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iff. jfe solicit articles for this department. t* came of the ■writer should accom- JjL the letter or article, not necessarily jj. publication, but as an evidence of good jtffe. Questions and communications relative uar tural aßd horticultural subjects, -e.-sed to Agrl. Editor, Drawer N, Mffledgevilie. Gi., will receive Immediate gtentlon. ___________ The ratnlpa Tree Valuable. p ro f rs. Sargent, who is an authority _ ;*i(. subject of tree growing, strongly ijvocatfs the planting of this well known tret He says for fence pogts, telegraph vim yard poles and the like the •oc! of the catalpa has no known equal itr.on? extra-tropical woods. It has a Ufa :'y for resisting decay when ex- Pdp.l to the action of soil and weather |ia: tv woods can equal. It Is a very itrong and rapid grower, tenacious to the ipi; 51 a: line the dry weather and dry thin oil as no other tree does. The seeds of Utah i are ' orne in long, bean-like pods, i C rty to fifty seeds In a pod. These seeds are gathered in December t January and should be planted early n• , sprin r in rows three or four feet part The plants should be thinned to fr it apart. As soon as they develop a 30! root growth the young trees can be ransplanted to where they are needed to row. Have any of our readers had experience w.th the catalpa, and for what uses? These tries were abundant In Southwest Georgia forty years arjo. A Small Cow. The last issue of the American Agricul sirist contains a photograph of the small tst Jersey cow In the United States. This rell-f ' mod and bjautiful little animal Is ir.lv thirty-eight inches high and weighs • pounds. She gives daily eight to nine parts of very rich milk, which yields over l pound of butter. Ginxcng and Its Culture. The following remarks on the subject of inseng was contributed to the Western lural by a correspondent at Sherman, ox. We had a slight suspicion that there re parties preparing to boom ginseng Blture before very long in the hopes of taking a fortune from the sale of roots pi seeds at high prices, as was the case 'h sacalino last year. It i.s quite probable that the culture of in?. n will prove profitable to some ; rs at no distant day, but as reraark -4 t" fore, any extended growing of the hnt will i I ling prices down promptly to Su'jre that will reduce the expected rofits greatly. The obj. t of this letter is to call atten on to ginseng culture. This little plant I .adapted to a wider range of soil and taate than any other one thing I know I. h is a beautiful plant; no prettier line as ever put in a flower pot. Its iien leaves in autumn; Its creamy white k.-sont. followed by spikes of fiery red i 1 1?, renders it a very striking thing, lortsts should all grow It as a pot plant; would add much beauty to a garden iritr and would flourish on the shady 3e of a spreading rose or shrub, and as fell crop it capabilities are immense. I ' ant one foot apart each way, say 44,000 br.ts per acre, then mulch the entire irfaoe to a depth of four or five inches the field work is done. I never eulti ’e nor stir the soil In any way. At three Mrs the plants commence to bear seed til tip- older they get the more seed they tar; it would pay well at present as a ;'■ rop alone. The seed would fetch Inc?; any price one would ask; they are Win their weight in gold. At four years • H riots are considered sufficiently ma tred to dig. About twenty-five well town roots will make a pound when dry, 01 the price is from $2 to $3.50 pep pound. II 'Vw of the fact that the plant is *r!y getting scarcer and the price ad ir.. rag and likely to do so for many rs . il occurs to me that any careful ■itivator of average intelligence could a greatly to his income, by Judicious toting and management of this crop. Inquiries and Answers. Kel Clov r In Florida.—l have seen of ■ e a good deal about red clover as a hay _°i-. tut have never seen the seeds ad rtised. Will you kindly inform me I can procure seeds, and at what Kiri J - R - E ’ Kirkwood, Fla. ' Par '- V a " seedsmen sell red clover seed, tray rate, I will procure them for you. e Iftce ranges from 7 to 10 cents per and sixty pounds make a bushel. If 1 " n P ro Perly, on suitable soil, and in °tcr or November, we have no doubt coulcl raake it succeed. Still there are l j V,rs 'letter adapted to your lati- Sse , s,jils ,han 11 We would ad m ,i? U 10 m ‘‘ke a trial of the crimson b varle, les this fall. You can ps,ivc ts you P refer - We are quite 'll! i ' 1 , lf you sow these properly you rohan ! ‘ ‘ lseci wlth both, though it is ft “ r a 'J y° u " ill prefer one to the other, tt .w r!al - Any southern seedsman can I*4 in u* r S lor you - R you do not suc_ Ihe , ng these seeds in a reasonable s! J !' an inclose stamp or postal card tat (a „ 11 s,ve y° u the address of parties tan supply you. r * * • r r . U liraf s— I To Destroy.—Can you trniifv f ' 5,,ur correspondents give me a r the eradication of nut grass? Sav ar.r.ah, Ga. A ' J ‘ *' C ,he on 'y Practicable plan for de- e P the soil contlnu o,. th n cro l ,s that will shade the land, an Us 11,1(1 in srain In the fall, or you hher lmiion or bur clover and when fhoptly 1 * l ° sha<le the soil, follow ire cogx " h I>eas ’ ° r something else. We mail ar , ,Zam of ,wo instances where a 11 "jco , as in a flour yard, was cleared Gee Se mulcl| ing with pine straw. 10,11 their'nL^ 6 ? Panned on small plats o ;°ated the tent cro Pping has exter has a , a?S| but It is not every one * Vp rai ° f Keese , : ’ 1 the cetious| y remarked In re- thj t ,h recurrln * and momentous i 1 Srass i s ne b**t way to get rid of ■ fJ ther ha? * out an< * mov e away, ®! r^ ed focently: “Plant ■ -l with Bermuda grass,” for Johnson grass, we presume, will answer the purpose equally well.) .A Jad, ' lous succession of those crops that shade the soil perfectly ls the most practical method. • • • The Propagation of Mulberries.-Will mulberries. ‘ nf ° rm h ° W Louisville, Ga. Mulberries are propagated from cut tings, either of the branches or of the roots. Shoots of the last season’s growth with a Joint of the old wood are inserted In the soil, so that about one-half of the cutting is In the soil. This implies that you have the stock to get cuttings from. If you have not, you can get the rooted plants of the kind you wish to plant out fiom some nurseryman In the south, who grows them for sale. By the quantity we presume you can get these for 10 or 12 cents apiece, perhaps less. There ar© a number of varieties, some much more productive than others. The kinds usu ally catalogued axe “Hicks Everbearing ” Downing, and the Stubbs. For stock, the Hicks is probably more generally grown than any other. The mulberry thrives on most any kind of soil—that is, on any kind of soil sufficiently fertile to grow the tree. On rich soil it makes a large tree in the course seven or eight years. In starting an orchard, it is a very good idea to set twice as close as the ultimate stand will care for. In due time, if nec essary, every other tree can be cut out and converted into posts, of which the mulberry makes the finest to be had. For several years the trees ought to be cultivated, to pay for which and to get the soil in good condi tion peas, or clover, or beggar-weed can be grown on the land. Is this a sufficient answer to our cor resopndent's trftiuiry? • • • Large Egg Breeds.—Will you please in form me what breed of fowls produce the largest eggs and what would be the weight of a dozen eggs. H. C. The Minorcas are credited with produc ing the largest eggs, one dozen of which have been found to weigh twenty-three ounces. They are pure white. The black Spanish and the White Leg horn also lay very large eggs, as, like wise, does the Iloudon. All of thesebreeds lay larger eggs than the Brahmas or Cochins. It is not the largest fowls that produce the largest eggs. • • • The Triumph Irish Potato—ls the Tri umph Potato that I see spoken of so fre quently in a western paper a good kind for planting in Southern Georgia? R. F. T. From a small trial made of this variety last year we Judge it to be an excellent variety for southern use. It is a round, reddish potato, and the only potato of that description that we ever found to pro duce well in this section. We hope to make another trial of it the next season if we can get hold of a good strain of seed potatoes. Thus far our preference has been for a long, white potato like the Goodrich or St. Patrick. The Triumph is very popular in Tennessee and Texas. Getting Heliind With Work. The most important essential to success in any business is promptness, says an es teem contemporary. This is especially true of farming, where much of the work has to be done out of doors and is depen dent on the weather. It is in managing so as to have enough help to keep always in advance of work that the conditions for success lie. No matter how hard tl e farmer may work, much Of his labor goes for nought if not done at the right lirtje. In olden days this was largely dependent on physical ability to do large day’s works to rise early, sit up late, and keep at work every hour through yie day. We have changed this now* Getting up early means in these times ability and willing ness to adopt the best labor saving de vices as rapidly as their advantage Is proven. But because of the weather the most wide awake farmers cannot always suc ceed. No other class of men are so depen dent on the weather as farmers, except possibly the sailor. Rains are a double delay to the farmer. They hinder work while they make weeds grow all the fas ter. If through wet ar cold weather In early spring the farmer has land left on his hands that has not been sown. It is impossible to entirely remedy the evil. i?ome other crop may be substituted, but it is one for which the land is not so well suited. How to get the most from these waste places is the best test of the farm er's practical ability. When there is much delay in reeding it is better generally to put in something that will not require so much labor, and diversify the crops so thait they will need attention at differ ent times through the working season. If this is done the farmer can do more of the work himself, and lie can use help hired by the month Instead of hiring by the day and paying higher prices. The delay in spring is more often caused by wet land than by anything else. This also causes most of the delays during the summer. If the soil is thoroughly un derdrained, the surplus water has a way of escape through the subsoil, and can be cultivated in a few hours after the heaviest rains. Such land will also be fit for til lage days and sometimes even weeks be fore the same land, without underdrain ing. This will enable the farmer to begin early and keep ahead of his work all through the growing season. The great advantage of this can only be appreci ated by those who have worked land both before and after it was underdrained. But no matter how well drained the land, it requires good practical judgment to en able the farmer to forecast his work and provide the needed labor to enable him to do everything in season. Most farmers try to cultivate too many acres. They have more land than they can till properly, be cause they have an idea that doing things on a large scale Is the way to success, as it is in many other kinds of business. But farming requires a close attention to de tails, and this is what cannot be generally intrusted to farm help. The successful farmers of the present and of the future will be those who keep their land down to the amount that they can keep well in hand. The large farmer almost always gets behind in work. He thus loses by do ing his work more expensively than Is necessary, while the small farmer confines his attempts to what is within his means, and thus makes a success that though small, at first, becomes large by the slow gains of years. Part of this failure to succeed on a large scale is due to the fact that the working capital is not increased in proportion to the land under cultivation. With more working capital a greater amount of farm help would be hired, and this will enable the farmer to do all the work more cheaply than he can do when worrying along with his work, always be hind and therefore always done at a dis advantage. Eibanallon of Soil. The efTect of continuous cultjvatlon Is noticeable upon many of our soils where some special crop has been grown for a series of years without intermission, says Prof. R. P- Mason, in American Cultivator. In parts of the Ohio valley soils that 20 years ago produced amazing crops of corn without any fertilizing have deteriorated to such an extent that a fair crop cannot be grown very welt Summer droughts in jure these inferior crops much more than the luxuriant growths on tetter soil. The THE MOKXING NEWS: MONDAY. JULY 15. 1805. f PEARLINE'I Kee P y° ur e ,y e “ _ „ R-A Even if you use it already, you'll find \ hints here and there that will greatly ft/ help you. And there isn’t a man.— woman, or child but can be helped y<X by Pearline. ... \ r '■*> All these advertisements are ) J meant for the good of Pearline, •/a / of course—to show you the best *• and easiest and cheapest way of washing and cleaning, and to lead you to use it. But if they do, they will have helped you far more than they will have helped Pearline. You have more at stake. All the money you could bring to Pearline, by using it, wouldn’t be a drop in the bucket to the money you.’ and save by it. Cpfid Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you “this is as good as" OCUU or “Hie same as Pearline." IT'S FALSE—Pearline is never peddled, n a and if your grocer sends you something in place of Teariine, be 11 rSaCk honest-xew/r/Aml. 470 JAMES PYLE, New York. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. same is true in the northwest, where wheat has been raised continuously for many years. This exhaustion of the soil has In duced some farmers to claim that It is impossible to raise either wheat or corn in these regions as cheaply as a few years ago, and that farmers cannot make a liv ing with these grains at present prices. Years ago Eastern farmers, or at least some of them, learned the lesson of ex haustion of soil through continuous culti vation. and adaptation to the change has been slow but sure. To-day we find east ern farms that have been in cultivation three times as long as some of these west ern farms, yielding better crops than those in the Ohio valley or in the north west. A recent examination of the soils of these old farms and the comparatively new western soil showed that the former were richer In plant fuel and humus. A chemical analysis showed that potash, ni trogen and lime were more abundant in the well-cultivated eastern soils than in the corn or wheat lands of the west. This may seem surprising to many wes tern farmers, who have looked upon their soils as the richest in the world, capable of yielding large crops without fertilizing or very much cultivation. But the fact in many cases is overlooked that soils in the west are deteriorating rapidly through the continuous cultivation of single crops, while in the east systematic roatation of crops has not only retained the fertility of the soil, but is actually ad ding to It. This, of course, does not ap ply to all farms, but to the majority of the best cultivated ones. Long agq eastern farmers discovered that it was necessary to adopt rotation of crops or abandon their farms altogether. They took the only wise course, and their farms are paying invest ments, even in these hard times. About a year ago the Minnesota station made a series of chemical analyses of 150 different soils in the west to determine the effect of continuous cultivation. The top soil and subsoil were used in this test. The results of the experiments showed after eight to twelve years of continuous cultivation the nitrogen in the soil was reduced from one-third to one-half and the potash and phosphates almost as much. The original supply of humus was reduced from 30 to 50 per cent, in the same time. If the process continued the soils would be brought to the point where they could not be cultivated profitably. It was further shown that the exhausted soils suffered greatly from droughts, while the land rich in humus and nitrogen stood the dry weather very satisfactorily. This process, however, is Just reversed where a rotation of crops is which grass and clover figure prominently is practised. Instead of deteriorating, the soils gradu ally gain in richness, so that in time the commercial fertilizers are needed but very little. The true supply of fertility cemes from the grass and vegetable material sup plied by good cultivation, and through the application of barnyard manure. If farm ers would all realize this, the fertilizer question of the future would be readily solved by many who to-day predict dire disasters to farming when the cost of fertilizing the soil will eat up all the profit. There is no such condition of affairs to come if true rotation of crops is prac ticed. Rutabagas shduld be sown during the last half of the month, and turnips should bo sown a little later, says the Southern Planter. Our ability to grow heavy crops of corn, sorghum, soja beans, peas, and clover for silage as succulent food for stock during the winter, inclines farmers to be careless about sowing beets, ruta bagas and turnips; but we would urge upon them that it is a wise policy to en deavor to raise as large a variety of food for the live stock of the farm as possible. The good health and well doing of live stock depends upon a variety of diet just as much as does the health of human be ings. Though it is true that neither beets, rutabagas nor turnips contain as much nutritive matter as good silage or hay or fodder, yet their judicious mixture with these foods will enable a larger quantity of these more nutritious feeds to be con sumed, and also permit of the use of much straw and poor hay as food which the stock would not otherwise eat. For sheep especially, beets, rutabagas and tur nips are most useful, and no farmer keep ing sheep should be without them. Ruta bagas require land to be in a state of good fertility and finely prepared, or they will not grow to be a heavy crop. If a com mercial fertilizer ls used, it should be one with, say 4 per cent, of nitrogen, 8 to 10 per cent, of phosphoric acid, and 6 to 8 per cent, of potash, and this should be applied in the rows at the rate of from 300 to 500 pounds per acre. Sow rutabagas in rows two feet six inches apart, and thin .out the plants, when they have got the leaves nicely growing, to a distance of nine inches aaart in the rows. Three pounds of seed will sow an acre. Turnips may be sown broadcast with German clover, and will afford grazing before the German clover is ready. We should like to see some of our subscribers try rapes. They are largely grown in England and Scotland for sheep and cattle feed in the fall and spring. In Canada, and some of the northern states, they have been suc cessfully grown, and are well spoken of. Sown In August or September, the crop should, we think, do well here and be useful for winter feed. The crop comes off the ground before time for planting corn in the spring. The variety to be sown is the Dwarf Essex. The plant Is mush like a hybrid between a rutabaga and a cabbage. It makes no bulbous root, but a large growth of leaves. Celery Culture. At your request, I will give you briefly my methods of raising celery, writes B. H. Alden in Farm and Fruit Grower. As you are doubtless aware, the greatest dif ficulty in this matter Is to get the seed to sprout and save the young and tender plants through the alternate beating rains and blighting sunheat of the “rainy sea son.” To overcome this formidable ob stacle, some growers have proposed to sow their seed as early as April in order to se cure cooler weather, and then keep the plants along with a slow growth until the time for replanting comes in the fall. I sowed my seed, the Boston Market va riety. Aug 27, in a very rich, deep, mellow bed framed with boards for the reception of sash an In a winter hot-bed. I would advise the novice to begin In July, then he will have time to get a stand if he loses his plants the first time. They were scattered evenly over the surface, which had been raked very smooth, but not pack ed; then I sprayed them thoroughly and covered them with gunny sacks, which I also wetted. Then I put my sash on, which created a heat inside that fairly made the ground steam. I lifted up the every day and looked underneath, then laid them back and wetted them again. It usually takes weeks to make celery seeds sprout, but in three days I could see that my seeds were germinating. I then took the sacks off and Spread them on top of the sash to muke it dark inside, still looking at and spraying the plants every day. After a day or two I raised the sash a few inches on the upper side, and as the plants soon began to grow lean ing toward this small allowance of light, I raised the sash more and more. As the next step towards hardening them, I took the sacks off the sash en tirely, replacing lhm with one and one half inch slots lal<J with one-half 'ipch spaces between them, but still keeping the sash on, raised a little all around. Next, I removed the slats; lastly, the sash. From the time the seeds sprouted, until I took everything off, exposing them to the full light of the sun, it was about two weeks. 1 now had a beautiful stan 1 of thrifty plants, but I found that the insects Were preying on them. ToHmeet these pests I prepared a strong decoction of tobacco and sprinkled it over them; tills check mated them competely. To make the planth grow stocky, I oc casionally snipped oft. two or three Inches of the tops of them with shears. As an experiment I potted a thousand of them, and it gave them a great advantage when they came to be set out, though this would be rather tedious for field culture. They were set out Nov. 14. My land is a good class of flatwoods (I do not like the black muck land so well), with a clay subsoil two feet or so below the surface. Furrows were run out ten inches deep, two or three Inches of good barn yard compost was strewn along the bot tom and covered with about the same depth of soil, leaving the furrows finally about five inches deep. TJ>e plants grew off finely from the start, especially the potted ones. The Grnlu Weevil. Weevils are making themselves SO ob noxious in this country that experts of the department of agriculture, are now ergaged In making a specUH study of them, says the Globe-Democrat. Every year they destroy millions of dollars' worth of stored cereals In granaries and elevators. In fact, the question how Ip fight them Is one of serious and growing economic emportance. Strange to say, very little scientific attention has been directed to these Insects up to date, and not much Is known ’about them.' It is reckoned that they cause an annual loss of over $1,000,000 in Texas alone, and in la?i the corn crop of Alabama Was damaged by 'them to the extent of $1,670,000. There are about forty species of th-se ir.seets, some of which’ are beetles an 1 others moths. Nearly all of them are assisted immigrants, having been import ed from abroad in cargoes of grain. !u this manner they are distributed to nil parts of the world. Their native homes are in the tropics. Having become do mesticated after a fashion by man. they depend in colder countries entirely upon him for subsistence, the beetles passing the whole of their lives and propagating their kind generation after generation in his grain bins. Tho damage they do ls well nigh incal culable. Three of the species actually live in the kernels, white the others feed on starchy contents. Grain Infested by them Is unfit for human consumption and hae been known to cause serious illness. It ls poisonous to horses and is not wholesome even to swine. Poultry, however, find )t pal atable and nutritious. The moths especially are so prolific that the progeny of a single pair in a twelve-month will number many thousands, capable of destroying many tons of grain. Fortunately the increase of these pests ls checked to some extent by natural enemies, among which are spi ders which Inhabit mills and granaries. In the fields they are preyed upon by birds and bats. ' ■. One of the worst of these Insects is yao familiar "granary weevil,” which is men tioned in the Georgies of Virgil., Its rav ages made it known long before the Chris tian era. It is a native to the region of the Mediterranean. Having been domesticated for so long a time, it has lost use of its wings. The female punctures thfe kernel with her snout and inserts an egg, from which is hatched a little worm that lives In the hull and feeds on the starchy In terior. This species devotes special atten tion to wheat, corn and barley,_and it is ,also very partial to the chick pta. which is much cultivated as a vegetable In the tropics. N Pekin Ducks. There is probably no branch of the poul try business more profitable than duck raising, yet but comparatively few farm ers will admit these big white beauties to their premises, says Betsy Trotwood, in Western Stock Journal. The wives would like to keep them, for their feathers are light and elastic, and every way as de sirable as goose feathers, and while the goose lays but few eggs the ducks lay a great many. The great objection raised against ducks is that they foul the horse troughs, and the majority of the eggs are lost, for it is of no use to give a Pekin duck nest or nest eggs. She lays wherever It happens. To keep ducks successfully and without annoyance about watering troughs a small pen is necessary. Their house need not be a fine affair nor the yard expensive. A fence two feet high will hold them, and twelve feet square Is ample for a dozen or fifteen ducks. Inside the yard may be placed a trough. An inexpensive trough may be made by taking two pieces of 2xlo scantling four feet long. Round (them up at each end like sled runners. Take a piece of galvanized iron two feet wide and nail it to the rounding sides of the scant ling. To make it stronger nail pieces of 2x4s across each end. This makes a very convenient trough to clean, for It can be roeke j hat k an.t forth to clean It. A pipe from the windmill supplier ours with wa ter. Our trough has been In constant use for six years and looks good for several years more. Ducks soon become accus tomed to their home, and after their gate Is opened In the morning—lt ought not be opened before to o'clock during the hay ing season—they will go forth in search of bugs, etc., but frequent return visits will be made to that trough. The eggs should be gathered before they are given their liberty, and they should always be given breakfast In their pen. The best food for laying ducks Is scalded bran and the table scraps. Ln siiage will be eaten greedily by the ducks. lUw carrots are good food. Very little grain will be consumed If green food and table scraps are furnished. Ducklings are very easy to manage, but a mistake sone tlince costs the loss of a large flock. They ere best raised in brooders, even If hatch ed under hens. For years we used ar tificial heat for ducks, but we would do so If we raised them In large nuinbtrs. They can stand more cold than a ctvJck en. but wo cover ours when the weather Is bad. only lotting them out of their box to eat. We feed them every two hours until they are several weeks old Open water dishea are disastrous to ducklings. They get wet. roll over on their buika and die. We have never been very particular what we fed the duckling* —bread crumbs, cold potatoes, scalded corn chop and table scraps; only feed often and keep them clean. Dice are sure death to ducklings. If hatched under hens oil their heads as soon as batched. Inbreed ing Is a great cause of failure in duck raising. You may inbreed chickens and have fair success, but ducks never. They take tits and die. It is poor economy to try to get on with the stock on hand to save expense. iierkskobd is pathetic. The Swindler Writes His Wife From a Georgia Convict Camp. From the New York World. Maude Lascelles, the wife of W. S. Beresford, alias Lord Charles Beresford, alias Sidney Lascelles, was vtsUed yes terday at her home in Yonkers by an ambassador from her husband, who Is now serving time In a convict lumber camp at Kramer, Ga. Beresford, who In time past has proven himself a most accomplished impostor, was recently sen tenced to live years u hard labor for forgery. Ho has professed repentance for his offenses and a desire to lead an honest life. Many prominent persons in Georgia believe he is In earnest, and have asked the governor to pardon lilm. The press throughout the state, with few ex ceptions, has favored his pardon. It was announced In the World a few days since that Mrs. Beresford had be gun suit for an absolute divorce from her convict husband. She Is a charming young woman, of aristocratic family, who ran away from home ami married Beres ford befbre she knew his true character. Until recently she was loyal to him through aJI his troubles In spite of the protests of relatives and friends. What seemed to her conclusive evidence of his Infidelity finally turned her against him. Beresford's friends assert that they can establish his Innocence of the charge of infidelity, and that evidence in this respect against him, if any exists, was purchased and Is black perjury. Several attempts have been made in the past few days by Beresford’s friends to place his letter in his wifc's hands. Bhe is so surrounded by relatives opposed to Beresford that the matter was a difficult one. The friends did not dare to send the Jettor by mall for fear It would be inter cepted. Yesterday, however, the letter was placed in Mrs. Beresford’s hands and read by her In the presence of her husband's representative. The letter is as follows; Kramer, Ga., July 8, 1895. My Own Dar ling Maude: I would to God you could read my heart as it goes out to you. The mind hath a thousand eyes, The heart but one; . • And the light of a life dies out When love Is done. There Is never an hour In my life, wheth er awake or In sleep, but you fashion and control my thoughts. While my own vi cissitudes lyive been more tl\an It seems possible to have borne, paramount to the grief and remorse which I experience Is my solicitude for you. The pangs which I know have stung your tender and pathetic heart have contributed more to my humil iation than all else. That I have repented all my past trans gressions is sure and certain, and all my future life shall be spent In honest, earn est, Christian, God-llke endeavor to oblit erate the unhappy episodes of the past by a spotless and blameless career, Inspired always by an unrelenting and ceaseless effort to make the pathway smooth and peaceful for you. If I had the power, hear heart, I would gather all the sunshine and send to you i 1 this dark hour to brighten and cheer the dby. I speak no Idle words. I yield not to Impulse and deal In no er travaganxa when 1 tell you that you still control all that makes life dear to me and you still remain my only hope nnd guiding star. "You are the ocean to the river of nty thoughts which terminates all.” 1 cannot believe you will ever forget the beginning of this terrible ordeal when in New York city the Urst stigma of shame was placed upon me. llow stanch, how true, how loving and de eded you were, and bow you continued* to cling to me until our departure from Atlanta. I shall not tax you with long and painful circumstances which have come into my lifo. Since our sad parting Well Satisfied with Ayer’s Hair Vigor. “Nearly forty years ago, after some, weeks of sickness, my hair turned gray. I began using Ayer’s Hair Vigor, and was so well satis fied with the results that I have never tried any other kind of dress ing. Jtrequiresonly an occasional appll- AYER’S r Hair Vigor to keep 1 my hair of good to remove dandruff, to heal itehing numors, and prevent the hair from falling out. 1 never hesi tate to recommend Ayer’s medicines to my friends.”—Mrs. 11. M. Haight, Avoca, Nebr. AYERS W% Hair Vigor Prepared by Dr. J.C. 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We present them with==— = every purchase of = - goods amounting to 55 ■ ■ =~ DO YOU NEED Nainsook Undershirts for $ .35 Lace Undershirts for 46 Lisle Thread Undershirts for 75 White Duck Trousers (made to order). 2.50 Yeddo Hats for $ .25 Colored Straws for 50 Office Coats for 25 Wasfygble Suits (made to order) 6.50 IF SO, SEE APPEL &SCHAUL at Birmingham only Gail knows the an guish I have suffered, and new I feel as a mere wreck of the past, distorted in mind and 111 In the llesh. weary and sick at heart. But for you long ago, I should have released my hold upon life. Your sweet Upage has cheered me and though ycu have teen silent, I could net believe that one so true and loving could ever forsake tne. In all these tribulations, though ap pearances may be against me, I have re ualned faithful and true to you. The false accusations concerning my conduct In Amerlcus have ho right to appear on the roll of truth. In that unwise step, God being my Judge, I wiu actuated by a deslro to see you. I wandered I scarcely knew where, but I old no moral wrong. Some months ago I wrote you a full explanatton of my de. parture from the camp. In contradiction of the charge of misconduct, when I vis it* and Amerlcus with the captain of the camp, you will have unimpeachable evi dence submitted to you* of my Innocence. The deepest wound of all was the in formation that you had In reality asked the courts to saver the sacred ties which bind us together, arid I am satisfied that you have been persuaded to the conclusion and eoerctc! by Farr and others, prompted by their enmity to me and their avar icious greed for financial gain. There exists a very strong probability that the governor will grant me an un conditional pardon within a very few days, request for which is prayed for by every official here and many of tho influ ential citizens of this and other states. Indeed, the Georgia press, almost with out exception, favors my release. Ihc only objections emanated from D. B. King and all that has appeared against me Is traceable to him. Will you, whom I have loved beyond the natural degree and with unspeakable devotion, constant and true as the stars, tervred by my hope of a home In para dise when life’s conflict Is over—can ycu, the only tie that binds me to the world, leave mo forever? Will you, my darling, my wife, shut the gates of mercy and love and drive me to despair and death? Oh. my angel! You are all In all to mo. 1 cannot bear to lose you. Answer my prayer, and may the blessed Savior hear my plea, touch than tender, loving heart which once was all my own, and may It respond as strings upon the aeollan harp when touched by the deft hand of tho artist, whose plaintive melodies echo their tuneful rhapsodies in the temple. In conclusion, I earnestly pray the Mas ter to bless and keep you always from harm and to permit me to be the means of brightening your future life. With all my heart’s love, your affec tionate husband. Sidney. Mrs. Lascclles was evidently deeply af fected by the reading of the letter. She expressed the hope that her husband might be pardoned and that he was sin cere in his profession of repentance. She made no promises of a reconciliation, but conveyed the idea that if her hus band were pardoned and proved himself worthy of further consideration a recon ciliation might be effected in spite of ail opposition. She said she would write to her husband in reply to the letter at once. Mrs. Beresford was Miss Maud Lllien thal. daughter of a New York merchant, who left an estate valued at $1,000,000. She Is now living with her mother in a magnificent old residence In Glenwood, a suburb of Yonkers. Beresford came to the United States in 1890. He asserted that he was a relative of Lord Charles Boresford, one of the heroes of the Brit ish army. He tpld wonderful tales of his travels and was received In a number of houses and clubs In this city. He swindled several persons here before go ing to Georgia. He met Miss Lilienthal and her mother while they were travel ing abroad and renewed the acquaint ance in this country. —Playwright (author of Capt. Anson’s play)—Do you think Anse will be able to throw enough feeling into his denun ciation of the villain in act II? Stage Manager—Sure. I've engaged an old base ball umpire to Impersonate the villain.—Chicago Record. I<E 111 I Lim it THE FEKItIS WHEEL. The Monarch or Ihc Midway Again to 11c an Attraction In Chlcifeo. From the New York Sun. Hie Mg Ferris wheel, which everybody who even so much as heard of the Chicago world s fair knows ail about, and which everybody who visited the fair remembers with a vast amount of Interest, after be ing housed In small sections for a year or more, Is again to be set up In the Windy City, to afford Chicagoans a chance to get above their atrocious atmosphere and have an occasional glimpse of the sun. Theie have been ail sorts of suggestions PPW ■{ the wheel, and some ne gotiations looking toward Its purchase us an attraction for various summer resorts. At one time It was almost settled that It was to be set up at Coney Island. But fln?v V .H r,OU * Boh ‘ ,,lß ' s f' ll through, and finally the company owning It, p.ml which rUertc'Al. th ° 1,38 Welded U> 1 ,hc wheel In Chicago as the lead ing feature of anew excursion resort on th# northern outskirts of the city. Severn! notable copies of the big wheel havo been built In Europe, undone that eclipses the Midway giant in the mere n!rJ tP . r c°. f a'. ght 18 an a,tra< ’tion at the em plre of India exhibition now running at Earl s Court, London. But none of the 1c a e T llpse,) - lf PVBn equalled, the Ferris wheel as a triumph of clever designing and engineering. The absolute perfection of the gigantic structure in Its every part and as a whole is being made more evident In the rebuilding than seemed apparent at its first setting up. The solid steel axle, measuring thirty- inches In diameter and weighing fifty-six tons, retains Its pre-eminence as the largest steel casting ever made. W-Tu*.* 1 18 V elng Bet up on open ground at wrlghtwood avenue and North Clarlc street, at the opposite end of Chicago from where the world's fair was held Th# company owning the wheel has leased a large area of land and will spend $150,000 In making of it a pleasure resort, with the whyel as one of the attractions. There will be dancing pavilions, concerts, cafes, an electric fountain, and other features. Admission to the grounds will Include tha privilege of riding around In the big wheel as often as desired. Already the work of setting up the machinery has be- gun. three months having been occupied in finding and making a firm foundation, and it is expected that the whole of th work will be completed by Aug. 15. The work of transporting and secon structing the wheel Is a remarkable engi neering undertaking, and It has attracted much Interest from engineers all over the country. The machinery forming the wheel weighs 4,000,000 pounds, and it is being transported a distance of thirteen miles through the city streets on trucks hauled by teams of horses alone. The big axle and the engines are the only ex ceptions, and these were transported on armor-plate cars by rail, temporary tracks being laid from the railroad main line to the exhibition grounds. Thirty teams and trucks are engaged In the work, and the cost of removing and recon structing the wheel will be about $30,000. The wheel cost $400,000 originally, but could now be built for less than that sum. What Is most Interesting to the engi neers is the fact that although the wheel was designed within three months after the idea of making it first occurred to Mr. Ferris, the estimates were made with such precision, and the parts formed with such nice accuracy, that in putting together the mass of machinery a second time, not a change of any kind has been found necessary. As the superintendent in charge of the work puts it: “We havn’t had to whittle down so much as a single bolt, and there are 26,000 of them used in holding the wheel to gether." The only difficulty In regard to rebuild ing the wheel has been In finding suffi ciently stable foundation. It was only after going twenty-two feet through sand, water, quicksand, and clay that a suffi ciently firm basis on which to begin th concrete foundation was found. 5