North Carolina Newspapers

tlic tl)Qtl)nm Record. . A. LOXDO, CDITOR AND PROPB rTOR. TERNS OF SUBSCRIPTI8H, $1.50 PER YEAR St icily in Advance. V." t'V " iC Swamp A STORY OF THE FRONTIER. w '4 Hy UHIfS IT. ir!. !; i: r. nan cii.U'iLi; xv. m- rr.i i:iv ;.u' vi II liov it explained to on j ii;- , " l'iH "You ' A ah, TO Spoil ore In t ti v t i so?; sod let- us. Step dun i try in git n fly. i r off. n ii it'll go Ini-d v. i'Ii ye." t Mr 1". i !:". '.- bo might lie nlilo to secure a i exph i.tlio't of tin1 niiitt.-r. He w a I k o 1 o i ri a Ivance cl the mi'ii silently In iisli .it tune they readied t!i"ir il'-ilin !tin!i. iionl l...vl" . I 'd Mr. Porter. h"U he fully ,'i!'ir!i"ii-l.l I In- state of all' i in- I Li sottv (, see you in this fix. Dick I be so' ' ' K"i I'lt.V - si mean-' 1 .-ail I - -f'lvr t . il .- I vlin! lli 'i h.r linved t In- ii I the t -1 1 1 1 M I'. ' I III all :l ! I ' t.ll in nil ill I In-C lll'.'il the ilea. Ir in i I. tint I mn lir thief 'I 'II in - I I i-oV" 1 l- ,. 1 Mr I'm tei Hi; s.tt ,!" il aud to! 1 Dick .r.l 1 1 H I ll Ipp -Hi-'S-.i help Fill Pick. ! iualv in Air hi' it-.-t-l i 1 1 lire I n ' . ( ' t lll'V'Ml l 11 1- hen Ir- .ill nillit. iiiri I h i- ... h. ! a i'Ii! it way. I III innocent, " km'.' utilliiph " II 111' III. I'll iiio '- lit n-' v.'ii in n i I,- i in n l. o'i th i I I'.ill (ir-i'ii I wc.it tin re lliil 1 "llllt til. 'IV "ll t r.-a'l aIii' liill C.r--!i i.roli.ili! l a I flfler I r.i'.i:-' .i'a.iv Imt I ma.li- no! olio mark thou-. tli.it'.- thi' Irntli A to tlirknil-. I lo-' it oior n '""1. a' htr.'. I lir on' ii u v i'li i Tiuifi tho truth ii'i"iii th ii. M'. I ' r t - I hope you ;l.m I Im lp".i- tli it I in niiiity of thr I'l iiii.' I n: rliaiV'l .i ith'f" "N... I ...ii t. ' ,'.:i-'..r."l Mr I'or tfi. sloiitl Hut tlii.;t'' tlo'iii as floes, lin k an' pli lily on '. til. to". I n' furry to m I ' H vp. yp'ri" in a titht pla 'p. Iii . an tlit'rc i tn u i I' lpinin' It I Mill I .'O (III Pit V,; n'lt , Of it Diik mi l it on in- toiiK-up to j-ivp rplit to Ins u ' pi. -ion-of Wiivno. hut Mr. Porlpr Mil-i nllivl rwii.v .ins' then, mnl hn inn Ip up his uiiinl. on sp.-oh.I thoii;lit, that it niii lipttpr t" f-ny uoth rfi al.oii! t'li'in a' pi'.'-piit. Il'i l oiil.l provp nothing linit n? the .liiii .uity With I'i-' opinion of marly rvpry "lif ii'. iinisi linn, it ims.'iit un.u 1130 his pasp in att" upt to i ilo su I'icion auir! any on.' pise. '1 hp .iiestioii v. pul.l hp nski.'il. ;i! iiiipi'. fry likily. "Why ha.l In- not sai.l fouiethiiiir iih. ml tiivsp stispirioiis i"' if..)'?" Why. mil,'. 1 If In- hail o'llv tak. '.i Mi II 'our in to his p.ii.ii,l. ii.'. ' 1 1 hi ha I o ,!v tohl 1 Mr. rortfi! If l'iH thf "i's'" iu I thp nav iv.rpiiot 10 he not ihlo tiow . I Th trim lif-Imi.I h .iip.1 iinotlipr iniiiht hp f aught 111 .is sprung upon him.-olf , '.-r. Imt lip l; i l mil i-phIj.ciI it 111 nil it- The mil v pou- oiiiv thouolit iili.mt ! '.. rrililc ph in moss it was that I,,. s ji.niipt ni Tii.-i O lint noiv, in t io- .-iIioipo of I hp mil . was a ooo.l 1I.11I of in'l sonul fntisfi.Piioii I hmis, . it palm honip to liiu in that, hut it ilhl not hi'lp him to his wav out oftho vpt-y tiiiploasir.it dangerous position h .is iu A iiowd lu".;au to nssmulilp ''iihiii a fhort timo aft or his arrival The pxiutPiiipnt was intonsc. Hi? prosenvp soptm .1 to inpiniso it He could hi'ar mutt.'ipil throats from those whom ho hi 1 .oiisidi'ip l warm (needs Hp im t ; torn and pitil. s. faces when hf l ""k"d ahoiit in scarpli cf sympat hy. At louth a foeiuif! of niior. arisini: from a (iotiso of Iho piupI injustipj fhown H i 111 hy 11 r.fusul t" list-n t- anvthinp lie iitt.'iiipi.-.l to fay in viu.li ntiou of himself led him to ignore tlio itoh.I ai liiti. li as possihlo. !lo phut his eyps np.m it iud tried to think what the result was to ho, and think ing of that made hini siek at heart. For he knew onmi'ii of the frontier niid its ways to know that it a e.astly pw-aved hy" impulse, but not by cool headed ri'iisriii and judgLl.nt. It was n dangcroiis t hiny; t" face, when wrought up to such a pittit of excite ment as had possession of 't now . "Se t Lore, neighbors." ho heard a familiar voice Miyitiir proivntly. "it's late. We can't do anylhiiirr lo-uipht. Ve're nil heut out iind need rest. He side?, we're excited, an' ain't fit to Hive hini au ouprpjudiccd trial. I take it, neighbors, that we're all willin' to Hive hiru a fair chr.-.ce. Jt wcinld be nn onjustice to go rash. Let's woit ill tnoruiu'. What .V ye say?'" Home agreed readily to tha proposal while others objected, saying that horee-thieves didn't need a trial. IlanginR was whnt they needed. If was finally decided that he "should bo put in Home safe place and kept there till inoruing. At eight o'clock ho was to be tried cm the cUaigo of stvuliug horses. Could it ho true, or wa lie in the midst of a horrible dream? ''lu ll the question arose of where he thoul 1 Ho put overnight. "In the. milk-house," whispered fia niaut'iy to Mr. Torter. with a meaning wink There ain't but one winder to th- place, an' von c.'u t-how 'em that h et in nfeiinl N ho tlniiit : Mr .nu t git out of it; au tney c v ! t.. nati'h outside ef they're ,' his gittin' out o' the door, -thief c'u (it out o' that place. i.uiii body's know-in' it." tVitei' understood Sanmnthy v. ithoiit -kinn mi explanation, and ted i'Ii hi t advice. ' I li.tk.JU till) Uiilk houic IS the VOL. XXI. Secret. HKXf'()KI. I ie plai'i' for hiiii." In- tolil tlio nn'ii. "Yv I'l l'. V' i"i :lll lili'il all I'ollllil ii, lit'iu' it'n si'iiri! Ironi tin' linusc." ' An' I'll n i'Ii miyb.i.U'H flifitiin' throiiKli tli"iii walls llimit lit'iu' w.iivlicil." sai l Samanthy. ' l-'i-r'n I'm rdii-iiiiiL-.l. I Miiut just if ilniic, an' the only way 'r. can ln il is to ki'cp tli i'i'iH'ni!r .'o' it ran In-ili l to hiui hnitlii' iiom' time I'oiiips iir it 1 hain't iiokiinl o' patieiii'n w itli hoss th'cis. an' ii. 'ut lni'l. nn' whim you kctrli niii' im' know he's (flilty, lmnjr lii n, I f.iy . Mil- to I'.ill (IrPi'ii. who st. mil in ii i of S.i ma nt by. Hinl rniifi iiioutly li.i I a 'ri i'a' i i'ir.ir.l for her opinion, as .-in' vi i v w i'Il km' Tlm'-'s ill', fiilv. ' rop.ili.l.'i! Hill ' lliil;;; 'in. I : n v, I 'o "I ii. i i r'.l .1 I. ii cmi I ji.u'il n tnrii".! Iio- -lliiio'. .-ai'l Sanmii! Ii v. i' niii'i,r ii" I" vii"i'i' liirl; sat, villi) lii'i- la '., i'lill of , ,,,i;,'iii;ii ainl i.ifi v in- ii .,.ia(..ii. ' i i!.' lair. I -lin'a'l lo'v j ii p .".iilili'iii'i- I ill in I" ilo -tl v n"i i' I I'll: It'-. .'I'l II H fill ill I'I'lll'lll. Hil'kl'.l, a !il. ' in ii I'll in'l fi'i I .-iirtiu Imt i !,o. In-si fi . - ii . 1 i 1 ,'., tu .:: I 1 1 " i;l 1 1 1 :! 1 1 1 1 o' i ii';."lii"s i tlii' iillMil! 'ii I. t.'k s nn in il ' I' nil- ' I'l 'l'M.iry rir.'ii..! -Inn ' - IliaiHllVS I'"' ri.' in ll.itl'ill o linn o'I'.-lr to lor., tiniilili'.l li'.'l . Imt to, 'nn rrasoii il failoil to lo so. il" va-. I.tio'li t i tiu miik li...i-" ' mill f.'. t. in I i i .-.'I'lii'i'lv, I'o ni-ito' ' I! -Slll'lllll'" loll'v 11 . II llill'il w.-i 1 .l.nioiii' I ."H i ii- iii.- in isuii all:.. ! 'I.''-- at" i :i..ii'..' il thi'ii'," .-si i 1 I'.ill' fii'r. :i, ni'tor III' il.' l -n tlo1 I'larr ,i rli.'.-i- in. i ll ni " Tin ii' hain't no rliaiir" hi i :Him' mil till v.i' -m. .ii i to l-t him ii.it. ' 1 "Ilaiu'l. h.-.v? Wo il . nl... ut thai ' " rimrkli'.i S.miiiiit liv to hrrsi'lf l la-l .-ili ii.'-' fell iipoii Ihi' siTiii' I'.ill lo l.lull' iililU I'iio Ill'lK'Htll "Mr. I r - i o. l:m tli.T .il;: !! ciiaitii: ;. .pi ma v ri'iplilv In- I ii 1 f-lt littlo lik. slpppiu..', iillrr Hi pi'iii'.r pvi'iil i uf the past fi'H l.oiii"- ill- 1111 illoilp ill t'llO Si lllj-.il! "i. Ill's 01 tin' litllp rooi.i 111 vlii.-h ho '.in ro,. t'nii il, listi'iiiui; to I Iio triuap of nn-'.i niltstili' mi'l lion' .ili-l lhc!l tii'- M'llllii of loipps. Tlii'it tiipsp uiliiis .liiii out, an. I lo n'PliiP'l to hi' ill" only n-akim: 'hi lift 111 p.istpiii-p WnkiiiL-'.' H-' I'.!' as (f ho r..'.iM nop! si. pp ai'iuii. I " tit 1 1 hcv.asl, ! hv liiuis. If. ami tho ponm ! 1 1 1 I u 1 of a.ici v nil. I ". 11". 1 vol. . - 1 vol.-, - r.l I,,-.". iiuinthprp.l lo In-pi i:-m -11. i" oil illialilp lo t hlllk i't'llir. nt,' hp ha 1 True. he hail lul l 11 v;!'.'UP sP3iHt-o; his .hill In the uioinliii: in- wn.- to bp tried ' r aciiuiothoii.tiiilty.il winch was .teath, in the t tin s' eo.iis oi' justic". Hut would lh y lind him mi in ? Tnli'.iK the evidenco against Inm into l onsi.l.iviition, could I here bonny doubt i f what the verdict would be? None 1'. all. "Ii'it if they'll give me I jjf a 1 hatn-e, I ta'i provi' my iiuiopi tici'. 'lipthought. "I i nn pri.p v. hi ip I was ;( tho tiiiii ..l thphisttli. lt. Hut I doubt if they'll give 1110 the oliiiiici' I can't 1 Apliiiu about tho knit'.', and Hill lire-en's story about seeing luo mukitig in .ici ipvions on the cottiiirwiiod will Jell aiiiist Irti'. I 111 m lun-.l lu. k. If I could only gel (fill of tin:-1'' he cried, t.tnet ing up and looiou about In ut. in 11 1 den rtespor.uliou. "I can't stay hen 10 be taken out .mil hung like, a do;, v ho has been caught killing shfep." He w ent to the U illdow and looked out into toe mncU.v gloom f night. Thtro was 110 cbti-.icu of oscapo in tint direction. He tulle, d his at', ntioii to the door. 11 was a solid one, of mil. 'I am gettiuK loolish," he said, milking In- way buck thr.mi,li the .hilkness iu the IM un lo tue block 011 which ho had been .-itliug. "If I could get through tho dmu', I couldn't get away, because half a dozou wen are watching; outside. There's no use trying to get away. I have got to wait for the morning, and take tho chances of what may happen, i wouder what Nannie thinks of it?'1 Four Nannie! At that very moment she was wet ting her pillow with reuiorsuful tears. "Oh, they'll hang hiui!" she kept saviug over and over to herself. "I know- they will' And I kiw.w ho is innocent, and I shall never see him ngaiu to tell him how sorry I am for using him as I have. 1'oor li.-k! Poor Dick! Aud I .lid love him, after all!" Ho Nauuie, like other wroug-doeis, was obliged to suffer tho pang of re niorso and self -eondeuinat ion when they were unavailing. Tho long and lonesome hours of that niiserahlo night woro slowly away. "It ijiuhI bo 0110 o'clock," thought Dick, as ho paced up and down the punoheou floor of his prison. A sound that seemed to come from uuder his feet startled him. It w as a gentle knocking, so faint us to bo aluiost uuuotkvHbU', but it waj ITlTSnOUa CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY. Al'Kl Ui, repeated nt regular intervals, and ho kuew that behind that sound was somo agency which desired to attract hi- at tention. He ot down 011 tho floor and In-t-ened very attentively. Tap. tap, lap, again. II.; rapped softly on the Hour on r the i pot from w hi. -h tins sound cniue. Presently a portion of the tlour be gan to rise. trap-door,-' thought Dick, with a wild hope of possible escape ilnshiii;' through his still bewildered mid be fogged brain. "I must have foiin' I'lii li.ls yet. mid It is evident that they are trying to come to my aid.-' The trap iu tlio lloor was tilted enough by this time to allow 11 hi a I to protrude through the opening "Sh'" i-uid a voice, which he had no difficulty iu recognizing ns Human! hy- -. "Keep quiet. There'." shin p ears oM side Ef ye want to git out o' this i .liihVr.lty , ye've got tube ewful i-till ahotit il. "How did you contrive tojet hi-i-e: ' whispert'.l Dick. "There s an uudergro iiid way 'twixt ' this an' the house, that we use 111 i winter, from tho sillier,'' answered j feaiininthy. "T wa'n't goin' to say I nolhin' about it when they wa- a I talkill' about this bein' n Wife phiee. I 'ciiuse 1 1' I had t would a-kindr j sp ilt my plan, ye, see " Have you got a plan to get tin- oi" of thi.-?" asked Dick. I reckon," responded Summit hy. "I.oa.-t w ise, it's 11 plan ef it can be liia.li' to work. .Ef it don't, it's a failure. lint'l won't do for 11- to I c vvatin' tim. You've got to bp niakiii' tracks for some place when. I hey don't take hones! men for ho-s thieve.-, tin' the Soulier ycr about it the better I'l v.-, I calk date." )o you advise me to runaway'.'' i'-ke.l Dick, to whom the though! i f c-e.ipe by flight seemed almost cm .ir Hy. 110" Ilia! 11 possible chance ot .villus ' iv presented itself. (if course. 1 do'" responded Sn ninnlhy. "I reckon I wouldn't May an' let "t-in i-liiiU! lue upeflciilld help It." ' liill I'" I g't away and h-uvc the pl.p'c they'll be. sine to aeC'iit il 11 1 proof of guilt," -aid lin k. Wall, li'l '1111,'' said Saiiuiiitliv. They think ihat no", so I .mi l g.un t 1 inal.e tin ilill. reiice as see, line way or t' other. You'd be a fool not to g... Ef you stay they'll Initio you as iiii lin a - your name's Dick Hiavl hi. l.i yoii light nut alt' keep cleat- o' thc-o dig gin's 11 spell they may t'tud out who the real lioss thief is, 1111 then 'twill he I line f-uollgll to show up hi reiiboiitr. ' "I think you're iir;ht. ' said Dick. Si,i nig In re w otild not help me to prove my innocence if they're 1.0I .lis no: el to gi-. e 11 fellow il fair rhaitc. I .1 rather face the music, but ii couldn't liuike haiigiin: any pi. iisai.li" be. aU-C t 'l"illg till- lull -l'- eclll. I il br.iMi- ihiiigtiiiiiiruiiiiingart.lv. I ll lake your advice. Namahlhy that 1 -, o' 1 can. t don't know how you p.o : (i.i-c to gei lue away from thi ; plm-.v I "poller me an' go like a cat," -aid j Saai.uilhy I lie li t 1,1'ii-elf down through I in-Cap-. lour A ladder led to the bottom I oi the pilsMl'.'e lietweill tho tllilk-holl-e j and the eel!.. . I In tin cellar they pail-ed a moment. I "I want to know exactly what the ! charges ai-aiust me are." he said. "I j was so hew il lercd by all that happened I that I don't know whether I nprc- heml (. erythiiu; clearly yet or not." I Samtiiiihy detailed the facts of the I ease as succinctly ns possible, j "It looks dark against inc. docsii t I it''' said Dick. "I'.ut I'm innocent, laid I mean that ei.iybody shall ktno.v it. sol. ic 't i. ri-.n is. 11 1 g. 1 away and live long en nigh to have Iho op Moituuit.v to work up the mi.llei and brine tin- ' 'i ill v p::rty to justice. I t dd you a little or l.ilhei I hinted !i! pari I h id found out, the other day I want to I' ll on all about il now, for il liiav po-sii'lv be th-liu 111 of your helping inc. " lin k t dd lo r 111 as few wnrda as j.ii.sible u It '.it he h'ld di-ci.ve!'ed and w li.it he susm ctcd. "I woilldit t ivoiiilcf the least bit if y.ni was right." she said. "i II kei p lav eyes open a:i' ice ei' f e.:n t see - ! il.i' ' I shall 11 il l avo the neighboi hood.'' aid Dick. ' I cw.i take cure of my ..elf in tnc woods, and 1 me, ;n to siiiy ."'.id wal di niy lua'i. Who the other members i f the inl are cudwheie they stay I don't klio.i. but I mum to iind oik before long if there's any thing t 1 be guiued by making a im -i-ness of olay in"; detectne. I waul you tie,,, o,i !o Mi-. P.. one's to-moriow uud snr.rj.c my gen on! of the hoiue, with nil tli" .r.. ni.iiinlii.il lh re is, and put it in the hollow tree down by the pasture liars after da. l.. I II v. m il e out win. u 1 think it's sale to do s,, and get it." "An' I'll too that there's siitiiin' to eat left there, reg'lar. " said Sainanlhy. "Yell ll'V to be it'vt'll keeri'ill or they'll run onto ye when they're trauipiu' 'round through the woods a-huutin' h iss-thieves an' ho.-ses "I II look out for them," said Dick. "Wall, ef ye'r ready, ye'd b. ltn- be nriviu ," I'uid Samanthy. "Pin goin' to let ye out n' the house by the but t'ry wind 1. Prom the west side o' the house it f clear sailiu' to the corn lield. an' cf ye can git there 'thout be iu' seen, ye'r' all light." Dick followed her up the stairs lea l iug from the cellar to the kitchen. "Hero's a bit to eat," tdio said, han. ling him 11 luu.'heou tieil up 111 11 cloth. "1 tho't, p'r'aps. yo luotight bo liuiigry, so I gut it reddy for yo. Now . go, an' take keer o' yerself. ' Dick w run:; her hand. "You've done me a good ttnii. Sa Liauthy," ho said. "However it turns out. 1 thank you for your kindness. ( I wish you'd tell Nan 11 in that I h. she dou l beliee me guilty " To lo coutiuucd.J tetEm Itr.'otlins Tiii'l.i-.v. The best results iu growing turkeys ire. from ycailiu-.' hens bred t a gobbler two years old. mil three ivoilld hn still better. l ite young lu i; will lay more esgs the lirsl year than die w ill in any year after, and if (die nates with a gobbler two years or )ver tho .voting turks will he active md vigorous. Walch tho hen turkey arefully, and remove her first eggs as soon as laid, le-t they become chilled, 1'ivo aud sometimes three settings of turkey eggi; must be taken from the young turkeys and set under common hens before the heu turkey will nit nlcaddy herself. Tho lieu turkey ti'ist be coiilined mornings when sins 1..,,. l.i..! ., ... ul...ill ,.,!. (hem thi-'Hl" we! gtins, aud thus kill them. A New Ni':.lln .-'iiln;rliirtit. To make dink uests iiiside a hen 11 use, is a miittor involving not a lit ile w ji k. At evmi then the ucsti j liieu lirovn a nuisance, tduoo the 1 o'.vl.i roost on them aud soil them '..iisl.tutiy. A handy contrivanco for curing diirk nests is shown iu the rUl.K NT.sTS IOK IKE HKNS. ;ul. Where the fowl house is inside Hiioth- r building, or has a hallway, ihis plan eau be easily and oonven lontlv used. Enng boxes are used lor lite nests, each having a partition aerie's the middle with around open ing tli'ieigh it large enough for a hen 1 1 pa-s tlir, nigh. Two other round openings lor e.i.-h nest aru made. One in the outside of tho box, as shown, ui. other i.i tho partition of the hen pen. Place the box against the out side of the partition so that the two opening:! will conn together, when tho hen can cuter and pass around into Ihe dark nest. A hinged cover uives access to Iho e.n.s. Mailituinini; (lif Hairy. A writer in the Dakota Parmer gives Hiis advice. Tir.-t - Select the best cows iu your her I, or that you can buy, to keep, and dispose of the others. Second- Tho best euw for the dairy i.- the one tlnil produces the greatest mi. .nut of biltier fat in a year (for foil I consumed) when being rightlv fed Third--To renew ur iucreuso your herd niiso the heifer calves from your best cow s. P., 11 i t Ii - Test your cows by weigh in.: the milk of each cow for a year and testing it occasionally with the H.dicii 'k milk tester, and know how much b.ttl .'r fat inch one does pro duce. I'iiiii -Pse the be-t dairy bred sire you can gel; one, if possible, that ha lt lnii:; line of ancestors that have been tirst class dairy animals. Sixth Keep a record of the time win 11 the cows were bred and have uo gue-swerk i;b,mt tlio time of calving. Seventh It ic. neither profitable nor iiivo.-siuy for a cow tu go dty uiore tit. in four to six weeks. Eighth The udder should receive prompt attention. Au obstacle may lo; removed from the tent the first hour that might batlle bcicuco later. Ninth After separating the calf from its mother, feed the natural milk as soon as drawn, for a week or ten days. I'eiA.iiiul Ii iiowle.l; of Furin Work. (Vmuioii sense teuohes us farmers thai we inns! devote our time exclu sively to our work on tho farm or wo will .sutler loss. Pur instance, one. I'. inner told 1110 the other day that ho had M.ono extra work to look after last summer and that lie was foolish enough to hire au extra man to do his farm work while ho galloped down the road looking alter some one else's wink. Now ;t might appear that a person could make a taiily good thing if he e.ti us S t 1 gill per mouth at something besides farming, when a common fane hand cau bo hired for Sl"i to .SI per month. Tho difference betwveu .s)ls aud ."it is quite a nice little sum, yet when we come to eouut in Ihe extras which the 31s until has to have and w Inch must bo supplied from the .SoO salary it equalizes things considerably. Still I do not think hero is where the great difference lies. Every true farmer has some particu lar method which 110 hired man cares to follow except while iu sight of the ' boss," ami it sometimes happens that all tho interests of tho farm do not get tho attentiou they wonld if the owner was doing tho work himself, as was the ease of the farmer alluded to ai tho beginning of this article. This f irmer said ho tried his best to teach the mau that win doing his work how to cullmite corn, but it was practi cally out of tho question. He simply weut over the ti.dd as a maeniue would, regardless of the requirements of the soil. As a result a shrinkage of lltteen bushels pi r acre wis experienced. A machine man on tho farm is worse than an unruly animal, for they (the am luals) can be tie. 1 down, with the a siiraiice that they will conio to time, but with the other fellow nothing can be done. C0111, like all other crops 111 oue rc-qvel, has to he well cared for from tho ery beginuiug to get best result .c S01. 10 places in the field may ueed d. i p eultiMCt'ou, while others iuhy it pore ehti.U.'W, nul ii a uihu is : - -s -rr c- so absorb'! in something else that h does not notice this difference in these places he i led on tho road to Bucc-ess-lul tanning. Thus it may ho easily c . ni, lio.f ii.n1lv .ml, ill ir. if H lima iiiiilei'taiiils the i'eiiuircin.-nl'; id hn ! farm il won! I surely pay him as wl). if no! heller, lo stay ai huiue ami du Ins own weik or take the place of lhi s man instead of accepting Wo a month pl.-ewheic; -Eliss ', Brown, iu the New Enzhtn l llomesteud. Ilip l lt.'il uf lilliririlinu-. Among the sheep the direct 1-ibs from close inbreeding is the 111 st ap parent. The deecneration of a llm-k is so rapid thai you can nlmost see it f from 0110 generation to another. It naturally follows that tho need ol thoruiighbred rams from other flocks to add new blood lo the sheep is greater in thicks that have heon inbred for a succession of years. The first thing noticeable in thf lino of degeneration is the undersie of the lambs. 1 he animal? actually show smaller sie from one generation I i anothe , and il the inbreeding it kept up they become .until' and puny creatures, or at b u-t a f.iii perecnl.tge of the lambs will be thu- uiiilersio 1. The loss is of it-elf twofold. Tin' Iamb lluil is tin b-rsie I pro In -i s less wool because I here is a siuallcr sii) face for il to grow 0:1. In the c nit'su ul several general ions the, amount of ; tir face mav deci cc.se by almo-t a square fool. Count produced oil how much v.oul is .iiar. foot of the you will gi t a! the Ihe uiiil.T-iod lamb less meal f..r the sheep':', hi exact loss, yields so butcher, siilc rahlc, kill,'. I the le. aud I'll.-U much The loss here, loo, is pou nd when linuily sent to be loss .111 tho wool and the mutton will 111. at her startling .sum. lint this is not the only loss sus tained from iiibrf oding. The w .ml gcad ually grows thinner 011 the hide of Hie poor, scrubby sheep. Only one tin ir is found where before live grew. The inherent weakuesi. of the animals shows iiaolf in the thin crop of wool, the siiine 11s an old num. or one suffer ing from long sickness or injidioiii disease. The quality of the w. ml nut -ileal ly di'iteiieriiles along with the other things. Place tho wool of a scrub on the cah:s, and it is f 1 wanting 111 weight. Place it then be fore the sot lor mid quicker, ainl th. y quickly lunik it down its second class. The lilire lack something thai experts can quickly distinguish. Here are Ihe four losses Ic.-s iniit lull, less suri'.i.e for tic.1 wool, Icss wool to Iho square inch and inferim quality of wool, which brings ot.lv th. lowest prices iu the markets. E. P. Smith, in American Cultivator, . K.11-111 l.flt.'r I'.ut. ft is tho misfortune of many conn tiy places lo be far from the post office. It is possible that free rural delivery may be ft 11 established fact in time, bill that lime is not yet. In the meantime, any plan that w ill make the mails more accessible to fat tiling communities is lo be welcomed. In a number of long drives through my A OSVKMCNT I.I I I 1 r. own State la-'t sumim't 1 was im pressed with the liuinlier of hirm let t jr boxes I Mitw along the roads. I I, cm were generally of the sort shown ml lit cut, and, as can be sei 11. arc no .lis liguremetit --:tl leas! to the farmyards lying behind the.u. A - lent p.'-t set by the roadside 111 u position to be readily approached by the team eon veyitig the mini from one point to an other. The box has a sloping cuei that should pro'cct mi all sides, t. keep out the rain. It should be high enough so that the driver cuu reach it easily from Ins seal. due or two steps lilitko the box accessible from tho ground. The il'iierof tho mail wagiui or sta'.'e I10111 one town lo an other is hire. I I 1 take from the bo each day the letters .nnl papets to hi mailed, and to brine buck and deposit 111 the box the mail ho finds for tin family at the distant pe-t nHce. The ft st per month for such service is comparatively small, while the result is in reality tho hrnigine, of the post office to one's doors, TIh ic are doubt less many farms not now enjoying this privilege that might easily take ad vantage of it. TIpa only requisite. i that a mail wagoh should pass that way. Tho letter box and an arrange nieiit wilh the mail currier do tin rest. In this way also shopping can bo done by the mail carrier, and the purchase left ill tho box tut the return trip, a memorandum of wants Inninv been left iu the box in the iii. rnmg. with the money to pay for the articles and a small fee for the done.; . t tin service. Such tilings tend to o-;sei the isolation of farm life, aud to brum added conveniences to it, and for tins lea-oil tiro to he I'.iiniiteuded. New York Tribune. N't w loiindland is now the sixth cop-pci-pieduaug country iu tho world. 11N ; ,' , 1891). no. :v. 'I'D I "I'I I l'nf'T TIF F silFTlF ! liKK in v i.i VHY IT IS TH; I0E.AL TLACE TO B'JIL!) H0VCS AND FORTUNE 4 Hi.. I .!.-: I hut I 1- an I i-i'iiie l.i.-liir.il h 1 . 0 11 n -1 1 1 1 1 - 1 . Xllllil.il Willi l-'i i illip 'I tin I llnii.i. Ill llltllllll Ilo: 1' . l. lil.liln. 'Ii:,- .i.,.,t,i Cot.slit.it recently ,',,.,, I ,. article from the pen of D, Stirling, a local pnysicmii, in w Inch ; he asked whv It v...- t',a! tue people peop of tho South did not make their ad vantages known to the world at large, lie drew ult.-iill.iu to the fact that ill Europe and 111 Hie Northern States ..f the Phion there was a widely prevalent idea tha'' the South was atllicied wilh fevers, which leudered it dangerous for human In.' The doctor went oil j to suggest Ihi't if oin e this- impression should bo 11 moved, there could be no ilniili! that a v,t -t sir. tun of immigration would iimnie our Melds and our iiiiste places would thus be I. mil up. To corrol.oiate whai- Dr Stirling Fiihl its lw ihe n.ipt i.s'-iici hold abroad reu.'ii'.hiie, ll.c South, the Const 11 im, HI lur r. . civ. , i in Wi.-coti-in I. lit. ,r r. it- C III'' llller-'-' ' hi,.. I., a-.; v tic, -11. --. 01 .tier Iro iiii.li re all..: I g'enl 1 1111 11 il uiiinl t.i'il.l 1 tlt'U- i'.ill" - of l"'-ii. r,'',-.-i.t.U' '.' Af I s j -1 ; . :,i' f .It's' :i. Ii.' 1 1..- tanr." Ii...! ' 'llt' llt".) .' i Ar r.'iii-i li:!i Aie : 1 1 ;i I : rial . t" .'It.'. ,'M.'Ml ' ! to give ity tm ifty : nt Ih'ii.' . im.i familiar Willi -:ri;,--- luriii-hiiic 1: ..' i..wn W. I r.- nr.- 1 lo uoe-i u to .r I it pr".i.'iii. I Unit to .cm: i 11 - J . ,lei,r . iav, a i. in fii.-t. all Unit is 1. el ,li-e--..- to Will 'It P" f,'. 1,11 I lunii ii 1. i i i e to emu 1 tliiTu ar -'I..I ii'. I an. I,!- I , 'i'l Willi "I S. 1.. Se 1.1 11 c, sr.. t.ci, 'i'his Idler is rcpioiliicrd in fu tiiei ea -i.il !lia! tl . onies a a emife f..r "'" o!" w ant 0! iitfni inal imt from nn intelli uciit Ann 1 ican, living iu a Stale noted for the liit.-liigi iicenf its people. When such nh as as hinted .it by the ques tions :i -ke. I p:.i., aiiii.ng the people of such :i State as Wi-cousiu. il certainly becomes tiuie fur lie' organs of public opinion 111 the Nut!i to set forth the taols, so that lienei'l'.ii th no uncertain ty tuny liiiu'i i ni ll.c public miinl as to t he So 111 !i, it , i". sources ainl its future. The Willi I nf the above letter honestly seel - information, and, should be its honestly met and aiisw t-rod, v. hichthe Coitstitiilioii proposes to do serial im: 1. Throughout the South there are metropolitan cities, of which Atlanta is a lair sample, w hich rival any of the cities in the noiliiwesl. for the am. unit of buslines done, Ihe field i-iiveied and the advantages which they nil', r to the people of the surrounding coiiuti v lor tra ic and commerce. In these cilics theie arc represented ail ittleie-ts. ehp.se- and .leirt oes of bilsi lie:'-, an I in ll eiii inay be I. mil. I pros perous 11.11. hauls and even million un . -', w Im, stui 1 ' 11 ; nt I he cry b it l .iii. have I. mil cm until tiny ha.. 1 each, d the lop sos, 1 .111 commerce and soel.ic. I'll,' rl'.allV between llll-llic-v t ii' !: I - : - ntliy us Keen a.id alive in tm .1 . 1 - .' 1, - ol I he day as call be tii..' :n the city of Milwaukee, which p. fu- metropolis of tilt: Sla.e from w 11 10 r ll lend riles. 1 -1 1, is not 1 .1.1' 1 "'ii';1' dill-. 1 1 oi.ti Im uis .111 (loor- ; and 111 Wisconsin 11 ill, I elites cc-h, ol I tne ni!.-. wlnic il.,- etc. In P. tho-,-. who' I'l" ''' woitliy ..I 11 an- Mbumiii'. l"jwiichto establish busn.es is smut the -1. labor Milages, ., wn,;. t" lh al- 1 thiutf which, of course, must be a mo- complo'ic devotion .1 on,' mm- ,llM,.r f ,,,, rv u,th each .me. '""" 1,1 'oi.'ivsis to cotton, w inch in ; K,wi,w the situation in Wi.icousin as "'"f '' '";" -' " '"" "year. nUt. Constitution ,!,.-. ,t wonld haie much un .:. 1 1.1..1 -iu ..I c o.bt has to he ; m )lt.Hnut j , reeommeiidiiig a r gnon. Hit is a omi.lilinii. h.i.cever. , lli(Vl , K)u,llb, al,v ,it .1' (ieorgts. i.ilio, whicn the people ot the !-oh' i j , . f , ,ljon, iug' Mat. s. All of the l,:i-,c been ei,ic,,;in ". Y itlnn the last ; tl. v :l t i;.s of which we have speditm ten yeais lice ha- deei. a r arkable ' H,.(. ,.,, ,,, ,,,.!, !' them. esc'.po 1, out t nc sin .;, cr ip idea, and : .. . . . .lin ing toe present yi ar Ihe revolt ; against Hint idea aud ill favor tit dl i verse interests lia- grown to such ! proportions inal the the time is ct t.tinlv 111 sight when Sniitheru farmers will lime sonietlittii; . sell every .h. 1:1 the yea'-, which will bring them ( iiioin y on .h'liveiy. 1 11 tins connec tion it is proper t" state that lite de votion lo a single crop is no! an out- j growth of aw.tulof opportunity on the put ol naiu-e. because m almost I'vety stctiolt of the South eveiythiug eiiu l,er.use.f whi n i- now peculiar to ine .xoiiti, 111 a.ntiiioii 10 me ureal mom y crop of cotton. The ideal goal In which our people art. now a-piriug is the anility to supply all human wants as the Inst won. ol tlio titriti niakiiur the ra-ni'.v ol cotton the extri or surpms woi l.. which will thus oe come luire profit in the pockets of our f.n un-rs. s to the fanners 111 (ieorgi.i, tin y m e certainly contented and un deniably thrifty, but they have much to h at 11 111 the line of diversified agri culture. Th. y :nc people possessed of honesty, character and tho will to woik, as soon as they are directed in the 1 igbt cliiuii.els. To people from the North, v.heie the rige- of the cli mate is such a to force attentiou to personal comfort, the people of tho South may appear to lag behind, but the l.tct is that they have not felt the necessity o! much of the extra effort w hich nature hits I'm eed upon those of the suowho iud regions. Blest with genial skit with the almost abseiice ol anything like winter, thev possess what not even the huid work of those in the Noithw t'st can secure. I Bents are cheaper than tiny are! in Iowa and Wisconsin, according to ' character and locution ot business. j .". Malarial diseases are not as much ! ku3 11 iu the South. !ke.u awiiolo. j Stic Ct)atf)atD ftcror& RATES . w- - ADVERTISING O.-e squuro, one insertion.. ... $1.00 i '., two iusnrtiona. ... 1.40 jObe c ne mouth J M ' Wit 1-itgT alvortili'TOOiit.i iibT ....:. tn. ( will up u;Ji. thev are in the Vortbwest. Tormik !jtIsloI.eM ,idt ,,,, correspondeirt. the malarial area m tbe State or 'leofgia is lefes than it is in the Stat uf Wisconsin. When our friend hears people talking about chills uud fTer' in sumo river talb y in the South, hw snoiil l think of the fever and atria' w hich ho meets in similar places tntlm Suite of Wisconsin. Tho differeucft 1.. 4 I.A I Slnlnaia t liiu ' t hut WM - jH,a ioo limoi, fcw 1 ,vcr fHB,8, ' 1 , .,...,. "c' . ,' . passed over as Diallers of 110 inomurit. so long as the norma! death rate was not affected thereby. Even in tlif small malarial belt in !eotgi the .lentil rate will bear comparison with that of any similar area in the Statu of Wisconsin. To put this whole question in a nutshell, there has been a bugaboo kept up, no one know s how, a In thr existence of fever in the South. If our friend xvill but look at the muii and see thai the South ex tends from Chesapeake Bay diagonally down to P.I Paso, Texas, he will ttnil that il .-overs lunch more than 2(101 miles. If, fur instance, half a dozen I ' ' ast s should occur 111 this vast area. I what cause, would that be lor alarm? j Vet when theso hull' dozen rases tlo oceiir. Iliey are heralded forth by the I ress, and people abroad hold up tuei hands and pity the people of "the poor South." ' In the South, as whole, there are 110 diseases which do not come to every oilier section of tli country. There is not a day in the South w hen the v hole hoiisp cannot be thrown open to (he breees, which is the first requirement of sanitation, while in Wisconsin there are week and mouths w hen Ihe house is kept , tight as a book, and there isuo uppur (unity given for a breath of frci h atl to strike into the dark corners. ti. If our correspondent could only visit our section, there is not n count iu which it would nut furnish hinr w ith a score of centenarians, whose long lives prove the healthful condi tions under which they have lived, ft is a daily mutter for the Constitu tion to receive news of the death ot oeoiile who have passed the century I mark, while tho patriarchal age ol seventy-live is so common that it ex cites uo coitiiuont w hatever. The man who would he lazy or indolent in At huita, for instance, would be equally lazy in the city uf Milwaukee. There would ho no cure fur such a one. The air is bracing while not cold, neither inclining to tropical heat nor frigid in tensify. It is that happy medium which keeps the blood iu good circu lation and inspii es onu to activity and industry. Tho average temperature of (ienrgia the year round i'i 7(1 de grees above zero. The lowest tem perature during the present year wm upon one occasion "0 degrees above zero. The highest temperature iutha mouth of duly, taking the city of At lanta as an example, scarcely ever pusses, for one or two days, HI, whllo b'l degrees more nearly expresses it. during the three Imt summer months. Added to this there is an absence of undue humidity, ami lucre also prevail pleasant breezes to do away with Ihe intensity of such heat as we have. The nights tire pleasant and cool, gum-rally culling for some cover. V. Prom what hits already been stated, il may he readily imagined that iho South, being the garden spot t.f the world, is certainly an ideal region in which to make a home. Then; are schools everywhere. There is the op portunity to make a living. There are good neighbors, all of the advantages i.,t',,,...l .oviliviil ion freedom from tln rigors of the Northwest, us well 11s I,.,,,,, nn, hlt. heat. f com se, a" to ,,,,,-stioii of muting, every nun ml( ,.,,,(;,, mattilS of bllblhcSS III tl- ri( n ,.,,, .qimi therewith. H.e ,,11V1. .y ,,f K mutable (ociilion 1,1 I'r.iirt-lil.K Ol-.-loirit. Kittili Light 1'ltlMi. It was, wo behove. William Saun ders, the enlightened Chief of the (iovernuieut Experiment Hardens at Washington, who, soma fifty years a an, insisted, in leading magnate, that the textbooks were wit. ng in teaching that heated air ascended- -that is. ascended in au active seuse. It was, riitltet, pushed up by tho heavier cold air pressing against it. I 1( s,llMUS a hil(5i,, .listiiictinu. hut it j ,mH lmuu,n!it, mactical importance. Fur lU,tani!e, those who understand this smile at the Florida orange grower who builds tires around hm orchard to make smoke when ho fears a frost is coming. He lightens tho at runs- ' photo, at tho saute time among the ' I trees, and makes it all the easier for 1 the heavy cul.l air to push in and take 1 iu place. luo raoilern thought tu spray witn water is more philosophical. Water is a good conductor of heat, and would add to the chances of resisting oold by theheat it would ahstiact from its sur roundings. Horticulturist have long known that evergreens are quite hardy in a moist atmosphere, wheu they would easily succumb under tho same temperature in a dry one. Mahau's Monthly. llelnc.l tltn Woman's Ncai-. The remarkable surgical operation recently performed iu Paris is still be ing much talked about. A laundress had her scalp torn off from the nape ' of the neck to tho eyebrows, by her hair catching iu some belting. Sho wits taken to the liroiissuis Hospital, where Dr. Malheibe, alter seeing her, stmt tor her scalp. He obtained it after a delay of seveiul hours, shaved oil the hair, washed it w ith antiseptics, aud applied it iu place again. Tut scalp h3 Mown onto tb lied. may imaw