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p THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., SEPTEMBER 10, 1896. MAYO AT REHEARSAL HOW THE FAMOUS ACTOR TRAINED THE MEMBERS OF HIS COMPANY. Hla Fondnoan For “Pudd’nlicad Wilaon.’ Ambition* Attempts as n Manager Which Failed—Hi* Uesetting IVuchaut For Ar guing Was His Worst Fault. “The late Frank Mayo, whoso sudden death on a train near Omaha was such a painful shock to the whole dramatic profession, was one of the most severe and at the same time most just man agers that it has ever been my pleasure to act under,” said Henry Davenport, son of E. L. Davenport, the tragedian, and one of the managers of the Girard Avenue theater of this city. “He knew how a part should bo played and in sisted on the sietor playing it in that way if it took ftO rehearsals to pe rfect the role according to Mr. Mayo’s ideas, ” Mr. Davenport created the role of Judge Driscoll in “Pudd’nhead Wil son,” Mayo’s last success, and played it during the New York run of tho pro duction. “During the rehearsals previ ous to the first production of ‘Pudd’n head Wilson,’” continued Mr. Daven port, “Mr. Mayo acted every rolo in tho play for tho purpose of showing the members of tho com pan}’ how ho wanted it played. Ho took infinite pains to see that every lino was perfectly read, every accent properly placed and every bit of business brought out clearly, of-' fectively and naturally. I would not have it understood that in this matter Mr. Mayo was a martinet or one who assumed to know it all. No one admired originality more than he. lie liked to see an actor give his own conception of a part, but when this was done ho de manded a reason for everything. “This was one of his p vuliur traits. If a member of tho company made a gesture or a pause rr emphasized a word in a new or original manner, Mr. Mayo would say, ‘Now, why do you do that?’ IIo would get to the bottom of the idea, and, if a good reason was ad vanced for it. it found ready acceptance. He was this way in everything. I re member that ho taught me fencing when I was a mere boy, and in return I taught him what 1 knew about box ing. I usually boxed about one minute and explained 15. I would make a lead or a counter or a guard, and Mr. Mayo would say: ‘Stop, now. Why do you do that?’ And when ho was teaching me fencing ho would make a thrust or a parry and then stop to say, ‘Now, you see, I do this because, ’ etc. “But to como back t > ‘Pudd’nhcad Wilson.’ Mr. Mayo loved that play as he loved his children. I remember some time before the play was produced ho became convinced that it needed prun ing. Something had to be cut ont, but ho hadn’t tho heart to do it. So he went to my brother-in-law and said: ‘Hero is this play of mine. I know it needs cutting down, but I can’t do it. It is almost as much to mo as ono of my children. 1 have gone over line aft er lino and said: ‘I can’t cut this out, nor this, nor this. I can’t cut anything out. So I want some disinterested per son to do it forme.’ And when the play was produced, though he alone was re sponsible for the dramatization, ho gave all the credit for tho success to Mark Twain in an address ho made before tho curtain tho first night. That was hia nature. “Its great success was very gratify ing to Mr. Mayo, and l:o deserved it. He wasted several fortunes in the effort to give the public first class produc tions cjf tho classical drama, which they would not receive. Mayo’s famous ‘Forty’was ono of tho best equipped companies for the production of .Shakes peare and other standard plays that ever left New York. Wo carried < very- thing, even suppers, hut tho people would have none of us. Tho same treat ment was accorde d Mr. Mayo’s *N( r- deck, ’ his adaptation of ‘The Three Guardsmen’ and several oth: r classical efforts. But ho rose sup< rier to all these setbacks. It was hard that his life should end just as ho was ouco more on tho road to fortune. “Mr. Mayo’s county seat at Canton, Pa., adjoined (hut of my father. It was at his home that tho noble man was seen at his best—and his worst. His worst consisted of a penchant for argu ing, Mr. Mayo loved to argue, and ho would never let up uutil you acknowl edged yourself convinced or fell into si lence in admitat ion of his earnestness, fain sincerity and his marvelous com mand of language and voice. Mr. Mayo bad on tho grounds of his estate a little French chalet, which ho bought at the Centennial exposition in this city. H»< used it for a study, and there ho would «it uutil « o’clock at night, when ho would suddenly rememli r that ho ought to have supper and proceed slowly to tho house. Most always ho would find Mrs. Mayo, my mother, his daughter, now Mrs. El verson, and myself engaged in a game of whist. Mr. Mayo would cuter tbo room slowly and taken posi tion behind bisdanghb r’schair. Final- ■ij *ho would make a play which her father didn’t think was good, and ho would break in with, ‘Now, Nellie, why did you play that f aid?’ The gumo would end soon after that, for Mr. Mayo would insist upon arguing tho point with Ncllio and kill the interest in tho game at once. “Mr. Mayo ouco told mo that he had discovered tho seen t of true elocution. You must emphasize < uly those words which eoul bo left out of a seutonco without destroying thoreme, he argued. Thus, in the sentence, ‘Get thee behind me, satun,’ lie maintain'*! that ‘thco’ and ‘mo’ were tho words that stress should bo hud upon. Manifestly that Was wrong, though up t > a certain point his theory was com et But I didn’t at tempt to argue tho point with him. When acting, ho was always trying new readings of lines, and wo never knew when ho was going to spring a now em phasis upon us. 1 lo was a lovable frieud, an efilcient manager and a brilliant actor. To work with him was a pleas- mru. Philadelphia North American. THE PORTLAND VASE. A Masterjilcco That Lous Puzzled the An tiquarian* of Europe. Tho workmanship of tho vase mid the material of which it in compost'd long exercised the ingenuity of some of tho greatest antiquarians in Europe. Breval believed it to bo chalcedony; Bartoli, Monrfaucou and others, sar donyx; Count Fezi, amethyst; Do la Chanssc and Misson, agato, while Vcuuti decided that it was paste. Wedgwood’s examination of the vaso proved tho last opinion to bo tho correct one. A layer of white ghiss had been fused on a dark blue body, the exquisite figures being afterward produced in this layer by cutting down to the bine by the gem engraver, after tho manner of real cameos. Wedgwood also discovered that tho vaso hod at eomo time lx < n broken nm^ropnired. It was his opinion that the head which formed the bottom of the vaso was a piece of some other work that had been cut down and in serted in the plneo of the original bot tom, which had probably been destroyed at the time tho vaso itself was broken. By the autumn of 1789 Wedgwood, after many failures, had succeeded in his arduous undertaking, and tho first perfect copy, made in the famous jasper ware, was finished. Several more copies were subsequently made, though the exact number does not seem at all cer tain. These were of various degn es of perfection and varied in size and color. Originally sold at from 30 to 50 guineas each, according to excellcnoo cf finish, time has, cf ccnrso considerably en hanced their value, and f» i mo years ago, at the sale of the Martinoau collection, ono sold for £294. In 1810 the Duke of Portland placed the vase in tho British museum, where some 35 years afterward it was wantonly broken to atoms by a drunken visitor. After being skillfully repaired it was placed for additional safety with tho gems. Anthorities are by no means agreed as to tho subject of the bas-relief, though various explanations have been offered. According to the museum catalogue, the composition represents on tho ob verse Thetis consenting to be the brido of Paleus in tho presence of Poseidon mid Eros; on the reverse, Peleus and Thetis on Mount Pelion, and on tho bottom of tho vaso (now detached) a youthful bust of Paris.—Good Werda, rolling a Dangcronsi Chimney. There is only ono way of saving a chimney out of plumb from collapse if tho bend increases—that is, to cut a slice out of the masonry on the other side, so that it may sink on that side and bring itself straight. But that method, though efficacious at times, often weakens the structure. The only other alternative is to pull down and build afresh, and there are two ways of doing that. One is to pull the chimney down, stone by stone, beginning at tho top, a tedious method and a terribly risky one if the structure be totterhig to its fall. The other method tho write* has often seen practiced in Lancashire and Yorkshire. At a mill a few miles outside of Manchester, for instance, a dangerous chimney had to bo “felled” not long ago. and the contractor started to cut away the brickwork at the base on five ont of its eight sides. Once, thinking it was about to settle on him, lie and his men hurried away, hut tho full did not take place, and they re turned to work. The gaps were propp< d up with timber and the structure sup ported in this way till tho proper time. Then the wood was soaked with par affin and daubed with rosin and ignited. The flumes and smoke poured up tho chimney with a great roar, and the dar ing man lingered at tho foot for a quar ter ef an hour, feeding the flume at one point so the wood might collapse there first and the chimney tako that direc tion in its fall. At length the balks gave way, tho chimney tottered, then leaned over in a circular fashion mid finally roll unsod in the middle and f< 11 in a heap. Tho climber told the writ) r that he distinctly pref< rred to bring a chimney down in that way, for once, while taking down a shaft in a north Lancashire district, ho heard it groan and creak and had only time to slip down the rope and rush away when it fell. —Chambers’ Journal. WATCHES. Borne Fart* Conceruing the Rtyles—The Great Number of Watche* Used. In this country almost everybody car ries a watch. Probably nine-tenths of the men and great numbers of women and many young people carry watches. In the best trade of the city many more watches of gold arc sold than of silver; cf all the watches sold throughout the country about 25 per cent are of gold. The percentage of gold watches Is in creasing. Tho fashionable watch of the day is open faced. Tho sale of open farc'd watches is increasing, especially in fine watches, but it is increasing also in watches of other grades. Of tine gold watches sold in th** city probably two- thirds are now made open faced. Of all the watches sold in the United States, gold and silver, probably from a quarter to a third are now made open faced. The modern watch has for one of its characteristics thyinefs. A man’s watch, which is now made more especially to wear with evening dress and is all the time growing in favor, is a plain, thin, open faced gold watch, which takes up but little room in the pocket. Perfect in its simplicity, this watch is at tho same time of fine workmanship and great beaut}’. It se lls at $100. A gold watch not so thin nor so finely finished, but a very handsome modern watch and an excellent timekeeper, by the same makers and bearing their name, can be bought in open face, the case of 18 carat gold, for $05; in double case for $70. But gold watches and gcxxl watches, too, can be bought for very much less than these prices—in fact, there never was a time when watches generally were made in such tasteful shapes, or when they were so good for tho money or so cheap as now. Taking all tho grades together, the American production of watches is about 4,000 daily. Tho importation of watches amounts to hbout tho same number. One might at first wonder what becomes of all those watches. A great number are taken up annually by the new buyers coming into the market for the first time ont of the constant and large increase in the population. Great as tho percentage of watch owners now is in this country, that also is increas ing. Many immigrants buy watches as peon as they get the money. Some men own more than cue watch. Watches wear ont or their owners lay them aside for a better watch cr for one of newer style. Watches arc lost and destroyed, and when one comes to take all tin >e things into consideration it will be » n that the great production of watches may ho in large measure easily account ed for.—New York San. -x - THE CHILDREN. Only to korp them so— • *. Soft, warm and young— Tho woo, feeble tlngera, Tho babbling tongue. * Tours (hat wo kiss away, Smiles that wo win, Cureless of know led fo, , -CJ As RUiltless of sin. V | Only to keep thorn so, Frank, tree and puro. Of our full wisdom 8)> lovingly sure. Onr frown all they shrink from, Our Hat their law, Our storo whence all gladness They fearlessly draw. Only to keep them so— Sweet hands that cling, Sweet lips that laugh for us. Sweet tones that ring: Curls that wo train to wavo. Feet that wo guide, Each fresh step a wonder, Each new word a prido. Only to keep them so. Women and men Are the tinies that circled us Lovingly then; Gentle and good to ua, Patient and strong, Guarding onr weaknesses, Bearing us long. —London Tit-Bits. AN! ROTATION OF CROPS. A DITCH CLEANER. Not Patented and a Cseful Implement on Most Farms. One of the most useful of homemade farm implements is a ditch cleaner made by a Utah man and recently illus trated and described in The Irrigation Age. It consists of tho forks of a tree cut about 10 feet long, on ono side of which is n share of sheet iron. The The System fteconmicndcd For Adoption Throughout the Cotton lieSU I Tho main features of thosysU m prac ticed on the farm of tho Georgia experi ment, station and recommended fer gen* ■ oral adoption throughout the e< it n belts ; is based on a three years’com , but has j been occasionally modified according to i the exigencies which ari-,'. The main features of tho system are chiefly ap plicable to the four leading crops—small grain, cowpeas, cotton and com—buttlnj , principle is also applicable to the small er crops or those occupying relatively i smaller areas. Tho three years’ course | in these main crops implies a division AN ARCTIC STUDIO. plow 1s ho„vii, w d K i,i;vi'a;;,i" r »n;',i.«»«»■«*»;■«<* •*»» through irrigation hitoh,.. ...J.l. | t'lnttl I>ar>«. SuppoKj that tho «.r»h ran to be applied to an ordinary farm and a beginning made, say fcv-pt. 1. Then, to ; quote from a bulletin on the subject: First Year.—Onc-Uiird of the land I should be sown in s^hil grain, mainly ! oats, devoting corn land to this. The small grain should bo li lx ■rally fertilized I with a highly aunnoniated fertilizer. The oats should lx; followed i»ini< diate- Jl. Caro of tbo Earn. During this “sweaty weather” the dirt will accumulate in tho ears of tho little tots old enough to play out of dexirs, and it must bo remembered that ear wax is not dirt, and mothers ought to bo very careful in cleaning children's ears not to gouge out the wax with sharp pointed instruments. The wax is intend ed to protect the ear and should not Lo disturbed, except that part which lias already worketl its way ont. Another thing about ears is that they should not be pulled and boxed. Perhaps this may seem the most convenient and convinc ing mode of punishment when the child is naughty and the mother is tired and cross, but it should never be indulged in. Both pulling and boxing may in flame the tissue that holds the auricle in place and induce hardness of hearing and even perfect deafness. The drum head or elastic membrane just within the ear has oft< n been seriously injured and severe illness caused by severely boxing tho ears.—Philadelphia Times. Herrick’* I.ovo cf Music. It has been remarked by Mr. Gossc that Herrick “is alive as no poet before or since to t he picturesqueness of dress,” and the statement, though sweeping, is correct. He takes note of each fold in ■Julia’s gown, ho writes lines upon the ribbon round her waist, ho describes the rustling of her walk and is in fine as quick to perceive the beauty that lies in dress as to comprehend tho splendor of a full blown rose. Music, too, did not go without appre ciation from him. It would have lieou difficult to imagine Herrick dull to tho influence of music, although some of cur poets have been ere dited with in ability to distinguish one tune from an other. But on the other hand there are many musical poets, Milton, Gray, Browning u..d a host of others. Speak ing of Milton reminds ms that II< rriek ueldicsse’s ono of his poems to Harry Luwis, who was tho subje ct e,f ono of Milton’s sonnets, Law on wrote (he nm- fie to “Comus” and received from the poet the praise that ho Fir:* taught o.,r Englnli min in )jmv to Fpr.ij T.'urd.-i with jui.t note unit accent, not to seal) With r-Iidns’ curs, committing hliort mid long. Both Herrick anel Milton seem to have bee-n on familiar terms with the musieiau, as both address him in their verse .ns Harry. Senno eif Herrick’s songs were se*t to music by him, and on his eh nth Herrick wrote: f’omo lmvo thco called Ampfclon; Homo of u* JS'nmi-d thco Tcrpundcr or sweet Orpheus; thin, some that, but nil in this agree— llii .ic hud both her birth and elcuih in th<-o. The difference between Milton’s praise nqd licrriek’s is very marked. The greater peot’s more considere el eulogy was well eh served and dise-riminately L. slowed. He rrick’s is spoiled by its e xtravagance. —Gentleman’s Magazine. A Little Wooden Shed Unlit Far Within the Arctic Circle. At the head of an almost unknown bay, bcyonel tho waters of Inglofiehl gulf, the Falcon found temporary rest; and there, under a leifty peak anel in the presence of a mighty glacier, wo erected out two tiny buildings. Tho site was chosen upon a terrace in tho bed of an ancient glacier and near a rapid brock that ran down to tho hay. Tho studio formed a wing of the larger building, anel was built eif three inch grcxived pine 1 . It was nmelo with ehiublc walls, anel had an air space eif one fexit com pletely enveloping te»ps, side's and be>t- tom, and an aelelitional air space of one inch formed by felt covering tho walls and ceiling. On tho side facing the west were placed double doors, and on the south a double skylight and a window. Over throe of the exterior walls was fastened the conventional tar paper. In this small abode, the nor them most stu dio in tho world, with a ground space of J5 by G h, feet, and with a height of Jess thaif 8, my comrade and I were to dwell for more than a year. On Aug. 2ti, 1893, tho studio was made habitable with two folding beds, trunks and hexes for seats and recepta cles, and oilcloth for floor covering. A long shelf was run along flip jvest side cf the loom, near the ceiling, and under tho skylight was placed a series of shelves. A clock with a homelike voice gave an air of habitableucss to the room, and from tho ceiling was sus pended a lamp with a chain for raising and lowering it—always an object of wonder and delight to tho childlike In- uuit, or Eskimo. Near by were two other dwellings, but of sealskin, the homes of the Innuits Myo and Knsboo, who, with their families, hud been in duced to leave the neighborhood of Capo Parry and como with us.—Frank Wil bert Stokes in Century. FOK CLEANING 1)BAINS AND DITCHES, creeks by horses. It throws out gravel and mud in a most wonderful manner. Two men, with four horses, can do the work of 50 ditch men with shovels. The polo is used to raise the front of the ditcher when necessary. A man swings his weight upon the hack, and thereby lifts the front, or points, from the mud. A big hook is bolted on the top, to which, by a long chain, the doubletrees are attached. In ordinary work two horses can pull the ditcher, but in most cases, where the ditches are ly by cowpeas, sown either in 3 to 4 feet drills or broadcast. Experiments in dicate that, planted in the drill end plowed once or twice, cowpeas will yield more peas ns well as more hay. But many pr. for sowing broadcast, li’ broad- eaxf, four to five pecks are sufficient to seed an acre. The crop should reci ivo a dose of about 200 pounds of acid phos phate and 100 pounds of kuinit p< r acre. Experiments indicate that it i- dc< jOdly best to convert the pea viie s into bay. filled with mud and gravel, two teams The stubble may remain, and a light koc- Drumtochty. The locale of the district which Ian Macluron Ims immortalized is pretty well known, but Mr. Watson himself was until recently ignorant of tho rx- i '.once of a real Drumtochty. “I thought that I hud invented the word,” h" wrote lately, “hut for Bomo time I have known that I am not an inventor, but only a poacher.” Drumtochty, situ ated in Kincardineshire, is a deep, richly wooded valley, about two miles in length. Away to tho north opens tho valley of Glenbervio, tho fatherland of Eolx rt Bums, and a fuw miles to tho eolith is Fusquo, where much of Glad- et« ne’s early life was passed and to tho early associations with which tho vet eran statesman likes to revert.—New York Times. The French Naval Unit. The old distinctions of battleship and cruiser, coast defense ship, lookout ship, torpedo catcher and all tho rest aro to disappear utterly from tho face eif Frenc h waters. The key words of the new scheme are homogeneity and au tonomy. The fleet is to be homogeneous through all its units, tho units to he self sufficing for all tho various func tions c f war. The archetype of this au tonomous unit is tho Dupuy do Lome. This vessel, generally classed ns an ar mored cruiser, was launched in 1890, but was not completed until some years late r. She is of 0,300 tons displacement, 371 feet Jong, of 51 feet 0 inches beam and 23 feet 0 inches draft. She steams 17.5 knots an hour with natural and 20 with forced draft ami is reckoned able to make 4,000 miles at 12.5 knots with out coaling, bhe is armored—and this is her most distinctive feature—with i. 7 inches of steel throughout herwhplp length and almost over tho whole sup- faeo of tho hull. For heavy armament she carries two 7 <5 inch breechloaders and six 0.8 inch canct quick firing guns, besides numer ous smaller quick firers. Tho heavy guns are so mounted that sho can fire live of them ahead, astern rr on either broadside. This formidable type Admiral Fournier proposes to strengthen ami develop into tho unit of his homogene ous licet, which is to be equal indiffer ently to every service demanded of a warship. —Blackwood’s Magazine. are necessary. To strengthen the plow and make it more substantial, braces of iron could be put in, extending from the center crossbeam to either runner, as in a sleigh. The machine is primitive and a mere emergency makeshift, but contains the elementary principles for a line ditcher. In constructing new canals it has no equal, considering the expense of mak ing. For cleaning drains the machine is of equal benefit as in clearing ditches. The eastern farmer needs such a cheap, bandy implement as well as the western irrigator. There fs no patent on the idea. Some G by 8 good oak timbers will make a better ditcher than an old tree. ,Creeks that overflow can be cleaned by one of those machines so that a channel will be cut by the next freshet. Fields Can be easily drained of surplus water by plowing furrows and cleaning the ditches with this homemade huplcmi ut. Salt IJ.>x For Cow*. Keep salt whrie it is accessible to live stock at all times, and this is done in po pi ore satisfactory way than by the pse of a covered salt box. A good one has been depicted in The Farmer’s Ite- view. It is 14 inches long, 9 inches Wide, 8 inches high fit tho back and 6 inches in front. The box is firmly nailed to the fence board or to a post or side of i pi ember, say oue- m: Tlio Hutton Wu* On. “Aha!” And ho laughed fiendishly ns he read from tho morning pnpep. “The burglar shot at the man, whoso life was saved by the bullet striking against a button of his clothes!” “Will,” nipped his spouse, “what of that?” “Whatof that?”said hens ho f it his collar going up steadily to the nape of his nock. "Oh, nothing, except that tho button must have been on.”—London Tit-Bits. A Safe Mule. “Basins, you infernal nigger, yoq told me that mule was perfectly safe, and when I went into tho stable be nearly kicked tho Up of iny head oil.” “Yea, Huh. I sayed the mewl wuz safe, sah. But i f yo kin recollec’, t didn’t cay nullln about wcddi r you was safe in his wieiuity. Dat mewl is able cm ugh to bo sufo ttuyvlmr. ”—Indian- apolis Journal. Safe Place. fcho glided into tho ofllce and quietly approached the editor's desk. “I have written a poem,” she began “Well!” exclaimed the editor with a look and tone intended to annihilate, but she calmly resumed: “I have written a poem on 'My Father’s Bam,’ and”— “Oh,”interrupted the editor with an extraordinary suavity, “you don’t know how I am n Moved. A pixau written on your father’s bum, eh? I was afraid it was written on paper uud’tluit you want ed mo to publish it. If I should ever happen to drive past your father’s burn, nox WITH Al’TOMATIC COVEK. a building, as most convenient. Tho cover is hinged and has a bevel shaped piece nailed at the top to prevent split ting; also to cause the cover to fall back into position. The front end of the box is cut away, exposing the salt, and in trying to get it the cover is raised. Cat tle readily learn to raise the cover when they are salt hungry. The stake placed tinder the box in front holds it firmly in position, and the whole makes a iffieap and convenient arrangement,'as from a week’s to several weeks’ supply of salt can be placed in the box at once. I’ll stop and rend tho Opinion. poem. ”—Public l.'nnIEu to Com par*. He—Miss Kitty, I’ve heard it said tiiat a kiss without a mustache is like an egg w ithout salt. Is that so? Hlu—Well, really, I don’t know—I can’t ti 11—for in my life I never— Ht—Now, now, Miss Kitty! Bhe—Never ate an egg without JalL — WooiiHiH'ket Reporter. Itrmnniber. It takes only five minutes to ehungo wet boots and stockings, but it may tako ten months to get over a cold caught hy not changing them.—Brook lyn Eagle. l*aK».lo»'« Temple, GamtiMug houses are temples where the meat sordid and turbulent passions cent< nd. There no spectator can is; in- different. A curd or a small square of ivory in ten sts more than tho 1(«^ uf an fnr.ire or the ruin of an unoffending group < f infants and their nearest rela tives. —Zimmennanu. If it were not for labor, men could neither eat so much nor relish bo pleas antly nor sleep so soundly, nor be so healthful nor so useful, so strong nor so patient, so noble or so uutemptod.— Jeremy Taylor. The ex-empress of Prussia, tho Em- pr<rs Frederick, draws from tho English treasury as a British princess tho sum of £8,000 ovary year. Solution p) tfie Fig fmliiKtrjr. A Californian whose white Adriatic figs developed a tendency, inherent in that variety, to sour or ferment, writes as follows to American Agriculturist: In my belief the solution of the fig industry in California lies in tho success ful fruiting of the true or commercial Hmymn. Of this variety many thousand Jroos havo been planted, together with tho Capri, or wild fig, for fertilization. So far the domestication of tho Blasto- phngu psenes lias failed after several efforts. Nevertheless 1 firmly believe that it will be accomplished in time. Meantime tho white Adriatic will servo as a makeshift substitute. In some eases it yields a fair to good article, hut as a rule makes poor goods. It is a pity, but true, that the public will buy fruit en tirely upon its appearance. There aro blue and black figs grown in this state that aro fully as fine of flavor as tho white, both fresh and cured. Tho trees bear abundantly and with certainty. Unfortunately, outside of this state they find no market, and even here, in tho cured condition, will not sell against tho white. end grow th will be seemed before frost. Ju-d before or soon afU r a kiikng frost j the pea stubble is turned i v. ith a j two horse plow. If convenient to pas ture, cuttle and hogs may I ■ turned i n successive portions of the p ate Ids in- stead of converting tho \ii,, , into hay, ■ or a portion of the pi as may be picked, S<*ccnd Year.—This name division | should he liberally fi rtiliz>d and plant- id in cotton. In the fall, say :-i j sow tho cotton fields in ry< j half bushel or less per acr , or in crim son clover. This is especially recom mended on land that is liable to wash | during the winter, but the principal | aim is to supply a growing crop that j will appropriate and hold the soluble plant food left in the soil. Third Year.—Thp land previously in cotton is tlio place tor the corn crop. During the latter part of January and by Feb. 20 the ground should be thor oughly broken, flush, with a two horso plow. On tho station it has not been found profitable to fertilize tin* ecru prop highly, but it should fe llow a high ly fertilized cotton ere.p. (Jowjiea$ should be planted in the middles bti: tween the corn rows, if wider than 5 feet, or sown broadcast at last plowing. This completes the three years’course, and the corn should be followed by small grain and cowpeas, commencing again. Jbe above is a g< ncral outline of tho system, which may be modifie d accord? ing to circumstances. For instance, iq Homo sections tobacco may tako tho place in part or in whole of cotton; in the mountain region the oats may bp found to succeed better if sown in tho spring, etc. Only ono of the three supposed divi sions of the farm has been followed up in the above outline. Cf course the oth er two will rotate in the same order, so that each year one-third shall bo in small grain and peas, one-third in cot ton and one-third in re rn. The sc three principal divisions cover the main por tion (ff the farm in cultivation. There may be anothe r division • qual in extent devoted to permanent pasture. Tho minor crops of the farm, including sweet potatoes, truck patches, forage for soil feeding, orchards, etc., may have a rotation among llieniselves and together may cover an area nearly equal t i ono of the main crops, so that in practical operation a farm of 100 acres of “open land” may be divided somewhat as fol lows: Small grain and peas, 20 acres; cotton, 20 acres; corn and p as, 20 here's; permanent pasture, 20 acre.-.; or chards, vineyards, truck and garden, foragei crops, peanuts, chufas, potatoes, melons, etc., 20 acres. Htitrkiug Coro Fodder. To stack com fodder so you cun {■ i d light along without disturbing the top t'f the stack and exposing tlio whole) thing to snows and rains, build a long, ifl Thla Shell I’cren Nat*. There are thick rind oranges and or anges with thin rinds, and indeed this is true of all fruits and nuts in a great er or le ss ele'gre>o. It is the province of phi' fruitgrower to select those with tho thinnest skin e»r shell when such thin ness is desirable. As Meehan tedls in his Meuitlily, this is always desirable in connection with nuts. Every one will dispense' with nutcrackers at the dinner table, if iHissiblo. It Is said that by se> les'tiem a variety eif pe'can nut has be-cn oecure'd which lias a shell so thin that it can be* crushed e-usily between tho thumb and fingers A thin she ll would be- enpe'clally desirable in this kind of nut. It ought teibc morcprcfi ruble than even a thin she ll ulmond. It is propose>d to establish a birel elay, which shall Is* devote d to a study of tlio habits eif eiur common birds, with a view to devcleipiug a public wntime nt favoring their dcvedeipmcut and increase. STACK eiF COHN* FOIIDKK. narrow* stack. This is the advice of a subscriber of Farm and Fin side', lie says: After laying ono end up straight, with butts out, lay all the bundles cross- ways of the stack. The stack ean the n be all useed up by pulling the bundles out from tho ouel, as shown in tho illus- tration. New* and Notru. The agricultural department reports an abundant eeirn crop in meist sections eif the* e-eirn belt. The in'w milking machine inve'iitcd by Dei Laval of separator fame anel named the laetator is attracting atten tion United States Consul O'Neil has Inspected this niHchiue* in Sweden and gives it high praise. Tin* us< of parchment paper for lining butter packages is growing rapidly, and it adds largely te> the Halablenes* of the* proeluet and prervents soukage*. The) proHpe*cts are) that the) largest flow of hom y ever wound e ast of tho Resky mountains to the Atlantic coast will be obtained this se ason. It is a good plan for fanners who grow rye to save a few bundle** to thrashed by hand and u-e the straw f<! binding coruatalks. l l—i) 'ilsiiT' OH .