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"HE TiivlES-DEMOCRAT APRIL 4, 108 HI y Piges ont mer Edited by J. IM. BIGHAM Make Home Supplies in A bundance Thoughts For 1 hinking Farmers Look at Conditions Now And Consider What is Best to Do; Says Moore Written Especially for the Farmers' Forum. We are right at cotton planting tiii! will we take a look at condi- lions prevailing now what is best to do? aml consider The price of cotton is lower than) it has been in twelve months. Our! home cotton mills can not sell their product. It does not seem to be a question of price., but an actual l'act that there is no demand for the pro-j i;irT nf onr mills. i These are ill OIK the cotton! grower should take with him to the; field and talk them over with his mule as they work along preparing for the planting of cotton. The farmer might tell the mule, ibat The report is out that within: 10 per cent of as much fertilizer has! been soil in North Carolina as was' sold last vear. What is it to bej up.i fo' it was not nut under oats because there was but a small seed-; ing of oats in this state. If all the I and the land by furnishing each crop fertilizer sold already is to go under I per with one or more cows. The in cotton, that, menas a very much! crease could be divided the same as larger' acreage than last year. j is crops from the land, both land- The farmer might sav to the mule.; lord and tenant would be benefitted, that the New York Cotton Exchange! Many land owners furnish mules to people are saying the crop for this I the tenant. Why not give them brood vear will be the largest ever planted. mares? Let them raise mules and The mule will not understand how the New York folks know what we are doing. Some of us farmers do not understand this, but it is a fact all the same and we should tell our mules about if. We might tell our mule, that corn. Lav. meat and truck are in great de mand and high price eaeu article seiung ai ujiuaive uie rdiaras mwn . When the mule learn;--1 blessing to their community. They . II- . ..a this, he may persuade some ot us are tne men wno are ioremosi m to look for a better sale product than movements for good in their respect cotton is. and some that tarries morci ive counties. I was pleased to see profit than growing cotton does. Mules are not as idiotic as town folks think they are. They are a good sort of companion ana one ot Lrtve i ne noys A Chance C. C. Moore, Mecklenburg, N. C, in a letter to The Cotton journal says j bad advice is given on page 24, Feb-jpany, now in the hands of receivers, i uarv 13. Mr. Moore refers to the j has been presented to bondholders following brief pararapn which up-1 ? Edward F. Buchanan, of A O. pea ml in that issue: " "(Jive- the bov a ! Brown & Co- Mr- Buchanan stated lit;!-, cotton i-aich to work for his I that A- - Brown & Co. nad advanc-o-v.i ;.;id let him have the profit, too.ed in the neighborhood of 51.000,000 Ti.ir. io the war to make a good far-!c"sh to the company an dthat his :i: or.'" Mr. Moore furnished a sub-1 siiuite, and The Cotton Journal read-! ily consents to the amendment. In j truth, Mr. Moore's advice is best. Ouri original contribution was for the en-j couragemont of the boy on the farm. J.lr. Moore says: "Give the bo a good sow; ten . lltm in Tf :4rl :i; to h r nzira r -- rl f lot him have l-;r,d to cultivate him self to produce feed for the sow. The boy will produce the meat for the family, but be sure to pay him the market price. The bov will learn soon enough how to raise cotton. Teuch him something else and make a better farmer of him than his daddv is." Yes, and if the bov's "daddv" had , been taucrht twenty-five years ago that! the south could grow some other good ! things besides cocton, conditions would! 1-e bett'r now. Cotton is a good thing ; in a rotation, bnr when made to sue-1 eeed itself year after year, it rebels in scant stalk and guilicd fields. What! we need, as Mr. Moore suggeb's, and, value of the plant in its present con as The Cotton Journal concedes, is to dition is about $2,000,000, and it begin m : :,iu way in some nne of endeavor tuar will, m its enlargement, j include the diversification ol crops and j I ., tY . . . A, 'i'1- tj es: s:ociation is booked to held its conven tion in Charlotte some time within a ' year. It will i" a new feature in j these parts, but it will put some to! thinking and dor j EMULATE THE EXAMPLE. The following naragraphs from editorial in The Cotton Journal are so timely and well-s;i!, that w along: pass them "The consumers of American cotton in thi;s country and in Europe set an example, when the occasion requires, which it were were for the cotton growers to emulate, not in thought but in definite action. "When, the demand for cotton goods i is restricted, even temporarily, and I prices for the manufactured product are affected, the mills by common con- sent and unity of action curtail the con- sumption and output of their mills un- j til the causes which produced the un- satisfactory effect are obviated. Tins' curtailment by the spinners is now go- ing on and is being agitated to yet more serious consequences, the cause! being ascribed to a general depression in jobbing and retail circles. Fortu- nately this serious condition in the con- j sumption of American cotton comes at ' a time when the planters can adopt ' the same sensible plans of the spin - ners ano saieguaru uieniseives againsi disaster next fall by a corresponding decrease in the acreage to be planted this spring. Corn Cake That Melts in Your Mouth. Mix one cupful of sifted bread flour, one-half cupful of yellow granulated corn meal, two level teaspoonfuls of salt and 'one rounded tablespoonful of sugar, stir in one cupful of milk, one well-beaten egg, and two tablespoonfuls of melted butter or lard. Beat it thor oughly and turn into greased muffin pans and bake in a quick oven about 20 minutcs.The Delineator. the best places for a man to think ont loud, is when the man is follow ing a clear-headed, bidable mule. The writer has a ery high regard for a good mule, but the price of the critter" is a mailer to think about. Some of us might consult our plow mule about trading him off for a mare and raise a mule to sell. Certainly there is money in mule colts, good money. On a great many farms there are good mules but no milk cow. The farmer might ask the mule to tell how the farmers wife can make cakes, custards and other goodies with no milk or cream. The mule may not care anything about the pie, cake, but the wife does and the old man always eats his share, when his wife sends to the neighbor to ;et a little milk to make such things, A good cow on a farm is the best use mcrey can be put to. The land owner who rents to "erop- pers" could improve both the cropper? when sold divide proceeds on same basis as crops are divided? Would not this plan tend to hold the good tenants for longer time? That was a fine body of farmers in our court house on Wednesday, I am personally acquainted with nearly all of them. They are men who can i 1. . . T,rt T I inn o err an T so many of such farmers on a visit to our city. C. C. MOORE. Charlotte, N. C, April 3. WHITNEY CO. PROPOSED PLAN, Details of Scheme Presented by A. O. Brown & Co. New York ournal of Commerce. A proposition providing for the re- organization of the Whitney Com- company represented about half of the $5,000,000 Whitney Company bonds. The proposition provides for the formation of a new company with $5,000,000 7 per cent non-cumulative preferred stock, $5,000,000 common ! stock, $5,000,000 first mortgage 5 per cent 20-year bonds and $5,000,000 6 i per cent second mortgage 60-year ' income bonds. Present bonds are to ! be surrendered for 50 per cent of 1 their face value in income bonds, . and a part of the preferred stock will be allotted to all bondholders ' participating in the agreement. A 1 large part of the common stock is ! to be allotted to the present holders of the $10,000,000 Whitney Company stock, The first mortgage bonds are to be issued to provide funds to complete plant at not less than 80 per cent of their face value. All present bondholders subscribing for the first mortgage bonds shall receive a bonus of 50 per cent in income bonds. The would take at least $2,000,000 to complete it Tne company has large holdings in North Carolina, and was organized for the purpose of utilizinj the power of the Yadkin river. THE MAN AND HIS JOB. By Herbert J. Hapnood. ! Brains are at a premium the world ! over. Good money stands waiting for i the man with ideas and ability, at all Mimes, everywhere. The bottom may may go all to pieces, crops may bo poor, and money scarce. But even un der such conditions, the right man can sell his brains at a good price. There is always an insatiable demand for the man with the right brains. Some days ago an employer whose very name is a synonym of success, speaking to one of his managers, in regard to a stenographer who had just been hired, asked "Has he any brains?" This is the first, last and foremost thing that an employer wants to know about his employes. There are millions who labor, but only a few who think, and employers throughout 1 the whole world are paying good mon- ey for the man who has the brains a'ad who knows how to use them, The German emperor once conferred upon Goethe a title that placed him dangerously near the nobility, but the -master of German literature brushed , the honor aside, and curtly informed those who hastened to congratulate him that tho title was llot worth th. paper it was written on, that his only title to nobility consisted of his natu ral endowment from God his brains, his character and his capacity for work. A tramp has no more use for a cake of soap than a train announcer has for a course in elocution. " The Turkey "You are dressed to kill, aren't you?" The Peacock "Well, that's better than being killed to be! dressed." ... fro. you now y. -JtjKM GERMAN COTTON MILL PROFITS Large Dividends Declared by a German j Factory at Bamberg. j Counsul William Bardel, in advising; that a cotton J(.lnn:ng and weaving; mill at the German city of Bamberg! is declaring an annual dividend of 27 j 1-2 per cent on its capital stock, gives j the following account of this mill's j prosperity: This concern, which now consumes annually about 25,000 bales of Ameri can cotton, is thereby thebest custom er of the United States in this consular district. The preliminary annual re-j port by the board of directors of tne mills show how, by judicious and time- ly investment in the raw material,! large profits were gained in a rising, market, so that a fair print would have been realized had the demand for yarns and finished textiles, most- plain sheetings and shirtings, been less j pronounced than it proved to he during the past year. Owing to the great scar-1 city of labor in-the textile branches! at times this brisk demand had to be met by extraordinary efforts, but it was met successfully. Even now this factory has orders ahead for yarns and textiles to keep is going in full force until next October, and inasmuch as they are fully covered in raw material at com paratively low figures, the prospects for another successful year are bright. The net profit of the Bamberg tan mills for the year 1907 was $366,- 768. Oo this amount the directors pro pose to apply $83,507 for workingmen's pensions, for extraordinary deduction for wear and tear of machinery and other matters, and after declaring a dividend of 27 1-2 per cent on all their stock, amounting to $856,000, making the sum of $235,620, they will put thejtrt remaining, viz $47 641 to the reserve j fund During the last 22 years this con-; cern has not lost one cent in bad ac counts Picked-Up Codfish. Wash enough salt confish to fill a cup when flaked. Pick it apart, re- moving bones and membrame. Cover they follow the example of the Euro with cold water and let it heat grad-l pean mills and get. out into the mar- ually to the simmering point. Whenikcts of the world and sell those goods, j ready to serve drain off the water and jit looks to me that if the European! cover with hot cream or with a cup-j mills can pay 13c a pound and freight, j ful of white sauce. Cook one rounded tablespoonful of flour in one of but ter, melted, add gradually one cupful of hot milk, a dash of salt and pepper and tnen tne nsn. just nerore serving; add one beaten egg, and stir until the egg is blended. Garnish the dish with toast points, or slices of bacon or minc - ed sweet green pepper or hard boiled , eggs halved lengthwise. The Delin- eator. ABOU BEN ADHEM. AboU'Ben Adhem (may his, tribe in crease) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room. Making it bright and like a lily bloom. m An Angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said: '"What writest thou?" The vision raised its head And with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered: "The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so." Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow men." Xh.e Angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again with a great awakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest. Selected. The wise man is thankful for what he has and for a Jot of things he hasn't. ED OF STBOHG - - COTTON GROWERS ASSOCIATION Written especially for The News' Farmers Forum. Clinton, N. C, April 3. If ever there was a time in the history of this j country when cotton growers were in t need of organization it is now. It ought to be apparent to all that to try further to go it alone and un- organized will mean bankruptcy. If things were left to a normal condition, with the present short crop on" hand, the value of cotton would be at least 15c per pound. But instead of that it is nearer 10 and dropping every day. Now what has brought about this un- natural condition. They tell us that one of the causes is the money pan ic. If this was so wheat and corn and oats would be affected also but they are not, 'they are as high or higher than they have been in years. Cotton alone of all the great farm staples seems to be affected. They tell us again that another cause is be- 1L cot-.cause tho American mills cannot sell their output. This is exceedingly strange when we hear nothing from the English, German and other Euro- pean mills to this effect and they have loaded up on cotton at least ten dob. lars a bale higher than what it is now bringing. Why is it that the Ameri can mills haven't as good a Chance spll th,;r ontn. fn tlin mnplfi,u nt the worW ag the European mills have,: especialiy Avhen thev have tne coUonj fields at their door. Their excuse last fall was that the reason why they could not buy cotton then was the scarcity of money owing to the mon ey panic. Now they say that they are overstocked with goods. Why don't across the ocean and still make monev i that the American mills could make at least expenses when thy can get it at least two cents a oound cheaper and save the freight. It is a queer state of affairs, Mr. Editor. In the midst of world-wide nrosperitv and with a billion dollars in gold lying in the United States treasury we have a money panic. With the Euronean mills making money paying thirteen to fourteen cents a jiound and the American mills cant make a red pen ny paying 10 cents a pound with the freight thrown in. They told us in the past that lhe reason we did not get a good .price for our cotton was overproduction; ; they tell us now that it is undercon-1 sumption. So whichever way we turn ! we are between the "devil and the! deep blue sea." Whether we produce' much or little our condition is the' same and so long will it remain the same if we continue to allow others to do our thinking and acting for us. Set ting tho price on our great staple and we walk up like lambs dumb before our snearers, yet open we not our! mouths. Now how is the best way forJ us to set about to remedy this state of affairs and make coton raising a paying business? The answer is plain by organization. What should the organization teach? First, that the tirst great principle that underlies all successful farnins: is a full corn crib and smokehouse. That upon these two things hangs the whole law and gos pel. Conform to this and the cotton acreage question is settled. Second, It should teach better baling and hand ling of cotton. What a great money loss it is to throw such a valuable article out into the weather and let it rot from sheer neglect and careless ness. Such careless handling brings our cotton into bad repute aboard thereby lessening the demand. Our cotton should be carefully ginned and carefully handled and if this policy was strictly carried out the demand for American cotton abroad would be 1 greatly enhanced. We produce the lest staple in the world for making cloth and its carefuJ handling should receive more consideration at our hands. We lose millions every year bv such neglect and carelessness and it reflects seriously upon us as a busi ness people. Arain. a'l past experi ence has shown how unbusinesslike it is to continue to follow the old plan of selling cotton in .small lots (from wagon or cart. By this, method the farmer loses from a o.uarter to a half cent a pound. It would be .-just as easy for him to establish the ware house system and sell in bulk. Br the warehouse system the manufacturer would find it a great advantage over the present method of buying from the different cotton exchanges. Because by the "warehouse system the manu facturer would have delivered to him exactly the grade he bought. As it is now when he .. buys through an ex change there are a great many differ ent grades that can be delivered on the same contract. In other words the cotton exchanges as far as practi cal purposes for manufacturing go are almost useless. As now constitut ed theyjiave degenerated into "gamb ling hells" where men buy that which they have no intention of receiving and sell that which they never ex pect or intend to deliver. So you see that the cotton farmer, if lie is wise will organize his forces just as others are doing. Self preservation is the first law of nature and if others arm the cotton farmer must arm too or wear the yoke. Which will you do Bro. Farmer its up to you. There are many other reasons why they should organize but I will reserve them for another article. Very respectfully. S. H. HOBBS. Editorial Comment &EED-3ED. There is a striking analogy between the animal and vegetable kingdoms. Each are influenced by three prime forces an inherent bent to go back to the wild, heredity, and environment. It is assumed that the farmer has be fore this time selected the very best seed possible. The variety of seed se lected whether of corn or cotton be ing settled, it is of the last potential influence, we wish to speak environ ment, which simply means the sur roundings, circumstances and condi tions under which the man, plant or animal may develop. If you have spent some time and good money in procuring good seed, remember that no matter what the breeding may be, from the moment that life begins the environment begins to effect the progeny. This is the law of life. Plants like animals must have a house to live in. The house for the baby plant must be fashioned out of the upper ten inches of surface soil. If yoft have been thinking about this all along as you watched the furrowslice turn from the plow, the reason for plowing will have become more apparent and the work have a fascination rather than being a drudgery. It is somewhat difficult to describe in words the proper condition for an ideal seed bed. It should be porous but not loose; firm but not hard nor consolidated; closegrained but not run together nor adhesive. The break ing plow breaks the soil into gran ules with the pressure of the disc and smoothing harrow brines. close togeth er without destroying them. The soil must have a mealy, crumbly texture. It is in this environment the plants make their best development. Such ' sons will take up and hold the most water, not as water is held in a dish : but rather as it is held by a sponge. ' In such a scil too, beneficial bacterial life finds its most favorable environ ment and the mineral nutrients it con tains are readily reached and absorbed by the fine hairlike roots of the plant. It is a well known fact that this, in numerable bacteria that make their home in a mellow, nicely pulverised soil perform important work in prepar ing it for the higher plant's life. We can hardly lay too much stress on the importance of finely pulverized, created soil for a seed bed for whilethe soil grains should lay close together, there must bo circulation of air within the soil. Written especially for The News' Far mers Forum. Many exhortations have recently been made on this text, "Cut Down the Cotton Acreage." That is a very good text, but farmers pay, little attention to the exhortations. Suppose we change it somewhat and let it be "Make Home Supplies in Abundance." When preparation is made for a large corn and pea crop with a view to a large acreage sown in small grain next fall, the cotton acreage will then take care of itself. Let every farmer plant for 150 bushels of corn to the horse. Then he should plant peas, sorghum and potatoes in abundance, so that he would have some to sell. When he does that he will have fine horses or mules, good milch cows, fat hogs and plenty to eat the year round. A farmer in that condition can hold his cotton or sell it, as ho pleases. There is no road to independence for the farmer except through larger grain crops and more cattle and hogs. During the last three months there has been little plowing done in the piedmont country. It is too late to use (iisc and two-horse turn plows. Clay should never be turned up when it is wet. The fact is it requires more sense to make a first-class two-horse farmer than it does for a legislator. Any sort of a man can make a passable legislator, but it requires constant thinking, clear judgment and good ex ecutive ability to make a good far mer. Here we are at the beginning of the planting season. What little prepara tion that has been made is superficial. All work has to be done in a hurry. Nice theories that would work out when weather conditions are favorable have to be thrown aside. The plan of preparing and planting one field will not suit another. The implements in use this week will not be the proper ones next week. That is where the wise, thoughtful farmer excels the careless one who never thinks. Nino-tenths of the farmers over crop or under work. In the early spring they ate full of hope and energy. When the June showers and grass come ihey see their mistake. When one is about four days behind his work and keeps that way he falls short in the yield. A- lively crop of crab-grass in four The oxygen of the air is necessary for the germination of the seed for it is a known fact, that seed cannot germi nate in the absence of oxygen. More over, the plants root cannot grow and extend in the soil to lfind water and food constituents ( except in the pres ence of oxygen. " The preparation of the seed , bed is of the very first im portance, because we agree with the Irishman who said you couldn't hold the pib and build the pen too. It: is the part of foresight and good farming to prepare the seed bed before the feed is planted'. The impliments used to secure the conditions aimed for,' have already been mentioned, namely, the break ing plow, the disc and smoothing har row and if they are gcxd of their kind, they are as good as any. In dry sea sens when the ground is hardening it is a good idea to run the disc in front of the plow, it secures a better capil lary' connection for the conserving of moisture in the after cultivation. On all well drained land for corn, we would break and .plant flat, leaving the opening furrow about three inches 'below the surface. To prevent the seed from being washed out with heavy raiur, a good plan is to draw a fur row between the rows here and there to secure better drainage. For cot ton, we would plant on flat beds the flatter the beds the better the weedcr or wide harrow conforms to the contour of the land, and let the cultivation commence as the exigen cies of the case suggests, which is often not five days after .' planting. This is the first week in April Ala bama here we rest. CORN SOME MORE. Within the next thirty days the farmers of the south will have deter mined the acreage of this season's crop so much of corn, so much of cot ton. This is a question that should be fraught with considerable care and calculation. To help you finally decide this ques: tion perhaps it would be a good idea to ask your stock dealer what he would sell you a good pair of mules for,, or your groceryman ; what he would sell you cbrn, cowpeas and cowpea hay for, payable in November. If he don't give you some figures that will jar you and set you to thinking that there are some things that have not been af fected by the panic we will agree that we have been misinformed as to facts. Bear in mind too that on the first of January there was mdVe mules in the United States than there ever had been and that we have and that a bad stand foredooms an average yield even witbr'a propituous season. However, the facts indicate the continuance of high prices of corn. Before you come to a final discursion as to what shall be planted in this or that field, ask yourself if in the light of observation and experience you can afford to buy hay, oats,' corn, and cowpeas and come out ahead raising cotton. Never mind what neighbor Blank :is going to do or what the probable price of cotton will be this fall. If you plan wisely, if you farm rightly, the price of cotton will not be such a vexing question. ' Blobbs "Poor old D'Aubpr is jiearly starving, and yet he is wadded to his art." Slobbs "A case f marrying in haste, and repenting af leisure, I sup pose. - showery days will use up as much plant-food as the crop of corn or cotton will take up in three weeks. When one plants more than he can cultivate well he loses the benefit of half his. fertilizer. We often suggest to our neighbors to apply one-third the ferti lizer at planting time and the balance after the cotton and corn afe brought to a stand and all the first crop of grass killed. The plant-food in that second application will all be taken by the crops. My neighbors say "Well, chat's a good plan, but we have no time to stop to put in fertilizer in June." Ten acres properly fertilized and cultivated will make more than fifteen half worked. Last fall we exhorted farmers to sow oats and wheat. More than half of them s.aid-r-'T have no land ready till I pick out my cotton." So it was in this section. The consequence is that very little small grain was sown. The same condition will exist, next fall for unwise farmers will plant all the cotton possible and then grumble be cause volunteer hands do not go in and pick it. The reason that farmers have no land for small grain is that they do not understand a rotation of crops. Let the corn, pea and sorghum land be followed by small grain, and that by peas. If peas are scarce and high this year, plant in rows 30 to 36 inches apart, and cultivate twice. They will make a fine crop of vines and peas. The cultivation should be level so that the mower will ran over them smoothly. Our limited experience with the vel vet bean is that they are a fine land re storer but not as good for hay as the cow-pea. But if it is desirable to pre pare a field for small grain, plant two or three of the velvet beans in hills three feet apart and they will cover the land with vines before frost. They make a cheap fertilizer for small grain. The main idea is for each, farmer in some way, by some means, to prepare land enough for the early sowing of small grains. That should be the main object of all farmers in the hill coun try of the Carolinas. With an abun dance of small grain, corn, hay. cattle and hogs, the cotton acreage will take care of itself. W'e ask farmers to remember the text if they forget our exhortation "Make Home Supplies in Abundance." CHARLES PETTY. Spartanburg, S. C, April 2. APRIL RAIN. It is not raining rain for met It's raining daffodils; In ev'ry dimpled drop I see Wild flow'rs on the hills. And overwhelm the town; The clouds of gray engulf the day It. is not raining rain to me, It's raining roses down. It is not rainiiig rain to me, But fields of clover bloom. Where any buccaneering bee Can find a bed and roohi. A health Unto the happy, A fig for him who frets! It isn't raining rain to me. It's raining violets! 'Robert Loverman. Guano Shipments. Two carloads of guano for the mem bers of the. Farmers' Union of this sec tion were unloaded Monday. The gu ano was-ship'ped" direct here from the mines. Several more cars are expected this week. King's Mt. Herald. (tsaKea potatoes i nat lempi me md petite. The secret of a good baked potato is first a sound structure, then a smooth surface, a well-scrubbed skin and a hot, but not too hot, oven; if bakedftoo quickly the part nearest the skin chars, but when just right, the thin outer skin will peel off easily, leaving a mass of snowy meal inside. Bake from 30 to 40 minutes and when soft, on presure remove and serve at once. The Delineator. She "Sir, you forget yourself." He "Pardon me; you know I am terribly absent-minded." It is sometimes better to say what you think than to say what you think you ought to think. Si BEAUTY THAT IS LASTING Do not think you can make a girl lovely, if you do not make her happy. There is not one re straint you put on a good girl's nature there is not one check ypii give her instincts of affec tion or effect which will not be indelibly written on her features, with a hardness which is all the more painful because it takes "away the brightness from the eyes of innocence, and the charm from the bt ow of virtue. The perfect loveliness of a woman's countenance can only consist in that majestic peace, which is founded in the memory of happy and useful years full of sweet records; and from the joining of this with that yet more majes tic childishness, which is still full of change and promise; opening always modest at once and bright with hope of better things to be won, and to be be stowed. There is no old age where there is still that promise it is eternal youth. Ruskin.
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