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This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, pesident State Agri
cultural College. Athns. Ga.
Saving a Part of What We Waste
Georgia has made marvelous progress
In the breeding of hogs in the last two
or three years, being credited with the
greatest increase of any state in 1915. or
15 per cent. This amounted to an in
crease of over 300.000 head of hogs for
the year. This shows the possibilities
of the swine raising Industry. A re
view of the tituation indicates, now
ever. that there should be at least nve
head more per farm, which at maturity
should be worth 350 We are losing
from a failure to increase tne number of
our hogs 314.550.000 ai.nually. The cat
tle deficiency amounts to at least two
yearlings per farm, which at 325 apiece,
including a loss of 10 per cent fmm tick
infestation, amounts to 514,55 v- .'0 an
nually. There is a remarkable deficiency
in sheep production it; Georgia e now
have about two animals per farm. We
should certainly have at least ten. which
at 32 per head represents a loss of
35.820.000 a year. Every farmer should
raise at least one colt per year to help
meet the demand for the number of
horses and mules required to cultivate
the present acreage of farm land. One
colt per farm at 350 represents a loss
of 314.550.000. Our farmers are not sup
plied with a sufficient number of houses
and barns in which to house their crops
and animals properly. At 320 per farm
this amounts to 35.820.000. There is a
great waste of foodstuffs suitable for
the maintenance of animals. This loss
has been placed at 350 per farm, equiva
lent to 314.550.005 annually. There cer
tainly !■ a neglect of proper sanitation
resulting in sickness to the finembers
of the family. The screening of houses,
for instance, against flies and mosqui
toes would save doctors' bills estimated
at *315 per farm, or 34.335.000 per year.
Many homes are not properly supplied
with milk and butter, an abundant sup
ply of which has been urgently recom
mended by those who are fighting for
the eradication of pallagra. At 320 per
farm this would amount to 35,820,000.
These figures summarised show a pos
sible saving for the state of Georgia
of 3200,515,000 annually. The figures
would have been quite reliable if they
had been doubled in each instance, but
to insure a wide margin of safety, di
vide the above amount by two. and
place it at 3100,00,000, and observe what
an amaalng loss is annually suffered by
our people through a failure to under
stand the fundamental facts and princi
ples associated with agricultural pro
duction. Many people will oe disposed
to argue that this is entirely a theo
retical proposition. In this they are
much mistaken. In order to save the
above sum it will not be necessary to
spend millions of dollars, but merely to
reorganise our farm practice and place
it on a correct scientific basis which
means a thoroughly practical basis; ex
plain to our farmers and the boys and
girls of the rising generation how to
economise and eliminate waste, how to
market and care for the foodstuffs
raised, how to protect their homes with
sanitary methods, and how to develop
and maintain an - adequate number of
live stock to meet the needs of the
state.
These are not difficult or impossible
propositions as some may think. A sav
ing to the extent indicated could be
effected by a five-year campaign of edu
cation properly organised and directed
and in which practically every cltixen
would be brought within the influence
of the extension service work of an in
stitution such as that of the Georgia
State College of Agriculture. To do this
calls for the expenditure of a very much
larger sum of money than is now avail
able. Os course, the goal indicated can
be reached in course of time, but why
waste half of a lifetime and the en
ergy of the people to accomplish some
thing which, under rational conditions
of management, can be achieved in a
five-year period? If the above figures
be applied to the states south of the
Ohio and east of the Mississippi river,
it is easy to see how a billion dollars a
year can be saved and turned Into pro
ductive. constructive, humanity building
and elevating channels.
Coming now to a consideration of how
waste should be eliminated, there are
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only three things that can be done.
First, is the education of the masses
with reference to the fundamental prin
ciples of agriculture. This means that
w. must teach agriculture in the public
schools, and not make a joke of it as
at the present time. We must also
greatly enlarge the service work of our
secondary schools in this direction, and
of our colleges as well. We must cer
tainly promote research on a basis
worthy of its importance, so that a
solution of the problems which bar the
path of progress may be reached in
ample time and the facts thus attained
made a part of the common knowledge
of the people. To this end the distri
bution of denite agricultural informa
tion through extension teaching should
he enlarged by every possible means.
Os course, tome provision has been
made for this under the terms and pro
visions of the Smith-Lever act, and
yet when we think of the amount of
work to be done, it is difficult to see
how one county agent for the men and
one for the women’s work can be ex
pected to cover the field and accomplish
the end sought in any brief period of
time.
We can do much to aid in the solution
of the problems discussed in this article
by teaching our boys and girls the I
fundamental principles of thrift. We|
should instruct them to be orderly and I
to be systematic and economical in both |
the homes and the school. We should I
make needless waste a crime to be pun- 1
ished with as much severity as many
others which now are justly regarded
with great disfavor. We should incul
cate in the minds of adults and youths
the duty of conservation. This, in fact,
should be regarded as a solemn obliga
tion. The schools can aid materially in
this essential work if the teachers will
give some of their time and effort to a
discussion of the suggestion’s enumer
ated. The church can also exercise a
wholesome influence in the proper di
rection if the minister will familiarize
himself with the situation and discuss it
occasionally from the pulpit. The press
has been a powerful aid in the past and
may be counted on to do Its duty in the
future, provided, of course, a sufficient
number of experts are available to fur
nish the necessary Information In an ac
ceptable form. At the present time
there are too many would-be scientists
and experts who are attempting to write
and give information to the public which
it Is supposed to follow, but which as
a matter of fact is more frequently based
on imagination than on the results of
careful Investigation. The colleges
should train experts and leaders, and
this they are now beginning to do with
ever increasing success. They can, of
course, only work with the material fur
nished them, and the number of leaders
turned out annually will not be adquate
to the task imposed upon them until the
constructive nature of a college educa
tion is more generally appreciated.
The nation can do much to aid In
this matter by recognizing the virtue of
economy. Is it not possible to devise
some system of reward for Individuals
or organizations which accomplish some
thing of merit In this direction? We
have been inclined to look with too much
favor on the Individual who has ac
quired money by means of exploitation
and destroyed our natural resources. We
should turn the proposition around and
now give the laurel wreath to the man
who aids in the campaign of making
economy a national virtue. It would
also be good practice to tax bloated in
comes so that rich people can not mis
lead the public. They are the puppets of
chance who by schemes not always
worthy of commendation have accumu
lated large sums of money at the ex
pense of the people. Their habit of
thought and living tends to foster ex
travagance and place a premium on
waste and self-indulgence. Naturally,
the multitude falls Into the error of try
ing to ape the practices of such people
in their manner of living, speech and
dress with deplorable results. Who Is
not familiar, for Instance, with the ef
fort of the laboring man’s wife to wear
the same kind of clothes and to do the
same things on an Income of 35 to 3100
a month that the wife of the man who
receives from five to twenty times as
much. If the rich spent their money
with more circumspection and set a
better example, their lives might not
be In vain, as they so often are at pres
ent, and If the excessive amounts of
money which the few spend and waste
so lavishly were turned into construc
tive channels through the aid of the gov.
emment, many of the most pressing na
tional problems could be solved, for then
the funds would be made available for
the education of the people along those
lines which will make them the most
valuable citizens and bring the greatest
degree of pleasure and profit Into their
lives.
SOTBB ON THE SEEDING OF WHEAT.
n. E. C., Warwick, Ga., writes: 1 wish
■ome Information in regard to the seeding of
wheat. What varieties are beat? Will an
ordinary grain drill put it In? I am going
to plant a lot of rye thia fall. Could J
nave crimson clover seed here?
The Blue Stem has proven to be a val
uable variety of wheat according to the
tests conducted In our experimental field.
It has been grown under similar condi
tions for a period of six years and has
made an average yield of 26.66 bushels
per acre. Its lowest yield In 1912 was
18.33 bushels and Its highest yield in
1910, 32.44 bushels. A variety of wheat
which will do so well under as long
a aeries of testa should be well adapted
for growth In Georgia and constitutes ini
our judgment one of the best varieties!
for general cultivation. We may say Ini
this connection, however, that Georgia
Bed and Fuicaster have both done about
as well. We would prefer to secure
Georgia seed for planting as it is mure
likely to be adapted to our local soil
and climatic conditions than that secur
ed from distant points.
Wheat should be sown on land pre
pared just as for oats, and It should bo
sown early enough to become well es
tablished before cold weather sets In.
Too early seeding of wheat is to be
avoided especially In the southern part
of the state, because there Is some dan
ger that it may be attacked by the Hes
i .Man fly. There is no better way of
j lantlng wheat than with an ordinary
grain drill. If you can secure some
! crganic nitrogen and acid phosphate we
advise their use. A little potash could
also be applied, but you will probably
r.ot be able to secure the same at a rea
sonable cost this fall.
We think you are acting wisely in
tlanting considerable rye. When put
I in early It affords excellent pasturage
during the fall, winter and early spring.
;If turned under when comparatively
Ismail it improves the land for succeed
, ing crops. It can. of course, be har
' vested to considerable advantage as a
, grain crop. We do not think rye bo val-
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1916.
cable to grow for hay making as oats,
or oats and clover. Crimson clot er has
succeeded quite well wtih us when seed
ed with rye. We have used about one
bushel of rye to 12 pounds of clover.
There ate several varieties of rye on
the market. We prefer the Georgia
grown seed. We think, however, that the
Abruzzi rye and a beardless rye produced
in south Georgia are earlier and In many
respects superior to much of the seed
ordinarily grown. These two varieties
are rather scarce however, and high
priced on that account. They have the
ability of developing and maturing more
rapidly than common rye, and in our
experience have yielded better as well.
There Is no reason why you should
not save crimson clover seed under ordi
nary conditions. You should have to let!
the crop nearly mature before cufting it j
and it would then have to be threshed.]
A clover huller would be the best Im-,
plement to use for this purpose. Small;
quantities of seed might be knocked out,
with a flail and winnowed out with al
fanning mill.
A SAFE RATION FOR DAIRY COWS. I
W. D. M., Mcßae. Us., wrles: Can I mix I
corn, cob and sliucks, or corn and cob with !
cotton seed meal and bulla and get a safe ;
feed for milch cows? Will it do for horses ;
and mules also?
There Is no reason why corn, cob and
suck should not be ground together and
used as a ration for horses and cattle.
We suggest that you mix together 700
pounds of corn, cob and shuck meal anti I
100 pounds of cotton seed meal. This
makes an excellent ration for horses and
mules. It should be fed at the rate of
about 12 to 14 pounds per day depending
on the size of the animal and the nature
of the work it Is expected to perform.
When plowing in the spring of the year
from 14 to 16 pounds will not be too
much to feed. Os course, oats in the
sheaf, peavine or millet hay, or bright
corn stover should be fed at the Bami
time. A good sized horse or mule
weighing 1,000 pounds should have as
much at 12 to 14 pounds of the above
named hays.
For dairy cows a mixture of 7 pound? |
of corn and cob meal and 3 pounds of j
cotton seed meal, together with 8 or 10
pounds of hulls and some of the mixed
hays or fodder suggested above will
provide an excellent ration. Cows llko
succulent feed and to this end you
should endeavor to provide them with as
much pasture as possible. In your sec
tion of the state cereal pastures may be
made available for the fall and winter,
and In the spring Bermuda sod on which
has been seeded Japan clover will be
found very valuable for summer grazing.
If you desire to mix the grains In ques
tion In larger quantities mix 700
pounds of corn and cob meal with 300
pounds of cotton seed meal. Feed this
to your cow at the rate of 6 to 10 pounds
per day depending on her size and age
and the amount of milk she is giving.
About a pound and a half of grain should
be fed per 100 pounds of live weight to
a cow giving two gallons and upwards
of milk per day. There Is no reason why
the grinding of corn, cob and shuck
should not be made a profitable under
taking.
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PLENTY OF ROOM FOR PARK PRO
DUCTION.
0. H. R., Jonesboro, (ts., write*: I wish
■ome Information In tegard to the raising
of hot*. I have some strong red aoil. and
■ome that la gray whleh I want to plant tn
peannts What other crop* would you sng
geat to raise aa hog feed? Os course. If
every farmer were to raise hogs It would
not be profitable bnt we know that the ma
jorltv of them are going to raiae cotton
whether there be war or peace.
There Is no reason why you should
not find the raising of hogs a profitable
enterprise, quite as much so as the
growing of cotton, and if you can mini
mize the production of this crop and di
versify in other directions, you are like
ly to find a larger profit on the right side
of your ledger at the end of the year
than if you persist In all cotton produc
tion as so many of our farmers are doing
A great variety of crops may be used
for hog raising In Georgia. Os these
Spanish peanuts are one of the best.
They should be seeded at the rate as a
bushel and a half per acre In drills.
Planting may be done any time from
May 1 to June 30. It will take this
crop from 100 to 120 days to mature. An
acre of peanuts should afford grazing
for from 30 to 40 days for as many as
thirty good sized shoats. The amount
of grazing obtained depends much on the
success of the crop, and as you know,
this varies from year to year according
to the soil and fertilization. Gray land
will probably be a little better for pea
nuts as they will give their best results
on light rather than extra heavy soils.
This crop should be fairly well fertiliz
ed. We advise the use of about 1 per
cent of nitrogen, 7 to 8 per cent of phos
phoric acid, and 3 to 4 per cent of pot
ash. About 300 to 500 pounds per acre
should be applied on most of our soils
and the use of lime for peanuts will be
found profitable. One thousand pounds
and upwards of the findly ground rock
should be used. Apply twenty days or
so before planting the peanuts and har
row Into the soil. The fertilizer may be
applied at the time of planting the pea
nuts.
Your belief Is well founded that many
of our farmers will continue to grow
cotton In spite of the Increasing price of
meat products and the splendid oppor
tunity which diversification along these
lines offers us here In Georgia at the
present time.
You can, of course, use many other
grazing crops to aid in the production of
pork, but peanuts constitute one of the
very best. We would suggest, however,
that you plant early maturing varieties
of cowpeas or soy beans, and these
should be ready to use before It be
comes necessary to graze the peanuts.
You can also use rape and oats for ear- |
ly spring pasture. Crimson clover, but
clover and white clover are also valuable
crops for grazing as well as oats and
vetch.
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A GOOD DIPPING VAT FOR HOGS
A. E. A., Odum, Oa., writes: I want
to make a dipping vat for my hogs. I
want to make it of concrete. About what
should he the dimensions, and tn what pro
portion should the concrete be mixed?
A cement dipping vat for hogs should
not be difficult to construct. You should!
make an excavation In the ground to tne
depth of three feet, having it three feet]
wide at the top, 18 Inches wide at the
bottom, and 8 feet long on the top line,!
and the end should be sloped In so lt|
will be about six feet long on the bottom!
line. These figures are for the Inside'
measurements. You should excavate
enough more earth to allow for a waJ.lj
about four to six Inches thick. Four
inches will answer for every purpose, but
six Inches makes a stouter and stronger
vat. If the earth Is firmed you may let
it act as the outside wall of the vat, ex-{
cept where it comes above the ground |
with which It should be practically level,|
though, of course, raised high enough toj
prevent surface water from running in at ,
the top. You should set up a frame of;
smooth straight edge boards on the In
side four to six Inches from the out
side wall, and fill and ram this with con
crete made of one part of concrete, three
parts of sand and five parts of crushed
rock. Mix the concrete very thoroughly!
and put in when in a soft condition, ori
containing a surplus of water as it were.,
Ram It very tight, and reinforce with]
old barbed wire; especially Is It impor-;
tant to reinforce around the top. After!
the top is finished take one part of ce-;
mint and one part of sand and make
a sharp, hard finish over the top which!
should be troweled smooth.
You should he able to build such a vat
at comparatively little cost with ordtna-,
ry labor. You can make it larger if you,
deside to do so. but this should be am
ple to take care e£ al:.ed t
hog. j
LlZZlt Q THOMAS
THE BIG MEETING.
A soft arm was slipped around my
waist one morning last week, and I
turned to see Mary V.’s smiling face and
hear her say, in coaxing tones: "Don’t
you want to go up to Bethel next Sun
day? Mirlnda and Grace and Kat:e and
I want to go, and we want you and The
Farmer to go, too.”
"Where is Bethel?” I asked.
"It’s about ten or twelve miles from
here. You go up the mountain and then
some,” was the laughing rejoinder. “We
want you to please take fried chicken
and stuffed eggs and cucumber pickles,
and we will take the rest.”
Who could say no? Consequently,
bright and early Sunday morning, I
packed the basket, adding a few other
things to the ones requested, and off we
started.
Several times Saturday I’d see strange
teams go past, and would be told that
the people had begun to go to Bethel.
Many who have once lived there return
the first Sunday In August, for this has
been an annual affair for years and
years. Protracted services are begun
the first Sunday in August, no matter
what else may be going on And I use
the caption, "The Big Meeting,” after
due deliberation. Half of the people
never see the Inside of the church—lt’s
a roomy structure, comfortable and in
viting—but many go simply to see
friends, to display the children, to swap
horses, to talk over crops or to do their
choicest "sparking.” You never saw as
many couples, from fourteen to forty,
sitting around In top buggies. Some
times you'd see the bashful girl with
her finger In her mouth—l saw that
twice; sometimes she would be atten
tively listening as she wrapped and un
wrapped her finger; sometimes she
would be doing the talking as if to head
him off. But I’m here to say that more
boys and men were talking than girls,
consequently I am inclined to think that
the young men make Bethel their final
point of attack, and that this fall, corn
or no corn, boll weevil or not, there will
be the usual number of marriages.
The Farmer and I found a good place
to leave Kate and then threaded our
way to the church. You can Imagine
three acres as thick with vehicles of
all descriptions as close as they, con
veniently could be driven in, and that
will give you a picture of the magnifi
cent grove surrounding the church. Au
tos, buggies, wagons drawn by fat
mules or prancing horses all an orderly
conglomeration.
We had comfortable seats in a little
Sunday school room quite near the pul
pit and found It cool and just in line
with the minister. He preached a good
sermon on “Where Is My Brother?" a
question it behooves every one of us
to ask of ourselves.
Then came dinner time.
In that Immense throng you would ex
pect us to have trouble finding our
party, but the very first people to come
In after we were seated were two of
them and right outside the church we
saw the car with the others. We joined
them and went half a mile to a shady
place near enough to a spring to have
plenty of delightful chalybeate water
as cold as any with Ice tinkling in the
pitcher. Miss Lillian’s and Mrs. Kumpe’s
baskets were added and under a wide,
spreading pine tree (not our sort of
long leaf pines), we spread the feast.
This Is the third time we have been
a party to these co-operative baskets.
Every housekeeper has some specialty
that her friends especially like. Miss
Lillian makes a delicious pineapple
sandwich, Kate makes “scrumptious"
light bread, Merlnda and Mary V. have
special cake recipes, and your’s truly
takes the eggs and fried chicken. Mrs.
Kumpe had some rolls that The Farmer
is yet talking about, and I see my fin
ish If I do not learn the art. She is
visiting here from Montana, left here
thirty years ago and talks most charm
ingly of that country, and thoroughly
enjoys her home out there. The rolls
came from one of those delightful
Leighton homes that I wrote about ear
lier in the year, or was It last fall?
We spent a happy hour eating and
talking, and when there was no ex
cuse to linger longer we followed our
usual method and divided what was
left. I did not bring back anything I
took, nor did the others. A big uncut
loaf of Katie’s bread “took up” In my
basket, a generous supply of cake also
was folded in a napkin, fried chicken,
croquettes, sandwiches, stuffed eggs and
all sorts of goodies changed owners and
then we went back to the church —some
fine singing, another good sermon and
then dismissal till evening. We turn
ed our faces homeward and I wish I
could tell you of that side. For one
hour we never even saw a mail box,
sheer cliffs, rocky hillsides, a sandy
stretch and then more steep climbing;
often for quite a distance we were on
stretches of the road that would be as
sandy as any In Florida or south Geor
gia. Then would come rocks higher
than my head and a road so rough that
I’d have to hold on with both hands
to keep in the buggy—the autos went
a longer way around the mountain.
There were springs gushing out of the
rocks, or so It seemed, and at two of
the most famous the Farmer got wa
ter and brought some back to me I
sat In the buggy and held the lines
Vegetation was rank n many places
and everywhere there were all sorts of
beautiful trees I saw one cabin perch
ed on a ‘shelf” and a little way off was
a potato patch, and on another one was
a splendid orchard, apples and pears
seemed fine In the distance were tin
kling cow bells and further down the
mountain on either side were splendid
fields of com and cotton. Their crops
are the best I’ve seen. But I saw so
few chickens and one lone turkey. The
majority of the homes I saw that day
were comfortable and comparatively
new. and both of the school houses were
built after the state’s plan, showing that
two acres had been donated by the peo
ple and 3200 met by as much from the
state.
Hurrah for the compulsory education
bill! Now get busy and find really
good teachers for the children.
Faithfully yours,
LIZZIE O. THOMAS.
Tuscumbia, Ala.
that rest day.
Dear Mrs. Thomas: How many of
your readers, town as well as country,
are giving the cook a rest? In many
parts of the country Sundays
In July had cold dinners, and its been
a great time for the poor women who
have been roasting. This has been a try
ing season on everybody, and its a sen
sible family that will hold to cold din
ners through August. The blood gets
so hot that nobody is comfortable. I
know one woman who cannot get out of
the “Sunday gorge." as a writer n
McCall’s Magazine calls It. so she pre
pares enough then add on Monday there
Isn’t a fire made in the stove for the
noon meal. That day she “plays like”
she Is giving her family a picnic and
as she doesn’t hnve to cook dinner she
has time to prepare a fancy dish or
two out of leftovers and mayonnaise and
the family seem to really enjoy the
change. She pours all the clabber she
has Sunday night in a flour sack that
fiiie keeps for the purpose, hangs it up
and lets the whey drip out and serves
curd at dinner Monday.
I wish some of the readers would tell
us how they are resting this month.
Every one of us should cut out at least
one duty, its too hot to iron anything
except starched things Is my summer
motto—try the change.
Cordially,
NELLIE HUNTER.
EVEBY DAY.
Every day begin with courage
Confident that you can win
Over trials and temptations.
Let the day you’re living in
Be the one that guides your conduct.
For the past has gone its way.
Do not let its lingering shadows
Mar the brightness of today.
Every day perform the duties
That await you, and with song
Cheer the weary souls that falter
As you pass life’s way along.
Do not fret about tomorrow
Let It bring forth what it may,
You are shaping well your future
If you're living right today.
CHARLES W. MEIERS.
(Continued from Last Issue.)
THE family known as tne “Cypress
Wolves" was the sole remnant of
one of the fiercest tribes the pale
faces had met in the Seminole wars.
Many of the tribe had been captured
by unpardonable treachery The sol
diers of that day, unable to follow the
Indians to their haunts, used false prom
ises to lure them out. Our dealings
with the Semlnoles are among the worst
blotches on American history. They
earned for us the undying distrust of
such Indians as still remain In the ever
glades. To them the words “white
man" and “liar" are synonymous.
They guard the secret paths of the
maze with religious devotion and they
have refused all bribes to disclose them.
The Indians nowadays are often kind
ly to such lost explorers as fall among
them. They will guide the wanderers
out, but they will not guide them in.
If Gloria Stafford, who was strolling
slowly into the very heart of the Cypress
Wolf region, had come among them as
a young girl in distress they would
have treated her with chivalry. But
her first action outraged their most sa
cred beliefs.
The old chief Hltakee of the Cypress
Wolf tribe had more dignity than
wealth. But he owned a horse. It was
an ancient mustang and its manners
were bad; but It was almost the only
horse owned by an everglade Indian.
At the very time that Gloria had been
helped to solve her algebra problems by
Dr. Royce old Hltakee was solving all
his problems with the aid of the medi
cine man of his tribe. He died with
great dignity.
The young brave Katcalanl was the
logical successor to the chiefship. He
had his eye on that horse and dreamed
of himself astride It. The widow of
of Hltakee had another idea. Shonolakee
was her name. She did not Intend that
her dead husband should walk aU the
way to the happy hunting grounds. In
her youth when the chiefs had horses
and rode them they rode also to the
far off paradise. Each chief’s squaw
saw to that, for she cut the throat of
his horse and sent Its ghost after Its
master’s spirit.
Katcalanl tried to save Hltakee’s
horse from sacrifice, but Shonolakee
grew so fierce and the other squaws
so fierce that he felt his election In
danger. Among the Semlnoles the wom
en have long had equality and suffrage.
They even have the men working for
them.
Just about the time that Gloria Staf
' ford was feeling her way through the
thickets about the Cypress Wolf vil
lage Shonolakee led the old horse out
to slaughter. She was weeping so bit
terly that she di<9 not heed when the
' sacrificial knife fell from her belt. She
tied the horse, said her prayer, and
leached for the blade. It was gone. She
turned back to look for It.
’ She had not gone far when Gloria
Stafford parted the palmetto leaves and
saw before her the steed she had prayed
for. It evidently had an owner, for It
' was tied. But Gloria was accustomed
to taking what she wanted. Her father
could always pay for It. He would pay
well for this darling old nag if it car
ried her home.
She approached It with coaxing words
and untied the halter. The pony shied
and tried to caress her with Its heels.
Gloria had been well schooled in horse
manship from childhood, and she soon
had her hands in the mane of the un
willing mustang and vaulted to Its
back.
She had no sooner set her heels Into
Its ribs than the old squaw returned
with the recovered knife. She saw the
sanctified charger being carried off—
and by a ragamuffin evidently from one
of the white trash families that even
the Semlnoles despised.
She gave a wild cry of alarm, the
fierce “Yo-ho-ee-hee!” that had once
made the Indian hunters’ blood run
i cold. The tribe answered In wonder
ing haste. She pointed to Gloria and
i the vanishing horse. It was not vanish
ing very fast, for the wilderness was
thick and Gloria did not know the way.
The Seminoles divided and ran in vari
cus directions to head her off.
In a few moments the young chief
himself leaped from ambush, and
caught the horse by the nose and ear.
The old squaw was not far behind and
Gloria was dragged to the ground and
threatened with the death of a thief —a
sacrillgioua thief.
(Continued in Next Issue.)
Wheat Prices Shoot
Upward Under Adverse
Canadian Crop Report
(By Aasociated Press.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.—At tip top prices
i of today’s session of the board of trade,
I wheat showed an advance of 11 3-4
cents a bushel over yesterday. The
market throughout the session gave
1 evidence of great tension owing to mil
-1 Hons of bushels in domestic crop losses
officially confirmed and because of fur
ther losses Indicated in Canada.
The market closed excited, 10 5-8 to
11 3-8 c net higher, with September at
I $1.44 1-4 to $1.44 1-2, and December at
$1.48 to $1.48 3-8.
Minneapolis Market
Also Records Advance
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 9.—Min
| neapolis September wheat showed an
j advance of over 6 1-2 cents today from
the previous close on the government
crop report. The Winnipeg market for
December wheat was up ten cents per
bushel.
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WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.
This was written, as you see, long
before Christ came. If the rulers of the
old world could see themselves, would
they not shudder now?
If you would know of what frail stuff
you’re made,
Go to the tombs of the illustrious dead;
There rest the bones of kings, there
tyrants rot;
There sleep the rich, the noble and the
wise;
Their pride, ambition, beauty's fairest
form,
All dust alike, compound over common
ynass:
Reflect on these, and In them see your
yourself.
—MEANDER, an Atklneonian poet of
B. C. 320.
Go to the roadside graves thyself to
know,
Muse on the bone* and dust that sleep
below;
Titers sleep tlhe monarch, there the
despot lies.
The rich, the proud, the beautiful, the
wise.
Mown down by Time, these found a com
mon tomb,
And tell thee what thou art and what
thy doom.
—MEANDER, B. C. 821.
WHAT WONDBM HATH GOD
WHODGKT.
As I and a dear old friend were whirl
ed along to Decatur yesterday on the
trolley line from Atlanta to the former
place, carrying us In a brief space of
time over the six miles to the cemtery
where we have loved ones burled, I re
called the zeal and enthusiasm of Rev.
Dr. Alexander Means over the coming
wonders of electricity forty odd years
ago. We both agreed that we would be
so glad if this wonderfully wise man
could now see the car we were In—the
smooth track over which we passed so
swiftly—the ease In management and the
wonderful cheapness In transportation.
I can recall the dear gentleman’s face
as I saw it in my girlhood, and the glow
of ecstacy when told of God's wonderful
agents In nature. He was a long way
ahead of his time. That clear brain
and fine Intellect could discover future
progress where all was dark and dumb
to the ignorant. I was present and lis
tened when the first telephone was set
up In Washington City connecting the
capltol building and the government
printing office. The Idea of talking on
a wire was a nine day’s wonder, and now
far distant cities can talk to each other,
families can talk In utmost privacy and
comfort miles across the country, and
seven-tenths of the business of city life
Is conducted by telephones. Perhaps
Dr. Means does see and know all about
It In that upper and better kingdom
Who will say he does not know what Is
going on here below?
When we reach the land of eternal
peace, and knowledge, how delightful It
will be to see and understand with the
clearness of heavenly vision and wisdom
all these wonders which God has
wrought!
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perhaps we deserve the title. When our
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Ing to the heat In either right or left
ear, we decide that one is good talk and
the other ear not so good. If you sec
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looking at it to see if you are to nave
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horseshoes, but they must be shoes that
a horse has worn and dropped. Horse'
shoes were credited with keeping off
witches. In England you are likely to
see horseshoes tacked up on some part of
all the houses on the streets. It Is re
corded that the great Nelson hoisted a
horseshoe to the mast of the Victory,
In the battle of the Nile. Generally the
horseshoe Is tacked over the door. Some
times you find It wrapped with ribbons
for a parlor ornament. We are hunting
good luck by the route of the horseshoe
When we see a new moon we think of
the weather as well as good luck. One of*
our old colored servants once said to
me, “Now, Miss Becky, don't you ever
look at the new moon, if you don’t have
a thrip in your pocket. I alius rattle
my keys In my pocket when I ain’t got
no money.
If the moon dips the water will spill
out, then if the ends of the crescent are
both upward the moon will hold water
Again there is an old legend:
“All hall to the moon, all hll to thee,
I prithee, good moon, declare to me.
This night, who my future husband will
be.”
In earlier days the swains and maids
were constantly singing odes to the
moon.
Did you ever hear the “death watch
which Is only a bug, that taps his head
against the wood? When you hear a
• tree-frog" you are certain it Is a jlgn
of rain. If an owl perches on your roof
It Is a sign of death. In our refugee
home we had a lot of fatal sickness in
1864-65. I had a very sick child and the
bouse had no windowglass, only big l
wooden shutters. While we were watch
ing beside the dear child, an owl came in
at an open window and perched on a
rafter.
The colored nurse was panic
stricken. “Oh, Miss Becky, little Willie
Is going to die.” And when Willie died
the colored people were a unit in the
belief that the owl brought us the warn
ing. A looking glass fell at another
time and they foretold sad news, and as
a dear child also died soon after they
were more than ever convinced of the
death warning. If shucks are thick on
corn it means a hard winter. If It
rains every day In Old Christmas It
means a wet crop year. If It Is a
dry Christmas, look out for a drouth.
Seafaring people plead that the dying
will go out with the tide. Phantom
ships are talked about and greatly dread
ed. Addison, the great English writer,
believed In witches. And English
judges condemned many women to
death as witches. It was a diegrace
to civilization, but Salem, Mass., had
regular witch burnings and quoted the
Bible, where It says: "You shall not
suffer a witch to live.” How many
thousand doubts and fears have the
story of the Witch of Endor inspired.
And If Samuel could rise up, why should
not other spirits appear?
Fortune tellers flourish now. They
can see things in the settlings of a
teacup. They can read fate In the palm
of your hand. They can find lost things
and they can discover a stream under
ground by holding a willow wand In
their hands. Can it be wondered that
the colored race Is possessed with a
belief in "cunjur bags?"
Bibles are strewn broadcast over the
land. Sunday schools and churches have
many attendants, but all the same, su
perstitions hold sway, where ignorance
Is the rule and people are “seeking a
sign.”
Nobody, not even the cultured, are
particular to seat thirteen people at a
table. You can look wise and feel
obliged to make an excuse, but you
would have been happy If the number
of guests were either twelve or fourteen.
If you could possibly count up the peo
ple who do not choose to perambulate
after midnight In old graveyards you
would be astonished. All of us have
been tinctured with some variety of su
perstition, and mind readers take ad
vantage of it.
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