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FUii CATTLE
Farmers Urged to Make Use
of This Valuab'e Forage.
HR. HBfiBITT DIBOIT3BE3 MATTER
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5, ATHSTA, Feb. t, 1^(08.
SHWJDDED COBV STARKS.
Aiimitter of much importance to
farmer*, I again rail their attention to
kite immense value of the corn staiks
Vassily left standing and wasting in the
fields when they are shredded end Died
for forage. I hare recently hail a con
venation with a geutleman who is u.>w
•ailing all he can make of this forage at
910 a ton in carload lots, and s>‘J a ton
in smaller quantities. His experience
i* that from IF£ to 2t„' tons bf shredded
fodder cau be made to the a'-re. accord
tug to the sice and number of plants,
and that a large machine will cut each
day the product from six to 12 acres
Of course in both cases the umount i*
determined by the quality and yieid of |
the corn crop. It has been ascertained!
that the larger machines accomplish
more profitable ami more aatisfactory
work than the smaller ones, the stalks
beiug more thoroughly cut an and shredded.
These mac nines being portable, if one
fatmer cannot afford the higher price
fur the larger machine, a combination
of farmers eau invest ill one and tints
by moving front one farm to another
the stalks for a neighliorimod may be
converted into a wholesome and nutri
tive food. Or, as suggested before, one
man may own such a machine and by
working all farms in reach during the;
fall sad winter the entire crop of corn j
•talks may be shredded without expense ,
to tha owners. A strange proposition, ;
bat nevertheless tine, because Che toil |
may be paid m kind, ami is taken from -
an otherwise worthless product.
At the experiment statftm form fho
•tripped stalks, Which had been left ;
standing oh the fiucis until January, '
Were hauled up and shredded. The pro
duct was not only teadiiy e.-.ten by the ;
farm animais, but upon analyst* was
iouud to oontdln more nutriment rlian
an equal amoari! of the cottons*-d
)rull, now so pupaotr ns stock fool.
The shredded fodder hae thi* additions!
ftdvani-age over the imils. It is much
m ire reii.hed tv horses and mules, in
wii as cattle, mnl there is not do* s •
precaution ueceasarj in feeuing it. ]t
i weil known by those vrbofecti cotton
seed hulls tuat tns.re i< danger of its b->
romini: compacted, if fed in too large
quantities, mid that it is always safer
to mix it with other more concentrated
lood stuffs.
The utilization of such a tremendous
quantity of forage will enable ns not
tally to raise more and better cattle nnh
farm stock for home use. but wi.l give
mi Impetus to stock raising for expor t.
There is a growing detuaud front the
wet for southern cattle, and with this
enormous addition to our food t; tiffs, a
comparatively large number of beeves
may be succoes-'u it raised to meet las
market without drawing too heavily
upon the other resources of ti:e farm.
Thus wifi be opened anew sou res
el income for tne south and am>
the fouttiifttion be laid far a direct
exportation to Europe of thousands ui
Southern raised beeves. Waits?*every
advantage of climate and tiartepiria
•ion. and truce tr.e business gets a firm
foothold, we can scarcely compute its 1
benefits to the south. Our superior sun
ation and eurirouinent will give ns an
immense leve-ago over our we!rrn com
petitors. This plan of shrodniog ami
utilizing the otherwise useless corn
stalks Is growing in favor ear’ll day and
tne time is coming when the shredded
fodder will he us inush mi article of
commerce as the popular cottonseed
hulls, once considered equally worth
less.
THE COl TON X CUE AG*.
W liars no new argument.! to offer
eu this subject on which hangs the pros
perity, not of the farmers only, but of
the whole south, and we mar say, of the
country at large. In the successful ami
profitable handling anti marketing of
cur cot toll crop by fanners, buyers,
aaanufuctuiers and others we inciuue a
Very large per cent of our national pop
illation, and therefore the decision of
(he farmers as to how in rich cm tun iliey
will undertake to raise in ’I.-S ts a unat
tor of almost as much importance to the
whole country as to themselves. This
decision to some extent affects present
conditions also, lot as soon as it becomes
known that a large crop is to be planted,
lbs price either continues dppgeaeed or
falls lower; whereas, if a reduced area
is decided on, prices and tiie general
cotton trade show a favorable tendance.
In our inquiry columns are some very
pertinent questions as to the notion sit
uation and the condition;! of supply and
demands We have endeavored to an
swer them fuily and clearly, and to em
phasize what we have so often repeated
,4u these coiumus, that the farmers, in
dividually, must control this matter.
No convention or set of resolutions,
however intelligent the former, or forci
ble the latter, seem powerful enongii to
cope with it. loach farmer roust study
the question for himself and mutt de
cide, not how much Cotton he can raise,
hut how much he can raise profitably.
When this is done, and when each man
sett aside a sufficient area for abundant
home supplies It will be found that u
reduction of the cotton area is a fore
gone conclusion. Profitable Cottou oris
ductiou hinges on home supplies dint by
(bat term we do not mean plain bread
unit meat, but plenty of poultry, egrs,
tnilk,butter, fruit anil vegetable* as well.
11l our climate all can be produced at
little cost and in gieatcst abundance,
iiut it a man overburdens himself
with an expensive cotton crop he has no
time to attend to theso socaded minor
crops and when the cotton is gathered
and sold leu chances to one ho will have
Bo mon-y to buy necessary food, much
less the articles of comfort, nod o”i
hutury, which he could have produce 1
on his farm at a scarce'y appreciable
Cost. Our past experience has made
these facia plain, but (he certainty of a
Cash market fur cotton, and the unccr-
Imve troubles <■ 1*
my own,
For goodness
wako (lOu't men
tion yOurs.
But it you are truibled iv>li
niti iml Mice, Magic li:it Mover
will rid your premies of these]
pwit- On Kali- ly Druggist!
and Grocers. 15 and 25cent-;.
Not a Poison.
it can be procured hi this ofllce.
Sent to any address b, r mail three
dime*.
FVe-e t ; v■ z u tri
Out this out am > Its it. to youi drug
gv.t and pit a sample bottle free of l)v.
King’s New Dts-tovcry, for C- tstim; ti n
coughs and colds. They do not ask yon
to buj before trying, this will show you
the great merits of this truly wonderful
reme y. and show you what can be ac
complished by the regular size bottle.
This is no experiment, and would be
disastrous th the proprietors, did they
not khow it would invariably cure.
Many of the best physicians are nov.
using it in their prcctiee with great- rt -
suits, and are relying on it in mostso —
vere cases. It is guaranteed. Trial
bottles free at I <0 f lanlimtu & Urn's
and L. J. Sharp & Iho’s
HARIIONV GROVE., (’.a.
taiuty of being able to sell a stirp’as of
any other crop, has tempted the large
body of farmers to continue to plant big
crops of cotton, ami to fake the chances
of selling them for enough to buy
needed supplies, implements, etc. The
cheapness at which we can produce all
food crops shouhi forever set at rest
this question of home supplies. Our
mistaken policy on this point and t!u<
crowding of the cotton market has re
duced our income from rti.tt source mil
lions and millions of doiinrs, and when
to this is added short food supplies ou*
condition is deplorable indeed.
WOHK FOR THR MONTH.
Had weather has somewhat delayed
farm work, although in many sections
farmers havo taken advantage of the
bright days to push forward prepara
tions for another crop. Fcbt u.try is the
best average month for sowing spring
oats. If the soil is thiu make it rich ’ey
manures or fertilizers. Oats will not
do well on poor land any more than
other crops, bat, with the same care and
plant food that vre give otherorops, they
often make far better returns, and there
is uo better stock food known to south
ern farmers. Whenever the ground is
dry enough the regular fieid plowing
should go on. Don't plow when the
laud is too wet. This is a mistake which
it often requires years to repair. Use a
subsoiler wherever possible, its good
effects will be uotieeubl* when our
long summer drouth sets ill. Clover
and grass may be sown. Both require
thorough preparation ami high mu
uuring. In the southern part of tha
state nil th* earlier vegetables may be
planted, aud it is ia this month that the
general Irish potato crop is planted. For
various reasons the eastern crop was a
failure last year. Prices are ru-ieg high
and will 110 doubt continue fair. For
this reason a southern crop, which can
be forced 011 tit* market early, would
pay. It would be well, however, to
study the markets, and not wait until
the crop is ro.idv before making any ar
rangements to dispose of it. Complete
your arrangements before hand, oou’t
leave any thing to chance. Many of our
farmers Know how to raise potatoes sue
cessfclly, bat not ail of these know how
to market them profitably. Jeff We,
born says we can grow them much
cheaper here than they do at the north,
and if the seed used are from the fall
grown crop they will come on much
earlier. Ho has raised eight 0 ops. foil
and spring, ill four years, oil the same
laud, without a change of seed, and
each year the potatoes havo improved iu
quality ami quantity. After the spring
crop is taken off lie sows the laud iu
early maturing peas. When these me
taken off, the laud is iu fine condition
for the tali crop, and lhu> he gi ts turee
cropi off the same area. The land, after
the peas, i* thoroughly prepared, and he
gets about 160 bushels of potatoes with
out any other fertilizer than the peas.
If the ground has been we l broken and
the planting properly managed, a very
shallow cultivation is all that is neces
sary. In fieid crops, just as the plants
begin to break tha ground, it is well t •
run a harrow across the rows to break
the crust. Do not run a deep furrow
near the rows. Keep the patch free
front weeds. For the northern market
ship in Jl-perk potato barrels instead of
sacks, they keep better ami r.in more
inactive in apr e'rance —both of which
add to the p>,
R, T. Kksejtt, Commissioner.
The Coining Woman.
v’ho ! o ?s to the club while lira- husband
•mis the baby, as ivcll as the good oM
tsliioned woman who looks after her
ome, will both at times get run down
-1 health. They will be troubled with
>ss of appetite, headache, sleeplessness
tinting or dixzy spell*. The most won
erfiil remedy for these women is Elec
• -ie Bitters. Thousands of sufferers
•om Lame Back and Weak Kidneys
ise up and call it blessed. It is the
ic-dicine for women. Female cotn
laint-s and Nervous troubles of a!!
bids are soon relived by the use of
leetric Bitters. Delicate women
liould keep this ren.-dy on hand to
uikl up the system. Only 50c perbot
!e. For sale bv L. G. Hardman &'
h-o’s and L. J. Sharp A Bro’s Ilnr
lony Grovr., Ga.
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Every day strvngthezi* the belief of emi
nent phvsirianz t.iit faanure Mood -- I--'
ccmo of the puijiirity iS oar dist-aws.
Twenty- s vp years -go this theory was n>;-t
tw a basis for lltc forimffa of Browns’lron
Bitters. Tho many remarkable cnr-seiicetcil
by tliis faiitoiid old h'-use!,.d-1 rcinedy er.
RiiftVeiont to prove that tt-.e theory is correct.
Browns’ Irra BUtsrs is sold by si! dealt.*.
ME OF THE BOULEVARD.
Continued from first pngs.
been found. It seemed ns if ho was a
man without a family, without any
place in society or any claim on any
ono to bury him. And this distressing
isolation added to the morbid curiosity
which was attached to the houses, now
all draped in black, with tlio letter
“R” etundiug out in whito ngaiust its
silver escutcheon.
Who would be chief mourner? M
Rev,-vo had appointed no ono. lle-lnvl
tai-i.ed in that paper that n short notice
should be inserted iu the paper giving
the hour nut! date of the services and
giving him tho simple title cx-ceusul
•'1 hopb,” wont on tbo writer, "to be
taken to the cemetery quietly and fol
lowed by intimate friends, if nuy re
main. ”
Intimate friends were scarce in that
crowd, without doubt, but tho dead
man's wish could hardly be carried cut.
Thoso obsequies which ho had wished
to lx- quiet became a sort of fete, fune
real and noisy, where tho tlie.n.sauds of
peopib crowding tho boulevard crushed
each other in their desiro to see, and
pressed almost upon tho draped funeral
car which tho neighbors had covered
with flowers.
Everything is a spectaelo for Pari
sians The guardians of the peace strove
to keep back the crowds; some gamins
climbed into tho branches of tho trees.
The bier had been placed at the foot of
the staircase in tho narrow corridor
opening upon tho street. Mate. Mouicho
imd placed upon a tablo in the lodge
some loose leaves, whero Ilovero's on
known friends could write their names.
Berimrdet, alert, with his eves wide
open, studying the faces, searching tho
eyes, mingled wilh tho crowd, looked
at tho file of jK-oplo, scrutinized, one by
one, tho signatures; Beruardet, in
mourning, wearing black gloves, seem
ed more like an undertaker’s assistant
than a police spy. Once be found him
self directly iu front of tho open door
of the lodge and the tablo where the
leaves lay covered with signatures.
When in tho half light of tho corridor
draped with black, where the bier lay,
he saw a mail of about 50, pale aud
very sad looking. He had arrived in hit
turn iu the lino at tho table, where ho
signed his name. Mute. Mouicho, cloth
ed in black, with a white handkerchief
in l-.or hand, although sho was not weep
ing, found herself side by side with
Beruardet; in fact, thoir elbows touch
ed. When the mau reached the table,
coming from tho semidarkness of tbo
passage, and stepped into tho light
which fell on hint from tbo window,
tha portress involuntarily exclaimed.
"Ahi” ;-be was evidently nmch excited
and c-ioigbt the police officer by the
bunt! and said:
“1 am afraid. ”
She spoko in such a low tone that
Bernardct divined rather than heard
what sho meant in that stifled cry Ho
looked at her from the corner of hi.s eva
Ho saw that sho was ghastly, and again
blio spoke in a low tone, “lie, he whom
1 saw with M Rovere beforo tbo open
safe. ”
Beruardet gave the man one sweeping
glance of tho eyo. He fairly pierced bim
through with his sharp look. The un
known, half bent over the table where
on lay tho papers, showed a wide fore
bond, slightly bald, and a pointed board,
a little gray, which almost touched tho
white paper as lie wrote his name.
Suddenly the police officer experienced
a strange sensation It seemed to him
that this face, the shape of the bead, tho
pointed heard, he hud recently seen
somewhere, and that this human f-il
hom-tto recalled to him an imago which
ho had recently studied. The perception
cf a possibility of a proof gave him a
Fhc. i-t This mr.ii who Win; there u.ailo
him think suddenly of that phaiitom
disconiihlo in the T-h-.t-.igratilis taken cf
the re'-ina of the it'i-'dcrcd man’s eye.
“Who is that man?”
Beruardet shivered with pleasurable
excitement and insisted upon hia own
impression that this unknown strongly
recalled tho imago obtained, and mental
ly he compared this living man, bending
over the table, writing his name, with
that specter which had tho air of a
trooper which had appeared iu tho pho
tograph. Tjm contour whs tbs fame, not
only of the face, but the beard. This
man reminded ono of a seigneur of the
time of Henry 111, and Bernardct- found
in that face something formidable. The
man hud signed his uamo. He raised his
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She tpof.e in a I tone. “lie. hr tc/iotn t
saw teiih .It. liovere.”
bead, and his face, of a dull white, was
turned full toward the police officer.
Their looks crossed, keen on Uernardet’s
side, oiled in the unknown, but before
the fixity of tho officer's gaze the strange
man dro; pad hia head for a moment;
then in his inru he fixed 11 piercing, al
most me;: icing, gnzo on Bernardct.
Then tho latter slowly dropped his eyes
aud. bowed The unknown went out
quickly and was lest iu the crowd be
fore the house.
“It is he; it is ho, ” repeated tbo por
tress, who trembled as if sho had seen a
ghost.
Scarcely had tho unknown disap
peared than the police officer took but
two steps to reach the table, aud, bend
ing over it iu his turn, ho read the
name written by that- man:
“Jacques Dantin.”
The nnmc awakened no remembrance
iu Bernardet’s mind, and now it was a
living problem that 110 had to solve.
“Tell no one that yon have seen that
man,” he hastily said to Mate. Moniche.
“No one. Do you hear?” And be linr
rii-d out Into tlv; boulevard, picking his
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JE. W-' *• *~**•' v* ■ r 'j
the dread of the cotton
can be prevented. 1 ...
Experiment Station.; a
experience of leading j r -■■
prove positively that
w s’ @ e t
Kaimf
is the only remedy.
We will be gl.ul t. le.-r.d, free of cfwtrr
interesting and useful pamphlets which l"
of the matter in detail.
GERMAN XAi.I WORKS,
t yj Nassau St., NYi.
Way tnrongli tne crowd and waUihilig
out to find that Jacques Dautin, whom
he wished to follow.
CHAPTER IX
Jacques Dantin, moreover, was not
difficult to find lit the crowd. lie stood
near the funeral car. His air was very
sad. Bcrhardat had a fine opportunity
to examine him at his ease. He was an
elegant looking man, slender, with a
resolute air and frowning eyebrows,
which gave his faco a very energetic
look. His head bared to tho cold wind,
ho stood like a Ktatno while tho bearers
placed tho casket in tha funeral car, and
Beruardet noticed tho shaking of the
head—a distressed shaking. The longer
the police officer looked at him, studied
him, tho stronger grew tha resemblance
to tho imago in the photograph. Bor
mrdet would soon know who this
Jacques Dantin was, and even at this
moment ho askad a question or two of
some of tho assistants.
“Doyou know who that gentleman is
standing near tho hoarse?”
“No.”
“Do yon know what Jacques Dantin
docs? Was ho one of M. Hovero's inti
mate friends?”
“Jacques Dantin?”
“Yos. Sac, there, with tho pointed
beard.”
”1 do not know him.”
Beruardet thought that if ho addressed
tho question to M. Dautin himself ho
might learn all he wished to know at
once, aud ho approached him at the mo
ment tho procession started and walked
along with him almost to the cemetery,
striving to enter into conversation with
him He spoko of the dead man, sadly
lamenting M Rovere's sad fate, but lie
found his neighbor very silent. Upon
tho sidewalk of the boulevard the dense
crowd stood in respectful silence and
uncovered us the cortege passed, and tho
officer noticed that some loose petals
from the flowers dropped upon the road
way
“There are a great many flowers, ” he
remarked to his neighbor. “It is rather
surprising, as M. Revere seemed to havo
so few friends. ”
“lie has had many,” the man
brusquely remarked His voice was
hoarse and quivered with emotion. Ber
uardet saw that he was strongly moved.
Was it sorrow? Was it bitterness of
spirit? Remorse perhaps. The man did
not seem, moreover, iu a very softened
mood Ho walked along with his eyes
upon the funeral ear, his head uncover
ed iu spite of theeoid, and seemed to bo
iu deep thought. The police officer stud
ied him from a corner of his eye. His
wrinkled faco was intelligent and bore
an expression of weariness, but there
was something hard about the set of the
month aud insolent iu the turned up
cud of his mustache.
As they approached the cemetery at
Montmartre —the journey was not a
long ono iu which to make conversation
—-Beruardet veutured a decisive ques
tion. “Did you know M. Rovcre very
well?”
The other re-.’ied, “Very well.”
“And whom do you think could have
had any interest in this matter?” Tbs
question was brusque and cut like a
knife. Jacques Dautin hesitated iu his
reply, looking keenly aa they walked
along r.t this little man with his smil
ing aspect, whose name ho did uottnow
and who bad questioned hint.
"It is becouse 1 ha-, e : great inter- ■
in rt once commencing my researches,'
said Bernnrdot, measuring his words in
order to note tho effect which they
would produce rn this unknown man.
“I am a police detective.”
Oh! This time Beruardet saw Dantin
shiver. Thera was no doubt cf it. Tni;-
close contact wiih a police officer tree
bled him, and. h.o turned pale and v.
quick spasm passed over his face. His
t.ni 10us eyes searched Heruardet's face,
hut, content with stealijg an occasional
plattee of examination toward his neigh
bor, the little tnnu wttlkt and along with
eyes cast toward the ground. Ho stud
led Jacques Dantin in sudden, quick
turns of the eye.
The car advanced slowly, turned the
corner of the boulevard aud passed ini,
tho narrow avenue which led to God's
Acre The arch of tho iron bridge led
to tho Cainpo Santo, like a viaduct of
living beings, over to tho land of sleep,
for it was packed with a curious crowd
It was a econo for a melodrama, the
cortege and tho funeral car covered
with wreaths. Etruurdet, still walking
by Bautin's side, continued to question
him. Tho agent noticed that these ques
tions scented to embarrass LI. Rovere’s
pretended friend.
“Is it a long time since M. Rovcre
and Jacques Dantin have known each
other?”
“Wo havo been friends since child
hood. ”
“And did you see him often?”
"No. Life had separated ns.”
"Had yen seen him recently? Mma
3io;\ is\r
TO LOAN.
Monev to loan -on real estate
| for five vears at 5 per cent
I interest Bo r rowers to pay ex
j penses of obtain!? loan,
i f-or full particulars call on oi
; address
CHAS, M. WALKER,
! ; Harmony Grove, Ga.
Motuone saia tnac you nau. *
“Who is Mmo. Monicho?"
"Tho concierge of the house and a
sort, of housekeeper for M. Rovcre.”
“Ah! Yosl” said Jacques Dantin, as
If ho had just remembered some forgot
ten Right. Beruardet, by instinct, read
this mail's thoughts, saw again with
him also the tragic, scene when the por
tress, suddenly entering M. Rovere’s
apartments, had seen him standing face
to faco with Dantin In front of the
open safe, with a great quantity of pa
pers spread out.
"Do you believe (hat ho had many
enemies?" asked the'police agent, with
deliberate calculation.
“No,” Dantin sharply replied with
out hesitation. Beruardet waited a mo
ment. Then iu a firm voico Uosairt, “AL
Ginory will no doubt count a good deal
on you iu order to bring about the ar
rest of tho assassin. ”
"M. Ginory?”
“Tho examining magistrate."
“Then he will havo to make haste
with his investigation, ” Jacques Dan
tin replied. “I shall soon be obliged to
leavo Baris.” This reply astonished
Bernardct. This departure, of which
tho motivo was probably a simple one,
seemed to him strange under the tragio
circumstances. M. Dantin, moreover,
did not hesitate to give him, without
his asking for it, his address, adding
that he would hold himself in readiness
from his return from tho cemetery at
tho disposition of the examining mag
istrate.
“The misfortune is that I can tell
nothing, r.s I know nothing. Ido not
even suspect who could have any inter
est in hilling that unfortunate man. A
professional criminal, without doubt. ”
“I do not believe so. ”
Tbo cortege had now reached ono cf
the side avenues. A white log enveloped
everything, ami tho marble tombs shono
ghostly through it. The spot chosen by
M. Kovero himself was at the cad of the
Avenue do la Cloche. Tho car slowly
rolled, toward tho open grave. Mine.
Moniohe, overcome with grief, staggered
aa she walked along, but her husband,
the tailor, seemed to bo equal to the oc
casion aud his rolo. They both assumed
different expressions behind their dead,
aud Paul Itodier walked along just in
front of them, notebook iu baud. Bcr
nardet promised himself to keep dose
watch of Dantin and sec iu what man
ner he carried himself at the tomb. A
pressure of tho crowd separated them
for a moment, but the officer was per
fectly satisfied. Standing on tho other
side of tlio grave, faca to face with him,
was Dautin. A row of tho most curious
had pushed in ahead of Beruardet, but
iu this way he could better see Dautiu's
face and not miss the quiver of a nms
clo. 110 stood on tiptoe and peered this
way aud that between the heads and
could thus scrutinize and analyze with
out being pt-rccivcd hiinse’f.
Dantin was standing ou the very edge
of the grave. He held himself very up
right, in a tense, almost aggressive, way
and looked from time to time into tho
grave with an expression of auger and
almost defiance. Of what was ho think
ing? In that attitude, which seemed to
boa revolt against the destiny which
had conic to bis friend, Beruardet road
u kind of hardening of tho will against
an emotion which might become excess
ive and telltale. He was not as yet per
suaded of the guiltiness of
hut ho did not find iu that expression
of defiance the tenderness which ought
to bo shown for a friend—a lifelong
friend, as Dautin had said that Rovcre
was—and, then, tbo inoro ho examined
him—there, lor example, Seeing his
dark silhouette clearly defined in front
of the dense white of a neighboring col*
ntnn —the more the aspect of this mau
corresponded with that of the vision
transfixed in the dead man’s eye.
Yes, it was tho tsuio profile of r,
trooper, his hand upon his hip, as if
resting upon a rapier. Bernardct blink
ed his eyes in order to better see that
man. lie perceived a man who strongly
recalled the vague form found in that
retina, and his conviction came to tho
aid of his instinct, gradually increased
and became, little by little, invincible,
irresistible. Ho repeated the address
which this mau had given him,
"Jacques Dautin, Rue do Richelieu,
114.” He would make haste to give
that name to M. Oiucry and have a ci
tation served upon him. Why should
this Dautin leavo Baris? Wlmt was his
manner of living, his means of exist
ence? What were the passions, tho vices
of the ii -ir standing therewith tho aus
t- rc mica of a 1 luguenot ia front of
the open grave?
Beruardet saw that despite his strong
will and his wish to stand there impas
sive Jacques Dantin was troubled when,
with a heavy sound, the casket glided
over tho cords down into the grave. He
bit the ends of his mustache and his
gloved hand made several irresistible
nervous movements. And the look cast
into that grave! Tho look cast at that
casket, lying in the bottom of that
grave! On that casket was a plate hear
ing tho inscription, “Louis Pierre lio
vere. ” That mote look, t ipid and grief
Stricken, was cast upon that open cas
ket, which contained the body—-tho
gash across its throat, dissected, muti
lated, tho face with those dreadful eyas,
which had been taken from thoir orbits
and, after delivering up thoir secret, re
placed.
They now defiled past tho grave, and
Dantin, the first, with a hand which
trembled, sprinkled upon tho casket
those drops of water which tiro for err
dead tho lust b srs. Ah, bet ho was
pale, almost livid, and how ha trem
bled —this mau with a stern face I Bit
nardet noticed the slightest trace of
emotion. He approached in liis turn
und took the holy water sprinkler. Then
as ho turned away, desirous of catching
up with M. Dantin, ho heard his uamo
called, and turning saw Paul Itodier,
whoso faco was all smiH*.
“Well, M. Beruardet, what nows?”
ho asked. The tali young nmii had a
charming air.
“Nothing now,” said the agent.
“You know that this murder has
aroused a great deal of interest?”
“X do not doubt it. ”
“Leon Luzarche ia enchanted. Yes,
Lnzarche, the novelist. lie had begun
a novel, of which the first installment
was published in tho name paper which
brought out tho first news cf the criuto
cf the Boulevard do Utichy, and as tbo
paper has sold, sold, sold ho thinks that
it is his stray which has caused the i,n
men'j aud increased sales. No one is
reading •L’Ange-Gnome,’ but the mur
der. All novelists ought to try to have
a fiuo assassination published at the
samo time as their serials, so as to in
crease the sales of tho paper. What a
flue collaboration, monsieur! Pleasan
try, monsieur! Have you any unpublish
ed facte?”.. . . . 'ASSS
"No.”
“Not one? Not a trace?"
"Nothing,” Beruardet replied.
"Oli, well! I—l liaise some, monsieur
—but it will surprise yon. Read my
paper. Muko tho papers sell.”
"But”— began the officer.
• * See here! Professional secret 1 Only
havo you thought of tho woman in
block who came occasionally to see th
ex-consul?”
“Certainly.”
“Well, sho must bo mado to come bac
—that woman in black. It is not u
easy thing to do, but I believe that
have ferreted hor out. Yes, iu ono o.
tho provinces.”
“Where?”
“Professional secret,” repeated the
reporter, laughing.
“And if M. Ginory asks for your pro
fessional secrot?”
“1 will answer him ns I answer you.
Read my paper. Read Butene. ”
“But the judge—to him”—
, “Professional secret,” said Paul Ro-
I dier for the third time. “But what a
romance it would make! Tho woman
in black!”
While listening Bernardct had not
lost sight of M. Dantin, who, in the
center of ono of tbo avenues, stood look
ing at the slowly moving crowd of cu
riosity seekers. He seemed to bo vainly
Koarching for a familiar faco. He looked
haggard. Whether it was grief or re
morse, lie certainly showed violent etno
tiou. The police officer divined that a
sharp struggle was taking place within
that man's heart, and tho sadness was
great with which ho watched that
crawd in order to discover some familiar
face, hut he beheld only thoso of tbo
curious. What Beruardet considered of
the greatest importance was not to loso
sight of this person of whoso exist
ence ho was ignorant an hour before,
and who, to him, was tho perpetrator
Ifilfli fpi fy
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“IFNI, Af. Beruardet; nhat newst” he
naked.
of tho deed or on accomplice. He fol
lowed Dautin at a distance, who from
the cemetery at Montmartre went ou foot
directly to the Rue eta Richelieu and
stopped at the number he had given,
lit.
Bernardct allowed Homo minutes to
pass after the man on whose track he
was had entered. Then he asked tho
concierge if M. Jacques Dantin was at
home. He questioned him closely and
became convinced that M. Rovers’s
friend had rcaiiy lived (hero two years
and had no profession.
“Then,” said the police agent, "it is
not this Dantin for whom I sun looking.
He is a banker. ” 11a excused himself,
went out, hailed a fiacre aud gave the
oroor. “To the prefecture.”
To ha continued tvs' -i- 1 •
LETTER OF LATH v
WDES & ro
Nl'iv Y"l'k FV II .Ii:
COTTON AO E \OK *
1 1 r our cii-cu ;*.i-lc ti r 1 if ill- Iffihn
we invited the a'len io ’ "f om- me
chants and pl-tun-rs to the eiiiu-m.uis
I losses sustained by the South, on ac
1 count of excessive cotton crops, mui
suggested a redfietnm in cotton acre
age and divetfificalion of crops as the
most effective remedy.
Tne press of the South generally
very kindly printed our letter, aud
from tile many eotninunioations wi
| have received, it is ottr r.-gini n. it
I tilts were properly put before tlie
j planteis, they would cheerfully redne
| the cotton Here ge this year, in oroe
| that remunerative prices m ht in
: secured for the next crop.
Under the he td of “Crop ill versi
fica;iv)ii v ” tlie (iidvestort News in
issue i>t January 15th pnb;->hed
a nunibjt* of letter* urging iha pl.vtt
ers of the South to reduce cott n a re
! age,and v;e publish the following L ;
I lowing letter on this subject, v.-:-;t ■•■■■
j by K. 11. l)any & Go., Houston, Tex
“ The planters must dhersify t'e >
crops and plant less cotton or
! beatiifn’. land, with the most profit-'
tivc soil on earth, wnl produce p
[ie.ri.sin want rt.d inis rv to those v. 1
have the power in their own hands J
mould their destiny*
‘.They claim unless the tenant, am
average farmer will agrea to j.-lam .
Sour Stomac-li Cure.
A longtime I was a great suffer from
Liver and stomach troubles. I had u
dull pain in m3 left side under my heart.
At times my side became
j swollen and the pain acute. .My stom
| ic-li was always sour and 1 would vomit
jeveiytime I cat. My bowels were
j very irregular, causing me pain and
j distress. I tried many tilings without
! any benefit. T read of y am- medicine
j and concluded to trj it, and an glud
j hat- 1, did. I Celt better after the first
| dose. I continued to Duke Ramon's
j Liver Bills t!fc Tonic Pellets until 1 wa
1 entirely cured. —I). \V. IVnisind, Otto,
'.Maco'u Ce:. X. (J.
certain quantity of ‘cotton acreage'
the merchants cannot and will not
supply his wants. We have seen
considerable of Texas tile, and state,
without hesitation, that tho average
Texas farmer lives poorer than any
>thoi. The land lie tills will produce
i.u and to any in the w >rld, and if thrif.
> 110 could within a short time make
tnself altogether independent of
lie merchant. Instead of contract
g debts, he would have money to
pend w ith his merchar f
“On most plantation* the luxury of
rn.- garden is ignored. Luxuriant
rasscs, ready for ha , obout (he
me cotton picking commences, are
• elected, allowed to Waste, instead
f housing, because all time and
hor must be given to cotton. On
■ie opening of Spting he must buy
ovender for his wrkmg animal*
nose tilings which a countryman in
m ope or the Eastern States of our
n<i would (onsider necessaries of
mot health are neglected—cer
i oly not from sguorance, for you
s Mont set* a grown man or woman
at cannot read and write
‘ Note the following facis and pon
. ]■ over them:
“The Planter has not raised the
orn or wheat to, prrovide his own
onto with bread.
“lie has not raised the ltorsas or
nules required to koep up Ins own
■ ■l'm.
“He has not raised the cows and
h-ovs -i) supply milk, butter and meat
his on-ti table use.
“He has not raised tobaco, pota
oes, peanuts, or sugar cane or sor
-.'hum ta nntKe sugar aud si rup for
uome consumption.
‘He has not raised even a few
ekeu# and turkeys to have eggs,
od on some special occasion a good
•jtvi for dinner
’•He has not raised any of tha
i'V vo.getubees cabbage, turnips,
ituee, tomatoes, eucutnuers, squash,
rc., nutritious and easily cultivate
11 this climate and soil.
•lie has nos raiseb any melons,
n't knows the luxury of one on a hot
day taken from a well or spring,
upon coining from hatd work iu cul
tivating the one and all Important
cotton crop
“He has not raised any apples,
peats, peaches, plums, apricots, figs
or grapes—any of these he could
raise, if lie would.
“But. the .lead of the farm by pref
erence takes his team, drivee to town
anr buys from bis merchant all the
various necessaries—as butter,
cheese; lard, coffee, tobicco, eggs,
pemuls. sugar, cabbage, turnips,
ire ions, candy, a jug of syrup, a tack
■4 e 'in aiqt o bale of hay. Anyth 1,1;
his tnorchaiit ha? not in a. i
must do without, t
must send .„t mo! -- ■
.■Sud, In* s 1 in - ii i . I: vi
■ll re am! in; ,y . . .
1 • il
’Air.:....’
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r'
■I. ; .1 W
it i • pi df.. Inn mcivlitiiL
dUsi take ii hi }.• ■.} lit;-ill ilf ilit* plant
<e V account hi i do his u mos to
•car ntmet if on a ebsc margin, U sit
ill. The buyer must. Bt-, k t e worid
b cables ancl telegraphs, meeting
ompeldion for any outlet for it' often
-imply swap;m g dollars to make
-,ile- and jx-.ieve himself and bankers
of the load.
“1 he manufacturer learning from
xp.-ricdico buys close and is willing
someone else should carry the cot
lop, since it saves interest jnud risk,
and because the contracts ha can
make for his goods are Settled to tbs
closest point’ capital is m e
eissariiy employed in the manufac
'•e i goods be must carry, because
: tim over production* Hence, the
nui ’liens crop, besides emailing
• e.ivy losses to the {.timers, is a ciis
■!.antag-i, and the entire respousi*
> 'uy lies with the fa>HK; Tin
banco of Hit- power is Ins. 'i t
ice, ss or ruin a.l must follow hint.
With such xpi iieiiee and actual
i- sllie plant . should be willing to
id a ha!;, use some judgement, uj
v.-r.-.ify Ins p 1 anting, and next Full
ibe result will already b> gin to show
ih n wave if prosperity for this
i.a. <1 of the South, that eveny nnin
-educing Ins acroage in cotton 20,
or more, would feel that he had been
instrumental, in part, in bringing it
about- that it was the turning poict
of success in Ins farming die and he
had lived t i learn and he convenced
that something was better than all
cotton.”
The liarndiil results of over pro
iliti tion and the failuro'of the plan
ters to diversify their crops were
clearly shown by statistical facts in
ou circular letter of ihe 19th nit.,
an extract from which we print on
the ba*k hereof.
Very truly yotirs-
L\TiT.ur. aF.i X\ya co.