wrong. Every coltou grower hid in a Seller with neerly a Foot ul’ knows that every year his cotton puls | water For two days aud Mie Docktor’s iin enough squares, or shapes, to make afrahl he milen’l ever get over it.” three or four limes as much as it does, “ It’« too bad for Him,” paw Sed but that the plant sheds the greater [” hut Still he ot to be Happy.* ’The part of these shapes. What is the | Hoy* must have sumbuddy to prack reason for this ? It is want of strength tu* on, aud if Fate picked him that’s in the soil. The shedding, which al- [ His Iamb. He ot to remember That ways goes on in July on crops not H’* Gloreyous to Be a mailer. The properly fertilize<l, comes from a weak-1 ones that shut Him up in the seller ness which the wide-awake farmer will now Have a chants lo be grate men. remedy. This is done by applying Think what it would of meat if He fertilizer to your cotton as you work| would of died young. AJ1 those olher the ciop. By adding this strength to poor chaps would of had to go thru the soil at the cotton plant’s roots you Life and not no about the Fuu they enable it to retain the shapes. In j missed and mebby never getting to Be other words, you give it strength tolgrato on account ot It. Pairunts mua- hold its fruit. Tsen’Cbe Selfish about These things Here lies one of the great mistakes His mother ot lobe thankful. 1 ust to which the majority of cotton growers Think mebby it would be a Good thing make. They never think of feeding t<uStop the hazing and Cauc rushing the cottou plant bur once. Thkt is in *0*1 Footballing till 1 Gyt to lalkihg to the early spring. Some times the for- U Cupple of men at the Offus. They tilizer is put in the ground in*Febru- showed me the Filosofy of it. They ary. By July, when the plant needs [ sed Enny man that would kick against strength to keep the Iruit it is taking^ Hazing or not Let his Boy play foot- on, this fertilizer is exhausted. It bas (Ball was a uenemy to his Country, been used up by the young plant, or I and they ot to no Becoz their Children ^ washed away hy the spring rains. Just are all Dotters. Every good silazun when the plant nggda strength most it they sed ot to Be glad to Lose a Boy bas least. This is the time when the | ot two Letting others have a Chants to proper fertilizer should be appKed as lay the Foundashuusof Graitnuss. you work the crop, putting it close to 44 Look at llockfyellow. ^Do you the roots of the plant as you plow it, s’pose he’d be the Grate man he is to- then coveriog with a light furrow. If day If he wouldn’t of Hazed and your plant has plenty of stalk at this Cane rushed and Lurned gonrulship stage, but needs more shape, or is on the Football field? A man that ust shedding Us shape, use a strong phos to Live in Cleveland told me Qoce phale brand. If the stalk is small anti that John would Just go to School and needs pushing, use a brand that has a study for All he waa Worth and Then good percentage of potash in it, and go Home and work like Jim Hill—or also plenty of phosphates. no, 1 mean Sam—when he was a boy, It is this simple feeding of the cot- hut ennybuddy can see that must-Be a ton plant at the proper time that helps mistake. If he didn’t lern to have me make three bales lo the acre. This Curridge and to marshull his thots on could not be done in any other wav [the Football field how could be Be that is practical. ‘ . what he is to-day? In planting my fcrop I give the piautl 44 1 never herd that Mark Twain or goSd distance, both in width of rows Mark Hanna pilayed Football or Hazed and in the hill. You cannot crowd [ people to Lay the Foundashuns of their cotton.and get the best resulta. Con- gratenuss, But they must of Dona it aider the quality of your land. You | and are beeping it quiet on account of know about what size stalk you i Uiemr it cured her com-' large site, sad plcteiy.” J. H. Burge, Macoa, Cut. Probably you know of cough medicines that re- liove little cougha/off coughs, txctpt deep ones I Ids been curing the worst of deep coughs for sixty years Is Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. TSra* On*: Uc.. Me . tl i ComsH rear SaeWr II M mn Ukr It, th«n So M be *•?• II he lelh r » u not So t*k* H. then don ' Ink* It. He know*. Lee** II with Mm We nn< wtlllM a. c. avu oo.. Low*n. mu*. Fu« ussri «d T»banco Utoi stiffs* wttti a torrli. 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