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Stye Chatham wccoro. wmmm y m sj H. A. LONDON, Editor and Proprietor. "terms of subscription, $1.50 Per Year. gtrictlv in Advance RATES OF ADVERTISING, : One ijturi, on insertion r- $1.00 One square, Wo Insertions ; 1.60 Oat square, one mouth . 8.60 For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con- .. tracts will be made. vv VOL. XXYIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5. 1905. SO. .8.' ill - m Ay LUKE HAMMOND, By Prof. Wm. Henry Peck, Author of the "T5 Stone-Cotter . of Lisbon," Etc CHAPTER XXIII Continued. ' "Nothing new. An imrxsture that dates back nearly twenty-five years. Hj lre name is not Luke Hammond. About twenty-five years ago I made the acquaintance of an American geutl.'iiian, to whom my facial and per sonal resemblance was so remarkable, that my own sister twice addressed him. supposing that he was I. This gentleman was of my age, and even the tones of our voices were similar. He had been traveling over Europe and Asia, and even Africa, for seven years before he met me in London. Soon after we became acquainted he sickened and died, and before his death he gave me all his papers, letters and effects, to be delivered to a young lady in Ifew Hampshire, to whom he was betrothed. He told me that he and she had pledged their vows when he was eighteen, but that her parents had consented to the match only upon the condition tbat he should wait seven years tbat is, until he should be twenty-five years. He ,was an. orphan, rich, and with. but one near relative on earth, a sister, who afterwards he came your wife, the mother of Cathar ine Elgin. Being by nature of a roving disposition, and by the will of his father in full possession of his inherit ance, he determined to travel, especial ly as the parents of his betrothed for bade any further communication be tween the lovers for at least five years. Bidding his betrothed adieu, and ex changing vows of eternal fidelity, he set forth upon his travels. "He was returning when he died in London, after confiding to me his story and effects, with a will which be queathed the greater part of his prop erty to his betrothed, and the remain der to his sister. Among his effects I found a miniature of his betrothed, which she- had -sent to him - a few months before, for after a silence of five years, correspondence had been renewed. The name of his betrothed was Clara Sandford, and the beauty of her picture determined me to attempt an imposture which should maket me the husband of the original. Besides. I would by success become master of a handsome fortune, and bury my own identity in that of Clara's lover. In fact, my own liberty, and perhaps mv life, demanded Jhat I should fly from England and conceal myself In America. "In pursuance of this design I made myself master of all the information contained in this young American's letters, as regarded himself , and his friends. He had no acquaintances in England, and fortunately for my suc cess, was traveling under an assumed name, as is often the practice with travelers who delight in a little mys tery. He died and was buried under his assumed name, and I took his' true name and came to America. "Seven years of travel will always make a great change in one's appear ance, and as he was only eighteen when he left New Hampshire, it was Lot thought strange bv those who once knew him that they found much diffi culty in recognizing a former youthful townsman In the tall, dark and bearded stranger of twenty-five years of age "I had learned that Clara Sandford's parents had died, from her letters to ner lover, and that his sister had mar ried you, Henry Elgin, and- settled in this city of New York, before I left England. "At first glance Clara Sandford rec ognized me as her long absent lover. , -inis was not strange, as I had learned from her letters to him that she had no likeness of him, and eagerly uebirea one, a request with which her lover had not comnlied. as he desired to see if she would recognize him after jears or separation. "Knowing this, I easily forged his writing, and sent her my own likeness in miniature as his, a few days befor I left England." "What a sgoundrel! what a wretch!" cried Elgin, unable to control his in dignation. " "You flatter me," sneered Hammond and continued: "Clara Sandford was the first to rec ognize me, and afterwards others-did the same. We were wedded wit.hl one week after I met her." -"Poor, unfortunate, miserable worn an!" exclaimed Kate, bursting into tears, and forgetting her own bitter wrongs and fears in her sympathy for we unhappy mistake of a fond, noble PJJd faithful heart. Hammond compressed his lips with silent rage, and after glaring at Kate uereeiy, continued "Fearing ultimate detection from her friends, who often conversed with me or the dead man's young days, think mg me him, I gave out the report that 1 aaa once been smitten by a sun euoKe during, my travels, and since then that my memory of my life prior iu mat misfortune was very defective. "Still I feared detection, as I often caw several of the old playmates of the dead lover eyeing me snsnicirmeiv and beard them say tbat it wag 'very feuuDge i had forgotten go much. MISER.. 1 Copyright 1895. by ROBKRT BONNEB'S SOKS. the little village, and settled in Vir ginia." . . 'And your wife? The unfortunate victim of your stupendous deceit?" asked Elgin. 'Clara began to suspect something wrong after we had been married four months," said Luke. "I continued to deceive her until in my sleep, during a slight illness, she overheard me bab bling of my first and dead wife." "Ah!" sighed Elgin. "Unfortunate Clara! I knew her well she was a noble lady, and her fate most cruel." Kate was sobbing bitterly, and her face was hidden by her manacled hands. "You see, both of you, what manner of man I am," said Luke, seeming to swell with villainous pride of his cun ning. "So do not think to baffle me." "Go on, fiend! Go on with this cata logue of crime, that we may hear the end of it, and be rid of your detestable presence," said Elgin, sternly. "Clara heard enough from my treach erous sleep talk," said Luke, "to more than arouse her suspicions. We were then in Virginia, near Richmond, far from the home and friends of her youth. She was In my power. I con fessed all to her, and begged her for giveness. I told her her ; lover was dead. I was able to prove to her that he was no more. I showed her his last will, and made the fact of his death clear and beyond all doubt to her mind I appealed to her as my wife, as her husband, to forgive the deceit, for, by my life, Henry Elgin, I had learned to love her." "Wretch! who could not have loved the gentle and beautiful, noble and faithful Clara Sandford?" cried Elgin, "Did she forgive you, monster?" . "She did forgive me; not for my sake, but for the sake of our then un born child," said Hammond, very pale and much agitated, hard-hearted vil lain as he was. Henry Elgin groaned, end poor Kate's grief was pitiable to see. Little did Luke Hammond know that a third listener was hearing this confession, and hearing it with clenched v hands, fiery heart and hard- set teeth longing to be able to burst from his confinement, and strangle him there on the spot kill him! crush him as a venomous thing unfit to live. Hammond continued: "But after Clara heard that I was not her lover, but a spurious Luke Hammond, triumphant in my plots, she never spoke to me, or came near me, when it was possible for her to shun me without creating suspicion, or attracting the attention of those who knew us. All my efforts to win her love were useless. She remained faith ful to the love of' her youth, though in his English grave." "Noble, true-hearted woman!" said Elgin. "And I, Luke Hammond, or whoever you are," cried Kate, with sudden ve hemence, "will be as true to him James Greener whom you have assassi nated!" - "May heaven help thee, my noble girl!" said Elgin, and longing to tell her that her lover was listening so near. . Hammond for so we shall continue to call him, for the sake of clearness smiled his hard, incredulous sneer, and continued: "At length, a few weeks before our child was born, Clara lost her reason. "I do not doubt it!" sighed Elgin. "But she "was not wild in her in sanity," said Luke. "She became as if deaf and dumb blind to all around her. She became a mere living ma chine, without thought, desires or more than mere life. She died two days after the birth of my son." "She was most happy in dying," said Elgin. "After her death," continued Ham mond, "I gave the child to the care of my sister, who was living near at the time, though none suspected her to be my sister. Then I came to New York -" "May that day be accursed!"- ex claimed the fiery-hearted Elgin. "I easily deceived your wife," said Luke. "She had no reason to suspect deceit. She' had not seen her brother for more than eight years, was very ill, and I, as the. husband of Clara and Clara, too, had often exchanged letters with her and with you. You and your wife never dreamed that I was an imposter." "Never! If I had I would have slain you, or seen you dragged to prison for life!" cried Elgin. "And now, mon strous villain! what is your true name. and who are you?" " "That is of no importance to you,; said Hammond. "It should be enough for you to know that I am of no kin to . your daughter, and the bar of kindred blood cannot prevent me from becoming her husband. Let it suffice to say, that my mother was the daugh ter of an English nobleman, my father the son of an English squire ' " 'Enough! I care nothing for your descent! What Is descent to us of imaHiil" eried TtVloMn opornf nllv. wish to know your true name," u To no, not to curse it," said Elgin. 'A feeble man like me, a repentant sinner though, thank Heaven, not such ' a fiend as you are should not presume to curse a fellow-mortal; but wish to hear it that I may know the real name of the villain who so tri umphs in iniquity." "It is dangerous to me to utter it," said Hammond. "It will accomplish nothing to tell it; and now, once for all, Henry Elgin, will you make over your estate to Catharine Elgin, dating the will prior to your supposed decease?" " "Why do you not complete your vil ainy by murdering me at once?" de manded Elgin. . 'It would be horrible for a daughter to marry the murderer of her father." 'Think not I -would marry the son of Nicholas Dunn though death were my only alternative!" exclaimed Kate.' "Ah! you have learned so much," said Luke, sneeringly. "You heard-r " "You and Nancy HaTker conversing during my pretended delirium," said Kate. "Father, this man is Nancy Harker's brother, and old Fan is their mother!" . . "Two demons and a witch, for their mother," said Elgin. "Catharine Elgin," said Luke, with stern f erocity, "I said that it would be horrible for a daughter to marry the murderer of her father; but it would be more horrible for a daughter to be the murderess of her father." "What do you mean, sir?" asked Kate. "I mean, and I swear it," said Ham mond, rising, "that Jf you do not con sent to be my wife, and to marry me to-night, your father shall die, and you shall become my wife, whether you will or not. My wedded wife, too. No sham ceremony. To men like me. means to make such as you act and speak, yet not know what you do, are never wanting." "You will give her stupefying drugs!" exclaimed Elgin, in horror. "I will. So enough for the present," said Hammond, as Nancy Harker rapped at the door. He opened the door and said: "Henry and Catharine Elgin, it Is nearly dawn. You shall now behold each other for the last time. I will leave you together for a few moments, that you may consult upon your situa tion. You, Elgin, I advise to persuade your daughter to yield. Catharine, I advise you to persuade your father to do tie same. You can not escape. My sister will be in the ante-chamber. Da not be afraid of being overheard; you may whisper, you know. Come, Nancy, we will leave them alone together for a time. You may close and lock 'this door, and lie down upon your bed. After a quarter of an hour, lead Miss Elgin to her prison, and when Daniel or Stephen has returned, come to me in my library." Hammond and Nancy left the room. and Elgin and his daughter were alone in the Crimson Chamber. CHAPTER XXIV. THE CBIMSON CHAMBEE AND THE LIBRARY. When they were alone Elgin said to his daughter: x "They may not hear us, my dear child, but we have reason to fear that they will watch us. Therefore, cast that napkin over the door knob, that no spying eye may peep in." Kate did as he desired, and Elgin groaned with all a fond father's an guish as he saw how much the hand cuffs bound the arms that were wont to be wound in loving embrace aroun'd his neck. "My angel girl," said he, as Kate re turned to the bedside, "you perceive a little food remains upon my dishes. Eat, I beg of you, that you may be strengthened 'to -hold out, even unto death, against that wicked man." "You are sure . the food is not poisoned, dear father?" asked Kate, as she obeyed. "I am, my poor child," said Elgin. "And now that you have eaten, do not cry aloud when I tell you a most joyful thing." Kate looked surprised. What could her poor imprisoned father have to tell her that might be joyful. "Yes, my child," said .Elgin. "Now place your ear close toTny lips." As she complied, he whispered: "James Green is alive! Walt! He has escaped from the well, and is now In this chimney!" - Kate stared at her father, terrified lest his troubles had made him insane "I speak the truth, my child," said Elgin. "Sit there on the bed, and lean forward so as to place your face in the opening above the grate. So. Now call his name. Do not fear the sound will go upward." "James!" cried Kate, in a loud whisper. "My dear Kate! Are you there!" was the answer she received. "Reach your hand ah! I forgot. The villain has handcuffed you. But be of good cheer. I shall escape. Perhaps not before many hours, But, be firm and baflle the rascal as long as you can." "You have heard all he said to us?" asked Kate. . "Every word," said Greene. . "And now farewell for a time. Nancy Harker will soon return." "May heaven work with ' you, dear. dear James," said Kate. "Heaven has; heaven will, my Katy,' said the stout-neartea young car penter. . ; Kate now withdrew from the grate, nnd Elein said: "My dear Kate, should aid not reach you before night I see it is day dawn try to gain as much time as you can I will ask for time to reflect, and you musf'do the same. You said old Fan was the mother of this wicked couple. Poes she know it?" ?9 b continued- - ; . Something to Think About. iJ40jav F there is any one class of J -y J our people deserving of P I O special favor at the hands wi. J$ of the Government it is C7 the agricultural class, or strictly, speaking, the far mers. No class of people has ever done so much for the United States as the f arming neonle. The farmers tamed the continent from a wilderness and made our country the very garden of the world, annually furnishing about seventy per cent, of our national exports. In respect to what they have done for the Government they need no herald; in -respect to what they de serve at the hands of the Government every patriotic citizen, in public as well as private life, should be their advocate. The farmers of the United States, patient and determined, have made no demands, though bearing the heaviest burdens of life since the Re public was instituted. The time has come when they must have relief. Un der present highway conditions most everywhere the American fanner is practically imprisoned at home through at least the half of each year. That half of the year is the time when he could be best spared from the farm, and when, with good roads, he could market his products at a profit for his toil. Now, however, he must leave the farm in summer or early fall the only timewhen the roads are passable t.o market his products, and then al ways on a congested market, or take the chances of a hub-deep haul that kills his stock, breaks wagon and har ness, wears out the man and eats up the fruit of his sweat. The good roads season for the American farmer is the very season when his whole time and attention should be given to his farm operations; it is the crop season which w?ls for no man, and which, neglect e5, charges it up to the man behind the plow. We all know what that means. With good roads the farmer could do his town going in rain or snovr, or when the ground is too wet to plow; with bad roads, as they are now, as they have been from the be ginning and as they will be until the' Government of the Lnlted States ex tends its aid as suggested in the Brownlow-Latimer bill, he must be the great national sufferer. It has been calculated by the Department of Ag riculture that every time the sun sets the bad roads of the United States cost the American farmers $1,500,000. These are Government figures. How any public man can refuse to support legislation that will stop this dreadful drain passes the understanding of the average mind. Can the national con science and the national thought, be unmoved at face with such a condi tion? Are vhe people themselves asleep to their own material salva tion? How long can this sapping, sap ping,, of farm life and farm vitality go on before the American farm home is destroyed? And how long, pray tell, can the Republic stand after the destruction of the American farm house? We hope to see the Suggested good roads legislation go through Congress the coming winter. It will, if the peo pie get together and demand it. Let neighborhood and county meetings be held everywhere and petitions go for ward to Senators and Representatives, Write to your Senator for Senate Doc ument 204. Talk to ' your neighbor about it. Urge him to write. Let us all get busy for good roads. Uptown Weekly. Less Expensive Boads. The town boards of Oneida County, 'N. Y., make the following suggestion: "We would not recommend that every town in this county have built within its borders a road costing on -the aver age $7000 a mile, as we believe each town should govern Itself according to its own local conditions, but we have provided figures to show that no matter whether a town has a mgn or ji low assessed valuation, it could, un der the $50,000,000 bond issue, if its own board so desired, have, witnout excessive taxation, just as wide ana just as expensive roads as any other towns in any other part or tne aiaie Tf 'thft county and town can devise methods by which the roads to be built should have an average cost of $4000 a mile instead of $8000 a mile, the charge to the town under the bond is sue for each mile of mgnway ouui would be $30 for each mile the first vear; and to the county, the increase in taxes the first year for each mile of highway would be $70; and to tne stne it would be. $100. In other words under the $50,000,000 bond is Sue of the State, county" and town could obtain a road costing v$uuu a mile at an increase in their annual tax levy of $200, which Tinder the present system of payment would can for the expenditure of $4000 in cash, m under the bond issue tney couia oo tain a road costing $8000 a mile for an Increase in their tax levies of $400 in place ofraisfng $8000 in cash, as pro vided bv the present metnoa. , ; "Under the bond issue each town and county is free to select as expensive a road or as cheap a road as tne local conditions require." Tribune warmer. Stunts." There is an ugly and curious Amer ican word, which is used to express a state of affairs for which there is no short English equivalent. The word is "stunt;"' it implies an overwhelming desire "to go one better" han anyone else. 'Great Britain as a nation has not m W 's.'snWTbt Softer HIS WEALTHY BRIDE. . Batehelov Who Married For Money .and Lost. Commissioner of Corporations James 11. Garfield told this story at a dinner n Topeka, apropos of disappointments: There was a certain crusty old bach elor who had employed for seventeen years a faithful cook. This cook had red hair, freckles and cross eyes. Her . teeth were singularly even and white, but, then, ten to one, her teeth were false, for she was not likely to have real teeth of such beauty. Her age, 1 udge, was forty-seven. Though ah adept with the saucepan and the rolling pin, this faithful wom an could not read. Therefore she got her employer to transact all her little affairs for her. She had a bank ac count of about $100 that he managed. One day the cook said that she wanted to withdraw all her savings from the bank. Her employer was amazed. 'It has taken you nine years to save that money," he said. "Why do you wish to draw it out?" - "Because, sir," replied the cook, "last night I dreamed the number of the new lottery. It was a million and one. I am convinced that it is the winning number, and I am going to play it." The " bachelor laughed at the cook's dream. He called her a superstitious numbskull. He adjured her not to waste her money on a lottery. But the cook, showing her white false teeth in an obstinate smile, persisted. She tooks her money out of the bank. She risked it all in a full chance on a million and one. - Thereafter the bachelor often joked her over her foolishness. He often asked her if she did not regret the jeopardy she had put her money in. She would frown, blush, blink her cross oroc ond leave tho room in silence. J V. J . . Now imagine this man's amazement when, one morning a few weeks later, ii rend in his newspaper in those days the lottery was legal that a mill ion and one had taken the grand prize of $150,000. The bachelor was not rich. . . ucn a sum as $150,000 meant a great deal to him. Furthermore, he knew that his faithful cook had long loved him afar off. And she could not read. She knew nothing of her wonderful ior- tune. . He summoned her. Then ana tnere he proposed' marriage. She accepted him. That day these two uecuiue As they sped homeward rroni xueir honeymoon, the man' looking indul- .i-r o liia nnt voung Wlie, &aiu. .r TT-nv T want you to let me see that lottery ticket that we so often wrangled over.'' ' - iit,t i t nnn't no luau hride said simply. "You laughed and j t t .knnt it en T sold it last week to the butcher." - Philadelphia Evening Bull etin. WORDS OF WISDOM.' When the door is opened on selfish- 1UH 4-tt.trkcVirkld ness love uies ou me i"ico""-v Do that assigned to you, and you can - tnn much or dare too much. "We are never beneath hope, while above hell; nor above hope, while be neath heaven." - - If I cannot succeed in doing anything . ... i ,3 a TWVl or Tnf myself, l win noi gruuSc . nf Bnmethin-; noble. Eplctetus. UUIU -v. w . There is one thing will warm, up th man who preaches in an ice bpx, and that is to see people looking for a more ... . rr Ui C.nno 111 1,11 1- genial climate. nj i-. - w TviVkime. Miserable thou art, whosoever thou thou turnest, un- ail ui n uuuviuvv. . T, less thou turn thyself to God, Keep thy -heart free and lifted up to Him.- rpl-kmoa n TvPTYIniSk. - Whenever you speak, watch yourself: nmr tirnrd WnlPI repentance ioiiows eiw, -gladdens no heart. Let every thorn which people sow in thy road bloom lustre nf thv smiles. Percian. The great law of affinity, which is seen everywhere in nature, holds with the same unalterable, unmeasured force in the spiritual world. fc.very . . a fs lo Ulro nr IS At- shade or inina urana i i.n.tnd bv kindred minds. uavbvu j We never know through what divine nans.Hon the Greal mysteries tumfv Father of the universe may be carrying out His sublime-plan; and those three words, "God is love," ought to contain to every doubting soul the solution ol all things. Miss MUiocn. . iii- Thai Burns Wood. m. imnncBihiHtv of securing the nec- essary supplies of petroleum or gas oline make it obligatory upon the Bel gian Government, which recently de cided to establish an automobile ser vice in the Congo Free State, to adopt steam as a motor power. Coal could be secured in only limited quantities, and i. ooi- tho Ren shore: wood was iua.b iitu. . therefore the only logical fuel, as it could be found everywhere. rrua. ixrvid-hnrninnr car weighs a ton and has a capacity cf a ton, with a maximum speed of twelve miles an hour. Sheet steel wneeis wim ucmj pneumatic tires are used. The niteen nnii-or unfflno is; inclosed in a bul D"P" v-v , or as these vehicles are to be used in transporting troops to keep order in distant parts of the State and are expected to be under fire at times. The water-tank has a capacity suflQcient for a twenty-nve miie trip. Th Whale and the Cable. On November 6, 1904, the cable which connects Valdez and Sitka, Alaska, broke down. On testing it, the break was located about ten miles from Sitka. When the cable was hauled up, it was found to have captured a whale fifty feet long. A loop of the cable passed round the lower jaw and held it fast The strands of the cable were much torn and twisted, and Jhere were sev eral bt-eaks in the conductors. .ITOD oHiv tiie wimle. swimming with open mouth, had unintentionally taken the rahie. which lay suspended on tne ir r SOUTHERN v J -fr TOPICS OF 1HTEREST TO THE PLANTER. Bermuda Onions, ' . 1 Regarding culture of onions there are four things that are very necessary in fact, they are" entirely essential to success: . ... 1st Genuine imported Bermuda onion seed. 2d Plenty of fertilizer. 3d Thorough and constant cultiva tion. 4th Plenty of water at the right time. The method used by the majority, In fact, we think all, of the successful growers of the States of Texas and Florida, is to plant about two pounds of seed in a bed about 120 feet long by twelve feet wide, with ten rows in each bed twelve inches apart; the ma jority use a garden drill for this pur pose. These beds are made about on a level with the land, with a small border thrown up around each so as to control the water. They usually dig a ditch on the high part of the land so that the bed can be easily flooded, as the water' should cover the whole bed uniformly. Water sheuld be out on the bed as soon as the seed are planted; they will usually come up in about ten days. Cultivation is usually done with a double-wheel hoe. Water and work again as soon as the ground will stir nicely. Continue" every two weeks un til ready to transplant, which Is about sixty days from the time of seeding Transplanting is generally, done in the months of December and January, Thev are usually planted in beds, the size of the ones used for seed, nut the nlnnts are nut four inches apart in drills, rtfws twelve Inches apart. Water and working should be kept up exactly like you would the seed in the seed bed until about two weets before digging time. When about three-fourths of the tops have fallen. It is time to dig. Dig them and throw in windrows: let sun dry from twenty-four to thirty six hours: cut off the tops and roots closely pack same in nicely slatted crates twenty-four inches long and six teen inches wide, seven inches deep this will hold about fifty pounds. Rerjtrdintr fertilizer use. a heavy an 'plication of good commercial fertilize broadcast before transplanting, about 1000 pounds per acre; then another 1000 pounds put In with a drill in the middles about February, when the onions begin to bulb. Manure of any sort could be used In connection with cottonseed meal or any other fertilizer. Do not use cottonseed meal unless you place same in the ground three or four weeks before the onion is to be planted; it Is entirely too heating. These instructions, we think, if Tol lowed closely, will insure an onion crop where irrigation is used. In some sec- tions of the country they "without water. r If they are grown are to be nlanted where water is not convenient, tfiey should be placed In rowe twenty five inches wide and placed three inches in a row to be worked with a nlow. The yield will not be near so but the cost of cultivation is less. The greatest trouble would be in getting the seed up without water Vmi conld. of course, use a small bed- for growing your sets,- then place them in the field. A man. in planting a-crop of onions, shouldftake into consideration the price he can get for same, and what it wii cost him to grow the crop.- Of course, any one having an irrigation plant, or a farm located on a running stream. can afford' to grow onions at a cheaper price than the man who has not these facilities. - Then rice generally ranges from S1.35 to $2 per bushel. This, of course, is according to the - production and the condition of the market at the time the onions are ready for shipment The Cahhaare Hair Worm. The cabbage hair worm is the subject of Circular wo. tw, oi tne rureu v TCntnmoloarv. U. S. Department of Agri culture, the publication of which was made necessary by numerous inquiries in regard to the Identity and alleged noisonous nature of a minute worm popularly known during the years 1903 and 1904 as the "cabbage snake." The Department says: During the former TM'i the sDecies first attracted atten tion. but was not considered seriously, as it. was well known that hair worms are not in any degree poisonous in fact, thev-are perfectly harmless and even, to a certain extent, beneficial, as thev destroy by parasitism the perni cious codling moth and several species of destructive grasshoppers or locusts In 1904, however, the subject increased in proportion, the Bureau of Entomol ogy frequently receiving nve or six communications daily in regard to this creature. In most cases these were accompanied by clippings gleaned from the daily press. The object of the cir cular is mainly to facilitate the corre spondence of the Department, to place the facts, in the case on record and be fore the public, and to correct 'errone ous reports and mee rumors wbrb Pointed Paragraphs. Whoever thinks he knows it all evi dently imagines there isn't much worth knowing. , ( There is a certain brand of charity that will give a man a crust and then steal his coat. A woman will do without some thing she needs in order to save mon ey to purchase something the doesn't I0TES. 1 - " STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. have been circulated in regard to cases of poisoning of human beings. " In. only a single case was the name of the nerson or nrsons who had been killed by cabbage supposed to be infested by this hair worm given, and the post master of the city promptly denied any knowledge of the facts, all efforts tnat were made to locate the origin of the account being without success, it may be safely assumed that all other reports were equally untrue or greatly exag gerated. In fact, the entire matter was a hoax save for the fact that the ru mors were placed in such general cir culation that the consumption or caD bage was greatly curtailed, many per sons fully believing In tne poisonous- ness of the hair worm. There is no doubt, on the other hand, that the ma- jorty of the reports of damage to the cabbage crop were founded on fact. We have noRitive knowledge or one of these in Tennessee where fully,. eighty -five per cent.: of the State's cab- bage crop was lost In 1904. bimnar losses were reported : in various por tions of Missouri, Iowa, West Virginia , and Virginia. ' From data at hand it can. truthfully be said that thousands' of cabbage growers incurred severe losses on account of the unfortunate) "scare" due to the unwise circulation of the veriest rumors. In suDDort of the statement whlcn has been made by letter by the Depart ment of Agriculture for, the past two years, a Dr. Louis Leroy made tests in" order to determine whether tne nair worm or "cabbage snake" possessed any Doisonous properties. The usual laboratory animals, rabbits, guinea pigs and domestic animals, were fed witn tho worms, raw and cooked; extracts from the hah worms were prepared, and the animals fed with them, and the substance was Injected hypodermicai ly, the final result being reached, - as none of the animals thus treated were affected, that the "cabbage snake" is entirely harmless and the public ru mors and superstitions are fallacies without semblance of foundation, : Talk on Alfalfa. , Alfalfa thrives during drousht a9 no other crop does, owing to its de-p root system. Aftei being once estho lished no drought will ever destroy the plants, and at the first reappearance of rain it starts into vigorous growth. . Alfalfa is not at all a difficult crop to establish' or grow. Once one under stands it, no crop is easier grown. Stands pf alfalfa may be secured with' greater success than of red clover. It is easy or it is impossible to secure stands of alfalfa, owing to how one sets about it. . A rich limestone soil as dry as can! be found that is, dry In wet seasons is the first essential. It is not, with our present knowledge, advised that al falfa "should be sown away from the limestone and blue grass region. At all events, lime should be in the soil, ( and'if not naturally there, it ought to be added at the rate of 500 . to 1500 pounds per acre; air-slaked lime will serve, harrowed ; into the soil. . This sweetens it, and sweet soils are abso lutely essential. .-.- Next, the soil should have a depth of. at least three feet above bed rock; then it should be naturally dry or else tile underdrained-. Don't waste alfalfa seed on craw-fishy, or wet land. It must be dry and sound in winter. Such soil as one naturally calls his best should be chosen. The crop is one that will amply repay the sowing on the richest soil. When it is remem bered that from three to six tons of hay per acre will be returned from good land and that this hay te worth nearly, as much, pound for pound, as wheat bran, It Js easily 6een that it deserves good soil. In truth, it must have good soil to thrive at all. After selecting the right soil It should be stored with vegetable matter. Coat heavily wjth stable manure and break deep. This manure may precede a crop of corn or tobacco, or it may immedi ately precede the alfalfa sowing. Ma nure may be said to be absolutely es sential to starting vigorous alfalfa in any soil in Kentucky, or any soil east of the Missouri River, for that matter. It is not sufficient to alone add fertility, to the land, though that helps, and artl .ficlal fertilizers strengthen young al falfa, but it is essential to add humus to the soil in the shape ottable ma nure. It matters little what sort of manure is used. - TMradvantace of Statin. As a rule, it Is best not to stake young trees when transplanting. If the roots are cut short and the tree has such a heavy top that a 6take is needed; it will meet with such a check In digging that It will rarely recover its vigor. ' ' Only Proper Space Needed. With proper ' 6pace to grow and proper, food and soil, trees can hardly do otherwise than grow a good root as well as a ood top, while growth can hardly be called normal if checked by insects or fungus diseases. . ; Reflections of a Bachelor. It is easy to see the good points of the man on a pedestal. It's tough when a man has to give up good money for a tough steak. , Eggs, like men, are often broke, but unlike men, they are never too fresh. A sensible man never has any spare time to attend to other people's bus iness unless he ft hired for tho "pur- 4 ' I mmm 1 tola out U1 m iattmi la
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Oct. 5, 1905, edition 1
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