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VOL. XXVI.- PITTSBQRQ, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 5, (901.
NO. 38.
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By Anna Katharine Green,,
COPYWIQHT. 1BOQ, ay ROBERT BONNER'S SONS.
CHAPTEK XXXIX.
Continued.
n-
T have not received any reply' she
faltered. "There has not been time. I
I did net expect any. He will not
wish to marry me when be knows "
"Jenny!" It was her lover who
spoke. "You have not been released
j.iy Mr. Degraw. If you had I should
Mill have taken you to my heart, and
tried to woo forgetfuluess of the past
for yourself and for rue. But, as it is,
I feel I am trenching upon the rights
of another in even entertaining you in
my studio. You have a home till Mr.
le?raw acknowledges the acceptance
of the deed you have sent to him, and
though it breaks my heart to seem cold
to you. when my whole being is melt
ins with pity and tenderness. I must
still suggest that you be patient for a
little AVhile, Jenny, and when quite
free "
"No more!' she commanded, with a
?trauge dignity. A new thought or a
new impulse had seized her, and a
curtly, almost imperial looking wom
:tn stood before them, instead of the
i -hild-liko being of a moment ago.
"You ;iy I am still under obligations
to Mr. Degraw." she asserted, moving
toward the door. "As it is but 4
I'YIoik now. and he was not expected
!it uiy house till 4. you may be right.
1 will go and see." And with a bow
fnul a slight gesture to Mrs. Dutton
s!n vanished from the room, while the
pniM stood shaken and undecided, not
knowing what this sudden change
might betoken.
Si;. went immediately dowu stairs
to hr carriage. She stepped quickly
and seemed impatient at Mrs. Dot ton's
slower gait. "I am in haste!" she cried
more than once.
Jeannette was bring quickly driven
home, anxiously hoping to be there be
fore Mr. Degraw. of Cleveland, had
called.
The truth was that she was terrified
at the letter she had written him. As
f-he saw matters now it seemed the
wildest, maddest thing she could have
done. She must have that letter back;
at whatever cost, at whatever risk, she
must destroy the words which she had
written in the heat of her love and de
votion to the artist.
But when she came in sight of hev
home and saw that a carriage was just
driving away she became greatly
frightened, and leaning from the win
dow begged the coachman to drive
faster. In an instant more she was
upon her owu stoop and awaiting im
patiently for the door to be opened.
Wlu-n it at last swung back she asked,
breathlessly:
"Has Mr. Degraw been here?"
The answer she received made her
catch wildly at both Jiutels for support.
"Yes. miss:-he has just driven away.
1 sae him your excuses and handed
him the package. You can see his
carriage there, just turning the .cor
ner."' 3.-?r' CHAPTER XL. .
J THE WJIEtX BECOMES A . KACK.
Jenny Rogers did not allow her agi
tation to keep her long inactive. Run
ning down ihe steps she bade the
coachman to follow the carriage before
him to the Westminster Hotel, and
jumping into her own took her seat at
ihe side- of Mrs. Dutvou, crying:
"Do not speak to mo! I may seem
rude, but you would not think so if you
knew."'
When they reached the hotel Mr. De
graw's carriage had driven away.
Jeuny exclaimed despairingly that she
could not call upon him. Mrs. Dutton,
whose interest it was not to have the
engagement broken off, vounteered to
do so. She proceeded on her errand
with the message from Jenny to him
that "Miss Rogers regrets the sending
of her letter and requests to have it
back unopened."'
Mrs. Dutton returned unsuccessful.
Sue informed Jenny thai she could see
that he had read her letter, and being
seized with a panic bad slipped out.
Miss Rogers, quaking, settled herself
in the corner of her carriage, and now
and then a short cry escaped her lips
that sounded like the reiterated ex
pression: " I must see him! I must see
him!"' And so they rode on and. finally
came to her house. When she went in
she saw news in Clairette's eager face.
"What is it?" she asked.
"A gentleman in the parlor," Avas the
cautious reply.
Hardly daring to hope, Jenny went
to the parlor door and stepped in. The
man whom she most wanted to see in
all the world stood before her.
Immediately she was seized by a
great trepidation, and when Mr. De
graw, seeing this, came forward and
offered her a chair she found it difficult
to recover herself. But she did so at
last, being forced to it by his silence,
and having nerved herself to look up
did so with a certain resolution.
The interview was a trying one to
both of them. He could not blame her
or load her with reproaches. It was
better that he knew the truth. But
he ould not return the letter to her, as
it Avas all he had to show that she had
voluntarily surrendered her right to
the property. She pleaded with him".
Her whole life depended upon her hav
ing possession of the letter. He re
mained obdurate.
"And you would destroy me utter-,
ly?"' she murmured. "You would de-
H.Yi'Lliie to tjetj-uctloii cjp to nijr owu
Author of "The Forsaken
inn," .Etc.
remorse, which is the same thing. You
cannot mean it, Mr. Degraw V
"I grieve it tears my heart Miss
Rogers, but I cannot see my duty in
any other light. Remember that this
money must go to another, that I shall
have to explain to Iter, if not to the
world, how I came to receive it back
froiu oue who had publicly held it for
three months.'
"If if you will give it. to the little
school teacher she already knows."
pleaded Jenny. "That is," she added,
as she saw his look of astonishment,
"she knows enough to be satisfied. I
told her that the man I expected to
marry exacted the giving up of this
fortune. '
"It is not enough."
"Why? Why:"
"The world is bitter, exacting, ever
ready to attribute -wrong motives to a
man. If I receive back this money a
great amount, you must constantly rec
ollectsociety will naturally decide
against my honesty and the purity of
my intentions. It will say that I made
the gift to you upon the condition that
you married me, and that my taking it
back is in consequence of your failure
to keep our engagement. For that en
gagement, short as it was, is known.
If honor is dear to woman, it is
equally dear to man. My future hap
piness and high standing are trembling
in the balance, and the moment is as
serious for me as for you."
"But I will write another Utter. I
will say that I entreat your re-accept'
a nee of this gift, which I rind entails
too many duties upon me for my peace
of mind. And this you can show the
world, and when I am married people
will understand. Though I have
wronged you, humiliated you. and
taken from you' some of the confidence
you had in my sex. do not visit my
faults upon me by a revenge so deep as
the retaining of this letter. Indeed, in
deed, it is not necessary. No one will
question your honor when they see
with what reverence I regard you."
site was going to say mere, ttuf some
thing iu his manner stopped her. Tears
the first she had shed rose lo her
eyes, and she turned slowly away, as if
profoundly humllia red.
"Ah! you think I am not, worthy
even to do you reverence." she mur
mured. The piteous action and the still more
piteous words, coming from one so
dainty and exquisitely beautiful,
touched him as nothing else in all this
painful interview had done. Coming
close to her side he took her languid
hand and calmly, for his passion hail
all left him. said with affectionate fer
vor: "God forbid thai: I should, visit any
revenge upon a head that humbles it
self so low. That I loved you is true;
that I have suffered in my faith and in
my pride is also true, but I would not
thereby raise myself above you. since,
if you have sinned. I am not also with
out my faults, as your present attitude
show. Miss Rogers. I will give you
back your letter, but let me say before
doing so that you will never be blessed
in your marriage with Mr. Degraw, or
even see an hour of perfect felicity in
his presence unless you allow him to
know its contents before you go to the
altar."
"Xo! Xo!" hr looks seemed to cry,
but she said nothing with her lips, un
less the humble and heartfelt kiss she
pressed upon his hand might bo said
to speak.
"And now,"' he suggested, "write me
the letter you proposed. I will take it
and immediately return with the other.
Afterward my lawyer will visit you.
and all shall be completed legally and
with as much celerity as the matter
will permit."
"AhThe exclaimed, "with what life
you infuse me. And I cannot even ex
press my gratitude or the thoughts that
fill my mind." And she bounded to a
desk the desk at which she had writ
ten her first letter, and which was in a
second parlor at the back and rapidly,
as if moved by a governing hand, in
dited her second epistle.
When Jenny returned with her letter
and bade him read it he did so dispas
sionately and with evident approval.
"This will answer very well." I Avill
now return to my hotel for the other,"
he declared, and left her with a low
bow, in which she felt a certain respect
expressed that was like balm to her
crushed aud bleeding heart.
An hour passed before he returned.
Jenny stood in the parlor ready to re
ceive him.
"What is it?' she cried, for she saw
at. a glance that he was greatly dis
tressed. "The letter is gone! It has been sto
len! I cannot find it among the docu
ments you returned to me! You have
an enemy somewhere, and that enemy
has your honor in his hand."
CHAPTER XLI.
- SECRET EXEMIES.
Miss Rogers Avas dumbfounded at
the extraordinary revelation. She
thought of Mr. Byrd as being connect
ed with the disappearance of the letter,
but dismissed the idea as ridiculous.
Neither Mr. Degraw nor Jennie could
furnish a solution to the mystery. He
stated that lie intended to put the mat
ter in the hands of a detective, to
which she made objection. She direct
ed suspicion against his AvasherAVom.au,
WliO Had .bfett the oiily. person ad-
ruitted to his rooms. He asked her
what could have been her object in
taking the letter.
"Xothing, nothing," acquiesced Jen
ny, totally unnerved and disheartened
by this last misadventure, "unless,"
she suddenly cried, "she was acting for
the detectives."
Mr. Degraw looked startled.
"I hate to think it," said he. "She
has washed for me several weeks, and
has been more than once alone in my
rooms. Yet in this way only can I ac
count for tiie trunk being opened,
searched and locked again in the short
space of time in which I was absent.
.She was provided with keys."
"But how could she have known of
my letter of of its being there?"
"Only iu one way. Miss Rogers. If
she is in the detective's employ the
taking of this letter is the very thing
she would be likely to be interested in.
for it seems that she was in my bed
room while I was opening and reading
your communication in the adjoining
apartment, and from my ejaculations
she must have gathered an idea of its
importance. Xow, if she had keys, and
was a police spy. she would naturally
take means for- procuring this letter,
and, as I was called out before she left
she bad 'ample opportunity for unlock
ing my trunk and searching among my
documents."
"She did it! She did it! Mr. Byrd
now lias that letter. It will soon be
in the hands of the one man I most
dread to have see it."
Her visitor did not gainsay this.
"Mr. Degraw will never marry me if
he reads that letter," she declared.
A moment of silence followed, tiien
he kindly observed:
"Had I solace to offer I should not
hesitate so long in speaking, but I co
incide wit.i you in thinking that this
letter "as been taken by an enemy of
yours, and taken with the purpose of
thwarting your marriage with Mr. De
graw. If, therefore, you would make
this attempt innocuous and merit the
confidence of your lover and the ad
miration of your friends you will go
at ouce to Mr. Degraw and tell him
what was in this letter before it can
have a chance to reach him."
For the first time she looked at her
visitor with a gleam of suspiciou. but
it soon vanished before his unswerving
gaze.
"I thought." she said, with a sort of
yearning hesitation, "that you might
have planned thij story of loss to drive
me io an act from which I shrink, but
I see no such good news in your eyes."
He did not think it. worth while to
answer this insinuation. On the eon
trary he remarked:
"If you agree Avith me thai this is
your one and only course 1 Avill so far
forget my former relations Avith you as
to accompany you to Mr. Degraw's
studio. If he sees that I am there to
uphold and sustain you he may think
more lightly of your fault. At all
events, you Avill not be alone, tor if
he rejects aud despises you. I will
take you into my brotherly keeping
and see that you never suffer for a
home while I live."
But she gave him no encouragement
to persist. Instead she showed him a
face so weary that he took the hint
and turned toward the door.
"I perceive that you need rest," said
i he. "If vou avisIi to see me later send
a note to that effect to the Westminster-.
Meanwhile consider Achat I have
said and command me for any duty I
can conscientiously perform."
"I need no services!" she cried. "If
Mr. DegraAV marries me I shall soon
have a protector. If he does not I
shall not need one. yet I thank you all
the same," she added. Avith a touch of
her old sweetness that so Avrung his
heart anew.
And making him a low courtesy, in
which the grace of the erring child
mingled strangely with the dignity of
a great-natured woman, she disap
peared out of her own door asid van
ished up stairs, while he stood troubled
and more nearly at the point of ador
ing hei than he had ever done before
in his life.
CHAPTER XLII.
THE EAST HOPE.
Miss Aspinwall is sitting in her par
lor with the artist, Mr. DegraA-, and
from the concern with which she bends
over a letter he has just handed her to
read she has evidently enough upou
her mind to occupy both her heart and
attention.
"You kuoAV her Avell," urged Mr. De
graw, "and realize how sensitive she
is, and how easily her sensibilities are
shocked. Tell me what I shall do."
She read the letter again. It was
from Jenny to the artist.
"I am free, av holly free. Mr. Degraw ;
has released me. Are you satisfied and
will you marry me to-night? I have
laid aside the natural modesty of my
sex to ask you this question, because
to-morrow I shall be without a roof to
shelter me. I cannot remain in this
hous for though Mr. DegraAV consid
erately places it at my disposal till the
end of the year, I do not feel that your
betrothed should OAve anything to his
bounty. Am I right, and shall I pre
pare for Avhat I here promise to be the
beginning of happiness, if you will
henceforth trust me as I do you.
"JENNY."
"Can you do what she asks?" Hilary
inquired.
"Xot conscientiously."
"I thought not, or you would not
have come here."
To be continued.
The Victim.
It's usually the mau Avho doesn't be
lieA'e in love Avho has the hardest at
tack when he catches the fever. Phil
adelphia Telegraph.
Trusting Men.
Trust no man Avhom you have done
a favor; trust not yourself if any man
has done you ou, New York Press. .
IGOOD m
m ROADS.
An Important Social Problem.
Xo tendency of modern times has
caused so much uneasiness in the
minds of social philosophers and re
formers as the drift of population. from
the rural districts to the cities. That
this tendency is deplorable is admitted
on jrll hands, but there is no general
agreement as to what should be done
to discourage it. Recently, howe.ver,
public speakers and writers baA-e been
insisting that the way to keep the
bright young men and women on the
farms is to ameliorate the conditions
of country life. The, extension of tel
ephone lines into the country and the
rural free mail delivery are steps iu
that direction. But the general im
provement of the country roads Avouid
be a far more important step. Bad
roads do more than anything else to
promote ignorauce. isolation, discour
agement and disgust among the coun
try people. Good roads promote at
tendance at school and the church;
they make social gatherings, literary
societies. dramatic eutertainmenls
and club and lodge meeting? possible
during the winter and spring. With
bad roads the farmer is compelled to
hibernate, socially, for three or four
months in the year. With good roads
these months become the most pleas
ant and in some respects the most
profitable in the year.
The improvement of the country
roads is uoav recognized as one of the
greatest questions before the Ameri
can public; and it is coming to be rec
ognized as a question Avhich concerns
not merely the rural population, but
the whole people. Many public men
have declared their conviction that
road improvement is a proper subject
for national as aa-c11 as State legisla
tion. Among the reasons offered in
support of this view are the follOAv
ing: First The improvement of the high
Avays is too great a burden for a rural
population to bear alone. If left to
them the problem Avill never be
solved.
Second The improvement of the
roads Avouid benefit all classes-throughout
the entire country: hence, the
Avhole people should share in the nec
essary exuense.
Third The improvement of the !
roads is necessary to the extension ot j
the rural free delivery system; and j
Congress is authorized by the Con-
stitution to "establish post roads." ;
Fourth The improvement of the !
roads is certainly as fit a subject for
national legislation a.s improvement
of rivers and harbors.
.Alaska Asks For Good Koad.
Director Martin Dodge, of the Office
of Public Road Inquiries, who is stay
ing at the Park Avenue Hotel, is en
thusiastic over the work his office is
doing. "It is remarkable," said he, re
cently, "what a hold tlie idea of gooet
roads has taken on the minds of the
people of every class in every section.
I am ansAvering all sorts of inquiries
from this city since the Brownlow bill
providing Government aid has been in
i reduced into Congress. The Office of
Publie Road Inquiries is a division of
the Department of Agriculture and the
postal official having charge of its
mail tells us that letters for our depart
ment exceed in quantity- the entire
mail delivered to the other divisions of
the department. In' some sections of
the South this subject of good roads
has actually superseded the race ques
tion in political and other conventions.
The Avork of experiment and actual
demonstration by our office of the
value of good roads is bearing
greater fruit than we had dreamed of
when it was established. They are
begging for aid from far off Alaska.
On the Canadian side of Alaska, where
good roads have received intelligent
Government attention, flour costs $8 in
Ihe distant regions, Avhere not far from
the American line the same flour costs
S32 all because of the expense of haul
ing over the existing American road
Avays. The demands of the people of
the South are forcing some of the most
conservative opponents of Government
aid in Congress from that part of the
country to take an attitude of approval
toward the project. The farmer, the
railroads, and almost every aggrega
tion of capital are together on this sub
ject. Good roads feed the raihvays
and in return reduce the cost of com
modities which go to the farmers.
Manufacturers are benefited in both
directions, The rural free delivery and
collectiA'e system hinges on the ques
tion of good roads." New York Trib
une. . ..
r ... i
Anxious For Good Italg.
Frank D. "Lyon. Special Examiner of
Highways in the Engineer's Depart
ment of this State, was one of the prin
cipal speakers in Madison Square Gar
den at the opening session of the Ama
teur Motor League convention. He
told the members several interesting
things about gootFroads and the grow
ing interest that is being taken in the
subject through the rural districts.
There are now 298 miles of permanent
highways completed in New Y'ork
State, ITS miles are under construe-
tion, appropriations by counties and
the State have been made for 1252
miles, and petitions haA-e been .filed
by various counties for 4143 miles. It
Avill take several years to complete the
greater part of these projected roads,
but Mr". Lyon predicted that the ma
jority AA-oultl be in use Avithin five
years.
"This will do more for the rural com
merce of the State," he added, "than
any otter factor, including waterAvays,
steam or trolley systems,"
In speaking directly to the autorao
Lilists ' Mr, Lyon spundea ft note et
warning. t'You are desirous of aiding
this industry," he said, "but you must
remember bow Aaluable is the co-operation,
the good-will and assistance of
those who own property on the public
highways, and use the same for other
means than pleasure and with other
means of conveyance. When bicycle
riders started scorching, the result wa
disaster, but the general use of bicycles
brought, discretion ami consideration.
The result must be the same with
you, or it will bring forth the most
drastic legislative enactments which
can be enforced." New York Times.
IN A SUBMARINE BOAT
A Trip in One Equivalent to a Kai ny Kt
in a Closed Launch.
When the boat is first closed there is
a slight sensation of pressure iu -the
ears, and Aoices sound far aAay. Oc
casionally a slight declension iu a for-AA-ard
direction hints that the boat is
going down. Otherwise Ave sit in the
living space, chat, laugh, move about
at Avill. Avonder Avhere wo, aire, and
AA-hat the people above the surface
think about it. If you have ever made
a trip in a closed launch on a rainy day
and in smooth AA'ater, you have had
about the equivalent.
It is rather more interesting in the
conning tower, especially as thiere is a
bit of dirt under a Arrive seat and the
steersman is sitting under a shower
bath. From the force with which the
slender stream spurt in you, realize
for the first time that you are under a
column of twenty -five feet of water.
The steersman swears softly, and the
water runs off his back into a bucket.
You begin to lose old allusions and un
derstand new things, lou do not see
the Avonders of submarine life. There
is an oblong patch of opaque green;
that is your submarine vieAv. Then
the boat rises and you see broken
Avater, then the surface. A plunge aud
there is the Avail of impenetrable green.
Captain Eake says thirty feet is the
limit of sight under the most favorable
conditions. Here you are running, and
the diffused and broken light gives you
only this patch of green.
Xow the boat is running submerged
and on a compass course. There is
nothing to be seen by the AA-atchers
above but the steel flag cutting the sur
face. Xow we rise, and the watchers
may see a ripple such as might follow
the fin of a shark. The omniscope is
out of water. Simply the i'Jea of the
finder of a camera, at the end of a tube
three feet above the connitg tower,
but it gives the true, image i:a the sub
merged chamber, front, back and both
sides, with an enlarged image on a
central glass. Captain Lake turns the
omniscope until the. object of aim is in
the central glass, and holds it steady
on the crossed lines in the centre. A
line across the compass follows the
movement of the omuiscope; the steers
man has only to make his course iden
tical with the direction of this line. It
is a matter of so many minutes' run
ning Avith the electrical motive poAver,
aud the subiuariue has arrived beside
the vessel which had been mirrored in
the omniscope.
GiA-en fifty-five minutes of active
Avork iu the space ami Avith the comple
ment described. Avithout oxygen other
than that contained in the boat when
she AAas first closed in. without use of
any part of the compressed air in the
reservoirs, add the fact of entire ab
sence of discomfort in breathing, aud
something becomes damaged in con
nection Avith accepted theories as to the
necessity of a frequently renewed at
mosphere. To rise and sink at will, to maneu
vre for an hour in a croAvded bay, to
live comfortably at various depths un
der water, to touch bottom aud to tra
vel horizontally or a given distaucc,
to come comfortably to the surface at
will all this Avithout disagreeable seu
sation would seem to indicate that
submarine navigatio'n has arriA'ed.
Harper's Weekly.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Goodness is beauty iu its best estate.
MarlOAve.
Affairs must suffer Avium recreation
is preferred to lusiness.
Patience at.d resignation are the pil
lars of human peace ou earth. Young.
A fool always Avants to shorten space
and time; a AA-ise man wants to length
en both. Ruskin.
He Avho comes up to his oavu idea- of
greatness must ahA-ays have had a
very low standard of it in his mind.
Ruskin.
Language is the amber in Avhich a
thousand precious and subtls thoughts
have been safety embedded aud pre
served. Archbishop Trench.
To conquer our oavu fancies, our own
lusts, and our ambition in the sacred
name of duty, this it is to be truly
brave and truly strong. Charles
Kingsley.
Have jou ever known what it is to
be encouraged to do rigut, not by be
ing told to do so, but by being near a
mar. stronger than yourself, whose
mere presence helped you so that you
were the stronger man because he
was there? There are men living to
day on the strength of other men.
II. J. Campbell.
The Inaccurate World.
For the purpose of illustrating the
difficulties of evidence, Prof, von Liszi,
of Berlin, arranged with two of his
pupils to pretend a quarrel, consisting
nf lint words, a walking stick, and a
uistoi loaded Avith blank cartridges.
The quarrel came off in the presence of
twenty other young men, all "highly
educated," who were not in the secret.
Xo two of the tAventy agreed exactly
as to the cause of the quarrel. Eight
different ansAvers Avere given to the
nuestion: Who began the quarrel?
Aud yet people read lii story '-Every
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SOUTHER FARM IIOTES:
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER,
Planting Corn.
The corn crop is one of the most im
portant on the Southern farm. Wc
say Southern farm because many think
that it is better to let the Western
farmer raise corn for us than it is for
us to raise it for ourselves. They ad
mit that Ave must have the corn. But
they say we, can raise cotton and buy
the com cheaper than we can raise the
corn. This is a great mistake. It is
false in fact and ruinous in practice.
It has ruined many farmers. By per
sisting in this fallacy they haA'e found
themselves iu debt and gi'ing mort
gages and finally sold out.
The low price of cotton and continu
ous argument had driveu a great many
to abandon the all-cotton crop system,
and prosperity has come in conse
quence. But now cotton is up again,
aad.Ave are tempted to give all our en
ergies to raising cotton. If we do that
the high price of cotton will be a curse
instead of a blessing.
One reason so many arc inclined to
neglect planting corn is the poor crops
of corn Ave have been making has
made the corn cost us too much to
grow. Corn can be made at less than
twenty cents per bushel, not counting
in the A-alue of the stalks Tor stoAer.
If they are properly utilized the stalks
can be made to pay the cost of the crop
and leave the corn clear.
To raise corn properly we must have
the iand deeply broken and Avell har
rowed. Corn needs room for root de
velopment in search for water aud
food. The roots Avill grow from live to
six feet deep if this soil is loose.
By increasing the cubic space we can
decrease the square space for each
stalk. In this way we can plant more
stalks per acre and thus get more corn
per acre. If the soil is deep and good
the corn Avill do better crowded than
scattered. On good soil, Avell man
ured, from OuOO to 8000 stalks per acre
will make good, heaA-y ears. This Avill
give us from sixty to eighty bushels.
With 2000 stalks avc can not hope for
more than twenty to twenty-five bush
els per acre, and often Ave only get
fifteen. With too much space corn does
not car well.' But Avhen crowded it
ears full up if the soil is able to bear it.
Our plan has long been about this:
Break the land and subsoil twelve to
fifteen inches. Tut on stable manure,
compost,- lot-scraping, cottonseed or
fertilizers, broadcast and harrow over
several times. Lay off now without
bedding, four feet. Drop coru about
eighteen inches, use 200 pounds of fer
tilizer in drill. Cultivate shallow and
often, aud continue until in full silk
In this way Ave get from fifty to sev
enty-five bushels per acre at about
eighteen cents pei bushel. Now the
stoA-cr is worth about enough to pay
all expenses aud leave the coru clear
profit.
Everything points tc higii prices for
corn and hay and meat, so that it is
the duty of every farmer to plant a
large crop of corn. Wars and commo
tions all Increase the demand for corn
If you have plenty, of corn you can
have fat hogs and beeves and stock.
You can be able to hold your cotton
for such prices as may suit you. But
if you fail to raise corn you Avill liud
that high-priced proA-islons AA'ill swal
low up your cotton and leave you in
trouble.
We think most of us plant corn too
early. It has to rim too many risks
and takes too much work. Later plant
ing generally misses the dry spells. It
grows off more rapidly and requires
less work. Our experience is that corn
does not need much ammonia. Hence
we use acid and kainit chiefly. Of
course you expect to shred your corn,
and that will give you plenty of good
hay. The Aldrich system may suit
very many farmers. Two rows in corn
and tAA'O rows in cotton. This is a good
plan. The crop is easy to cultivate,
and you Avili be sure to have plenty of
corn.
Plant corn to sell and corn lo keep.
Southern Farmer.
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fertilizers and Cotton.
A committee of the Montgomery
Agricultural Association recently in
vestigated the subject of fertilizers for
cotton fields, and its report, just pre
sented, is full of interesting facts.
Of the ten essential elements of food
for cotton plants all are furnished by
the soil, air or AA'ater except three, and
these three are nitrogen, potassium
and phosphorus. Rotation of crops
would afford the missing three, but
farmers as a rule buy the three rather
thau to restore them to the soil by
scientific cultivation.
One pound of nitrogen is Avorth fif
teen cents, one pound of phosphoric
acid five, cents and oue pound of potash
five cents. "Ammonia sometimes takes
the place of nitrogen, acid phosphate
of phosphorus and potash of potassium.
As a rule commercial fertilizers show
to the ton 160 pounds of phosphoric
acid, thirty-three pounds of nitrogen
and forty pounds of potash. Such fer
tilizers sell at about $20 a ton.
Note and Comment.
An Albany dispatch to the New
York Herald says that Governor Odell
has informed his most intimate
friends that it is his intention to re
sign from the Governorship, probably
in September, so that he may be free
to devote himself entirely to the man
agement of the Republican State and
national campaign. This determina
tion on the part of the Governor
meetj with the hearty approval of
his associates in the direction of the
ajajrsi ot the party,
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STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER,
The Montgomery committee thinks a
better fertilizer can be made at home
as follows: '
1130 pounds 14 percent, acid phos
phate, 100 pounds at $13 per tou.$7.47
500 pounds cottonseed meal, 6.80
per cent, nitrogen, 34 pounds at
S24 per ton. 0.00
350 potuds kainit, 12 per cent,
potash, 43 pounds at $14.50. !.. . 2.5S
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Total ......,.,,....$16.00
The home-made article AA'ould cost
less, and it would contain more potash
and acid phosphate. The Montgomery
committee does not say that in all sea
sons it would pay a farmer to keep his
seed for fertilizer purposes, but it does
say that a farmer should in all seasons
either keep his seed or make a meal
contract Birmingham Age-Herald. ,
. Keseedins Grass.
Grass aud clover seed should be sown
uoav if it is decided to try to increase
the area fall seeded, which is the best
and proper time for seeding all grasses
and clover in the South. Probably as
a consequence of the severe winter it
will be found that much of the fall
seeded grass and clover has been
largely killed. Where this is the case,
it is not worth Avhile to try to mend
the stand by patching, but better re
sults will be attained by Tesecding
the Avhole field. Mr. Clarke, the most
successful hay groAver in this country,
says that he has never found it profita
ble to endeavor to improve a stand of
grass by partially reseeding. Whilst
we cannot say this, as -we have on
many occasions succeeded in materially
improving a stand by a partial reseed
ing in the spring, yet as a general prop
osition Ave think Mr. Clarke is probably
right, certainly so where the stand left
is only a very poor oue. If the fall
seeding is -only killed in spots Ave would
endeavor to improve the look of the
field by reseeding these" spots, first
breaking the land shallow Avith a disc
or sharp toothed harrow, then pecding
and cover with the liarroAV and roil if
dry enough. Soav all grass and clover
seeds alone and not with' a grain crop,
and use - plenty of seed, say not less
than tAA-o or -three bushels, with six or
eight pounds of clover seed to the
acre. For a meadow on dry sound land
sow; a mixture of orchard grass, tall
meadow oats and red top: with the
clover. For low wet laud sow red top
or red top and Italian rye with clover.
For a pasture sow a mixture of orchard
grass, perennial rye, tall meadow oats,
red top, meadow fescue and Virginia
blue grass, Avith a mixture of red alsike
and white clover Richmond Planter.
Root Fruning of Fruit Trees.
If the fruit tree becomes over rank
in its growth it is likely to leave off
bearing. In order to restore Its fertil
ity recourse i"Ut be had to s.me meas
ure which will check the growth of
the woody parts. Anything which les
sens the supply of crude, sap to the
branches accomplishes this end. One
method of securing this is to prune
the roots. Care must be exercised '.u
respect to what shall bo cut off. All
the roots which go down into a cold
or soured subsoil must bo removed if
they cannot bo turned to one side; and
also the large, coarse libreless ones
which have become toor woody.. It is
often of advantage to place some hard
rubble material under the roots to as
sist in draining off from them all su
perfluous water ard thus preventing
stagnation. Thic is to be done espe
cially if the tree is transplanted. One .
should make a clean cut with a sharp
knife, cutting from below and upward
and outward. AH broken and badly
bruised parts to be removed with a
clean cut. :
The operation may best be performed
early in autumn, and may be safely
resorted to in case of trees of a mod
erate age, or even of old trees, if due
care is exercised.
Ringing the over-'uxuriant tranches
if judiciously done answers the same
purpose. R. D. C, in Southern Fruit
Grower.
Preventing Scab on Irisb Potatoes.
In the Southern States the Irish po
tato crop should be put in the ground
in February and March. But ihe seed
potatoes should ba treated Avith cor-rosiA-e
sublimate to destroy the germs,
of a disease known as scab. Scarcely
a barrel of potatoes can be found that
does not contain sores or scabby po
tatoes. These germs of disease can be
easily destroyed by dissoh'iug tAvo
ounces of corrosive sublimate iu fif
teen gallons of water. The two
ounces Avill cost fifteen cents. It is a
poison. Put a bushel of potatoes iu a
sack and dip the sack into the corro
sive water aud let it remain an hour;
lift out and put iu a fresh lot and re
peat this with fresh potatoes about
three times. Let potatoes dry and cut
them into two eyes to each piece.
A woman possibly may admit that
she is twenty years old, but that she
snores never.
News of the Day.
Investigation of the water sewers
in Paris hotels has found many of
them BAvarming with microbes. Trav
elers are warned to insist on having
fresh water on their arrival.
Miss Anita Kelly, of New York? has
been awarded a verdict of $35,000
damages and costs at Los Angeles,
California, against, a Santa Barbara
hotel company, for the loss of one of
her legs in an elevator accident in
July, Wt. She sued for fOOO,
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