The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 03, 1898, Image 6
IVTHE COUNTY RECROD. .
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W KISflSTRhE. SOUTH CAROLINA.
V m> j; ;i* row, i dit r and
V I'rrprioior.
> a tiago de Cuba is becoming so clean
U U(l AUJClK'SU-HhC limi IUC ?7|'ainat vio
umaiuing there already feel as if they
were in a foreign country. If they stay
much longer they won't be able to
recognize themselves except by the
sou ml of their own voices.
According to advices receive 1 in
Washing.on. the governor ol Sierra
Leone, Africa, has offered a reward of
Sob for tiie arrest of the persons who
murdered three Ameri.au missionaries
in that province ia<t May. The
governor's extravagance in this matter
is positively reckless.
(ien. Herbert Kit diener has suggested
the establishment of an uusectariau
college and a medical mission
in Kh.irto.tx i:i ;n nio. v of General
*
Gordou. No more appropriate inauguration
of the blessings of peace and
civilization in the uewiv reclaimed
Son dan could be imagined, thinks the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The British government and public
are in a moo t to listen to Kitchener,
and the name of Gordon is a talisman
to attract support to any practical object
linked with it. The college will
be conducted under British management,
and will be mainly for the sous
of sheikhs. Probably some of the
sons of the dervish enemies receutly
siaiu will be traiue 1 in this college to
appreciate the beneficent changes
wrought and to share in thci - further
spica'.
The figures of the patent ofiiee for
1SA7. when c >utras ed with tlie report
of that office even or eight years ago,
are doubly iutcesimg. !n lv'douly
t've.itv-ofveii la i:<iies were eugageu
in cycle making. and les* than 2000
workmen were e npl >ve?l. The output
was vahie.1 at ; little over $2,500,000.
lu 1805 the number of bicycle
factories in this country exceeded 200,
an aggregate capital of more than
$100,000,000 was invested, u;>wa"d of
50,000 workmen were employed, and
at least 800,000 wheels were turned
out. Last year the production of
machines is estimated at considerably
over 1,000,000. "in 1880," says tlie
report, "a large proportion of the cycles
used were imported mainly from
England. In 1807 the export of cycles
and parts of cycles to England
amounted in value to $2,128,191, and
ilia tntnl avonlOc oiti.ill lit /I f > v'! OilO _
-736." .
As it is impossible to believe that
tie eutire population of the Upper
Nile region is composed of medicant
priests, there is some difficulty in es.*
plaining why it is that the foes whom
the Si dar has just encountered with
results so satisfactory to himself are
always spoken of as "dervishes."
Tiiar word, of course, is not a tribe
or race name; it means auy Mohamtnn
1 in tvlui ltac Vnutbl tiinisolf Tn g 1 i t'A
of poverty anil crime, explains t lie
New York Times. Poorer material
tor an army thau'the dervish properly
so called, con hi not he imagined, and
yet we hear of thousands au.l thousands
of* them lighting with much
vigor aud determination, and making
it necessary for one of the ablest generals
now alive to devote two years to
.advancing a few hundred miles across
a desert. There is something wrong
here Either these men are not "dervishes"
or else travelers and dictionaries
have misinformed us stav-at-home
people in regar# to the meaning of
that term.
In Switzerland, where the railroad
system is controlled by the government,
passenger rates have been reduced
to a basis that seems incredibly
low to an American. There railway
tickets are sold by time and not by
mileage. On application a nontransferable
ticket, good for fifteen days,
will be issued to a person. The cost
is $11,58. Duriug these fifteen days
the holder may travel as much and as
long as he likes over the entire railway
system. The lake steamers are
also available, a second-class railway
ticket giving the right to a first-class
passage o 1 any one of the steamers.
One may travel for an entire year for
$115. These tickets are rigorously
* ? v l il.?
personal, ana eaca ua? iuc i'uyiugraph
of its holder attached. No
baggage, however, is carried free. No
allowance is made for tickets unused.
On tue Franco-Swiss frontier all vexatious
questions, demands and delays
have been done away with for members
of the French touring club.
Their bicycles are admitted free of
cbaige. There is no longer a chaige
for permit of eutrauce. The wheel
is treated simply as ordinary baggage.
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A VIRT
He was far from prepossessing, am
How he ever cot a chance to aus\v?
His gait was rude and shambling a
v"n^ And annoying depredations were n
Hut the disapproval didn't reach it
When, bearing an accordion, he ga
And they vowed an awful vengeauc
When tranquilly he sat himself ben
But they paused again to listen to t
And presently the voices that had u
The instrument was sounding strai
When childish eyelids answered to
That "Nellie Was a Lady" it would
And "Hard Times Come No More'
It sang straight to their hearts, a
In sweet remembrance listened us i
Oh, happy organ builder, if the crCan
equal those crude harmonies t
Oh, thrice triumphant master, if su
As you rest your loving cheek agai
The sternest mood grew gentle as 1
They joined and saug in chorus tin:
Aud their favorite musician will foi
Who found the old accordion and b
m
STRANGE Si Oh
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- v\ WK /<t\/t\s'$\/S'\/t\/'4f \/V\/ "* \ /*\/ XyV \
HERE was a little
old-fashioned safe
in the depot at
i Dumphy's Glen, i
?" but everybody knew
that it never eon- !
tained anything of
special value. It |
?>^i* T served well enough ,
to hold the books and papers of the ,
office aud a little loose change; therej
was practically no business done at
Dumphy's. If it had been otherwise
the station would never have been left >
in charge of a mere girl like Lena
Stearns.
Fifteen years ago it was quite an- j
other story. At that time Dumphy's j
{ \jrit 11 \> it 3 I LIU LUlUOb \Jk no uuum ?s>
prospective summer resort, and when
Lena's father bought the barren little
plot of gravel and bare granite upon
which he had erected his store he had
paid for it at the rate of 819 a front
foot, and had trouble in getting it at
at that. But ho had died long since,
broken in fortune aud in spirit. The
big, dismantled "Sanatorium" on the
hill was utterly abandoned. Half the
glass in its dark, dirty windows arc
broken; squirrels scurried over the
sagging verandas; the warping
shingles blew down from the roof in ;
every storm; the eaves were a hive fc, i
wa3ps and hornets. The streets that !
had been so hopefully laid out led 1
nowhere. "Park avenue" started J
well, but soon lost itself among brambles
and bushes; its pretentious name
hung askew from its rotting post, held
by one rusty nail.
efAi-ii liATTAr/iv rroc c + ill ,
XUO UWU V?V? J "U.I Wk44* I
up, for there was a little country !
trade. 3Irs. Stearns lived with her j
daughter in the upper story and inau- .
aged to sell or barter, across the dingy !
counter, cotton thread, nails,molasses ;
and patent medicine enough to pay ;
the interest on the mortgage and live, j
Lena, who was eighteen, had to do
something, of course, and as she was
unmistakably a bright girl and had i
mastered bookkeeping and telegraphy j
she easily obtained the unimportant j
position of station agent atDumphy's,
where she sold half a dozen tickets a ,
week, flagged a train when there was j
a passenger, and boarded at home,
i Lena was not only bright and effi- j
j cient. but decidedly pretty. This fact .
; had been discovered by John Sturgin, {
j the station agent at Pine Ridge, tea
! miles above; it was a source of regret j
I to him that he was not the only dis- ,
i coverer. As it was, he perversely ;
j turned his back on the well-stocked ;
' stores at the Ridge, and did a sus- j
' picious amount of trading at the Glen.
| He also did more telegraphing at
! times than business seemed to require,
j The wires must have felt a queer thrill j
j as some of those messages pulsed j
j through them, though the words were |
as trivial, and as remote from the j
! sentiment thej voiced, as in any other
i rustic courtship.
Though scarcely any money ever
found lodgment at Dumphy's Glen, a ;
! good deal passed through it. About
! twelve miles below were the great saw i
mills at Sabine Falls, and every week j
a heavy cash box was expressed
; thither from the city to pay the men. ,
< The train which conveyed it, however, '
| scarcely ever stopped at the little flag !
station; but tbere was one notable ex- \
ception.
It was abont the middle of March,
and heavy rains had stripped the hills I
of their white winter cloaks. "They're (
just like folks who lay off their wraps j
too soon," thought Lena, drawing her
fleecy "fascinator" more closely about J
her neck and shoulders for the sky ;
had cleared and the air was growing \
frosty "They look as if they were!
catching their death of cold."
She was standing on the platform j
watching the belated express as it
rounded the curve. To her surprise, ,
j it slowed and came to a stop, though '
she bad not flagged it. The door of
: the baggage car slid open and the agent !
jumped out. dragging the cash box af- j
ter him.
1 "Shall have to leave this here to- j
i night,"he!explained. "Bad washout at
i Tamarack Creek, three miles down, and
| we can't getjthrough to Sabine possibly:
1 orders are to run back at once. Have
wired to tlie mills to sena men around
1 by the road and they'll be here soon.
It'll be all right; nobody else will know
the stud's here. Come, we'll put it in
, the safe for you."
So Lena opened the safe, while the
! agent, with the help of a brakeman,
brought in the box. It was a snng lit,
though she pulled out all^the books to ,
make room for it. Then the men boarded ,
the train, which slowly backed up the
line until it was out of sight.
The girl re-entered the depot, locked
the door, threw a fresh supply of coal (
on the tire and waited alone for the
messengers from the mills. An hour
passed, and another and another; at
"" r
?
uosa 7~
1 they wondered, one and all,
>r to his country's call,
nd his eyes were small and dim,
lost always traced to him.
s climax till one night,
,ilv hove in sight;
o to In* wrought without delay
oath the stars to plnv.
lie notes so harsh and shrill,
ttered wrath wore still,
ns that mothers used to sing
the twilight shadowing,
hoarsely tell tlieni all,
' and " When the Leaves Begin to Fall."
nd ears that once had been dismayed
the old accordion played.
laturo you devise
hat faltered to the sklosl
,cli plaudits you can win
nst your faithful violin!
ivitli voices soft and low
>se dear tunes of long ago.
rover be the scamp
rought it intoeaaip!
[Y OF I
TELEGRAPHY. |
last the hand of the clock stood at 11,
and still they had not come.
John Sturgin was also sitting alone
in the ticket office at Pine Ridge.
Thoughts of Lena were uppermost in
his mind a thing not nprecedented
but to-night his head was full of
fancies. He knew about the cash box,
for he had spoken with the express
nffnb <10 til? frniti niacnrl +hmnrrVi
"I'm afraid the little girl was worried
about that money," he mused. ,
"She isn't used to that sort of thing.
But it can't have been in her hands .
mere than half an hour."
The telegraph at his elbow was tick- .
ingiu an uneasy, irregular fashion, ]
but he had scarcely noted it. ,
All at once the signal sounded loudly, j
This was followed by an unintelligible (
iatt!e;even his practiced ear could
make nothing of it. Then, after a ,
moment's silence came words?broken \
and fluttering?but to his quick appre- :
hension they souuded like an inarti- ,
culate cry. j
"Oh?Oh?Oh?Help!" Then a
confusion of clicks?and agaiu the in- i
stramcut seemed to cry out: "Oh ? <
Oh?Save?L?" >.
He sprang to the key aud tried to ]
telegraph a question, but he could not 1
get any response. Tho wires seemed
badly out of order. He was much 1
alarmed. Something was wrong? i
horribly wrong-?at Dumphy's Glen. <
It would not do to waste .ime. t
He ran out of t.he de/ot. "Look 1
after things, Mae," ht called to the 1
bai^ugc-muu. i
His bicycle was leaning against the {
building; he had brought it out that <
day for the tirst time since winter set t
in. With a quick push and a leap he i
was in the saddle, bounding along the t
dim, frozen road. ]
Dim?yet for mere starlight the i
night seemed wonderfully luminous. 1
But the light was fitful; there were 1
moments when all seemed buried in s
darkness. Then the landscape brightened
and glimmered as if the moon 1
had emerged from behind a cloud, i
But there was no moon. He knew c
that the moon would not rise until s
morning was near. t
The railway circled the foot of the
hill, but the road ran straight over I
the summit. By strenuous effort he s
had already reached the crest, and j
the hard driven wheel leaped forward J
with a fresh burst of speed as if it felt
the downward slope. v
Suddenly the air seemed full of e
rosy light, as :i tinged with the glow v
of dawn. Though he was now run- c
ning at a breakneck pace he glanced c
upward. The sky was aflame with s
the flickering pennants of the aurora r
borealis. Near the horizon lay a bank
of dusky haze, through which the I
stars gleamed faintly. Above it
wavered a pale phosphorescent cur- \
taiu, which shivered as if shaken by
gusts of wind; from behind whioh
ruddy streamers shot up to the very
zenith and flickered and waned and j
brightened. It was a magnificent i
display; but as the descent was be- i
coming steeper every moment he was
obliged to keep his eyes fixed on the t
road. ]
He .vas now rushing down the c
rough tracflc with a violence that al- {
most defied control. The overstrained a
tubing gave under his weight to the c
very limit of its strength; the ma- t
chine heaved and palpitated like a
frightened horse and shied wildly t
v
amid the ruts and stones that he
could not avoid. At a sharp turn of s
the road he swung out so far that he s
felt the hind tire slipping on the icy ]
edge, and barely escaped plunging f
down the embankment; then the depot t
windows flashed into view. c
After that the bicycle must have i
chosen its own course, for Sturgin 1
was not conscious of guiding it. For I
the sash was raised and against the f
yellow lamplight he saw the dark out- 3
lines of a mau crawling in through s
the opening; auother followed. 1
The last figure had scarcely dis- i
appeared when his wheel came to a 3
stoop in the deep sand of the station t
yard. He dropped from the saddle, 1
pulled a forty-four calibre revolver (
from his hip pocket aud sprang to the ,
window.
The depot consisted of a single j
room; the safe and telegraphic appa- j 1
ratus were on the farther side. In 11
the middle of the floor stood Lena, ]
defiant, with clenched hands and 1
glowing cheeks, looking straight down 1
the black muzzle of a pistol that a 1
huge desperado was holding close to <
her face. 1
"You unlock that safe right !
quick, and no nonsense," he was say- 1
ing. i
"I won't; I can't," cried Lena. <
The other intruder, a seedy little 1
fellow with thin lips and a hatchet i
face was by tbe safe examining the
lock. He turned toward the girl:
"Ye might as well save trouble,"
lie said. "We know what's here, an'
we're goin' to have it. This is biz,
understand. We shan't hurt ye if ye
behave."
The girl glanced at him with angry
contempt. Her blood was boiling.
"There ain't goin' to be nobody to
help ye," the fellow continued. "The
road bridge is down swep' away by
the freshet and the fellows from the
mills won't'get here yet awhile. Yer
ma's too fur off, an' she ain't no good
auvwav. We got to have that
key, fer wo ain't got any tools handy.
13e lively now. We kin be rough if
we have ter."
With a sudden motion Lena pulled
the key from her apron pocket. The
big ruffian beside her snatched it,
iowering his pistol as he did so; but
with the quickness of a cat she flung
the little piece of steel through the
open door of the stove, where it
slipped down among the glowing
coals. The fellow picked up the
poker and plunged it into the red-hot
mass, but the key had disappeared.
With a cry of rage he sprang toward
toward the girl, but while his back
was turned she had darted across the
room and jerked open a drawer.
"Throw up vour hands, you scoundrel!"
The command came in a hoarse
roar from the open window. The
desperado wheeled, saw a fierce, livid
face glaring in from the outer gloom,
saw also a leveled weapon, and suspected
more behind. He dropped
his pistol and obeyed.
Lavinc his left hand on the sill,
Tolin Sturgin leaped through the window.
with one bound. There is no
record breaker like love and anger in
things athletic. Meanwhile, the lesser
rillinn was struggling with tho fastenings
of the nearest window; but when
lie glanced over his shoulder and
caught the gliut of another revolver in
the hands of Lena as she stood by the
open drawer, he desisted. !
"Give it up," he said, coolly. "Ye
cjot me, sure, little girl; though how (
them fellers got acrost so quickly beats
me. Now, don't git narvous with that
popper of youru; I'll rest easy; an' I
iin't go no gun, any way."
"Give me your pistol, Lena," said j
Sturgin, his voice still quaking with
excitement. "Now, you two brutes
>tand here, face to the wall, hands up.
Lena, please send a message through
:o Graudport for a train aud a posse."
She sent the message as she was
bidden; but the steadiness was gone
:rom her hand and the color from her i
jhcek. She felt faint; she threw open I
;he door and gazed up the track. The |
light had grown very dark, though a
ilrny veil of auroral light still flitted
low and then across the starry background.
At length the rumble of an
mgine was heard a welcome sound
:o Sturgin, whose arms were so palsied
vith weariness and nervous tension
hat he could hardly hold the pistols,
it was just as well that his prisoners
vere so placed that they couldn't see
lim. Soon, however, they were in the
lands of the Deputy Sheriff and the
itrain was over.
Sirirgin sat holding both Lena's
lauds in his. "I can't understand
t," he said. "How did it happen,
lear, that you telegraphed me for help
10 long before those villians reached
he depot?"
"I telegraphed," she cried. "Why,
' didn't; I couldn't. I hadn't the J
mallost chance until after you came, .
ust in the nick of time, and saved mo, j
rohn."
"Ach!" exclaimed burly 3Iac, who
ras standing by. "It'll be them North m
lights done it, likely. Ye know
rhat a fiddle-faddle they'll make 'long
?' the wire3, an' set all the sonn'ers
lackin*. An' I'm thinkin', Sturgin,
nmolinilTr'a \rViim-whams doTlfi thft i
est."
"It was a message straight from
icaven," murmured Lena.
And doubtless both she and Mac
rere right. St. Louis Star-Sayings.
Patriotic Styles In Tattoolnsr.
The barbaric old custom of tattoong
has lately taken a patriotic turn,
u keeping with the times, among the
nmates of the Jasper County Jail.
Chis time last year nearly every long
erm prisoner came out of jail with a
heart, ring, his sweetheart's picture
>r name, or some symbol of his occulation
neatly tattooed on his breast,
irms or hands. But now the fortunes
if war have even affected the convict,
VinnnrVi rlaarl trk tViA -u-nrlfV and Via
w f #
svinces his patriotism, by submitting
o the pricking of the needle which
vorks in red and blue the outlines of
ihields, flags, American eagles, guns
md soldiers under the cuticle. Charles
Little, a Joplin boy, awaiting trial
or burglary and grand larceny, is the
attoo artist. He does the work with
lommon sewing needles and India
nk. Nearly every fellow prisoner in
lis corridor has asked to have a sym)ol
of war worked in his skin, chiefly
lags, banners and eagles, and one
roung convict adroitly displayed the
ihift of his fancy from love to war by
laving the face of his sweetheart,
vhitli had been over his heart for five ,
rears, worked into that of a soldier
vearing a regulation cap and a row of
irass buttons and shoulder straps.
Larthage (Mo.) Tress.
I
Women in Old E^ypt.
The religions Egyptian believed his ;
llterior happiness and his everlasting (
anion with the divinities in the eter- j
ial world to be wholly dependent upon i
ais preparations beforehaud, and with |
:heso the wife had much to do. She i
svas, in fact, as the mother of his chil- .
dreu, his savior and liberator, for none i
aut a son could pray for the father's
soul on its way to paradise, and she
was entitled to and received his homage
and loyal obedience. In those
days the "gray mare was the better
horse," and she was treated accordinglj.
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The Lady Apple.
i It is probably tbo small size of this J
variety, as well as its bright color and
good flavor, that make it such a favorite
, on the parlor table. A plateful will
give a taste of apple to a great many
people, each taking a specimen. It
has a small core, and is easilv peeled,
though mauy like the aromatic flavor
of apple skin, and prefer to eat it without
peeling. Though a small variety,
i it is a very productive apple, and
! always brings a good price in the market.
"
Fattening Stock.
| The hay crop this year is large, but
so much of it was got in after being
wet that most of the nutrition was
. washed or leached out of it. Hence
i there must be less dependence on hay I
t and more on grain the coming winter
: for fattening or indeed for wintering
J stock. If the weather should be dry
J in corn harvest this year, the corn
. 6talks will in many places be worth
; more as feed than the hay. But this
will not all be loss. We have always
noted that when hay was scarce and
grain had to be substituted, stock
came through in better condition than
i where all the dependence is on hay as
; feed. Really, judging by its effect
1 rrrain ia the cheapest as well as the
I o i.- ? j
best feed.
Pumpkins a.? Stock Feed.
Eaw pumpkins will fatten cows very
I fast, if some grain meal is fed with
them. Coarse, unground grain does
not do so well, as the pumpkin is laxa- !
tive and will open the stomach so much j
that the grain will go through whole. ]
Feeding graiu meal with cut hayneu- !
tralizes this effect, and tho full benefit j
j both of the meal and of the pumpkin !
is secured. But we always preferred i
to use what pumpkins we grow as feed :
j for hogs, once a week so long as they !
lasted, filling the large kettle used at |
hog-killing time with sliced pumpkin ;
and keeping a hot fire under it until
the pumpkins were soft. Then we put
in while still hot enough corn and oat
meal and wheat middlings to make it
into a thiok mush. This was fed with
what skimmilk we could spare, together
with the dishwater and refuse
from the table. On such diet as this
hog3 never get off their feed as they
wilt do on corn alone. We think that
not only are pumpkins worth more to
feed in this way than in any other,
DUi mat tney may oe proaiauiy ^rowa
for this use. On farms where fruit is
a specialty, the fallen fruit even when
unripe may be profitably put to the
same use. The cooking corrects what
injurious properties it may have had. i
American Cultivator.
Wasted Growth of Melons.
Every year when frosts cuts the tender
leaves of melons and stops further
growth, the cultivator finds a great
number of melons unripe, and therefore
worthless. For an unripe melon,
being mostly water, and having very
little substance, isu't worth much as i
feed for stock, and is not, indeed, as |
good as a green pumpkin of the same ]
weight. Of course all this extra growth j
of vine and the unripe melons on it is '
wasted plant food. If concentrated on 1
the melons earlier started, it would J
make them larger and also make them j
ripen earlier. With a small amount of j
trouble both the number and value of |
ripe melons may be thus increased.
There are other ways to increase the
size of melons, pumpkins and squashes
when extra large size is desired. If
one of the joints of the vine is buried
two inches deep it will usually put
forth roots after one or two weeks. If
a joint is selected close to a melon or
pumpkin, as the case may be, and between
that and the root, a new and
vigorous vine may be produced. This
may be fed by putting a little nitrate
of soda or potash in water, and liberally
watering the root that is close to
the fruit. If then the end of the vine
is pinched and all further blossoms or
fruit are removed, all the plant food
the roots can take up will be concentrated
in the single specimen that will
grow so fast that any one can almost
see it grow from one day to another.
In most cases where very large pumpkins
or squashes are grown it will be
found that the vine ha3 rooted near
the large specimen.
How to Grow Round Turnips.
Varieties of round turnips (so called)
miy be sown as late as August with
assurance of good crops. In favorable
seasons seed put in even as late as
the month of September often gives
satisfactory results, but to be sure of
a crop sow by the middle of August.
Some farmers always sow their turnips
broadcast. When seeding down land
to grass, it is a good plan to mix turnip
seed with the grass seed, U3ipg
not over one pound of the turnip seed
per acre. In this way a considerable
r?mr> r>f tnvnin cnmes ud amoncr the
E'tw grass seeding and is so much
clear gain. Caro is to be exercised
not to use too much of the turnip seed
and to distribute it uniformly over the
area to be laid down to grass.
But the really scientific way of
growing turnips for a crop of best and
most marketable roots is to sow seed
in drills, say from twenty inches to
twenty-four inches apart, thinning
the plants so that they finally stand
two to three inches apart in the row.
This prevents overcrowding and
allows each individual plant plenty
of space. The two most satisfactory
, varieties are white egg and red top
white globe. These are both fino table
sorts as well as excellent for stock j
feeding. J
Good culture and liberal fertiliza- A
tion are prime essentials in securing Q
large crops of turnips. Well rotted
barnyard manure is very good for this
crop aud should be employed freely,
spreading it broadcast and thoroughly
ruining it with the soil to the depth of
three or four inches. The only objection
to farm manures is that they are
very proue to encourage the presence
of worms iu the soil, which eat the
growing roots, rendering them unsightly
in appearance and as a consequence
unsalable. Also these organic
manures are favorable to the growth
of scab, which works large injury *to
both tnrnips and potatoes. For these
reasons a good chemical fertilizer is
often to be preferred. Phosphoric
acids seem to be the element most
needful to stimulate a large crop. ?
One very good fertilizer for turnips
may be found by mixing together
thoroughly 100 pounds sulphate ammonia,
200 pounds tankage, 200 pounds
sulphate potash and 500 pounds dissolved
bone black. This amount in
total makes a liberal dressing for an
acre sown to turnips. This matter of
smooth, handsome roots is to be very
zealously striven for, since no other
kinds are at all salable in the markets.
Another item to be remembered is
that no two successive crops of turnips
should be sown upon the same land.
The turnip is quite exhaustive and
the ground must be changed each season.?American
Agriculturist.
Ilandlins Bees.
Manipulating bees to the best advantage
requires frequent handling
during the honey season. A colony
of bees may "be equipped with all the
modern improvements at the outset of the
honey season, but it is but a short
time until they need attention of some
kind. All the workings of comb
building must be done perfectly or we
lose the advantage of the use of expensive
appliances. The let-go-asyou-please
plan, and the old method
of hives will do with little or no attention,
but if it is profit we are after,
or even pleasure, we cannot afford to
keep them thus. /
Many persons would like very well
to give the bees more care, but are
prevented by fear of stinge. This is
very much a mistaken idea with them,
and when they once get into the way
of handling bees they will wonder at
themselves for having been so foolish.
Usually, those who have such fear of ?bees
always put themselves ia- rf^|
most dangerous position when around ^
bees.
The safest place from stings about
the apiary, is right over the hrive, not
some distance from it. Either at the
side or back of the hive, but not directly
in front of it. Bees do not like%
to have an obstruction in their way
out and into the hive, hence we
should not place ourselves in front of
the entrance. Hives iu general use
open from the top, that is a lid is
placed on top, and when the bees are
to be examined we remove the lid
from the top. This exposes the cloth
covering over 'the frames. In these
two acts'greatly depends the behavior
of the bees, me lia must be removed
slowly and carefully so as not to jar
the hive, and the cloth covering which
is always waxed down with propolis
also carefully pealed off. This lays
the frame bare, and before lifting one
out slide the frames on each side of it
away from the one to be taken out, so
that it will come up without crowding
the other combs and pinching bees.
It is always in order to smoke the
bees a little when the covering is being
removed, and at any time afterwards
that they show a disposition to ?
sting. Although bees may be handled
without/smoke all through the honey
season, no beginnbr should be without
a good bee-smoker, a3 in this solely
depends the mastership. A. H.
Duff, in Farm, Field and Fireside.
Poultry Note*.
" Are your hens moulting? If so, you
ought to see that they get plenty of
mineral food.
If vou have never used srreen bone
cut fine for your poultry it is high
time yon were doing so if you expect
to bo up with the times.
For winter provide a good supply
of green food, such as cabbage, sugar
beets and mangels, grit and plenty of
dry earth for a dusting bath.
If you are inexperienced in the
poultry business and undertake to
breed a number of varieties, you are
almost sure to make a failure.
Yon will find it very difficult to fatten
young growing chicks unless you
give very fattening foods to them.
What they eat is used in growth instead
of fat.
Wood ashes should not be thrown
in the poultry yard. The alkali which
cornea from them destroys the color of
the legs, and often makes them sore,
and also injures the luster of the plumage.
Statements to the contray are
misleading.
There is a great difference between
a mongrel and a scrub fowl, says a jL
poultry writer. The mongrel may be
a large composite fowl of pure blood
that is, may be made by a cross of
pure bloods or a cross of pure bloods
upon common stock. In either case
it is removed from a scrub, which is a
measley, little, common fowl, withont
a trace of good blood in ^ts composition.
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