The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 08, 1903, Image 6
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IIS NO DIFFERENCE.
* THE WEEKLY CHAPMAN SERMON i
Lucid Explanation of One of the flost
(Difficult Passages of Scripture to
Most People.
"Kew York City.?'Hie u>'l.?w4i"j timely i
[ ' wad interesting sermon is oar ?>i a series i
[ prepared by the fain in.- e\.ingcli?i. the
Dr. J. Wil
H Bk "No Difference." hf-d
text: "For no iliti reii'.-e."' |
is one of the most difficult stateH^^rotents
to receive in all the Bible, and 1 van
well understand how the unregenerate man [
m' would resent its application. 1 can hear
r him say, "What! no difference between tlu*
L - nan who has fallen to the very lowest
I depths of sin and wretchedness, and the
I man who, boasting of hi- morality, has I
I ewerved only a little from the path ol duty j
l ?nd the law of God?" And the answer to
I this question is both "yes ' and "no."
There is a difference in hciuousness and
degradation wide as the poles, but "110
dif ferencc" so far as guilt is concerned, for
both have rejected the Jr'on of God. and I
this is the sin of sins.
If two men were before the court. 011c
charged with a great offense and the other
with one of less degree, it would profit the
latter man but little to say, "But. Your
Honor. I am uot so great an offender as
I my companion in misery." The judge
might well reply. "You are both guilty; in
Ithat 'there is no difference.'" and this is
the teaching o: my text.
God's word declares?"He that offends
in one point is guilty of all:" not meaning,
of course, that ne has of necessity broken
every lav. but he has broken away from
God by his transgression. If I am held a
1 " -1 .A. .? tiiumtoori*
prisoner uy a euam 11. is wi.
that 1 should break every link in the
^^w-chain that I might go tree, but only one
and that the very weakest, and so he thai
offends in one jwint is guilty of all and
nothing less, while he that offends in all
points is gtoilty of all and nothing more.
"All have sinned and eomc short of llie
glory of God."'
Three important questions grow out of
this text as I have considered it. First. 1
do no;, ask if you are a sinner, for as we ordinarily
use this word, we think of one
who is lawless, wild and profane. Hut 1
* ask:
HAVE YOU OFFENDED IN ONE SINGLE
POINT?
^ 1/ so, "There is no difference." Man
would not say it. I know, but God *a\> it,
and it is written in the book, aud by the
book we shall be judged.
L Look at the prodigal. He was as truly
I a prodigal when he had taken the first step
L aver the threshold of his father's house
A as when afterward you see him sitting in
the midst of fhe swine, and trying to iill
his belly with hosks which the swine uid
eatKB
Ue is more degraded in the second pictare,
but not more guilty.
Look at the leper. He is just as truly
dead when the first sign of the dread riisease
appears, small though it may he, as
W when afterward you behold him, a loathsome
object, sitting outside the city gates,
| with bandaged mouth, crying, "Unclean!
' Unclean!" He was a leper, however, from
* -- ' ? i? it. i j i tl:.
xne ursi. ana oy me mn uvuu. ihia i?
v the teaching of the text. If you have rejected
the Son of God. whatever your position.
"There is no difference"?all are
alike lost.
It is not even a question of great sin.
^ Many a roan might plead "not guilty" it
such a charge were made, but first of all
SECRET SINS.
1. There is a text which declares "our
secret sins in the light of His countenance,"
and another reads that "All things
^ ,._*re. naked aud opeu be?ore Him with
whom we have to do." In the light of this
whs can staid?
Not long ago in one of the school buildings
of Chicago a picture of an eve was
placed upon the blackboard as an illustration,
ana in a little time by order of the
school board it was painted ou$. for it had
been so perfectly painted that whatever
position a child might he in in the room
?that eye was upon it. The effect was disastrous.
But there is one eye which never
lumbers and can never be painted out.
"Thou Sod seest me." The sin was at
midnight. He saw it. It was in New
York or London or Paris. He saw it.
Thus to the charge of "secret sin" you
must plead guilty, and "there is no differ-enrc."
j, sinful thoughts.
f *2. But the'charge is even closer. Wc
re responsible for the sinful thought
which tarries in the mind by tiie consent
of our will. Who can stand in the light of
this?
. A distinguished scientist has made the
scaicineni, wnicii wise men in-ciu1, uuu u
a man stand* out in the sunlight and acts,
his act. good or bad, flashes away to the
*uu and a picture which is never !o>t is
wade. And if lie speaks, the sound bounds
away, up and up. far beyond hi-, reach, and
makes its record forever. And it he refuses
to step into the i:?Lt. or in the dark ness
speak a word, this sci-ntbt do da res
that by the very thoughts of his mind certain
physical disturbances occur which
make a record lasting as iupe.
I remember sending,*telegram in a
western city, and shortly after realizing
that my message had been wrong I made
my way to the office to recall it. 'Why.''
said the operator, with a smile, '"it is gone,
and is flashing over the wires now. beyond
my recall." So with your sinful thoughts.
"They bound away, and no man can recall
them fvhen once they go.
,??? The answer to this charge must be?
''jpiiity."
BEGINNING IX SIN.
3. Some are beginning now. Held by
the fascination ef the evil one and lured
on by his charms they are rushing on to
liell. On one of the busiest streets of the
?y citv of Paris stands a building famous
r its oeau y. Over the magniticent doorway
you mc y read these words, "Nothing
to pay." T ie admission is free, the entertainment
within is fascinating, and hun
?" ?Lreds of young men pass through the portals,
the rank and file of them taking tneir
first or last steD to hell.
i All sin xs dearly bought, for it has hell
lack of it. It blights the life, wrecks the
character, aad blasts the fondest hopes of
the soul. And when that awful day comes
and situation is gone and character lost,
and the hearts of loved ones broken, and
you are cast a stranded wreck on the
shores of time, you will cry out in terror,
f *20 wretched man that I am. who shall deliver
rat"-and there will be no deliverance.
You will bo more degraded then but
not more guilty than now, for the chiefest
of sins is unbelief, and that was the cause
? your downfall. "There is no difference."
God pity vcu.
Do you know the Bible description of
ihe cad of a career of sin from the world
standpoint? "Weeping, wailing and gnash- I
ing of tecta." "Without are dogs, and
?orccr?r* 1 whoremongers, and murder- !
?rw. and idolaters, and whomever lovoth j
and tnak~:;i iic." f;'?>ns >: !i
a company. A miuisur could never lead a
man to serious thought until he quoted the
text: "'The wicked shall be turned into
bet), and all the nations tlmt forget God."'
Great sin humanly speaking, is not necessary.
but only forget Him and "There is
no difference."
iff roa had read that remarkable book,
k "Eobert Falconer," written by Geo. Mack
lioaald. you will remember the dream of |
A fthe wife of Andrew Falconer. He was a
drunkard aad after her death, the dream
leiag told iiim, resulted iu his conversion.
She said in her letter, which she had writ"I
thouglit, Andrew, that the resurrecJHCoj
moru had come, and I was looking
^^^fcy^vherefor you>\ Finally in my vran
?l? niics I runtf to a /.re si ibfw. It va? j
?. very wide. hut is v.:- \vi? ?'>' /;> anil ?
?* ;*. ?s ait It 't li'.i* - i:f ''ft* ?'I lee j
>-k\. On ttic* other side i ?.i'v you. Alt- .
ii:vi.'. 11 III! I i,.t* ? .i sh". i. allr-ii ail ill" |
unit. ii.m?: ii r/i.' lo iv.!. Sonic* hui;*
made tin1 look around. Tiic.t I >.i\v On-- ,
coming toward ti,-\ He in.I u J.:"" t\
Mich a face! fail./ than a?l ilie sons o* i
men: He had on a carmen! which canto j
down His feet, and .is He ^ walked to- ,
1 i l? His feet lite joint of |
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rlii* nails. Then I knew who He wa?. I !
iell at His feet and cried. (). Lord. An- i ,
I drew. Andrew.'* "IIaugh'or. would von t
20 to him? I ?.iid. 'Yes. Lord.' And. An- 1
'drew. He took me by the hand and led J
1 out over the abvss. and vw* came nearer J
| and nearer, until at last we wen- united. 1
t and then He led us back to be with Hint f
I forever."* O. my friends, not in the next
world, if not in this, but here and now \v?*
may be made one in Hint, one for time and
eternity, but bailing here, all hope is gone
and there is before us onlv the blackness
of darkness of despair. "For there is no
difference."
The secon' ipiestion is of the greatest
importance:
1)0 YOU COME UP TO COD S STAND
< ADD?
It is- pot enough to be simply a member
of the church. "Many will say to Me in
that day. Lord. Lord, have we not prophesied
in Thy uauie, and in Thy name
have cast out devils? and I will profess
unto them. I never knew you."
We have such a way ot measuring ourselves
by ourselves that we mav feel well
satisfied with the result. l?ut how about
God's standard? Upon my return home
at one time my wife placed in my hands a !
piece of paper, written all over, hut only I
1 i? tt tlip ton I
IWU nut(19 ?>cu
of the page w;i< the won! "carriage"
plainlv written, the next word was ihe
same, only not so well written.
It was my lili.lt* daughter'*. first copyt?ook.
The feather had written the word
at the top of the line, and sin- had done
fairly well so long as she had looked at the
copy. But she had fallen inio the serious
error of copying the line just above her i
work, and the word at the bottom of the
page as nearly spelled "men" as "car j
riage." Thus people measure themselves
by those around them, forgetting that He
said?"Look unto Me and he ye saved."
You mr.v he better than the members of
the church, but what doth it profit ? You
may be the best man :n you: community,
but that does not save.
How about Hod's standard?
Her Majesty, the Queen, issue, frequently.
1 am told, an order for soldiers to compose
her guard, livery man must be at.
least six feet tall. 1 can iroaeine some
voung Englishmen measuring themselves
by themselves, until at last one man in
great delight exclaims. "I will surely get !
in. for T am the tallest man in town."
And he is. but when he stands before
Tier Majesty's officer he is rejected, for he
is thro? -quarters of an inch under the
mark.
His taller than his friends profited |
nothin,.: thcv hail all fallen short: sotnc |
more, '.mic less. But "there was no difference
"
And it you turn my ouestiou in upon uivself.
I confess that I do fully come uu to
the high standard of Cod; not in myself in
way. far from it?but in f'hrist: for
"Christ is the end of the law for righteousness
to every one that belicveth."' and
wherein 1 fail. He make* tip.
It is no point as 10 whether Adam or
Eve were the more sinful; they were botii
guilty. j??nl "there is no difference."
The ehiefest of all sins is not drunkenness,
although that is horrible: it is
not licentiousness, although that is vile;
it is the rcieetion of God's mercy?or the
sin of unbelief. "He that believeth not is
eondemued already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God." John iii: 18. And whosoever
he be among you?sinner, either great
or small, if he fail here, he stands with the
condemned, and "there is no difference."
The third and last important question is
thi?:
WHAT IS THE REMEDY?
There is another "no difference" which
answers the ouestion. "For there is no
difference * * * for the same Lord over
all is rich unto all that call upon Him. lbr
whosoever shall call upon the name of the
Lord shall be saved." Romans x: 12, 13.
1. It is useless to try by any amount of
exertion, or feeling, or even prayer, to
.bring about faith. I have had mv own experience
in this. God says in lli.- word.
"Faith cometh bv hearing and hearing by
the word of God."
This is a sure war. A college student
was greatly troubled spiritually, and was
in conference with one of tha professors
until midnight. Just as he was leaving the
house, going out into the darkness, the !
professor placed in his bands a lantern |
saying. "Take it. George, it will light you ,
home a nteo at a time." And this is what j
lhe Bible does.
That lantern did not light up the for !
i e.-is. nor. make luminous the lands* ape: it j
was not meant that it should, but it made j
e\cry sup bright.
Man was lost l?v hearing Satan. He I
can only be saved by hearing God. Plant |
your feel tinnlv by faith on one single '
promise. ami. God will begin at once ?<?
make clear the wav if voa will ou!y believe
lion.
2. To th" Piiilippinn jailor's question,
"What must I do to be saved?"' Paul's answer
was. "Relieve on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved." And j
t litre is no respecting of person#, for "whosoever
shall call unoii the name of the
Lord shall be saved."
A friend of mine told lr.e that when lie
climbed the Matterhorn be was besieged
by men. waiting at the base of the mountain.
ready to guide him up the difficult
way, but the most of them would have
never brought him down in safety, for
they were simply men out of employment.
He very easily, however, secured a safe
guide when he said, "Show me your papers."'
Then the men who were without
them stepped back, while-the real guides
stepped forward and holding out their
papers he read something like this:
"We. the undersigned, have climbed the
Matterhorn under the care of such a guide
(giving his name), and we commend him to
our friends"?and then followed the names
of people of great renown at home and
abroad, a member of Parliament, a member
of Congress, and your personal friend,
and my friend at once felt secure because
others had made the trip in safety. >
It is like that when under condemnation
you ask. "What must I do?"
Infidelity attempts an answer; philoso
pny make a vain effort to reply, and Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, comes with the
rest. Let me suggest to vou the real test.
Ask them each, "What have you done?"
Demand of each that their papers be
shown. Then will He come whose garments
are dyed red, whose hands were
pierced, end whose heart was broken, who
died and rose again that He might become
the justifier of all that believe, and
on the very palms of His hands you read
the names. John Bunvan. John Newton,
Jerry McCauley. and brighter than thcr.i
all?Charles Haddon Spurgcon.
'"He hath saved us, and kept us. and in
llis presence wo rejoice with a joy unspeakable
and full of g'ory."
\?d tlii- i- onoi'vh?I for one will >av,
' Blessed Lord, ii Thou canst save others,
and I know that Tbou canst, Thou canst
save me; and I will let Thee do it now."
Will you join ine in this now?
3. To sum it all up. if you would escapecondemnation
you need simply to
HAVE A WILLING MIND ABOUT
SALVATION.
Then by faith accept what He in grace
offers you. I have heard Christian workers
say to earnest inquirers, "Give your
heart to God and you may be saved." But
this is unscriptural?at least the order is
wrong. Accept first the gift of eternal life,
then give yourself, out of gratitude for Ilia
i goodness.
The first saves you; the second is the
! first fruit of your salvation.
ARP ON MATRIMONY
The Ph'Iosopiier Writes on a Serious
Subject
BNTH PARTIES 1ECLRFLY BOUND
Arp Says Harriage is the Only Partnership
That Cannot Be Dissolved
? Responsibility.
.Married and gone. It is the same old
story. l,ovo and courtship. Then conies
the engagement ring and a blessed interval
of fond hopes and happy dreams,
and then thr happy day is fixed?th<auspicious
day that is never to lie forgotten?a
day that brings happiness or
misery and heeins a new life. Then
ionics the license, the permit of the
law which says you may marry, you
may enter into bonds. The state approves
it and the law allows it. and it
will cost you only a dollar and a quarter.
Cheap Isn't it? And yet it may he
very dear. Then comes the minister,
and the happy pair stand up before
him and make some solemn vows and
listen to a prayer and a benediction,
and they are one. In a moment the
trusting maid has lost her name and
her free will, and is tied fast to a man.
Well, he is tied fast. too. so it is all
right all round, I reckon, but somehow
I always feel more concern about the
woman than the man. She is a helpless
sort of a creature and takes the
most risk, for she risks her all.
I was ruminating over this, for there
was a marriage going on at our good
friend Sam Jones' house, and their
pretty daughter. Laura, was changing
her name and her home on this the
last dav of tha vesr and eniiur off to
live with a man she hasn't known very
long; but I have diagnosed him from
his face and features and am satisfied
with her choice. He Is a big-hearted
gentl:man, or else the signs fail. I
wanted to be present and give them
my blessing, but was not well enough
to go?I've got the elephanliosis from
my toes to my knees, and can hardly
meander across the room, but I am always
interested in the marriages of our
young people. It is the most serious
business in this life, and if the peril of
it was known befcyeherd rna:;y of t>?e
young people would hesitate to make
the change. The chains of matrimony
and not bonds of marriage are the
right words. When men make a partnership
they can't get along well if
they art unlike in disposition, or in
moral principle or in business ways,
but they can dissolve and separate at
pleasure and try another man. A man
and his wife ought to be alike in almost
everything. In some things folks
like their opposites?their counterparts.
A man with blue eyes goes distracted
over a pretty girl with hazel
eyes?I did. and I'm distractey yet
when I look into them, though I've
been doing that for fifty-four years.
But in mental and emotional qualities
and in tastes and habits and politics
and religion they should class together.
I never made any mistake about ray
choice of a partner for the dance of a
life, but I've thought of it a thousand
times that if Mrs. Arp had known I
loved codfish and got up by daybreak
every morning, she never would have
had me. It was nip and tuck to get
her. anyhow, and that would have been
ine ieamer to oreaK tne camel s uacK.
Well, I'm mortal glad she didn't know
it. though I am free to say that if I had
known she slept until the second ringing
of the first bell for breakfast and
was fond of raw oysters, it would have
had a dampening effect upon my ardor
for a few minutes, only a few. Hut I
have seen some mighty clever people
cat oysters raw and sleep late in the
morning. But still a man and his wife
con harmonize and compromise a good
many of these things, and it is a beautiful
illustration of this to see Mrs.
Arp cooking codfish for me and fixing
it ail up so nice with eggs aud cream,
and it is a touching evidence of my
undying devotion to her to see me
wandering about the house lon3ly and
forelorn every morning for an hour or
two. and forbidding even the cat to
walk heavily while she sleeps. That
codfish business comes to me honestly
from my father's side, and my mother
put up with it like a good, considerate
wife, and we children grew up with
an idea that it was good. I've heard of
a young couple who got married and
went off to Augusta on a tour, and tht
lener siuck nis rork into a codfish bal.
and took a bite. He choked it down
like a hero, and when his beloved
asked him what was the matter, replied:
"Don't say anything about it.
Mandy, but as sure as you are born
there is something dead in the bread."
Well, we can make compromises
about all such things as habits and
tastes, but there are some things that
won't compromise worth a cent. If a
girl has been brought up to have a
good deal of freedom, and thinks it no
narrn to go waltzing around with
every gay, Lothario who loves to dance,
and after she gets a feller of her own,
wants to keep at it and have polluted
arms around her waist, she had just as
well sing farewell to conjugal love and
domestic peace, for It is against the
order of nature for a loving husband to
stand it, and he oughtn't.
And now another busy year has gone
?gone like the water that has passed
over the dam?gone never to return.
It has carried many friends along with
it and left sad memories in the household,
but on the whole it has been a
good year to us all and Providence has
been kind.
Now is the time to look back and review
the past, as did old Janus, for
whom January was named. He was the
porter, the gate keeper, of heaven, and
had two faces?one to look back and
tbc otber forward into the mysterious
future. Numa Pompilius gave him his
name and his high office, for he was
next in power to Jupitor. He added
two months to the calendar and called
one January for Janus and the other
February for the mother of Mars. Until
then there were hut eight months of
forty-six days each. Numa added two
more, whjch gave them thirty-six days
each, and January was the fourth
month and remained so for more than
two thousand years. April was the first
month and remained so until two hundred
years ago. Why
i cannot understand. for April is much
more like the beginning of a new year
ihan January. April comes from ape: lo.
to open?the time when toe earth
oprns and the grass conies tip and the
(lowers bloom and the birds sing. But
the names of almost eveiytbing seem
to comfort that old mythology, ana
we conform to that old mythology, and
we can't get rid of it. My g:vat-grandfather
lived and died under that old
calendar when April was the first
rt onth of the year. Julius Caesar and
? ncriioHio (''ihcav chtoV in tarn n npr
months and made the year of twelve
months of thirty days each, hut April
remained in the first month and ought
to be now.
But whether Christmas be in December
or in April, we love the old superstition:;
that cluster around this season
of joy and gladness. I always
thought it a pretty idea for a man to
be we ghed every Christmas or NewYear?to
put his acts and deeds in the
balances, the good on one side and the
bad on the other, and let him rise to
heaven or fall below it as the scales
might turn. This is not an orthodox
doctrine, for it is said that one bad
deed will outweigh a thousand good
ones. Nevertheless, Beischazar was
weighed, and the scripture abound in
such figures of speech. It will take miracles
of grace to save us, anyhow, and
we must all help one another, for the
oevn is doing nis best, navia commuted
murder: Solemon worshiped idols;
Cain killed his brother: Jacob* cheated
Esau out of his birthright: Noah got
drt:nk, and Peter denied his Master,
but they ail repented and got foregiveness;
and if there is any difference between
folks now and and folks then. I
don't know it. Then let us all love our
Maker and be good to our feljow-nicn.
?Bill Arc in Atlanta Constitution.
Southern Train Wrecked.
Birmingham. Ala.. Special.?Passenger
train No. 37. from Atlanta to
Birmingham cn the Southern Railway.
was wrecked near Weem's station. 17
miles from this city at 11:30 o'clock
Saturday night. The details are very
meagre. A report reached the superintendent's
office at 1:30 o'clock that the
engine and four coaches wore turned
over and tbit the engineer and fireman
were rnis3ing. Several persons are
said to have been injured. A relief
train was sent to the scene from this
city carrying a corps of physicians ?.ul
officials of the road.
*
Counterfeiters Captured.
Wilmington. Del.. Special.?Secret
Service Agent George F. Foster, of
Washington, after a long investigation,
succeeded in locating a counterfeiters'
den at No. 528 West Second street,
this city .and it was raided by the police.
Byagnio Maiearoso, better known
as "Mike Ross." his wife and Nicola
Dipaco. his brother-in-law, were arrested
and the plant captured. It was
an unusually large one. comprising ten
molds, a number of mixing pots, dies,
presses and other counterfeiting paraphernalia.
Single rien Not Wanted.
Norfolk, Va.. Special.?Unmarried
I men are excluded from the service cl
' the zreat Williams Railway, of Nor
folk. Portsmouth anil Newport News,
and it is possible that the same rule
will be applied to other roads of the
Virginia capitalist. Manager Guun
says the plan of employing only married
men insures a steadier, soberer
more reliable class of men, who art
more accommodating to the passec
gers and have at heart the interest;
of the road more than strangers and
wanderers, as a majority of unmar
ried men are apt to be.
HUMOR IN HORSES.
Story of an Animal That Has More
Than Its Share.
Only those who are unfamiliar with
animals doubt that they have a sense
of humor. Jimmy is a lively road
horse who has ideas of his own ard
very original conceptions of wl.at is
amusing. One day the children haJ
erected a small tent on the lawn, ami
uMthm /Irtnhlnir lomnn^rli? SlTuI
j Ottt w ItUlU UIIUiwuo *v.4.w^
playing that they wore banditti. Jimmy
walked softly up to the side of the
tent and slowly inserted his nose
through a convenient slit, says Our
Dumb Animals. Eyes and ears followed
and. his head once within at the
back of the unsuspicious revelers.
Jimmy gave one tremendous sneeze,
of that kind which is half a snort.
The banditti fell back in every direction
and the horse, withd -awing
from the tent, laughed silently to
himself before going back to his grasscropping.
Jimmy's favorite amusement
is that of scattering a flock of
sheep. When he is feeding with them
in the "pasture he suddenly stops eating
and then dashes amiXg them,
sending them scudding over the hillside.
Then he stands watching them
until they again settle to their nibbling
and after a short luncheon of his own
repeats the pleasing diversion. Although
this horse is the gentlest creature
in the world it pleases him exceedingly
to frighten anyone who has
shown timidity in his presence.
Jimmy s ivvu wisueasrs iianivjso
him without trouble or danger, but
be delights in alarming one girl cousin
who visits at the house. Sundry
fidgetings and nervous starts of her
own were enough to show Jimmy of
what manner and temperament she
was. and he is merciless in taking advantage
of that knowledge. If she
enters the s:able where he stands accepting
the harness in the most docile
manner, he opens his month, snowing
a wicked row of teeth, and makes a
feint of snapping at her. She shrieks,
his mistress scolds and reasons with
him. and Jimmy apparently is then reI#ntant.
Must Have Red Ink.
Henry Sienkiewicz. the author of
"Quo Vadis," has a somewhat peculiar
habit. He invariably uses red ink
when writing his manuscripts and can
not be induced to use ink of any other
color.
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SOUTHERN
d?ZZEHII>?<
70/>/CS or INTEREST TO THE PLANTER
U?H
Onion tirowinjf in the South. 11
Thv onion is :i vegetable that should w
be L'rown ii* the South, not only for fi
home consumption, but to ship to tl
Northern markets. From the phenom- u
enal success of a few who are mak- ir
ing a specialty of this crop, it seems oi
that others could engage in its culti- 0
ration to great advantage, when it tl
would finally become quite a commer- oi
cinl crop. Onions are yearly shipped t<
from the North to Southern States, to T
furnish our people with this succulent ?
vegetable. What we need in the S&uth o
is tnore crops that somebody else n
wants; we at least ought to be able 11
to supply our own market. We have n
the soil, the climate aud the labor. W7e w
should grow such crops tliar help in tl
the aggregate to increase the products
of our Southern farms.
There are three methods of growing
onions which we will describe. First o
with sets, second by sowing the seed tl
in the fall and transplanting early in ti
the spring, and third by sowing the h
seed in open ground in the spring as a
soon as the weather will permit. t<
Onions from sets are grown mostly for g
hunching, and sold green to supply o
our spring market: they are not suit- V
able for ripe dry onions, as they will a
not keep, although we have kepi the t
I'earl variety through the summer for p
home use. Sets can he grown in the p
South is well as the North, and are s
much preferred: the seed should be t
sown on very thin soil too poor to s
produce weeds, and sown very thick r
in the row. so as to proouce very [
small bulbs: they ought not lo be much 1
larger than a pea. Feed sown In L
March or April, the sets will be ready i:
to pull in July, when they t an be dried 1
and laid by to plant in tJ?e fall for c
your spring crop of bunch or green 1;
onions, it would be well to apply a J i
dressing of the civ? u? ica. 1 fertilisers to. i
the soil devoted to growing sets ap- J t
plying at the rate of 400 pounds per i c
a. ro. and this should be applied some | o
time before sowing the seed: this gives i 1
the fertilizers u chanee to become as- \ c.
sindlated with the soil. ; I
Another good method that Is prae-1
tieed by some is lo sow the seed in I
shallow boxes in the hot house, then 1
transfer them to cold frames later, I n
then transplant to open ground in the
spring as soon as the weather will permit.
There Is some work attached to r
+ Ut.. ?-ry,1 41irt vtavL* ohnitm ho i ,
11U.> HU'liiUU, uuu Ulr n VI n ouuuui .yv (
well done, but no more tlinn planting |
the sets :iml is lesa costly if you have
; ? buy yo-.r.* sols. Bv following this j
uir.tiiod you c::n produce onions that i
will grow ly law f=l7.o. and ripen suit-!
able to supply home market?, or ship j
to more distant seetlnns. j
Anothrt* method is to sow the seed
In February or early in March in open
ground where you expect to mature
the crop, but this method requires
high culture and well prepared soil,
and in fact either method requires this,
but the latter method must not want
for any condition that is required to
force an early growth and grow the
crop to maturity. A clay loam of
mucky soli is suitable for onions: in
1 *1.. ?II It nlnn-^ut -
prt'jjuriuK nit; eui* ii numuu uu |uv? i
deep and tine, so as to leave no lumps, 0
finishing with a heavy roller to tirni t
the soil; as onions form bulbs on the j
surface, only the roots penetrate the a
soil. This ruie applies whether you t
follow either method. <
Onions are planted in rows from f
twelve to fourteen inches and aoout
four inches in the row in garden culture.
whether you plant sets or sow
the seed and thin to a stand. On an a
extensive scale it might be well to t
widen the rows to ndir.it of horse eul- i
ture. but with the improved iniple- I
moms for hand work. tL'.s crop with
high fertilizing will pay for close planting
and hand culture. Some growers
lay off their land slightly ridged, but
We prefer to plant 011 a level, but are
careful to firm the soil well before
planting.
Talcing Cp Barbed Wire.
For some time I had considerable 1
difficult}' in taking up barbed wire,
but I finally invented a device which '
answered the purpose very nicely.
This fits on the running gears of the
1 * * j
DEVICE FOB BEELINQ BABBED WIRE.
r
wagon ami Is represented in the ac- s
coinpanying illustration. The frame is i
made of 2 x 4s fastened together by c
moans of four cross pieces of 1x4 i
boards. The notches on the under s:
side of the frame lit over the bolsters c
aud hold the device in place. The \
I frame should extend about six inches f
| beyond the front holster and about \
I four feet beyond the back, so as to I
give plenty of room for working the 1
windlaf. The windlass is square so I
as to keep the spool steady. The spools t
tit over it tightly and are very easily (
held in place. j 1
When th's device is to be used, re-''
Engineer Killed.
Roanoke, Va., Special.?The Norfolk
& Western passenger train which S
left here Monday night at 9 o'clock, v
for Hagerstown, Md., over the Shen- b
I andoah Valley division, was wrecked a
J two hours later near Greenville, 65 o
miles north of Roanoke. Engineer I
Wesley Bailey, of Roanoke, was in- . a
stantly killed. None of the passengers v
was hurt. The train was running j e
about 40 miles an hour when it e
struck a curve, where an angle bar j c
had been removed. The train was s
thrown down an embankment . r
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\RM : JlOTES.
, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER.
... .;vr+
love the wagon bed and couple tie
'agons as short as possible, place the
rarne upon it and tie the front end to
ie front bolster to keep it from tilting
p. Provide about live spools for every ,
lile of wire. Loosen the bottom wire
i the fence and let It out straight,
no man sitting on the fore part of
ie frame drives the team while anther
turns the windlass. A very slow*
?am is needed and a careful driver,
he wagon is driven astride the down
:lre which is taken up as it passes
ver. When one wire has been relovcd,
take off the next and treat it
the satiie manner. I have helped
i.v father take up miles and miles of '
rire in this way. Two men ran do all
;ie work.?J. W. Saner. Texas.
Clearing Up New Land.
rtf /.looplntr nit nnu* lnn/l
1 ur uia %jl vicauu^ up ?tv
r land which has beeu out of cuitlvalon
for some years, calls for attenion
at this season. Lot what Is (lone
e well and thoroughly done. Remove
11 stumps and stones and do not have
i> plow round these hindrances to
ood work for years. Dig them out
r blow them to pieces with dynamite.
V'bilst left in or on the ground they
re uot only a constant source of
rouble and cause of many broken i0.*
dements. but they arc the breeding
ilaces of insect and fungus pests and
ure means of spreading weeds and
irierg over the land. The stones "
liould 1h> hauled away to repair the
oads on the farm or the adjoining
inbllc road. In this way the labor of
muling crops home or to market can
ie materially lightened and^tbe aptearanee
of the farm be greatly 1mnoved.
Let all old fences be straightued
and niede good or new ones be
>ullt. In doing this work see that the"
ields arc so laid out as to fall easily
nto a good system of rotation, and
hat provision is made for access to
uch field without having to cross
iver other fields. Have gates hung at
he entrance to each field so that crops
an be properly protected. ? Southern
Mauter. r
Local Co-operation.
E. E. Miller, of Morrlstown, Tenn.,
ii occasional correspondent of the Progressive
Farmer, writes as follows:
"The farmer seldom regards bis'
leigbbor as bis competitor, nor does He
>ften have occasion to do so. Indeed,
t is likely that there is no class of peo>le
who take so tnucli interest in each
;ther'? welfare as (lo the farmers of a
ommunity, or whose Interests are so
losely related. In view of these facta
t is surprising: how little co-operation
here is among the farmers. It is only
easoaalile to consider that if in a
teighborliood the farmers would com>Ino
in buying their supplies, selling
heir produce, laying out plans for their
uture crops, assisting each other's la- '
>ors, and in settling aU qnestions
vliich are of interest to all or to the
ommunity as a whole, that the result.^*
vould be beueflclal. Co-operation
low a recognized principle ?f success
ul busings enterprise. Why should
lot the farmer make use of it as do
ther classes. There are few localities
rat that would be benefited if tjie peo>lo
would come together and consider
ind act upon all matters of general inerest.
and study and discuss methods
>f building up and promoting the wel- A
are of the community. ' J
A DnUiac Box.
To dust chickens by wholesale with ! J|
ny kind of insect powder, fix n small
?ox with sliding cover, to revolve, as
ndicated in the accompanying cut.
'ut three or more chicks in the box.
villi a spoonful of powder, close the
iHdo and revolve slowly and carefully
liree or four times. There will be a
rreat fluttering inside and the dust
vill fill the chicks' feathers very comiletely.
Then replace these chicks
vith three others, and more of the inicci
powder.
Opportunities tn the Sooth.
The great need of the South in agrlulture
is, as everybody knows, diver- J
ideation. More specifically, and as
tn aid and adjunct to the raising of
>ther crops thau cotton and corn, an
mmense multiplication of its live-stock
iccms to be the first improvement in
trder, accompanied by a wider eulti ation
of forage and similar plants,
md perhaps, the introduction of now
arieties, not merely for the sake of
"ceding animals, hut as creators of
minus ami gatherers of nitrogen.
ioef production, however, can xinques-'
ionabiy be carried 011 to a vast extent,
md in fact, a considerable beginning
ias been made already.?Gilbert M.
L'ueker. of Albany. X. Y.
Proposed Boer Colonization.
Monterey, Mex., Special.?General-,
lainuel Pearson, the Boer commander,
rho became famous during the war
etween the Boers and the English, by
ppearing at New Orleans and strenuusly
opposing the sale of mules to
Inglish agents, is in Monterey, as the
gent of thousands of his countrymen,
iho propose to establish colonies eith'r
in southwestern Texas ftr northrn
Mexico. He is now locatjf.g a route
iver which he will conductA commis. ^
ion of Boers who are expected to arive
sn New Orleans, January 15.
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