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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1895. LINCOLN AND THE PREACHERS. The President Easily Made His Position Apparent. At a meeting of the Lincoln and Hamlin club recently the following story was told of Mr. Lincoln, illus? trating1 his peculiar method of stating his position: 4iI have it from a person who was present on the occasion," said the nar? rator. "Some time before the issu? ance of the emancipation proclama? tion and when our military operations were unusually unsuccessful, a self appointed delegation of preachers from New England, numbering, if I remem? ber, twenty-three, called upon the president to induce him to issue the proclamation instanter. Their speaker was cocked and primed and full of an? ticipation of success. He announced that they were delegates of the Al? mighty, and with many flourishes about Moses and the prophets demand* ed in the name of the Lord that the president issue the proclamation de? claring the slaves free. "He went on to assert that when that were done the civilized and Chris? tian world would rise up and assist us with such tremendous force that our success would be assured, and much more of the same sort. When he had finished, Mr. Line?la Quietly said to the speaker: - "'Your reverence, how many legs has a sheep?* "The speaker raised his hands and the whole body of the delegation showed signs of disgust, as much as to say: 'We always heard he was a buf? foon.' But the speaker answered: " 'Why, four, Mr. President.' ?J 'Now,' said Mr. Lincoln,'if you call a sheep's tail a leg how many legs would he have?' "The answer, of eourse, was 'five.' " 'You all agree to this?' said Mr Lincoln. "They nodded assent. "'No,' said the president, 'you are wrong. A sheep has only four legs and calling his tail a leg doe* not make ita leg.' "The application was apparent, issu? ing a proclamation of freedom without the ability to enforce it would be ridiculous. The delegation quietly withdrew without further parley, sat? isfied of the president's position. If he had attempted to explain his position by argument, they would have over? whelmed him with verbiage."-Chicago Tribune _ CATCHING BIG BASS. Bow the Black Monsters Are Caught in Southern California. "It is entertaining to watch San Diegans catch sea bass,** says a trav? eler. "First, they bait a minnow hook with a bit of worm, and catch a min? now. Then they bait the minnow on a larger hook, and fish with it.to capture ft smelt When they get the smelt they take their heavy sea-fishing tackle, place the smelt on the hook, and go to angling for a halibut or sea bass. After they get their halibut or sea bass, and the bigger either is the better, they bait it on a hook which is as big as a small anchor with only one fluke. This hook is attached to a line a quarter of an inch in diameter. When all is ready the fishermen whirls the big hook with the halibut on it sevGral times around his head, and then gives it a toss out into the water. Away it sails thirty or forty feet. "Say, for instance, that this black bass fishing is being done from the long dock at San Diego. San Diego bay is about th- best place for this fishing along the coast, although the fish are plentiful at other places. After the baited end of the line is cast the other end is coiled on thc dock, and an empty keg or quarter barrel, or some? thing like that, is tied to it. Then the fisherman gets in his rowboat, taking a harpoon with him, and waits for a bite. Seems queer, here in the east, doesn't it, to go out after black bass? The trouble is, you see, that the black bass of those southern California waters weigh from three hundred to one thou? sand pounds, and it wouldn't be much use to go out after them with fly tackle and an eight-ounce rod. That's what I said. Thousand pounds. And it's true, every word of it. It is?t often one as large as that is taken, but they have been, and will be again. I helped kill one once that weighed six hundred pounds. It took over five hours to do it, but that was nothing extraordinary, for a two hundred pounder will give his captors a good three hours' fight any time. "Sometimes one of these monster bass will be ready at hand when the halibut or sea bass bait goes sailing through the air and lands with a splash in the water, and will seize it immediately, but more frequently there is more or less of a wait for the big fish to bite. When he takes the bait, true to bas? nature, away he goes with a rush. In? stantly as many persons on the deck as can get a hold on the line seize it and slacken the tremendous fellow's pace if they can. If he doesn't happen to be too big they can generally fetch him to, but that is a rare occurrence. Usu? ally the line whizzes through their fingers at a rate that makes more than one of those having hold of the line drop it quickly to save their hands from blistering. The shore end of the line is soon reached, and it is dropped, for those handling it would be pulled head first off the deck if they held to it. Then the empty keg or barrel plumps overboard, and the water ;:hase is on. The fishermen in the boat follow the barrel as it is towed swiftly over the surface, and if the fish is a particularly large one it frequently happens that there will be a long, stern chase of the barrel before the boat overtakes it. that being the object of the men in the boat."_ Stopped Poaching. A Scotch gentleman, plagued by poachers, procured a cork leg dressed in stocking and shoe and sent it through the neighboring village by the town crier, who proclaimed that it had been ' found in a man trap on the previous j night in Mr. Ross'grounds, who desired j to return it to its owner. There was no j more rx>achin?r after that. FARMER AND PLANTER CULTIVATION OF CORN. A Kentucky Farmer Give? Hip Urethren His Ideas on the Subject. The first thing- that should be onsid ered in raising-a crop of corn i.s. wheth? er or not the soil to be used contains the necessary fertility to produce a paying crop, if it does not, it is very certain that the cultivation of it with? out first applying1 some kind of fertil? izer will result in a ioss. We can not get something out of nothing, and while every far uer will readily admit the truth of this yet many plant corn on land, that in a good season, will not produce enough to pay twenty-five cents a day for the time it takes to cul? tivate it, and as hard times are now no farmer would think of working for a quarter per day and board himself . even though he knew the money would be paid promptly at sundown. * With the question of sufficient fer? tility decided favorably, the next thing is to break the land as early in the fall as possible, the depth of which should be governed by the thickness of the soil; thin soil shallow and th -;k soil deep. My reason for preferring" fall plowin ? is that I think the soil retains moistv re longer, when subjected to dry weather. Droughts have been so severe and .o.^s?ch fre? quent occurj^iyje^iBr^the past that eve>r^~^vadlable means should be .adopted that will in any degree avert the damage incurred by them The next thing- to be done is to pre? pare the land for planting, which I think is best done by laying off rows three feet ten inches apart with two horses to one-horse plow running as deep as it will plow well, and ?then crossing them with rows of the same width, but shallow. This leaves considerable depth of loose dirt in the cross where three or four grains of well matured, sound corn should be dropped and covered by run? ning a harrow over the ground. The seed being in the ground, the next thing is to cultivate the soil in such a manner that when the crop is laid by corn roots will have full possession of it from bottom to top. The mode of cultivation that will best result in this condition, varies some? what with the season. Before the corn comes up a good, deep furrow should be run midway between each row and followed by an A harrow with the front tooth running1 directly in the row. These furrows, besides forming goodt drainage allow the air to circu? late more freely throug-h the soil, which prevents it from getting too hard for the tender corn sprouts to get through. After corn is well up it should have a turning plow run a good depth on each side, and as near the row as possible, throwing the dirt to ! the middle, which leaves ridges where the furrows were left by the first plowing. This leaves the young corn growing in a nc *ow strip i of land that can not be easily flooded by heavy rains, but can be easily penetrated by the faint rays of an early spring sun. This causes the roots of the corn to grow downward while it is young, and prev- nts them from, being torn off by the plow in after cultivation. After this, if weather continues cool and wet, corn should be harrowed and plowed in the same manner across the other way. By the time another plow? ing is needed corn should have attained considerable size, and begins now to need more soil near the row, consequent? ly the middle that has been prepared and kept in reservation should be thrown toward the row. This can be accomplished best by running a turn? ing plow about six inches from the row on each side and splitting themid j die with a double-shovel. Roots will ? then put out from the corn stalks as as near the surface as the moisture of the season will admit. All that is necessary after this is shallow or sur? face cultivation. If the top of the ground is.kept free of grass and weeds the roots of the corn will do the rest, and on a good limestone soil will pro? duce eight to ten barrels of corn per acre in the most unfavorable season we ever have iu Kentucky.- Cor. Farm? ers' Home Journal. HERE AND THERE. -Don't fail to provide for thc hay crop. It will pay better than cotton at prices probable next fall. -It is not hogs, nor cattle, nor cot? ton that will bring prosperity to the south, but a variety of products, and the greater the better. -It costs no more to grow and feed a good sheep than it does a poor one, and it costs no more to market a good clip of wool than a poor one, -The male ewerts the strongest in? fluence upon the offspring of all classes of stock, and for this reason a pure? bred male is of the utmost importance I and especially so when striving to im? prove. -No matter how low horses may be in the market, a good team on the far - is just as essential now as they ever were, and are worth as much to the average farmer. -The peanut is a native of Brazil, but early after the discovery of that country it was introduced into Africa and other tropical parts of the old world, where it became a staple article of food. It was only in the second half .;f this century that it became an important crop in this country. - When southern trucksters embark more extensively in potato growing, potato planting and harvesting1 ma? chinery will lind ready sale in this sec? tion. Instead of buying potatoes out? side we should supply many less favored sections-and with good profit to our planters. - Lt is not the broad acres under fence that makes the farmer prosper? ous, but the amount of intelligent labor applied per acre. Some of the poorest farmers we ever knew were, those who spread their labor as a miser butters his bread-very thinly over a large area. And many a prosperous fanner has a small field well tilled, and has no especial need for a large patrimonial estate the other side of the fence. ' ROTHSCHILD REWARDED HIM. Wh:> the Karon "Was Sirtir;^ ne a llezz*~ Modc-I a Student Pleased Him. Dining- on one occasion with Baron James de Rothschild, Eugene Dela? croix, the famous French painter, kept his eyes turned upon his host in so marked a manner that, when the com? pany rose to leave the dining-room, Baron James could not help asking his guest what it was that so attracted his attention, says the Philadelphia Press. The painter confessed that for some time past he had vainly sought a head to serve as a model for that of a beggar he intended to hold a prominent posi? tion in a painting on which he was then engaged, and that, as he gazed at his host's features, the idea sudden? ly struck him that the very head he desired was before him. With this ex? planation he ventured to ask the baron whether he would do him the favor to sit for him as the beggar. Rothschild, being a great admirer of art in all its forms, and pleased to be considered one of its chief patrons, readily consented to assume a char? acter never before undertaken by a m?lionaire. The next day found him at the paint? er's studio. Delacroix placed a tunic round his shoulders, put a stout staff 'r. his hand, and made him pose as if he were resting on the steps bf an ancient Roman family. In this attitude he was discovered by one of the artist's favorite pupils, who alone had free access to the studio at all times. Naturally concluding that the model had only just been brought in from some church porch, and never dream? ing the character assumed by him was far from the true one, he seized an op? portunity when his master's eyes were turned to slip a piece of money into the i beggars hand. Baron Rothschild thanked him with a look, and kept the money. The pupil j soon quitted the studio. In answer to j inquiries made Delacroix told the baron 1 that this young man possessed talent, but no means; that he. had, in fact, to ? earn his livelihood by giving lessons in j painting and drawing. Shortly after the young fellow re- j ceived a letter stating that charity j bears interest, and that the accumu lated interest on the amount that he had so generously given to one whom j he supposed to be a beggar was repre? sented by the sum of ten thousand francs, which was lying at his disposal at the Rothschild offices. Cost of a Bale of Cotton. Mr. John W. Starnes. one of Tipton'? farmers, cultivated thirty-five acres in cotton last year and made twenty-one bales. The total cost, including rent, feed of team, labor, picking, ginning, hauling to market, etct amounted to 8650.50. He sold his cotton in Memphis and received $525-thus losing S125.50 on the year's work. Mr. Starnes places his land rent at $4 per acre, which is en tirelv too much if cultivated in cotton. Now if the land is actually worth the amount paid it must be for some other crop, and being a farmer' he should learn what that crop is, and devote his labor to it. But we fear our friend Starnes will continue to raise cotton on his 4-dollar land and lose another $125. The casual reader will conclude from the foregoing state? ment that Mr. S. was actually $125 be? hind on the year's work, and he is if he only made the 21 bales of cotton. He says nothing about the corn, peas, potatoes, sorghum. vegeta? bles, butter, milk. hogs. etc., that his team and labor made while making the cotton-all of which went to feed his wife and children, and which was worth fully the$125 if lie had it all to buy. Summing the whqle thing up, and comparing his condition with thousands upon thousands who are not farmers, anti who are dependent on the business prosperity of the coun? try (of which there is none) for a liv? ing, Mr. Starnes is bound to admit that he still belongs to the favored class- i I and all because he has an occupation by which he can make a living. 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