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"FOR GOD, f OR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. 1
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VOL. XVII. i
PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, MAY 25,-1906.
NO.i
WHAT'S THE USE?
Don't coddle up a w!t. Do.i't think about your Toe.
What's the use'.'
It only makes yon worn end keep yon in a flurry.
What's tilt" ust;' Tlioix'.-? no excuse,
Don't talk about your !o:i.,. II mal;c it last too ionj
What's the use? t.
It only gives yu. pain and sufferinc: agr.In.
What's the use Then; 'a no excuse.
Don't talk of your disaster. K makes the tears finiv faster.
What's the use?
It only keeps you weepiu aud hinders you from sleeping.
What's, the use? There sn excuse. ',
Don't talk of your jni.shap: It'.s only one more rap.
What's the use?
It only can annoy and your peace of mind destroy.
W hat's the usui1 There's no excuse.
Don't talk of your afflict ion. It only causes friction.
What's the r.sc?
It opens an old wove and worries you the more.
AVhat's the use? ThereV no excuse.
Don't talk' about your sorrow. Trouble you only borrow.
What's the use'.'
It only makes you sad and sore and glum and ms'
What's the use? There' no excuse.
IE Dream and the Reality.
V x if-
tOtZ HE i;rciit ocean liner had
p entered Southampton docks
3 n O hard upon sunset, too late
X R t0 enable him to reach her
,S?0 thut night. -
A thousand times during the. Ions
.journey from the' .South American Stat
in which lie had spent his exile, Mans
field had read her letter, lie not only
knew the wording backwards, but he
had fully succeeded in shaping the
rather prim phrases to the white heat
-of his own ideals-. .'. "
.She recorded the death of her hus
band; and how could he expect so
noble a woman as Coralie to regard
that event as he did? The late Mr.
Brooke ought to have died ten years
earlier; indeed, he ought never to have
lived. No doubt, he had treated her
kindly, although he could never have
understood her.
Worldly parents' had persuaded hel
lo marry the fellow. Mansfield had
long ago accepted the inevitable,
though at the lime life had been
robbed of all sweetness for him and the
future without her had seemed entirely
"void. ,
He hod never reproached her. He
had replied in simple, manly words to
her hysterical letter announcing tlie
parental deci?ion. True, he had urged
her to defy convent ions and to face
possible poverty with him. Coralie re
plied that such was her overmastering
desire, hut that her sense of duty held
her bound as in chains.
Thus they had drifted apart she
marrying Brooke, he seeking distrac
tion in South America, starting life
;mew, shaking the dust of civilization
from his feet. A very ordinary affair,
you will perceive.
But I lie death of Brooke had changed
for Mansfield the gray hue of life. In
these ten years of strenuous work he
'had grown moderately rich. No other
woman had ever auracted him for an
hour, except one or two who recalled
tnine memory of Coralie.
.Then the craze for motoring set in,
and Brooke obligingly broke his neck
on a dangerous -hill. Mansfield read of
the accident in an old newspaper, but
exactly twelve months elapsed before
Coralie wrote to him herself.
She wrote guardedly, but he read be
tween the lines of her conventionality
or fancied that he did. Leaving his
affairs in the hands of a friend, Mans
iiehl at once started for England.
Next morning the early train from
Southampton brought him to the near
est town by S o'clock, and thence he
drove to Eggbottlo in a fly. He had
shaved off his beard on the previous
night Also he had sent her a tele
gram. About S..10 a. m. the fly entered
the village. Mansfield's heart beat
fast.
The village was wholly strange to
him. Imt he knew that she lived in a
house called "The Laurels," and
thither the cabman had been directed
to drive. It may have been S.45 when
the cab stopped at the door of a prim
cottage drive. Hanked at mathema tie
ally exact intervals by prim shrubs.
A Kolemn but!er,lookiug unaffectedly
hostile, opened the door,
"Mrs. Brooke at home?" gasped
Mansfield. -
"Mrs. Brooke does not breakfast till
9..10," was the chilling reply.
"1 I'm an old friend," said Mans
field. "I'll wait."
"I will take your card up If the busi
ness Is urgent,'' said the butler.
Mausfield affected to search for his
card. He had long ceased to use such
things, but the butler, he felt, wauld
not have condoned such a breach of
fashion.
"I have no card with me," he ex
plained. "Say Herbert Mansfield."
"The mistress never receives in the
morning," objected the butler.
"The 'at home' days are the second
rind fourth Tuesdays, between 4 arc
C p. in."
Mansfield took a half crown piece
Irom his pocket and the butler yielded.
.... "Well, sir, if you'll wait in the cab
for a few minutes, I'll send jour name
wy," lie said.-.
butler rc-
After a long delay the
turned.
"The niitress will see you, sir, In
half an hour, unless you prefer to re
turn to luncheon.
The message chilled him, but to post
pone the meeting till luncheon time
f, was unthinkable. He followed the
butler to n large drawing room, and
was left alone with yesterday's paper
and a view of the prim front garden.
The room was crowded with furni
ture, nick-nacks, framed photographs,
frail tables, footstools and fully draped
statuettes. Some anaemic water color
drawings (in gilt frames) and a bad
portrait of the deceased in oils repre
sented art. There was too much up
hostlery. too much of everything except
literature, which was represented by
four new novels from Mudie's library.
Accustomed to the simplicity of a
semi-tropical land, the crowded, ugly
room jarred upon Mansfield. He laid
the blame upon the deceased. Coralie
must have retained the furniture out of
respect for the dead man's mid-Victorian
tastes.
Thus waiting, while she made an
elaborate toilet, he vividly recalled all
the qualities of heart and mind that
had lifted her so high above her sex
and held him constant to her. Her
splendid freedom from conventionality
and her .bright humor had been, in his
eyes, her greatest charm.
He tried, but rather unsuccessfully,
to remember definite instances of her
breadth of mind. But she had often
expressed her impatience of those con
ventions that hedge the freedom of
young Englishwomen, and once, as he
distinctly recalled, she had allowed
him three dances in succession.
Another proof of her originality was
her contempt for her own sex. She
had gloried, he remembered, in her
lack of women friends.
Then he tried to recall, but with
curious hick of success, examples of
her rich and original humor. Well, it
must have been her quaint way of
saying thingsthe bright little touches,
no doubt, that evade the memory. Yes.
and hf clearly recollected her apprecia
tion of good puns, and of jokes from
the comic Avhich she used to retail to
him.
Thus, time might dim her beauty, but
the clever, merry girl of twenty would
most surely have developed at thirty
info the ideal comrade of his dreams.
Then, at last, the door opened, and
they stood face to face. The lonely
years fell away and were forgotten as
he looked upon her untarnished beauty.
There was no change, save that she
had grown a little thinner. The color
mantled her cheek and her bright eyes
sank modestly under his eager gaze.
He tried to sneak her beloved name,
but emotion held him speechless in
this supreme moment of ecstasy npon
which he had counted for more than
a year. His ecstasy lasted some liVe
seconds at mostjbut emotion is not
to be , -measured by; time or weighed
like so much bacon.
She came forward briskly, offering
him her hau l, at arm's length, just as
if he had been some rather unwelcome
acquaintance. Simultaneously a chill
ing torrent of words poured from her
red lips. "How d' you do, Mr. Mans
field? Tin so glad to see you again.
I'm afraid I've kept you waiting quite
a long time; but, you see, I'd no idea
yon would come so early, and I seldom
have breakfast before half-past 9."
"Why, 'yes,". "he said, drearily, feeling
as if he had lost his individuality.
"Yes. I'm afraid I'm too early."
"I'll tell Harris to have something
cooked at once," she said. "You must
be famished after yonr journey. Tbev
seldom prepare anything but an egg or
two for me,"
"Pray, don't trouble," he said, trying
to hide his disappointment. "I'm not
hungry."
Silence fell upon them for a moment,
but she cloaked her embarrassment, as
before, with a rush of empty words.
He could not tell whether or not she
felt any rear emotion, but It was wholly
evident she wished to display none.
I She asked th vmial questions about
his voyag?, spoke of tha defects of the
local train service, keeping him rigidly
in the conventional rut.
She had a great deal to say to hfni
about a local bazaar in aid of some de
serving mission, and ho could not fell
whether any of the old love lay hidden
beneath this flood- of foolish words.
It was at least certain that she meant
to avoid a scene, and he could not bat
tle against her volubility.
lie found himself lying in wuit for
some indications of her bright huniqr
or of the breadth of mind that he had
so confidently looked for. And, at last,
she did say; something which might
have amrred him from a girl of twen
ty. He responded to the poor little
jest with a ghastly grin and a sinking'
heart.
The butler announced breakfast;
Mansfield followed her to the breakfast
room. Ho would not admit to himself
that he was disillusioned.
"Coralie," he whispered, fervently,
as he walked after her through the
long, slippery hall. She did not hear
him, because she was talking fast over
her shoulder. Even the beloved name
now seemed cheap, tawdry, theatrical.
Mansfield seated himself at the table
their places had been laid many feet
apart and tried manfully to cat the
food prepared for him. She, sitting
at the head of the table, behind a bar
ricade of jugs and plated ware, talked
on incessantly. It required some ef
fort on his part to follow what she
said.
The human Interest was wholly lack
ing until, at the close of the meal, she
blundered upon something which' gave
him the clew to his disillusionment,
"Mrs. Huntley?" he said. "I seem
to remember that name. Is she a
friend of yours?"
"Oh, no," she answered plaintively;
"a mere acquaintance. I don't get on
with womcu. as you may remember.'
"I remember," he said; "but I sup
posed you would outgrow that little
prejudice."
"Women are so jealous and spiteful
to their own sex," the replied, with an
air of profundity.
. He remembered that she had ex
pressed the same generality in the very
same words at the age of twenty. It
dawned upon him that Coralie's mind
had aged as little as her body.
"You have not changed at all," he
said, wistfully, as he looked at the
foolish, girlish face above the barricade
of jugs.
"I'm so glad you think sol" she
said, and a slight blush confirmed her
pleasure. "But perhaps you only say
it as a compliment, Herbert?" she
added, softly.
"So," said Mansfield; "it is the lit
eral truth."
Half an hour later he caught a train
to Southampton. Coralie never fully
rrderstood why he returned to South
America. London Sketch.
Man vs. Kppf.
The lunch counter man walked In
airily, took his usual piace, and gave
his customary order. "Fine day. gen
tlemen," he said gaily. "I've got a po
ser for you to-day. See who'll guess
first. Why is a man like beef?"
"Always wanted." panted the waiter,
slapping down the portion before him.
"And wanted worst when it can't bo
had at all." added a young man who
h.ad several maiden aunts, and whose
recollections of the strike menu were
vivid.
"Generally tough." growled a man
with his elbows in the air as he strug
gled valiantly with a refractory stew.
"Often gets too mi! eh done," ven
tured the dude, hunting in all his pock
ets fr a coin to match his check.
"Variable In price," oivc.vd the politi
cian. "Greatly improved by a good roast,"
laughed a stout farmer who was rapid-!j-
disponing of a hugo red slice.
"Very ingenious. ;r,ntlemeii, all of
your answers, but no: quite right. My
answer is a good one roast steak, or
nani very rare." Miss M. C Kitt
redge, in Lippincott's.
1111
ABOUT
THE"
'GARDENS
NOTES ON SPRAYING.
If apples tend to be wormy, spray
with arsenicals; if the skin of this fruit
is rough or diseased, spray with Bor
deaux. Spray for plant diseas.es before the
buds burst, and repeat as soon as
pollen falls and before all petals drop.
"A spray in time saves nine," says
the gardener.
A fine mist is necessary to insure per
feet application of all liquid poisons.
Where the woolly aphis troubles apple
trees, use tobacco dust in late winter
or early spring applied about the roots
close up to body of tree.
In using arsenate of lead on orchards,
spray with two pounds to fifty gallons
of water.
Moist locations for orchards and
vines demand the greatest amount of
spraying.
The codling moth winters in the lar
val state, changes to a miller, deposits
eggs on leaves and blooms.
New Yoik Station sprayed Irish po
tatoes for blight; the yields were 153
bushels per acre when not sprayedt
and oSG bushels when sprayed thor
oughly. Used Bordeaux.
Combine one-half strength arsenicals
and Bordeaux for protecting plants and
trees from both the biting insects and
from fungus diseases.
The peach and plum worms arc
fought most successfully by the clean
ing up process.
On Way Unatiil.
An o'd man who sells produce in the
towns near Lowell, Mass., had his
share of the best kind of wit the un
expected. Not long ago, according to a
writer in the Lowell Citizen, he deliv
ered a pair of dressed chickens to one
of his customers. She was in the
kitchen when he brought them in, and,
woman-like, shivered a little when she
saw the headless fowls.
"I should think you'd simply hate to
cut off the heads of those innocent
chickens;-' tdie exclaimed, involuntarily.
"I do." replied the old man, "and so
I never do it 1 manage to get round
it."
"How?" the housewife demanded,
with eager interest. "The heads of
these ehiekens. are gone."
"Oh, yes," said the old man, cheer
fully. "I chopped the chickens off.!'
Scnttlnd by MnskraU.
The steamer Swan sank at her pier
here as a result of a leak caused by
muskrats. The rodents gnawed a hole
through the hull near the wat?r line,
and th;; boat settled until she rested ou
the bottom. .
The craft was si:ccssfHlly ra:-"id
with the assistance of a tug, ' whose
pumps were employed. The mnskrats
that caused the trouble were killed.
Portland Oregonlan.
CULTIVATING THE PEACn.
I see by the note in the Indiana
Farmer that you appreciated my invi
tation to come ind eat .peaches with
me hist fall, and the only obstacle
that seemed to be. in the way was the
time and distance, which I admit was
a fair and reasonable excuse; and 1
also see by the article that I have an
invitation to write a few lines on peach
culture, to which I will reply, to the
patrons of the Indiana Farmer in the
northern part, of the State, of which I
am a resident for many years, and
have had quite a large experience in
growing and trying to grow fruits of
various kinds. ,
I will confine the article to the grow
ing of the peach in my section. First,
the varieties are of most importance.
A peach that is not hardy, both in
wood and bud. will be a failure, even
though other conditions are favorable,
such as soil and tillage. I have planted
many varieties and will say all that
have been profitable with me are the
Lemon Free, a large yellow peach,
quite la to, but fine quality; next comes
the Champion, a large white peach
with red cheeks, extra large and extra
fine llavor. ripens about from the tenth
to the twenty-fifth of August. Next
comes the Gold Drop, a September
prach of remarkable good quality, but
not very large.
Anyone plantinff the trees above
named Avill never be sorry for doing
so. either for homo use or market; they
are money makers. I .have one orchard
planted sixteen by sixteen feet, and
one ten by twenty feet, and another
eight by twenty feet; will plant still
another in the spring, and will plant
eight by twenty-five feet, making the
wide rows to run north and south, so
the sun can have a chance to get at the
peaches better: when I set the trees
I cut the top off to about twenty inches
high; that starts the heads low down.
Don't let two buds start close together,
as that will make a crotched tree, and
it is easily broken. When one year old
cut back: leave only about one-third
of the previous year's growth; that will
make short, stout, stubby heads that
wiii not break easily when full of
peaches.
To prepare ground I plow and harrow
fine, then run a furrow up and back
by .stake, with a two-horse plow, mak
ing a dead furrow; then take a stout,
steady horse and rim in the bottom of
the furrows, which makes a good place
to 'rt the trees: then take a chain and
lie a knot In the end 'and set stakes
and drag chain straight across the fur
rows; that will make a mark good
enough to see where to set the trees.
Two" men will set 3000 trees this way
in a day, and they will be set straight
a;ui vootl. Or yon can set them with a
check rower wire; but this is not as
easy :is to plow out the furrows. 1 will
answtr any patron in regard to this!
subject, so good-bye. A. Sbult. in In
diana Farmer. !
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Alhntn in Food.
The amount of albumen necessary in
nau's food has been proven by French
physiologists to be much less than has
lieeu supposed. From three to five
oumos daily was once thought to be
required, but later investigators found
that two and a half and even erne and a
haif ounces would suffice. In the new
experiments, continued for thirty-eight
days, the veal need was shown to be
less than au ounce per day.
Ma'ihatUin, Nevada's latest po!d min
ing ca'up, which is eighty-two rn:v
from lonopab, now has a newspaper,
the Mall.
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SOUTHERN FARM : PTES
a -q. - ti
ro pcs OF IN TERES T TO THE PLANTER. STOCKMAN ANQ TRUCK tlUfiWiA
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11nc Cttl?.
No phase of the cattle industry has
received so much attention in recent
years as that relating to the principles
and practice of feeding. Wo have come
to learu that certain underlying prin
ciples must be observed if anything
like success is to be achieved in stock
feeding.
One of our first duties is to make a
study of the feeds available for our
purpose. In comparing one feed with
another, we should be guided by the
following factors: (1) composition; (2)
digestibility, and (3) succulence and
palatability.
To discuss the subject of feeding in
telligently, we must familiarize our
selves with three important groups of
nutrients found in all feedstuffs, name
ly: protein, carbohydrates and fats.
Protein is the nitrogeous part of
food and is used in the body of the
formation of muscles, nerves, hide,
hairs, etc. The white of an egg is al
most pure protein. Cotton seed meal
Is one of our leading nitrogenous feeds
because it is exceedingly rich in pro
tein. Of the different groups of nu
trients, protein is by far the most
valuable.
Carbohydrates are a group of nutri
ents rich in carbon, but devoid of ni
trogen. Sugar and starch are examples
of pure carbohydrates. All carbona
ceous food such as corn and rice are
rich in carbohydrates. The function of
the carbohydrates in the animal body
Is to produce heat, energy and fat.
Fats (oils) serve the same general
purpose in the nutrition of animals as
carbohydrates and like these, contain
no nitrogen. A pound of fat, however,
has 2.4 times the nutritive value of a
pound of carbohydrates. Cotton seed
is a feed exceedingly rich in fat.
The amount of the different nutri
ents found in some of our common
feedstuffs is shown in the following
table:
Table I. Total nutrients in different
feeds:
Carbohy-
Feed. Protein, dratea. Fat.
Cottonseed meal 42.3 29.2 : 13.1
Cottonseed 1S.4 47.9 19.9
Corn 10.3 72.6 5.0
Wheat bran 16.0 61.8 4.0
Cowpea hay 10.6 62.3 2.2
Alfalfa hay 14.3 67.7 2.2
Cottonseed hulls .... 4.2 79.7 2.2
Cornstalks 3.8 51.2 , 1.1
Corn silage 1.7 17.0 0.8
Artichokes 2.6 16.7 0.2
Beets (Mangel) 1.4 6.4 0.2
Turnips 1.1 .7.4 0.2
The table shows that feeds differ
very widely in the amount of nutrients
they contain, especially in protein, the
most valuable portion of the feed.
To show the great difference in the
digestibility of different feeds, we sub
mit a table containing the same list
of feeds presented in the preceding
table, but instead of showing the total
nutrients, the figures given represent
only the digestible portion of the feeds.
Table II. Digestible nutrients in
different iccds.
Digestible Nutrients.
Carbohy-
Feed. Protein. Urates. Fat.
Cottonseed meal 37.2 16.9 J2.2
Cottonseed 12.5 30.0 17.3
Corn 7.S 66.7 4.3
Wheat bran 12.3 37.1 2.6
Cowpea hav 10.8 38.0 1.1
Alfalfa hav 11.0 39.6 1.2
Cottonseed hulls .... 0.3 33.1 L7
Cornstalks 1.7 32.4 0.7
Corn silage , 0.9 11.3 0.7
Artichokes 2.0 16.8 0.2
Beets (Mangel) 1.1 5.4 0.1
Turnips 1.0 7.2 0.2
Comparing table II with table I we
find that in some feeds not half of the
nutrients are digestible. In cotton
seed hulls, for example, only seven
per cent, of the protelu is digestible,
forty-two per cent, of the carbohy
drates and seventy-seven per cent of
Uie fat.
It is noteworthy to obsetvc that the
total digestible nutrients in corn stalks
(which are ordinarily not harvested)
are greater than that In the hulls
which are purchased ac a comparative
ly high price. Not only do the hulls
contain less digestible matter than the
stalks, but, what I of no little signifi
cance, a much higher proportion of in
digestible matter, which makes them
so much the harder on the digestive
tract of the animals consuming ihem.
Succulent or juicy feeds, as a rule,
are more palatable than dry feeds.
Corn silage for example is far more
highly relished by stock than dry corn
fodder. Not only are succulent feeds
very palatable but they seem to act
as a tonic to the system cf the ani
mal. Where dry feeds are fed exclusively
for long periods, as in the cr.se of meal
and hull feeding, the healtn of the ani
mals is frequently seriously impaired.
For best results in beef and milk pro
duction, especially the latter, a certain
amount of succulent feed mus be fed
as a part of the dally ration. Every
cattlemr.n should raise an abundance
of corn si lagv.
By a ration is meant the amount
of digestible nutrients required per
1000 pounds of live weight in twenty
four hours. Scientists and praetieal
feeders have adopted the following as
standard ration-?: A cow weighing 1000
Douuda and yielding about twenty-two
pounds' of milk should reel
pounds of digestible protein,
pounds of digestible carbohydr:
0.5 pounds of digestible fat dai
ration increased about ten p
will give the amount of feed
by fattening steers per 1000
live weight.
To get the best results fro
there must be balancing of
fe-rent groups of nutrients as s
the above standard rations,
lowing may be considered as
men ration for a dairy cow,
dilation being made from tabl
sented above.
Table III. Ration for a da
Digestible Nutri
Carl
Feed. Protein, dra
Three pounds cotton
seed meal 1.16
Three pound cotton
seed 0.38
Four pounds wheat
bran 0.49
Ten pounds corn
stalks 0.17
Forty pounds corn
silage 0.38
0
O.M
1.4
4.'
Total 2.56 10.(
As the above ration indicr.
difficult to get the required at
carbohydrates without exceel
requirements, for protein and fl
is due to the relatively high
age of protein and fat in th
seed and cottonseed meal.
We have learned, however.
fat plays essentially the saj
tion in animal nutrition as
bohydrates, and that a poun
mer is worth 2.4 times as-m
pound of the latter. If we
multiply the excess of fat in t
ration by 2.4 and add this tci
bohydrates we shall find
ration has been properly bal
me -tanuarus ior Daianceij
presented in this article sbou
means be considered inflexib!
should be looked upon rati
guide and as such are exceed
ful. It is evident that a cd
forty pounds of milk daily c
more food that one of the san
giving only twenty pounds, a
dry cow requires still less i
one glvin-j twenty pounds
Moreover, there is the int.uei
dividuality which must al
reckoned with in the feeding
We have in contemplation
Ing of a creamery in this Sta
object shall be to furnish a p
market for all producers of
cream who have hitherto had
in disposing of their produc
isfactory prices. Before we
ceed to have the creamery eii
UU 1199111 cu ui an itUJUIlUl!
necessary to such an undertaw
therefore, request that all i
milk nnil ovcam whn vaaA i)f
write us a postal card st;
amount of milk and cream pr
them. In return they will
bulletin describing everylhii
nection with the creamery
for the Columbia State by
chels, Associate Professor
Husbandry and Dairying Ii'
College. -
Water Crm For Horn
Many, who are fond of w;
suppose that it cannot be
cept in running water. In
nature It is only found in)
but many plants can be
grow fairly well under ve
ural conditions. A corresp
Farm and Home tells how
for home use was grown.
When I first tasted cress,
termined ,to have some M
The way pocmed open wbei
a catalogue in which true w
was advertised, iiut tax
changed to regret when I
must be transplanted to shuf
uing water."
Last summer, despite in:
this important essential, I
experiment, and I found I (
water cress successfully,
large "stone jar, first puttin
stones and pebbles till a lay
inches was formed. Thb
afford drainage. I filled
within an inch of the top
garden soil, in which some
from the road was mixed,
were next scattered th
covered with a light layetj
The soil was moistened, an
set on the north side of th
a shady situation.
After the seeds had germ
the plants had begun a thrii
I began to fill around the yi
sand till finally they wer
in a sandy bed. The jar
filled with water, which kcj
account cf the sand. The
rapidly. A few of the 1p.
a fine cress sandwich. By
this way, a few plants w
quite au amount of cress.
It only tf.kcs a few mien
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