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;1 j . )e Chatham flctorb. H. A, LONDON Editor and Pioprietoi, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. 1 Strictly cn Advance 4l)t Chatham -.Iltcqrb. RATES OF ADVERTISING, On square, on insertion, $1.00 One square, two insertions r - 1.50 One square, one month . v t ;- :: 35Q.. ; . For Larger Advertise- merits Liberal Con ' tract will h- imH 1-' VOL. XXVIII. V ) 29. ' ' '" ' i I TT III Mill iimi in 1 - LITTLE MAKE A CHILD OF vim . BY B. L, CHAPTER XII. Continued. They held a consultation among themselves, and the offer was accepted except that the locality was not such as Mr. Deepdale and Walter would have chosen the proposed arrange ment vras in singular accord with their wishes and position. . They therefore agreed to it, a com munication was opened in the passage between the shop and the rooms above, and in a very little while they were as comfortably settled as they had in reason any right to expect. This - remark applies , only to Mr. Deepdale and Walter. 'To Little Make Believe and Saranne the change was luxury.' Theif rooms were better furnished ihau any they had ever occupied in London, they Avere among friends, and 110 longer at the mercy of bitter cir cumstances. They had not been in the house a week before Thomas Dexter, who de clared he was no longer as young as he had been a common saying which Is generally uttered with an air of great wisdom proposed that Little Make Believe should cook for him, and that he and the sisters should have their meals together. Littio Make-Believe" s gratitude may be imagined. Determined as she was not to, be a burden 'to Mr. Deepdale, she had con templated with much inward sorrow liie necessity of resuming her old life to obtain food for herself and Saranne. And now the road was opened to her to obtain it honestly by the labor of her hands. How cheerfully she undertook it! How well she performed" it! Thomas Dexter averred that never before had he know what comfort was. Little Make-Relieve cooked also for Mr. Deepdale and Walter. . Struggling so successfully with her own deep sorrow that not one of them suspected how her heart had been torn, she waited upon Walter as a slave might wait upon a beloved mas ter. ' She entered lovingly and cheerfully into all his plans with respect to the future of himself and Saranne; she ad vised and counseled him with wisdom begot of her own sharp experiences of life; she soothed and comforted Mr. Deepdale and softened. with wondrous sweetness and patience the thorny paths he was now traversing; she ad ministered with admirable, foresight to Thomas Dexter's wants. And one evening,-when she accident ally overheard some reference to her self made by Thomas Dexter, to which Mr, Deepdale replied, "Yes, indeed, we have an angel in the house in the per on of Little Make-Believe," she went 10 hfr room and shed tears of patient, resigned gratitude. . It was balm to her wounded heart to know that she was useful, and that her devoted service was received with lov isg appreciation. Work was ai$o found, for Saranne, At an auction he attended Thomas Dexter surprised everybody by bidding for a sewing machine, of which he became the possessor. - The surprise was caused by the cir cumstance that ho - had never been known to purchase anything modern. It was taken home and placed in the sisters' sitting room, and Saranne, soon learning how to work it, was en abled by this means to earn a few shillings a week. ; The money she earned was jealously set aside and taken care of by , Little Make-Believe. "When you're married," said she to Saranne, "you'll want things, and ve shall le able to buy 'em." This consideration was an incentive to Saranne, vho thus was taught 9 lesson which could not but be produc tive of good results. Fortune, indeed, smiled. upon every Inmate of the house. Walter obtained a situation in a mer chant's office, and he entered into hi new life with so much zest as almost to compel Mr. Deepdale to believe, with his son, that the pit into which he had been thrust by he proceedigs of a rogue was likely to prove a blessing to them. - But the germ of this contentment, Of all'this happiness, lay in Little Make,: Believe. . It was her sweet ways that, sweet ened their days, it was' Tier unVeinitting thoughtfuluess and wise and patient labor tbat strewed flowers in their path. ' ; . "' Two or three times -she had caught sight of Foxey, and -he of ; her, and only on one occasion was she unsuc cessful in avoiding him. That meeting took place toward the end of November. "What do you run ' away from me for?" he asked. "Because I don't want to speak to yer," she replied. "I'll tell yer the hon. est truth, Foxey; I'm .frightened of yer," - , C; . "You've got ho call to be; I wouldn't hurt a hair of yer head. But you know that well enough. No, it's not the hon' truth yer telling me." X can't help it if yer dm't believe 'III - I believe! THE SLUMS, FARJEON, me. Foxey. let me 20: I've sot a lot I to do at home." "At home!" he "echoed! "That's at old Tommy Dexter's." "Yes." - - , "Where yer fine gentleman's living. Oh, I .know all about it! Don't think yer can hide anythink from ine;, Yer went into the country with him; I tried hard to find out where yer'd gone to, but no one could tell me except Tommy Dexter, and he wouldn't. If I had found out you'd have seen ine there. When I went hopping i looked about for yets but never caught sight of yer. And now you've came back a fine lady. Oh, how grand we are. Yer never had such clothes as these on afore. Yer a regular swell, Make-Believe," lie said, with bitter emphasis. "When are yer going to set up yer kenidge?" "Yer a false, wicked Wretch! said Little Make-Believev with looks of fire. "I'm not it swell or a fine lady; I'm a poor girl, and yer ought to be ashamed of yerself for saying seCli things about me. If I was a man I wouldn't be jeal ous of a girl who never did ine no harm, because she's been lucky enough to find some friends who are good to her, and who, because of their good ness, has a pair of boots to her feet and a better frock to her back than she ever had afore! I should ay, 'Good luck to yer; I'm glad to see yer getting on.' But yer're too mean for that! I never would have believed it of yer, never! I thought you had a man's heart in yer. There, let me go, and if yer don't like my speaking my mind to rer, yer can lump it! Hate me as much as yer like, I don't care a bit." ' "I shall never hate yer, Make-Believe; I shall love yer as long as I live, tvhether yer've got a silk dress on or not a rag to yer back. Do yer hear me? I'm going on loving yer every blessed day of my life, and yer can't stop me! I give yer fair warning, Make-Believe; don't drive me too hard, or both on us'll live to repent it." At this point she managed to get away from him, and from that time till now she had caught only a transient glance of him once or twice. It wanted a week to Christmas, and the snow was falling. Thomas Dexter's shop was shut, and he and the Deepdales, with Little Make-Believe and Saranne, were as sembled in Mr. Deepdale's sitting room, the appearance of which would have surprised even the oldest resident in Clare Market, it was furnished with so much taste. This was due, not to one, but to all, the chief contributor being Thomas Dexter, who had been a large buyer at the. public auction of Mr. Deepdale's furniture and treasures. Many of these had found their way into Mr. Deepdale's apartment, and al though they were no longer his prop erty, he derived a pleasure from see ing them around him. It had grown into a custom with them to find themselves assembled in Mr. Deepdale's apartment, during the wiutex, four or five nights in every week, and the pleasant hours they spent there together had become to be eagerly anticipated by old and young. On this night the conversation had been chiefly sustained by Thomas Dexter, who related how he had first become acquainted with Little Make Believe and Saranne, and, encouraged by his auditors, recalled the singular dream he had had during his- illness. Mr. Deepdale and Walter had heard this dream before, but it was quite lew to - Little Make-Believe and Saranne. ' In his description of the birds and the strange figure who had, as it were, created them by flinging the farthing into the air, Thomas Dexter was quite raphier and although the narration placed him in an unfavorable light, he did not spare himself. '"Perhaps," he said, "it was out-and-out the strangest dream a man ever had. It wa about this time of the yeai". I remember the winter well; it was just such another as the one we are having now." "Yes," said Walter, "Christmas is coming quickly upon us; it will be here almost before we have time to turn round." Of all those who had listened to the description of the dream, Little Make Believe was perhaps the most inter ested. It had set her sympathetic na ture n a glow. "How I wish I had a lot of money I" she said, ' ' "To give to Saranne, I suppose," said Walter, r 'Not at all," she replied, "I'd like to spend a little of it another way." y "In what way,- Make-Believe?" "I'd make the dream come true. Not the " birds that couldn't be. But I'd give a large party, and make a lot Df poor little children happy. Christ .nas is the proper time, ain't it?" "Always is the proper time," said Mr. Deepdale, "but Christmas especial ly. If we were as well off as we were once cpon a time, Wally, our Little Make-Believe should have her wish." "I know I should, sir;" eaid Little Make-Believe. "Yer wouldn't " want asking twice." -' "It is a great reproach ; a man," observed Mr. Deepdale, "when he Ill looks back and sees what opportune ties he has missed of doing good." Thomas Dexter said nothing, but the next day he called Little Make-fielieVe to hinii Would yer like to do it, Make-Believe?" he asked. "What I like to do what, Mr. Dex ter?" "What, you spoke of last night. Give a large party, and make a lot of poor children happy? "Indeed 1 would, Mr. Dextei but its no use wishing." "How much would it cost?" "Oh, a lot. Two or three pounds, t dessay.' "Do you remember what happened the night I came to see' you when yon received Mr. Depdale's letter asking you to go into the country?" - "I shall never forget it, Mr. Dexter. It wasn't the only good thing that hap pened to me throfcgh yotii "Nor the iast, i hope, our eyes were shut then, Make-Believe." ' "I couldn't help it, Mr. Dexter,' i was crying, and I didn't want yet to see me. And, oh; When t opened 'em, and you was gone, and I saw the two sov ereigns laying on the table, I could have danced the whole night long for joy!" "Not for yer own sake, Make-Believe but for Saraune's." "Well, Mr. Dexter, yes' but t was glad for iny own sake, too." "And hows Little Make-Believe, still not for yer own sake, but for some poor children's." "I should be as happy as them, Mr. Dexter." . "I believe you would. That was a good bit of pretending of mine." "That it was, Mr. Dexter. I told Saranne that I could never pretend half or qtiarter as weii. "Shut yer eyes now, Make-Believe, to please me." To please him she shut her eyes, and when she opened them in the silence that followed Thomas Dexter was gone, and on the table lay a brand new five-pound iiote. She understood it at once; it was for her Christmas party to make some pqor children iiappyT She walked slowly iifto the shop, where she found him so busy looking over his stock that he hardly had time to attend to her a pretense, to avoid her thanks. But she did thank him, in a few sim ple Words, from the bottom of her heart and for the second time in her life she kissed him for his goodness. "It's a five-pound note well laid out," he thought, as she left him. Mr. Deepdale and Walter and Sar aune entered heartily into Little Make Believe's scheme. It was decided that the Chirstmas treat should be given in the-house, and in a quiet way they went about the courts and lanes selecting and inviting the children. Their choice lay principally among those who were motherless of father less, or both, and among the most physically helpless. It is doubtful whether there was more pleasure or pain in this task of selection, for many wistful ones had to be passed over. Even as it was, when Christmas Day arrived, they found they -had invited almost more than the house would hold. But room was made for-all. To Thomas Dexter's five-pound note Walter had secretly added something, and Mr. Deepdale had secretly added something, and Saranne had also sec retly contributed something from her savings; so that Little Make-Beljeve was quite rich; but it needed careful management, nevertheless, to make both ends meet. For;two or three days before Christ mas she was the busiest of the bqsy. She called in the services of a steady woman, and between them thpy made plum puddings and mince pies, and toasted great joints of beef, till they were tired out with fatigue. Saranne and Walter, and . even Thomas Dexter and Mr. Deepdale, as sisted in the decoration of the room in which the party was to be held, and what with holly and mistletoe and flags of all nations the house was turned topsy-turvy. Some Of their preparations were kept from Little Make-Believe's knowledge, and when she tvnia.g.eQ! herfiejf curi ous about them she received the merry answer: "You mind your business, and we'll mind ours." Undoubtedly it was the event of the season. Such a gathering had never before been seen. In the richest .homes in the country, in the coziest eountry houses in Eng land's green lanes, at wbos doors the poor man's wolf had never appeared, Chirstmas was not more truly Christ mas than in Thomas Dexter's old house in the heart of Clare Market. Altogether there were present fifty two children, one for every week iu the year. . - Some were lame, some were hump backed, four were blind; and all were ragged. J Not one of them hn4 ever "enjoyed such a diuner as that;they sat down to eat at four o'clock in the afternoon; and they way they tueked into It to adopt their own vernacular was a caution. . . ' The waiters were Walter, Mr. Deep dale, Saranne,- and Thomas Dexter, who received their orders from Little Make-Believe, who flew heaven knows how many times it must have "been thousands downstairs to the kitchen and uptstairs to the "banqueting hall for. all the world as though her legs had taken a holiday and. set a pair of wirgs to do their duty, r (To be Coa tinned.) A perambulating barber, shaving customers on the street, is no unusual sight in the side streets of ilanil. HOUSEHOLD FFAlRS CORN PUDDING. 'A smoking corn pudding is a pleas ant sigh ti .wh en the inerdury js iow.. Scrape & dozen ears,df fuii-grown corn by slitting each row of kernels with a sharp knife; and then with the back of the knife scraping all the soft part out, leaving ithe empty hulr on the-co'b. Add a pint of milk, a cup of sugar,, a teaspoonf ul of salt and a tablespoonful of melted butter. Bake three hours in a moderate oven. This dish may be prepared in winter from canned corn, and makes an excellent variety in veg etables to serve with meat if the sugar is left OUt, BAKERS5 CUSTARD PIE. Beat up the yolks of three eggs to- a cream. Stir thoroughly a tablespoon ful of sifted flour into three tablespoon fuls of sugar; this separates the parti cles of flour so tha there will be no lumps; then add to it the beaten yolks, put in a pinch f salv a -teaspoonf ul of vanilla and a little grated, nutmeg; next the well beaten whites of the eggs; and lastly, a pint of scalded milk (not 'boiled) Which has been cooled; mix this in by degrees and turn all into a deep pie pan, lined with puff paste, .and. bake from twenty-five to thirty minutes. STEWED SIRLOIN OF BEEF. After the fillet has been taken out carefully remove the bones of the sir loin. Spread it flat on a table, strew over it a little salt and pepper, and then coyer the inside with thin slices of striped bacon. Lay it on a thick iron saucepan, nearly its size. Add the bones and as much beef broth as will nearly cover the joint. As soon as it has boiled a few minutes and been well skimmed, throw in a large bunch of savory herbs, leeks and one onion, stuck with a dozen cloves. An hour later add two blades1 of mace and half a dozen peppercorns. Stew the beef very gently from four to five hours, or longer Serve with brown caper sauce. Add what sauce may be needed before the vegetables are throrrn in, and af ter the meat is Uf ted out of the liquor in which it has been stewed, it will make a very good sauce. APPLE PIE. This pie as usually made"is very un satisfactory, but with a little care it may be made a dessert of rare excel lence. . The apples, which should be of gxod texture and fine flavor, should be pared and quartered1 not sliced; then, if the apples are large, divide each quarter into three parts; if small, into two parts. Having lined the pie plate with good crust, arrange the ap ples in it in an orderly and compact manner, making th centre a little higher than the sides. If a large pie is desired mix" a tablespoonful of flour with a cup nearly full of sugar, a few gratings of nutmeg or lemon, and a half teaspdonful of cinnamon, or any pref erred flavoring, ' and sprinkle this mixture over the apples. Now add four tabiespoonfuls of water, and put on the top crust. Wet the edges of the under crust, pinch the top one upon it, rrt prick the top several times with a fork, or slash it in the centre. Bake neai'ly an hour in a moderate oven. This pie is best the day it is baked. A small pie will, of course, require less seasoning. Hints for, the MOUSEKEEPER, Gum camphor sprinkled around tht haunts of mice will keep them away. Red ants dislike sulphur, and if it is sprinkled in places they frequent they will disappear. Never put warm food of any kind away in a covered dish if you want ii to keep well. A tablespoonful of sugar to the stovi blackirig will add a very material lus tre to the stove. Velvet that has become crushed maj be restored by placing the linen sidt over a basin of hot water. Table linen in order 4o bring out th. bright gloss that makes it attractivt should be dampened considerably. Green vegetables should be eater fresh. In buying them be very careful that the leaves are crisp to the touch. If you put a few drops of the oil oi sassafras in the places frequented bj black ants you will have no more trou ble from them. When boiling a cracked egg put teaspoonful of salt into the water .and you will find it cooks without any of the white part leaving the shell. See that the water boils, adding on teaspoonful of salt to every quart o; water. Always keep the saucepan un covered when boiling green vegetables About twenty minutes is the usua' time to cook green vegetables. Tei minutes is sufficient for green peas while some cabbages take, nearly ai hour. A soft chamois skin soaked .in cok water and then wrung dry , is tht ideal duster. It can be used 'on tht finest furniture, and it will leave clean, bright surface. - Sponge off the leaves of a rubbei plant with milk, it makes them gloss? and bright. - A very good tonic for th rubber plant is to dig a circle aroun its roots and put in a tablespoonful o castor oil once a month. ,: . THE EARTH'S OBICiN Ptbiesiot Chamberlain's Ne "Accretion TfcedT." In an address td the Central Asso ciation of Science and Mathematics Teachers, Prof. Thomas , Chrowder Chamberlin, of the University of - Chi cago, outlined his recently announced "accretion theory" of the earth's origin, which, if accepted by scientists, will overthrow the so'called "nebular hypothesis" and dd awa with most of the ideas commonly held as tbeorlgin of the earth and the Other planets. Prof.- Chkinberlini who is one of the foremost geologists in the United States, has been working Since 1896 at his theory, which will be given to the : public in the second - volume of his work on geology, which is to J?e published in . January. Scientists-all ( over tne worm nave watcnea irror. Chamberlin's work with the keenest interest. According to the ."nebuiar hypothe sis," or Laplace theory which has been held for. over a century, the earth and the other' planets 'Original! were masses of molten matter thrown off from the sun by its whirling motion and gradually cooled to their present condition. This theory Prof. Cham berlin attacks on the assumption that the sun never had a whirling velocity sufficient to throw off 6iieh bodies. "The mechanics of the solar system don't work right," he said. "Every body has a momentum which is con stant as long as its size does not change. To throw off Neptune the sun would have to have a momentum 200 times as great as it has now, and to throw off the earth one 1800 times as great. Another difficulty with the old theory is that according to it all the satellites of. a body should be re volving in the same direction. A ninth satellite of Saturn has been recently discovered, and it is going the wrong way!" Prof. Chamberlin's theory is that a disturbance was caused in our sun by the near approach of, or collision with, some other sun, which drew off pro jections of nebulous matter from our sun and gave them a rotary motion by its own attraction as it passed. These particles of matter then gradually gathered together to forni the planets. The internal heat of the earth, says Prof. Chamberlin, developed by com pression as the body grew. The theory that the moon once had an atmosphere. he asserts, must also be given up. .. "I have made reports on the progress of my work at different times," Prof. Chamberlin said to a Tribune reporter, "when societies such as the one that met to-day have urged me to, but in general I have tried to hold back, my theory. It is one that demands a great deal of time and care to work out. Yes, the activity of radium, which has been discovered recently, may enter into the matter, but I have not gone into that very far as yet." Chicago Tribune. Queen Anne'i Lady Manager. " Admirers and enemies alike have credited Duchess Sarah, the famous wife of the great soldier, the first Duke of Marlborough, with a masculine In tellect. Her most recent biographer and relative, Mrs. A. Colville, 'while agreeing that the duchess was a match for most men,, shows that her actions were marked by irresponsibility truly feminine. She was so much the woman, in fact, that the devoted duke, when begged to intercede for a man who had offended her grace, frankly replied that he would sooner fight the battles of Blenheim and Ramillies over than to try to reconcile his wife to anybody she did not like. The duchess was certainly masculine in the' unconcern with which she viewed herself. After one of the duke's battles somebody in conversa tion compared him to Belisarius. - "Why Belisarius?" inquired a puz zled lady. "O madam," said Duchess Sarah, im patiently, "because he had such a brim stone of a wife." The duchess was many times in litigation, but each legal experience left her a little mors charitable and sympathetic than it found her. A banker named Child was oppressed and nearly ruined by the Bank of Eng land. A friend of his, rushing in where the duke feared to tread, stated hi." case to the duchess. Her answer was to place the following order in his hand: "To the Governor and Company of I the Bank of England; "Pay the bearer the sum of 100,000. . "Sarah Marlborough." The bank ceased the prosecution. Yocth's Companion. Help For Slow TalVert. At no time more than when a thought is struggling toward expression should a friend bear with a friend's infirmi ties. A deep sympathy should be poured out with lavish affection about the one who is seriously striving to say some real thing. In this atmos phere of patient, sympathetic intelli 'ence the inept word, the crude phrase, he wholly inadequate expression will ie enabled to do their work and the jhought-transference will be effected; the thought will be -safely-lodged in the mind of the other, slightly bruised in transit, but intact and intelligible. With an "I know what you mean," "exactly," or "go on, I understand," much help may be rendered, and at 'ast, when the thinker of the thought has placed his friend in possession, and by reason of this effort has en tered into fuller possession of it him self, the conversation is in a way to begin. ' Then lavish upon the elab oration of the thought all the beauties tht can be woven out of the .words precision, balance, music but let ns. ear lovers of language, remember t e discreetly gentle and listen with 1 verted glance Tvhile the thought 1 still in negligee.Atlantic fi SOUTHERN FARM. fiOTES. :DrJ- TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. t 1 The Science of Farm in sr. "The science of f arniinif is in its. In fancy;" so declares Captain TV J James; Of Emanuel County, Ga., one of our largest and most 'successful farm ers; reports the Southern Cultivator'. Captain James says: "I have built and operated railroads; merchandized and am now devoting myself , td farming. WhileI have made a success in all three callings, it takes more brains to frm than to pursue any other calling; to do it in the most successful manner. New things and new methods come up continually for solution, and there are many problems to be" solved yet tin thought of. As an example of how things change, the first fertilizer t ever used I bought from John Merryman & Co., of Maryland; then they com menced to manufacture it at Savannah, and I bought it there. Now I manufac ture it upon my own farm." ' Captain James makes 800 bales of cotton a yeaiaud says: "I have put it into Hal'vie Jordan's hands for fif teen cents." He also raises plenty of corn and feed for his plantation. , We delight in meeting with farmers of Captain James calibre, and we also like to see them making a success of farming upon d large scale; then we like equally as well to meet and hear the experience of some farmer, who, though upon a small scale, is making a success and is stamping his individ uality indelibly upon his farm and is making an impression for good upon his community. The other day we got acquainted with such a man'inthe person of Mr. P. E. Duffey, of Clayton County, Ga. Mr. Duffey's conversa tion ran about as follows: "When I came of age, I did like so many of our young men in the country, I came to Atlanta, to hunt for a job, but they treated me with so much indifference and insolence that I went home and swore an oath that I would never ask another man for work. I took a mule and wagon and hauled some wood for my first money; the next year I farmed on halves. In two years I saved S100, and took this money and went to school to get a better education. Then I went back to farming. I have 250 acres of land all paid for, and I am making a good living. I rent out a seven-horse farm and tend about twenty acres for my own crop. I have my terraces set in fruit trees and from them sell about $400 worth of fruit a year. I used to wonder how it was that the people up Northwest could raise corn at thirty five cents per bushel and make money, while we could not raise it at seventy five cents. I found when I went up there it was all in the way they plowed and cultivated it. By using gang plows and cultivators one man was enabled to do more work than three down with us. So I got me better toolsi As an example, I had a boy helping me last year who cost me thirty cents q day and board. In one day we put five acres in wheat, and in another day we sowed the same five acres in peas and sorghum after the wheat; so at an expense of sixty cents for labor I made two good crops ok five acres of land." This sounds very much like business to us. "r Now, such as tbis, should give our farmers food for thought. Though 6000 years old, our farming is in its in fancy when it comes to the use of bet ter methods and real scientific and most successful operations. And whether we take it upon a large scale, as in the case of Captain James, or get down close to Mother Earth, doing with our own hands as with Mr. Duffey, the fact still confronts us, that there is much to learn, more to do, and still many things untried and yet undiscovered. So let us start in this yiar for more light and better efforts. Good Hula for Southern Farmert. L Intensivte farming, Ro ns to make the greatest possible yield per acre. 2. Diversification, : to maintain the fertility of the soil and to nzakc the farm more self-supporting. 3. Organization, so as to maintain profitable prices. 4. Deep plowing, to improve the soil', to, prevent washing and to increase the yield. 5. Rotation of crops to prevent dis ease and as a soil Improver. 6. Rapid and level cultivation, to conserve the moisture and preserve the plant roots. 7. Terracing and building' dams to keep our hills from washing away. 8. The raising of more cattle, for the profit in them and for their manure. 9. The using of all improved labor saving machinery. -10. A better system and more sys tem in renting our lands and hiring our labor. 11.- More peas, cloverandall legumes to store tip nitrogen in our foils. ,12. Tne making and saving of all home-made manure possible. 13. The shredding of corp. to save all stock :food. 14. Tile draining of all wet places and bottoms. , Bits of Brightness. Wiggs Why do you always regard him with suspicion ? Waggs Well, every time I see him, he has & different umbrella, Philadelphia Eecord. Mrs. Jack ' O 'Brien Phwat medi cine did Mike find the best? Mrs. Riley Devil a know Oi know. He took so much av it he was sick for tin days after he got well. Boston Transcript, :1. 15. The irrigating of all the lands we can. ' ' '' 16. The using of -dams, windmills and gasoline engines to secure vater-. works, 17. The painting of our homes and the whitewashing of all outbuilding.- 18. The selling of cotton through the : twelve months of the year. 19. Better agricultural edpea'tion for our farmer boys. - - - ' - -'-' 20. The feeding of.cattle so. as to; ha7e more manure for the farms. . 21. Keeping out of debt, so. we. can be more independent and thrifty. -' 22. The . mixing of fertilizers at . home, as a saving in price, and getting, proportions to suit. 1 23. ' The careful, scientific selection ' of our planting seeds. :' - 21. The setting of our .wornout hills-; in Bermuda grass for permanent pas-'' tures. .' : " 25. The planting of trees and taking judicious care of our forests. Timber is becoming very valuable. 26. Learning to cultivate without so ' much hoeing. The. using of weeders;, and harrows. . - 27. The improving of your soil and 1 the improving of your mind. ' ' 28. That thorough preparation Is . more than half the battle. . 29. Raising of all home supplies, as the only means for the" most success ful farming and independent life. ; 30. To patronize home industries, ., and to develop not one, but all our resources. ... : x 31. To stand for that -which is best and to keep clear of all fakes and shams.Soutnern Cultivator. ' Fraparxtton Tot Cotton , , The progressive, earnest farmer is now planning for the next crop. He has marked- out the boundaries for each tenant and special crop. As soon as the last boll of cotton is picked the work of preparation should begin for" next year. Here is one plan: A farm- er said last week that he was going to lay off his cotton land with a middle buster drawn by two mules. There were pine needles close to the field. He proposed to haul them in and dis tribute liberally in this furrow. By throwing a light covering of dirt on these needles they would be ready to supply plant food in the early summer. To this he would add 300 to 400 pound3 of fertilizer, expecting to make a bale of cotton to the acre on this land. If one is gemg to plant cotton land In cotton again, run out the middle with a long, narrow shovel, breaking the hard pan, if a second furrow is re quired to do the work well. Then, take the middle buster and run under the stalks. The freezes of winter will pulverize the ridges between the fur rows. The clay broken up by the plows will be incorporated with the soil and increase its depth and plant food. Every suitable day from this date on to the 1st of March should be used for sub-soiling and thorough prep aration of land for the next crop. I'ormulee. Simply as guides we suggest for or dinary soil In fair condition .about the following: For cotton: Cottonseed meal .' ; . . S00 lbs. Acid phosphate. . 1,400 lbs. Kal.iit 300 lbs. Use from 200 up to 800 pounds per acre. ; ' . For corn: Cottonseed meal.. 200 lbs. Acid phosphate .1,600 lbs. Kalnit 200 lbs. Use 200 up to 1000 pounds per acre. For potatoes, melons, etc.: Cottonseed meal COO lbs. .Acid phosphate. 1,000 lbs. Kalnit 400 lbs. Use COO to 2000 pounds per acre. For small, gralps and grasses: Cottonseed meal 800 lbs. Acid fhpsphata 1,000 lbs. Kaintt. ' .... 200 lbs. Use -00 to 600 pounds per acre. Osa TVay lo Skli Howe. Hides are high now, and even a horse bide is worth taking off if done In this manner. Rip the belly and legs and-ski:i tbo legs down to the body, and , the belly, back six or twelve inches, then loop a chain or strong rope around this tail rump skin, run ning it forward past the head of the dead brute. Fasten the dead horse's body by rope on hind legs, then hitch two good live horses to rope on hide, and if thsy pull true and 6teady they will skin the horse "while you wait" Now, this is no theory, nor is It any thing r.2W, but it may be new to some and app'.ixs to any large animal whose meat h. no value, in skinning any animal i'aat has been dead long, it Js a good plan to wear gloves or mittens that have oeen wet in a weak solution, of carbolic acid to guard- as mlicb as possible against blood poison. And if thete is Jicy possibility that a horse handled of glanders, don't skin him at ailbut bury him at least eight feet Pointed Paragraphs. Too many people mistake dignity for wisdom. ... A prophet is a perfeon who expects the unexpected. ' Learn to labor while you wait, if yon would Avork wonders. An brmost. man thinks that a urettv I woman is also a noble work. You can't convince a stubborn man thnt i! i; ifupos&iliio lo convince him. 1 t r i .
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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March 1, 1906, edition 1
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