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^i7T?rrrTri--iTn" o. | > i n MME-6EUENE ; * h i A CHILD OF- THE, SLUMS. \.4 ? ! U *?= by b. l. farjeon. ? CHAPTER Xi. Continued. If tie rorfds had been rough aud un even wbeiy. Walter walked over them l? ids aruis, they were a thousand 'Times more rough aud un even ?,w*ey were In the enrt, bump ing utong.** 1' or -the driver was anxious to get to |iis own cottage, and he urged the liorso to n&ke as much haste as was In the powwtfof an animal that was by constitution a slow goer and' plodder ?ua,jMnsu^ueutly a philosopher. He, sitting In frout on the shaft, and (jumping ?uy and down as though that wero*ftis .natural way of life, did not sec hte passengers, but he heard them cry ont fdrkim merrily to "Stop, stop, stop'"- -*? " "ByttiaJMIme Sarannc was pressed ?close to Walter's side? for no other rea son. ciAirse, than that if he moved sway from hor I lie billionth part of an iitch tuxmelliing dreadful might oc cur. to really,'' said Walter, "for the sake 6f our bones, must go a little slower."" .'4 Thereafter they jogged along at a tnore -so^er puce (tlie driver being soothed "By tlio ]>roinise of an extra ^billing),* but not withstanding this Im proved mode of progression, which re- ] dared to,?ero the chance of falling out of the citft, Sara line wa$? still pressed ^losc WWalitiv- uuil lus arm was < ?r?Mind Japr waist. I'eru. rfr experience had taught Wtrt 'tcr was well for a man to be prcparcd^Vor sudden shocks when he is riding.- in a rough cart over rough country -Toads with a pretty girl by Lis side. ll was 'a glorious sunset. ?inid it t Lit tle Jfuke-lioliove's rciiut'xt *fbc driver puilodujp so that they could AM?cud a hill luiul.look at it<v% Th^npvcnlng wa \W still and peaceful, and ~tn& young people were for the tuost.povt silent, as they gazed at the womlrotip- color of the western skies; but now-Apt! tben a whispered word or two from ?W'Aiter*9 > lips reached j3ar trnuo'f eur*. fode along again they ftratcjptfl thfe sinking of "the sun through | the lacings of the distant trees; the ' tlery* Shadows, "gliding hither ahd thither, 'seemed to bo imbued witb life. Lower sank tlie sun, until not the faintest line ;cf arc could- be seen: darker grew tin* dusky shadows until not a ttnec o? rcslicss' lijjlil- remained. And u!#ht was with tliem'. VcaoQful a|d beautiful. llu>j were quite pHcnt now..' * * . ?v * I ' < I Not a word from their lips, only now and lht?n a soft 11 n^- happy sigh. I he; driver with the prospect of an additional shilling, and another ou top of tliutf-thc additional promise having already been given by Walter? sat eon * tentcilfy on hf* shaft, rmnklng his pipe. So .tfniablc was lie that he went a lit 11c out of hi* wry to show them a great hay-tack, to which a match had been v icl<"<lly put In the morning by 'if ilmuRtfi h? !?!,;?; :? smarting under 0 ti'ii'va^Le against his muster, ? It vMembh'.l nil ancient ouwtle, with J ttinvtf*and towers and (Jolhie nrolie?, . I he ftre wae *tl!! iifiouldering iif the ? ruined, building. Sudden lights np- j peareiuniul driiappcnrcil ; limning shad ows glided over t li e surfaces; column!) crumbled to while dust; lurid wlhdows ebonn'+veryhcro amid the blackening palci;*^: tho walls bulged Inward; with n\ ? 'dent crash, vast pieces of the celling fell to the ground, sending luyrbiw* of sparks, in a Turious rush. UpuaVf to the skies. On\?Ard once more through the * peaceful night, leaving the fiery wreck behind? them -past tail trees which, with titirk clouds hanging over them, sop m el of monstrous height ? through narro# lanes dotted with familiar landmarks -past a pond covered with watery lilies? skirting the footbridge 1 hey -fistd often crossed?nearer aud ncn;e< home (III I ho cottage lighte ap pealed, ^ In accordance with Walter's t?isb. 1 the driver had brought them to within n hundred yards of tb<?lr <loor* 'V He was well paid forjt. and giving them good uiirht. set his horse going, .lumped on to (lie ^hafty aud 'jolted homeward. w liiatliug. A hundred yard* vcae not fir <<0 wall,, bm 11 took a long time, tU?P? being so vri j', verjr * Perhaps the clrcubjelihe* tbtft Sar wnu" : nd >\ uUev lm<i Joined beods as th: \ v ;!>"?; Ii.mI ;ometblng to do with it. lv '' * This loM' pjlmiui,' ft >untable for ni'icb. No one. km w of It bPt tbctrsclvcs; ? ^ LiltSe Mr We-r??li<*> e wfis on Walter's left, sarannc iin bh right, so that It was bis right hittnl and Irer left wh!ch were eoftly iut'olUed ouo >?itblu the other. It I* ncc<*Mff.v *t<v be t-otrect lit tb? endeavor to explain why they were such an unconscionable long time walking those hundred yards. . ? * *?!*/#* In the inhllb,r or flm night Little Mak?- Ibiicre :V*oke? Uvr lace lurued ?o fc'mannc, who, with her back to her sisHu', wss leaning on her elbow, gs/.ing st *omo thlrr *he i>e'1 'n h^v frntirt. On by tho bedside was a' . IliUhAz-if cairdlc. ; ? It was the light which had aroused Little Make- Believe. "Saraune!" Bald Little Make-Believe, aud slightly raising herself as she ?poke she Raw in Sarauue's hand a portrait of Walter. Oli, Make- Bel level'' cried Sarunnc, quickly blowing out the caildle; "how you startled pie!" "t thought there was something the mailer, * said Little Make- Believe pres ently; blie spoke very quietly, "when I woke up aud saw the light." "So. there is nothing the matter. I aui restless aud can't sleep. What a happy day we liad-wTiat a hannv happy day!'' "Ye*, dear, a happy day indeed. It Is hard to remember all that occurred, it was so long and full of pleasure." "I can remember everything? every thing! I shall never, never iorget it. Don't you think it was the happiest, the wry happiest day you ovyr spent?" "Do yon think so, 8a ramie?" "Yes, Make- Believe." i lieu s?) do I! ler know," Sarahne, that to see you happy makes me happy, loo.*' "I kuotor. .Make-Bel love. I ntn afraid I have been very ungrateful to >ot sometimes." "1 hat you never have, mj* dear. Yo\) lia\e always been very good to me." ^ "Makc-Belie\*e,*' whispered fe'uranne, * one day I may be able to repay vou for nt! you've done for nie." ' "To repav me. my dear? ^ Why, that *s 1C J'ou owetT nie soanetiilnk," r I neter ktiow,"' said Saranue, heat ling closer, to Uttle Make-Believe, "till lately when it was jml into niv head bow much I really owe you. \ never even thought of it, ungrateful girl that m? i m *? ? * *4? 11 Wl,8t,,'t !*P??k fityerself in that wa f. 1 will not allow you. Who hag bffcn putting BU9I1 ideal into v<Jor,: head?" "Can't you guess, Make-Believe? The best man that breathes on the earth, who lovee you, and is nerctf tired of speaking of you. Can't you guess, * C^t* ? **? "? ? - v - ? r ? i* 1 A than As loves nu-T As calfs mo sister. Do you want -me to tell yer his. name? Are yer tbo shy to "do if yer-" aelf? Why, Mainline, ifg dark, ami no 0110 can see! And y^pr prince is .come! ^Uldtft I always telLyer'he would ? ami hla-uame is "Walter." t '? She pressed Saran'^Jtt'i. irfli8 close to her heart. ,jj? * -Vi ? .? It was tho name s&.Qjpfieted t<j 1 our. but sho had not- {be Courage to mention It flr?t ; bru.voia?,'ehe was. capable of "clf-?acrlffeeaMUM Vi ae, she was not slrofig enough to* that. ? >?". It was the death -knelt wraor- hopes ?which, she ackuowledn^&ow^^l/uc never before, held sway as If she should ever have had.^lkesump llon to lift her eyes so r^#iWC-ft vii h the death-knell of her iom<ftajtf She bole ft nolily; * "Are you glad, Make-Beli&Hjfe: 'Z , "Am I glad!" repeated Bolleve. " lu? t greater ha pplnjiCffltii I want tlum what you've toicF^n^v "hern U ouly one thing, mv dcan5M> ls ? KcMleman, and we nro only .pp^ girls -what tvin hi* father ?nyr* Mfc I 'lW*r.elkta *l*?keii of thut. He Si* not told ins 'father yet? -whv, Mri^k. Believe. I only knew it to-day :-but S? father is the best of men, after Wall^Y of course, and Walter says he rtk*i new crossed bim in a 4wl*h. it bas made me prond to hear" the opinion Mr. Pcepdale Iuih of you. Make-Believe -btrt Walter shalHHI ? j'ojpivaJI that " "I'm glad Mr. Deepdal'e thinks well el 111 v. though it's bold to say for what reason. I've never done notliing that I kftow of except to thank him for liis goodness to us." All this time Jylttie Make-Believe had not kUsod Sato line, whose head sin had kept: pillowed on her breast, but now by a simultaneous movement of affection their Up* met jit lurvlng cm brace# * hy. Make- Bel ie?e. you're crying!" otfelaltued Hern tine. "I id 'tying tor joy. njy dear, at the pmapest sfrtre yon? >VHb all my heart 1 pray that It may come to p*s*~wlfb all my Ueaj* -with all my bmrtV* ? 1 "We arc uof to go brw.-lt to Clarr Mar ket. Make-Believe;. we are to.TSHJUTh here until all I* ?*ttM. and then we are to to school for a ?} ear-yes. Make- Believe, you aiid me together? mivl >\ a I let* H coming to sy<? ut? vegu laily? and at the end of the year? you eau guess wlist Walter mh ys will bap. pen tbeu." "Its u tmuy gueiM, f,od hies* yer 1 both, my dear, dear sister, aud cay bro tiler ss I hope'll be. ' "J here will be no occasion for ?ou to struggle any more. Make-Belle* e I the hard old life is over. Walter's father i?* rich, and w?- slmll never, never again want for bread. You are 1 crying wtlll. Make-Believer' "My Heart's so f\i M that It's running over, <4o on, dear." "And you. are to lire with us always, nnd never, never leave m till '? "Till what, my dear?" "Till jour prim* comes and lakes you away from us.-' "That's never going to happen, Snr nine." * All, but yen don't know, Mnks-Be Mete." ' '? ?1 (know w 1 )T "?vujgb. Th??re*j? ? bit of room Id my bear! for any oth? lor? than what fills It uow, for you ana Walter. Go to sleep, uiy dear, . and dream of hlui? and of uie Just a little. "IJr de<Jl'e8t so to Iu tbe midst of ber tears she softly song an old song with which she Vised to lull Sarauuc fc> 'sleep (be dafs <$t her infancy ;Hud l>eforc a doftcu broken words were sung Sarunne had sunk to slumber, with smiles on ber lips aud Joy hi her bearf. _Aiid the whole night through, while "*Hi auite -rrnn ratm+y slceplny, Ltttte Make-Belleve luy awake wrcstllug with her agony? wrestling with it aud striv ing to conquer it. "They mustn't kuow, tb<|y mustn't as much as suspect,"? this was the rp frain of ber thoughts? "I mustu't let eui see as I'm not the happleest of tbe happy. lt\| spoil everything If I showed 'eui what a weight there was on my heart. Serve yer right, yer little fool, for daring to think of hlni & j anything but a frigid! With your ugly face and common ways to go and love hlui ns you've been doing? but mustn't go on doing, mind! if yer do. yer false to Marantic, and to be false to her means that you're tho wickedest wretch as crawls!? to think of him as you've been dolug for ever so long? why. you must be stark-star ing mad! It's all over now. that's one good Job, and' you're wide awake, mid kuow what's afore you. Oh, iny poor heart ? oh. my poor heart!*' And so she mourned and grieved and' reproached herself till daylight camo and It was lime to rise. Sarauue still slept. Very softly Lit tle Mnke-Beiicvc drew away tbe pillow upon which her bead hod been lying; it was wet with ber tears; if Saranuo discovered that she hud been crying all the night she might think that Little Make-Bellcve was envious oC ber, or 'something worse, perhaps. Not with tears, but with smiles, must she meet Marantic when she awoke. **he *st In- her night dress by the side of her beautiful sister, aud gazed c?t her. . ? "Wouldn't it be the beet thing that cob lil happen if I was to ilieV" . . These wordswere not only Iu her mind; she had'Tpokeii tbeni under her breath, und she clcuched In* teeth In *eoru or herself as though there lurked ? ? tho Words n treasonable wish to . waitl thp V'ihg who was kult lo her by .the closest, th e dea regt tie*. ; t . I' or tho purpose of accentuating this scorn of herself, and of punishing her self for her baseness, she took the 4$es*ing glass from the tabic and rested It on lier knees as she took her i lftloep Again by her sister's side. ;Bhe looked- at ber own plahl "face in the glass aud at the loveliness of Sar aiineV a? It.lay upon tile pillow. "?\ou ugly little scorj)lon!" she whis pered to her face in the glass, "who do yer thlnk'd be fool enough to fall in love with you?" Xhls brought the Image of Ivojey to her mind, but though lie had been fool enough . to fall In love with ber, and tool enough to ask her to marry him, ills image brought no comfort to her* | it made her shudder at herself. She Shook her head angrily to drive , 1 fro,n ber mind, and sat for hulf ail hour with the glass before her I schooling herself for the pari she bad to play. , A slight movement from Sarauue warned her; she replaced the glass quietly on th? table and plunged her lace into cold water. .Turniug, with the. towel Iu her bund, met her. sister's opeuing eyes with locks' of affection and happiness, J* How t'ood it Is of you!" murmured Marantic, as Little Make-BeJIevo stooped and kissed her." "It's a lucky sign to wake up and see such a bright arid happy face us yours. I'vo been dreaming all night of Caller and of yorur prince. Yes, indeed I have. I rtdti't care what you say, Make-Be H?ve. He'll come- you'll see if be Wtyi't." ?Aiul what was my prince like, gar amie? Anything like Walter'"' ".''Something like, but not so hand *d)iio Walter; you eotild bardlv ex Pffct that:'' ?1 sh.ould be foolish (o expeet it. There s only one Walter, Marantic," L said Sarauue, with a hannv ?sigh, -only one!" (**????? : On that day Mr. Decpdalo returned from London. ?e had been absent a week, and letters had passed dally between him and Walter. I Mr' Jotters there had bden no cause for uneasiness, and Wal ter Tias therefore the more grieved to perceive that s great changc had come over his father duriug those few dHys It alu.ost seemed as if iu seven days he hud grown seven years older, nud it was evident that there was a weight mi bit, mind which sorely oppressed hlui, "Voif dcn'l look well, dad." *aid ^ alte?. "Dor t i, Waily? T'erbapi it Is bf ?.uuse l bare been much worried.'' "I am sorry to bear tbat." "Don't be auxlous about me. mr boy ? T shall bo better by uod by, I dare -sr. Rut you. Wall}," and ho laid his hands npon Walter's shoulders. "I don't think I have over seen you look quite so well as you do now." "Dad. 1 have something of the ut most Importance to say to you."' "And 1 have something of the ut most Importance to say to you, my boy. Hut let us defer out confidences till later In tho day; I feel scarcely strong enough at present to go into matter*. .Lot mo rent. ? llttlr ; this evening, Wslly, xv? will speak In prl vate together." . "Agreed, dad; but you must 1st me i speak first." (To b? Continued. t urge cork nans Palmetto. fMfaMrl'Givcs His j Method . * _ J 0--44-J4S-H Jt. DEEP AND CLOSE CULTIVATION He Obtained a Phenominal Yield by Fertilisers. ! ^ Jn I lie Ilartsville (tc.) Messen ger recently Mr. E. Hclver William son ot DmlingUiii County, given to the p?b lie a most valuable pa^r ?? eorn j'ulturc. In vieL of the fact tliat the Soul lieru Cot toy Association at the lust meeting- held in New Orleans adopted resolutions of vital importance lo the Southern farmers among the most important of which was that urging the farmers to diver sity their crops and tot plant corn and other grain crop* sufocent at least tor Jiouis couMumptiot). This article su,,Ject uf <*>rn. culture bv Mr. illiamtton is all the juore important and interesting. ' Mr. Williamson For a number of yelai-s after I be gan to farm 1 followed the old time method of putting (he fertilized all under the com, planting on a level or higher six by three f<et, pushing the plant from the start {and making a big stalk, but the ear* were few and frequently small.' I planted much eorn in the spring ami bought much more corn (he next spring, until iiu ullv I was driven to Mho conclusion that corn could not tr made on inl ands m this section certainly not bv the old method except at a loss. did not give up. liov.ever, j'or J knew that the fanner who did not ?fake his owlv eoilti fmtr had Sue-* eeeded and never would, so 1 began to experiment. First, I planted lower, and the veield was better, bnf the stalk was still, too - large, so 1 discun turned altogether the. ;aupli<-nt:ou of fertilizer before planting, and know! mg^tbat all crops sliould.be fertili some time used Mixed fertiliz es #<s?de applientiofr'and applied the more soluablc *#/ate of soda atcr, b? guided the excel lent results obtained from its use n* a top dressing for oats!* Still .'.the yield though regular/ wan not iaiwc and the smalliless of the --talk Wself now suggested that tl.ev should )* planted thicker in the drill. This was done the next year with results so satisfactory that I continued from year to year to increase thq number ?>f stalks and fertilizer. with which o sutam them/ also to apj>ly nitrate soda at last plowing, and to lav by early sowing peas broadcast. This method steadily "increased the yield until year before last, (19041 which eorn eleven inches apart in six foot tows and $11 worth of fertilizer to the aero, I umdo ?? bushels averaging to the acre, severe! of my best acres making as much as 125 hushels. Last year, <1005) I followed the ?amo method, planting the first week in April, 70 acres which had produc ed the year before 1000 pojiuds seed Oolton |>er acre. The land sandy up ?u:id. somewhat rolling. Seasons verv iintuvorablc. owing to the tremendous rains in May and the dry and extrem y ho weather later on. From June l~th to .JnJv 12th, the time when it most uoedod moisture tlioro was 5.3 ur on inch of rainfall here; yet with w , ^ ?r fertilizer, my yield was >- bushels per acre, Hows were six teet and corn sixteen inches in drill jNith this method, on land that will ud i manly produce 1000 lbs. of seed 'i?1 s,)0 ) sounds of fertilizer, , husije-j;: <,f eorn should be made by using 200 pounds of cotlon seed ??eal, J00 pounds of aeid phosphate ind 100 pounds of Kaiuil mixed or" their equivalent jM other fertilizer, and 125 pounds of nitrate of soda, all io bo used as side application as di rected below. On land that will make a hale and "ue liali of cotton j>er ucio wIipu fer tilized, a hundred bushels of com should be produced by doubling the c mount of fertilizer above, exeeot chat R00 pounds of nitrate or soda should be used. In each ease there should be loft on the land in corn stalk.-, peas, vines and roots, from $12 to $10 worth of fertilizing material per acre, beside* he great benefit to the land from so large amount of veer table matter The plnee of this in the permanent improvement of land can never be taken tor commercial fertilizer, for it is absolutely impossible to make lands rich as long as the\ are are lacking in vegetable matter. Land should be thoroughly and fleepty broken tor corn, and this is the time in a ostein of rotation to ? ?cepen thy soil. Cotton requires u more compact soil than win, and H.ile a deep *oil i* ?^eiitiul to it* development, it will not produce fl* well on loose o)>en land, while corn does best, on land thoroughly broken A deep soil will ?0t only produce more heavily than a shallow soil with good seasons, but it will stand more wet as well as more dry weather. In preparing for the corn crop, laud should be broken broadest dur ing the winter one fourth deeper than it has been plowed before, or if touch vegetable matter is being turned un ier, it may be broken one third doep This s? much deepening s'l, land will usually stand i?t one year:! end produce well, though U may l>e continued cach year, so long as much dead vegetable inattpr is being turu 'ed under. It may. lio never, be sub soiled to any depth by following in JoUcut ol turn plow Inflow, provided ?> l*Oi* of ibe gub soil limn has been directed, is turned up. Bleak with two horse plow if |s*sibte. or lietter with disc plow. With the lattor cot tou stalk or com ?talk as lapr as jve ever make, eau be t-vned under \vHio~ur having Wen chopped, and in pea-vines it will not chop or drag. Never plow laud when it is wet, if you ever expect to have any use for it again. Bed with turn plow iu six loot rows, leaving five inch balk. When ready to plant, break this out with scooter, following in bottom of this turrow with Dixie plow, wing taken off. Ridge then on this furrow with same plow going deej>er. Ruu corn planter on this ridge, dropping one gram every five or six inches. Plant early, as soon as frost danger is past, say first seasonable s|>eli after March JiHli, m this section. Especially is early planting necessary on very rich Ivnds where stalks cannot Otherwise be prevented from growing too lurgc. Oive first working with harrow or any plow that will not cover the plant .r second working, use ten or twelve inch sweep on both sides of corn, which should now be about eight inches high. Thin after this work ing. It is not necessarv that the plants should be left the same dis tance apart, if the right number re main to each yard of row. Corn should not be worked again until the growth has been so retarded and the stalk so hardened that it will never grow too large. This is the moht difficult point in the whole pro cess. Experience and judgment are ic-quired to know just how much the stalk should be stunted, and pleutv of nerve is required to hold back your corn when your neighbors who ferti lized at planting timo and cultivated rapidly, have corn twice the size of yours. (They are having their inn now. ^ ours will come at harvest time.) The richer the land the moro necessary it is that stunting process should he throughly done. When you are convinced that your corn has been snflicentlv humiliated you may begin to make the oar. It should he from twelve to eighteen lijthes high, and look worse than yon have ever had any corn look before. Put half your mixed fertilizers,' (this hemg the first used at all) is the old sweep furrow on both sides of t\ery other middle and cover bv breaking out this middle with turn plow. About one week later treat the other middle the same wav. a. few dft.VR side corn in first middle with sixteen inch sweep. Put all your nitrate of soda iu this fur row. if less than 150 pounds. If more nso one-half of it now. Cover with < ne furrow of turn plow, then sow jhmis m this middle broadcast at the late o! at least one bushel to the acre and finish breaking out. In a few days side corn in other mnl, lie with same sweep, pat balance ot nitrate of soda iu this furrow if it as divided, cover with turn plow, sow peas, and break out. This lays by your crop with a good bed and plenty ol dirt around your stalk, fhis should bo from Juno 10th to 20|h, unless season is very late, and eorn should be hardly hunching for tassel. Lay by early, More oorn is ruined b.v late plowing than by lack of plow MR. '' hi# is when the car ig hurt, llie good rains after laying by should maka you a good crop of corn, and it will certainly make with much less lain than iP pushed and fertilized iu the <dd way. The stalks thus raised are very j small, and do not require any thing like the moisture even in proportion to size, that is necessary for larger sappy stalks. This may, therefore, be left much thicker iu the row. This i* no new process. It has long been a custom to cut back vines and trees ill order to increase the yoild and P'dity to fruit, and so long as you i to not hold back your corn, it will go, like mine so long went, all to stalk. Do not be discouraged by the looks of your cotton during the process of cultivation. It will yield out of all proportion to its appearance. Large stalks cannot make lurgc yields, ex cept with extreme favorable seasons, for they cannot stand a lack of moisture. Marly applications of ma nure go to make large stalks, which >ou do not want, and the plant food is. all thus used up before the ear, which you do want, is trade. Tall i fitalkr, net only \* ill not produce well themselves, but will not allow you to make the pca\ines, so necessary to the improvement of laud. Corn raised by this method should uever grow over 7 l-'J feet high, and the ear should lie near to the ground. I consider tho final application ol nitrate of soda an essential point iu this ear making process. It slu.uld always be applied at last plowing and unmixed with other fertilizers. I am notified with ono ear to the stalk unless a prolific variety is planted, and leave a hundered stalk* for every bushel' that I expect to make I find the six foot row easiest to cultivate with out, injuring the corn. For fifty bushels to the sere, I leave it sixteen inches apart; for seventy-five bushels to the sere, 12 inchcfl apart, and for one hundred busheld eight inches apart. -"'Corn should be planted from tour to six inches below the level, ami laid by four to Six inches above. No hoeing: should be necessary, and middle* may be kept clean until time to break out, by using haiiow or by running one shovel furrow in center of middle and bedding ou that, with one or more round* of turn plow. I Would advise only a few - acres tried by tliia method the first year, or until you are familiar with its appli cation. Especially is it hard, at first, to fullj* carry out the stunting process where u whole crop is involved, and this is the absolutely essential part of the process. This method I have applied or seen applied, successfully, to all kinds of land in this section except wet lands and moist bottoms, and I am confi dent it can be made of great benefit, throughout the entire South. In the middle West, where com is so prolific and profitable, and where, unfortunately for us, m> much of ours has been produced, t lie stalk docs not naturally ;>uow large. As We come South its size increases, al the ex pense of the ear, until in Cuba and Mexico it is nearly all stalk (witness Mexican varieties.) The purpose of this method is to eliminate this tendency of corn to overgrowth at the expense of yield, in this Southern climate. By this method I have made my corn srop, and my, neighbors and friends who have, without exception, derived great benefit therefrom. Plant your own seed. I would not advise a change of seed and method the same year, as you will not know from which you have derived the benefit. 1 have used three varities. all have done well. 1 have never used this method of late planting. In fact. I do not advise the late plant ing of corn, unless it be necessary for cold lowlands. The increased cost of labor and the high price of all material and Ir.nd, are rapidly making farming un profitable, except to those who are . getting from one acre, what they formerly got from two. We must make our lands richer by plowing deep, planting )>cas ami other legu mes, manuring them with aeid phos phates ami potash, which are rela tively cheap, and returning to Ihc soil the resultant vegetable matter rich in humus and expensive nitrogen. The needs of our soils are such that 'the South can never reap the full measure of properity that should be hers, until this is done. 1 give this method as a farmer to the funnel* of the South, trusting that thereby they may ho benefitted as I have been. E. Mclver Williamson. Ex- Speaker Henderson Dead. Dubuque, la., Special ? David B. Henderson, formerly speaker of the rational House of Representatives, died Saturday afternoon at Mercy Hospital v?f peresis. which attacked nine months ayo. t'ol. Hondo; son !>?? gan to sink Eriday afternoon, rallied Saturday morning, but in after noon lapsed into uiicouaciousui^s find failed rapidly until the end -'nine. "All of hi< family exeept a son in <'st'iu?r uia, were a I <!??? bed}- ire. K'lled While Aileei?. Roanoke. ? Va., Special. * The coro ner's jury i:i t he case of former Sheriff John I). Tra>ulnibi, who was found murdered in his bod, relumed a vevdiet Ihut Tiayuliam came to hit) death from bluvr* on the heud and neck made by a blunt and a sharp ii.Rtrument in t lie hands of a party or parties unknown to the jury. Travnham's skull was crushed and the head almost severed. The police | have made no arrests. News Itcnifs Eli juli .Marlow, of t.'usilHiiiaii Ferry, Clarke county, !?i;ot himself, and is in k critical condition. Benjamin (irinbert. )>04tn'a*tcr at Oceana, Ya? is accused of taking an ?xad negro 's petition cheek for -pJ 1 lie says the negro owed him the money. Harry Wakefield, of Norfolk, has been hiccoughing constantly since January 27, and physicians aro uu able to roleivc him. WTiite Man Arested at. Accessory to Assault. Nashville, Tenn., Special. ? A. dis patch from Andalusia. Ala., says thai a ubitc man named ('or ha.-> been arrested on suspicion of being an ac cessory to the a .-fa ii It of Mrs. J. L. Bray at that place for wbicli tbe ne gro Pedigree ^ as shot to deatb by a potse. t'oT was arrested at Ooor giaua. Ala. Shot to Death by Mob. Andalusia. Ala., Special.- -A negro named Pedigree was shot to d?nth by a jH?sse here. Pedigree forced an entrance to the home of n prominent white citizen in the onl?=kiit*< of the town and assaulted a yonug woman. A poeee located hiiu urd be was identified by bio victim. The pop ular ted to jail with tbe negro, ^vheti tbe prisoner broke awny and began to run and V T. n>> 'hof DEADLY COlLEGEFIRt Students Aroused to Find lh< Flames Around Them PROPERTY LOSS WAS SEVERE Fir* at Gambier, O., Destroys Fire 1 Buildings of the Well-Known Kin yon Institutions, College and Mili tary Academy Breaking out at 4 O'Olock in the Morning ? Bodies of Dead Still in Hot Ruins ? Nine Seriously Injured and Others More or Less Hurt. Gainbiev, O., Special. ? Three are dead and nine seriously injured ami several others more or less hint a> a it suit of a lire at Key./ College ami Military Academy, wh ioli dest loved Miluer hall, the military academy. Delano a-i?i North Annex. The :iie broks out at 1 a. ui.? while the . in dents and college authorities veiv still asleep ami quickly s|>iva<l through the buildings named. which were consumed. The seareli tor the missing Ih?vs, the bodies of whom i' if> now certain are in the ruins, was kept up till late in the afternoon when the walls of the hurncd structure i"?-i I and at night their recovery is regard ed as impossible for some time. The ! search during the day was impeded by the fact that the ruins were sliil red hot and passing through th-tn was nearly iin|H?ssihIe. The fallin.r v.alls in the afternoon barely missiier Dr. Pierce, president ??f Kevuii. aiul [(events Wiant siml William*. v ln? were leading a party of resmreis through the ruins. The dead and in jured are ail students of the mili tary academy and old Kenyon. Parents, sistcis and brothers of ih dead and injured students arrived n'i every trai;:. The news of 1 1 lire spread quickly all over the Slate and telegrams were sent at om-c by th? college authorities to parents of thi! boys iujured. The messages were not. made alarming', but even while mildly stating the case, aroused grave ?? (tensions and the anxious lathers and mothers have rushed to aid their loved ones. The propei ly loss by the destruc tion of the buildings is estimated to be $100,000 with t>0 }>er cent, insur ance. Following is a list of uiissiug ai 1 ii.jtired : Missing believed to be dead : Henderson, Everett, 18, of lllim is. Knnkle, Wiuliehl Scott, 1"). of Ash tabula* U. I'uller. James J., Is, of Warren. * >. The injured: Karnes, llarry Cleveland, vpim* injured and leg broken from jumping four stories; may die. Maker. Lenox \\\, Cleveland, inter nally injured; jumped four stories. Nicholson, .1. Underwood, St-'ubeu ville : terribly burned about the bod\ ; may djo, Shannon. U , V, Wellsviilc. N. v-. badly bruised from jumpine. Tlilerweckster. Uouie?', unl Jlai bor, O.i b::dly burned about the arm*. Hldvoll, A, 0? 'Jolumbuu, toei budh tiurned. Galway, l'\ It. commercial master. Adrian, Mich., internally injured: may die. Dorsey, W. <>., Dallas. Tex., badh bruised; jumped three stories. Hrown, Arthur, Cincinnnlti. sin dent at o!<l Kenyon ; V idly <'ut while ussi-'ting in the n*c te. Miners' btriko Averted. ItiUiuuoj'Oli", Special.- in a ntau . uienL i*?ucd to the Associated Pre-*, Vice Pfc'-ident T. I.. Lewi*, of the United Mine wurkeis of America, de clares there will bo no strike of tl?" Puitod "> f i ?. i e Workers in Apiil. sayiny the operators will restore the reduc tion accepted by the miners two years ago. and perhaps more. Cemeteries Bar Out Hoch. Chicago, Spccial. ? The body of .li> bann Hocb lay in the county nionrm at Dunning. 111., while the undertaker who had agree to inter the corpse ai his own expense, and the two clergy men who were on the. scaffold HYi day when Tloeh was tin need, >ninl* tried to liud a burial place. Atlir repeated efforts to secure a tinal it: ? injjr place for tbe body of Hocb in ??;i" of the city cemeteries, the two el err: men tlnallv despaired and the bod* was interred in the p-itters' field ad jcining the eouuty poor farm at Dun ning. Too Young to Realize His Crime. J'ittsbufg, Pa., 8pecial.? A c?ro ner's jury acquitted nine-yenr-<d.l Harry II ua?i of the death of his bro ther, Howard, aged lit yea is of age. whom he stabbed with aa poek< I knife a week ago, holding that 'he boy wa ?> too young to reoli/.e i!i enorrnifv of his crime. The jury , cemmerided, however, that fhe jut nile court m?l<e an investigation into ? he cjMe. .