VOL. XXXVI
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A HAPPY
HOME
Is one where health abounds.
With Impure blood there cannot
be good health.
With « disordered LIVER ther
cannot be good blood.
Tutt's PHIs
revivify the torpid LIVER and restor
its natural action.
A healthy UVER means put« I
blood —A.
Pure blood means health.
Health means happiness.
Take so Substitute. All Druggists.
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
After Twenty
Years
Struii e Meeting of Two Friend*
Long Separated
By 0. HENRY
Copyright, 1906, by McClar* Phil
lips & Co.
| The policeman on the beat moved up
the avenue impressively. The impres
siveness was habitual and not for
show, for spectators were few. The
time was barely 10 o'clock at night,
bnt chilly gusts of wind, with a taste
of rain in them, had well nigh de
peopled the streets.
| Trying doors as he went, twirling his
' club with many Intricate and artful
movements, turning now and then to
I cast his watchful eye adown the pa
cific thoroughfare, the officer, with his
| stalwart form and slight swagger,
I made a fine picture of a guardian of
the peace. The vicinity was one that
kept early hours. Now and then you
| might see the lights o£ a cigar store
1 or of an all night lunch counter, but
the majority of the doors belonged to
business places that had long since
been closed.
When about midway of a certain
block the policeman suddenly slowed
his walk. In the doorway of a dark
ened hardware store a man leaned,
with an unlighted cigar in his mouth.
As the policeman walked up to him
the man spoke up quickly.
"It's all right, officer," he said re
sssurlngly. "I'm just waiting for a
friend. Jt's an appointment made
I twenty years ago. Sounds a little
funny to you, doesn't It? Well, I'll
; explain If you'd like to make certain
J It's all straight. About that long ago
there used to be a restaurant where
this store stands—'Big Joe' Brady's
restaurant."
j "Until live years ago," said the po
liceman. "It was torn down then."
The man In the doorway struck a
match and lit his cigar. - The light
showed n pale, square Jawed face
"TOTJ'm* NOT JIMMY WKLL.B," UK SNAFPHV
with keeu eyes and a little white scar
near bis right eyebrow. His scarfpln
was a large dlamoud oddly set
"Twenty .years ago tonight," said
the mau. "I dined here at 'Big Joe"
Brady's with Jimmy Wells, my best
chum and the finest chap in the world.
He and I were raised here in New
York, just like two brothers, together.
I waa eighteen, and Jimmy was twen
ty. The next tpornlng I was to start
for the west to make my fortune.
Yon couldn't hare dragged Jimmy out
of New York. He thought it was tbe
only place on earth. Well, we agreed
that night that we wonid meet here
again exactly twenty years from that
date and time, no matter what our
conditions might be or from what dis
tance we might have to come. We
figured that in twenty years each of
ns ought to have oar destiny worked
ont and oar fortunes made, whatever
they were going to be."
"It sounds pretty Interesting," said
the policeman. "Battier a long time
between meets, though, It seems to
me. Haven't you heard from your
friend since yon left?"
"Well. yes. for a time we corre
sponded," said the other. "Bat after
a year or two we lost track of each
other. Yon see. the west Is a pretty
big proposition, and I kept bustling
around over It pretty lively. Bat 1
know Jimmy will meet me here If he's
alive, for be always was tbe truest,
stanchest old chap In the world. He'll
never forget. I came a thousand
miles to stand In this door tonight,
and It's worth it If my old partner
tarns up."
The waiting man palled oat s band
some watch, the lids of It set with
small diamonds.
"Three minutes to 10," be announced.
*lt was exactly 10 o'clock when we
parted here st tbe restaurant door."
"Did pretty well ont west, didn't
yooT" asked tbe policeman.
"Yon bet! I hope Jimmy has done
half aa well. He was a kind of plod
der, though, good fellow as be was.
I've bad to compete with some of tbe
shsrpest wits going to get my pile. A
man gets la a groove In New York. It
takes the west to pot a ruor edge M
Mm."
The potteniHß twirled hi* dob ud
took a atop or two.
"11l be on my way. Hope yoarfrlaod
COM around all right. Going to call
time on him sharpr
"I abonld aey not!" said the other.
•TO giro him half an hour at least. If
Jimmy is a lire on earth bell bo bora
bj that time. So long, officer."
"Good night, air," aald the police
man, paariog on along his beat, trytag
door* as ho went
There waa aow a fine, cold dilate
tailing, and the wind had risen from
\ uncertain puffs Into a steady blow.
V • few foot passengers astir In that
qi- \'t harried dismally ami silently
atei* - 'th mat collars turned high and
■Mbeu "da. And In the door of;
the h- • store the man who had
eot» „ and miles to Oil an ap
lXz -tr arertala almost to absurd-!
S;, sal «e friend of bla youth smok
ed his dtoar and waited.
About twenty minutes he waited, and
then a tall man In a long overcoat,
with collar turned up to his eara, hur
ried across from the opposite side of
the street. He went directly to the
waiting man.
"Is that you, Bob?" he asked doubt
folly.
"Is that you, Jimmy Wells?" cried'
the man In tbo door.
"Bless my heart 1" exclaimed the new;
arrival, grasping both the other's hands
with his own. "It's Bob, sure as fate.'
I was certain I'd find you here If you
were still in existence. Well, well,
well—twenty years is a long time! The
old restaurant's gone, Bob. I wish It
had lasted, sd we could have had an
other. dinner there. How has the west
treated you, old man?"
"Bully. It has given me everything
I asked It for. You've changed lots,
Jimmy. I never thought you were so
tall by two inches."
"sh, I grew a bit after I was twen
ty."
"Doing well in New Tfork, Jimmy?"
"Moderately. I have a position la
one of the city departments. Come
on, Bob; we'll go around to a place 1
know of and have a good long talk
about old times."
The two men started up the street,
armrtn arm. The man from the west,
bis egotism enlarged by success, was
beginning to outline the history of his
career. • The other, submerged in his
overcoat, listened with interest.
At the corner stood a drug store,
brilliant with electric lights. Wb«Mi
they came Into this glare each of them
turned simultaneously to gaze uiwu
the other's face.
The man from the west stopped sud
denly and released his arm.
"You're not Jimmy Wells," be snap
ped. "Twenty years Is a long time,
bat not long enough to change a man's
nose from a Roman to a pug." *
"It sometimes changes a good man
Into a bad one," said tbe tall man.
"You've been under arrest for ten
minutes, 'Silky' Bob. Chicago thinks
you may have dropped over our way
and wires UH she wants to have a chat
with you. Gowg quietly, are you?
That's sensible. Now, before we go
on to the station here's n note I was
asked to hand to you. You may read
it here at the window. It's from
Patrolman Wells.''
The man from the west unfolded
the little piece of p'aper banded him.
His hand was steady when he began
to read, but it trembled a little by tbe
time he had finished. The note was
rather short.
Bob—l was at tbe appointed place on
time. When you struck the match to light
your clear I saw It was the face of the
man wanted In Chicago. Somehow I
couldn't do It myself, so I went around
and got a plain clothes man to do the Job.
JIMMY.
Italian at a Glance.
Mr. Chesterfield, being Invited to a
dinner where be was to sit beside a vi
vacious Itallenne, provided himself
with one of tbose bandy little aids to
conversation, an Italian-English phrase
book. It was bis intention to absorb a
sufficient number of conventional ex
pressions to tide him over tbe dluner
bour.
Bo he picked out tbe Italian for
"Good evening. I an) glad to meet
you," and a few more general state
tpentk of tbe M>rt., >
tvbea be ftMfnd himself seated bjrtbe
woman bo turned to ber and made4ii»
opening speech In his most polite toues,
and to bis surprise observed that sbe
giggled. - ..
More than that, she-gigged repeat
edly and remlnlscently during tbe din
ner.
Nest day be discovered that be had
used the wrong sentence to open his
conversation. Instead of saying "Good
evening; I nm glad to meet you," be
had expressed in Italian. "Good night
I will meet yon tomorrow."—Chicago
Evening I'ost
Thrae Famous Tunnels.
There are three famous tunnel*
which make It possible for tbe traveler
to reach Switzerland through Franc*
and Italy—the Mont Cenls, tbe St. Go
tbard and the Slmplon. Tbe first el
these was begun In 18U7 and took tbres
years to complete. It Is eight miles ID
length, and it cost over 91.000 a yard to
construct Tbls was thought to be a
veritable triumph of engineering, but
the difficulties encountered iu tbe build
ing of the St. Gotbard were far great
er. Tbe tannel was a mile mid n quar
ter longer than tbe Mont Cents and. of
coarse, cost more In proportion. With
regard to tbe Slmplon tunnel, wblcb la
tbe longest In tbe world. It wa* com
pleted In 1000. Fortunately In Its coo
■traction tbe death rute was very low,
as tbe nnthorltlea hr.d learned to coun
teract the effects s>f tbe enormons air
pressure. Tbe tnnnel took over eight
years to liullil and Is twelve and •
quarter mile* long Electric locomo
tives haul tbe trains through It.
Theodore I. W«ed, why baa Just
been appointed director of tbe postal
savings system. Is a Connecticut man
and baa been In tbe government service
since 1808.
Ogden Mills Reld, son of Wbltsiaw
Held, proprietor of tbe New Tork Trib
une and United States ambassador to
Greet Britain, baa been elected presi
dent of tbe Tribune association and
will take a leading part in directing
tbe newspaper property.
Jobn Grier Hibben, Princeton's new
president, is fifty-one yean of age, la
a graduate of tbe university and bas
been teaching there for twenty-one
years. Be Is also president of tbe
American Philosophical society and la
an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Jamee A. Tawney, former congress
man and a lender in tbe boose. Is to
become president of a St Paul fire In
surance company soon, lie is a native
of I'enoaylvanla. bat moved to Mlnoe
eota in 1877, Wbere he followed his
trade aa a machinist until 1881. Be
announces that be Is out of politics
forever.
GRAHAM, N. C., THUR
BUILDING THE
IDEAL_VILLAGE.
Woman Describes a Town That
Would Appeal to One's Fancy.
THE MARKET A 816 FEATURE
It Should Ba Built In Cantar of ths
Town and Bhould Carry a Supply of
Good Substantial Poods—Sohool and
Ctubhousa Naoaaaary.
Mrs. Mary Pattlsou, former presi
dent of th» New Jersey Woman's Fed
erated Club-;, once described the Ideal
village as follows: •
"Let us take an imaginary Journey,"
she said, "to a slightly elevated spot
somewhere and build an Ideal village
or town.' Let there be a clean, wide
sweep of greenswurd shaded with trees
nnd cut with winding roads, a few bills
and n cool, picturesque valley to one
side, through which a clear, happy rlv-.
ulet curls Its way untainted with sew
age aud disease currying insects und
unspoiled by ibe dumps of refuse usu
ally deposited along such bunks. Let
ns see there Instead grass, flowers and
birds.
"On one of these bills near by we
And a roomy scboolbouse than which
•nothing better is known, where the
r children nro being educated in the real
things of life, in common sense nnd In
Industrial and organic matters, with no
danger of forced mentality.
"Here we find usefulness with beauty
of method. As a result horse or coarse
play and disrespect are unknown. In
dividual nnd careful thinking are en
couraged, aud appreciation Is devel
oped, with charm of manner and the
cultivation of the healthiest bodies.
"In the center of the town, near a
few choice shops and offices, wc And
nn nirj' and well built market where
only the best nud purest foods enn be
bought, not necessarily luxuries, but
the substantial varieties that make
blood and muscle strong and of good
quality, a place where it is not suffi
cient to simply label the contents of
packages, but where it is necessary to
tell which beefsteak bas had its Juice
extracted, what flsti and fowl have
been embalmed, what animals died* in
disease and what fruit has bad its nat
ural fermentation stopped by the use of
preservatives.
"It is, in fact, a place to buy food
where one Is not In danger of one's
life or, worse, one's health at every
turn.
"Let us perhaps build two churches
In our beautiful village, nlthougb that
may be one too many, but let there be
one opening tbe gate of heaven
through the Intellectual door or under
tbe portal cf the understanding where
reason reigns and science proves. Then
a little farther on let us find another,
bringing God on earth through the aid
of the emotions, with the heart as the
knower and the senses trained to love.
I-et tlietn both be beautiful, but let US
go first to one and then the other till
in the future tbey unite.
"Our commuuily In made up of
homes, cheerful, normal, happy homes,
individual 111 expression, co-operate In
management and lovely lu design
where the atmosphere Is the guiding
element, where nothing Is held that
gives more trouble than worth, where
harmony, health and happiness leave
not.n crevice for hell to peck through.
"And now a little wulk to tbe right,
and opposite the park we are led to
the village clubhouse, a fine
edifice equipped for nil ages. It M a
place where play and gymnastics are
supervised, a place for games of all
aorta, with rooms for music, art, danc
ing, etc., and for that foolish frivolity
without which society would lose Its
charms.
"May we keep our band to the
wheel and help to usher In tbe new
village home, if not In detail, at least
in essence—a home where one might
free the spirit by Just living, where
doctors and lawyers art the minimum
in number and teachera are tbe maxi
mum, a place where only health Is
known and where the wbole air thrills
with life."
Plana to Reduce Cost of Living.
A new Oregon Idea has been formed
with the taking of preliminary steps
toward a municipal store in Portland.
The cj>y—Auncll authorized Mayor
Kushrigbt to appoint n committee of
business men to conduct a series of
cooperative shops, where tbe profits
would be distributed among tbe share
holders—the public. Tbe plan Is to
sell stock la tbe concern at 926 a sbsre.
with tbe proviso that bo individual
may own more than one share. Stock
holders abare profits, aod purchasers
will have deducted from their bllla a
part of tbe store's earnings. If tbe
plan aucceeda It will be established In
other Oregon cities.
Remove Overhead Wires.
Overhead electric wires In tbe bud
oess district of Port Worth. Tex., will
aoon be a thing of tbe past, for tha
Port Worth Power aod light company
has given notice to tbe city that it wilt
begin placing Its downtown wlrea un
derground at once.
Tba district takes In practically tbe
heart of tha city. Oaly wires left
standing will be tboee of tha street car
company and ooe or two fead wlrea
that will extend aloof tha alleys.
Wlrea thai now form a tangle la many
af the alleys will be placed la cables.
Municipal employment Bureau,
A municipal employment bureau baa
been aatalHlsbed In Schenectady. N. T..
with office* lo tha city ball aooex.
under .charge of Mrs. Cbailee K
Kreust wife of tbe commlaslooer of
charities. Mrs. Krirnsl baa volunteer
ed ber services to tba city, aod tbe
wbole establishment Will be conducted
without any cost excepting a tele
pboae. Mrs. Kretwl be* secured posi
tions s sssstjgr of worthy persona.
FoitYSKppmPnis
SDAY, MARCH 14,
r GET DOWN TO FERTILITY.
Ns Reason Tor Olsuss of Plant Fxi
Plow Veur Land Dasply.
In a recent issue of Farm and Firo
side a contributor writes v-very inter
esting article on soli fertility in which
be shows the different qualities that
soil must bsre and how, when the soli
becomes depleted, some aort of replen
ishment of the lost quslities must be
provided. Following Is an extract from
the article:
"One of the ways we have of increas
ing our crop yield Is to plow deeper.
That Is like running the hand a little
deeper Into the pocket. It Is tfue, and
It does not take the place of adding to
our soli nitrogen, potash and phos
phoric acid, bnt It does enable ua to
make available soil fertility that Is
really ours and to the benefits of which
we are fairly entitled.
"But will this deeper soli really give
us better crops? That homely creature
the woodcbuck may answer that ques
tion for us, wherever be has bis boms.
Bee what be does by bis system of
deeper digging. The rankest grass on
the whole farm Is right around the
woodcbuck hple. What has he done?
He has brought up some of the fertil
ity that has all these years been locked
up wnltlng for us to make It available.
Th- ..Ins have moistened this soil, the
sunshine lins warmed It. and splendid
grass Is the result.
"So thin Ik a plea for deeper cultiva
tion. I know It will take a little harder
work on the part of our horses to bring
this rich earth op. And If we bad to
hold the plow a* we nsed to oar arm*
would surely ache before night, but
the beautiful riding plows of today,
which hold themselves, have lessened
the work of turning over the soil. We
may well have the extra depth of
■oil to grow better crops as to let It lie
there Idle In the dark. On many farms
there are layers of what have been
called 'bard pan' a little way below
the surface. These form tables which
hold the moisture and prevent It from
finding its way deeper Into the earth.
Tbey also In some degree form a bar
rier to the progress of plant root*
downward. Other lands do not present
thla barrier, but wherever the soil la
thus packed down It needs breaking up.
"Drainage will do very much to help
about this, and a little raising of the
clevis, so that the plowshare will dive
deeper, will certainly enable oor crops
to get bold of apd make available the
locked up reserve fertility."
I INSURANCE.
Save and apply a few more ?
tons of barnyard manure to your $
soil and Increase the yield. Ma- ♦
nure Is the best insurance agalnat %
drought. It makes the soli re f
tnin more moisture and furnish- &
es plant food which haatena ma- t
turlty. 2
FENCE YOU CAN SHIFT.
Useful In Ineloilng Temporarily Rich
Bit of Pasture.
Hat her than cut a rich pleca of fod
der to be gathered and moved away
to the (beep, hogs
« r ■ i or other stock It
« k . > Is often more
economical to
pasture It off, a
small piece at a
r time. Tho lack of
' » ' 1 a suitable fence
i often 'preventa
A vk this. A portable
// • r '' may be
+ . bdk built according to
1.. . CJ > the . pi it 11 abown
herewith. It re-
FEtfCEfOST. , . . .
quires but a few
panels of this to Inckwe sufficient field
for a day's cropping, when It can be
shifted to new ground for tbe next
day. If sheep with lambs are to be
folded In this way an extra board will
be needed at the bottom of each panel.
A»l
FAKE!# OF roar* BLB FOCI
These panels may be built twelve or
fourteen feet In length and must be
thoroughly braced to k«*t/"tbe fence
Arm from endwise motion. Croaa
pleces at tbe bottom of tbe upright
should be long enough to keep tbe
fence Arm side wise.. The upright used
for tbe portable baae abould be 2
by 4 Inches, with iron books drives
or screwed In at proper Intervals lo
receive tbe end boards of tbe panels.—
American Agriculturist.
Orchard and Garden Notes, j
If air slaked lime be lu earth la
which plants are potted It will keep
worms away.
Most growers using flats aow one and
a half to two Incbee apart. Tba aaad
need not bo covered with more than
one-fourth of an Inch of aoU. Water
thoroughly Immediately after aowlng,
and do not apply mora water than la
abeolutely neceaaary. Overwatering.
high temperatures and lack of ventlla
tlon are responsible -for spindling
plants.
Mate of some kind moat be aaad at
night for tba protection of tbe plants In
botbeds and cold frames. Tbeaa abould
be removed aa aoon as possible In IIn(
morning when the sun la shining and
replaced on tbe frames not later tbaa 4
o'clock In tbe afternoon. Rome all
abould be admitted to tbe frames ever*
day If Ute weather will iwrmlt—
ttonal Stockman and Parmer.
• Four doxeti stars lo tbe flag aow. aod
It started with only a baker's doars.-
Mew York American.
Tbe "call of heaven" that bade tbe
Chineee emperor retire waa no other
than our esteemed old friend tba "voice
of tb people."—New York Wprld.
Tba king of England la ranting oat
bis finest residence to an American
millionaire. Doubt lose tbe day WUI
come when American wealth will em
ploy royalty aa a Janitor.—St. Louis
Be public.
912.
PROGRESSIVENESS IN
THE VILLAGE OF ELMORE.
Ohio Town of 1,000 Population Making
Giant etridsa.
The village of Elmore, 0.. has a pop
ulation of only about a thousand, but
has shown Itself to be more progressive
and better supplied with public Im
provements than many cities of much
larger size, says a writer In the Ameri
can City. About two miles of ths
streets are paved, and a sewer system
totals more than five miles In length,
and more than one-third of the resi
dences are connected with it
The town also has a municipal elec
tric light plant and a semlmunlclpal
water system. Some yean ago an ef-
KLMOHS'S *BW WATSS POMP.
fort was made to bond the city to con
struct waterworks, but this was voted
down by the citixens, and following
this the council granted a franchise to
the National company of South Itend,
Ind., to construct a waterworks pliftit
and lease It to the village. An Injunc
tion was sought to restrain the council
from operating the plant under a lease,
but Its right to do so was sustained by
the supreme court, and the plaut Is
now being leased from the construct
ing company and operated by tbo vil
lage. c
Moro recently the voters almost unan
imously consented to bonding the vil
lage for uu electric light plant, and this
plant has now been completed. Cur
rent is not generated by the village,
but Is purchased from Ibe Toledo, I'ort
Clinton and Lakeside railway aud dis
tributed by it.
The village Is unusually small to Ira
provided with all these improvement*,
but the Illustration shows that the
pumping plant and building, water
tank, etc., are of creditable neatness,
design and substantial construction.
BILLBOARDS ARE DOOMED.
Tbere abould be general rejoicing
over tbe sweeping decision of the su
preme court of Missouri to the effect
that cities may not only regulate tbe
slxo and conditions of billboards, but
may even legislate tbem out of exist
ence altogether. Tbls form of adver
tlslDg, aaya tbe court specifically, "may
not only be regulated and controlled,
but may be entirely suppressed for the
public good under Jibe police power of
the atata." .
Obviously the chief Importance of
this decision is that It brings the sub
ject of billboard* well within the i>o-
Uce power of tbe state. ImMjlentnlly It
establishes the constitutionality of the
wgulatory ordinance which St. Louis
passed some six years ago. Since the
court has indicated so clearly Its will
ingness to consider total sbolltlon of
billboards It Is probable that we shall
bear further from Missouri on that
matter. Three or four more decisions
of that sort will have the billboards on
the run.
Another matter of Interest In this
connection la the signing of the Orm
rod bill by Governor Dlx of New York
Tbla autborir.eM any one to remove or
destroy advertisements on public high
ways. Ary one who place* an adver
tiaement "on any atone, tree, fence,
stump, pole, mlleboard. milestone, dm
far sign, danger signal, guide sign,
guidepost, billboard, building or other
structure within the llmita of u pub.li
highway Is guilty of a misdemeanor."
In Massachusetts, wbere a similar
law la In force, tbe motorists have tak
as a lively Interest In clearing tbe bigli
waya of tbe Illegal signs. Of cotiroc
tba law does not touch a billboard
which la placed ten feet back on pri
vate property. Tbe Missouri melius)
la tba only y*j by wblcb that one can
ha reached.-Chicago Kvenlng Post
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Adopts Commission Government.
After a two years' campaign for *
commlaslon form of government lu
Olatbe, Kan., tba fight baa Anally been
won, and the commlaslon form wUI be
adopt
Farm and
Garden
CABBAGE ROOT DISEASE.
Virginia's Experisnoe and Advica on
Methods of Combating Paat.
In describing tlio cabbage clubroot
disease, which bun inflicted Injury on
the cabbage grower* of Virginia, tbe
agricultural experiment station of tbe
state says:
Wbeu a Held Is badly infected wltb
this disease it may appear at the-seed
ilng stage as a dwarfing of tbe young
plant a. but tbe fields are not usually
badly enougb Infected tbe first Hen son
to munlfcst the disease until tbe cab
bage la bnlf grown. In districts where
the dtxeuxe bos Just begun to get a
foothold tbe grower notices that the
plants which are being infected show a
tendency to wilt on brlgbt sunny days,
although at ulgbt they recover and do
not wilt on the following day unless it
is again bright and warm. Buch plants
may succeed lu making enough growth
to produce a salable cabbage, although
It is somewhat undersized and allgbtly
Photo br Virginia agricultural experiment
VF.I.L DKVSLOFED CAHB OF CLOBIIOOT.
loose. Tbe curlier tbe plant la Infected
with the disease ttie smaller Is the bead
produced. If the diseased plnnt l»
polled up out' Audi that It liua a swoll-'
en nnd contorted root tn place of the
flno fibrous roots of the normnl plant
Thli explains the wilting when one re
members thut tbe mill und Its dissolved
food aubatunce* nre tnken up throuKh
the fibrous root*. Wheu the plants are
Infected at the Needling stage they are
usually killed before tbc season la halt
over, and the Infected area* may br
■een entirely bare of cabbage. Tbe
■wollen. contorted roolx. which have
roblted tbe plnnt of Its food material,
begin to decay in tbe aoll In the latter
part of the season and continue tbe
process of decay, uUled by frost* and
■oil bacteria. *o that nothing of tbem I*
•een the following spring. Tbe disease
la count) by a fungus. und tbe follow
ing methods of treatment are recom
mended:
tbe Held which may carry the germs of
tlie club root from diseased Holds.
Guard especially agnlnit diseased «oil
■nd d lncnscd cabbage plants.
Practice crop rotation* which will al
low at least three years between crop*
of cubbage, rutabaga* or turnips.
Apply stable manure to the crop
which precede* cabbuge, but not to the
cabbage crop Itself. If acid phosphate
is applied the same rule would hold.
Lime will more successfully counter
act the club root disease than other
substance*. Apply it at the rate of 1(X)
bushels or more per acre one or two
years previous to planting the cabbage
I In attempting to farm without £
(Trasses the farmer is lifting y
without a lever. He Is pulling a
load witb the weight on tbe bind \
wheels. He is cutting with a 4
doll as.
Coal Ashes Kill Hen PsstsT
In tbe spring of l!*K) my henhouse,
■ small one. bat large enough for my
small flock of ben*. IKU'DIIII! badly In
fested with mites. T. o large window
opening* on the south side of the
house have no gin**, but are covered
with mu*lln during the cold weather,
•nd I And It well to have the rotating
place protected by n muxlln curtain
daring the cp'd month*. This curtain
w*a swarming with mite*, and I remov
ed It and subjected It to n bath of
boiling water. Then, following the
advice of an acquaintance who keep*
■ few bens, I dusted all parts of tbe
bona* thoroughly with Rue sifted coal
aahea and placed a supply of the n«li«
in tbe boose for tbe hen* to dn«t thcin
•rives with and have kept up tbe ntip
ply ever since. I bnve und no more
trouble with mhea. and the bens keep
remarkably free from lie*.-Rural New
Yorker.
Handling a Celery Bad.
Sow celery In Fabruary. March or
beginning »r April In. row* In fine. rich
■oil and 1f dry ononrh pre** (lie noil
firmly wlcli a roller or tUe tmck uf the
■pad*. Keep tba lus-d l>*d well wo
tared. aa celery germlnnte* very slow
ly. Tranaplant from June to August
Celery dnea heat In a moist, mucky
■oil and In altnatloDa where plenty of
water la abundant la tba soil
Mayara Fever Biennial Elections.
Change* in tba charters of fire of the
all cities of Rhode Island, which will
reaalt In biennial municipal elections,
are likely to be made by tba general
assembly. The mayors of Providence,
Woonsocket and Pawtucket are out
spoken to favor of municipal election*
every two years Instead of one, while
the project 1* also viewed favorably by
many leaden in Cranston and Central
Falls.
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