The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, May 31, 1893, Image 6
A SOLITABY.
(Concluded from 1st page this Report,)
"Well, I do say so," returned Nich?
olas.
He looked at the fire again. Then he
went ont. He turned in the doorway
and nodded admonishingly at Stephen.
"Mind yon don't try to get up," he said
again.
Nicholas went out of sight down the
road, taking tong strides over the creak?
ing snow. He was gone about half an
hour. When he returned his arms were
full of packages. He opened the door
and looked anxiously at the bed.
Stephen twisted his face toward him and
muled. Nicholas piled the packages
upon the table and lifted a stove cover.
'Tve seen Miss Morrison and it's all
right," said he.
"What did she say?" asked Stephen in
an awed voice.
"Well, she didn't say much of any?
thing. She was fryin griddle cakes for
the boarders' breakfast. She said she
felt real bad about let tin you go, but
she didn't see no other way, and she'd
be glad to have you visit her justas long
as yon wanted ta She's goin to pack
up your clothes,"
"I ain't got many clothes. There's
my, old coat an vest an my other pants,
but they're most worn out. I ain't got
but one real good shirt besides this one
Fve got on. That was m the wash, or
Td brought it"
"Clothes enough," said Nicholas.
He crammed the stove with wood and
began undoing the packages. There
were coffee, bread and butter, some lit?
tle delicate sugar cookies, some slices of
ham, and eggs. There were also a pail of
TroTfe- and a new tin coffeepot.
Nicholas worked busily. He made
coffee, fried the ham and eggs and
toasted slices of bread. When every?
thing was ready he carried a bowl of
water to Stephen for him to wash his
hands and face before breakfast. He
even got his comb and smoothed his
hair.
Then he set the breakfast out on thc
table and brought it up to the bedside.
He had placed a chair for himself and
was just sitting down when* he stoppet!
suddenly:
"I dont know as it's just-fair for me
not to tell you a little something about
myself before we really begin livin to?
gether," s?id he. "It won*t take but a
minute. I don't know but you've heard
stories about me that I wasn't quite
' right. Weil, I am-that is, I s'pose I
am. "All is I've bed lots of trouble, aa
it come mainly through folks I set by,
an I figured out a way to get the better
of it I figured out that if I didn't care
anything for anybody I shouldn't have
no trouble from 'em, an if I didn't care
anything for myself I shouldn't have any
from myself. I txrat made up my mind
that all the trouble an wickedness in
this world came from carin about your?
self or somebody else, so I thought Td
quit it I let folks alone, an I wouldn't
do anything for 'em, an I let myself alone
as near as I could an didn't do anything
for myself.
"1 kept cold when I wanted to be
warm, an warm when I wanted to be
cold. I didn't eat anyth*"- I liked, an
I left things around that hurt me to see.
My wife, she made them wax flowers
"J don't kamo but you've heard stories
about inc."
air them gimcracks. Then 1 used to
read the Bible 'cause I used to believe
in it an didn't now, an it made me feel
worse. I did about everything I could
to spite myself an get all the feelinout
of me, so I could be a little easier in my
mind." Nicholas paused a moment
Stephen was looking at him with be
w?dering intensity. "Well, I was all
wrong," Nicholas went on. "I've give
it ali up. Tve got to go through with
the -whole of it, like other folks, an I
guess Tve got grit enough. I've made
. up my mind that men's tracks cover the
whole world, and there ain't standin
room outside of 'em. Tve got to go
with the rest Now we'll have break?
fast."
c Nicholas ate heartily ; it was long since
he had tasted such food. Even Stephen
had quite an appetite. Nicholas pressed
~ the food upon him; his face was radiant
with kindness and delight. Stephen
Forster, innocent, honest and simple
hearted, did not in the least understand
him, but that did not matter. There is
a higher congeniality than that of
mutual understanding-there is that of
need and supply.
After breakfast Nicholas cleared away
the dishes and washed them. The sun
was so high then that it struck the win?
dows, and the frostwork sparkled like
diamonds.
Nicholas opened the door; he was go?
ing down to the spring for more water;
he saw a flock of sparrows in the bushes
across the road and stopped; then he set
his pail down noiselessly and went back
for a piece of bread. He broke it and
scattered the crumbs before the door,
then went off a little way and stood
" watching. When the sparrows settled
down upon the crumbs he laughed soft?
ly and went on toward the spring over
the shining crust of snow.-Elmira Tele
gram.
1 A Narrow ?*cape for the Minister.
\ Henry Irving tells an interesting story
L^Vhich Miss Terry and a Chinese min
?c figure. The play was "Hamlet"
pttftd Ophelia (Miss Terry) was in the
* midst of her mad scene. Irving sat on
a little wooden seat which had been cut
into the proscenium wall, and which
afforded an excellent view of the stage
' from behind. Beside the great actor
sat the Chinese minister, who had come
j behind the scenes to pay his respects.
I "Suddenly I missed my Celestial
^ friend," said Irving. "Going in search
of him I found him just walking onto
stage. The acting of Miss Terry
? so affected him that he was burning
?congratulate her on the spot I was
St in the nick of time to hold him
,k; another half instant and he would
have made 'his first appearance.' "-Ex?
change. _
Bound to See lier.
Hy grandmother, Lady Elizabeth Tol
?exuache, had a house in London, and
another Lady Elizabeth lived in the
next house, which was exactly like it
IHy father calling accidentally at the
~ rOQBg door, asked the servant. "Is La<ly
athome?"
?Her ladyship receives nobodv, sir.
is still in bed."
"Sfriff and nonsense! She is mv
And rushing past the astonished foot
ran up stairs to what he sup
to be his mother's bedroom.-Li
t'Tcllemache in London Spectator.
BINDING TWINE AND BAGGING.
This Is Not Class legislation, but Is In?
tended to Remedy lt.
The bill to put cotton bagging on the
free list has passed the house, all the
Democrats excepting Coburn, of Wis?
consin; O'Neill, of Missouri, and Eng?
lish, of New Jersey, voting in the affirm
ative, and all the Republicans in the
negative.
Cotton bagging is in the same cate?
gory with binding twine. It is manu?
factured by the cordage combine. The
raw material is free of duty. It is used
by southern farmers for covering their
bales of cotton as binding twine is used
by northern farmers for binding wheat
and other small grains. There is as
much reason why cotton bagging should
be free of duty as there is why binding
twine should be free of duty.
But when the McKinley billion con?
gress was dealing with this schedule it
reduced the duty on binding twine con?
siderably more than one-half and did
not reduce the duty on cotton bagging
at all. It discriminated against the
southern farmer and in favor of the
northern farmer. And now the Repub?
licans of the house, accompanied, The
Herald is sorry- to see, by thre^ Demo?
crats, vote unanimously to continue the
discrimination.
Hie cordage combine did not cease to
manufacture binding twine after the
duty was reduced to seven-tenths of a
cent per pound, or more than one-half.
That it manufactured more than ever
before is a fair inference from two facts:
First, that the^ grain crops last year
were the largest in the history of the
country, and, second, that the importa?
tion of binding twine during the last
fiscal year, covering all the importation
for the crop year, or nearly all, was only
822 pounds, valued at thirty-three dol?
lars.
The opponents of the free twine and
bagging bills have objected to them on the
ground that they are bills for class legis?
lation. They tell us there is no more rea?
son why congress should favor farmers
than there is why it should favor those
who use cables and other articles made
of the same and like materials, and that
it is- inconsistent for Democrats who pro?
fess to oppose class legislation to make
such bills party measures.
This objection implies that such legis?
lation would favor the farmers by giv?
ing them cheaper twine and bagging,
while other classes using produc? from
the same materials, the duties on which
were not reduced or abolished, would
still have to j>ay high prices-that is,
it implies that tariff taxes increase the
prices of the articles on which they are
laid, of the domestic as well as the im?
ported products.
According to the Republican doctrine,
therefore, these bills would not give the
farmers cheaper twine and bagging.
Therefore, they are not class measures.
The Republican claim that really pro?
tective duties do not raise prices is false,
as the beneficiaries of the tariff are per?
fectly well aware. Their whole system
is a system of class legisiation. It is a
system under which industries that are
self sustaining are forced to contribute
to the support of other industries that
claim to be and are assumed to be inca?
pable of self support. The protection?
ists admit that this is the original pur?
pose and effect of their system, and seek
to comfort the victims with the assur?
ance that while they must bleed for a
time they will ultimately, and in some
way not clearly denned, recover their
own with interest.
Now the farmer class is pre-eminently
the victim class. The farmers more
than any others are forced by tariff
legislation to contribute from their
profits to the profits of other classes.
They have been contributing- for thirty
years, and they do not yet find them?
selves recovering their own. They are
still the victims, as they have been all
these thirty years.
What the Democrats, propose in these
two bills and in the bill putting cotton
ties on the free list is not to grant spe?
cial favors to farmers as a class, but
only to relieve them from a small pail
of the burden which has been laid upon
them as a class. They propose not to
legislate for a class, but to relieve a
class in some measure from legislation
which for years has discriminated
against that class.
Against these Democratic measures of
relief from class legislation we find the
Republicans in the house arrayed in un?
broken ranks, and we will find the Re?
publicans in the senate arrayed on the
same side in solid phalanx. And as the
fugitive thief shouts "stop thief!" more
lustily than his pursuers, so will the Re?
publican attorneys for monopoly shout
"class legislation!" to bewilder and de?
ceive the people.-Chicago Tribune.
A McKinley Tariff Drama in Five Acts.
Act I-Scene, Congress, October, 1890 I ?
(duties raised). McKinley increases the j ?
duty on oatmeal from half a cent to one | ]
cent per pound in the interests of sev- ! <
eral large oatmeal manufacturers of j '.
Ohio. j 1
Act II-Scene, Columbus, O., Janu- ? <
ary, 1891 (trust formed under the head-11
ing, "All the Oatmeal Mills Consoli- j i
?ated"). The New York Tribune de- 1
scribes what occurred as follows: "In- : i
corporation paj>ers were filed at Colum- ? i
bus today for the Consolidated Oatmeal j
company, with a capital of $3,500,000.
All the oatmeal mills of the country are
thus brought under one management,
with headquarters at Akron, O.
Act lil-Scene, Factory (wages re- j J
iuced). Soon after the formation of the !
trust the wages of the men and women ;
employed in the Akron mills, the largest j
in the trust, wer? forced to accept a !1
large reduction in wages. Some have j
been compelled to submit to three re- 11
luctions since the opening of the first act. *
Act IV-Scene, Offices of the trust J
prices raised;. Oatmeal that sold for j*
]/er barrel before the trust was j 2
formed, now sells as high as ?7.40 per I *
barrel. ic
Act V-Ravenna, O., April 1. 1892 j
factories closed;. The Quaker mills. J
with a daily capacity of 400 barrels, have
Deen closed by the trust for an indefinite i
>eriod and 100 men are thrown out of i
employment. ;f
Too Kxneting.
"Miss Isabel," began the youth nerv- 1
rasly, "do you play the guitar?" ;*
"No," replied the maiden. "1 never '
ried to learn it." I
"Mandolin:"' j ^
"I detest the mandolin," : '
"Can-can you do fancy needlework?" j1
"Not at all. Fancy needlework is a ?
rade."
"Are you a stamp collector?"
"I have no fads, Mr. Spoonamore."
"You-x>ardf?n me-yon can cook?"
"Oh, yes. I can do alunit any kind (
>f cooking." j
"Bread, for instance?" '1
"My bread lias taken the premium at !
nore than one fair." j l
"Can you-can you darn stockings?' i I
"I can."
"Sew on buttons?" <
"To be sure." 11
"Keep a house clean and neat?"
"Why, I think s<?. I do most ?*t" cur ^
>wn housekeeping." j
"Miss Isabel," said the young mani'
?agerly, "will you marry me?" i
"I will not. Mr. Spoonamore. I fea j(
C would not snit you. I can't chop wood |
lor spade up a garden. Our kitchen |
rirl, Betty, though, would make an ad- ?
nirable wife for you. Shall I go and j
send her in?"-Chicago Tribune. i
DODGING JURY DUTY.
The Methodical Habits of a Traveler
Sustain His Explanations.
Among the jurors in Justice Cullen's
court on Tuesday was a well built man,
who looked youthful in spite of his sil?
very gray hair and mustache. He had
been summoned to appear in court that
day, but had not yet been called when
the reporter met him.
"I wonder," he said, "whether 1 will
really be made a juror this time? I have
been dodging jury service every year
since I came to Brooklyn to live, twenty
eight years ago."
"That is a frank confession."
"Oh, but I didn't know anything
about it at any time until it was too late.
You see, I go traveling every winter I
through the southern states, and by some
strange chance the subpoena server al- j
ways visited my house after 1 had start?
ed. There being nobody at home, his
subpoena lay in the hall where he put it,
until my return. Then I would go down
to the commissioner of jurors and ex?
plain."
"Did he always accept your explana?
tion readily?*'
"No, but fortunately I am methodical,
and I carry constantly the statement of
my whereabouts for a year past, 1
travel for pleasure, and I have plenty of
time to keep a record of my movements.
I put down every day while traveling j
the name of the place and hotel at which j
I am stopping. I do that for a double i
reason, but the most important is that it |
enables me to keep track of the hotels.
For instance, say that I go to a city in
Texas and. put up at Brown's hotel. 1
find the accommodation is beastly. 1
note that fact. The next time 1 go
there I will try Smith's, and I will keep
on changing until I find the best. Then,
too, whenever 1 find a room in a hotel
that snits me particularly I note that.
"The result of that practice is that I
know now the right rooms in the right
hotels in nearly all the large cities of
the south. When a friend of mine tells
me he is going to a certain city in Geor?
gia, 1 refer to my diary and tell him to
apply for room 17 at Robinson's hotel.
'If you can't get that room,' I say, 'get
one like it It will please you.'
"Now, as to this jury business. The
officials usually look doubtful when 1
tell them I was out of town. Then I re?
fer to my diary and say, 'If you will
write to Brown's hotel, Fort Worth, you
will find that I occupied room C on the
day your subpoena reached my house.'
Then I read off the other places I was at
for a week thereafter, and by that time
they are convinced. That I should final?
ly be caught strikes me as amusing."
Half an hour later he was in the jury
box listening intently while the merits
of a suit for damages against a property
owner were being revealed by opposing
counsel.-New York Sun.
Tabby Whipped an Alligator.
? house cat belonging to Mr. Walton
was in the habit of going to the river
and feeding on mussels and such fish as
it could get, and it was noticed several
times that when the cat moved along
the bank a ripple in the water showed
that an alligator kept pace with it in
the water. The cat, however, was
aware of the alligator's presence, but
showed no signs of fear.
One day the cat approached too near
the water in its eagerness to get a fish
and was grasped by the hind legs by an
alligator about three feet long. The eat
made a spring and got away, but its leg
was bitten badly and bled freely. The 1
taste of blood seemed to put the alligator '
into a frenzy, for it came out on the ;
bank and continued the pursuit The
cat turned on its enemy, and then began
one of the fiercest fights seen in a long
time. The cat was so quick that it was |
impossible for the alligator to get a bite
at it, and the result was that the saurian \
soon endeavored to beat a retreat to the [
water.
But the cat now began an offensive
attack and cut off the way, biting th? 1
alligator in the throat and tender spots .1
ander the arms until the reptile was
bleeding and almost exhausted. The
fight continued, and when at last the
alligator gave up it was bleeding from '
a hundred wounds. The cat was seem- !
ingly unhurt, except in the wounded ;
leg, which was injured before the fight J
began.-Vernon (Fla.) Cor. St Louis '
Grlobe-Democra t.
Saving Money on Sixty Cents a Day. | -
Out of what trifles does poverty con- '
trive to extract a living. A decently J
iressed man, with one arm, sold me 1
some fusees at a cent a box yesterday. 1 1
asked him what he made on them, and ]
be told me that he cleared two cents on *
svery five boxes. He sold from 100 to *
150 boxes a day. "And can you live on 1
:his?" I asked. "Yes, sir," said he,
cheerfully. "I hire a room for one dol?
lar a week and cook for myself. I live
md save money. I've got a savings !
i>ank account, and please God I'll have *
i stand next winter if I can get a per- ^
nit" J
And he showed me a bankbook with ?
i credit for fifty c-dd dollars in it-fifty
xld dollars filched from his actual ne- *
?essities out of an income never greater ?
ban sixty cents a day!-New York Cor. ?
Pittsburg Bulletin. .
Photographing Hunters' Lies.
At length an ingenious inventor has 11
levised a means of putting to the test j a
?portsmen's tall stories. The idea is to j
>lace a small camera on the barrel of the ? {
jun, the shutter of which is arranged to j fi
york simultaneously with the action of I
he trigger. Every bird will now be i c
ible to tell his own posthumous tale or c
o present a graphic picture of a happy ! ^
leliverance.-New York Journal.
Cleaning Kettles.
Eggshells are nice to clean bottles or <
.mets, also little bits of raw potato and j
oapsuds. Shake well, then rinse sev?
rai times.-Exchange. j i
Treatment of Celery Plants.
Celery plants should be transplanted j 4
n t>eds two or three inches apartass<xin j
is they are large enough to handle, i <
Orchard and (?arden says that a good . ]
?lace t<> put them is a cold frame from 1
vhich tlie sashes have been removed,
screens made of laths tacked an inch 1
ipart will give shade needed. This '
xansplanting will cause the develo])- 1
neut of fibrous roots and make them ! 1
mire easy to transplant to their final 1 1
piarters in late summer. ; '
_ j i
Here HIM! There. j 1
Sixty pounds of potatoes area legal
>ushel in New York state.
Many of New Jersey's muck meadows j 1
ire being reclaimed and devoted to onion i ^
md celery growing.
There will be at the World's fair not ?
?nly a live stock exhibit, but in conn ec- I
ion with the same a fat stock show.
California. Florida and Texas threaten j
?o make it unnecessary soon to purchase ;
Mediterranean fruits and nuts.
A dairy club of deaf mutes has l>een j
organized in South Dakota, with Charles
EL Loucks as president and H. McP. i (
flofsteater, secretarv.
Increasing favor is shown by British j 1
stockmen for cotton oil as a fattening I ?
ngredient in stock rations.
PROFESSOR DWIGHT'S WILL.
A Few Seconds More Might Have Changed
the Destination of 81,000,000.
Since the death of Professor Theodore
W. Dwight there has been considerable
discussion in certain quarters as to the
provisions of his will, as it was assumed
that of course such a shrewd lawyer and
careful business man must surely have
made a will.
When it was apparent that his illness
was approaching a fatal termination he
was reminded by his physician that it
would be the part of wisdom to attend
to the disposition of his temporal affairs
without further delay, and when Pro?
fessor Dwight expressed a desire to
make his will his old friend and neigh?
bor, Judge Seymour, was called in to
frarnjk the document, which he did at
the dictation of Professor Dwight, whose
mind was evidently as clear as it ever
was. His niece, Miss Sophie Dwight,
and his physician, Dr. Peck, were pres?
ent as attesting witnesses.
After the will had been framed it
was taken to an adjoining room to be
copied before receiving the signature.
Although the work of copying occupied
but a few moments, the dying Kian was
seen to be failing very rapidly, and al?
though a pen was placed in his hand and
assistance given, he was able to but
partially complete his signature when
?ie lapsed into a comatose state and died
within a few moments. When asked
fae customary question, which is legally
required, if he acknowledged the paper
to be his last will and testament, his
lips moved slightly, but no articulate
word could be distinguished, and a mo?
ment later he was pronounced dead.
Although so nearly executed, and so
evidently expressing his wishes, the will
is declared invalid, and its provisions
can only be carried out by the acquies?
cence of all the heirs.
The document was very brief, as if
the dying man fully realized that his
end was close at hand. Besides be?
queathing $50,000 to his daughter, Mrs.
Partridge, and a smaller amount to
her infant son when he should become
of age, the balance of the property, both
real and personal, was given to Mrs.
Dwight. Mrs. Partridge, who resides
at Cornwall on the Hudson, is the only
child and has been a helpless invalid,
suffering from nervous prostration for
nearly a 3*ear. It is said that she does
not yet know of her father's death, as it
is feared the shock might prove disas?
trous. Until such time as her health
will admit it is understood that noth?
ing can be done toward the settlement
of the estate, which is in the hands of
Mrs. Dwight's brother, Dwight H. Ohn
stead, of New York.
The value of Professor Dwight's es?
tate will probably never be publicly
known. Even the family, it is said,
have no idea of the size of the property,
as the deceased was very reticent about
such matters in his home. Those who
appear to be in a position where they
should be capable of forming an opin?
ion claim that Professor Dwight's es?
tate will not fall below $1,000,000, and
some put it largely in excess of that
amount. Others who are close to the
family think it much less.
It is known that for nearly twenty
years Professor Dwight's income from
his teaching and writings ranged from
|25,000 to $40,000 a year. It afterward
dropped to $15,000 per year, and at; the
time of his death his salary as emeritus
professor in Columbia college was $7.500.
All this was in addition to his legal
practice, from which he is said to have
derived a large income, his fees in sin?
gle cases, as referee or council, at times
amor.:.i:ng to as much as $100,000, ii: we
are correctly informed. When Profess?
or Dwight's style of living is consid?
ered, it will readily be seen that it was
quite possible for him to have amassed
a fortune.-Clinton (N. Y.) Courier.
Mr. Dennett's Turnout.
The curious turnout of Mr. Dennett,
of Cape Elizabeth, Me., who supplies
the cottagers with milk, eggst strawber
ries and other country produce, attracts
a good deal of attention. Mr. Dennett's
team consists of a 2-year-old bull with a
ring in his nose, bearing a crooked yoke
on his neck, harnessed to a flat bottomed
cart which will float in the water. The
animal is driven by Mr. Dennett like a
horse. Reins of rope are attached to the
ring in the bull's nose; they pass np
over the horns through rings attached
to them. With this queer team Mr.
Dennett makes the trip to the beach
two or three times a week, fording the
?perwink river at high tide.
The bull swims the river like a dog
md the cart floats like a boat and will
sustain the weight of Mr. Dennett and
lis load of produce safely. When Mr.
Dennett and his unique team are seen
ipproaching, the cottagers throng the
oanks of the river in order to see him
nakethe passage. Some of the most
idventurous ones have tried the trip and
several narrow escapes from capsizing
mve occurred.-Boston Transcript.
Humane.
lt is hard to understand how any one
;an be too humane, but it really seems,
f a story recently told by a Frene).
journal is true, that the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has
something to answer for.
Two little girls had been visiting an
exhibition of paintings with their gov?
erness. On their return their mother
isked them:
"Well, what picture pleased you
nost?"
..The one that showed the Christians
hrown to the lions in the Roman
trena," both children answered.
"Indeed!"' said the mother. '.! sup?
use it worked on your feelings to look
it it?"
"Oh, yes, mamma," said the younger
'hild; "there was one poor dear lion that
lidn't have any Christian to eat!"
forth's Companion.
HE WAS ALL RIGHT.
Case of a Man Who Was Not Such a
Fool a? He Looked.
A tall, slim fellow, with a vacant
stare, walked into the police station of a
western city, stepped up to the officer on
luty and said in a hollow voice:
"Sir, I have an important communi?
cation to make I am dead. I was
murdered, and 1 entreat you to hud tho
murderer and have me buried."
The official involuntarily started back;
it was evident lie had a lunatic before
iiiin. He rang a bell, and tile captain of
the division, the police surgeon and all
the constables obeyed the summons. In
x moment the room was packed with a j
crowd of persons, all anxiously looking
toward the surgeon, who in such cases
has the lirst word.
"Just so," the latter said, addressing
the stranger; "I could tell at the lirst
glance that you were dead. Do you haj>
[>en to remember your name?"
"Certainly," the maniac replied; "my
name is Berthold Schwarz."
"And your address?"
"The grave."
"Who is your murderer?"
"Columbus."
"The same who discovered America?"
"Yes."
"Then allow me to congratulate you.
We have captured the smart chap.
Come, and I will show you his cell."
"Directly," said the madman in reply
to the surgeon's diplomatic little sjieeeh,
and began fumbling in his pocket, from
which he quickly produced a thick
POTATOES AND CORN.
An Important Point in the Cultivation
of These Two Crops.
Early planted crops, or ground that was
early worked, may have become more
or less crusted on the surface. With a
good steel rake pulverize this surface
and change it to a finely mellowed top
soil. This will hasten growth, and any
foul seeds just starting will be destroyed,
according to Country Gentleman, which
illustrates as follows another important
point in the cultivation of potatoes and
corn:
In cultivating potatoes, avoid the
common practice of drawing the earth
in hills around the plants, because in
doing so you scrape the earth away
from the roots between the rows, and pile
it up needlessly high against the plants.
The hill, with the natural level and the
mass of soil piled above it, is shown by
one of the figures of the cut. The ef?
fects of the two methods may be easily
tested by experiment. Cultivate ten
rows level and ten in heaps, and the
level hills, when the crop is measured,
will have from 10 to 20 per cent, more
potatoes. There will be a difference be?
tween slight hills and steep hills, and
there will be a difference in soils. Try
both ways and compare the results.
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ERROR IN HILLING POTATOES AND CORN.
Take the same care in cultivating
corn, the roots of which are nearer the
lurface than potato roots and more easi?
ly injured. Both corn and potatoes send
out roots from the young plants two or
three times as long as the height of the
plants. Avoid cutting the corn roots,
therefore, near the plants. In the cut is
also represented a hilled young corn
plant, the dotted lines showing how the
roots are cut off when working deep
and near.
Kentucky Blue G russ.
The most noted and most widely dis?
tributed of American pasture grasses is
the Kentucky blue grass or June grass
(poa pratiuses). Very few of the many
who own and have been reared amid
blue grass pastures are aware of the
wide difference in quality between such
pastures. They know that some pastures
are richer than others-that is, grow
more luxuriant grass-but not th at many
pastures produce a grass that yields more
and better flavored butter than others
that bear heavier crops of ranker grass.
In other words, it is not the rankest crop
that makes the most butter, or butter of
the highest quality. There is another
grass (poa compressa) which is really
more entitled to be called blue grass
than the Kentucky grass, lt will grow
anywhere that the Kentucky grass will
and flourishes on some soils where the
other will scarcely live. On favorable
soils it makes a butter grass equal to the
best Kentucky and is highly deserving
of more general cultivation.-Jersey Bul?
letin.
Coup for Young Turkeys.
A farmer s daughter, writing to The
Country Gentleman, says: "The most
satisfactory coops I have ever had for
young turkeys was box shaped, 2 by
? feet, tall enough for the hen to
stand upright, and while sufficiently
close near the bottom to confine the
young poults, yet well ventilated under
the eaves, over which the inclined board
roof projects on every side to keep the
rain from beating in. In the front and
rear two of the slats extend out as
handles, for the coop is light enough to
be easily lifted to a clean spot every
day. Short, thick grass makes the best
of floors, but care must be taken to se?
lect ground that drains itself naturally,
lest water should collect after a hard
shower. Turkey hens give the keeper
less tr uble if they come off in pairs,
for being company for one another they
are less restless and wandering, and
therefore take better care of their little
ones."
Water for Bees.
When bees have formed the habit of
going to any place for water it is a diffi?
cult matter to prevent their continuing
to go to the same place, and hence they
should be provided with water at home
early in the spring, and be "enticed"
there for their regular supply. The ed?
itor of The American Bee Journal sug?
gests that a little salt in the water at
the home trough will make it inviting
to the bees, and at the same time to give
the sides of your neighbor's trough a
coat of kerosene oil would help to culti?
vate a liking for the home trough, which
should be placed in a sunny spot.
Mr. Gladstone's Eyes.
Fifty-four years ago Mr. Gladstone
conceived the idea that it would be bet?
ter for his eyesight were he to substitute
candles for the somewhat primitive
lamp by which he had been in the habit
of studying by night. The light shed
by two candles was not sufficient for his
purpose, but with the inflexibility and
perseverance which are his most marked
characteristics he continued to perform
his nightly ?ask, with the result that his
right eye became so much weakened
that his medical adviser enjoined upon
him the necessity of abstaining totally
from work, and living as far as p ^ible
in a dark room for six months. Long
before that period had expired Mr.
Gladstone made a trip to southern Eu?
rope in company with his old college
friend, Sir Stephen Glynne.
Once again a grave accident to Mr.
Gladstone's eye threatened for a few
days to produc e the most serious conse?
quences. It is well known that he did
not begin to wield the ax as an amateur
feller of trees until he was forty years
old, and not long afterward a chip flew
upward as he was cutting down a big
oak and struck him in the right eye,
which is th? more sensitive of the two.
A few days of rest and of abstention
from work sufficed to restore him en?
tirely, but it is a remarkable fact that
the '.arcas senilis," or circular ring out?
side the pupil, was developed in Mr.
Gladstone's eyes at a much earlier period :
than is common witli human beings
whose life is destined to be more tnan *
usually prolonged.--London Telegraph.
How Author? Work.
An ingenious reporter has been inter- .
viewing a number of celebrated authors
to discover what are their habits and at?
titudes while writing. M. Alphonse 1
Daudet, lie tells us, smiles nutliciously:
M. Emile Zola repeats in a loud voice '
the phrase which is at the tip of his pen;
M. Edmund de Goncourt moves his lips :
as if he were eating; M. Jules Lemaitre
strokes his mustache with his left baud; ?
M. Kenan looks in the palm of his hand,
as if to find inspiration there; M. Ludo?
vic Halevy looks up to the ceiling to col?
lect his thoughts; M. M^iliiao puts his (
head into his hands to meditate; M. Jean '
Richepin taps on his desk when he is in
want of a phrase; M. Francois Coppee f
lights a cigarette while searching for a
rhyme; M. Henri Bornier scratches his
head; M. Emile Bergerat whistles; M.
Jean Rameau, when he is writing verses,
seems to be ' Milking of something else,
and finally M. Georges Ohnet appears
to be thinking of nothing.-London
GUoha.
packet of neatly bound almanacs.
"Gentlemen, when I was alive I used
to sell these almanacs; they are the best
sold in this country and only cost three?
pence apiece. You will admit that these
handsome little volumes ought not to be
left to molder in the grave, and, as we
appear to be on such friendly terms, per?
haps the gentlemen will not object to
buy the lot."
Ten minutes later the "madman" had
sold out and taken his departure.-T?g?
liche Rundschau.
(Concluded from preceding Page.)
No. of
Certi- To Whom Paid. Amount,
peate.
101 N W Tony, leathers sal?
ary,
291 J M Monahan, repairing
school bouse,
93 Thos Young, teachers sal?
ary,
418 E S Cooper, teacher* sal?
ary,
402 N W Tonv, teacheis
ary,
411 Henry .Scarborough, rent
school house,
396 Thos Young, teachers sal?
ary, 20
397 J H Cooper, stationery, 5
?.98 A J Ed wardst, teachers sal?
ary, 15
266 N \V Tony, teachers sai?
si ry, 15
57.'J Irene McCutchen, ?eachers
salary, 25
574 Hannah McCutchen, leathers
?ala ry, 25
421 Madge Fraser, teachers sal?
ary,
430 K S Cooper, teachers sal?
ary.
493 A J Edwards, teachers sal
arv,
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 13.
207 F W Washington, teachers
salary, . 20
87 S E Hawkins, teachers sal?
ary,
222 VV J Gregg, teachers sal?
ary,
219 L M Levy, teachers sal?
ary,
215 F W Washington, teachers
salary, 20
175 W P Baker, teachers sal?
ary,
223 S E Hawkins, teachers sal?
ary,
221 S L Wilson, teachers sal?
ary,
226 E W Brearley, teachers sal?
ary,
178 SR Hawkins, teachers sal?
ary,
80 Mary McLane, teachers sal?
ary,
29 S L Wilson, teachers sal?
ary,
217 Mamie Grant, teachers sal?
ary,
324 J E Shaw, lumber,
323 T G McLeod, teachers sal?
ary,
361 F M Washington, teachers
salary, 20
292 F Dunlap, teacheis sal?
ary,
354 Lizzie Spears, teachers sal?
ary,
353 Lizzie Spears, teachers sal?
ary,
357 F Dunlap, teachers sal
arv,
352 W G Baker, teachers sal?
ary,
355 S E Hawkins, teachers sal?
ary >
351 H S Scarborough, teachers
salary,- 14 37
387 S L Wilson, teachers sal?
ary,
331 W J Gregg, teachers sal?
?t y,
367 Mary McLane, teachers sal?
ary,
506 Mary McLane, teachers sal?
ary,
502 E W Brearly, teachers sal?
ary,
593 Mamie Grant, teachers sal?
ary,
328 F W Washington, teacher?
salary, 20
507 Mary McLane, teachers sal?
ary,
522 W J Gregg, teachers sal?
ary,
447 Mamie Grant, teachers sal?
ar)'?
555 Lizzie Spears, teachers sal?
ary,
469 F W Washington, teachers
salary, 20
290 W G Baker, teachers sal?
ary,
473 W G Baker, teachers sal?
ary,
424 E W Brearly, teachers sal?
ary,
497 L M Levy,, teachers sal?
ary,
496 L M Levy, Steachers sal?
ary,
479 Fred Durant, teachers sal?
ary,
481 S E Hawkins, teachers sal- ?
arv,
73 L M Levy, teachers sal?
ary,
90 E W Brearly, teachers sal?
ary,
lo:'. W .1 Gregg, teachers sal?
ary,
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 14.
112 J W Dove, teacher's sal?
ary,
113 J W Dove, teachers sal?
ary,
85 Martin .leter, teachers sal?
ary ,
>7t; J B Lowery, teachers sal?
ary,
127 .1 B Lowery, teachers sal?
ary.
?42 S I* Charles, teachers sal?
ary,
{35 F E Hickson, teachers sal?
ary,
150 A E Cunningham, teachers
ary,
>lo Lizzie Kirby, teacheis sal?
ary,
?09 Lizzie Kirby, teachers sal?
ary,
'?52 Lizzie Kirby, teachers sal
arv,
- isham Mitchell, jr., teachers
salary,
>84 C B McLeod, tsachera sal?
ary,
?32 Sadie Mciver, teachers sal?
ary,
114 FE Hickson, teachers sal?
ary,
65 p K Hickson, teachers Jfal?
ary,
ICR S J Muldrow, teachers sal?
ary,
25
20
20
20
25
25
25
25
25
25
40
20
30
28
20
20
25
25
20
30
30
25
10
25
20
10
25
20
20
25
20
20
20
25
20
25
25
25
25
30
13
25
20
20
25
25
22 50
22 50
18 50
18 50
15
No. of
Certi- To Whom Paid. Amount,
ficate.
516 SJ Muldrcw, ienchers sal*
arv, 22 50
549 S W Stuttle8, teachers sal?
ary, 8
277 S J Muldrow, teachers sal?
ary, 25
417 Madge Jeter, teachers sal?
ary, 25
41H Madge Jeter, teachers sal?
ary, 25
130 E J Wilson, teachers sal?
ary, 20
234 J B Lowery, teachers sal
. ary. 22 50
108 J W Davis, teachers sal?
ary, 25
61 J B Lowery, teachers sal?
ary, 22 50
167 J W Davis, teacheis sal?
ary, 25
263 J K Shaw, teachers sal?
ar?, 30
133 ? J Wilson, teachers sal
arv, 18 50
249 Lizzie Kir hy, teachers sal?
ary, 25
553 Lizzie Kirby, teachers sal?
ary, 25
269 S E Hawkins, teachers sal?
ary, 25
533 S L Wilson, teachers sal
wry, 25
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15.
201 E J Wilson, teachers sal?
ary, 30
605 Sadie Mciver, teachers sal?
ary, 2C
25 S E Addison, teachers sal?
ary, 25
157 E W Brearley, teachers sal?
ar?, 30
177 SE Addison, teachers sal?
ary, 25
430 Emma Colclough, teachers
salary, 20
218 Mamie Grant, teachers sal?
ary, 20
216 Mamie Grant, teachers sal?
ary, 26
335 E J Wilson, teachers sal?
ary, 30
336 S E Addison, teach err, sal?
ary, 25
329 S E Stuttie, teachers sal?
ary, 15
501 E Brearly, teachers sal?
ary, 30
595 Mamie Grant, teachers sal?
ary, 20
520 Ella C Herring, teachers sal?
ary, 25
552 Mamie Grant, teachers sal?
ary, 20
443 Mamie Grant, teachers sal?
ary, 20
573 E W Brearley, teachers sal?
ary, 30
468 S M Stuttle, teachers sal?
ary, 15
467 S M Stuttle, teachers sal?
ary, 15
425 E W Brearle , teachers sal?
ary,
384 E C Herring, teachers sal?
ary,
260 E C Herring, teachers sal?
ary,
261 K C Herrii?<r, teachers sal?
ary,
91 E W Brearly, teachers sal?
ary,
GO E J Wilson, teachers sal?
ary
30
25
25
25
30
30
20
40
30
45
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 16.
63 P B Brunner, teachers sal?
ary,
158 T G McLeod, teachers sal?
ary,
156 J H DesChamp*. teachers
salary, 10
171 JD Micbau, teachers sal?
ary,
250 J W Moore, teachers sal?
ary,
124 J H Terry, lumber, 32 97
261 TD Sanders, teachers sal?
ary, 50
170 SD Sanders, teachers sal?
ary, 50
537 J D Micbau, teachers sal?
ary,
536 J D Micbau, teachers sal?
ary,
155 RD Pompy, teachers sal?
ary,
190 P 3 Brown, teacher? sal?
ary,
104 Ada Martin, teachers Bili?
ary,
237 R H Johnson, teachers sal?
ary,
220 R Fl Johnson, teachers sal?
ary,
315 R D Pompy, teachers sal?
ary,
272 Ada Martio, teachers sal?
ary,
53 R D Pompy, teachers sal?
ary,
377 P B Brown, teachers sal?
ary,
372 Ada Martin, teachers sal?
ary,
399 R D Pompy, teachers sal?
ary,
521 L J Clark, teachess sal?
ary,
431 P B Brown, teachers sal?
ary,
465 A Martin, teficbers sal?
ary,
395 R H Johnson, teachers sal?
ary ,
259 L J Clark, teachers sal?
ary,
258 L J Clark, teachers sal?
ary,
480 T G McLeod, teachers sal?
ary,
16
30
20
20
15
10
10
20
15
20
20
15
10
25
10
10
10
25
25
40
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 17.
490 C M Hurst, clerk and trea?
surer, Ci?0
650 C M Hurst, clerk and trea?
surer, 600
391 C M Hnrs?, clerk and trea?
surer, - 391
547 C M Hurst, clerk and trea
91 36
surer, ' 1 *'v
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 18.
141 Sallie Grant, teachers sal?
ary,
562 Kirk Robinson, teachers sal?
ary,
250 J C McCall, teachers sal?
ary,
142 Kirk Rollinson, teachers sal?
ary,
259 Sallie Grant, teachers sal?
ary,
162 H D Corbett, teachers sal?
ary,
2 Sallie Grant, teachers sal?
ary,
30
60
25
60
30
25
30
Nb. of
Certi- To Whom Paid. Amount,
ficate.
496 J C McCall, teachers sal.
nry, 25
497 J C McCall, teachers sal?
ary, 12 50
495 Sallie Grant, teachers sal?
ary, 30
453 Sallie Grant, teachers sal?
ary, 30
139 Lou China, teachers sal?
ary, 30
93 J C McKinney, repairs, 19 75
494 K Robinson, reaches sal?
ary, 60
383 J C McCall, teachers sal?
ary, 25
240 K Robinson, teachers sal?
ary, 60
146 J A Raoey, teachers sal?
ary, 25
135 J A Raoey, teachers sal?
ary, 25
321 LS McSwain, teachers sal*
ary, 110
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 19.
19 Mamie Spann, teachers sal?
ary, 25
393 Emma Colclough, teaehers
salary, 28
606 B G Fedrick, teachers sal?
ary, ll
294 B J Pouge, teachers sal?
ary, 6 25
295 E E Fraeer, teachers tal?
ary, 83
555 E E Fraser, teachers sal?
ary, 33
103 E E Fraser, teachers sal?
ary, 66
191 EE Fraser, teachers sal?
ary. 33
227 M E Pooge, teachers sal?
ary, 20
278 Emma Colclough, teachers
salary, 28
105 A S Martin, teachers sal?
ary, 5
65 M E Pooge, teachers sal?
ary, 20
64 B J Ponge, teachers sal?
ary, 20
250 Lizzie L Spears, teachers
salary, 20
112 Gertrude Robinson, teachers
salary, 25
47 Emma Colclough, teachers
salary, 26
252 E E Fraser, teachers sal?
ary, 33
253 E E Fraser, teachers sal?
ary, 33
251 EE Fraser, teachers sal?
ary, 33
331 H E Martin, teachers sal?
ary, 10
59 M Bennett, labor, 2 20
20 J D Moore, building flue, 3 90
273 A S Martin,' teachers sal?
ary, 5
371 AS Martin, teachers sal?
ary, 5
561 Gertrude Robinson, teachers
salary 28
560 Gertrude Robinson, teachers
salary, ^ 20
499 M E Pouge, teachers sal?
ary, 20
489 B J Pouge, teachers sal?
ary, 20
519 E B Colclough, teachers sal?
ary, 27
433 E B Colclough, teachers sal?
ary, 27
444 A P Vinson, labor, I
422 E E Fraser, teachers mal?
ary, 33
413 B J Pouge, teachers sal
ary, 20
412 M E Pooge, teachers sal?
ary, 20
177 F E Cooper, teachers sal?
ary, 20
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 20. -
12-Annabell Johnson,
teachers salary 160 00
147-Annabell Johnson,
teachers salary 160 00
235-Annabell Johnson,
teachers salary 160 00
265-C L Thames, teachers
salary 50 00
564-Annabell Johnson,
teachers salary 75 00
309-R Y McLeod, teach?
ers salary 432 00
401-C L Thames, teach?
ers salary 2?> 00
-Annabell Johnson,
teachers salary 160 00
423-Annabell Johnson,
teachers salary 160 00
544-C L Thames, teach?
ers salary 25 00
6 50
5 00
INCIDENTAL.
24-N G Osteen, advertis?
ing
134-E F Miller, advertis?
ing
576- William Johnson, ser?
vices as janitor at
teachers institute 4 00
225-W J Durant, traveling
expenses 20 00
224-W .1 Durant,
salary 93 00
54- John T Green, travel?
ing expenses 10 00
55- John T Green,
salary 60 00
4-John T Green, ex?
press charges 5 25
308-S A Nettles, print?
ing 5 00
350- W J D n ran t,
salary 42 00
577- N G Osteen, printing 2 50
596-H L Darr <fc Co, print?
ing 6 20
59S-E F Miller, printing 6 60
2-J T Green, traveling
expenses 10 00
1-.1 T Green, salary 78 00
435-W J Durant, salary
expenses 10 00
434-W J Durant, salary 72 00
550- W J Durant, salary SI 00
551- W J Durant, salary 10 00
568- E F Miller, advertis?
ing G 00
310-X G Osteen, printing 5 00
569- y G Osteen, printing 6 00
D. E. KEELS,
Treasurer Sumter County,