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' CHAPTER X.
A MESSAGE FROM MOTMAN KHAW.
f /f|||i| the caravan
* * Ngf ' ' . ‘Cj- comes np,” said
im TBT/ § t Prince Kilzlar as
ISi/ m house, “bring the
' ,Jea,, roel) -° me
llffiirfli here.” *
r li aU 'An ’hid
and went back to-
ImS the road, while fvilziar, with sev
eral officers around hlro t upon
a stool and lighted a
p At that moment Darrell was lyin'*
,upou the floor of the attic, almost di
rectly abo££ Kilziar’B bead. He had
iT*good view of the prince through a
chink, and he could bear.as
thejwen In the room below.
* “This seems to be the best place to
bait them," Klletar continued. “I will
teach these shrewd fellows not to
dodge their toll.”
g-ame was obvious to Darrell.
The prince had got Wind of Som'e rich
caravan, that would Ordinarily have
passed through Gredsfov, but, hearing
that the tbwn was held, had circled It,
well knowing what tribute wotrid h 4
‘exacted by the revolutionists.
It was not long before a babble of
Voices came from the direction of the
road, and then there appeared five
Turkish merchants under a guard of
Soldiers.
The scene that ensued began by be
ing grimly amusing and ended In piti
ful tragedy. For as much as he could
understand of the bargaining It seem
ed to Darrell that the merchants were
being royally bled, but apparently the
prince understood them better than
the American did. Having received
certain sums in gold that was careful
ly stored away In bags, Kilziar dis
missed four of the merchants and de
tained the fifth, who was the youngest
of them, a sharp looking fellow, tall,
smooth shaven and rather handsome.
By Kilziar’s orders he was left alone
with this man, and immediately an ac
rimonious discussion ensued, the prince
asserting that he had been cheated re
garding the value of the caravan and
that many rich jewels were among its
merchandise. The tall fellow T denied it
boldly, and Kilziar’s temper rose. Sud
denly, to Darrell’s unspeakable horror,
the prince whipped out his sword and
struck the offending merchant dead at
a blow. It was a murder of the coars
est brutality, and if there had been a
second’s time for interference Darrell
would have been unable to witness
such a crime without an effort to pre
vent it, but the deed was done in a
Hash.
Instantly there came a loud rapping at
the closed door, and a voice without
cried:
“Excellency, it is Ivorna with a mes
sage from Motman Khan!”
“Bid him enter,” said Kilziar.
“Alone.”
The young man came in hastily, but
as he raised his hand to salute he saw
the body on the floor and started back.
“Have you never seen a dead man be
fore'/" growled Kilziar. “Come! What
Is this message? Is Motman Khan not
satisfied with what has been done?”
“Motman Khan is satisfied,” replied
Korna. “Who would not be? All is
well with us. Gredskov is in our
hands, and your excellency as governor,
of the place will control the pass. Ev
ery caravan that crosses between Moz
dok and Tiflis must pay tribute to our
caupe.^
of them has just done so,” an
swered Kilziar. “But the message?”
“Why, it is here,” said Korna, hand-
lng the prince a letter. “It appears
that Motman Khan lias* Jearqecl of the
presence in Greuskov of the American,
Darrell. The khan wishes his iife to be
spared."
“But he died last night,” said Kllilah
"Why, thbb, have ,Vet Htlden from
GredsfeoV to tell me this?”
• ‘‘BecttUsb>" • replied Korna, “since
sour departure this morning I have
beett told that the American escaped,
'fend, thinking that he might fall into
your hands again, I hurried forward
With the order,”
** “Thfe Princess Vera BfietoS touch in
terested,” said Kllziar,
* “I could not say, your excellency,”
Was the reply. “1 have not been in the
confidehUh df the lady as much as you.”
"V’oU lie! You know’ that this Ameri
can would have won the hand of Prin
cess Vera in marriage if we had not
)got her out of Taris.”
“Perhaps, your excellency,” said Kor
na warily.
"And now Motrnan Khan sends a
message about this very American,
Well, what was he doing in Stavro*-
pol?”
Korna smiled.
“I believe, your excellency, that, he
came from Paris to find the princess.”
Kilzlar cursed under his breath and
opened the letter.
“You were right,” he said. “Motman
Khan commands me to seek this pris
oner and set him free.”
“I kneW that was the message,” said
Korna. “Surely we have no cause te
deal otherwise with an American. We
are fighting Russia.”
“Are we?” cried Kilziar fiercely.
“Are yon the one to tell me whom we
are fighting?”
, “Not I, your excellency,” answered
Korna. “But as to this man”—
“As to this man!” echoed Kilziar.
“Tell me what you know of his escape,
for 1 can read in your face that you are
sure he did not die last night Dog, 1
believe you saved him’’’
Koma did not reply.
“Where Is he?” demanded Kilziar, his
hand on his sword. “Tell me or I will
cut the secret out of your heart!”
“J do not know,” answered Koma,
“but I know this: If you draw upon
ffip, I shall defend myself, and If you
kiJJ me you will have trouble explain
jug ft. I bear pur leader’s message.”
“Our Jeg/Jerl” sneered Kilziar. “No
one leads me. tftfkjeader Is my mari
fcncUe. and. as for this message. I have
not received it,” • -*
yon expert to force me to support
such a lie, you do not know me, an
swered Koma. “I shall report what I
tore done." ~
“You wU! hot live to do it!” exclaim
ed the prince, springing In frot ot llie
door, with his sword In his hand. "Do
you see that man upon the floor? He
wears a weapon. Well, he flew into a
rage and struck ytttt down. Then 1
killed him. That Is the story. The
“ you will not live to do it!"
khan’s letter shall be buried in your
pocket, and I will have that American
in my power before night.”
There was a clash of steel, and Dar
rell, looking down, saw Kilziar pressing
his antagonist hard and driving him
backward from the door. Evidently
the prince was the better swordsman,
and the end seemed sure.
It was impossible to lie still and see
this murder done. With no impulse
but the compulsion of honor Darrell
sprang down from his place of conceal
ment, alighting directly behind Kilziar.
Indeed he narrowly missed coming
down upon the villain’s head.
At the sound of the fall the prince
sprang aside, half turning, and at that
instant Darrell struck him up op the
chin with a swinging blow of the right
hand. It was as he hail been taught
to strike, a trick of the American boxer,
and well executed. Kilziar stood per
fectly erect for an instant and then fell
forward upon his face.
Korna, with his back against the
wall, stared speechless, unable to be-
lieve the evidence of his own eyes.
“You!” be cried. “You—you have
saved me! And yet we’re both no bet
te* thau dead.”
“We’ve got one chance in fifty thou
sand!” cried Darrell. "Strip that man!”
He pointed to the prostrate Turk, and
then, stooping down, he helped Korna
to tear off the garments from the
corpse. When this was done, the body
was thrust up into the attic. Kilziar
still lay where he had fallen, motion
less.
"It is only a matter of minutes,” said
Darrell, “tie will revive. Now I am
the Turkish merchant. You have ar
rested me, at the prince’s orders, and
are taking me back to Gredskov. The
prince does not w r ish to be disturbed
for awhile. Here, help me to lay him
on this bench, in case a soldier should
get a peep in \jere as we open the door.
Now, come. Can you play your part?”
"I can,” responded Korija.
A minute had mounted
his horse, while Darrell sat upon an
other that had been borrowed of a
trooper. Then they rode away, and
within the hut Kilziar began to stir
upon the bench, stupidly raising his
right hand to see What was clasped in
it and finding there the letter of Mot
man Khan, which Darrell had thrust
into the prince’s fingers.
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Method by Which Farmer
Can Do This Himself.
MR. McCANDLESS’ LETTER.
Farmer Can Tell Whether His Soil
Needs Lime, Phosphoric Acid,
Potash or Nitrogen as Does
the Chemist.
Referring to the statement in my
last letter, that if any one element iu
a soil essential to plant growth he
lacking in an available form, then that
soil cannot produce a good crop, no
matter how rich the soil may be in the
other essential elements. You natur
ally exclaim then, why not have a
chemist analyze the soil, and tell the
farmer what element or elements are
lacking in his soil and what are abun
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tilize—whether he ought to apply acid
phosphate, or kalnit, fff cotton seed
meal, or lime, one or all, to his land,
80 &S to feet the DLOC lcbuuo, and at the i
same time use the wiset economy In
the purchase and application of fertil
izers. Yes, this is a very natural
Idea, and It was at one time, in the
earlier days of agricultural science,
thought that’ by means of a chemical
analysis of the soil, that the key had
been found by means of which we
could unlock the secrets of Nature,
and solce all the problems of practical
agriculture. It was found, however,
on trial, that thi6 idea, so beautiful
In theory, did not work well in prac
tice. It was discovered, for instance,
that a soil which was producing poor
crops contained one-tenth of one per
cent, of phosphoric acid, or, calculating
to a depth of nine inches, about three
thousand pounds of phosphoric acid
per acre, and yet this soil was in
ned of phosphoric acid, because when
acid phosphate was used on it as a
manure it responded with largely in
creased yields. Evidently the pros
phoric acid in this soil, although abun
dant in quantity, 3,000 pounds per acre,
was not in a condition available to the
plant, so that it could be absorbed by
the roots.
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Available.
Still when the chemist came to treat
this soil with his strong chemicals,
he could dissolve the phosphates in
it readily. Thus, it would happen
that a chemist analyzing a soil and
finding in it, say, 3,000 pounds of phos
phoric acid, 5,000 pounds of potash,
and 4,000 pounds of nitrogen per acre,
and knowing nothing else about the
soil, except the results of his analy
sis, would report that the soil contain
ed ample plant food for producing
good crops, and was a good soil, not in
need of fertilizers, when, as a matter
of fact, the soil might be so poor as
hardly to “sprout peas.” After many
trials and efforts to imitate the action
of Nature in the laboratory, the con
clusion was reached that it was not
possible to tell by a chemical analysis,
in the case of cultivated soils, wheth
er the soil was a fertile one or not, or
what particular elements should be
added to it for the production of full
crops.
Analysis Shows the Ultimate Resources
of the Soil,
Whilst the chemical analysis is a
failure from thiß standpoint, still it is
of value from another. For instance,
if I make an analysis fo your soil and
tell you that It contains 8,000 pounds
phosphoric acid, 2,500 pounds pot
ash, fthd 4,000 pounds of nitrogen, then
yfftt would be encouraged to go ahead
aad make this plant food more avail
able oy judicious cultivation and treat
ment, such as liming, the turning un
der of green crops, etc., feeling as
sured that in the end you could bring
that soil up to a point where It would
yield bountifully. But if as the re
sult of my analysis I should tell you
that the soil only contained 150 pounds
of phosphoric acid and 200 pounds of
potash per acre, why {hen you would
know that the best thing you could do
with that land would be to abandon it
or give it aw&y, and not waste fur
ther time and labor on it. There is,
however, a practical method by which
you can analyze your soil for yourself
far better than any chemist can do it
for you, and by means of which you
can tell for yourself whether your soil
neds lime, phosphoric acid, potash or
nitrogen, one or all. That method is
as follows:
Method by which the Farmer May An
alyze His Own Soil.
First, select a piece of ground as
level as possible, so that rain may not
wash the fertilizer from one plont in
to an adjoining plot. Secondly, for
the purpose of the experiment mark off
ten plots, each one just one-tenth of an
acre in area. If convenient, make the
plots long and narrow, say one hun
dred and thirty-six feet long by thir
ty-two feet wide; these dimensions
would enable you to have eight long
rows, four feet apart, in each plot. Any
other shape of plot will answer, only
be careful to lay off the plots so that
they shall each contain one-tenth of
an acre, or 4,365 squdre feet Sepa
rate the plots from each other by
paths, at least three feet wide, so that
the effect of fertilizer in one plot may
not be felt in an adjoining plot. It
would be well to locate these experi
| mental.plots on some of your poorest
land, or that which stands most badly
in need of fertilizer. When all is
ready carefully number the plots from
one to ten so that you may keep a rec
ord of the nature and amount of fer
tilizer applied on each plot. Let us
suppose that you decide to plant cot
ton on the ten prepared plots for Lire
purpose of finding out what fertilizing
constituent is most needed by your so>l
when growing cotton. Plant the cot
ton in your usual manner, after
ful preparation of the soil of the plots,
thoroughly plowing and harrowing the
plots in order. Then apply the fer
tilizers as follows: .
No. I—No1 —No fertilizer.
No. 2 —143 pounds of cotton seed
meal.
No. 3. —200 pounds of 14 per cent
acid phosphate.
No. 4 —Bo pounds of kainit.
No. s—No5 —No fertilizer.
No. 6 —200 pounds of acid phosphate
and 143 pounds of cotton seed meal.
Mo. ?—143 pounds o* cotton sed meal
and 80 pounds of kalnit.
no. B—2oo pounds of acid phosphate
and 8Q poundj of kainit.
Mo. §~-260 pounds of acjd phosphate
pounds of kainit and 143 pounds of
Coilon seed xpc ~ 1,
No. 10 —500 pounds air-slaked lime.
In many of our Georgia soils lime is
sadly lacking, and it may be just the
thing needed by the soil, in conjunc
tion with certain other fertilizers; to
discover it this be the case, after hav
ing fertilized Plot No. 2, mark off a
strip 2% feet in width diagonally
across the plot, that is running from
one corner to the opposite corner. Ap
ply to this strip 50 pounds of air
slaked lime, and work it in well with
the soil and other fertilizer with a
rake. Do the same with each of tha
other plots, omitting No. 10. Then
when the crop begins to grow, if lime
was specially needed by the soil in any
of the plots, you ought to notice ft
marked superiority in the 2% foot
strip which runs diagonally across all
the rows in all nine plots.
In the above fertilizers it is pre
sumed that the acid phosphate is the
kind most usually sold, containing 14
per cent of available phosphoric acid
to the plot.
The cotton seed meal is presumed
to contain 7 per cent, of nitrogen, sc
that 143 pounds of it supplies 10
pounds of nitrogen to the plot, and the
kainit to contain 12% per cent of pot
ash, so that 80 pounds yield 10 pounds
of potash to the plots the kainit is
applied to.
In applying the fertilizers observe
the following precautions Sow each
fertilizer on the plot to which it is t3
be applied broadcast, using your best
care and judgment to distribute the
fertilizer evenly over the entire plot.
In order to get an even distribution it
is best to sow in such quantity that
you will have to go over each plot
at least twice to get all the fertilizer
distributed. Take care not to 'sow
while the wind is blowing, as it may
blow some of the fertilizer on to the
adjoining plots. After sowing har
row the ground, and then it will be
ready for you to plant.
Plant thick enough to insure a per
fect stand, and at the proper time
thin out to a uniform stand. Treat
all the plots exactly alike, except as
to the fertilizers applied. Prepare
the ground in each plot the same,
plant the cotton all at the same time,
and always cultivate the same and at
the same time each day. Take pains
to have the same number of plants in
each row. It will be well to keep a
note-book, with a page for each plot,
in which to record your observations^
Iji book record: Ist. Th*e kinds
of fertilizer applied to eftcli pltjt and
the amount applied, on the pages set
apart for the respective plots from 1
to 10. 2d. Note down the date the
cotton Was planted. 3d. Note the
date cottoh came up in each plot. 4th.
When the cotton is about two inches
high on the plot containing no fertil
izer, note the height and appearance
of the other plots. sth. After you
have thinned out to a uniform stand
record the number of missing plants,
if any, in each plot. Qf course use
every endeavor to have the same num
ber of planls in each plot, but in case
of accident to some, be sure 16 put
down the number missing in any plot
so as to make allowances. 6th. Record
any other observations of interest dur
ing the growth of the crop Oh the dif
ferent pWtB, ffoch as the comparative
dates of blooming, number bolls to the
stalk, date of Opening of the boll 3,
height of the stalks after maturity of
the plant. 7th. Keep the seed cotton
from each plot to itself, weigh it by
itself, and record the weight of the
seed cotton from plot number one on
page number one, and so on with th>*
others. Whep you have picked and
weighed the last pound of cotton, then
you will, I think, be easily able to de
cide for yourself what fertilizer Or
combination of fertilizers your land re
quires. Of course, if you have a had
season, very dry or very wet, you will
not be able to decide so well, and in
that case repeat the experiment an
other year. In this way you can ana
lyze your own soil, and do it better
than the best chemist in the world can
do it for you, because you have ap
pealed to the soil itself, you have apok,
en to it in the language of Nature, and
it has replied in the same mute, but
eloquent tongue, demonstrating the
truth of her answers before your very
eyes. Yours Truly,
Jno. M. McCANDLESS,
I „ . . State Chemist.
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