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VOL. XXIII.
NOW IP TO RUSSIA i
j M:fcrp!y Modifies Terms cf
Peace Proposition
IOHlGOeS question of indemnity
jvyfy Ploir.ura Will Offer Envoy
V.':tte .'i Waiver of the Claim to
r-n.bu.irse for the Cost of the
V, and Will Propose to Refer to
r it ration the, Amount to be Paid
I-P ;. for Evacuating the Northern
rl .If o" Sakhalin.
:.. -. ath, ". H., SpecJal. Tuesday
, l!;noa Komura, ac ting upon
i! . received from Tokio Rs ?
. ; : Monday's meeting of the cabi
r - i 'i'lr statesmen" under the
:: -aidf-ncy of the Kmperor of
'"imutted to Mr. Witte a new
' : promise, and that conipro
', i is firmly believed, will insure
t'
i;. I' veiation contained in the an
!.. s nt that President Roosevelt
, i .':( ' informed Emperor Nich
r though Ambassador Meyer, that
.!;.: au. w a s ready to waive the question
1 ivf-iniiily and submit the price to
) ; i: l for the northern half of Sa
U i the judgment of a mixed com
x. i--i. but prepared the way for Ja
V. .;, v. down upon the main issue.
I; J-.;id ;ii t with denials high and low.
li vwi.s declared to be impossible and
in n-'.'iiiR The Japanese declined to
7i i.-.t it and the Russians said they
ik eonfirmalion. Mr. Witte inti
r. ! ; strongly that St. Petersburg has
r, "i apprised him to any such action by
ho '.'resident. There was even a dis-;-:
it ion to ridicule the idea of arbitrat
t! price of calf of the islands.
N't : rthf less, cm all hands it was ad
niiri ri if Japan took this position, the
cut out from under Czar
M hours.
RESPONSIBILITY NOW RUSSIA'S
Mr. Witte. by consummate skill in
n:ii-ed:ng all the demands of Japan
iii vol vint; the real is3ue3 of the war,
ha l manceuvercd his adversaries into
;t position where, unless they abandon
ed the claim for indemnity, they could
In !; responsible for continuing the
war for money.
The Japanese, by now forgoing the
ler.and for indemnity, practically turn
the tables upon Russia and shift the
burden back to her shoulders if she
r.eea not consent to submit a minor
Issue to the Impartial judgment of a
tribunal. Mr. Witte publicly dissents
vigorously from the proposition, and
heir will still be a struggle with Pe-tr-.hef.
but if Japan agrees to formally
renounce all claims for direct or indi
rect compensation for the expenses of
the war the big stumbling block to
peace Is out of the way.
RUSSIAN WAR PARTLY ACTIVE.
Everything will depend upon the
form in which the proposed is submit
ted. S'auld the renunciation be so cou
pled with the other proposition that
Russia could claim it was still only a
disguised demand for tribute, the gulf
lidght only be narrowed, not bridged.
Ail the private advices that reach the
Fmssian mission from St. Petersburg
indicate that military party is bellicose,
insistent that Linevitch be given a
chance, and actives in its insistence
tit negotiations be broken off.
Mr. Witte feels the pressure of this
sfntiment and as a man of ambition he
may not feel that he can afford to lay
himself open to the charge that he is
i mporizing with the situation. He has
rower under his instructions to reject
out of hand any proposition involving
the payment of a kopeck of tribute. He
r ed not consult his imperial mater.
He is a man of inspiration and he is
rj rite capable, if the Japanese proposi
tion savors still of "blood money." to
refuse even to accept it for transmis
sion to St. Petersburg.
But such a strike is not expected. Mr.
Witte knows that public opinion, both
in America and Europe, as well as in
Ilussia. would condemn him if he broke
off the negotiations just as the way was
opened for a possible accord.
Mutineers Courtmartialed.
Libau, Russia, Aug. 26. The court
martial of 137 mutineers of the battle
ship Kniaz Potemkine has just been
completed. Eight of the prisoners w ere
sentenced to be shot, but it was recom
mended that their sentence be com
muted to life imprisonment. Others
were sentenced to various terms of im
prisonment at hard' labor.
Turfman Get Jail Sentence.
New York, Special. John EX Mad
den, the Kentucky turfman, owner of
several fast horses, two of which were
entered in the futurity, was convicted"
of criminal contempt of court, fined
$250 and sentenced to serve thirty days
i nthe Raymond street jail in Brook
lyn to-day for ignoring a subpoena of
the Supreme Court of this State. Mad
den was summoned to appear before a
ommissioner in Saratoga during the
racing season there to be questioned
in his wife's suit for divorce, but
failed to respond.
Lynching at Newbern, N. C.
Newbern, Special. John Moore, the
negro who brutally assaulted the wife
of Postmaster Georfefe T. Eubanks, at
Clarks, with a meat axe, was taken
from the Craven county jail at 1:30
o'clock Sunday morning 'and lynched.
The mob was composed mostly of
countrymen, neighbors . of Eubanks,
but there were Newbern citizens in
the crowd. The fanner? arrived in
town about midnight.
NORTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN
Conditions Tor Past Week as Given
Out by the Department.
The North Carolina section of the
climate and crop service of the de
partment of agriculture, issues the
following official bulletin for the past
week :
In jrnerl the weather has been too
wel for the best growth of crops;
the week has been cloudy and in
many places rain ha fallen every
day. Cotton ha?? been injured to a
considerable extent by the rain, bot
tom land corn has been drowned and
the land badjy washed. On the other
hand the ram and sunshine in many
places proved very beneficial to
most crops csepcially torn, but as
many farmers still had their hay and
fodder to cut and cure, the week was
in that respect unfavorable. The
average temperature of the week for
the State was only about one decree
below the average.
In many places Uie farmers are
ready to plow for wheat, and while a
rreat deal of land has been broken,
it has been too wet for plowing to be
come general.
It has been too wet for cotton. In
many sections it is making too much
weed, find not fruiting well. It is
opening generally throughout the
State, and picking is in progress in
many sections but more common in
the east and central districts. In
some cases opening has been caused
by rust and thus it is somewhat pre
mature. A few report bolls rotting
near the ground ant also of the cot
ton yellowing.
While tobacco cutting and curing
have been in progress for some time,
there is some that vs just about ripe
in the western districts. The crop
will not be quite an average in most
places, while some report only a one
half crop. Firing end specking has
been reported in some portions of the
central and western districts. In all
districts cutting and curing are in
progress. The cures are reported as
fair, color good but leaf somewhat
lacking in body.
A great deal of lowland corn dam
aged by rains; while many report an
improvement in the corn during the
past week, others report too much
weed and not earing well. Corn, both
early and late, on uplands will do
fairly well, although the crop is not
as good as was anticipated.
Most of the minor erops- are.loing
well. Turnip planting is still in pro
gress, some have come up, and a good
yield is expected. White and sweet
potatoes, buckwheat, cow peas, water
melons are all doing well. In gen
eral the fm it crop is a failure, the
fruit rotting and falling to the ground
but a few report apples and peaches
plentiful. Fodder and hay have been
greatly injured by the rains in all
parts of the State. Fodder stripping
is under way in all sections, and in
places there is lots of hay uncut, the
weather being unfavorable.
Ifains reported: Raleigh 0.81;
Goldsboro 0.34; Greensboro ' 0.92;
Lumberton 0.26 : New.Bern 0.68 ; Wel
don 1.94. A. II. Taiessen, Section
Director.
A Fruit Fair.
Asheville, Special Representatives
from the fruit-growing sections of
western North Carolina met here last
week to discuss the advisabilitv and
desirability of holding an apple fair
in Asheville this fall. At the con
clusion of an interesting meeting it
was decided to hold the fair from
September 20 to October J, under the
auspices of the Asheville board of
trade.
North State News.
The Loray Mill has brought to Gas
tonia about 100 people this week to
work in the mill. There were two car
loads of them. They came from Ashe
ville. Mr. Walter 0. Cox, ' ay oung law
ver of Winston-Salem," died at 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon at his
home in East Winston, after three
weeks' illness with fever. The de
ceased was educated at the Univer
sity of North Carolina and for four
years was county superintendent of
public instruction, lie leaves a wife,
and one child, besides a number of
relatives and many friends to mourn
his death.
Mr. W. C. Hardison, a banker and
wealthy and influential citizen of
Wadesboro, committed suicide at his
home there Wednesday evening. Mr.
Hardison had been iisobr health for
some time, and this coupled with the
fact that he had recently lost a great
deal of money preyed upon his mind,
causing him to commit the terrible
act.
Goldsboro, Special. Mr. James
Handley, a young merchant ot'; this
eit v. who was tried by-tvo courts
before the present term for retailing
whiskey without license, has been
found guilty by a jury which was out
two days and nights. As yet the
judge has not imposed the sentence.
Mrs. Ed. R. Roscoe, of Reidsville.
was gored bv a cow last week and has
since been in a precarious condition
During a storm she went:out to the
bam to feed the animal and, upon
reaching the door, the cow met her
and bounded upon1 her, rendering her
unconscious, and goring her severely.
Mrs. Roscoe 's. body was badly lactrat
ed and , it is a miracle that she was
not killed outrightiB,The patient's
condition appears some better, but
she is suffering "intense agony.
RALEIGH, NORTH
FEVER IS SPREADING
Conditions Ca?e Not Improved as
Expected
MANY NEW CASES DEYILOPED
Chief Mississippi's Board of Health
Announces the Presence of the Yel
low Fever and From Six to Ten
Cases New Cases in New Orleans
Drops to 31 and Deaths Reach Rec
ord Number Thus Far of 13.
New Orleans, Special. Official re
port to 6 p. m.:
New cases, 31. Total to date, 1,743.
Death, 13. Total, 402.
New foci, 12. Total, 402.
Remaining under treatment, 199.
Board of health at Natchez, Miss.,
pronounces six to ten cases yellow
fever there.
The record shows the smallest num
ber of new cases since August 6, and
the largest number of deaths on any
day since the fever made its appear
ance. The unusual number of deaths
is attributed, in a measure, to the
change in the weather, Sunday being
cool and pleasant, in great contrast
to the weather of the preceding week.
Three well-known merchants are
among the new cases. Only two names
that can be traced to Italian origin
are among the 31. Of the deaths, eight
are Italians. Two died in the Charity
Hospital and two in the Emergency.
All but two of the deaths were down
town.
The principal news from outside the
city was the announcement from Nat
chez of the discovery of six cases
there.
Other reports from the country are
as follows
Amelia two cases.
Bayou Boeuf, one case.
Prean Grove, three cases and one
death.
Elizabeth plantation, one death.
Hanson City, four cases and one
death.
St. Rose, two cases.
Port Barrow, two, -cases.
Ninth ward of Jefferson parish, one
case.
Lake Providence, three cases.
Gulfport, three cases.
Mississippi City, no new cases.
The Southern Pacific Railroad, at
the request of the State board of
health, has put on a special coach for
the accommodation of people travel-.
ing between Infected points on that
road. It will be run every other day.
Quite a controversy has developed
between City Health Officer Kohnike
and Dr. Joseph H. Holt, at one time
president of the State Board of health.
Dr. Holt, in the course of an address
before a meeting, passed some severe
strictures on the city health officer,
who, when he heard the report of the
address in tho morning papers, wrote
him, asking if he had been correctly
quoted. Dr. Holt has made a rathei
warm reply.
Fever Until Cold Weather.
Pensacola, Fla., Special. Dr. Porter,
State health officer and assistant sur
geon of the Marine Hospital Service,
who is here expressed the opinion that
yellow fever is not likely to spread in
New Orleans as it has in the past, but
he does not believe the disease will be
entirely stamped out before cold weath
er. Dr. Porter said: "The time to com
mence work to eradicate the mosquito
and to clean up is winter. This was
shown by the manner in which Ha
vana was cleaned. Most of the work
was done during the winter season and
when summer appeared it found the
city in good condition. You cannot ex
pect any city if any size to be cleaned
in a month or two months, as it re
quires time and hard work to place It
in condition."
Kills Two and is Killed.
Selma, Ala.. Special. Oliver Lott,
a negro laborer at the lumber mill of
G. Talley in Tunnel Springs, during a
quarrel with John and Henry Helton
over a debt, opened fire on them,
killing John Helton and seriously
wounding Henry Helton. The negro
then fled and barricaded himself in a
house. A posse of citizens under the
leadership of G. Talley attempted to
arrest him. They surrounded the
house, but Lott refused to surrender,
and fired on the crowd. Tailey was
mortally wounded and died a. few
hours later. The posse then fired on
the negro and his body was afterwards
found riddled with buHets.
Strike in Foctory.
Warsaw, By Cable. The strikes in
the factories at Warsaw and Lodz
have ended. Trains are running from
Warsaw on time. They are guarded
and driven by soldiers. The wholesale
arrests which have been made here in
clude leading members of the Polish
Socialist party. Several persons have
been conveyed to to the Fortress of
Modlin, because jails set apart for po
litical offenders are full.
Bad Freight Wreck.
Charleston, S. C, Special. A local
freight on the Greenville & Laurens
Railroad was wrecked near Barksdale
four miles from Laurens. It is thought
that tho accident occurred on account
of an iron bolt on the track. The colored
fireman was killed and Engineer J.xL
Bearden badly injured. The engine
and seven cars cars were demolished.
There have been three wrecks near
this point' within the past six mouths
and ful play Is suspected,
CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 31. 1905.
will urns mi SAVED
But He Promisee Never Hereafter to
Appeal to Any Governor For the
Reduction of His Sentence GoTcr
nor Believes the Man is Worthy of
Death.
Kews and Observer.
Governor Glenn has commuted the
death sentence of Will Kxum, of Le
noir county, to life imprisonment at
hard labor in the State penitentiary
at Raleigh. Exum was tried at the
September term, 1904, of Lenoir crim
inal court and convicted of murder
in the first degree. He was sentenced
to be hanged. Appeal after apeal
was made to the governor after tho
Supreme Court refused to find error
in the ruling of the lower court.
Large representations of lawyers and
prominent citizens apieared again
and agaain before the governor, some
urging a commutation, while others
as strongly opposed it. Once coinpelU
ed by pressure to give a written
statement as to what he would do in
the case, Governor Glenn wrote that
commutation was denied as Exum was
guilty of murder in the first degree.
At last the murderer's attorneys
headed by ex-Governor Chas. B. Ay
cock, petitioned for a commutation
on the ground that there was no pre
meditation in the commission of the
atrocious crime. This and the arnest
heart-rending appeals of the ex-Governor
have saved Will Exum's life.
Governor Glenn 's raseons for grant
ing the commutation are as follows:
"On appeal to Supreme Court, no
eiTor was found in the ruling of the
lower court, and the judgment of the
court was affirmed. The prisoner un
der the rules of law, having applied
to me for commutation from the death
penalty to life imprisonment at hard
labor in the penitentiary, I have read
and re-erad the evidence and consid
ered carefully everything urged, both
by counsel for the State and counsel
in favor of commutation of the pris
oner's sentence.
"The prisoner, himself, acknwl
edges the great atrocity of his crime
by filing a written statement, signed
in the presence of witnesses to the ef
fect that if the extreme penalty of
the law is not enforced against him,
that he will never hereafter appeal to
arry-Governor- for the reduction of
his sentence
"In my own opinion, there was
ample evidence of murder in the first
degree, and the prisoner would receive
but a just sentence to pay the penalty
if his crime by the forfiture of his
life. However, nine of the jurors, the
trial judge, the judge delivering the
opinion of the Supreme Court, and
another of the Supreme Court judges
who had carefully examined the case
strongly recommended commutation
of the prisoner's sentence This is
also urged by thousands of the best
citizens of Lenoir, Greene and Pitt
counties, and while a great many good
men oppose the commutation, public
sentiment seems to favor it on the
ground that there was lack of premedi
tation on the part of the prisoner.
"Therefore, while I still believe he
is guilty of an awful crime, acting in
favor of life, and on account of the
strong recommendation of those who
heard and tried the case, I commute
the sentence from death to life im
prisonment, believing that ifI err it
is better to do so on the side of hu
manity than run the risk of doing a
wrong that could never be recalled
"The sheriff of Lenoir county is
therefore directed to immediately
take Will Exum and convey him to
the proper authorities at the State's
prison in Raleigh, there to be con
fined at hard labor for the remainder
of his life
"This, 21st day of August, 1905.
"R. B. GLENN,
"Governor."
Frank Gilliam Drowned.
Winston-Salem, Special. Frank
Gilliam, aged 17, was drowned in a
pond a few miles from this city. Gil
liam, with several xmpanions, were
in the pond bathing. He was a good
swimmer, but it is believed that he
remained in the water too long and
was attacked with cramp. He came
near drowning another boy while the
latter was trying to rescue hinx
Fire at Goldshoro.
Goldsboro, Special. A small ten
ant house belonging to Messrs. H.
Well & Bros., and occupied by a col
ored man by the name of "Dee"
Cole, situated on John street just
opposite the cotton yard, was com
pletely destroyed by fire Monday
night about 12 o'clock. The fire was
occasioned by the overturning of a
lamp. The oil quickly ignited and
in a few seconds the building was in
flames. Cole lost everything he pos
sessed in the way of household ef
fects, except one chair.
Carriage Factory in Greensboro. ,
Greensboro, Special. A movement
is on foot to establish a carriage and
wagon factory, with a capital of
$50,000, on the Southern Railway just
west of the eity, using the property
recently oecupied. by the ' Carolina
Spoke & Bending Works. It is
learned that $13,000 of the stock has
already been subscribed, $8,000 of
which was taken by a practical car
riage manufacturer. . '
NORTH STATE NEWS
Occurrences of Interest in Various
Parts of the State.
Charlotte Cotton Market.
Thcfe figures represent priw paid
to wagoni :
Good middling 10J
Strict middling 10-j
Middling 10',
Tinges 9 to 10
Stains 7 to 9
General Cotton Market.
Galveston, firm 10 11-16
New Orleans, firm 10",
Mobile, nominal 10V
Savannah, steady 1
Charleston, steady 10
Norfolk, firm.. 10w
Baltimore, nominal H
New York, quiet 11.20
Boston, quiet 12.2.
Philadelphia, quiet 11.4.
Houston, steady 10 1 1 -16
Augusta, steady.. 104
Memphis, steady 10-
St. Louis, firm 10
Louisville, firm.. lO1
Building and Loan Progress.
Insurance Commissioner Young
says there is an unusual activity in the
State in the formation of Building
& Loan Associations. The last Leg
islature placed theBC associations in
the Insurance Department under the
charge of the commissioner. At the
lime there were forty-four Building
& Loan Asociations in the State. The
remarkable success that has attend
ed their work in the State, especially
in the building up of the cities and
towns where they are located, has
prompted other business men of other
places to take up the organization of
asociations in their cities and towns.
Seven associations have already been
organized since the adjournment of
the Legislature and samany more are
now beirig promoted. Nothing does
more to build up a city or town than
a good, well managed Building &
Loan Association, said Mr. Young,
and there is no safer investment than
the stock in one of them. They can
run at the smallest exjense of any
business institution in the State, and
many of them in the State, that have
done a very large amount of business
have a record of never having lost
one cent in any busines transaction.
Suit For Damages Instituted.
Salisbury, Special. Announcement
was made here that Wright & Carlton,
attorneys for the heirs of Watt V.
Burleyson late -of this city, have in
stituted a suit for damages in the
amount of $25,000 against the South
ern Railway Company for the death
of Young Burleyson. The latter was
a private in the Rowan Rifles ,and
while attending the annual encamp
ment at Charlotte about ten days ago
fell into a cinder pit, near the yards
of the Southern railway, sustaining
internal injuries, which resulted in his
death. Through her attorne3's the
administratrix claims that the defend
ant company is liable for damages on
account of permitting dangerous
holes to remain open on its premises.
It is also stated by the Salisbury
Evening Post that the city of Char
lotte may likewise be made a party to
the action.
Owns 1-8 Water Works.
Fayetteville now owns its water
works, the transfer having been made
in the directors' room of the Bank
of Fayetteville. This was done in
obedience to a decision of Judge Pur
nell, of the Federal Court, sustain
ing the city , in its suit against the
company, under the franchise giving
the city the right to take over the
property after a term of years by of
fering its value, set by a board of ap
praisers. The purchase price is $79,-
000, the city assuming $55,000 of the
company's bonds and paying the
company $24,000. The city pays its
lawyers, tne company paying tne court
cost.
North State News.
Penitentiary Superintend Mann
says the crops in Hyde county are
better than he ever saw them, and
that they simply astound. ieoile from
up the country who have been there
this season. It has been quite dry
through all that section of the State
and no damage has occurred on ac
count of rains which have caused
such losses in a number of sections.
The Secretary of State is prepar
ing abstracts of all the wills in his
office, 4000 in number, these running
from 1700 to 1773, though there are
very few after 1750. All names gjiv
en in the wills and the locations o
the lands are covered by these ab
stracts, which wil be printed. The
wills have been placed in packets.
Ceburn L. Harris, expert of the Ag
ricultural Department, has complet
ed the inspection of foods for man
and beast in this State in search of
adulterations, and finds a very re
markable improvement over last vear,
The results will be given in The Bul
letin for November.
A charter is granted the Regal Man
ufacturing Company at Forest City
Rutherford count', to manufacture
lumber, eapital stoek $15,000.
A charter is granted the Price-
Hemby Company, of Priee's Mill
Union eountry, to manufacture flour
and meal, cotton, oil and fertilizers.
Grand Secretary Drewryaays the
fire at Mt. Olive destroyed the Ma
sonic Hall and property there. -
SOUTHERN fAfU! 10TES.
, , f o
Tcttcs of iMTtunr to tmi nitre, s roc ma am? rvrf su;.
RUgKl la Cmi
During tb pre !!? maimer.
there has bn sn unauUy Uryr
amount of cntpiait.t tssd ty ctttn
grower about the ravage cf l,t d:
ae commonly callol Iraf blifib!. In
many caet the poioptamanfa atrrml
the cnp would be r3uod oiie half or
more by thia dlcae. Tb ml an J
yellow blfubta of cotton ere msrifrtia
tion of the tame dUraae. 7ht dian
Its-elf is of a phypioloccnl nature and
may be best described ae atarvatlon
The immediate caiiM is the Lack cf
aIuiilable plant food, mure especially
potaab. In tlw soil. The proximate
eaae is often the bad pbyaica! condi
tion of the soil, resulting from lack of
hemu!, shallow plowing or breaking of
land, and over cropping without rota
tion or resting the land.
Huriug the present year cotton zrorr.
era were advicd by newp:tpfr o
reduce the cost of the crop by using
lesa fertiliser or none. That thsa inju
dicious advice has been followed to
considerable extent and that It ha re
sulted in the present season's relatively
enormous development of leaf-blight.
the writer is fuliy convince!.
If there is any one ilnt in tie whole
theory of cotton culture thoroughly e-
tabllshfd. that point is. that within
certain limits rarely or never sur
passed by the average grower th
greater the amount of fertilize used
on the crop, the greater the profit or
the Jess the pound of seed cotton oobts.
Whether or not it is profitable to
grow cotton at all. Is another question.
Those who will grow cotton should aim
to grow it at the cheapest price per
pound. This under normal climatic
conditions means that the higher the
yield, the less the cost per pound or
bale. The greater the amount of fer
tilizer, the grfater the yield.
The writer has advised all who hnve
sent him blighted cotton leaves to apply
immediately, per acre, from 2M to ,V0
pounds of kainit and fifty pounds of
nitrate of soda and cultivate the crop
frequently, but sballowly. This fer
tilization will, in most cases, prevent
further extension of the disease, but it
will not remedy the check the plants
have already experienced by lack of
these food stuffs which should have
been added to soil before the seed was
planted.
Cotton growers must bear In mind
the old proverb, "Nothing from noth
ing." They cannot extract any profit
able crop from the average cotton soil.
without generously feeding the crop.
Gerald McCarthy.
Shading Vegetables.
A few years ago the Connecticut Ex
periment Station and the Department
of Agriculture at Washington conduct
ed experiments on the results of shad
ing growing obaceo plants. Some Im
portant results seemed to be achieved.
Last year the Ithode Island Station
undertook to find out whether such
shading would be beneficial In growing
certain vegetables which are more or
less difficult to raise during the hot
summer months. In addition to the
better growth looked for. It was hoped
that plant diseases and injurious in
sects might be more readily kept in
check. It is, of course, Impossible to
gain a definite conclusion from such an
experiment with only two seasons to
judge by, especially as the last two
summers were rather cool, a condition
which would serve to reduce any differ
ence which there might be between
shaded and unshaded growth. How
ever, there are some results which
have been quite manifrstr-during both
seasons, and which may be of general
interest.
During both seasons transplanting of
the different vegetables has been more
easily accomplished on the shaded
ground than on the unshaded.
The tent covering broke the force of
rains, and the ground was not packed
so Lard under the tent as outside. The
moisture was confined by the covering,
and the soil did not bake so readily in
side as outside.
Lettuce formed leaves faster Inside,
and at first looked far superior, but
headed . better and showed less ten
dency to run to seed outside.
Cunlife (?), under the tent, was more
free from Insect?, especially the mag
got, the yield was greater, and the
product was whiter than that from
unshaded ground.
Cflery matured more quickly, and the
weight untrimmed was greater outside
than inside the tent, but the stalks
were longer, and the amount of mar
ketable celery was considerably great
er from the shaded ground. The qual
ity also seems to be a lltth better
from the shaded ground.
As already said, these results cannot
be considered as establishing any defi
nite conclusions. Further study will
be necessary. In order to find cut
whether the results of the last two
seasons can be set down as typical,
and whether they are of sufficient im
portance to warrant the practical ap
plication of shadtcg In the growing of
vegetables.
Jets and Flashes.
Somewhere there's a button-hole on
every boy.
Pride of intellect generally leads
to its own cure.
Nothing ean ever give one the right
to do wrong.
Faith in God gives freedom with
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A Trarere ts,l?;-t;tr f-f "a
rcre y cf crteg , ro
inu!e "
Tfe '. n. wj; s4 th-8 het
are d ffefeut aiu4 of crt, tLst
;:i.it t!ffrrri;t!y n t Ls t frrtirvl
a Vtfdig lf tl ejf jwvla! !ttr
IV"f -'r 1 . 1.: a i f lb
jp'bleiu. : If a r irw;c att
nncoiupi'.catej. at pit rttl-rr a tar
or a fommoa tt rp Vf th
tnar.r g surfs re cf tie afT tc I bl
to atoij !rr:sf. ats.1 place the frt ttt
water to letp the wall uifit itti wet
ntis :u:.J thr '.- -.! tr! tf
clay l it i. , i c .
"When tm.'.crnr" Ls ut !.'eJ,
.rr.ear t?t" h " t v n f;:'ment
work rJft! r, 11 .u xe tl:?
enrT.V ft'. -Ugh M prelrM pfe,t,se on
the I.?-. !, end !u j r -r't-g the f.t re
tain Ibf :rergth of tV heel I r pre-
ertSr.g the eUtif bm f the o!e te
twc n and bar. Neer allow itia
to be pared an l wer.kct M unlf It t
tr evacuate matlrr or an-l. t-r for
rcnioxat rf a hon y inmor.
"If surpuration h taken p!ace, p
down the hrel until the matur eicspe.
remove rll uru detached from th
qtlhk. and pare the t.-t M around t
thin edge, p-iult.ce i:it:l the surface
smooth, dry and lu-t at all :ft. r.
then apply a bar h- n leather N1e,
and a stuffing cf tur; :;Une.
"No pressure sh-.tiM be allowed n
this heel until th "dc h." grown tip to
Its natural level a a snpirt.
"If old ta udmg -..r;i are cunnet-tM
with the death of a portion f tno
heel, of the foot b-ne r u4.-ratlnn of
the lateral cartilage. th-e must bo
scrnped or cut off before Iropro cntmt
Is to be cxjiected. If connected with
side lones. they are liable tr kept
up by frejueut pinching f th- qui-U
between the bone and horn. at;1 de
mand careful sho-iiig tc m'il pr uri
on the heel. Fonie cnc may l bene
fited by i uttitig out the Wb I mite.
Tluse remarks rn tj put the pr sent
correspondent on ;he trak of exactly
what lie needs t do. It I a genera!
statement by an authority on th sub
ject of corn of bore and mule. In
being ti n g'ueral. we necesaarily fol
low the h.irncti r of the call Ltre
made. Home and Farm.
lit row pat I Heap.
A Florida subsi-riher and friend of
Home and Farm wants to know how to
form ft compost heap.
TUt sort of heap i made by getting
together, a opportutrty offer, all th
decomposable animal or vegetable mat
ter within" convenient reah- every
thing thus obtainable that can mak
manure.
Soil enn, in this service. ! ued, !otU
as an ordinary absorbent and to hold
valuable gases that otherwise would
escape.
In this tw it is in order evcrf w
and then to turn over pnd m!xth
material in a heap of this character.
Thus decomposition ! helped and a
highly nvall.ible and good form of plant
food is producce.
Professor Voorher, In Ti's work on
the "First Principles of Agriculture."
saya: "A good compost hap may b
made by placing a layer of manure. .
then ft layer of thf weeds or other like
waste pmluets of any kind, then a
layer of bme or nhe. the whole well
moistened, and the order repeated un
til all this class of products is used.
"Thp manure s!.nts fermenttlon, the
lime aids i ' tl rotting, as we!! as to
prevent a i lily and to keep the heap
alkaline. rt;d th- mif.ire prevent
too hot ferr'.fntction.
"Iiy carefnl management destructive)
fermentation Is prevented and the qual
ity of ths constituents Is greatly Im
proved." The expense of making a compost
heap vcri? greatly, of course. Com
mercial fertilizers can be added with
great advantage; this ought to b done
according to the requirements of the
particular soil and crop.
We like to see a farmer with the
thought and practice of the compost
hrap conantly in mind. A gwl out
come c&n hardly fail to come from the
union. It certainly "pay to take rare
of and to tTve all si'b manurlal prod
ucts, and O see to It that what other
wise wouM be wastes are reduced.
Cattle ! Smart.
To isak cuttings root qnlckly, fill
saucer fn'.I of ran!. Into which slips
of any kind cf plants may t aet for
rootle?. Lnougn water rcuit be kept
constantly Jn the saucer to give the
sand the consistency of mod. and It
must then be given a light and warm
place Southern Fruit Grower.
platttlnc Pesch Pita.
In nuny cases It will be found profit
able to save the pits of th best
peaches, taking care not to -'.low them
to become too dry, and then plant them
ebout two laches deep errly this fall
Many of them will grow . trees that
will commence to bear when thre
yaars old.
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God's substitution Is better than
our sympathy.
If a ready tongue were an evidence
of grace we would go to the side
show for the best Christians.
A woman thinks she has splendid
discipline in her house when her bus
band has to hint only fifteen minutes
for his umbrella before itartin to
business.
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