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PATE.
The sky is clouded, the rocks arc bare!
The sprav of the tempest is white in ait;
The wind- are out with the waves at play,
And 1 shall not tempt the sea to-day.
The trail is narrow, the wood is dim.
The panther clinys to the arching limb;
And the hon< whelps arc abroad it play,
And I shall not join in the chase to-day.
Jtut the ship sailed safely over the sea.
And the hunters came from the chase in 1
glee;
And the town that was budded upon a
IVas jv. aiiy.vc J up in the earthquake shock.
?IJret Harte.
A NIGHT ONTHE
PUMALLAM.
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D.v OI1S LANDSEER SEIBERT.
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Prora ?-I- wild boasts are now
I much more afraid of men
7\ I than in former times, and
~ 'His ureau 01 lnaiiKinu i
EM f(u.f increased as human weap-1
?us na.e grown more deadly.
Once and once only have I seen a !
panther that was other than a skulkins.
timorous brute, intent only on
escape. It w.?< fifteen years ago, on
the Olympic shore and rang *, south I
of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. I then |
held a kind of roving oouiiuission from j
* the Smithsonian Institution. I was
but twenty-two. and was thus put on
my nut tie to penetrate unvisited quarters
of the world and keep my eyes
?pen.
And that time the region was a veritable
terra incognita. On the map it
is termed Clallam County, but for a
hundred miles east and west, particularly
among the mountains, it was then
as primitive and savage as when our
race first set foot on the content.
It was one vast tangle of brush and
rotting tree trunks, which gave way
like wet paper underfoot.' letting the
unwary explorer through into unsuspected
holes, where he might, very possibly.
fiml himself in the lair of a grizzly
that had never yet learned gunfear.
Bears and panthers were the
- monarchs of this solitude.
Humanly speaking, too. it was a lawless
coast. Scattered along the shore,
often leagues apart, were a few
^ ''lookouts" of otter-hunters, who were
a law unto themselves, and did not hesitate
to send a far-killing bullet after
those who intruded on their "ranges."
The flakes of a few Victoria fishermen
11 ight be stumbled on during the
season. Auum (lit* rivrr iuuuius v?uv
wouid at times catch glimpses of an
v Indian canoe, or a thin line of smoke
rising at sunrise or sunset. But the
forest was too dense, rank and tangled
for good hunting, and the Indians and
half-breeds here were mainly those
whom murder or other crimes had rendered
outcasts.
In sciue expectation of finding the
precious metals, I had been trying to
reach a high mountain valley, visible
from the coast, by ascending the gorge
of the Puy-Clnllam. from Port Townsend,
in a sailing dory, which carried
my small kit and stock of provisions.
* A little way up the tidal portion of
the river I had come upon an old log
hut. in a secluded nook of the shore.
It had evidently been deserted tor several
v ais. but it served me as a base 1
for my tramps up the gorge. On the ;
night of uiy story I had returned to it 1
rather late and thoroughly tired, after 1
a solitary jannt of twenty miles or i
more. 1 put on half a salmon to boil <
in my porcelain kettle, over a fire 1
which a rock and the end of the hut 1
sheltered, and I also made a skilletful
-of hot "breakfast food:" this, with sugar
and a spoonful of diluted canned i
milk, appeased my hunger a little, till (
the salmon was cooked.
Meanwhile dusk had fallen, and the
swarming mosquitoes drove me to don
npt and gloves. The hum of thousands 1
of vjiese insects blended with the dis.
tant rear of rapids up the river. To
eat my salmon in peace it was necessary
to smoke out the hut and retire
inside?for the insect pests dashed
blindly into my platter and into my
month.
The mocn was not yet quite in sight
over the wooded mountain across the
\ stream. but its light was slowly diffusing
itself athwart the wilderness: and
presently 1 heard two sea-otters uiinnJiiir
at tach other down in Little Bay.
They seemed to be close in to the
shore: and as my supper had revived
me considerably, I took my carbine
end stpj pod outside. It was possible.
I thought, to get a shot at them as the
moon c.uur- up: and a sea-otter pelt
may l,e worth a couple of hundred dollars.
My Httlc cooking fire had burned
down, and 1 scuffed some loose sand
over it with tny foot as I stopped to
listen to the otters again. But a dense
gust of mosquitoes dashed into my
face as 1 stood there; and reflecting
that I might have to lie or stand quiet
for sonic little time if I stalked the
otters. I went back inside for tny head
iiet and gloves, standing my carbine
against that end of the hut as 1 did so,
for tlu door was at the other end.
It tool: me a minute or two to find
1 - -- *1... ' * !?? +bo <lo fl* i ntuiM, ,v
jlhcl plU UIj llii* lit*l jii lilt- uui IX uuvi jvn
of the hat; but I was coming out when,
not twenty feet away, I discovered
son:-- large animal with eyes that
glowed like coals in the obscurity! It
was in the very act of crouching to
spring at me! I heard the sough of its
breath as it drew itself together to
jump, and 1 leaped hack into the hut
and slammed the door.
I had no time to spare. The beast
came plump against the door with a
violence that nearly hurled it back and
me with i<! One paw came at the crevice
by the door post. I s*t my hack
a gains: the doot and dug my heels Into
the earth to hold it fast, yelling all the
while to scare the creature away. But
my slicnts did not frighten it in the
least. ^With et.ger growling it dug and
tore althe door with its nails. It even
tried to dig the earth away beneath it.
Then it coursed eagerly round the hut
in long bounds, and leaped 011 the roof.
Some slight smell of my fire lingered
at the fafther end of the hut, and my
carbine, too. standing there, must have
given off odors: but these smells appeared
not to deter the animal.
With low growls it dug at the poles
and boughs of the roof. The old dry
stuff rallied through on me as I groped
>
for a'log bencn in the hut to set against
the door. I feared that the beast would
tear a hole in the roof and spring
down on me; but the thick, matted
mass of sodden boughs embarrassed it.
All the time I was shouting savagely,
and I maderhaste to strike a whole
card of matches, hoping that the odor
j of brimstone or the gleam of light
I would deter the beast from its attack,
i But immediately it came digging at
the door again, as if transported by
ferocity, and again I threw my weight
against the inside of the door, for I
dared not trust to the bench.
My disgust with myself for being
I such a fool as to leave my carbine outside
can easily be imagined. I was at
my wits' end to know how to beat the
creature off. Plainly it was bold from
hunger, and had no doubt smelled my
salmon, half of which was on a shelf
just inside the hut door. I had
thoughts of throwing the fish out to it.
and then an idea came into my mind.
For preserving the skins of birds and
small animals I had taken along a
quantity of arsenic in a bottle. When
the violence of the creature's efforts at
1110 tioor Hall Miu,Muni aim n m<i> i<uing
round tlio litit again. I hastily out
a (loop gash hi tho tish with my knife;
then, striking another matoh. I put in
as much as twenty grains of the poison.
By this time tho aniiual was on the
roof again, scratching and snarling and
snuffling. Opening the door a little, I
flung out the salmon. I had scarcely
done so when, pounce! came the beast
to the ground. With a sniff and snarl
it seized the fish and ran off a liUle
way. Not so far. however, but tha^^
could hear it eating, its teeth gritting
on the backbone.
There must have been five or six
pounds of the fish; but within half a
minute the anjmal was back, sniffing
about the place for more. I listened
anxiously. It jumped on the roof
again, then prowled round the hut.
Presently there came an interval of
frightful staccato screech! Then followed
some lofty tumbling all over the
ground about the hut, enlivened by
the most blood-curdling yells it is possible
to imagine! Peeping out, I
caught glimpses of what occurred.
Sometimes that poor brute went ten
feet in the air. then it clawed up the
earth and brush, turned wild somersaults.
and tore and bit its own flrsh.
It tried in vain to vomit forth the
poison.
If not hard-pressed in self-defense. I
would never administer arsenic to any
living creature.
Pathetic moans succeeded the
screeches, and then the suffering animal
dragged itself to the stream,
where I heard it noisily lapping water;
and after that the end came very soon.
Fancying that its mate might have
been attracted by the yelling. I hastily
secured my carbine and stayed inside
the hut till morning.
At sunrise I found the creature dead,
less than a hundred yards from the
place where it drank. It was, as I
had supposed, a mountain-lion, or panther,
a big- male that would have
weighed two hundred and fifty pounds.
I am sure, and probably one that had
never before seen a human being, or
learned aught of the deadly guile of
man.?Youth's Companion.
Cultivate a Pleimant Voire.
Kind hearts are more plentiful than !
persistency kind and gentle voices, j
and yet love loses much of its power .
when the voice is sharp and harsh, j
Try, therefore, most earnestly to ae
nnirA n ntnogunf tntm in enrufinil 1
guard yourself carefully from falling !
into careless and bad habits of voice. |
Often a sharp voice shows far more j
ill-will than the heart feels: but people ;
ilo not know that the speaker's "bark
is worse than her bite." and they believe
her to be ill-tempered and disagreeable.
It is very easy to pick up a sharp
and snappish manner of speaking. Very
often it is acquired in mirth, and in
the playful battles of words, in which
boys and girls delight. There is 110
malice in their sallies, and a great
deal of fun: but, meanwhile, the voice
is often acquiring a sharp and shrewish
tone, which clings through life,
making it stir up strife and ill-will
among its listeners.
So be careful of the tone in which
you speak, and be certain that it is
gentle and sweet. A kind voice is like
music in the home, and is to the heart
what light and beauty are to the eye.?
New York Weekly.
Does In the Ambulance Service.
The Austro-H angaria n AA'ar Dogs' ;
Club has just held its first show of {
dogs for war and ambulance service. 1
The highest officers of the army wit- j
uessed the performances of the dogs.
Soldiers had dispersed all over the lield
of action, and were concealed behind
hedges, among shrubs and bushes.
These were supposed to be the wounded.
The dogs found them all, and
either stayed with them giul barked
if the trainers were near enough to
hear them, or ran for the trainer when
the distance was too >ong. Then they
were sent with messages contained in
a loeket fastened to their collars, to
which they had to bring answers.?
New York World.
Sincere Quackery.
A rather remarkable case of sincere
quackery, which perhaps may not lie
as rare as is generally supposed, occurred
in London some time ago.
An old lady sued Sir William Broadbent,
a leading London practitioner,
because he refused to buy or try her
elixir. This "was no common remedy,
being free from those minerals which
are the root of all evil, but the skillful
blending of an herb of which medical
men know nothing." Needless to say,
the old lady lost her case, which she
pleaded in person. Her sincerity was
as obvious as her stupidity, and made
her a pathetic rather than a ridiculous
figure.
Russian Diplomatic Siren*.
The Russian Government, too, is also
represented abroad, not only by its ambassadors,
but by unofficial diplomats
of a most interesting description, "a
corps d'elite of ladies who are despatched
to the various capitals of the
world. In Washington Czardom has
no less than ten of these ladies. They
entertain lavishly, and their drawingrooms,
with shaded rose-colored lights
and luxurious furniture and hangings,
are palaces of ease for weary legislators
and Senators." These fascinating
sirens then dictate in whispers what
laws shall or shall not be passed by
Congress.?Joubert's Fall of Xsardoiu.
."*r~ 'iy .
fllilSI
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The I'aramount Quention.
T is taken for granted tha
J( Y ^ every citizen is interostet
0 | 0 in the discussion of tin
1 f good rosids question nn<
TtfOXT and the proposition tha
the Government of the United State
shall co-operate with the States ii
highway construction and improve
merit. There are always political qucs
tions of importance, of course; lm
the question of good common roads i
n.ii'nnin.mt ?l>om oil oc ?-11 rwnlintllii
IMKUIIVUIIl IV7 lunil .111 ,.o ....
proposition, because it roaches al
classes and callings in town and conn
try. It is pregnant with intfrest t
tlie consuming population of towns am
cities, and to railroads, manufacturer
and tradesmen as well. But th
weightier consideration is. that church
ss-hool and farm interests must in
cvitahly be retarded while road con
ditions remain as they arc to-day
If the American home is to be pre
served, the American farm must b
fostered. The logic of this deduetioi
will readily present itself. If ignoi
a nee is the parent of superstition am
superstition shuts out the light fron
the soul that should bo free, then tin
progress of civilization and the whole
1 some growth of the religion of tin
Lord depends upon tiie universa
spread of education in the land. Tlr
higher schools and colleges are doinj
n grand work, but the free eommoi
schools arc the more important, ho
cause thov are the schools of tin
masses in which are laid the doe]
and lasting foundations for eomin;
lives of usefulness and for the better
irent of mankind. The eommoi
schools are the schools of the rurn
population. "Whatever tends to bette
these schools, to make them strouge
and of higher curriculum, to give great
or efficiency and better discipline, anc
to make them easily accessible all tin
time, should be the concern of ever:
patriotic citizen. Aotning can possioq
comltice so much to these results ai
improved highways. Neither rura
church or school, nor yet the farm
can flourish where impassable roads
abound, and if these cannot flourisl
our free institutions will soon or lat<
topple and fall. The question of na
tional aid to pood roads is one tin
(Jovermnent cannot afford to iguon
much longer. The necessity for it is
so apparent that it is witnout the do
main of controversy. S^itesmen am
philosophers know that good roads
develop good people. Improvemen
of highways means not only advance
lr.ent of commercial interests, hut als<
moral welfare. The highways are th<
paths along which civilization and de
velopment move.
TVlrie Tirea.
One of the means of improving thf
condition of the highways which is of
importance, but generally disregarded
is the use of wide tires on drays an<!
wagons carrying heavy loads. Sueli
tires are of great value In rolling tinsurface
of the road and avoiding the
formation of ruts. The belief that in
creasing the width of the tire increases
tiio draft probably arises from tho fact
that as a rule the increase hi width ol
tire is accompanied by a decrease in
the diameter of the wheel. Of course
diminishing the diameter of the whee
increases the draft, and increasing th<
diameter of the wheel diminishes the
draft. The radius of the wheel consti
tutes the lever arm through which the
power of the team acts to move the
load. The shorter the lever the greatei
a power required to move the load.
Experiments invariably show the ad
vantages cf wide tires 011 good roads
both in the loss power required tliar
with narrow tires and in the beneiicia
effect upon the road. As to the effect
ol' the width of the tire, where the dia
meter of the wheel remains the same
n trial was made where forty per cent
more power was required to draw a
load 011 a wagon having one and one
half-inch tires than on a wagon having
three-inch tires.
Many European countries have laws
regulating the width of tires. In Ger
many four-inch tiros are required foi
heavy loads. In France the tires rnusl
be from three to ten inches, according
to the load, and the front axle must be
shorter than the rear axle to prevent
' tracking." In Austria wagons carry
lag two and a quarter tons must kav<
tires at least four and one-third inches
wide, and every load over four and .1
half tons must be carried 011 tires six
and one-fourth inches in width. Switz
crland has similar regulations. Ir
some sections of the United States
laws have been enacted regulating tin
width of tires on wagons carrying
heavy loads, but in many instauce;
they are ignored.
There seems to be a general awaken
ing upon the subject of improved road<
throughout the country, and more lib
oral appropriations for this purpose
should be made in the future than have
been made in past. On the contrary
however, at present, roads once gcoi
are not being kept up as they shouh
bo. It will not improve the tinaneia
condition If roads are not kept good t<
facilitate the marketing of produce
It is poor economy to let made road:
fall into bad order, for it is an e::p?n
sive matter taking them up again
However, this year is an exceptions
time for tightness of cash, and a litth
patience must he exercised In the mat
ter of roads. Along with a general im
provemeut ii? road mattors.tliere shouli
be developed a better appreciation 01
the importance and value of wide tire;
iu road improvement, that laws maj
be made on the subject and gradually
brought into force. The subject needs
frequent and earnest discussion in or
der to securj this.?Journal Jamaict
Agricultural Society.
In Artificial Face.
An old Sadler of 1870 has been goinj
about Parl^Npr thirty years with. n<
features, eyes, cheeks, lips and nose
having suffered severely by the explo
sion of a shell. Modern science has re
stored his face. A mask was made
part of silver, part of wax. neatlj
tinted, two eyes in enamel, an excel
, lent nose and serviceable lips iu rub
I ber.?Ne.w York World,
rftriri'Al itftVaHfr i ilrtfritfltf y
With the Funny
Fellotus
lMM !
; fTi i "
t Where Danger Lnrk*.
s The learned who in ten languages
Can voice their thoughts still run
More risks than those who know enough
To hold their tongues in one.
i- ? Saturday Evening Post.
Uncle Allen.
* "They say that worth makes the
I man." philosophized Uncle Allen
Sparks, but nowadays he has to be
worth a million to be much of a man."
j ?Chicago Tribune.
s Kxlrnordlnary.
e "But is Eva really such a pretty
i. jriv"
'* "Pretty! Why. she would look pretty
" ?n a photograph taken on an outing
trip."?Chicago Daily News.
0 Ills Old Hope.
II "The Japanese attribute their sue*
* cess to the virtue of the Emperor."
1 "Yes. It is up to Uenernl I.ifeviteh
11 to devise some plan to allure the Mip
kadau from the straight and narrow
patj#'
p
I " Told in Confidence.
t> The Caller ? "The man who wrote
5 that poem 3*011 printed yesterday didn't
1 know what he was talking about."
The Editor?"Of course not. Othere
wise it wouldn't have been poetry."?
1 Chicago Daily News.
r
In Hard Luck.
j The Judge?"Have you anything to
I offer the court before sentence Is
passed on you?"
The Prisoner?"Xo. your honor: I
had $13. but my lawyer appropriated
j it."?Chicago Daily News.
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Not Ready to Die.
"If." said the chemist, "you will
give this new tonic a trial. I'm sure
s you will never use any other."
* "Excuse ine." rejoined the custom?
er. "but I prefer something a little
5 less fatal."?Chicago Journal.
)
i A? cravat lnp.
"Gracious!" she exclaimed, "you
J fook hot."
? "So I liab," replied the man with
s the handkerchief, "id's edough to bake
eddy-body hot to hab a cold like dis
1 i id subber."?Philadelphia Press.
?
t Same K fleet.
"I notice that since Jack's engage>
Aient to Beryl he has stopped smok?
Eg. Did she exact that promise?"
"Xo; but every time he calls on her
he leaves with all the cigars in his
vest pocket broken and crushed.
> No Failure.
Bosh?"Do you think marriage Is a
. failure?"
1 .Tosh?"Mine wasn't. I've tried every
i way 1 could think of to get out of it,
' but can't. It's the hardest knot that
' j ever was tied."?Detroit free Press.
I ! Other* Juot Like Her.
t ^
'! |
: i
; "I thought you said you wrote for
the magazines':"
; "I do."
''Do they ever print what you
* write?"
t "No."?New York Journal.
> Gets What He Likes.
I "Jones grumbles at cold weather?"
"Yes."
. "And lie grumbles at hot weatherT
i "Yes."
t "What does he like?"
"lie likes to grumble."?Chicago
. j Journal.
Tin Talk* Jtnclc.
' "So lot that settle it." Mrs. Honpeck
^ concluded; "a l'tile word to the wise
' is sufficient."
"Yes, my dear." replied Henpock.
"and to the average married man a
word in edgewise is sufficient."?Philadelphia
Press.
Overheard by the Offlce-Boy.
"The editor looks downcast. What's
the matter with him?"
"He received a letter yesterday inl
forming him of an inheritance, and in
' the rash he replied: Declined with
) thanks."?Translated for Tales From
Meggendorfer Blactter.
i
Taking Down the Sadllng.
"This hat's too small for me." said
1 the man who had come into sudden
; prominence; I'll have to have it ex
?hanged for a larger one."
"Ah!" exclaimed the hatter. "You
1 haven't read to-day's issue of the mornf
ing Wasp, have you?"
? "No. Why?"
"Just read what it has to say about
r you. I think that will tix you."?Philaj
delphia Press.
t r.obby Was Wise.
lie was e of those proud fathers
who are : ays trying to teil their
sons to gr- up with an ambition for
? a high oftii . "Now, Bobby," he said
) one morning, "suppose you aspire to
, be President."
"All right," replied Bobby, "and now
- please give me the price of a 'big
, stick.'"
, "A big stick? Why. what kiud of
- a big stick, my son?"
"Why. a big stick of caudy."?Chi
- Daily. Neyvs.
SOUTHERN * FA
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J TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER,i
K_??.
Farm Poultry. ha1
Many practical poultry raisers depend ant
on the money received from eggs as the
a substantial and perhaps the larger fail
part of their income. Hence the egg
problem is to them one of great importance.
But in the solution of this ^
problem I recall forcibly one of the j)?n
copies which had to be set in my writing
books at school: ''Many men of ' ^
many minds," for there are many dif- jn?
ferent methods pursued, and each one
thinks his is the best. If I give mine, thp
while it may not be the best possible ^
method, I am sure it is a good one, for ^
it helps my birds and I trust it will
prove helpful to others. Were all to or
write .1 strictly sclentinc essay on mis s
subject it would naturally commence prf
with an analysis of the egg, showing t0I]
the proportions of albumen, fat, lime,
etc.. that enter into its composition,
but for practical purposes this is un- ^
necessajy. We know that in some way
from the food must be extracted the ^vo
constituents of the eggs, and we pro- wo
pose to show only our methods of s
supplying the food to the hen. ?*,
First?We see to it that the hens vo,
are well fed. not overloaded with fat,
nor as lean as a lost dog. A very poor 0f
hen is as unfitted for laying as a very ^
fat one; either extreme should be c1h
avoided. ^
Second?Scanty feeding is not adapt- an
ed to abundant egg production. Hens jnf
that lay many eggs must be fed wcl\
as much as they will eat and digest a
without getting too fat. We cannot rjc
manufacture a thousand yards of tot- ^
ton cloth out of raw material necessary spj
for a hundred yards, and we cannot ex- j
pect a hen to lay two hundred eggs a?(
per year if we furnish only enough 0j
food to produce a hundred. vei
Third?The food must be of the right j0T
nature as well as of the proper quan- rfij
tlty: as an egg is rich in albumen we ^0(
need considerable albumenous food; as a ,
it contains fat and oils, we must have wj
a proper amount of fat producing food,
in order to produce a well balanced ?n
ration. f0!
Having these principles in view I js (
have found the following an excellent
method of feeding for eggs: sr.
Clover as much as the liens will eat, {]?
green in summer and either dry in ^
winter, or what is better, cut line and js>
covered with boiling water and left 0V(
to steam. The water in which this
clover is steamed can be profitably flei
used to mix up the evening ration. The tw
first thing in the morning feed the ca,
clover, and after the bens have pecked mc
up what they want, give them equal ap
parts of cracked corn and wheat and j
the next morning oats and buckwheat -r.;
or some other grain. Throw this in thi
litter and make them scratch and hunt an
for it. At night give a feed coinposeel su]
of two parts of ground oats, one part jea
ground beef scrap and two parts corn 0(j,
meal, mixed with hot water and feed jrr.
warm, not hot. For green stuff supply tyi
cabbage, hung up by a string to help y0
themselves, or beets or turnips cut j0I
in half and stuck on nails on the side
of the house. Keep ground oyster
shells, grit and charcoal in boxes or
hoppers before them at all times so
they cau eat as much or little as they
choose. * ^
Now. there may be better ways than
this, but this is certainly a good methotf 1
and will be found to answer the need
of .practical poultry men. If you ob- ?
tain jt and can afford to do It, feed your .
hens skimmed* milk; it is one of the in
best egg producing foods known, but ?"
A. ? - nr. *, ? * ? - li. ,1 01
rne cumeuity is rne price puis it ucjunu
the reach of most poultry raisers. But
our farmer friends would find it very
advantageous if they would save some ' "
of their surplus milk for the hens and '
not give at all to the hogs.
One hundred hens, with proper care. ns
should produce at least $100 profit clear
each year. The pullet that begins to " ^
lay earliest in life will lay the largest *
number of eggs. Charred corn on the il1
cob is a good way to feed charcoal to !)0
fowls and nothing is better for bowel
troubles.
Have you ever made an honest effort 11
to Improve your stock by tin? infusion
of new blood? * tul
Laying hens may enjoy eating snow ?"
and drinking water out of stagnant u!
pools, but neither is good for them. ^1
On the contrary, both are quite in- .n
jurious and if properly traced many
sicknesses among the poultry both win- a'
ter and summer would be found as a * 1
result of these practices.
Poultry raising is being gradually re- 011
duced to business principles, and is be- 10
coming an actual and important feature *
r\f firrrirliltiirn mufA :ind more each
your.
Do yon subscribe for anil road a potil- J
try paper, or are you opposed to "book ne
laniln" and think you know more than thi
the editors and men who write for the ffr
papers simply to see their name In ui'
print? an
You farmers that raise pure bred I?*
poultry. look on your youujr stock.
Pick out the most likely ones and push l>a
them by good feeding. Have them as pa
exhibition at the county fair and show t'o;
your friends aud neighbors what you tie
News of the Day.
Announcement was made at the Department
of Agriculture last week iai
that Mrs. Bertha Burch, private secre- wt
tary to former Statistician Hyde, had in
resigned and that the resignation had Sa
been accepted. mt
In a heroic effort to save his mother
and his sister, who with a score of to
others, were for a time in great peril wt
from fire. Nathan Newman, aged 20 ha
lost his own life in a burning Brook- ro
lyn tenement house. | sa
Charles M. Pepper, one of the government
special agents, reports that p,
the advance recently made In Canada
by the manufacturers of cotton goods
Is attributed to the rise in the price of fr
the raw materials. The blocks of man- m
ufactured goods are said to be very j
light, and in consequence the advance *
will be immediately felt by the retailer.
It seems, also, that the stock of
raw cotton held by the Canadian mills B
Is small, and that they are likely to
be compelled to go into the market B
shortly. sc
Mr. Alfred Wallace has been m^le 1(
superintendent of the Columbia Street ri
Railway, succeeding Mr. A. E. Legare, th
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RM 4 /faffS.
==?DSTOCKMAH
AND TRUCK GRC WER. f
re. You may win some prize money
1 it only costs the trouble of taking
m to and bringing them from the
r grounds.?Charlotte (X. C.) News.
Co*t of Harvesting Hay.
Vhat does it cost you to put up your
f? This question is discussed in tne
ithern Planter.
Vestern farmers use more labor ^av:
tools than their Southern brethren,
lile our laborers pet lower wages,
y are, as a rule, less efficient and
iir labor is really more expensive,
'he claim is made for the South that
have cheaper labor here than North
West. In Nebraska and Kansas the
it of harvesting a ton of hay will
ibabl.v average Irs* than $1.73 per
i, whereas the yield is a ton or
re per acre.. Here in Virginia as
ich as half of the crop is being
trgeil for cutting, raking, etc., and
ding the hay in stack. Hay being
r!h $14 per ton in stack, this charge
uld amount to $7 per ton. Having
m hundreds of tons of hay sold out
??t in stacks at $3 per ton twenty
trs ago when labor was higher than
day, it seems to me that the cost
haying should certainly not be more
in $3 per ton here, where labor is
?ap.
Vliat is the actual cost of mowing
acre of grass? How much for rak;?
How much for tedding twice?
>w much foj dragging the hay with
sweep from the windrows to the
k? How much for one horse and a
7 to operate a stacker and a man to
ead the hay on the stack?
Ls anybody can make a hay sweep
U U Slill'iktr, uic uuuiQtr iui mc uov
these simple implements should be
ry small. Something should be aired
for -wear and tear, on mower and
ie. While we are at it. how much
?s it cost to load a ton of hay on
ivagon with pitchfork? How much
ten the work is done with a loading
ichine? How much does it cost to
load a ton into the barn with pitch ks,
and how much when the work
done with a horse fork?
iVbile I have but twenty-five acres of
iss, yet, to pay for the harvesting at
? rate of S7 per ton is quite an item,
farmer doing such work for another
of course, entitled to a fair profit of
?r and above the actual cost of doing
? work. Merchants are usually satisrl
with a net profit of from ten to
enty-flve per cent, above cost. In a
se like this perhaps fifty per cent.
>re than the actual cost should be
owed for profit.
f the readers of the Southern Planter
II give their actual experience as to
i cost of harvesting their hay crops,
exchange of ideas is likely to reIt
in giving all an opportunity for
rning the cheapest and best meths.
Supposing we start with real
jss crops or grass and clover mixres,
what does the harvesting of
ur hay crop actually cost you per
). figuring your time as well as the
ae of teams and help?
Rape and Artichokes.
3. M. C.. Silcott Springs, writes: I
>uld like some information regarding
? culture of rape and artichokes.
Vnswer: The culture of rape is a
mparatively small matter. It should
seeded as early in spring as possi?.
the sooner now the better. Plant
drills about twenty-four inches apart
the level, using about four pounds
ooiul nor nnro Cnltivato liffhtlv lin
the leaves touch the rows and then
u can graze with hogs or sheep. In
se of sheep you should watch out for
>at.
\rtichokes should be planted as soon
possible in rows about three feet
art and llfteen to eighteen inches
art in rows. From four to six bush;
are required to plant an acre. The
ound should be prepared as for Irish
tatoes and the cultivation is practiIly
the same. As a rule artichokes
II yield about twice as much as
sh potatoes. From two to four
?eks after they bloom hogs may be
rued in the field and allowed to root
t and feed on the artichokes. They
II live on the crop practically all the
nter except when the ground is
izen. They make an excellent graz?
crop for hogs and are fairly satisetory
when fed to cattle and sheep,
tichokes grow rapidly'and are heavy
d will remain in the ground for sev?
il years, unless the hogs arc allowed
fViAm Aiif rnrr thnvniichlv ?_
ivut IUCU1 vut IVi; liivivuguij,
M. Soulc.
Permanent Paalurc*.
Every farmer should have a permant
pasture, depending in extent on
0 size of the farm. Of course the
eat permanent pasture grass is Beriida
and Japan clover. Bermuda
d winter vetch also make au excellt
pasture; also orchard grass and
teh make an excellent permanent
sture, and so on. These permanent
stures are of the greatest importance
r the farm work stock, the farm cat*
, hogs, etc.?Progressive Farmer.
Pointed Paragraphs.
A. French journal thinks that hlstoris
the world over must feel somelat
uneasy because of a recent case
the Paris courts. M. de Bertier de
uvigny has brought suit against Armd
Dayot for alleged defamation of
1 grandfather, Bertier de Sauvigny,
hia iiinatratpH historv of France, in
lich the said grandfather is pictured
nging from a lamp post with the
pes around his neck, while the text
ys he deserved his fate.
At Williamsburg Councilman E. H.
roctor has introduced an ordinance
the city council prohibiting cows
om running at large in the city,
any residents own cows and it is like
that a fight will be made againsl
:e proposed ordinance.
At Smith's Cross Roads Bruct
arnes, youngest son of Mr. W. L
arnes, was thrown from a horse anc
iriously hurt. Little Bruce is about
) years old and was attempting tc
de an unbroken colt, when he was
trown against a large tree.
Cotton Men Take I'p An Snt>restin#B
AN ADDRESS 10 TltE ASSOCI>nO/^|
\
Dr?oi<4*n+ Jordan and Secretary
Cheatham Declare That Efforts Are
Being Made to Divert Attention
From Deficiencies of the Agricultural
Department System Itself to the
"Thieving Propensities 'of a Few
Unworthy Officials."
Washington, Special.?President Jordan
and Secretary Cheatham, of -i^e .
Southern Cotton Association, issuedif"%^
statement addressed to the membere of
the association, calling attention to the
recent disclosures in the cotton statistical
work in the Department of Agriculture,
declaring that efforts are being
made to divert attention from the "deficiencies"
of the system itself "to the
thieving propensities of a few unworthy
officials'* and setting forth demands
to be made on Congress to reform
conditions. The statement fol- ,
lows:
"Tn * hp Mpmhcrs of the Southern Cot
ton Association:
"The members of the association *
have been apprised through the public
press from day to day of the work done
by the officers of the association at
Washington. As a result of their charges
the unreliability of the reports of
the-Department of Agriculture relating '
to the co^Jon crop has been fully disclosed,
and the mal-administratlon of
that Department under its present head
hfui been made evident.
"Following these exposures, efforts
are now being made to divert publle
attention from the main issue, which is
the imperfections of the Department,
toward an attempted prosecution of
anybody who can be found as a scapegoat.
Their punishment, even if it is
accomplished, is of secondary impor
tance as compared *vith the reformation
of the system which has made
their performances possible, and the
purpose of this address is to secure
the co-operation of the members of this
association in influencing In every legitimate
way a reformation of the system,
and a re-organization of the Department.
?
"The membership of this association,
numbering nearly one million, includes
the producers of the most valuable product
of American agriculture. The cotton
crop of the United States, and its
by-products is worth between $600,000,000
and $700,000,000 annually. It furnishes
two-thirds of our annual trade
- * - \j
balance, and In its production ana
manufacture employs many million individuals.
No other product of the
United States is of greater or equal
importance. The practical monopoly of
cotton which America enjoys, and the ,
narrow balance which has existed for
years between sufficiency and scarcity
in the world's cotton supply, render the
cotton market peculiarly and acutely
susceptible to the reports of the De- .<
partment of Agriculture regarding the
condition and prospects of the cotton
crop. Under the present circumstances
a great duty devolves upon the mem|
ber3 cf the association. We are less
i concerned with what has been done by *
a few individuals and the consequences
thereof, regrettable as this may be,
than with such reformation of depart- <
mental methods as shall secure for us
just and accurate reports in future.
"Under the system at present in .
vogue, and which promises to be undisturbed
unless public attention shall
be aroused to the need of reform, the
reports issued by the Department of
Agriculture are, in their last analysis,
simply the individual opinion of a fqw
officials of doubtful experience an2T . j
hopor by which the value of the cotton
I crop may be, and has been, affected as
I much as $75,000,000 in a single day. No
such power should be delegated to hu/
individual, or statistical board, except
under conditions which guarantee the
most incorruptible, expert and intelllI
gent opinion, arrived at by the appliI
cation of the most scientific methods '
: and safeguarded by the most scientific
precautions. It is, therefore, urgently
recommended to the members of the
; Southern Cotton Association that
| through their representatives in Con,
gress, and by every other means av&ili
able to them, they exert their influence
and that of the association toward sej
curing the immediate re-organization
i of the Agricultural Department, especially
with reference to its reports
on tLa cotton crop, and that their Representatives
in Congress be requested
specifically to demand: j'*
"1. The establishment within the Department
of Agriculture of a bureau, to
be known as the Cotton Bureau, charged
specially and solely with the duty
of reporting upon the cotton crop and
all matters concerning that staple.
"2. The appointment as the head of
' ? ??!.?, nt
that bureau, at an aucqume sua,/, ?i
a man whose reputation and antece- '
dents shall be beyond reproach, and
whose familiarity with cotton cultivation
shall be an additional guarantee
of his fitness.
"3. An organization of the bureau so
established upon thoroughly scientific
lines, as will insure no possible bias
in favor of either buyer or seller, or
producer or manufacturer can be presupposed
or asserted.
"4. The passage of a law that will
be more specific In its scope, and under
which government employes can ha
prosecuted for giving away or selling
valuable information, as has been done
in the Statistical Bureau.
"We have no doubt of the zeal of the
officers of the Department, but it seems*to
be as misdirected in this crisis as
it was in the antecedent period. All
the powers and influences of the Department,
of the lawyers and of every
man of the government, seems po be
devoted to the attempt to drag-netfpa
lot of irresponsible speculators. That
there have been for years leaks In the
ri-moffmoBt in a<j w#>ll known to the
trade as the existence of the Dpartment
Itself: but these are insignificant,
as compared with the fundamental mismanagement.
At this time, however,
t there is a manifest endeavor to divert
attention from the radical errors and jJ.
1 deficiencies of the Department itself to t j
the thieving propensities of a few un.
worthy officials. Let us not be misled
. by any such misdirected energy. Let
' us reform at the top and not on the
side. Let us root out the offenders,.
, cleanse the personnel, change the methods
and renovate the Department from
root to branch. Then the cause of cot1
ton and good government will alike be
served in Rooseveltian fashion.
J "HARVIE JORDAN,
"President Southern Cotton Ass'n. t
"RICHARD CHEATHAM, Sec'y." ^