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Why Girls Of "No' By Edith Joscclyn. IT has been remarked'that ^ by the man who loves lie: ? an clement of truth iu thi ? ? "iTh "N'ho thinks that she ?09009 say that it all depends ope the little word. If she is lam of nothing, and who likes to h raneh after the fashion of a young i utterances. sne win unuouoietuy s;iy the trpTy opposite. I have known a few instances. Ii own ralnd* perfectly have been inipe c-eirrag an offer of mamaje from a cnnsr-ions all the time that they wot was thin jnay: The men proposing They were suspected of offering mar a sense of justice. woman is frequently made tii and f te trick of savins: ' No" when tl way of discovering: whether the man Tltie Instinct of many of us wornc Ins an Her that is not genuine, lutt s< we hope aguicst hope, and we play o ? that he really means what he says fi It is not long since that I met a lead suddenly discovered that ho wot to rock-cry. lie straightaway went tl proposed to four of them in oue day X>y sag ins "No" on the putting of tlu vrrol- to him oir the day following. a< fifth propcsal and had boon accepted. When a sir! has been courted for received the long-txpeetcd proposal si jnaliftctl "No." This is only her bant espbtoiii.; that siie punished him 1 Jtliyncrs or a different position in life ictrt of many men. A? a rule, it may be taken for gt rra*cr.> for doing sa One more instance: Two sisters wlio was a close friend of their brot sister, and she said "No" because sli -when. In course of time, the man i sumter she likewise said "No" for the wanted him. The girls' love for each a. bachelor. jg? ' IS? Girl snd 1 By W. D. Howells. |B8-0<ja?3T*> HAT, then, is a good *n as * have aire y A thne. But as one s 3 It difrer' With the hls jtt 'k/Zff I low natures they wi ft If Jt f3 pleasure to the low B I as "surely as a coa pleasure in a thing mind; it will he wc swine did eat, and which the prodiga Tltence fellows a conclusion that 1 then, if we are to purvey a coarse lii that they have no relish for a line oi si vicious one. But here I should dist Is no special merit in reading as an o much donht whether n low uat Trading; and without going hack to t taogrJ. the alphabet, I should feel sun In cooking, sewing, knitting, rowing. 4b*m fn reading the kind of books th employed in the tolls and sports that t am aware that this is iiot qui to vtte&l girls should read: and I w TvQmjBlshjng my position" that the more ?r less baleful. The common reading for girls, who are allowed a ltnovr as magazines, but are not ex m so prevalent and so penetrant that salntance, the-other day, when I sat elevated train, reading a daily new gave xne a little shock which I was s-lclenf!. I rcaliz'-d that she was p as IT she were reading a book, certain ? Ha rrir r'a Bazar. ..Three Requisii ^*5^ By Henry M. Dowlii V & HREE great requisite speak weii. lie mu B fi u:llst Clear: H| J & 8 composition. How c 9 fi excite pleasure? An S 1h? ;,"*e orator w'10 'A- JO. <"UHlHiiJJi; iii nr? ucuu H Nuiisi^^ expressed?pithy sei M phrases, well-compat |W Tij^hr, an npl adage, a keen sarcasm, B Vbrsr anr? the 1 entitles and deformitie W 1ugS" Nothing is more artificial the .. Tbey Ao no: necessarily arise from t Krai tor conld throw a charm about t br speakers who. without strenuous V a sobjeet boundless in suggestiveness positions, oral and written, first outl Be ihrn select portions to be emboliishe B the pulpit orator who annotated lib Hw ?ixr& a*. "Here weep!"' but with a ral W nsnj appropriately be inserted to clar r afrawacff interest on the part of an use bit of vivid description of men prop er place to thrust forward a pun? another, jon will select, as affording ; a<lv*Tsary or of a third person, or j went; at a fourth, you will see to It t to tl.e awdicuce for being overborne h IT WkA lite rivu f? iiv |pM*"*HEN a man standing at the papers begin to ti Wlife, especially in the There are railway Pres ness strain, but they ^ ?trammperate, as all men of f ?????? their own in these bus; While a great busin man at the head of il assistants, often youn strata. The railway President, bank 1 his fraalneia is systematized, and a 1 casuists In his ability to pick good m CTfcem one comes to look oyer t ft to amani those having small bnsini fif The an In a small way rarely can t g v % *ii? ft aft Mbaeelf," and hence worry a Xsr ttiK Ug ha a small shop or agei * lew ? ay 95 TJmp a ?a wo a ?ac?v wlion a woman says "No" It should not? '?Ik' (akcu for a negative. There luay be s statement, or there may be not. !, as a knows what she is writing about, would m the character of the woman who utters a poor, weak sort of creature who is eerear the same thing over and over again, mother listening to her lirst baby's iuitia! "No" when she all the time really means mwever. in which women who knew their lied to say an emphatic negative when reman whom they loved passionately, while jlil eventually say a cooing affirmative. It were, so to speak, on trial at the bar. Tinge out of pity, or out of pique, or from e recipient of an offer on these grounds, lie question is firs! put is the one and only sincerely means what he says. u will clearly tail us when a man is tunk* ometinies wo dare not trust to our instinct; ur tish with evasive answers until we see om the bottom of his hear:. * - - * ? ' i* t-s- ?1. - inau who torn me oi a menu tu ms nuu ild bo better off in many respects were be ie round of a number of girl friends and ! They each rejected him. ::s he thought, ; great question. But two out of the four peopling! In the meantime he had made a an unusually long period and has at last he will feign astonishment aud will give a or. and she will follow it up by laughingly because?by his delay?he punished her! are common causes for such delays on the anted that no woman says ' No'* without recently fell iu love with the same man, hcr's. The man proposed to the younger e knew that her sister wanted him. Yet made the offer of marriage to the elder identical reason?that she knew her sister other has up to the present kept the man bier Reading. . rule for a girl iu her reading? Pleasure ?' <1 t.luocH.. (irat l'le; -l r? il -ill the tar differs from another, so the pleasures :li natures they will be line, and with the 11 be coarse. It is idle to commend a line natures, for to these it will be a disgust, rse pleasure to the high. But without read it -will not nourish, or even till, the >rse provender than the husks which the 1 found so unpalatable, i am not going to blink. It may be asked, ternry pleasure to the low natures, seeing ue. I should say yes. so long as it is not iuguish. autl say farther that I think there ceupation, or eveu as a pastime. I should lire would get any good of its pleasure in he old question whether women should be e that some girls could be better employed fishing, playing basket ball or ping-pong ey like; just as some men could be better befit their sex. Ite continuing to answer the question as ill revert to that for a moment without cult of reading is largely a superstition, notion is that books are the righi sort of Iso the modified form of books which we pected to read newspapers. This notion I detected it in my own moral and mental v a pretty and prettily dressed girl in the spaper qufte as if she were a man. It * promptly ashamed of; for when I con* ossibly employed as usefully and nobly ly the sort of book she might hare chosen. tes of an Orator is. es are demanded of everyone who would st be clear, he must be forceful, and he ness will be secured by translation and ran we speak forcibly and in a manner to lyone may avoid egregious blunders; it is makes his speech sinewy in Its strength, ty. "Bold propositions, boldly and briefly itences, nervous common sense, strong rtcd periods, sudden and strong masses of a merciless personality, a mortal thrust? s that now make a speaker most iuterestn the adornments in a spoken discourse, he peculiar attractiveness of the subject. h? most rcmilsivp causes: and there may effort, could render sterile and disgusting and luxuriant in beauty. In all your comine the general plan of your matter, and d by chaste adornment, not in the spirit < sermon manuscript with stage directions ;ional sense of the places where ornament Ify the thought, vitalize the argument, or audience. At one point, you will decide to or scenes; at another, you will mark, as a ;ent antithesis, a picturesque metaplior^at an opportunity, a supposed speech of your iretcud to read from au imaginary docuhat you express indignation and apologies iy your feelings.?Success. JS? > Break Down. the head of a vast business breaks down ilk of the enormous pressure of modern lines of finance and industrial activity, idents who stand a great amount of bus!* raste none of their energies, and are tcmjreat affairs must be, if they would hold Y days. ess involves large responsibilities, a strong S will be found to have selected capable ger men with great power of resisting President or head of a trust, has his staff; arge part of his worth to his corporation en for responsible places, he list of men broken down In business ?ss that the greater number will be found, ifford to have capable assistants; he must ind over-doing. There is more of a chance icy than in a big business. ? - - 1GES Mi 8FTIK necomm?nda-iois Coniained in tho President's Message to Congress OPPOSES REVISION OF TARIFF I Itoo???vHt AVant* a Reasonable an<l effective Anti-Trust I.aw I'uttil-Futors Reciprocity and SnggMits Needed Financial regulation ? Tho Tsthinian Canal and Pacific Cable. Washington. #D. C.?The rending of the President's ino?-.?:iTo lo Congress consumed one licur i:i the House and nn hour and (jftccn minutes hi the Semite. In both instances the closest attention was u? the President's recommendations. ?>;.r "billy io tliosportions relaiing i ? iii-? regulation of trusts, tin- tariff and Mir Isthmian oa- I n.nl. hut there werp no denionstrations j if approval usuil the reading was con- , eluded, when, in the House, the He- j publican members indulged in a genor- ; ous outburst of applause. In the Sen- I He, however, the Kcnnbiicans received the message in silence. The message opens with a statement of the general prosperous condition of the country. A consideration of the j subject of trusts follows. The President says that the industrial evils are j the result of our prosperity, and iliat ] in attempting to remedy these evils i we must not cheek our industrial de velopnient. or the evils or trusts ue | mentions monopoly, unjust diserimin- j ntions and fraudulent over-capitnlizn- j tion as being the principal ones, and ; believes that Congress can act uuder the power to "regulate commerce with j j foreign nations and among the several j States." lie declares, however, that j the necessary supervision of corpora j tions and combinations must be j achieved by national action, and urges j Congress to pass an anti-trust law. I which "shall be reasonable in its pro! visions and effective in its operations." The President declares that he is firmly opposed to tariff revision except through reciprocity treaties. He says that the country lias acquiesced in the wisdom of the protective tariff princi- | pie. It is exceedingly undesirable that I this system should be destroyed, or j that there should be violent or radical j : changes therein. lie thinks that it is J ! very desirable That reciprocity treat- j lies should be adopted, as tlmy can be ( used to widen our markets and to se- i j cure the lowering of duties no longer j ; needed for protection. He recommends j i the removal of the duty 011 anthracite ] 1 CO;'.]. . Touching upon financial conditions j tile President says that some addition- \ r.l legislation is desirable, "with the i ' view to making all kinds of money In- j I terchangeahle and. at the will of the | i holder, convertible into the established j j gold standard. Ho earnestly hopes that a Secretary of Commerce may he created, with a scat in the Cabinet, and that Congress will endow the department with large powers. He urges the adoption of reciprocity with Cuba because It is eminently for our own interests to coptrol the Cuban markets. The President states that the Congress has wisely provided that w> shall build at once an Isthmian canal, if possible, at Panama. The canal j will be of great benefit to America and | of Importance to all the world. Ho j ! also says thnr arrangements have been ! made to lay a Pacific cable, which j shall connect with China by way of Hawaii and the Philippine?. He refers to the prosperity which is now enjoyed by Porto Rico, to the peace which prevails In the Philippine I ]cpind?( praises the conduct of the . A tiny there, and declares that no policy ever entered into by the American i people has vindicated itself in more signal manner thnr. the policy of holding the Philippines. lie says that the Army has been re-? dnced to (lie minimum allowed by law. and recommends the passage of a hill providing for a general staff. He urges Congress to provide for the reorganization o-' the militia system and for securing the highest efficiency in the National Guard. The President declares that there should he no halt in the work of building up the Navy, and calls attention to the imperative need of 1000 additional officers. A good navy, he says, is the surest guarantee of peace. The President then says that we arc on frtendlv terms with all nations: shows the striking increase in the revenues of the Postoffiee Department; states that the rural free delivery service has become a fixed policy: urges the need of irrigation for the arid regions of the country, the protection of game on the forest reserves, the preservation of the remaining public lands for the home builder and the settler, and the enactment of wise laws for Alaska: refers to the advancement of the Indians to an almost self-supporting state, to the great success which has resulted from giving scientific aid to the farming population: recommends the consideration of plans for the improvement of the Smithsonian Institution and the adoption of laws for the social and economic betterment of the District of Columbia: sug gests me penecTiou 01 iuj #mey.u>-| pllnnce law for the protection of railroad employes and the reduction of the public printing to only what is really needed: comments upon the progress which has been made in the extension of the merit system of making appointments in the Government service. in.1 closes with n brief veference to the improvements which have been made to the White House. For*l|?n Comment on the Me**ace. London. ? Comment on the President's message to Congress is almost wholly favorable. The message was also generally favorably received by the press of Paris, Berlin, Rome and, other European capitals. Ship Explotlon Kills Manj. As the result of an explosion on an oil steamer, the Progresso, at San Francisco, Cal., twelve men were killed and a large number were injured, while a property loss of |200,000 was caused. j ; t, . i "1 - '-'M* V?.'Tk ,U MINISTER TO JAPAN KILLED. Slate Dcparlmfnt Informed of Alfrcl E. T!tu-L'? Dentil Near Toklo. Washington. P. C.?Mr. Kojjoro Takalilrn. the Japanese Minister, called at flic State Departinoul with a cableerrant ironi his flovenimenr informing hint that while duck limit in? near Tokin Alfred E. Buck. I'nited States Minister to Japan, became suddenly ill Hill dinit >ft- Tnkn liirn ermvpved 11 ?r? condolences of his Government. Mr. Buck, who had made a splendid ' record since his appointment from Georgia, in 1897. was horn in Foicroft, Me. in 1832. He made his own way through school and served in the Civil War. after which ho settled in the South and bore u prominent part in the reconstruction of the Southern States. He served in Congress as Representative of an Alabama district, and later removed to Georgia, where lie was Clerk of the Federal Court and United States Marshal of the State. He bad great political influence in Georgia. FOUNDER BRADLEY'S OUT. Illi Keiicnatloti a* Mayor of Aftbnry Park Accepted by the City Council. Asbur.v Park, X. J.?Founder James A. Bradley'* resignation as Mayor of this eity was accepted by the City Council. There has never been a time before in the history of Asluiry Park when Mr. Bradley was not a public officer. The Council also voted to appoint a committee of citizens to prepare a suitable testimonial to Mr. Bradley for his services to the city. Now that Mr. Bradley is a plain citizen the city is in a position to negotiate for the purchase of his board walk and the city sewers. A committee was appointed for this purpose consisting of Dr. Bruce C. Keator. Dr. II. S. Kinraouth. George \V. Treat anu S. W. Kirkbride. GET TITlE TO A TOWN. Indian Woman arid ('blldren Win an Important Suit. Washington. 1). C.?The Government has granted Nellie Lydeck. an Indian woman, and her two children full title to a large portion of the town of Cass T.ake. Minn. The decision, rendered j by the Secretary of the Inrcrior, grew out of allotment complications dating hack to a lime before the settlement j of the town. The United States Supreme Court has passed on the issue and the townspeople have no alternative. Mrs. Lydeck and her children will have title to all imnroyements made on the laud. Iioinb Thrower Arrested in Borne. j A former policeman named Finelii, lniviti" tn liic imcw'Asiviiin 11 11 \ 111 i 1 bomb, was arrested in die neighbor- ! hood of tIu? Chamber of Deputies at . Hoiue, Italy. Fiuclii confessed upon be-inc questioned that he meant to , throw tlie bouib among the Deputies. , It is believed that the prisoner is not , an Anarchist, but is insane. Strike Conamiitnion to Cot t'Hjr. The House Committee :<u Appropris- j lions at Washington has direcied Chairman Cannon to make a favor- j able report on his bill appropriating } $50.(Xit> to defray the expenses of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. Judge Holme* Confirmed. Oliver Wendell Holmes has been confirmed by the United States Senate as a member of the United States Supreme Court. There was no opposition and the nomination was not discussed. Hank Treasurer TV a* Short. It was announced thai a deficiency j of several thousand dollars bad been found in the accounts of the late Al- [ [ bioii 1-'. Welch, who. at the time of his i ; death, thtve weeks ago. was treasurer J of the Savings Bank at Danvers. Mass. Mr. Welch died after an opera- j tioti for a carbuncle on his neck. J Xearly S14l.00n.000 For l'cn?lons. The Mouse Committee on Appropriations at Washington, I). I'.. has agreed 0:1 the Pension Appropriation hill. It appropriates S139.S47.GOO, which is ?5370 more than for the current year. The Sporting World. The lead keel for the new cup yacht lias been east at Bristol. It. I. The Chicftgo racing season of 1903 will begin at Lakeside 011 April 20 next. Harvard is said to he considering the advisability of severing all athletic relations with Yale. Aubrey, who played third base for the Wilmington Athletics last season, has been signed by the Boston Nationals. The Canadian Skating Association lias decided to hold the international championships on February 2 at Montreal. PEST OF THE PHILIPPINES. How the Land Leeches Annoyed American ooioicre. An army officer returned from duty in the Philippines, telling recently of the many pests?both insect and reptile?which annoyed the American soldiers stationed there, dwelt especially on a rather strenuous land leech that clings to the limbs of saplings on the hillsides and springs upon the passers-by with lightninglike rapidity, proceeding immediately to its business of bloodsucking. The soldiers dreaded the presence of these leeches vastly more than they did the Filipinos, and on many occasions when "hiking" after a band of the little brown men the company would be demoralized by a number of I these creepy-looking things dropping from the overhead trees on the necks or other exposed parts of the men. In appearance these blood-sucking ' vampires resembled much the com- ] mon leech that is familiar to the ( American small boy, who has met the j creauure often in his favorite "swim- , ming hole," but, unlike his sluggish, < water-inhabiting contemporary, the strenuous Philippine leech is a land J dweller, making his abede on the un- ' der sides of young leaves in the I higher forest^Towtba. J i t ? -|f? SOUTHERN / d k70/>/CS OF INTEREST TO THE PL/INTE " ? Combination I'astarp. TVofpssor Soule, who is thoroughly posted 011 grass ?nlture and forage crops, gives this advice: The velvet Kan com hi lies well with sorghum. :->jn bcar.s, cowpcas and the mixture does well oven wlien grown on very poor ground. The number of runners thrown out by the bean and the facility with which they climb up the stalks of corn or sorghum render it especially valuable in such a mixture. As a climber it outclasses the cowpea. and as the shoois thrown off arc lighter they do not bend or break down the sorghu n and ?or? as peas sometimes do. U is quite likely that the velvet bear, when continued with sorghum or with corn after the method of cowpeas for making oir-ilnge will be found almost a.; satisfa- tory as the cowpea. The mixture mentioned above was sown at the rate of a bushel and a half jjm* acre and consisted of a peck each of sorghum, corn, cowpeas, soja beans and velvet beans. Where cattle were pastured on the mixture they tirst stripped the velvet bean off the stalks of sorghum before turning to the other plants. It may be thought strange that the crop was allowed to attain such proportions before the cattle were put on it. It should lie stated that the crop was quite small when the cattle were put on. not more than one and a half or two feet high, but the area inclosed was so lnrge that it simply grew away from the number of cattle available to pasture 011 it. The surprisingly large yield of the mixture 011 such a very indifferent soil will be better appreciated when it is stated that about ten aor< s wore sown to supply the supposed amis of some twelve head of young .Tereey ami Holstelu heifers. As a matter of fact, only two acres w? re fenced of and pastured by the heifer.*. ami they were unable to consume more than one-half of the growth, made despite the fact that they practically lived on litis small area for four months. Owing to the prolific cr-.p obtained it was finally necessary to put a large portion of it into the silo.and work another portion Into hay. The reader can amerciate the kne quality and large yield of hay that the crop made, as well as 1I10 very excellent quality of silage. The idea of being able to get a pasiiire compos, d of legumes combined with corn, sorglium. etc.. is certainly very remarkable, and to think of being .abp. to all tlr *o crops for ensilage ami hay is stiil more surprising. It simply emphasizes rente of the wonderful possibilities of the middle South n c *i Blrtof: wiwl'i I iiitifr f?niifiti*v fllflt lniVn remained unappreciated through all these years. Eeouoinical Iloutit For Fo?rli, Double poultry houses (pens on both sides of a central walk) are the most economical for fowl as regards housing. The ordinary difficulty in building such houses is that such a plan brings one set of pens on the sunny side of the house and the other set on the north, or dark side. The building * * m 1 ' in mmmj m mo cut is oi mo usuai ncignc ior a one-story poultry-house, but the windows are arranged in two sets. Each set Is wide and low. and one Is placed near the floor on the south side, and the other Is up under the eaves on the same side. The lower windows give sunlight to the pens behind them,while the upper windows admit the sunlight across to the pens on the rear side; the inside partitions being of wire netting, of course, will not obstruct the sun's rays. With pens on opposite sides of a central walk, not only Is the cost of housing the fowls lessened, but also the work of caring for thpzu. To Bleep Potatoes Id the South. In one of our exchanges we find the following suggestion for keeping potatoes in the South: South of latitude forty is is a difficult matter to grow the hue. or even the medium late,, potatoes. We have found that we cannot be sure of a crop often fr mail one year ?>m cm uve. x-.^iriy jicitatocs are our ebbf reliance, the Early Ohio and Acme being our staple varieties. These varieties are made before the killing hot weather of mid-summer sets in. After they have grown the problem is to keep them until winter. If the season is fairly dry we have the best success by leaving them In the ground where they grew unttl cool weather comes, thvn digging and storing them in a dry, dark room until'November. when they are put in the cellar. After the lops die a heavy growth of gra' < and weeds spring up. which must be mowed to prevent them going V) serd. Then the ground is so full of Items Worth Reading. The Illinois Supreme Court has tianded down a decision In the case of che State Council of the Catholic Knights of Illinois against the board of review of Effingham County, holding that all cash in the hands of the treasurer of a benevolent insurance company is subject to taxation regardless of whether a part of the fund is subject to payment to beneficiaries. The treasurer of the society in question refused to list certain money because there were outstanding orders payable to heirs of deceased members. j ARM II0TE R, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER* VI roots that digging the crop is a difficult jol>. If the tubers are dug wljen j ripe, and stored in a cellar, many of them rot before winter and the eating ' qualities of all the rest are impaired. 1 We must cither leave thorn la the ground and keep the grass and weeds cut down or dig up and store them in a dark, cool room. If the latter plan Is adopted we must look them over every ; teu days or so and remove the rotten * "i ones or they will all rot. This is fnate^l a task, but we get {lie use of theTSnd on which they grew for rape, sweet corn or turnips. If we could gel onf * winter supply of potatoes from the ^ North at reasonable prices it would ; pay us to do so, because they are of better quality than those we manage to Keep, and they keep later in the spring. Very few farmers, however, ? care to pay cash for* what they can grow, even if the quality is a little bet- i tor. 1 ! ninged Window*. ' J Wliero a window has a siugle sash it- I is often desirable to have it on hinges. Never hinge such a sash at the side. It will be left open, and will be blown to ; by the wind, and broken glass will result. Even with ;-arc and the best intentions a window thus hinged will or' easionally be left open and unfastened. Hinge it at the top and secure to It a half circle of iron with holes in it to hook upon an iron peg at the side of the easing. If it is not desired that the half circle project within liook it * up to an upper peg. Managing Slanare*. T. J. Watkins, a prosperous North Carolina farmer, says that this Is his way of using manures: "We find it most profitable to put out the manure as fast as it accumulates. whenever the land is in condition to drive wagons onto it. Kough man-, uro should go on the corn crbp in Its 1 season, corn being a gross feeder, and the manure puts the land in proper me- , ebnnical condition for this crop. The ? side crops, such as sorghum, potatoes, jjj peanuts and such crops get their share in their season. During crops' growth the stablps are kept clean. In fwlnter j when lauds are too wet to run on the manure is kept well sheltered until such time as it can be haoled to the fields. We use plenty of absorbents to save all liquids. We use retentive red clay floors for our stalls, well beaten down. As yet we have never had room to complain of results obtained from such floors. We much prefer; such to plank. Land plaster is one the best deodorizers; rond-ikwtJsLalr^^l good. Where there is a will the war to properly manage manure will ne# found. In the winter months our lands are generally too wet to go on with teams, as we rarely ever have freezes hard enough to bear up the wagons, hence, as stated, we keep manure well sheltered until -such time as we can . haul it out to best advantage. Nothing Is gained by running on lands too wet." Wliat Oar Landi N??l. , Keep the teams at work plowing ell lands intended to be cropped next year whenever the weather and the land Is dry enougn. it is a mistaKe to suppose that because we have not the hard frosts of the North to disintegrate our \ lands in the winter that it is therefore % time wasted to plow them in the fall and winter. What all our lands need is more frequent and deeper plowing and cultivation. The attempt to grow crops with only one plowing and two or three workings, is proven a failure. Let us amend the system and plow and Subsoil in the fall and winter and repeat the work in the spring. Cultivation is much more nearly manure and fertilizer than many are willing to concede. Besides these considerations we need to plow in the fall and winter to permit of the saving of the rainfall. After the hot weather the surface of the land becomes so hard and baked that instead of the rain sinking into the soil, it runs off into th? nearest creek rwl oit/1 to loeernlf loot lrlton thfc Ainxi ??UU II> iaigvij IWOI, " uc? *?y soil needs it badly to meet crop requirements another year. Break and break deeply and thus conserve the ralnfalLV^ What frost we do have will help to disintegrate the soil when saturated with water. When practically dry it can do very little in this direction.? Southern Farmer. There are estimated to be 4,500,000 farms in the United States. Note*. Mexico City, Special.?George B. Cook, a b inker of Chcago and New York, who is here, has had several audences with high officials of the gov- , ernment It is reported that he stated to the government the opinions of great New York bankers on the advisability of putting Mexico on a gold basis. It is also stated that he promised the aid of the American banker* in helping the government adopt a gold I standard. There la much Interest in [ the object of hi* visit. .