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Ity Cliatljqiw wtcoro. 1T : If 0 . mi ITaTlondon, EJitot sod! Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Strictly cn Advance l , : THIS orLEJMDlD SPUR 'OR THE ADVENTURES By ARTHUR T. CHAPTER XI. (Continued.) He was gone half an hour at the best, and the sky by this time was so dark that I had lost sight of him, when, rising on my elbow to look around. I noted a curious red glow at the point where the turf broke off, not three hundred yards behind me, and a thin smoke curling up in it, as it geem'd. from the very face of the cliff below. In a minute or so the smoke ceased almost; but the shine against the sky continued steady, tho' not very strong. "Billy has lit a fire," I guessed, and was preparing to go and look, when I spied a black form crawling toward me. and presently saw 'twas Billy himself. Coming close, he halted, put a finger to Ins lip and beckoned; then began to lead the way back as he had come. ' Thought I, "These are queer doings;" but left Molly to browse, and crept after him on hands and knees. He turn'd his head once to make sure , I was following, and then scrambled on quicker, but softly, toward the point where the red glow was shining. Once more he pull'd up as I judg'd, about twelve-paces' distance from the edge and after considering for a sec ond, began to move again; only now he worked a little to the right. And soon I saw the intention of this; for just here the cliffs lip was cleft by a fissure that ran back into the field and shelved out gently at the top, so that a man might easily scramble some way down it, tho' how. far I could not then tell. And 'twas from this fissure that the glow came. Along the right lip of this Billy led me. skirting it by a couple of yards, and wriggling on his belly like a blind worm. Ciawling closer now (for 'twas hard to see him against the black turf). I stopp'd beside him and strove to quiet the violence of my breathing. Then, after a minute's pause, together we pulled ourselves to the edge and peer'd over. The descent of the gully was broken, some eight feet below us, by a small ledge, sloping outward about six feet (as I guess), and screened by branches of the wild tamarisk. "At the back. In fin angle of the solid rock, was now pet a pan pierced with holes, and full of burning charcoal; and over this a man in rebel's uniform was stooping. He had a small paper parcel in his left hand, and was blowing at the char coal with all his might. Holding my breath, I heard him clearly, but could see nothing of his face, for his back was toward us, all sable against the glow. The charcoal fumes as they rose choked me so, that I was very near a fit of coughing, when Billy laid one hand on my shoulder, and with the other pointed out to seaward. Looking that way, I saw a small light shining on the sea, pretty close in. 'Twas a lantern hung: out from the ' sloop, as I concluded on the instant; and now I began to have an inkling of what was toward. But looking down again at the man with the charcoal pan I saw a black head of hair lifted, and then a pair of red puffed cheeks, and a pimpled nose with a scar across the bridge of it all shining In the glare of the pan. "Powers of heaven!" I gasped; " 'tis that bloody villain Luke Settle!" And springing to my feet I took a jump over the edge and came spring ing on top of him. The scoundrel was stooping, with his nose close to the pan, and had not time to turn before I lit with a thud on his shoulders, flattening him on the ledge and nearly sending his face on top of the live coal. 'Twas so sudden -that, before he could so much as think my fin gers were about his windpipe, and the both of us struggling flat on the brink of the precipice. ' " " Just as he had almost twisted his neck free I heard a stone or two break away above us, and down came Billy Pottery flying atop of us, and pinned us to the ledge. 5 ' 'Twas short work now. Within a minute Captain Luke Settle was turned on his back, his eyes fairly starting with Billy's clutch at his throat, his mouth wide open and gasping; till I slipped the nozzle of my pistol between his teeth; and with that he had no more chance, but gave in, and like a lamb submitted to have his arms trussed behind hini with Billy's leath ern belt, and his legs with his own. "Now," said I, standing over him, and putting the pistol against his tem ple, "you and I, Master Turncoat Set tle, have some accounts that 'twould be well to square. So first tell me, what do you here, and where is Mis tress Delia Killigrew?" I think that till this moment the bully had no idea his assailants were more than a chance -couple of Cornish troopers. But now seeing the glow of the burning charcoal on my face, he ripped out a hoi-rid, blasphemous curse, and straightway fell to speaking calmly. 7 "Good, sirs, the game is "yours, with care. S'lid! but you hold a pretty hand if only you knew how to play it." - "Where is she?" I again asked. For answer he pointed seaward, where the sloop's lantern lay like a floating star on the black waters. "What!" cried I, "Mistress Delia In that sloop! And who is with ber, pray?" "Why, Black Dick, to begin with ind Reuben Gejges-an4 Jeremy Toy," VOL. XXVII. OF JACK MARVEL. QUILLER COUCH." "All the knaves left in the pack God help her!" I muttered, as I looked toward the light, and my heart beat heavily. "God help her!" I said again, and, turning, spied a grin on the cap tain's face. "Under Providence," answered he, "your unworthy servant may suffice. But what is my reward to be?" "Your neck," said I, "if I can save it when you are led before the Cor nish captains." - "That's fair enough. So listen. These few months the lady has been shut in Bristol keep, whither, by the aj vise of our employer, we conveyed her back safe and sound. This same employer" - "A dirty rogue, whom you may as well call by his name Hannibal Ting comb." "Right, young sir; a very dirty rogue and a niggardly I hate a mean ras cal. Well, fearing her second escape from that prison, and being hand in glove with the Parliament men, he gets her on board a sloop bound for the Virginias just at the time when he knows the Earl of Stamford is to march and crush the Cornishmen. For escort she has the three comrades of mine that I named, and the captain of the sloop (a fellow that asks no questions) has orders to cruise along the coast hereabouts till he gets news of the battle." "Which you were just now about to give him," cried I, suddenly enlight ened. "Right again. 'Twas a pretty scheme; for, d'ye see, if all went well with the Earl of Stamford, the King's law would be wiped out in Cornwall, and Master Tingcomb (with his claims and meritorious services) might snap his thumb thereat. So, in that case, Mis tress Delia was to be brought ashore here and taken to him tq serve as he fancied. But, if the day should go against us as it has she was to sail to the Virginias with the sloop, and there be sold as a slave. Or worse might happen; but I swear that is the worst ever told me." "God knows 'tis vile enough," said I, scarce able - to refrain from blow ing his brains out. "So you were to follow the Earl's, army and work the signals. Which are they?" For a quick resolve had come into "my head and I was easting about to put it into execution. "A green light If we won; If not, n red light, to warn the sloop away." I picked up the packet that had dropped from his hand when first I sprang at him. It was burst abroad, and a brown powder trickling from it about the ledge. "This was the red light to be sprin kled on the burning charcoal, I sup pose?" ' : The fellow nodded. At the same moment Billy (who as yet had not spoken a word, and, of course, under stood nothing) thrust into my hand an other packet that he had found stuck in a corner against the rock. "Now tell me in case the rebels won, where was the landing to be made?" "In the cove below here where the road leads down." '"Aye, the road where the wagon stood." Captain Luke Settle blinked his eyes at this; but nodded after a moment. "And how many would escort her?" He caught my drift and laughed soft ly "Be blamed, sir, but I begin to love you, for you play the game very prop er and soundly. Reuben, Jeremy and Black Dick alone are in the plot; so why should more escort her?" Before I could get my sentence out, Billy Pottery broke in with a voice like a trumpet "As folks go. Jack, I be a humorous man. But sittln' here, an' ponderin' this way an' that, I says, in my deaf an' afflicted style, 'Why not shoot the ugly, rogue, if mirth, indeed, be your object?' For to wait till an uglier comes to this untraveled spot is su perfluity." How to explain matters to Billy was more than I could tell; but in a mo ment he himself supplied the means. For the rocks here were of some kind of slate, very hard, but scaly; and, find ing two pieces, a large and a small, he handed them to me, bawling that I was to write therewith. So giving him my pistol, I made shift to scrib ble a few words. Seeing his eyes twinkle as he read, I stood up. The charcoal by this time by a glow ing mass of red; and threw so clear a light on us that I feared the crew on board the sloop might see our forms and suspect their disadventure. But the lantern still hung steadily; so sign ing to Billy, to drag our prisoner be hind a tamarisk bush, I opened the second packet, and poured some of the powder; into my hand. It-was' composed of tiny crystals, yellow and flaky. I tore the packet wide open and shook out the powder on the coals. Instantly there came a dense, chok ing vapor and a vivid green flare that turned the rocks, the sky and our faces to a ghastly brilliance. For two min utes, at least, this unnatural light last ed. As soon as it died away and the fumes cleared I looked seaward. The lantern on the sloop was moving in answer to the signal. Three times it was lifted and lowered, and then in the stillness I heard voices calling and soon . after the regular splash of oars. - X S" I - I I II IV I I II PITTSBORO. r.WATTI AM nnTTMTV TM n -rnnooiuv i u DTI OA i n A r vt-v o There was no time to be lost Putt ing the Captain to hi feet, we scram-, bled up the gully and out at the top and across the fields as fast as Our legs -would take us. Molly came to my call, and trotted beside me the Captain following some paces behind and Billy last, to keep a safe watch on hh movements. ': We could hear the sound of oars plain "above the wash of waves on the beach. J. looked about me. On either side the road was now banked by tall hills, with clusters of bracken and'furze bushes lying darklyon their slopes. Behind one of these clusters I stationed Billy with the captain's long sword, . and a pistol that I by signs forbade him to fire unless in extremity. Then, retiring some forty paces up the road, I hid the captain and myself on the other side. Hardly were we- thus disposed be fore I heard the sound of a boat grounding on the beach below, and the murmur of -oiees; and then the noise of feet tramping the shingle. Upoij. which I ordered my prisoner to give a hail, which he did readily. . "Ahoy, Dick! Ahoy, Reuben Gedges!" In a moment or two came the an swer: "Ahoy, there, Captain here we be!" "Fetch along the cargo!" shouted Captain Settle, on my prompting. "Where be you?" "Up the road here, waiting !" "One minute, then wait one min ute. Captain!" I heard the boat pushed off, some good-nights called, and then (with ten der anguish) the voice of my Delia lifted in entreaty. As I guessed, she was beseeching the sailors to take her back to the sloop, not leave her "to these villains. There followed an oath or two growled out, a short scrimmage, and' at last, above the splash of the retreating boat, dame the tramp of heavy feet on the road below. So fired was I at the sound of Delia's voice that it was with much ado I kept quiet behind the bush. Yet I had wit enough left to look to the priming of my pistol and also to bid the Captain shout again. As he did so a light shone out down the road and around the corner came a man bearing a lantern. "Can't be quicker. Captain!" he called. "The jade struggles so that Dick and Jeremy ha' their hands full." Sure enough, after him there camein view two stooping forms that bore my dear maid between them one by the feet, the other by the shoulders. I ground my teeth to see it, for she writhed sorely. ,On they came, how ever, until not more than . ten paces off; and then that traitor, Luke Set tle, rose up behind our bush. "Set her here, boys," said he, "and tie her pretty ankles." "Well met, Captain!" said the fellow with the lantern Reuben Gedges stepping' forward. "Give us your hand!" . He was holding out his own, when I sprang up, set the pistol close to his chest, and fired. His scream mingled with the roar of it, and dropping the lantern, he threw up his hands and tumbled in a heap. At the same mo ment out went the light, and the other rascals, dropping Delia, turned to run, crying, "Sold-sold!" But, behind them came a shout from Billy, and a crashing blow that almost severed Black Dick's arm at the shoul der; and at the same instant I was on Master Toy's collar, and had him down in the dust. Kneeling on his chest, with my sword point at his throat, I had leisure to glance at Billy, who in the dark seemed to be sitting on the Jiead of his disabled victim. And theu I felt a touch on my shoulder, and a dear face peered into mine. "It is Jack my sweet Jack?" i "To be sure," said I; "and if you but reach out your hand,-1 will kiss it, for all that I'm busy with this rogue." , "Nay, Jack, I'll kiss thee on the cheek Hso! Dear lad, I am so frightened, and yet could laugh for joy!" 4 But now I caught the sound of gal-loping-bn the road above, and shouts, and then more galloping; and down came a troop of horsemen that were likely to have ridden over us, had I not shouted lustily. "Wlfo, in the fiend's name, is here?" shouted the foremost, pulling in his horse with a scramble. - "Honest men and rebels together," I answered; "but light the lantern that you will find handy by, and you shall know one from t'other." Ey th time 'twas found and lit, tfiere was a dozen of. Colonel John Digby's dragoons about us; and before the two villains were bound, comes a half dozen more, leading in Captain Settle, that had taken to his heels at the first blow and climbed the hill, all tied as he was about the hands, and was caught in his endeavor to clamber on Molly's back. So he and Black Dick and Jeremy Toy was strapped up; but Reuben Gedges we left on the road for a corpse. But as we were ready to start, and I was holding Delia steady on MOolly's back, up comes Billy and bawls in my ear: "There's a second horse, if wanted, that I spied tethered under a hedge yonder" and he pointed to the field where we had first found Captain Set tle "in color a sad black, an' har nessed as if he came from a cart." , I looked at the Captain, who in the light of the lanterns blinked again. "Thou bloody Villain!" muttered I, for now I read the tragedy of the wagon beside the road, and knew how Master Settle had provided a horse for his own escape. But hereupon the word was ' given, and we started up the hill, I walking by Delia's stirrup and listening to her talk as if we had never been parted yet with a tenderer joy, having by loss of it learned to appraise my hap piness aright. (To be continued.) The finger of scorn often has a wed ding ring on It. a. Z Striking: Hals. , Of these extremely striking- hats, one is a large draped turban of calf skin, mottled brown and white. It is lined with white satin on the uuder brim, and is trimmed with a cluster of three white ostrich feathers.' Wraps a la Mode. The reddish-blue- shades of taffeta are to be made up in wraps and coatees. As the fashion has run to plainer and i quieter effects in dress, so it has taken a contrary course in wraps. They cannot be too dainty or elaborate to be a la mode. . Why Bronze Slippers are Popular. Bronze slippers are gaining in popu larity in the besf shops, and many bronze tones are een. Well posted dealers say that women like them be cause even a large size bronze slipper looks comparatively small on a wom an's foot and this always appeals to them. Shoe Retailer. Spring Models in Hats. Hats in a very pretty combination of taffetas and straw are having a success for the already advanced spring models destined for Nice and Monte Carlo. Violets and pansies are per haps the favorite flowers, but roses ap pear partout, and some of the new trails of bloom are extraordinarily life like. Lace Head Scarf. A lace gown accessory confined to evening wear is a Tambour scarf long and wide enough to cover the head after the fashion of a mantilla and to fall almost to the foot of the gown. Double lace frills edge the entire bor der and serve as an exquisite frame for a pretty face. The woman who goes with frequency to the opera and theatre, and who desires to avoid the risk of catching cold from being hat less, will find this scarf a gracefully picturesque addition to her evening costume. For tlie Potter Girl. The girl with the "poster .craze" will appreciate the gift of one or two pos ters for her den on her birthday, and a neat little hanger attached to each one will be greatly appreciated. Cut a small circle about one inch in diam eter from a white eard--one end of an old-style visiting card will do. In the centre of this cut a circular hole three eighths of an inch in diameter, and through this pass a piece of baby rib bon two inches long. Taste the two ends of the ribbon together on the back of the poster, near the top, but do not let the ring show above. The circular hole will easily slip over a nail and the poster will hang flatagainst the wall. Tinting; Dress Goods. A secret worth knowing is how to tint laces, chiffons, silk or crocheted buttons, feathers, slippers, gloves, etc., to a gown shade. The process is vouched for by the National Dress makers' Association, from whose jour jial it is taken. The materials required are oil paints in tubes and gasoline. The gasoline is placed in a porcelain bowl and the paint is dissolved in it. The work has to be done quickly, and of course, in a tireless room. Mix the paint to the required shade in a saucer, comparing it with the goods till the right color. When the exact tone is reached, mix with the gasoline and dip the lace or whatever is to be dyed quickly before the .paint falls to the bottom. Do not let the goods touch the bottom, as there might be a spot of paint there. A hairpin comes in handily to hold the edge of the goods. Shake out quickly and pin up to dry. It is "well to make a few experiments before risking costly material, but the process is really not at all formidable. Separate JSTeninsf Waists Elaborate. The separate waist is claiming much attention, and it is not, by the way, attention which goes at all amiss. Lin gerie is the term by1 which many of these handsome models are known, and never before have such stunning mod els been brought from abroad for women to wear. They are almost too frail to don, and one might think by the sheeruess and fineness of the ma terials used that they were made to be looked at simply. The contents of grandmother's trunk or wardrobe are scanned for just this sort of thing, and the modern maid has indeed been for tunate in having a dear grandmother whose clothes she can wear, but many of the oldtime fabrics have not been reproduced, and some of the new ones are not quite so pretty. The evening waist of fine lawn is go ing to be quite a popular model for the spring season when one' wishes tp dis card the evening gown anl many yards of fine lace of all kinds are used as the decoration. Shirrs are used extensively as a trimming, and one model had the entire yoke formed of these shirrs very far apart. Newark Advertiser. Important tittle Thins. When my boy Frank had been mar ried for a few weeks I dropped into his apartment one evening as he and his wife were at dinner. I discovered him sitting opposite her with a newspaper held up before his face, absorbed in reading. If he had given me a blow between the eyes he could not have hurt me more. I -said nothing to him at the time: The next day I had a talk with my boy. He seemed to think that 7 was making a good gea) put of a small matter, and be staggered me, by saying that he often read the paper while he sat at the table with Jean nette. "Do you read aloud to her?" I asked, and he shook his head. "She doesn't care much about the news," he replied. It took me a long time to make him see that his reading the newspaper at the table was a purely selfish act, not serious in itself per haps, but certainly unfair to his table companion. The word unfair opened his eyes, for I have rubbed it into him all his life that unfairness of any kind is not only one of the most con temptible of all qualities, but one-of the greatest causes of unhappiness be tween people. Fairness that is' the quality that keeps married people in harmony, just at it harmonizes all per sons. Everybody's Magazine. Fashion and Health. About a century ago there flourished in this country a gentleman with a large family of daughters with whom he was accustomed to coirespond al most daily while they were away at school. His letters contained so much wise advice that they were later col lected for publication. From the view point of our twentieth century wisdom some of the parental admonitions are rather amusing, says Robert Webster Jones, in tl;e Housekeeper. For in stances, this: "My Dear Daughter Though gpod health is one of the greatest blessings of life, one should never boast of its possession. We so naturally associate the idea of femi nine softness and delicacy with a cor responding delicacy of constitution, that when a woman speaks of her great strength, her extraordinary ap petite, her ability to bear exercise, fatigue, we recoil at the description in a way she is little aware of." - Science fashion rules us all, men and women alike; how delightful to think that nowadays it is fashionable to be healthy! In Beau Brummel's day, the mincing dandy, who found all exertion "such a bore," held the centre of the stage. The hero, the heroine also, posed most of the time as an inter esting invalid. He was always going to Bath or one of the German spas to "take the water." She was supposed to subsist entirely upon dainty tid-bits that would hardly have kept a canary alive, and a predilection for anything so substantial as beefsteak and onions would h.ave been thought disgraceful. The athletic man and girl are the cen tres of popular admiration to-day. For once, fashion and common sense have joined hands. Let us hope that the union will be a permanent one. In diana Farmer. Well Groomed Hair. The essential thing is not so much that you should be born beautiful as that you should know how to -achieve beauty. - Every woman whose features are not disfigured, whose skin is clear and whose blood is not congenitally thin, can achieve for herself a fair amount of good looks. Good grooming is the method, and good grooming just means making the most of one's personal ap pearance. It means keeping the hair glossy and fluffy, 'the skin free from blemish or roughness, the hands well manicured and the teeth in perfect condition. It is as important to culti vate one's self as it is to cultivate one's garden or one's business. And really nothing contributes to or takes from a woman's charm of ap pearance as the condition and dressing of -her hair. Untidy hair, neglected hair, inbecomingly arranged hair will destroy the beauty of features or color. Always on taking down hair at night it should be brushed out straight, the scalp brushed for three or four min utes, and the hair loosely braided to keep it from snarling. This brushing not only stimulates the circulation, but gathers dust out of the hair and so keeps the scalp clean, also by remov ing all dust it leaves the hair free to reveal its natural lustre. It is impos sible to have healthy, and so beautiful hair, if the scalp is clogged by dust or dandruff. Brushing and washing will remove both. "I. To thoroughly clean the hair it must be washed in soft water, rain water, it possible; if not, then city water with a pinch of pure borax to soften it. An excellent shampoo for hair that re quires thorough cleaning is compound ed of : ' One ounce of powdered Castile-f soap; one ounce of borax; two table spoonfuls of alcohol; beaten yolk of an egg; one pint of warm water. Keep tightly corked. After rubbing the hair and scalp thoi-oughly with the shampoo it should be riused with clear soft warm water and then with clear cold water and thoroughly dried either in the sun or by artificial heat. The thorough rinsing of the hair is most essential, as the circulation is impeded at the roots and the hair it self does not "breathe" properly if choked or clogged" with slightest par ticle of soap, egg, etc. Careful drying is especially essential for oily hair, which holds the moisture and accumu lates dust. If washing in soft water and thorough drying will not destroy the greasy look of -hair, then try the following lotion: One drachm of bisulphite of quinine, one-half ounce of salt; three-fourths of an ounce of .borax; one pint of water. Apply to the scalp night and morning with a soft sponge, rubbing the scalp qutlj t js dry, , Ay V SOUTHERN FAR if TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER Bettorlng- Fertility. ' A great variety of soil-building crops grow here, writes Professor A. M. Soule. Chief among these are the lef' gumes. Some of the clovers do well in nearly all sections of the' South, and the cowpea aud velvet bean grow everywhere. These wonderful plants' with their power of assimilating and building atmospheric nitrogen into the soil and furnishing an available supply of vegetable matter when plowed un der, which : improves the texture and-water-holding capacity of the soil and adds to its fertility, can be utilized for the purpose of soil improvement. Their action is sure and rapid and io the means for the rejuvenation of the soil and the certain increase and mainten ance of its capacity for the production of cotton is within the reach of the av erage farmer. t. " There are two other means legumihr ous crops aldwe will uot supply all the needed elements for cotton production. The soils of the South are frequently deficient in phosphoric acid in partic ular, and in many instances in potash. Continuous cultivation has frequently made them sour. The liberal use of phosphoric acid in applications of 200 to 300 pounds of fourteen to sixteen per cent, goods per acre will go a long way toward Increasing the production of cotton on the average soils now de voted to its culture in the South. From twenty-five to fifty pounds of muriate of potash should be added to this mix ture and where the land is acid an ap plication of twenty-five to fifty bushels of lime per acre will help it wonder fully. The South is the greatest phos phate producing region of the world; thus nature has placed within the reach of the farmer and at prices he can afford to pay the needed mineral elements which, together with the le guminous crops suggested will enable him to rebuild his soils in the shortest possible time and bring them back to their virgin condition. In this connection there is another matter which cannot be emphasized too strongly and which has never been fully realized by the Southern farmer, and that is the necessity of feeding the by-products of the cotton plant to cat tle and sheep in particular. The cli mate and soil and the crops they pro duce are admirably adapted for, the development of great feeding indus tries in tho South. Everything war rants the pursuit of this industry on a profitable basis. Unfortunately the Southern farmer has been unable to ob tain a cash price for the cotton seed, and it has gone like the lint, thus rob bing his soils of immense stores of fer tllity and reducing their power to yield paying crops. . Could the cotton seed meal produced in the South be fed and farm-yard manure utilized, the farmer would ob'tain two profits from its use: First, a feeding profit, and second, a fertilizing profit, and with this addi tion to the natural resources at his command the soil problem would be solved. Is there some way by which the farmers of the South can be aroused from their lethargy and made to appreciate and utilize the streams of gold which now run through their hands through a failure to utilize the by-products of the cotton plant In mak ing of beef and dairy products? Is there not some means by which they can be brought to a realization of the rapid destruction" and exhaustion of their farms through the -present ab surd practice of selling both the lint and by-products and expecting the land to maintain its virgin yielding ca pacity without the return of fertilizers, either in the form of animal manures or mineral elements to the soil? Buy Some Tools. A great many farmer do not realize the great saving of time and expense It would be to have tools and materials at hand to repair any little break. A few pieces of leather and some rivets would often save the expense of a new harness for a long time. An iron last, a few tacks and some bits or sole leather will enable you to save many a dollar that would be paid to cobblers. A pair of good -soldering "irons," a little solder and a bottle of muriate of zinc or some xosin may be made to preserve- the usefulness of tinware much beyond the usual period. The list of tools;and ways in which they can be used! to save time and money, is too long to be given in full. But every one needs a more or less complete set of carpenter's tools, the smallest should include a saw, square, brace and set of bits, drawing knife, hammer, hatchet and an iron vise. A set of two or three planes Is often very useful, and all should have a place un der cover where the tools can be kept and many repairs made on rainy days. An incident of which we knew in our boyhood days fixed Itself - very firmly In our 'memory and illustrates the advantage of having tools and the ability to use them. A farmer and two hired hands wore plowins corn, each -: Pointed Paragraphs. Nearly eyery divorce results in two more marriages. It is easier to applaud than it is to win app&use. It's impossible to buy a man off If he is on the square. A woman says a cloven breath in dicates a cloven hoof. About ten minutes after you get the snow shoveled Off your sidewalk it be-? gine to thaw. t l)c Chatljam - Record. RATES OF ADVERTISING On square, one insertion ...... $1.00 One square, tiro insertions 1.50' One square, one month 2 50 For Larger Advertise-" merits Liberal Con- tracts will oe made. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER, with' one horse and a double shovel plow; it was before two-horse cultiva- , tors were Invented. One of the boy allowed his plow to 'catch on some ob- ' struction in the soil and broke the beam of the plow. The farmer had the boy take the horse and plow which he himself had been using and took the other horse and broken plow and went to the barn. Instead of hitching up and driving to town to a shop he went to work and made a new beam himself and in about the same time that it would have taken to have gone to the city and back he had the plow re paired, ready , for work and without expense. Similar incidents lpay have occurred within the knowledge of many of ourreaders. They all empha size the importance of owning a few tools. Florida Agriculturist. ' - Protecting Fruit Trees From Rabbits. In the Southern Agriculturist Mr. A. W,. Warren asks how to protect fruit trees from rabbits. The plans suggest ed are very good, but also very tedious and troublesome-to carry out. For many years I have protected from 400 to 500 trees by 'the following plan: Get thick, heavy paper about ten or twelve inches long," andthe wider the better. Take two or three sheets of thi paper and 'wrap the trees and tie at the top. I used to tie at the top and the bottom of tlje paper, but I find it is necessary to use' but one string.-' This makes'a perfect protection against our rabbits here, and we have some "very' large ones. For "jack rabbits" it may be neces sary to use paper that will reach higher-up the tree. " I have never found it necessary to use paper longer than the width of the Southern Agriculturist. J Any paper that is long enough will do. out 11 tnc paper is tmn it must te doubled several times and tied twice. In making the tie first make a double tie (what is called the surgeon's knot), and thus the paper will not come loose while you are making the second knot. Or,. if you will use a 6trlug that Is well waxed it will do very well. In the spring go over your orchard with a sharp pointed knife, and cut the string; the-wind and rain will soon remove the" paper. , - . A.' small white string five or ten inches long hung on a stick near the root of the tree $0 the string will move about in the wind, will keep off rabbits for awhile, but; they will sometime! get used tho string and over tho scare. The paper is perfect protection and, easily applied, A quick "hand!' can; tie -up 40Q or 500 in a day. Paper about. Ilk thei .Congressional Record is as good as any, and this is about all the use most people have for it.O. Kendrick, M. D., of Kendrick, Miss,, in the Southern Agriculturist. Commercial Fertilisers Alone Will Not Do Greater progress would have been made' in the reclaiming and improve ment of Southern lands but for tho blind faith placed in commercial plant food as the sole means of maintaining fertility. Commercial fertilizer in its proper place is essential and necessary.; to the welfare of the country, but it 19 ' a mistake to depend solely on it for plant food. The continuous. culture of the soil tends to make it acid, the veg etable. matter is burned out and de stroyed, lessening its power to absorb and retain moisture, without which the plant food can not be dissolved and brought in contact with the Toots of the growing crop. A good mechanical condition of the soil is equally as im portant as an available supply of plant food, and commercial fertilizers have no influence on the mechanical condi tlon, nor do they supply vegetable mat ter to the soil. Therefore the time has come when other means of restoring soil fertility must 'be utilized more largely if success is to follow. The cowpea and other leguminous crops grow well in this region, and on the thinnest soils , tbey must be plowed down,: and one, crop will not be suffi cient, jfor It is not possible to build up a soil in a few years which It has taken a hundred years to wear out. Vegek able matter may also be supplied through liberal applications of farm yard ntaaure wiilch calls for the keep ing of greater numbers of live stock, and the" feeding' of at jeast a part or all of the crop? grown on the land. Southern Agriculturist. Estimate VValti of Manure Farmers are in the habit of estimat ing the value of fertilizers by the quan tity of pdundsl'J Listen: There are only, about ssven pounds of ammonia to 100 pounds of commercial fertilizer; only five pounds of potash to 100 pounds of that mixture. It will require about 700 pounds of fertilizers per acre with such per centums to make a crop. Ten tons of barnyard manure is not too much to' apply to an acre of land for corn. Farmers should fully understand thgse facts, as on the richness of the land depends tUe quantity of the crop srrown therpon. Reflections of a Bachelor. Eternal vigilance is the price of not -getting found out. " It's queer how long it takes a man's wife to get over the. idea that his lap was made to sit in. Just before the mosquito season wo men begin to make open-work clothes so they can bite through. A girl with pretty ankles would rath er wear laced boots so they can keep coming untied for some man to tlj again. "4 NOTES. 1
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 20, 1905, edition 1
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