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going on above.
“You WIH oblige me by getting tbla
chief did you get here, and are yon cer
tain about the papers?*'
“All that will keep, man. As to the
papers, ask Captain Sherborne. lie
knows what became of them."
“I will not be a party to this. I saw
you ttirow certain papers overboard
which 1 sflll believe you stole"—
“Captain Wood will answer for that
to the proper persons, and so will you
•s to any charges you bring,” interpos
ed Swete Thornhill stiffly. “You can
rely on that. We shall proceed straight
to New York ahead of you, and you
shall be met by the British consul and
other authorities.”
“That is all l wanted to say,” I cried.
“(Jet there first and set everything in
trim—you understand Mr. Snuyzer. I
am in hopes that the others do not
know or have no more than suspicion
of what has happened, and we should
be able to arrest them on arrival.”
“We’ll do our la'st. captain, you bet,”
said Snuyzer, "and take them If the
law will let us. Our Mr. Sidney Sara
band will work It if It’s to be done.
But if we save your property from
these sharks their only offense was
committed on British soil, and there
may be a muss. Anyway It’s plain we
need not detain this fine vessel"—he
bowed to the captain—"now things are
pretty well fixed. The major here’s
satisfied. You’re safe, for which we
may be truly thankful, If I may say so,
and there’s nothing left to do till we
make the shore. Look out for us, cap
tain. Some of us, 1 guess, will run out
to meet you in a special steamer just
Inside Sandy Ilook."
Again we shook hands all round, and
I promised them, the captain included,
who was now very much on his good
behavior, the best dinner to be had
for money In New York. The Victrlx
would he there if all went well In some
80 hours more, the Chattahoochee In 48
to f>(), and these figures proved to be
pretty correct in the Issue.
1 made no change In my arrange
ments for the rest of the voyage, but
kppt to my own part of the ship except
In the evening hours, which 1 spent In.
blissful tete-a-tete with Frida. What
passed between us Is no concern of any
but ourselves.
We passed Sandy Hook In the fore
noon of Sunday, and It was understood
that we should be alongside the wharf
by 2or at latest 3p. m. Already there
was a great flutter among the passen
gers. those of the saloon In particular,
and symptoms of coming change. They
appeared in their smartest clothes, com
ing out with extraordinary splendor, as
though for a fete or garden party—new
costumes, new hats, much Jewelry. 1
heard, too. curious expressions bandied
freely about—“dutiable,” "what to de
clare,” and so forth, and I was told
that the customs examination was
greatly dreaded by almost all.
The excitement grew Intense when a
small steamer was sighted bearing
down on us at full speed, and some
cried. “The customs boat,” as she ran
alongside, and we were quickly board
ed by a great crowd. 1 thought the
eagerness of these American officials
very remarkable and In strong contrast
with our slow moving, dignified cus
tom house people. But I soon saw my
mistake as these new arrivals ran,
raced indeed, to the hurricane deck,
pushing and jostling and catching at
eacli other’s coattails, laughing and
shouting boisterously: “Where Is he?”
“Trot him out.” "We want the young
British Croesus. Give us a sight of
fortune's spoiled favorite, William Are
tas Wood.”
They were reporters, and they were
come to interview the wrong man. For
I stood aloof, watching and highly
amused, knowing that when Snuyzer
appeared the tables would be swiftly
turned on the conspirators, who had no
doubt planned all this by cable In ad
vance. Now my double, the false Wil
liam Wood, stepped forward and began
a set speech, evidently carefully pre
pared.
I heard the opening sentences as 1
went aft. determined to end this auda
cious farce. Itossiter saw me coming
and would have stopped me, but 1
pushed past and. getting in front of the
assembled mob, cried:
“This is all a mistake. lam Captain
Wood”- *
1 was interrupted with jeers and loud
yells, and some one said. “Throw him
j-ov i-twara!” and others cried, "Order,
1 air, chair!” on which rose a
/ cry: “Back to the tug! We'll
,ght ashore." There was a
• iv> nt to the ship’s side
! <•• ;>le of reporters who
’. :' Wood by each arm,
behind In the crowd went the
•to e < ♦ i terra Segrnda.
jit • mde what had happened.
My hrusone and unexpected apparition
i • suht shown the nearness of
-tugs r. and the Conspirators were try
A
GIRL
OF GRIT.
BY MAJOR
ARTHUR OBnrFITKS.
HOf
OOVtoumr, im.nx.r ran o*o*.
The evening hours I spent in blissful tete
a-tete with Prtda.
ing to make a run for it. They suc
ceeded, too, fur although I begged the
officers, the captain, the customs ofli
cers, any one and every one. to detain
the tug she presently steamed off In the
direction of New York.
And that. I may say at once, was the
end of it so far as I know. Snuyzer
came presently in another steamer ac
companied by his principal. Mr. Sidney
Saraband, a most gentlemanly person,
and with him was the United States
marshal. When they henrd of the es
cape of the conspirators, they hurried
back to New York, hut for the moment
were unable to come upon the track of
the fugitives. Snuyzer Is still hopeful,
and as his employers have put him ex
clusively upon this business I do not
doubt that some day he will have an
Interesting story to tell of their pursuit
and capture. The duchess had been
abandoned, but we owed her too much
gratitude to trouble or Interfere with
her. 1 gladly liquidated Messrs. Sara
bands’ charges and have placed myself
entirely under their protection.
For the rest it is enough to say that
as soon as possible after landing I
married Frida, Swete Thornhill being
my best man, Snuyzer and Joe Vialls
most honored guests at the wedding.
No one. Mrs. iairiioinie most of all,
wished to brave the risks of another
Atlantic voyage, so we settled down
for the summer and autumn lu a
charming Newport “cottage.”
THE END.
FRUIT GROWERS WARNED.
Trees Shipped From NAshvllle Infested
With San .lose Seale.
We call special attention of all inter
ested in fruit growing throughout the
state to a recent order Issued from this
department by our State Entomologist
and approved by Hon. O. B. Stevens,
chairman of the Board of Entomology.
Order of the State Entomologist:
“Office of State Entomologist, At
lanta, Ga., Nov. B.—To the Fruit Grow
ers of Georgia: You are hereby notified
and warned not to accept any trees or
other plants commonly known as nur
sery stock or parts thereof, from the
Cumberland nurseries, otherwise known
as the Grand View nurscnies, Rose Rank
nurseries and Paragon nurseries, L C.
& A. W. Nowson, proprietors, Nashville,
Tenn. This nursery firm has been re
fused the required official tags of the
Georgia State B<>ard of Entomology be
cause of the fact that last season they
shipped nursery stock into the state in
fested with the San Jose scale, the well
known dangerously injurious insect pest
of orchard trees.
“Notwithstanding the laws of Geor
gia to the contrary and the warning that
I have given them, the above named
nursery people have attempted to smug
gle into the state several large orders of
trees again this season. I have already
apprehended some of these orders'* and
upon examination have found the trees
badly infested with the San Jose scale.
They were promptly seised and con
signed to the fire before the agents had
an opportunity bo deliver them to the
purchasers.
“I further warn those who may have
already this season received trees from
the said Cumberland nurseries to destroy
them by fire in order to prevent the
further spread of the San Jose scale,
with which they are undoubtedly in
fested.
“I also wish to respectfully request
the transportation companies, their
agents or employee, to comply with the
rules of the Georgia State Board of En
tomology, authorised by the act of the
general assembly, approved Dec. >O, 1898,
governing the transportation of nursery
stock*. The Intent and purpose of them
rules is to prohibit the agents of trans
portation companies in Georgia from
delivering nursery stock unaccompanied
by the certificate of the Georgia State
Board of Entomology. It Is the duty of
said agents of transportation companies
to notify the entomologist when ship
meats of uncertified stack are received
at their respective stationn ■*
“W M. Scot*.
“State Entouologlrt. ”
Professor Scott has beea very diligent
in detecting scale infested trees that
have been illegally shipped into Geor
gia. By virtue of the authority vested
in him he has confiscated and burned
more than 30,000 trees that bad been
shipped into the state without a certifi
; cate and iu spite of Via written protest.
Had thee; infested fruit trees escaped
detection, the good work that for the
last two years has been going on in
Georgia and which has saved so many
I orchards from ruin, would have been
undone in many fruitgrowing localities.
—State Agricultural Department.
TALK WITH FARMERS
THEY AKK URGED TO PLANT A
STILL LA KG Kit A< HKAI.E
IN GRAIN.
A FINE YIELD OF WHEAT
Mr. Hrlrigws’ Methods of C'ultiviitloa
Produce Oood Results—Mr. Cox’s
Also Succea-ful.
Not. 15, 1800.
last year the farmers of Georgia put
more bead is wheat than ever before
aad were rewarded with a rich harvest
ef golden grata. We again urge a still
larger acreage ef wheat and ether grains.
The raising of all the home supplies if
the roed to Independence. With every
thing hi (he way ef necessary food raised
at home, the farmer need not feel so
aneeey a boot the price of cotton. If it
fcWRh, his profits are good; if low, he it
not burdened with debt. It will soon be
too late to plant wheat. Whatever is to
be done on (Bat liue must be done at
once Mr. W. J. Bridges of Spalding
county, who on 4 acres last spring mad
an average of 65 bushels of wheat to tha
acre, says that “wheat should never b-i
sown until after the first big frost in
November, for then it will staud morti
successfully the ravages of the fly or
small grab that begins at the root and
saps the vie or from the young shoots. ”
As Mr. Bridges has made such a suc
cess of wheat growing, we give hi*
method in his owu words:
“As to the land that I planted in
wheat this year, I gave it a heavy coat
ing or manure in the spring aud thou
planted it in cotton. After I had gath
ered the crop, I ripped out the stalk*
and then turned the laud over with a
two-horse plow, following that with a
cut away harrow, then rolling it w-.th a
heavy roller. My wheat was then put
in with a drill, usiug about 400 pounds
of a special high grade potash fertilizer
at the same time. Iu planting the
wheat I put in 105 pounds, or 1 bushel
arid 3 pecks to the acre. ”
He used the blue stem variety o!
wheat, and before planting soaked it in
bluestone, putting a pound of it iutc
enough water to wet the wheat thor
oughly. It takes about a gallon of wa
ter to every two bushels of wheat. The
bluestone should be dissolved in boiling
water. The laud on which he made
this large yield is a gray, loamy top soil
with an undersoil of stiff red clay. On
16 acres which had been planted iD
wheat for three consecutive yuaxs Mr.
Bridges made an average of about
bushels to the acre. His wheat was
made on uplands.
Mr. Thomas H. Cox, who, on 4
acres of land in Washington county,
made 28 bushels of wheat to the acre,
says that his laud was a light gray and
that he sowed 2 bushels of the blue stem
variety per acre broadcast aud plowed
it as deep as he could with single
plows, using as a fertilizer about 73
bushels of cottonseed. He sowed his
crop the middle of November aud gath
ered it May 20. His laud was elevated
but well terraced.
Mr. W. F. White, who, on 4 acres
iu Jones county, made an average of 24
bushels to the acre, wrote to the Depart
ment of Agriculture that his land was
what is known as red land, clay subsoil;
that he broke up this land with a one
horse Haiman stock, using a common 4-
inch turn plow. He used 26 bushels ol
cottonseed to the acre, and sowed 1
bushel of wheat to the acre on Nov. 13
and reaped May 18. He sowed glue
stem broadcast, plowed wheat in with
4-inch turner and ran over laud with
Thomas’ smoothing harrow. Before
planting he soaked the wheat for 24
hours iu a solution of 1% pounds of
bluestone to 6 bushels of wneat, keeping j
it well covered under water for the time
mentioned, and then rolled it in slacked
lime.
RYE.
Hon. J. M. Smith of Oglethorpe
oounty, than whom there is no more
successful planter in Georgia, regards
rye as a very important crop, both for
winter grazing and for cutting in early !
spring before other crops come on as
green feed for cattle, mules and horses.
This same land is then in flue condition
to put into corn and peas; or, if desired,
it can be well fertilized and planted in
cotton, of which, if seasons are oropi- I
tious, it is possible to make a full late
crop. Whenever it is desired to make
two crops on the same land, it shonld
be well fertilised each time. If it is not
desired to use this land for hay, it can
be grazed nntil late in the spring and
the sod turned under to make a good
•oiling for a future crop. Where this is
done, almost any crop, which follows
the rye, will do well
BiIUT.
Barley is generally sown about the
sesae ttsae with rye. Although It is
generally better to sow both of these
crops earlier, yet for late winter and
•prime pasture they may be sown in
November, especially in the latitudes of
Middle and Southern Georgia. For win
ger pasture nothing is better than-bar
ley sowed broadcast, 3 bushels of seed
to the acre. Any good or well fertilized
soil, not too wet, is suitable for barley.
On this kind of soil it should be plowed
in and harrowed. Wnen laud is poor,
or, as it is sometimes called, exhausted,
from 80 to 75 bushels of cottonseed
shonld be sown broadcast. The barley
seed should theu be sown and plowed in
together. This will greatly increase the
pasiurage and grain. Another plan,
which wll work equally well, is, after
sowing the barley to put on a top dress
ing of barnyard manure or cottonseed
meal aud harrow it in. Barley needs
rich land, and yet it will pay well even
on rather poor land. It is better, prob
ably, than anything else for winter pas
turage. After it has been grazed upon
and mowed, it renews its growth rapidly.
OATS.
Every practical farmer knows that one
•f the most useful orope is oate. At
little expense they aid greatly in making
the farm self sustaining. Not only are
they one of the best forage orope, but
like all the other small grains, whenever
cultivated, they add materially to the
fertility of the soil, giving to it a good
part ef the plant food which it so much
needs. On the same quality of land a
crop of oats will oftea yield double that
of any other grain.
Every farmer who has not yet sowed
his oats should hasten now to put thm
la.
Gratifying reports are coming in from
every section of the state concerning the
diligence of the farmers in sowing their
small grain.
There is a good prospect of even a large*
production of wheat and other small
grain in the next season than in the last.
CORN SEED.
Now is a good time, to collect you*
corn seed for future planting. Be care
ful to select only the best ears, thoss
that will secure the best results in quan
tity aud quality. The most successful
crop will follow from the best prepared
land planted with the best seed.
THE MANURE PILE.
Carefully place under cover the man
ure collected from the pastures, the cow
and horse lots aud store these away fo*
future use. Keep your stables well
filled with leaves and pine needles and
other straw bedding. Secure for use at
the proper time everything upon the
farm that helps to fertilize the soil and
enrich it with plant food, and do this
during the fall and winter months, so
that you may have an abundant supply
of the best aud most lasting of all ferti
lizers.
O. B. Stevens, Commissioner.
CONCERNING WHEAT.
_F_
The State Agricultural Department
Answers a Question.
Hon. O. B. Stevens, Commissioner oi
Agriculture, Atlanta, Ga.:
What do you consider the propet
depth for sowing wheat?
No better reply to the above question
can be given than to relate the experi
ments made several years ago by M.
Moreau of Paris, who formed 13 beds in
which he planted 150 kernels of wheat
at various depths, with the following
results:
At depth Came up No. heads No. grain*
7 inches. 5 53 688
5% 20 174 3,818
40 400 8,000
4?4 73 700 16.500
93 921 18,534
2 3-5 123 1,417 35,434
2V£ 130 1,560 34,349
2 140 1,590 86,480
1% 143 1,660 35,826
1 137 1,561 35.072
% 63 529 15,587
on surface ’2O 107
The above table corroborates an opin
ion previously expressed by this depart
ment that wheat should not be planted
at a depth.greater than 2 to inches.
—State Agricultural Department.
BERMUDA GRASS.
Best Method of Cultivating and Hnr
vesting the Same.
Questions.—We have 150 acres ol
good meadow laud in Greene county, 60
or 75 acres of whioh are well sodded to
Bermuda. The remainder is not yet
cleared, and is covered with some big
trees and heavy undergrowth and a lit
tle cane. Bermuda being indigenous to
the soil, we believe that we would only
have to clean up the land and cultivate
it a year or two before it would be aa
good hay land as one would want. This
land is all subject to overflow, and we
would be pleased to have your advice.
1. Will it be better to let the grass re
main, cultivate it, and improve it, or to
plant the land in com ?
2. If we let the grass remain, what ia
the best method of cultivating Bermuda
grass on this kind of land ?
8. If we have an overflow just when
the grass is ready to cut, is it better to
cut it as soon as the water recedes and
the ground is bard enough and give the
new crop a quick start, or try to make
hay of the grass that was overflowed?
4. Is grass that has been overflowed
and cut as soon as the water is off good
for anything?
Answers. —1. Knowing the reputa
tion of Greene oounty for grasses and
the large yield oi Bermuda graes hay,
we do not hesitate to express the opin
ion that if your land is well set with
Bermuda it is worth as much perhaps
as any other crop that can be grown oh
it. We are borne out in this opinion by
the Rev. O. W. Howard, a recognized
authority on grasses. We would sug
gest that yon let the 00 or 7S acres al
rmAj sodded remain in Bermuda. Clear
the remaining acres of meadow land. It
might be well to put them in corn for
one or two years. If, however, you aro
able to remove the stumps at once, is
might be better to use the whole 150
acres of meadow land for Bermuda at
once.
2. The best way to cultivate Bermuda
grass that is already sodded is to plow,
roll and smooth your land, so that it
may be as even as possible. A good fer
tilizer for Bermuda grass is ordinary
cottonseed meal, which contains from 10
to 14 per cent of phosphoric acid, 2 to 3
per cent of ammonia and 2 to 3 per cent
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