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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE, CLAYTON, GEORGIA.
A TVT Jl G&Tc*
HANTOMS of the deep—
Btrange shapes that come
In the darkness on mis
sions of terror and death
—these are among the
visions that haunt the
bruin of every old sailor
man. It Is when the few
remaining sailing vessels
come Into port from their
long voyages that these
'tales are usually forthcoming. The
bark Annie M. Reid of New York is
'the last vessel to bring in a tale of
mystery.
"We were standing by the mizzeu
topsail halliards when the ^hackle
broke and the yardB crashed down,"
said tho sailor who told the story.
“Wo came up Into the wind and
hove to, and It was at that moment
that we saw the strango trader—at
least we thought it was a trader, prob
ably to the Western islands, off which
we were. We signaled for help, for
we did not know how we were coming
out of the squall. The strange steam
ship—a tramp wo took her to bn—
was not more thun an eighth of a
mile away, but she made no reply
whatever and kept right on her
course. If there had been anybody
alive on the tramp he certninly would
have seen us, as there was no fog to
interfere. There are only two things
to think of, either every soul on board
was dead or we had seen one of those
phantom ships they tell about. It
couldn't have been a warning of | ,!atl run down a ship In a fog
Farmers’ Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
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Matters Especial Moment tc
the Progressive Agriculturist
SAVE MUCH BY CO-OPERATION
First Great Result Among Europeans
Is Ownership of Farms by the
Farmers Who Till Them.
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death, however, for we came out of it
all right.”
A ship that sails by in tho moon
light and dooB not answer when spok
en, nor show any light or sign of life
on board, is an even stranger appari
tion of the deep than those many
phantom vessels which have loomed
upon the<s!ght of sailor men from out
the fog or darlcnesB. The crew of
the Henglst, out of Liverpool, Captain
Thearston of Liverpool in command,
once saw such a specter. Capt. .1. C.
Norton, who was first officer of the
bark Henglst. when the phantom ship
passed her by, tells the story of the
weird vision:
“It was In the Indian ocean that
we saw her—the strange ship that I
have never forgotten,” said Captain
Norton. "We were out of Calcutta,
bound for New York, and although
there was a haze the moon shone and-
the haze was so light that we could
see perfectly well across the water.
The haze was lust enough to make a
nice, pretty silvery voll that made
everything look sort of mysterious
and interesting without closing us In
at all.
"There were no lights on the vessel
and we couldn’t see a soul on board.
We spoke to her, but she didn’t an
swer. She passed right under our
stern about a biscuit’s toss away, and
we thought she was going to foul us.
She was so near that we could feel
tho wind of her sails as she passed,
but not. a sign did she make to all
our signaling—Just sailed away into
the hazy moonlight. Next day we
had a terrible gale, one of tho worst
that I remember while I was at sea,
and everybody thought the phantom
ship had come to glvo warning. Way
we should have been favored I don’t
ship had gone down with all on board
beforo anything could be done to save
them, and this man had seen the last
of her crew leaning over the side and
cursing at him horribly, just befora
he was Bucked into the water.
“ ’He promised to find me out and
to do for me wherever I should go.’
said the shuddering wretch, ‘and he’ll
do It, too. 1 look for him every night
and I know he’ll get me before long.’
"I warned him to keep quiet about
his fears and not mention his story to
Captain Stebbins nor to any of the
crew, for as luck would have it, with
such a captain, we had on board about
as superstitious a lot as I have ever
seen. Italians most of them, and so
bound to tell their stories of appari
tions that the captain had already
caught one of them at it and had him
flogged as an example to the others.
“My man didn’t look any more con
tented as tho days passed and l
caught him more than once whisper
ing with some of the Italians. I asked
him what they wore talking about and
at first he mumbled that It was noth
ing, but at last he admitted that the
sailors had several of them seen
strange sights during the night watch.
They all decided that again and again
they, had seen a figoro with wildly
waving arms appear from tho dark
noES. The man was always cursing
horribly, but he was gone in a second
and they could not tell exactly what
ho said.
"I tried to comfort Gould with tho
idea that since the man hud not ap
peared to him there was no reason
that he should regard the apparition
as that of the man he had run down,
but he would not let this ease his
mind In the slightest. It was just
the night after our conversation when
know; but, of course, there is always , he was on watch that tho climax of
a reason why those ships are seen by | the thing came.
one vessel and not by others. „Somo- j “i heard a terrific scream from the
times they mean harm for everybody j bridge, and so did everybody else on
on board, and sometimes they come j board. I was the first up there, but
simply to give a friendly warning. | the poor fellow, who was whiter than
Thero was one man on board who 1 an y human being I have ever seen,
believed that our phantom ship came | could not tell me what had happened
to warn us of the gale because her before Captain Stebbins had run up
captain had been a friend of our own | on jbe bridge and was shaking him,
captain, and when his ship went down ! declaring that he had a relapse of the
with all on board he continued to ! f eV er, which we all knew he had suf-
haunt the sea. Naturally, as he felt j fered after homing off the voyage
friendly, he would show himself or | W hen he had run down a vessel.
his ship before a storm. I can’t say
I believed all that myself. All that I
know was that the phantom ship did
come Just as I’ve described It”
One of the most thrilling tales of
the fateful appearance of phantom
ships Is told by a retired first mate,
who In his youth sailed under Capt.
John Stebbins on the steel tramp Ma
rietta, bound from Madeira to Brazil.
“Captain Stebbins was a bluff, di
rect, matter-of-fact person," said the
mate, “and he had little tolerance for
what he declared was merely super
stition, so the crew were not apt to
speak over loud of their supernatural
experiences. That they had them,
however, was sure enough, and as I
was a bit more approachable than
most men In my position, they wero
very wont to tell their stories to me.
"There was one fellow among them
named Gould, whom I could not help
watching because of the strained and
almost hunted look on his face. I
made friends with him on purpose to
get at the reason for his queer look
and one day when I caught him white
and shuddering on the forward deck
I got It out of him.
“It seemed that a couple of years
before he had been on the'bridge bf
a passenger vessel running between
Kingston and New York when they
“The fellow had been too much
startled, however, this timo to be
managed even by Captain Stebbins.
" ’I did see him,’ he declared, ’and
ho was cursing and waving his arms
at me just as he did when he went
down. The ship came up just like
It did before out of the fog. There
it was all of a sudden a great gray
thing, and there was ho waving his
arms and screaming curses at me.
And then we kept right on, running
straight through the ship.’
“That was all of It, and so far ns I
know he never saw the apparition
again and he had no more hard’times
than fall to the lot of most sailors.
Hut here was the remarkable part of
the thing. If he had been the only
one to know that anything strange
had happened, then you might think
It Just the figment of a brain over
wrought with fever. But It wasn’t
only his scream that brought captain
and crew running to his side. Just at
the time when he saw the phantom
ship and as our own vessel went
through it, every man on board felt
a peculiar sensation. It was some
thing like an earthquake and some
thing like the shock that might come
from running a vessel down.”
It was on board the Marlenne Not-
tebohni, a freighter sailing between
New York and Liverpool, that a spec
ter appeared with such persistency
that for a long time, until the vision
vanished forever, no member of the
crew ever consented to make a speond
voyage. The Nottebohm was one of
the old Liverpool packet ships, which
carried steerage passengers as well
as freight. During one of her pre
vious voyages the captain and several
of her crew had had a terrific strug
gle, in the course of which the cap
tain had been so injured that ho had
died as a result of his wounds. No
matter what the skeptical might say,
crew after crew which shipped on the
Marianne Nottebohm after this trag
edy left the vessel at the end of the
voyage swearing that every night a
spectral figure appeared from the
pilot house and wandered over the
vessel, seeking everywhere apparent
ly for something or somebody.
There was a terrific storm one
night and the apparition was for once
In a way pretty well forgotten In the
more pressing perils of tho moment.
The night was very black and no one
felt any too secure as they slipped
on through the darkness. Suddenly
they felt the ship come about so
Bwiflly that they knew something
strange must have happened.
"Unusual as It . was,” said Capt. F.
C. Norton, who tells the story, "we
could not'stop to find out about it
that night, for every man was too
hot on his own part of the work to
pay much attention to any other's.
"After everything was all over and
we could take time to talk about it
the next day the helmsman told us
that a spectral figure he had at first
thought to be the captain had stood
beside him, showing him how to lay
his course. It was not until the
helmsman had handled a charm his
daughter had given him that he dis
covered his visitor was a spirit. Tho
power of the wraith waB broken at
that and the helmsman put about just
in time to avoid an uncharted reef
tho spectre had evidently been guid
ing him onto.
"But tho Swede and Ills Italian
mate must have seen something of
the vision that night, also, for in the
morning they looked like dying men
and they could not be persuaded to
ship again for the next voyage. Aft
erward we heard that they had been
members of the crew which attacked
the former captain of the Marianne.
No doubt the murdered captain came
back looking for some of hla old as
sailants and when he found them
sought to drive the vessel on the
reef.”
A can of paint will, like charity,
cover up a multitude of defects.
Driving a horse with a sore shoulder
is a mighty poor advertisement.
Except, as a topic of neighborhood
gossip the lazy man is of mighty little
use.
Every rural family ought to have a
lively interest in the state and county
fairs.
The exercise Involved in keeping up
a corn cob fire would cut a lot of
wood.
If your work creates callouses on
your heart instead of on your hands,
you had better get another job.
A'hair-lip man trying to hold a tele
phone conversation with one who Is
hard of hearing is likely to prove a
waste of time.
Organize a reading or study circle.
Take up some interesting subject for
study. This will bo pleasant way
to spend winter evenings.
Don’t bring your dogs to town. It Is
mighty embarrassing to have them
sticking around in front of the saloon
where you may happen to be.
Of course the world owes you a liv
ing. But you must not try to have
some one else collect it for you on
commission. That’s your business.
As the season’s work wanes and the
evenings grow long the farmer has
time to think of markets, plans for
selling produce and the advantages of
co-operation.
If you cannot have every worker on
the farm on your pay roll and in addi
tion receive a reasonable return on the
money you have invested, your farm
ing is not successful.
The wife seated on a chair in the
back of the wagon while the husband
in company with the hired man, occu
pies the spring seat in front, is one of
the reasons why woman suffrage had
to come.
CHECKING UP ON MIDDLEMAN
Idaho Potato Farmer Puts Into Oper
ation Unique Scheme and Meets
With Astounding Results.
Cecil Rhodes’s Eggs.
Cecil Rhodes used to take a coop
of hens on board to provide fresh eggs
on his numerous voyages between
England and South Africa. But those
were three weeks’ Journeys, and not
a mere five-day crossing of the Atlan
tic. Hence another prominent South
African personage was asked why he
did not follow Rhodes’s example and
provide himself with the luxury of
newlatd eggs at sea. “Oh, I don’t
bother to take a coop of fowls on
board.” he replied, "but I tip the
hos’un who lookk after Rhodes’s hens,
and I get Rhodes’s eggs.”
In order to determine just how bad
ly he was being robbed and at the
same time show the consumer how ho
was being held up, L. L. Young, a
rancher residing near Nampa, Idaho,
put into operation a unique scheme
iizj-', brought astounding results from
tlie potatoes he raised and sold.
Young Is an extensive potato rais
er. After he had harvested his Mur
phy crop last fall and while sacking
the potatoes he placed a note in the
bottom of each sack asking the con
sumer to be kind enough to write him
what price he paid for the spuds. The
potatoes were later sold by Mr.
Young, who received for them 65
cents a sack, a net profit of 38 cents
a sack.
Some time later letters began to
pour into Mr. Young from all parts of
tho United States. The consumers
had lound the notes. The several
(By B. H. HIBBARD, University of Wis
consin.)
In Germany there are 26,000 farm
ers’ societies of one kind and another,
in France more and in other coun
tries proportionately many These
societies are so numerous that the
great majority of farmers are within
reach of their influence, and wher
ever co-operation lias gone prosperity
follows, not perhaps conspicuous
prosperity and the creation of a
wealthy class of farmers, but a mod
est, persistent prosperity. The pur
chase of feeds and fertilizers is in
bulk for all the farmers nf a group,
and there Is little or j^o charge by the
member acting as agent except for
necessary expenses.
This means that 5, 10 or 25 per
cent, is saved, and with the French
or German farmer this margin means
the difference between profit and
loss. Farming in Europe is not a
remunerative busineas, for it is done
on a narrow margin, and were 30,
10 and 50 per cent, of the prices paid
on the market for farmers produce
taken up in commissions and profits
of merchants, as is usually done in
America, European farmers would
become bankrupt. Co-operation has
made possible the selling of waste
land, drainage of swamps, purchase
of machinery, pressing of grapes, dis
tilling of potatoes and selling of
grain and butter. In short co-opera
tion has become the agency through
which the great share of business
transactions of farms is conducted.
The first great result of the savin?
through co-operation is the ownership
of the farms by the farmers who till
them. In Denmark the outlook for
farm ownership by the cultivators of
the soil was dubious until the advent
of the co-operative bacon factory,
creamery and egg selling company.
Now 90 per cent, of the farms are
farmed by their owners. In Germany
there was every evidence that farms
were on the point of passing into the
hands of a landlord class when co
operation saved tho day, and seven
out of every eight farms are operated
by the men who own them. It is the
same in other countries whore co-op-
eratlon has developed.
Not only have the farmers been
able to hold the possession of their
farms, but by banding themselves to
gether they have developed a com
munity spirit which enables them to
see that what helps one helpk the rest
and that what hurts one hurts them
all. Competition with the cheap
lands of America, and especially with
the soil robber methods of America,
has made It hard for the European
farmer to live, but co-operation has
made up for a large part, of the disad
vantage.
Tape’s Diapepsin” settles sour,
gassy stomachs in five
minutes—Time It!
You don’t want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad—or an uncertain
one—or a harmful one—your stomach
Is too valuable; you mustn't injure it
Pape's Diapepsin i3 noted for its
speed In giving relief; Its harmleua-
nesB; its certain unfailing action In v
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its millions of cures in Indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis und other stomach
trouble has made It famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor In
your home—keep It handy—get a large
flfty-cent case from any dealer and
then if anyone should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; If
what they eat lays like lead, ferments
and sours and forma gas; causes head
ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa
tions of acid and undigested food—
remember as soon as Pape's Diapepsin
comes In contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. Its prompt
ness, certainty and ease in overcoming
tho worst stomach disorders Is a reve
lation to those who try It.—Adv.
SPELLING STUCK THE J'JRY
Point of Information They Wanted In
volved No Great Legal Knowl
edge, If Judge Had It.
Here Is one that was told at a tea
given by Miss Geraldine Farrnr, the
singer, when one of the party re
ferred to tho Judiciary and the pe
culiar cases that frequently come be
fore the courts;.
“Some time ago there was a homi
cide case in a western court in which
there was considerable doubt aB to
the guilt of the accused. Tho trial
judge seemed to share the popular be
lief.
‘“Gentlemen of tho Jury,' said he.
in concluding his charge, ‘if tho evi
dence, in your minds, shows that
pneumonia was the causo of the man’s
death, you cannot convict the prison
er.’
“Whereat tho jury retired and in
about ten minutes the constable re
turned and presented himself beforo
the judge.
'“Your honor,' he remarked, ’the
gentlemen of the jury want some In
formation.’
'On what point of evidence?’ asked
the judge.
“ ‘None, judge,’ was the rejoinder of
the constable. ‘They want to know
how to spell "pneumonia. —Phil
adelphia Telegraph.
GERMAN CO-OPERATIVE BANI&
Teaches Farmers of United States to
Get Together, Bury Jealousies
and Develop Confidence.
Why lias the number of co-operative
banks in Germany increased tenfold
in 20 years, with corresponding
growth in other forms of co-operation?
Why is their growth greater from
year to year? Because it pays the
farmers and others who thus co-oper-
ate—pays la saving money and In
making profits, pays by encouraging
thrift, and pays yet more by bringing
hundred replies received stated that j tJje farnu , rs together and holding
the consumers had paid prices rang- j them togot ) ier Ray8 Herbert Myrlck,
ing from $1.50 to $2.50 a sack for the , e( j|t or 0 f the Farm and Home. The
apuds. j fl rs t lesson from it all to our farmers
Mr. Young said he expected the mid j , n th0 Unlted states is this: Get to-
dleman to make a reasonable profit. j gether! Get better acquainted, know
but that he, as grower, was receiving j and understand each other better,
such a smnll fruction of the ultimate j l)Ury SUS pj c lous and jealousies, devol-
selling price demanded of the buyer , Qp mutua i confidence, cultivate char-
as astounded him. j ty Q f views and unity of action, be
The revelation has spread among J W f]jj n g to trust rapablo men to man-
Idaho growers, many of whom are j agft your co-operative undertakings
confident now thnt sales direct to the , ftn(1 i,>y a lly back them up. Jhls is
consumers would be more profitable j on j y go u d basis upon which to
all around. I build co-operation. It is easier to form
PARIS MARKET SYSTEM BEST | ^erica. becaus^o^r'there thcTfarm"
era mostly live in houses huddled Into
Ten Buildings, Covering Twenty-Two j dorf8i or little villages, and know each
Acres, All Under One Roof—Po
lice Exercise Supervision
Had Right to Select Place.
"Bobby, my son,” exclaimed the dis
mayed mother as she saw all her boy’s
belongings stacked in a corner of the
closet, "haven’t I tried over and over
to teach you that you should have a
place for everything?" "Yes, mother,”
said the boy cheerfully, “and this Is
the place."
GLOW WORMS ANESTHETICS
Before he begins to feast the glow [ long, dry stalks by the roadside, re-
worm administers an anesthetic nmtnlng there motionless. In profound
writes Henri Fabre in the Century, meditation, throughout the scorching
He chloroforms his victim, rivaling summer days. It is In some such rest-
in the process the wonders of modern ! ing place as this that I have often
surgery, which render the patient in- been privileged to light upon the
sensible before the surgeon operates , lampyris banqueting on the prey
on him. The usual game Is a small j which he had Just paralyzed on Its
serves. He frequents the edges of the
Irrigating ditches, with their cool soil,
their varied vegetation, a favorite
haunt of the mollusk. Here he treats
the game on the ground and, under
these conditions. It is easy for me to
rear him at home and to follow the
operator’s performance down to the
smallest detail.
_ ... . Or You May Go Hungry.
snail, hardly the size of a cherry, shaky support by his surgical artl-: Don't trust the fellow who wants to
which In hot weather collects In flees. | borrow money for breakfust with the
clusters on the -stiff stubble and other j But he Is familiar with other pre-1 promise of taking you out to dinner.
“Paris has one of the best market
systems in the world,” said Henry T.
French of St. Louis, Mo., to a Balti
more American reporter the other
day. "It is also one of the most ex
tensive in the world. There is a
great central market in Paris, which
consists of ten buildings, covering 22
acres, all under one roof. There is
other more intimately than here,
where each farmer lives on his own
homestead as lord of his domain.
Kept His Secret Well.
One of tho most successful disap
pearances on record was that of Wil
liam Howe. Howe was a successful
tralesman In Jcrwyn street, London,
and one morning in 1706 he left Ills
wife, telling her that he had business
in the city. He never came hack, and
all efforts to trace him failed. After
some years his death was presumed,
and an act of parliament was spe
cially passed to enable Mrs. Howe to
administer her husband's estate. Then,
o/io evening in 1723, tho "widow" re
ceived a letter from an anonymous
correspondent, requesting an inter
view tho following day In Birdcage
walk. Mtb. Howe duly kept tho ap
pointment—and discovered her huH-
band. He had been living In dlsguiso
In the same neighborhood all the time,
he explained, and keeping a cloBe eyo
upon the movements of his wife. It
Is said that the reunited couple lived
happily ever afterward.
Take a close look at the people you
meet every day and rejoice that you
were not born a cannibal.
High minded people do not have to
become airship chauffeurs in order to
prove it.
SKIN CLEARED.
By Simple Change in Food.
Keep the Udder Clean.
A calf objects In a hurry to taking
its dinner from a soiled udder. Is it
reasonable to suppose that the condi
tions are better from supplying the
proper food for man? If tho cattle
are on pasture, little grooming save
. . , . | this finishing touch will be needed,
a wholesale and retail market, and be- j ^ >n abundance of bed
sides. a number of retail markets , not only a lu xury both to the
scattered throughout the citj. The] s . .... ..... _.m „„
, . . nniipp I stock and their owner, but It will re-
uiarkets are to charge of the police , the conB ervation of fertility.
department. The stalls are in charge j _
of what are called mandatieres
agents, appointed by the police. They
have no Interest in uny agricultural
production. The commissions run
from 1V6 per cent, to 10 per cent. The
mandatieres, or agents, must pay the
railroad transportation and the trans
portation to the market and certain
market, charges. These are deducted
from the total amount received on the
sale of each producer’s shipment, and
at the end of the day a record of the
transaction of each agent is sent to
tho deputy commissioner of police.
The amount due the shipper, after de
ducting the above charges, must be
sent to him each day unless the agent
has a private arrangement, which is
permitted, for sending money forward
weekly or monthly.”
Bedding Helps.
Plenty of bedding helps the quantity
of manure and certainly makes the
horse look better.
Calf Disorders.
Bowel trouble In calves is some-
tildes caused by milk that is excess
ively rich. Milk that is moderate or
low In butter fat is usually better for
young calves.
Indigestion in older calves is usual
ly due to unclean milk or feed, un
clean vessels, close confinement In
dark, insanitary stalls and irregular
or excessive feeding. In some cases
It appears to be due mainly to sheer
weakness and Inability to digest.
Cure for Heaves.
A level teaspoonful of pulverized
borax put In the feed of the horse
once or twice a week will, according
to Mr. A. L. Tamblln, enre the heaves.
It will stop tho cough right away,
and in six months you couldn’t tell
the horse ever had the heaves. Bur
dock leaves are also good for horsea
and they like them.
It has been said by a physician that
most diseases are the result of indi
gestion. \
There’s undoubtedly much truth In
tho statement, even to the cause of
many unsightly eruptions, which many
suppose can be removed by applying
some remedy on the outside.
By changing her food a Kan. girl
was relieved of an eczema which wa»
a great annoyance to her. She writes:
“For five months I was suffering
with an eruption on my face and
hands which our doctor called eczema
and which caused me a great deal of
Inconvenience. The suffering was al
most unbearable.
"The medicine I took only gave me
temporary relief. One day I happened
to read somewhere that eczema was
caused by indigestion. Then I read
that many persons had been relieved
of indigestion by eating Grape-Nuts.
“I decided to try 1L I liked tho
taste of the food and was particularly f
pleased to notice that my digestion
was improving und that the eruption
was disappearing as if by magic. 1
had at last found, in this great food,
something that reached my trouble.
"When I find a victim of this afflic
tion I remember my own former suf*
ferlng and advise,a trial of Grape-Nut
food instead of medicines.”
Name given by Postum Co., Ba*ltle
Creek, Mich. Read "Tho Road toWell-
vlUe,” In pkgs. “There’s a Reason.”
Ever read (be above letterf A Be
one appear* from time to time. Th«
are iceuulne, true, and full of tau
Intercut.