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Topics, Mokrn J^ct^^i?T^«| y HeHtfol to Farmer,' Fruit Grower and Stockman? > Hock Potash. ""—V 'Amongst the many new fertilisers Which are constantly offered tor sale, rock potash has been mentioned and fees been give* a number of trials. She obtained results differ somewhat according to the soil and Its more ex tensive and Intensive cultivation, but taken altogether they are not as satis factory as had been expected. That more unfavorable than favor able results have been obtained and some adverse criticism haa been fcaard is not surprising on account of the difficult soluble form in which the potash is contained in the pow dered rock. On iolls rich in lime and komus the solubility of the potash is favorably influenced; on soils poor in either or both of these constituents, the effect may hardly have been no ticeable. sut that should not discourage us. The new rock potash, of which we liave any quantity in our country, which could take the place of crude potash salts and would have the ad ditional advantage of being free of chlorin, may have the same fate as ■ome of the fertilizers which were vnsatisfactory when they were first placed upon the market, but through some slight improvement have be come valuable fertilizers. , As the results which I obtained from the crude material yrere not favorable, It occurred to me if the •Sect could not be markedly im proved by treating the powdered rock with lime the more as soils which are comparatively poor in potash are gen erally also poor in lime. As the lime conld only have a quick effect on the powdered rock if it came in close con tact with the rock particles, I mixed the powdered rock with waste, to the conalatency of molasses, the air alaked lime also and let both run to gether Into a vessel, in which the mixture was kept moist for a week. The proportion which I used was a ' half pound of burned lime to three poundf of the powdered rock. Whether other proportions give bet- I ter results I cannot tell. I have not f tried them. The mixture dries quick ( ly and forms a light white powder, which is easy to apply and gives ex cellent results. The so prepared rock potash, which contains about fifteen per cent, of lime, will be very valuable for im proving sandy soils, which, besidos being poor in clay are generally also poor In lime. In improving sandy ■oils we have to deal with some or all at the following properties: 1. The poor water-holding power, w 2. The poor absorption power. 3. The lack of lime, d 4. The lack of humus. 6. Insufficient plant food constitu te. The prepared rock potash will im prove some of these properties and will he, without doubt, in the near feture a valuable addition to the ef fective fertilizers which are offered for Bale at the present time.—ll. in Southern Planter. , A. *} , For Corn Improvement. •*' t.f Under average methods of seed a lection and field conditions there is I from year to year more or less de- I terloratlon In all varieties of corn. [ This "running out" or "losing in qual ity and producing power" of a variety Is largely due to mixing and careless selection. Corn growers are also find t ing that much trouble and loss are resulting from seed corn harvested \te in the fall. They recognise that ThcMteat results can be obtained only when the seed is selected early and stcicd In a proper manner. For these corn growers should employ ■Mthods In selecting, planting and jvesticg which will givo seed of te highest quality and strongest itality. Ore way In which every corn grow er can do much to improve and main tale the quality in a variety of corn fto by planting a seed corn patch. Ver this patch he should select about I twenty-five of the best and most typl cat ears of corn of the seed to bo Iplaated this year. A germination tset should be made of each ear in vder that no weak ears may be pasted. Shell off and discard the f catall and Irregular butt and tip I grains. Then shell the ears together I and mix thoroughly. At the usual 1 time of planting plant this corn on tllba south or west aide of the field f:te be planted with the same variety. fThis location should be changed if it near a field planted with another Variety. Give this patch usual good Cultivation, keeping the ground free r*. and preserving a loose soil Vhen the corn is five or six » go through the patch and | bve all weak or backward plan,ts. > when the tassels begin to ap k xgo through and remove them all stalks which are either I ' ; i.Mk, barren, smutted, badly suck ■V •ed or for other reasons undesirable, gajtheii the corn is mature and not p f»W >»»fji/Mobwr 15 the seed should "Hnerally the woman in the ease ia I- w herself. ~* . hronie kieker kicks beat when the bucket. ■[be world goes wrong for the man goes the same way. i ■bgi't ba afraid of failures. Tbey promises of future aucecsa. M|'t be afraid to trust your boss. MHence id a necessary -part of. be harvested. Select the seed Mil from the strongest stalks with a large leal development and those bearing the ears four or live feet from the ground and holding them In a right position. Through the seed corn patch the farmer can do much to fix a desirable type In his corn and to reduce the number of barren, diseased and suck ered stalks that appear In his field. It also furnishes him a convenient place from which his seed corn in the fall can be selected, and he knows that it is from the best seed that he planted.—G. I. Christie, Purdue Uni versity. Location and Preparation of SoO. Roses thrive best where they re* ceive a generous allowance of sun shine. In partly shaded positions they never do their best, and in damp seasons, or during 4 humid spell of weather, with a sudden drop in the temperature, are liable to develop mildew. In Northern climates, the most favorable position for the rose garden is on the east and south sides of buildings or belts of shrubbery, which afford protection from the rough winds of winter. If, however, frees or shrubbery form the protec tion, the beds must be far enough re moved to bo safe from the encroach ments of their strong roots, which rob the soil of the moisture and fer tility especially needed by the roser. The soil should be dug to the depth of at least one foot—eighteen inches is better—and thoroughly mixed with two inches of old, well-rotted stable manure. In the absence of manure, bone-dust is an excellent substitute; it should be applied at the rate of one pound for every square yard of the surface, and should be thoroughly mited with the soil to the depth of a foot. If one may choose the kind 'of soil, a clayey soil for roses Tar sur passes the best garden loam. This is especially true in the South, whore the adhesiveness of the clay, causing it to cling closely to the stem, pre vents drying out. This also serves as a root protection in the winters of the North, and the plants seem to de rive a certain nourishment from the clay itself. Leaf-mold proves excel lent food for the rose, and maker a good winter protection if spread four or five Inches deep over the beds at the beginning of winter, to be worked into the soil In the spring. A soil too stiff may be lightened by the addi tion of coarse aand. Mkny skilled gardeners spade in a two-inch layer of unleached a lhes in autumn, so that the snows and rains may reach It by spring, taking tare that It does not touch the stemJl An inch layer of wood soot Is also very beneficial; but neither of these should be applied during summer, nor be added to wet soggy soils.— Ladies' World. U Thick or Thin Oat Sowing. The rate of seeding oats Is still a matter of experiment. It has been noticed that in certain seasons the conditions are much more favorable for stooling than Others. When the ground is strong enough and the con ditions are right it may be safe to practice thin seeding, and this is just the thing the majority of oat grow ers are doing. But English growers have secured wonderful results, and they invariably practice thick seed ing. One other thing: Don't start on light seed this year. With good, plump seed one can take chances on two bushels of seed an acre, but this year all oats are light and chaffy. I would rather risk three or four bush els of this light seed. If I sowed any of it at all.—L. C. Brown. — ™ Plant Forage Crops. Sow forage crops at every oppor tunity. These can be made to taks tho place of hay in feeding the stock on the farm and the hay can bs made a sale crop. It has sold for high prices all the past winter, and we are of the opinion that it will sell well next winter. German millet should be seeded at once, and this makes ex cellent hay if *ut before the seed Is formed, and if not wanted at home sells on the market. Cowpeas and sorghum make excellent feed, and cowpeas and millet Is much liked by some as a forage crop. Where cow peas cannot be had sow the aorghum or millet alone.—Southern Planter, Hog anl Hominy. The orang9 and vegetable crops may fail and sometimes do, but tho sweet potato crop is a certainty. It will yield abundantly on the poorest land and without any expense to speak of to the grower. When ready for market there is always a demand at money-making prices. So plant sweet potatoes for a certainty and other crops on the side. In othei words, let* come down to the hog and hominy proposition, and we'll win out and n«ver feel financial pan ics.'-—Manatee Record "' 1 - ■ ■■ , i ■ ii — mm Pert Paragraphs. 1 Why is it that some men would rather lose than see some other fel low winT Don't be afraid to watch the auo . cesses of your house. The faet that you are in its employ makes you a part owner. Many a mule has kicked hiinaolf out of the harness only to find that I ho bad to pull the load hith another j »et that didn't fit. I MERE THEY ARC I ■' *-> ' " ' v f iy ilt. , *■> £ I ' J •• They seem a little queer at first, but we'll soon get used to 'em. —Timely c artoon by Triggs, n th-> New Yoik Press. KNEW NO MAN TILL 29, THEN SHE WED THE FIRST Miss Pratt, of •'Women's Commonwealth," Was Reared In the v Belief It Was a Sin to Marry—Belonged to Strange Sect Founded by a Woman Who Left Her Husband and Formed a Colony Who Saw No Men. Philadelphia.—Back of the mar riage of Mlaa Adah Pratt, of 1437 Irving street, Washington, to B. Franklin Hoover,of Philadelphia, lies a story of unusual romance. Miss Pratt lived until she was twenty-nine years old without form ing the acquaintance of a man. She was born and raised in a community of women taught to believe that mar riage was a sin. She was bound by teaching and belief always to remain ■ingle. Then she married the first man to whom she ever had been in troduced. She did more than half the courting hernelX— Nearly thirty years ago, In Texas, where Mrs. Hoover's mother lived at the time, a Mrs. Martha McWhirter. of Waco, announced that she had had a visitation from the Almighty, and had been told that It was sinful to live with man. Accordingly, she left her husband and, gathering about her a small party of women followers, went to the little town of Belton and there established headquarters of the new creed. It was called the Woman's Com monwealth. Its members were all well to do and self-supporting. Some were spinsters, some had been mar ried and some had chlldnsn. Mrs. Pratt was one of the convft-ts of the religion, and, leaving her husband, •he joined the colony where, two months afterward, the present Mrs. Hoover was born. There were ten children In the colony, all girls. Ten years ago the "commonwealth" moved to Washington, taking up a farm of 172 acres In Montgomery County, Maryland, and a large house In the city. The children were taught to beware of men. They never were permitted to have acquaintances with any of them. Of course they saw men. Mrs. Hoover says she often had noticed them. But she never paid attention to any of them until she met Hoover. This Is the way she told her story: "Five of the girls grew up," she said, "and then slipped away to be married. Of course they were re garded as sinners. I thought them MEN TO BE ABOARD MONITOR FIRED AT BY BIG GUNS. They Will Perch In « Tower filch Enough to Minimize Danger Prom Cannon Balls. Norfolk, VA. —The indications are that men will be aboard the monitor Florida when that vessel la made a target for the test of twelve-Inch gun Art, two or three weeks hence. An observation tower, sixty or seventy teet above the main deck, Is being constructed from the stern of the ves sel. There could be no use for sach n tower, but to observe the effects of the fire. The tower will be large enough to contain several men. Their height from the deck will minimize BARS SISSY CHRISTIANS FROM Y. M. C. A. JOB. Building BOM Discharges Them—Say* Non-Believers Do MucH More Work. Los Angeles.—General Superinten dent C. B. Weaver, who has charge of the construction work of the new Y. M. C. A. building here, has discharged all the Christians. He declares thnt non-Christians do 25 per cent, more work than the church members; ''There's not a Christian on the job as far as I know," aald Weaver. Lancashire Spinners Abandon the Plan to Ilarc American Estates. Manchester. The Lancashire cot ton aptnne'rs have' abandoned the scheme to purchase cotton growing estates in the Mississippi Delta, ow ing to legal Impediments against aliens Holding real estate.' The Cotton Splnnera* Association had already appointed a committee to take preliminary steps to form a com pany to take control of a cotton plan tation in the United States, this be ing one of the reaulta of the visit of the British delegation to that country. bad. But about a year ago I went down town with a girl friend and she Introduced me to Mr. Hoover. "Somehow or other I could not get him out of my mind. I found myself wishing I might see him all the time. I knew It wasn't right; at least, I thought It wasn't. Later I met him down town again, and several times after that. Then he told me he was going to leave the city and asked me to write. I told him I would." From her story it aeems that Hoov er, who is a hotel clerk, went to Ghl cago, then came to Philadelphia, and wrote his intention to Miss Pratt In Washington. "I was crazy to see him," she ad mitted, "and decided to risk the fear of my mother's displeasure. So I slipped quietly out of the house In Washington and came here. When I found Mr. Hoover he was greatly sur prised. " 'Why, Adah, have you come up here to marry me?' he asked. "'I don't know that I thought much about that,' I replied, 'I just felt I had to see you again.' " 'Well, will you marry me?' ha asked. It took me by surprise, al though I waa not wholly unprepared for It. " 'l'm willing,' I said finally. " 'Right away?' he naked. This/ was ao auddeh It took my breath' away. " 'Can't you wait until to-morrow nlghtT' I asked him, and he said he would." The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. B. O. Pidge, pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church, at the parson age. The same evening tho bride wrote to her mother, but has not re ceived an answer as yet. "I'm afraid she never will forgive me," she said. "She alwaya was very strict wltfi me. There are still three unmarried gtrta at the commonwealth. They are twenty-three, twenty-eight and thirty-three yeara old." Mrs. Hoover Is tall, of a striking figure and stylishly dressed. She has a wealth of chestnut hair, brown eyet and an expressive smile. the danger which they will run. It is possible that volunteer officers and men will man the tower. One of the twelve-Inch guns haa been taken from the turret of the monitor and a stub installed in its place. The atub will be fired at. A Heavy plate of armor has been In stalled between the other gun and the stub to prevent injury to the gun, and a bullet head has been constructed iu the forward part of the vessel so that should It be struck at or below the water line the vessel will not sink. "When I began I had some Chris* tiaus, but they did not deliver the goods. I flred 'em. They wore a sissy lot, and thought because they belonged to the church they should get the soft enu' of everything. I've liircd fellowa who make no profession and I'm getting twice as much work out of them." f7,000,000 Plans of Obscure Young Architect to Be Realized. London. The London !ounty Council has decided to proceed with the building of the proposed County Hall on the site selected on the banks of the Thames at Westminster. It is estimated that it will cost STOUT,OOO and take seven years to build. The architect is Ralph Knott, who till he won that position by .competi tion was an obscure assistant in the city architect's office- He is twenty nine years old. His fses as architect will amount to about I*oo,ooo. The South Awake. Tho seed sown in the Interest of fooi rpada In the South ia beginning to grow nnd there la evidence on •very hand that a harvest will soon mature of which all who bave In any way aided in this work will be justly proud. The South Carolina State Good Roada Association held a meeting in Columbia last month that endorsed the appointment of a State Highway Commissioner whose dutiea should be to have a general aupervlalon of the roada of the State and inaugu rate systematic methods and plana for their improvement and main ten* ance. Road aupervisors are to be appoint ed for a term of four years and a general movement in the matter of improving the roads of the State la to be given life and vigor. The meeting of the Commercial Bacret£t-les of Texas and Louisiana, 'held at Fort Worth on February 15, gave much attention to the plana for improving the roads of those States, while more than usual discussion baa t%ken place in the columns of the press of Alabama on thia Important subject. In fact, there is something doing for the cause of good roada in all the States of the South, and there la every reason to believe that the Interest in this line of develop ment for the South will not relax until there shall exist in each and every State carefully arranged sys tems for improving their roads and keeping them in good repair there after. ' It Is scarcely conceivable to imag ine any Investment which a State can make that will prove of greater value to all ita citizens than what may be put into road improvements This Investment flrst yields a return In an enhanced value of all landß that aro served by good roads, and the State finds its immediate return for Its outlay in that direction, while the owners of these lands can add greater variety of crops aa they can the more readily place their products in local markets. And then the residents of the towns and cities can be more easily and more economically supplied with food products from nearby farmsT and so there Is an endless chain of benefits resulting from good roads that brings a compensating return to all classes in the State, and so all are Interested in this movement and should help it along. The South is waking up to these facts and it only requires proper per sistency on the part of those who most clearly recognise the need of good roada in order to secure what is desired in this direction.—Chat* tanooga Tradesman. A Good Roads Method. A correspondent of the Michigan Farmer in apeaking of the Good Roads Convention held In Port Hu ron, commends highly the address of Hon. A. W. Campbell, of Toronto, who explained the system In vogue in Toronto. He said they uaed to have the atatute labor law by which each townahlp had a great number of overseers and in that townahlp there waa generally a new one in each dis trict. One of them would build the road eighteen feet wide, another twenty-flve feet wide and some forty feet, and the next year a new one would reduce the width where the one made it wide and another would widen the narrow road, ao It was always being changed and a share of the work loat each year. So they never had any good roads until they adopted their present system, which is the payment of road tax la money —and they have one commissioner L each townahlp to oversee all of the roada and expend the money. He advocated the establishment of gravel pita where good gravel could be gotten to put on the roads and said his experience had been that good, clean gravel would outlast moat of the broken stone. He was in favor of cement culverta—said they had molds, four different slses and they put gangs of men In gravel pits and made up the blocks and left them in pit all winter to season, then next season g«t them as they wanted theiu. For very large they arched them over even to the width of twenty and thirty teet. He said do not be afraid to use plenty of cement. This author even to the width of twenty and thirty feet. He said do not be afraid to use plenty This author ity claims there can be no progress made on our roads under a statute labor law. He claimed liny gocd competent man could build roads and he advocated about a twenty root roadway with nine feet of gravel surface with a gradual slope each way to ditches, and above all good litches and drainage. Tea and Coffee. ▲ writer in a contemporary men lons that good tea, well cured bacon ind thin bread and butter are rare luxuries in America. Good coffee is Common, but not tea. However, tea ia the'drink in Australia; Some peo ple now, I notice, take tea after lunch >r dinner, as others do coffee. Tea ind coffee thirty years ago were al ways served after dinner; most of the {nests took tea, and some even bread ind butter, aa well.—London Gra phic. - baking powda— So does France So doea Germany TWaWaha UUU —*a»dhWi« 0 mi *»Ph>iq«lCAMhh. —dilnw lifciag pawp aw nmj »lmm Pwapw—J m mimmm. To Mottd yourself against doa WIMB oramg baking pwda, mi MM ym gat RojraL Royal atkaoaly Baiiag Piwdw Mads from Royal Grape Oaan of Tartar, k add* to the digmibiliij aad WUMM»> of the fool NEWSY GLEANINGS. Hamilton, Ohio, has sixty-cent gat Chicago will establish a curb mar ket. Independent automobile manufac turers plan a traveling exhibition of cars. The German Imperial Government Is thinking of establishing a petro leum monopoly. America leads the world in trade with Japan, according to figures pub lished in Toklo. Tho National Civil Service Reform League in a pamphlet attacked the Crumpacker census bill. Federal Judge Grosscup, speaking/- In Philadelphia, assailed President Roosevelt's attitude on the Anti-Trust Law. j. T Iff?efho!i sand Chinese, residents of Manila, are held at Amoy on ac count of the prevalence of trachoma among them. • The Andover Theological Seminary was removed to Cambridge and be come affiliated with tbe Harvard Di vinity School. The Bavarian Government has practically decided to Bpend *90,000,- 000 for tin construction of the great Systems of waterways. The large number of idle miners In the United States baß been at tracted by the apparently rich and unclaimed lands of AfosKa. The New EnglaiijLNethodist Epis copal conference votea In favor of removing, the Church ban from danc ing, card playing and theatre going. In New Yor': City Judge Foster re leased Michael Briefer, a bigamist, on parole, under bond '.o support the . children of botb wires—not the two women themselves. Forty thousand Slavs petitioned the President at Washington to inter cede for a naturalised American of .their race jailed la Prague for an alleged seditious song. " " / Negro's Body Found Hanging to a ... Limb. Fort (Worth, Texas, Special. A special to Tin Record from Atlanta, Terr, say*: Jrrsper Douglas, a negro was charged in a warrant sworn to with having criminally assaulted bis step-sister, a girl of 12 years. Sun day morning his body was found hanging to the limb of a free near this place. Tho verdict of the coro ner's jury was that Douglas came to his death at the hands of unknown persons. Naval Store Plant Burned. Valdosta, Ga., Special—'The South ern Naval Stores Distilling Com pany's plant near here was burned lesthectg Bop r ROatV MFWPP Monday afternoon. Loss about $40,- 000; insurance $7,000. The fire is supposed to have canght from a spark from the smoke stack. The plant was owned chiefly by northern capitalists. It burned last Easter Sunday and had partly been rebuilt. Unison Among Steel Magnates. Ilobokcn, Special.—There was no trouble at the annual meeting of the stockholders of the United States Steel Corporation here ,and the re port that a committee of stockholders would attack the present administra tion proved unfounded. There was but one ticket in the field for election, composed of the present board, all of whom were re-electcd. Democrats Carry Looiaiana. New Orleans, Special.—Early re turns from tho State eelctions indicate that the Democratic ticket, headed by J. Y. Sanders for Governor had been elected throughout. Returns of the prohibition election in Acadia and St. Landry parishes art coming in slowly. Early in the night, how ever, tlic pro!ubitiHiiritii were k-ading in Acadia. . Like Father, Like B on. The Rev. Dr. Somera wa« in the habit of addressing Sarah, his wife, in polsyllablps when he lwahed thi children to leave the room. He never dreamed that they uaderstood, until 9 year-old Jack, recovering from meaales, w>| oAe day enjoyfpg the dear privilege of hearing his mother read aloud. The doctor ventured tn and began softly, "Sarah-—" Up rose Master Jash 1n bed. "Sarah" quoth he, "eliminate the ob noxious element!"—Ufplncott'i.
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