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mmn^oru, wick a-ahoulder in the cnance?tne chamberlain of lliM^MEie in the dark, with groping hand BEi^^BBB^Pea the crust of ashes from the Kj^^^Hsd lighted every corner of the land! HSMHTuy^ius Coll. :n Everybody's Magazine. r ?**.** *?*?*. ? * THE SOLD STREAK ?*? By S. H WEISS. *._ ES, Robert, I know it's a || poor place, but I don't feel O y O willing to give it up. It's -* ^ been my home?hs it was TfOT my father's before me; and I did hope"?with a sigh? ""that you'd ha' taken to it, and made It as good as 'twas iu his time. Perhaps if you'd marry aud settle down here, with a good managing wife to help you, you'd do better aud be better satisfied; and if it weren't for old 00 J>avid Gardner's obstinacy, you aud ietly " "Enough, mother!" interrupted' R?ert Langly, flushing all over his hau^ some, sunburnt face; "it's no use say* ing anything more on that subject. .I'll never ask any woman to marry me so long as I know that I cannot afford her a scrvaut, or so long as there's a mortgage hauging over the roof that Xd bring her to." His mother looked at him anxiously over her spectacles. "It it wnsn't fnr the mnrtsrajre" slip said, slowly, "we might get along. *Twas that worried your father into lis grave? that, and not finding the .gold-streak?" Her son made an impatient movement, and she added: "Don't you think you could get a little more time allowed us, Robert? Maybe when the crop's sold, and the .apples and cider " *\Mr. Davis wo^'t hear of it, mother. I saw him yesteru. ? and talked it over; but he insists it m st all be paid by the first of August, ^ \ here he comes now." And Robert went out iO meet the well-dressed, sharp-eyed man in a handsome trap, while his mother remained in the back porch, with sleeves rolled up, mixing food for the poultry. "There ain't many of 'em to feed now," she said, talking aloud to herself, as she had been accustomed with her late husband. "Then there's old ?peck missing?the best layer of 'em all, and Gold-streak's fit for nothing aince her leg's broke. Ah, me! I'm eighty afeared that she's the only .gold-streak we'll ever know at this , jplace!" J "What's that about a gold-streak, Mrs. Langly?" exclaimed a clear, .young voice. ^And a girl with a sweet face and tiright bro'wn eyes and a blue-striped -chintz dress, fitting perfectly to tier 4rim figure, stood smiling before her. Mrs. Langly's face brightened immediately. "Why, Letty, how do you always i.ianage to take one by surprise, as if you'd risen out o' the earth or dropped down from the clouds! Well, you're welcome. I'll tell you about the goldh^treak if you care to listen." "You see," sjje continued, "the Langlys come of Scotch stock, and it's been aaid that Rob's great-grandfather Iangly, over in Scotland, had the gift second sight?that is: seeing and knowing things that are going to happen. Bnt I never did think much of it. though my husband?poor departed Jeems!?believed in it as firmly as he believed in summer and winter. Well, about eleven years ago old Alick Lang1j paid us a visit I hadn't seen him but once before in my life?for he lived a long way from here. Him and Joems, they walked all over the farm, ;and it wa6 a far better cultivated place then tban it is now, though nothing compared to what it was in my father's time. Jeems' Uncle Alick didn't seem 1o think much of it, though. "The day he went away," she went -on, "he was standing and looking all ;ar?Kmd him on the farm. All of a sudden he says, 'Jemmy?Jemmy and Mary'?turning to me?'I've one thing ;to say before I go. Stick to your farm, fa: .there's a streak of golden luck in It' Of course, I asked what he meant; lwt all he would say was, 'I've seen it ?Fve seen it by the power that's given us to look into the future. I've seen a : streak of gold-luck running through ;ycur land that's to better your fortunes in good time. Don't part with it until .your luck's found.' And that same day lie went away, and the first we heard of him after he got home was that he HP<ts dead." There was another pause, and Letty staid: ''And you think there is really a vein of gold to be found on your farm?" "Jeems thought so. To his dying day ftc- Denevea in it. "'And what does Robert think about ft'?*' Inquired the girl, with a faint flush her cheeks. "Oh, he thinks it all nonsense?about the gold, and the second sight, and all." Just at this moment they heard Mr. Davis' trap roll away, and Robert came around the corner of the house. He looked a little excited, but that might be from finding Letty there. He -walked home with her across the fields to the next farm. When he returned, be said, quite abruptly: "Mother, Mr. Davis wants to buy N "the farm. He's offered more for it than I ever dreamed it would bring. He \ /seems quite anxious to get it; and when told him that you objected to part m ge, JHPKla the business Is Settled' at once." "Why, Robert, what can he mean?*' "I don't know. There's something Id It I don't understand; but, If you've no objection, I'll go to-morrow and see Lawyer Pannell about It." Robert had expected to ba only one day from home; but he stayed three. And, meantime, the odd boy, going to bring the cows from the meadow, reported that there were a number of men passing through the farm, looking about, examining the ground, and acting In a very strange and unaccountable manner. "Good gracious!" thought Mrs. Lang. IJ. A Lit. J &UIC1J tall I ue lUVh.lUg the gold-streak!" She was very anxious for her son's return. "When he did come, she noticed the bright glance and the brisk manner in which he dismounted from his horse and came straight toward her, as she stood at the steps to welcome him. "Well Rob, I see you've got good news." "The best news, mother," he answered, cheerfully. Tears came into her eyes. "I shall hate to give up the old home, after all." "You needn't give it up. mother. We won't sell the farm. Mr. Davis was sharp," he added, contemptuously, "but fortunately we escaped the trap he baited so nicely." "Why, what is the matter, Robert?" "Why, only this, mo\her. They are going to run a new railway through k>ur farm, which will increase its value tenfold." His mother's first words showed how much she had the happiness of her son at her motherly heart, when she said, with moistening eyes: "You and Letty can marry now, Robert!" A f?w months afterward Mr. Robert Langly stood with his mother on one side, and his wife leaning cn his arm, r\r\ tha mooflnti' clrmo wntplilnc frrtH Q distance the busy laborers throwing up a clay embankment, where tlie new railway was to be laid. The sun was slowly sinking on the horizon, and its almost level rays shone redly on the yellow clay, freshly turned up and gleaming in a long bright line against the green of the Holds beyond. "Dear me!" said Mrs. Langly. "I never knew there was so much clay on the land; for all father's talk about a clay substratum over there, and his plowiDg in clover and marl. How red and yellow it locks! and how that long line of wet clay shines in the sunlight like a streak of gold." At this, Letty turned with bright eyes, full of a sudden sunrise. "A streak of gold? O .obert, how strange! Can this be the streak of gold-luck that your father's Uncle Allck foretold?" Mrs. Langly sank on the grassy bank, quite "shaken," as she declared, with this realization of the fulfillment of the prophecy.?New York News. Fresk Periodical Pozzies Readers. A peculiar periodical named the Brntalitarian has appeared In London, and its readers are puzzled over the true meaning of its frankly brutal utterances. They are not sure whether aJIAah in A mAM e> M*n n 1- fftt tVlA lutr cuuui is a wufc vi a limit, jn >?<. concluding paragraph of the following extract from its pages would seem to indicate that the Brutalitarian is animated by the spirit of irony: "It is full time, in this age of decadent humanitarianism. that some trumpet tongued protest were raised against the prevalent sentimentality, and that there should be an attempt to organize and consolidate the force9 * that make for manliness and patriotism, "If we are fools enough to allow the use of the lash to die out. good-by to all the sterling traits of an Englishman's character! ".What could be more pitiful than the plea put forward by the naval lords, for instance, that boys in the Eoyal Navy are not 'flogged.' but 'birched,' in spite of the fact that every public school man in the country knows that the terms are identical? "The Brutalitarian will at least make it impossible for our friends to repeat tiiese errors, tor it will iranaiy, fully and consistently uphold flogging (under that name), whether with birch or cane or 'cat,' or any other inatrument, as the main6tay of British education. "War and sport, flesh eating and vivisection are all kindred practices which must stand or fall together."? New York Mail. Clerical Slipa. A Scotch minister who was in need of funds thus conveyed bis intentions to his congregation: "Weel. friends, the kirk is urgently in need of siller, and as we have failed to get money honestly, we will have to see what a bazar can do for as." It happened in Cornwall, according to report, that a pastor complained vaat his congregation had the habit of looking round at late comers, and, while he thought it natural enough, he saw that it disturbed their religious duties, and so determined to announce by name those persons who came in late. Ac cordingly he several times paused during the prayer and said: "Mr. S., with his wife and daughter," then again, "Mr. C. and W. D." This went on fop a while and the congregation kept their eyes fixed on their books, but when it was given out "Mrs. B. in a new bonnet." every feminine head in t' church was turned. It was a curate who read in son for the day: "He spoke the word, r ^>ers came and grassipillars .olc."? Chambers' Journal. Because slit ^jfmerly been of service to him a 1 ssian nobleman left a gypsy woman a .egacy of ?100,000. / :i THE PULPIT. 1 t . K SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY , THE REV. HERBERT H. MOTT. 8nbJ?ct: Can a Man Do aa Ho Llkea? Boston, Mass. ? The following sermon was contributed to The Christian Register by the Rev. Herbert H. Mott. ' It is entitled "Can a Man Do as He Likes:" and the text is: "Choose you this day who you will serve."?Joshua xxiv.. 15. Can a man do as he likes? Of course not! you say. All sorts of barriers hedge him round. He would like to fly as the birds fly, but the : weight or his nesn ana Dones Keeps plodding along the ground. He Is born poor or stupid: consequently he can '< neither buy a steam yacht nor set the < Thames on fire, though he would like < dearly to do both. The force of public ' opinion compels hitn to don a tall silk ' hat and a frock coat when he would ' much prefer to go about in a golf cajie J and a shooting jacket. The force of public law compels him to run his auto ' at ten miles an hour when he very ' much wishes to spin along joyously at- ' the rate of thirty. Every man exists under a set of compulsions. He is J obliged to submit to many limitations, ] natural and artificial, and he is com- f pelled, by pushes and pulls and press- 5 ures he is unable to resist, to do many ' things he doesn't want to do. * Nevertheless, in spite of a man's ah- 1 Jeet slavery in certain directions, is 1 there not some small space, some little ( area.^in wuich, instead of being a 1 slave*ie is actually and truly free? a 1 denaifmcnt of life and conduct in ' wJFh he can do as he likes? The old doctrine?the doctrine be- * Moved by our fathers, and by nearly 1 the whole of humanity, civilized and uncivilized, in every part of the world, J from the beginning of recorded time? was that there Is such a department of 1 life and conduct: that in all vital mat- 1 ters. in all matters that have to do ^ with the moral quality of life, a man . can do as he likes. Our fathers held , that, whenever we stand at a point f whore two roads diverse, we are able to choose, select, determine, which . road*to pursue. In such a situation t the casting vote remains with ns. r Whenever two or more governments, g loaders,employers.claimonr allegiance, we can "choose whom we will serve." . This is true, said onr fathers, no matter how severe the pressure. The j temptation, urgency. force of circum- ^ stances, may be so sreat ns to resem- r ble compulsion. It appears as if we . were obliged to take one road rather than the other. This, said our fathers. t is appearance only. In reality, whenever two or more alternatives pre- ,j sent themselves, whenever two roods ( open before us, the decision remains y with us. It is with us to say yes or no. to lift the latch or not to lift it. to ^ take the left or the right. N'o matter ^ how great the pressure brought to bear on us, in the List resort we can j. always choose poverty instead of riches, captivity instead of freedom. [ suffering instead of ease, and instead of life, rather than yield., if need, be, 1 j, w<Tcan always choose death. This is the old doctrine, ami. af- ^ though it has stood both the test of ^ time and the test of experience, there { appears to be. in these days, a widely , f spread tendency to- ignore- it.. ITo- one ! denies that circumstances exercise a j n powerful influence over our lives, but 1 ^ the tendency nowadays- is to. ascribe r everything to circumstances.. T It is related that the- eminent natirr- , alist. Professor Boriton.. placed the eggs of caterpillars in- differently col- ! _ ored boxes, and left them there- to? > y hatch out. with the remarkable- result ' a that the eggs in the blue- box hatched ;, out into blue caterpillars, those in-, the t red box into red. and those-in the yei- . low box into yellow caterpillars. They _ were, yon see. the product of their ^ surroundings, they were what the-tint ;fl of their surroundings made-them. And ^ so. it is declared, are yoir and I; we- n are what our surroundings and those- r of our ancestors make us.. We-are-the-ij planes of outside conditions,, past anii ^ prraeui, i r Here is a man who- is an- enemy of j tl society. He preys upon bis kind.. His c career is divided between debauchery , ]] and other crimes. He' is: the- victim* o the helpless victim. o? outward circum- v stances, we are told. His mother was; e a drunkard, his father1 was u; thief, r He was reared ih the slums. What f can you expect? True, lie has been; to f a reform school: true; be' has- been t helped and aided by various- philim- t throplc people-whom he-has merciless- s ly deceived. But he. poor feilbwl d could not help himself:, tike- Fl-ofessor Boultuu's- caterpillars, he- took: on the tint of his environment.. Bbrtv in a black box. he turns out black.. His surroundings-- were evil,, therefore- he ti is evil. a Or. again, there is the-liero> who-. Eke a Charles Lamb, gives up; alU. in order to E support some one dependent on- him. n or surrenders life itself in order to h save the lives of others.. We are- told t the same story about the hero as about tl the thief.. He is not brave or self-de- n nying of hib own accord. He fs heroic s simply because the conditions fn which e he was brought up were- favorable to tl heroism; and so heroism grew oat of s bis soul, just as cabbages grow out of tl the soil when the- soil contains the b seeds of cabbages. u Goodlress and badness, heroism and v criminally, it is declared, do not re-, side hi us, but it* our surroundings. We are mere passive lamps of clay, on which our stirroundlngrs stamp whatever Is in them. We are the slaves and ? victims of the conditions in the midst J of which we are. When we fancy wo tare doirg as we like, going oar own n way. f< >wing our own wills, we are. * in reali , merely obeying the pressure s ofcircv stance. We e-e nnder a rigid J law of ->cessity *>" lie time. Even when ?t- -ere two roads di- t verce - that we ourselves i: choo the left band or the I rlgh ad. It is not really we our- \ sel- choose, but a number of (3 ci* .noes and conditions, working t .*> and through us. t xTiis doctrine, that we are creatures it circumstance and cannot help what wo do. is a misleading one. It tends to self-deception. It makes us imagine ourselres better than we are. When 1 we do wrong, this doctrine offers 1 the temptation to ua to say: "It 1 was not iny fault. It was the t fault of my education and sur- i roundings." And this will lead to- ' day, as it has always done in the past. 1 to a general laxity with regard to s wrong doing?to a habft of tbfnktn*. lightly of the exceeding sinfulness of sin. This evil doctrine is the more difficult to combat because there is an element of truth in it. We are moved and swayed by circumstances. Birth and education do exercise a powerful influence over us. These things must be taken into consideration. Nevertheless, they don't explain everything. Make what allowance yon will for circumstances and education, still in every transaction we have the last word. The proof of this is In our dally conduct. We cannot help blam- | ins men and praising them. Suppose you are on a Boston street, and are accosted by an individual in shabby garments. You are touched by his tale of woe, and with your usual generosity you give him an ample alms. Five minutes later (this incident is founded upon fact) in the crush i>f a crowded corner, you feel an unwonted hand busy at your pocket, and, turning round, discover in the wouldbe thief the very man you hare just helped. What do you think of this fellow? Do yon feel toward him as if he were an invalid, a sick soul, a deluded Tietim of circumstance? On the contrary, you regard ?and instly regard?the robust purloiner of four pocketbook as an ungrateful scoundrel, and. if you are a good citizen. yon promptly and indignantly hand him over to '.he police. Sorrow ind pity you no '.oubt experience, but. ningled with sorrow and pity there will be righteous indignation. How?ver many excuses your kind heart , nakes for him, yon will still blame 'he man: for you will be convinced, lowever bad his surroundings and his Hinging up. being a man. he could lave kept straight in spite of nil, as nany another ha? done. You know, in < our soul. that, however great the oh- i itacles. being a man, he was still maser of himself. He might have chosen lifferentlv.. He might have taken the ] ight road instead of the wrong one. If mly he had tried hard enough. You J eel. after all is said and done, he was. 11 this matter, able to do as he liked. 1 Consequently, he fs responsible. There- i ore. we blame him. 1 Take the opposite case, that of the ] lero. We have nlT read recently how ( he Japanese attempted to block the ntranee to- Port Arthur by sinking teamers In the channel. One of these 1 essels had reached the appointed soot, ler anchor had been let go. The fuse , ittached to the charge which was to >low a hole in her had been ligbted. rhe officer in command ordered the rew into the lirebont. ire himself be- ' ng the last to leave- flic- ship. A uionent lie stands on the* gunwale, ready o cast loose. He count* his men. One s missing. Shall they leave him? ["lie officer has but an instant in which o make np his mind'.. There is an inrard struggle between the rival im- mlses of duty and self-regard. Then ie climbs again upon the shot-swept ' leek to seek his lost comrade. Alas! ] t is in vain. The next moment ho Is :illed by a Russian shell', and his crew nab off. only JuBt tic tlnce to save bemselves. Why do we - regard this man cs a ] sero? Why was a public- fmieral held n his honor by liis countrymen? Why !o we praise liinv?' Becattse we feel he brave action was- dlie to bira. and o no thing and mr one- else. Because re feel that hestood where two'ways ^ iiwrKeu?uit? wny ui uuiy nmi iutf ?i?j | f safety?and that Hp- wa* master of j He situation.. He determined which . oad to take, fltat of tiiisr wni brave rill, out of hi& own courageous soul. :e chose the right way:. Tire decision 1 ay not with circumstance*., conditions, revious training, or ancestry, but , rith himself. We-feel that he. and he lone, was responsible:.ami that thereore to him. and ttrbihr afone. belongs he credit and'tHe-praise:. We cannot help blaming- the crim- ( nal. we cannot help* prnising the ' lero. but. if criminal' and hero were imply the victims of'cit-cumstance. to o so would be meaningless-. We have 10 right to condemn the-criminal if he . nnnot help doihg-what He does. There 5 no sense in honoring-the hero if the 1 eroism is due to education or to sur- 1 ounding conditions;-tHat Is. to some- ' hing other than the lierw. Yet we do i ondemn the one: and wp do give our lomage to theother. We cannot help urselves. The- praise- and the blame re bestow are- involuntary acknowldgment that: in- spite- of all the theo- 1 ies eloset pttilosophers may spin, ' here is an ineradicable conviction in ] he human heart that we are able, in he last resort, to do* ax we like, and . hat as a consequence* we are respon iblo before fim! and" mnn both for our ' ceds and for our thoughts. H?GlV*rflmcc. "Bounteous i& Jehovah in ITis na? ( are: to give-ii* Hi's <TeIIght. His gifts , re beyond measure- precious, and are s freely given- a* the light of the sun. [e gives grace' to- Hi's elect because He rills it, to- Hi's redeemed because of lis covenant,, to* the called because of lis promise;. ttr believers because hey seek it,, ftr sfrmers because they eed it. He give* grace abundantly, pasonably;. ccn?;?ntly, readily, sover-tj ignly; doubly enhancing the value of , he boon by rftv.- manner of His be- ! tovral. Reader, how blessed it is. ; he- years roTf ronnd and the leaves; : egin again- to fall, to enjoy such an-, infading peomfse as tills: 'The Loiai; j r.dl give grace.* **?Spurgeon. "?? Howti Wis Souls Mr Christ. Andrew teaches Christians still the* irst less** in soul-winning: Go* for our own brother. That Is, try to bring: o Christ those whom you love, thos? learest t& you. It makes no difference vhether the nearness is of bUod or ympatby. You wiJJ succeed where ou lone. Christianity Is to win the world by his process alone?neighbor influeneng neighbor, friend influenciag friend, t is Uke leaven. One part of yeast vlll permeate two thousand parts of lovgh, but only by changing the parts ?ext to it, and so working its way hrougb the mass. The Worker'! Reward. An English drunkard said to a Salva? ion Army lassie, who spoke to him ibout his soul: "You must be well laid for this. I suppose you expect is much as half a crown for getting me to sign the pledge." She replied: 'I'm better paid than that. I expect to get a whole crown, and there'll lie stars iu it Ucsid?;1 SOUTHERN ? / <? &>< TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT X? W ealtli From Fifty Acre*. What is it can be raised on fifty acres? This depends upon the man and the land. If the right man and twentv-flve rows are on flip fiftv acres. the crops will be enormous and the money returned big. The right man will raise on six acres corn for ensilage at least ninety tons. Eight acres corn to mature corn. 400 bushels. Eight acres corn to mayire stover, ten tons. Ten acres winter oats to thrash, 400 bushels. Ten acres winter oat* to straw, seven tons. Six acres of oats for Bray, fifteen tons. Three acres of rye for spring feeding, to May 15. Four acres of wheat Car spring feeding. to June I.". Two acres millet green feeding, to Inly 10. One acre of turnips. S00 bnsheis. Ten acres of winter oats" lot sown to cowpoas will give of hay twelve tons. Three acres of rye land planted to sorghum will give green feed to to November 1. Six acres of the oat land planted closely to corn will make stover fifteen tons. So the fifty acres will yield In tons iiu; irr uumii'i^iuw, hi suuiuici hccu fewl for eight months, nnd' have ten. icres fcft for a permanent pastnre. The product of the fifty acres if fed to twenty-five good cows will' produce i lingo pfre of manure to be returned to the fand and year after year rows may ,e- added, until this will support jne cow to each acre. Should the owner make butter Ms iccount would be about as follows: RECEIP18 7300* pounds butter sold at IT cents $1273 IK calves sold at $3 & 20 shoats fed on skim milk and corn- witl make 3000 pounds of port at 8 cents 300 TOtaf .^ig?0 EXPENSE. Wages to-good helpers 8300 Fire-tons wheat bran 120', Five tons cottonseed meal 130' Total' $750 (tailr $870: [f the farmer's family can do all' the work, as is often the case,. $500 troy be added, thus 5500, Totaf .51370which is- a- pretty fair sum of money-/ but this<wiTT be larger each year-astbe 1 land becomes more productive- and aherd is kept. 1 If product of the cows is-sofd as fresh milk,, the income would be:: RECEIPTS, rwentyflve- cows yield 73,000* quarts- of milk at 2% centsper quart $TS~ EXPENSE. Same as for producing butterr. 5370 aaiir. 513TC7 The oost of care for thirty -to-thiftyfive cows1 fs but little more than- fbr 1 twenty-aver so .f the herd has thirtyfive cows- the gain would bfe near-to 1 ?2000 per- year.?C. C. Moore,. Dairy man, of.'North Carolina. ?lw(ork and Proipwllyi'. The-North Corolina Board of -itgrrenlture Bulletin has the following "Livestock fn Its Relation to the-Prosperity of Rockingham QJuutyV by A. L. French-. The demoral'zation in- the price of cotton sc.oulrt" cause many farmers tn turn to livestock as-a-factor In prosperity, and we, .therefore;, publish MV;. French's suggestive remarks: I1 Hare- been asked to talk upon- the subject of "Cattle," out If you-will pnrflOrr me I would like co talk along- the line of general livestock in its relation to-tlie prosperity of Rockingham- Connty. As r was coming over this morning. T made a little mental calculation, and' fbund that our-county,-, with jnst leverage farming, could maintain some 40.0001 head of cattle, with *tt annual I rot income oi, saj,'.?xu t-ui-u, an njum number of sheep, capable of producing a> net Income of .SB each: 20,000 hogs, bringing a net pr?flt of each: 2000 nrafe- and horse- colts at an annual profft of $10 eacli and this without reducing your tobacco acreage- by one hfff. Now, tills? livestock would mean an annual protjr oi more than half * million dollars to ouir farmers, and what would i& not metra to our farmers? By careful handling this lirestock -would manufacture free of cost more than a million- loads of stable manure (per year), which, applied at the rate of ten loads per acre, would cover about one-fourth of the agricultural lands of the county, and in the place of barren bills, gnuls and brush fields we would have green Helds of -? - Ak.4 crass, corn, peas nnu ciwver uuu numu Odds and Ends. Dr. J. W. Walling, a missionary to Brazil, who Is visltlngg South Carolina, presented to Wofford College, his alma mater, a number of pictures of the natural scenery and natives of Brazil, says the Spartanburg Journal. The donation Is highly appreciated by the trustees and faculty of Woffard. Dr. Wollard leu Spartanburg last night for Columbia. He and Mrs. Wollin;* will return to Brazil within tU? few: weeks. 1 * " *><W,'yi?'p3E^? ryfMf * flOTES.^ ^ <3 ??& if"ER, STOCK MM MO TRUCK GROWER. be a delight to the owners and a* who were privileged to Iwk upou fliem. But to attalu to .Irf* ver7 profitable and pleasant state of affalis it wlft be nnooocnrr tr. nlinnira tttrr motliniU ?n< tlrely. The brush will hare to have to a be cut and burned, gulffe* filled witli brusb, grass sown, fields enlarged and shaped up, fences built; 1 r a word, ouvT farmers will have to go to working:, twelve Instead of sis months of theyear. Silos will have to be tan'It, into which the thousands of Ions of cornstalks that nrp now wasted carr be cut and one of the very best feeds for l:festock produced in i.bundance. Ouf * farm lands in' a few yjurs woirfd be worth. Instead of from $3 to $30 per acre, $20 to $70.. Wouldn't this pay for the extra exerlioir ind push necessary I to accomplish these tliiugs? * ' The profit or oss In the growing" of livestock will depend almost entirety - , on the sort of tlie" animals yon begin with and the treatment you give them. * Don't be content behave a single mean animal" on your farm; let everyone lit* of the \Wy tost or its kind, for in tbff handling of this sort enly does anr profit He. All the raeat-producing nnl~ ' v?i mals sliouid be !ow, broad aud hlocky;. kind and gentle as" possible, and they must be given food In fpantities *uf-ficient to produce th's Mocklness. It i? absolutefy impossible to grow livestock at a profit without the production on the farnrof large quantlff-?* of the beat nutritious foods. Go^tb any stock-prodnoing country or section and yon will find a prosperous people, indigent, \ law-abiding, with fineh'omes, ehnrehen and schools, and all those- things that go to mat? for good citizenship. Cowpe* Ma Km Proa^rwrlty. A plant which, like clover. is utilised for pasture or hay, everr if cut twice in a season, once for hay rad once for seed, still" leaves in the- ro0ts. wlilclj ??< amount to several thousand1 pounds per acre, a large amount of"fertility, and at the same time leares'the soil In a better mechanical condition than be- i fore. It ik unnecessary- fo tell any farmer who knows anything, abont dover. that this is a frtcf.. for it wlil ,onry be necessary to pfbw a single fnrrow through it to see-Dow friahie and porous-the soil Is, and how ranch easier pulverised than one- which has * had a naked fallow llirongli the winter, hut which has been cultivated for several years without a rotation-. We have been slow learning many of fhese facts, and many farmers have refused to be- J ITeve them, but all who read our exyeflent agricultural papers- and who' keep in touch with their -State experiment stations through the bulletins sent out know these facts; and facts of the greatest importance- to tillers of the soil.. A wise Germair of my acquaintance-sent me a paper about the , effect of legumes on the soil", fn which Pre made the statement th'a-t for every sttil. no mattei what its - climate or nTechanlcaf condition, tlftre conld be found some legume that woufd aid the farmer In maintaining fertility and increasing the yield of bis ercps. I In large- sections of tUb- South the eowpea iar the plant fob -tfifs- purpose, [and the ones who have-used ft most persistently are the prosperous and wealthy farmers, fn-other parts of the Union the different' varieties of clover will do the s.nme^work. and on . y eertnin soils the mammoth clover Is -~A_. ' worth very much more- than the I medium.. Some farmers who hava fol! lowed the growing of beans- for market have learned that by the means of them they have Increased the yield of future wheat crops enough to more than pay ^ for the growing of "the crow of beans. In the northern parts of the country the Canada field pea take* the place a la nnefepflr linrdv oi uie wwimii ?o n u? |nn>.<..v and can- be sown just about as soon as the ground can l/e worked, and 4ven * if the1 mercury drops ucr zero after the peas are sown they-wiTI not be In* jured;, but as soon as warm weather comes-will grow:?Waldo F. Crown, la Hoiinr and Fori*. Sell tfte OI<l HVn?. TWs Is pood logic In* a general way, but needs to be modified nnder certain conditions. If we arc trying to im- rpro-re on? flock, to add rigor and correct certain faults that already exist., then we should hesifcrte about discarding the old liens front which we rearedl She chicks of the past season. From them we get certain type? L faults and good points clearly defined;., so that we-are ablot? see exactly what to strive for and what faults we may expect to overconse. While It is trno that they will lay lesa eggs tharc tbo I ?it?*? ..in otnii th? fprtMitv war bo puurio - rn . greater* and the chicks wili be stronger^, and on the whole results Trill be mora satisfactory. 11 we are keeping poultry for profit only* sell the old hens: If wa , are keeping poultry in order to improxa. the fancy portion, keep them.. Brazil coasumes every year dated beef to the amount of $0,000,000. i_ _ _ # News of tha Day. Major John W. Daniel* United States Senator of Virginia, has accepted iha editorship of the "Confederate col- \ umn" of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in making the announcement, says: "In writing his narrative he will deal i* facts, and not fax fiction. He will write history, and he will tell the simple truth, nothing extenuating nor setting down aught in malice." , N / \X%Aij