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ONE FRUIT GROWER'S CREED
Proposed by School of Extension De
partment of West Virginia Unl-
verslty and Is Excellent.
The following creed "was proposed
by the fruit school of the extension
department of the West Virginia uni
versity. It ia a splendid one:
He who plants a fruit tree pro
fesses his faith. It is as if he should
Bay: - I believe.
I believe! '
t' I believe In God and In the order
liness of his universe.
I believe in the regular procession
of the seasons spring and summer
and autumn and winter.
I believe in the sure succession of
youth and winter.
I believe in the unfailing order of
bicssom-time and fruit-time.
I believe in the permanence of hu
man needs.
I believe in the perpetuity of human
Institutions.
I believe In the steadfastness of
Mother Earth, whose promise of food
for her faithful children is a pledge
that will not fall.
I believe In work as a divine gift.
I believe in myself.
I believe!
And in this abiding faith I work.
.. In this faith I plant this tree.
In this faith I dig about its roots
and nourish it.
In this faith I will protect It from
vermin and disease.
In this faith I will wait for the early
and the latter rain.
In the faith I will guard the blos
som and the green fruit.
In this faith I will watch for the
first blush of the ripening peach and
the early tints of the maturing apple.
In this faith Twill gather the first
fruits with a thankful heart.
SINGLETREE FOR AN ORCHARD
implement Like One Shown in lllus
traicn Will Prevent Much Injury
to Trees by Plowman.
Many a good tree has been ruined
ty a careless plowman who allowed
the end of the singletree to scrape off
the bark. It is easy to avoid injury of
this kind by making a- singletree like
Orchard Singletree.
that shown in the illustration. It is
made of a board of hard wood about
an inch thick shaped in a curve, and
on the outside is nailed a piece of
strap or iron with holes in the end for
hitching the tugs. An old leather har
ness tug will answer the purpose al
jnost as well as the iron, but of course
wiil not last so long. A singletree of
this kind should be made just wide
enough so a horse can walk between
the tugs comfortably Avithout rubbing
his lees against them.
Substitute for Bordeaux.
"Lime-Sulphur as a Summer Spray,"
a new bulletin ready for distribution
from the New York State College of
Agriculture, contains a clean-cut sum
mary, with a brief discussion of the
results, obtained by Errett Wallace.
They indicate that lime-sulphur is an
efficient substitute for bordeaux in the
control cf apple scab. Soxe of the
Important points brought out are:
Lime-sulphur will control the apple
scab in wet season, as well as in a dry
one. A dilution cf 1-40 of a concen
trate testing 33 degrees Beaunio with
two pounds arsenate of lead is about
right for the apple scab. Arsenate cf
lead increases the fungicidal value of
lime sulphur by 50 per cent. The fun
gicidal value of sediment in lime-sulphur
depends upon magnesium oxide
content. The bulletin will be sent only
'to New York farmers sufficiently in
terested to make a special request.
The Tulip In Pots.
Sore varieties of tulips are well
adapted to the flower pot. The Clu
siana grows to a height, of 18 or 20
inches, with a 6lender stem. The
leaves are long and narrow and the
flower sometimes measures two
inches across. This variety is of the
funnel form, with bright lemon-yellow
flowers, with light shading of green or
white, sometimes streaked with pink.
It ia very fragrant, and when properly
cultivated is one of the most beautiful
of all the tulip family.
The tulip is easy to cultivate, a3 it
thrives well in either heavy or light
coil. It does better, however, in rath
er light soil, well drained and fairly
rich. Those grown in heavy, black
toll produce smaller flowers and the
colors are not nearly so bright.
Piant Grape Cuttings Early.
Plant grape cutting.? very early in
the Fprlng as' early as the ground
can be worked. 'The cutting should
slant a little, and only have one bud
above the ground. 1 -. .
Protect the Cirds.
Protect the birds and if you. have
cats, that ere liable, to bill thc..hirds
get rl.i cf the cats. - . '
FACTS ABOUT TUSSOCK MOTH
When Full Grown It It On of Our
Most Beautiful Caterpillars Meth
ods for Combating Insect. . ,
. When full grown the white marked
tussock moth Is one of our most beau
tiful caterpillars, Immediately recog
nized by the four white tufts or tus
socks on back. The head is bright
coral red, and the body marked with
longitudinal yellow, gray and black
lines. Below the caterpillar is yellow.
There are two tufts of black project
ing forward from above the head. At
the posterior end of the'body there is
one hairy "horn."
This "worm" when full grown has
been feeding for a month and Is about
an inch long. At that time it spins for
itself a hairy cocoon. This may be
on the tree where it has been feeding
or upon other trees or upon buildings,
fences, etc. Two weeks are spent in
this cocoon, at the expiration of which
time the moth emerges. The male moth
is gray. The female moth has no
wings. She lays eggs in a whitish
mass on her cocoon and then dies.
This egg mass with the cocoon is a
conspicuous object and when it is
known that the eggs of the female
number from 200 to 400 the impor
tance of gathering and destroying the
egg masses before hatching is very ap
parent. .This pest is a general feeder,
a variety cf trees and vines suffering
from its depredations.
The methods for combating the tus
sock moth are collecting and destroy
ing the egg masses. On large trees,
where these cannot be reached moist
en them .with a sponge saturated writh
creosoti and tied to a pole. Spraying
with arsenicals (arsenlte of lead,
3 pounds to 50 gallons of water is
best) at a time when they are eating
White Marked Tussock Caterpillar.
the leaves. To prevent caterpillars
from ascending, keep trunks of trees
banded with cotton, or some sticky
material, such as tree tanglefoot. In
cases of bad infestation combine some
or all of the above remedies.
All l-af-eating insects may be killed
with arsenical sprays or by hand pick
ing or by cutting off the infested twig
and destroying the insects thereon, or
by burning their colonies or webs by
means of a torch on a pole, or by
crushing them with the gloved hand.
The intelligent care of trees is a
great aid in our battle with the in
sects. A tree planted in good soil,
vigorous and thrifty, well protected
from injury, stands a better chance
than one not so favored. A shade
tree injured by horses driven by
thoughtless boys and others, a young
tree scarred by a lawn mower, or a
large one either murdered by cut
throat linemen in running electric
wires or burnt by contact with such
wires invites attack, as does also a
tree pruned in the wrong way.
HOW TO. MAKE A HEAVY HOE
Excellent Implement for Use In Or
chard May be Made From Old
Shovel Long Handle is
Needed.
An old shovel which has been worr.
down wiil make a fine heavy hoe for
use in the orchard, says a writer in
the Popular Mechanics. The shovel
Mads From an Old Shovel.
handle is removed and the shank
heated and bent to the required angle.
A long handle is fitted into the shank
and fastened. The hoe when com
pleted is good for heavy work.
rars;
Interest the children in the making
and planting of apple root grafts.
Provide for the future by planning
a small strawberry patch this spring.
The earlier sweet peas are sown the
larger the number of flowers pro
duced. In every case the trees should be
sprayed thoroughly and evenly to ac
complish the best results.
Hardy hydrangeas bloom on the
current year's growth. To grow large
heads cut the canes back heavily.
To kill the San Jose scale spray the
trees with lime-sulphur wash, or a
soluble oil, just before the buds start
to swell.
Jack Frost hasn't any terror for the
poppy. Just sow the seeds on the sur
face of the soil and give the flowers;
an early start.
Asters can be planted in rows of
white and lavender with very pleasing
results, provided the same kind is
used in each row.
The best strawberry fertilizer should
be one containing eight per cent, of
phosphoric acid, three per cent, of
ammonia and ten per cent, of pure
potash.
The chrysanthemums that produce
the largest flowers are started early.
"Propagate by cuttings taken from the
suckers of the plants held ever from
lat- fall.
CONGRESS WILL
HAVE TO DECIDE
WHETHER INTERVENTION AND
ITS CONSEQUENCES ARE
WARRANTED.
TAFT HAS DONE ALL KE CAN
To Control Border Situation Mexico
Has 'Not Replied to Demands of
Uncle Sam American Property
and Lives in Danger.
Washington. President Taft feels
that he has done personally all that
can be done by a chief executive to
control the situation along the Mexi
can border. He and his advisers be
lieve that now congress must say
whether the situation is grave enough
to warrant intervention and its con
sequences. Through the state department, the
administration has played what may
be regarded as its last card. It re
iterated in no uncertain fashion the
representations made to Mexico a few
days back, that affairs like that at
Douglas and Agua Prieta last week
must not be repeated. Instead of
awaiting the customary period for a
formal reply from Mexico the depart
ment asked for immediate assurances
that there be no more fighting that
endangered Americans in the border
towns. Information was requested
also as to what measure the authori
ties had taken to prevent future com
bats of this kind. A few hours after
the department announced that it
had issued this secoid demand the
dispatches from Douglas began to
come into the war department show
ing that the second battle of Agua
Prieta had begun.
The president is plainly worried.
The bulletins were taken to him
wherever he happened to be and he
did not conceal the fact that he was
intensely interested in the news from
Agua Prieta.
The president had two important
conferences. He talked with Secre
tary Knox and he had a conference
with Ambassador Bryce of Great
Britain. The official explanation of
Mr. Bryce's visit was that he came
to talk about the proposed arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Great Britian.
President Taft has told callers that
he does not contemplate sending a
special message to congress relating
to the condition of affairs in Mexico.
Ha has shown to leaders of both the
senate and house the confidential
correspondence dealing with Mexico.
He has let it be known that no Unit
ed States troops would cross the line
unless authorized by congress and
Secretary of War Dickinson confirm
ed that statement.
No one here doubts that interven
tion would mean war. A dispatch
from Colonel Shunk, the commanding
officer at Douglas, said that three in
surgents without arms "surrendered
to us" and that they are now being
held as prisoners.
A Day of Terror in Douglso.
Agua Prieta, Mexico. (From the
Associated Press correspondent in the
field).
The most important battle of the
Mexican revolution thus far wao
fought here between 1,600 Federals
under command of Lieutenant Colonel
Diaz and 1,000 rebels under Balasario
Garcia and resulted in the repulse cf
the former.
The battle, however, was net' finally
decisive. It lasted from 6:30 a. m.,
until sundown. At nightfall, two
Federal machine guns were in- the
possession of the rebels and the Fed
erals had sustained a loss estimated
by the rebels as at least two hundred
killed and wounded. The rebels gave
their own loss at 20.
From the beginning cf the battle,
regardless of the warning given by
the United States government to the
leaders of both forces, a rain of bul
lets poured into the American town
of Douglas, and when the day was
over, it was found that seven non
combatant residents of that city had
been wounded. It was a day almost
of terror in Douglas.
Episcopalians Guarrel at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va A letter of Rev. Dr.
Francis Steinmetz, rector of the
Christf church, referring to Bishop A.
M. Randolph as "summary and brutal
and tyrannical and despotic," and his
subsequent apologies to the bishop,
figure in a merry contest now on in
the Episcopal circles here. Mrs. J.
K. B. Stuart, widow of the famous
cavalry leader, is among those sup
porting Bishop Randolph and she de
clined to occupy her pew in Christ
church Easter, Sunday. The bishop
had enjoined high church forms here.
Withdrew Bill to Repeal Liquor Law.
Nashville. The bill to repeal the
law prohibiting the manufacture of
beers, wines, liquors, etc., in Tenessee
was withdrawn in the senate upon
request of Senator Draughton, its
author. The house, still lacking a
quorum, and over the protest of the
remaining fusion members, adopted a
resolution calling upon Governor
Hooper to ,lielp the majority to round
Vp a quorum and appointed a -committee
to present it to tfie.'governor.The
urppse, fusiorf members said, was to
insult the governor.
NORTH STATE NEWS
Raleigh. Governor Kltchin has or
dered the convening of a special term
of superior court for Robeson county
at Lumberton, May 15, to continue
one week. Judge C. M. Cook to pre
side. It will be for the trial of crim
inal cases.
Washington. Secretary Wilson has
notified Representative Webb that he
will send an expert to Mecklenburg
county in May to investigate the
drainage question.
Fayetteville. While making a break
for liberty from the chaingang work
ing near Steadman, this county, Jchn
McDonald was shot and killed. Mc
Donald was eerving IS months for
larceny, having been sentenced in
January.
High Point. High Point manufac
turers say that their sales have been
larger for the first three months of
this year than during any similar
period in preceeding years.
Ldard of aldermen are out.
Raleigh. Very handsome new col
ors for tho third regiment, North
Carolina national guard, have been
received at the office of the adjutant
general of the North Carolina guard
here from the United States war de
partment. It is regulation design and
bears the inscription "Third Regi
ment N. C. N. G." The colors are
of finest silk material and cost $160
each.
Albany, N. Y. Activity in road
building all over the country for
which great sums have been expended
last year is summed up in a conden
sation of state highway reports given
out here. Georgia spent $3,000,000
and North Carolina $SOO,000.
Washington. Fuller Wishart, a
young man of Charlotte, whom Mr.
Webb, of the ninth district appointed
to a position as page during the last
congress, has been promoted to chief
p-.&e, a very responsible position for
a boy of his age.
Washington, N. C. The recorder's
court for this city, which started Feb
ruary 20, has already made good.
From February 20 to April 1 Record
er W. D. Grimes ba3 tried 59 cases,
out of which there were only six
acquittals. Ihere has been turned
into the county treasury during this
time by way of fines $225.
High Toint. The twenty-second an
nual session of the North Carolina
Funeral Directors and Embalmers' as
sociation will be held in this city
Tuesday-,"" Wedn-esday and Thursday,
May 2, C and 4. Tho sessions will
to open to the- public.
Washington. Tho department of
justice filed a motion in the Supreme
Court of" the United States asking for
.n early hearing in a case involving
a review of an unsuccesssful indict
ment against Ccnrad A. Plyler of
North Carolina. In tha case the
point is whether or not if is a fraud
on rho government to forge a signa
U;re to an application for rural letter
carriers.
High Point. Through their pastor,
Rev. M. Luther Camp, the Woman's
Memorial Evangelical Lutheran
church cf this city has just been in
formed by Mr. Andrew Carnegie's
secretary tbr.t Mr. Carnegie will con
tribute cne half of the amount $1,
AO which is necesssary to pay for
the handsome pipe organ which is
ro be installed in this church. The
rgan will have a two manual attach
ment end electricity will furni&h the
motive' power.
Laurinburg. The good roads spirit
has visited other part3 of Scotland
crrnty since the voting of bends by
Williamson and Stewartsville . town-,
ships two years ago. The last legis
lature re-enacted the same law for
the ether townships of the county
and petition's arc now being circulat
ed to the heard of county commis
sioners fcr the calling cf r.n election.
It; i3 reocrtsd that Spring Hill town
ehin will as': for $20,000 in bends.
Washington. Mr. V&rner was told
by the Southern railway officials that
a rcprenr-ntative of his paper would
be oared fcr cn the special goor"
roads train which will start from
Mobile, Ala., e.n May 23 and will make
trips to every city , in the South dur
ing the summer and fall.
Shelby. it has been made public
fchat Mr. Andrew Carnegie has con
sented to give $1,230 to the First
Baptist church of Shelby if an equal
amount will be raised by the congre
gation. Several gentlemen have
guaranteed that this amount will be
subscribed locally.
Yilmington. There is every reason
to believe that the berry crop will
bo as large as last season, when 1,
580 cars of berries were shipped and
it. may be that the crop this year will
be some larger. Estimates by those
connected with handling the crop
place the number cf cars at between
1,600 and ' 1,700.
Atlanta. One hundred and forty
eight new banks with aggregate cap
ital of-!$110,040,000 were organized in
the 10 Southern states between Jan
uary 15 and April 15 of this i year.
Twelve 'were, organized in this state
with $1,230,000 capital.
Winston-Salem. The Socialists will
put out a municipal ticket in the
Winston, election. Candidates for
mayor and nine members of the
Winston-Salem. At the approach
ing commencement of Salem college,
a diploma will be awarded to Mrs.
R. L, McWhcrtcr of Georgia, who
Snl&hed her course in the. institution
63 years ago. Mrs. McWhcrter is now
more than 80 years old. "When Mrs.
McWhorter was graduated, diplomas
were net riven. She will travel s
Winston-Sale m in a private car; rro
rided rv lirr rcn, a prcninrht rail
.cad lawyer. .
XfKfDEffi (MI
MM
jjrtr-S HE United States government
ffHE
J is
now the sole owner of an ex
plosive which Is the most pow
erful in the world and one
which it is cfalmed makes the
defenses of New York harbor impreg
nable. No hostile ship of even the
most advanced type can now approach
within ten miles of Sandy Hook with
out danger of being sent to the bot
tom by a single shell. .
It is the recent perfection of "Ex
plosive D" that has placed in the' pos
session of the government a weapon
far superior to joveite, nitroglycerine,
melanite or the shimose that Japan
used against the fortifications of Port
Arthur. It is startllngly destructive
in its effects and yet so safe in the
handling that accidents to gunners
are unknown.
To Col. Beverly W. Dunn of the
ordnance department of the army, and
at present chairman of the American
Railway association, belongs the dis
tinction of inventing the wonderful
agent of destruction. He Is the in
ventor of "dunnlte" and "Explosive
D" Is his improvement on the original
invention. He has given it freely to
the government.
Hudson Maxim, the Inventor, - made
this statement the other day: -
'The United States government
owns ana controls a Drana-new ex
plosive which will prove a revelation
in warfare and will do most every
thing except perhaps blow the white
crust off the top of the earth." .. v
In Washington experts of Jhe; ord
nance corps were asked: . , , . .
'Why need the United Staesf ear
war with any nation?" v
"We fear no one!" was the answer.
Then the experts set forth just how
the explosive could be used, how dan
gerous it is and, in a measure, how it
is made. They would not go into the
latter very deeply, because that is the
government's secret.
"To show what It would do if used!
in the forts about New York against
an enemy's Bhip3," said an ordnance
expert, "picture a modern dread
nought of the North Dakota type ten
miles at sea steaming toward Sandy
Hook. Then glance toward the Hook
and see a burst of flame from one of
the big fourteen-lnch guns and a heavy
projectile go plunging through space
direct for the waterline of the dread
nought. .
The dreadnought suddenly stops.
trembles and settles. In a minute It
disappears, leaving struggling men In
the water. One shot of this mighty
explosive has sent $10,000,000 worth
of steel and the finest workmanship
to the bottom of the sea, and with it
one thousand officers and men.
It is almost Inconceivable, and yet
it appears to be true, for with the dis
covery made it only remains that our
men should have marksmanship and
wo have that."
There are enough Ehells loaded with
"Explosive D" stored in the magazines
of Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, Fort
Hamilton and Fort Wadsworth to pre
vent the city of New York and the
surrounding country from being dam
aged one iota by the combined fleets
of the powers of Europe.
The explosive is a compound of
which picric acid Is the base. In a
projectile used in a twelve4och- gun
of the army or" navy, and weighing
1,046 pounds, there are,; sixty-five
pounds of the explosive. That 13 as
near to the nature of the ingredients
of the compound as any but the ex
perts are allowed to get.'
The Dunn explosive is fired by a
time fuse and will not explode on con
tact. But when it does explode its
powers are almost supernatural.
At Sandy Hock, for one of the se
cret tests, the government built a
largo compartment of eteel a"rmor
plate several incbe3 in thickness. In
front 9f the compartment facing the
gun was a sheet of armor plate 11
inches thick. The regulation 12-inch
gun wa3 used and the projectile, con
taining sixty-five pounds of Explosive
D, fired with an ordinary charge of
smokeless powder. It went through
the armor plate into the compartment
and exploded. Great holes were torn
in the steel box on all sides and
demonstrated that had it been a ship
it would have gone to tho bottcQ villi
all on board.
Among the other tests made was
that of shells fired from field pieces
into an embankment to determine
what could be done .to an enemy's en
trenchments.' One shell went into an
t-v- V 1
embankment several feet and explod
ed in half a second. There was a!
great hole in the earth. Had it been!
a real entrenchment with men behind1
it the entrenchment and every living:
thing In it would have been destroyed.
Nothing resists the terrible force of
Explosive D. It tears through iron!
and jBteel , as a revolver shot goes
through a tin can. Penetrating the;
deck of a vessel, it would explode on
the second deck, blowing out the sides
and driving the second deck down!
through the bottom.
Hereafter all torpedoes of the navy
are to be charged with Explosive D
and they will do fearful work. This
secret, worked over for years by a
thoughtful man, is known to but four
officers of the government. So valu
able i3 it considered the government
does not think it best to let the In
gredients of the compound be known
to more than that number.
All the nations of tho earth have
been watching the experiments with..
Explosive D and have been experi
menting with high explosives, but
there is not anything in theworld at
present that represents such tremen
dous power as does this thing which,
a quiet army officer living in Bay'.
Shore, L. I., has been developing ; m
his laboratories and at the Sandy;
Hook experiment grounds.
OPEN. BRAZEN CONFESSION
j
One Man Finds the Game of Chesa
Too Much for Him and
. r'
'' Admit3 It.
Tho chessboards which are occasion
ally given to us by our benevolent
friends and relations are invariably of
the very useful type. They are studded
with spikes so that no piece can be re
moved fortuitously from its own, sep
arate square. When people give, us a
chessboard they seem to think that we
are likely to play chess more often
than not on the deck of a ship in a
hurricane. They picture us tossed
this way and that by waves which run
mountains high. They feel that
though we may be physically incom
moded by the fury of the tempest, the
game of chess in which we are en
gaged will be undisturbed. They are
right. Nothiri short of a volcanic
eruption immediately beneath our feet
would cause the dislocation of the ar
rangements of pieces, on these presen
tation boards.
Personally, however, we have
played chess at all for sdmetjme. .Our
knowledge of the game stopped short
ly after 'we mastered the 1 various
moves of the various pieces. Every
now and then we get a wild longing
to rival those experts who win twenty
seven games blindfold simultaneously
while playing. "The Lost Chord" on
the banjo. But our ambition general
ly fades away when we get out one
of our chessboards and realize that we
cannot make full use of its capabilities
unless we go to the Bay of Biscay on
a rough day. - Besides, we once suf.
fered a violent discouragement. We
were playing with an opponent who
also was no flier, and each thought
it was the other's -move. We sat wait
ing for each other to move for three-quarters-of-an-"
hour; until, in fact,
some casual bystander mentioned that
there was a time limit in such cases.
That incident has soured us perma
nently. Invincible Modesty.
Modesty was a prominent feature
In the character of the eminent physi
cist. J. Willard Gibbs, for many years
professor of mathematical physics at
Yale. He had a Just appreciation of
the value of his own discoveries, says
the author of the biographical sketch,
of Professor Gibbs contained ia
"Leading American Men of Science,"
but shrank from any form of praise
or publicity.
In 1901 the Copley medal of the
Royal society of London, which is
awarded for the most important sci
entific work done In any country, was
given to Mr. Gibbs. He deprecated
the congratulations of Ms friend3 who
had read the announcement.
"Better not say anything about it,"
he urged. "Very likely it is an er
ror." Youth's Companion.
One Way.
Browii You say your boy made an
opening for himself somewhere?
Jones Yes, he went skating on thin
ice.