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FARM , GARDEN
AND HOUSEHOLD
By S. A. COOK.
In Ihc Garden—Make It Rich.
Every year now the number of persons
engaged in gardening for profit is
steadily being added to. Here and there
all over the South,where transportation
facilities warrant men and women, too.
are finding opportunities for making
some money out of growing vegetables
for shipping to points North of them.
Then again there are a great many
who are making a fair little income
for cultivating small areas simply to
supply local markets, and some of
these with only a half or quarter of an
acre are making almost, if not • quite
enough for a small family to live on,
during the year.
It is wonderful how much can be
ny&de from an acre of very rich land,
when it is kept steadily growing some
thing ail the year through. It only
needs for one to understand fully what
may be done by rapid rotations of
certain vegetables that are always
salable to make the venture a very in
teresting and profitable thing. For an
expert in the art of gardening, it is
quite possiole to make a half acre of
rich land produce several hundred dol
lars worth of vegetables during th°
year, almost any year that comes. With
the best of seasons, and with the high
est display of skill and energy that may
be brought to bear upon the work it
even would not be an impossible at
tainment to clear a thousand dollars
from such an area. It depends upon the
crop grown and the convenience to
market. Such crops as cabbage, cauli
flower. asparagus, celery, strawber
ries. lettuce. beets, onions, salsify,
eggplant, spinach (early), tomatoes,
snap-beans, early potatoes, when grown
in due rotation, and to the best con
dition are the ones most likely Cos pay
the best profit.
And it is the early vegetables that pay
the big profits. Very few farmers have
ever had or cultivated a perfectly rich
acre or half acre of land.
It has the capacity of twenty such
acres as they usually cultivate in cot
ton or corn. When we speak of a thous
and dollars being cleared from
one acre, of course we mean a perfectly
rich acre and it must be planted
to some ' of che crops men
tioned, and cultivated in the
highest style of the art, and likewise
so marketed.
The garden year in the South begins
in the fall—that is if drought permits.
If nothing else can be done November,
and December at least can be devoted to
getting the soil in condition for the
crop to' bp planted early in the
new year. It should be plowed and
plowed, and manured, and manured un
til it is brought as near that condition
of "perfect richness," as possible that
that will enable it to prodm'e the
several crops in thejr due rotation from
January to December.
What a pleasure to grow crops on
really rich land! Every farmer ought to
have one acre, at least that he will
endeavor to make "perfectly rich," even
if it takes five years or more to ac
complish it. This brag acre should win
for hint a lot of premiums .front the
county and state fairs, from time to
time, and in the course of ten years he
will find that this acre will bring him
in more than any five acres on the
farm.
Farm Topi,.,-The ••Why" of Human:
HoM I.mill l niirodurtit p.
If h farmer understands that humus
or vegetable matter is essential to
fertility, that just in proportion as the
soil possesses it it is capable of yield
ing larger crops that is about as much
as he needs to know as a practical
farmer. It is not necessary that he
should know exactly why It is so. It
is well to know, however. When any
vegetable matter, whether green or
dry as when peas and other crops are
allowed to die on the land, is turned
under the soil and becomes decom
posed it is known as humus. Until
the vegetable matter has become de
composed it has no effect beyond
keeping the soil more open absorbing
and holding some moisture that oth
erwise would pass into the subsoil.
This in itself is helpful, but the real
manurial effects are obtained after
it becomes humus. Whatever nitro
gen and potash and phosphorus was
contained in the vegetable matter is
then released and can be used by a
growing crop. A soil fully supplied
with humus is kept porous and does
not run together and bake. It retains
more moisture and allows the car
bonic acid of the atmosphere to en
ter freely the soil and from there be
absorbed by the rootlets of plants.
No doubt there is a large proportion
of worn land In the South that has
plenty of potash and phosphorous
easily made available if only plenty
of humus could be given to it. Humic
acid is a solvent of those minerals.
When lands are first cleared they are
more or le3s rich in both humus and
undecomposed vegetable matter. Ham
mock lands where the original growth
was oak. hickory, or other hard woods
are always richer and have a’ more
lasting fertility than pine lands. The
former have accumulated much more
humus than the latter owing to their
position and the nature of the foliage
of the hardwoods. These soils are
rarely worn out completely by culture
where they are protected from wash
ing. They are capable of being
brought back to the highest state of
fertility by a system of farming that
restores their lost vegetable matter.
In earlier times it was the practice
when land became badly worn to turn
them out to grow up in weeds, briars,
and whatever else might spring up on
the land. New land was opened up
and in lts turn worn out and turned
out. And thus it went on. It is
well enough to allow a certain part
of our worn lands to go back into
forest from time to time, but the part
most capable of being restored should
be devoted to pastoral farming where
pasture and meadows take the place
of crops requiring clean culture—
where beef, pork, mutton, wool take
the place of cotton, corn to a great ex
ten if not exclusively. Under this
system there Is a wholesale Improve
ment secured In no other way and
there Is every reason to believe that
before very many years a large part
of Southern lands will be devoted to
this system of farming.
A considerable per cent, of the best
arable land In Georgia—ln the South—
is to-day almost entirely unproduc
tive. It is those lands lying along
rivers, creeks, branches, that have
been cleared of their forest growth
and have been cultivated, but for one
reason or another have been allowed
to grow up In weeds aibt bushea of
one kind or another. Nearly all of this
land Is rich snd if put In first-class
shspe would produce a bale of cotton
or 50 bushels of com without any
manuring. Most of this land too is
ei |n bermuda grass, and if nothing
else hut It had possession there would
be a most magnificent pasture or
meadow capable of producing IMI
• wth of beef, pork or mutton to ev
ery acre of it If used only ss a
it would yield from two to
five tons of the best hay in the world.
It is a pity these lands are not put in
condition to do their best for they
would be the most profitable part of
the farm. It is true It would take a
lot of hard work to get them back in
perfect shape, a lot of mowing, grub
bing and chopping that the average
farmer is not able it seems to bestow
upon it. It would pay well to clean
up all the patches even along the
blanches and creeks. Such as are not
set in bermuda could be used for su
gar cane, if desired. There is so little
good land on the farm to-day the best
should certainly be reclaimed with as
little delay as possible.
Tice Value of Itnin.
[ The farmer and gardener cannot do
| much without rain. He may plan to
plow and to sow as much as he
pleases, but without rains, more or less
seasonable, he will be brought to a
stand sooner or later.
Fortunately it is a rare thing that
drought interferes to so great an ex
tent with the farmer's plans as it has
done this fall. The casual observer
has no conception of the immense loss
that has been caused by the dry
weather that has prevailed in the
South for the past four or five months.
Fortunately, too, this loss is divided
out among so many it cannot cause
anything like serious or fatal results
to any large number. In this country
farmers have had many ups and
downs in the past fifty years and thus
far they have managed to survive
them and to bear themselves patiently
for a fresh hold and without meeting
any great crisis involving them as a
class. No famine, no real suffering,
no rural disturbances such as now and
then afflict European and Asiatic
countries and generally as the result
of widespread failure of crops for sev
eral consecutive years. Here we have
had nothing of the kind. Rarely does
any farmer have a complete failure.
If one year proves exceptionally bad
the very next is likely to prove ex
ceptionally good. It is only now a.nd
then thal we have such drought in
autumn as we have thisi season. And
the loss it has caused it would he im
possible to estimate, but it runs into
the millions. The loss in potatoes, in
hay, in corn, in pasturage, aggregates
a vast total that can be borne com
placently only by the' reflection that it
must be divided out among so many.
Some will suffer more than others,
it is true, but not more than they can
bear, it is to be hoped.
Besides the loss in the several crops
enumerated there has been an almost
complete failure of the turnip crop,
and it has prevented the starting of
ail the crops that are usually planted
in the fall. Except in the extreme
or in those localities that may have
been blessed with better seasons,
plantings for 1904 may be considered
as over. All such work must go over
into anew year. There is little left
to do now than to garner closely the
made crops of the year, whatever they
may be. and then, as a preliminary of
greater success another year, start
the plows to turning under all the
vegetable matter that it is possible
to give to the land. In “time the much
needed. life-giving rains will come to
allow the work of the farmer to pro
ceed in its accustomed courses. In
another six months the drought of 1904
will have passed into history, forgot
ten by many.
Great le the Mule.
'•Live-stock experts are predicting
thut the big money of the next few
years to be made in stock will be gath
ered in by the breeders of mules. When
construction work on the Panama ca
nal begins in earnest, they say, the
price of mules Is bound to jump, be
cause these are the only animals that
can stand the intense heat of that sec
tion and keep on working. The West
Indies. Africa and the Philippine Is
lands have also been drawing heavily
upon this country for mules, and the
American mule is Increasing in favor
as a part of the equipment of Euro
pean armies.
Asa matter of fact, mules have been
steadily rising In value. In Texas.
Kentucky. Tennessee and Missouri
there are big mule farms which have
enriched their owners In the last ten
years. Yet, for some reason or an
other, the former mule-breeding sec
tions are not producing mules fast
enough to supply the demand and their
production is declining. Not many
years ago Kentucky had 55,000 Jen
nets, while now there are not more
than 2.500. The same decline is noted
In Texas, Missouri and Tennessee.
The mule has been the standard
work animal of the Southern states
for many years. It Is there, of course,
that he flourishes most. Texas tops the
list with 407,000, with Missouri next
with 260,000. Of all the Southern states
Virginia boasts of the smallest num
ber. 42,000. The average value of the
jnule in these states runs from S7O to
SBS. In the United States the mule
averages $lO more a head In value
than the horse—s72.4o to $62.25. There
are nearly 3,000.000 mules, as com
pared with 16,000,000 horses.
On the big Southern plantations
mules in immense numbers are used.
On the biggest one In Louisiana, that
of the Leon flodichaux Company, from
1,000 to 1.500 mules are worked the
year round. Climatic conditions make
the mule more to be relied on than
the horse in the rice, cane and cotton
districts, and as these are being bet
ter and more intelligently worked the
demand for mules Increases.
The mule has advantages over the
horse which have come to be recog
nized bv men who work the two side
l>y side. In the first place he pays
the breeder better because he can be
put on the market a year or two soon
er. He Is not as expensive to raise
as the horse, because he is In condition
to do good work long before the horse
can be broken to harness. At 2 years
old the mule can be put In the field
and kept there until old age overtakes
him.
The mule is also healthier than the
horse. He is rarely subject to the
horse diseases, nor is he likely to have
blemishes which destroy the value of
many a colt. With a mule, if there
are any blemishes, they do not impair
his value, because he is purchased for
work und not for beauty. He is not
so nervous or high strung as the
horse. He has a saner instinct of
self-proservrttlon. will stand greater
hardships, has more vitality, and when
properly Instructed, is steadier and
more reliable.
When It comes to breeding, the twjn
1 or more years sayed In handling means
big profit. The mule, too. Is always
salable. The mule market is never
glutted, in fact, the market comes to
| the mule rather than the mule to the
market. It matters not whether It la
! a time of peace or war, the demand for
mules la always large. Asa war ne
cessity the mule la universally recog
! nlzed. Asa work animal, the hauler
of cart nnd dray, he will stand moie
1 wear and coat leas to keep. Down
Kouth one part of the ration of a mule
la molaaaea. and another cotton seed
meal.
fieri) I'lnwlna
1 see so much said In regard to deep
SWAXXAH MORXIXG XEWS: MOXDAY. OCTOBER 31. 1904.
| and shallow plowing. I will say I am
j an advocate of deep plowing, but am
! told here in Florida you must not
; plow deep, says a writer in the Epit
| omist, two to four inches being the
j proper depth. In Kentucky where I
l learned to plow and have had plow
i ing done for me many years, I have
never yet seen the land broken too
deep to suit me. In breaking. I use
double disc breaking plows, with four
good mules, all abreast and let the
plow go down eight to ten Inches and
deeper if possible. I also use subsoil
plows on some lands to go in bottom
of the furrow and root up about four
inches more. This breaks the hard
pan that has formed from plowing the
same depth so many years. I use the
subsoil plow about every two to three
years, and I find it makes a fine wa
ter bed. as it allows the water to go
down and the moisture to rise where
the land is broken through the hard
pan. Furthermore, your land will not
wash so badly if broken deep. But in
cultivating I want my first plowing
of the corn to be the deepest, and got
shallower as the corn gets older and
the roots get longer. I do not be
lieve in pruning corn. The weeder is
an fine tool; when used at the proper
time it will kill more weeds than one
would imagine. I try to keep the weed
er and roller going in dry seasons,
going over a field with them and right
back again thereby getting a fine
dust coat all over the fields. I do not
start in the spring to plowing corn
three or four times and lay it by, but I
plow every time it is needed. If I
finish laying a field to-day and a
hard rain should come to-night I
scratch the top of the ground again to
retain all the moisture possible. Now
a word regarding co-operation of
which the Epitomist is such an earn
est advocate: Farmers should organ
ize unions at every school house and
cross-roads in the United States. Co
operate. and we will have the privi
lege of saying what our produce is
worth, and not have to take the spec
ulator's price. Speculators and trusts
set the price on our labor and also
set the prlre on what we have to buy.
The producer of the stuff that feeds
the world should know what his pro
duce costs him and should be in a po
sition to set the price on same. Come
to the front, brother fanners, and as
sert your rights. You will be happy,
your family will be happy, your neigh
bor will be happy when we all eo-op
erate. We have the power; why not
use it?
Prevention of Fires.
Farm property is eommonly consid
ered a poor risk by insurance compa
nies, says the American Cultivator.
The reason is partly a lack of facili
ties for fighting the fire in the country
districts, and partly owing to the faul
ty construction of many farmhouses
and the carelessness of their owners.
In fact, some insurance companies
have refused to take farm risks on
any terms, while others have advanced
the rates greatly during the past few
years. Yet many families have occu
pied farm buildings for generations
without any serious fire having occur
red throughout the whole period. On
account of the high cost of insurance
at present, some farmers are carrying
no insurance, and for that reason ex
treme care is all the more necessary.
With the approach of fall, the season
of danger is at hand, and the "ounce
of prevention" should be put Into use.
It Is time to overhaul stoves, clean
the pipes and chimneys before the fires
are started. A great many fires are
caught from sooty chimneys of poor
construction. If these are cleaned be
fore winter, the danger* w ill be lessen
ed. The pumps and cisterns should be
kept in order. Don't allow children
to get hold of matches.- No careful
owner will allow smoking in or near
the barns or stables. If machinery is
used in threshing grain or cutting en
silage. special care Is needed with the
engine. Water palls should be at
hand in case of emergency. Trees be
tween the house and barn often save
a number of buildings in case of fire.
For wearing apparel or bedding, an
ounce of alum, borax or salammoniao,
dissolved in the last water in which
the fabrics are rinsed, renders them
less likelv to catch fire, whilst the
ordinary water glass used for preserv
ing eggs, If painted over boards, ren
ders them to some extent fireproof:
so, also, does a mixture of sulphate
of ammonia and sulphate of lime.
Sometimes in the event of a fire. It
has been possible to summon the neigh
bors by ringing a bell, and some sig
nal of this kind should be arranged.
If there is a farm telephone, so much
the better. A stairway or opening to
the roof should be so arranged that
the roof can be reached easily and
quickly. lamg ladders should be con
venient. Valuable papers should be
kept in a fireproof safe, or at least
packed safely in a tin box, so that
they could be quickly taken away at
the first alarm.
“magazines. .
Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn's paper
on "The Evolution of the Horse in
America," which is the opening arti
cle In the November Century, would
give distinction to any magazine. It
is the second in his group on “Fossil
Wonders of the West.” the first, on
the "Bone Cabin Quarry of Wyoming,"
having appeared in September. This
is the first complete account of the
explorations of the American Museum
of Natural History under the William
C. Whitnev Fund, and presents very
striking results In the direction of
solving many
the fossil horse. The paper Is fully
illustrated. November being the
month of the Horse Show In New York,
the Century presents also three draw
ings of "The American Horsewoman,”
by Urquhart Wilcox; “The Morning
Ride,” "The Winner” and "In Perfect
Form.” The horse also figures In the
frontispiece, St. Gaudens' Sherman
group at the entrance to Centrul Park,
reproduced from a color drawing by
F. V. Dumond, which conveys not
only the color but the vigor ahd spirit
of the original. Two other examples
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wll * a rPmpd >' Intended for rheumatism do it.
These are distinct and separate diseases, and Dr. J.
/ Newton Hathaway, the noted Specialist, treats each
I '&Bi according to its requirements. Thut his method
1* the right way, is attested by his excellent success, in
this class of disease, including, in fact, all the diseases
i 'aj ot a urlc ac,d nature. You cannot find a better treat*
■ ’gEy ment than the doctor has for cystitis, inflammation of
,hP bladder, too frequent desire to urinate, retention of
the urine, enlargement of the prostate, bedwetting dia
betes, Bright's disease and all other diseases which in-
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of color work are a “Tiger and Cobra,”
drawn by Charles R. Knight, and a
double-page drawing by Maxfteld Par
rish in illustration of Keats' ode "To
Autumn,” which is accompanied by a
facsimile of the original manuscript,
owned In Boston, and now first repro
duced. There are also timely as well
as seasonable features, reflecting the
current Interest in Japan and Russia.
Hon, Andrew D. White continues his
entertaining papers, with recollections
and impressions of Russia during his
service as minister in 1892. The arti
cle has in parts the character of a
philippic, and is written with intense
conviction. Mr. White gives liis im
pressions of the present Czar as Czar
ovitch, and others of the imperial fam
ily—De Plehve, Makaroff. De Witte—
and records his frank criticism of the
Russian foreign policy and its conduct
toward Finland. "Japanese Devotion
and Courage" is the title of- a paper
by Oscar King Davis, who describes
graphically the three heroic attempts
to bloqk the harbor of Port Arthur,
and several courageous actions on the
part of the military. Besides the fore
going there are many other strong and
timely articles, and the Century's
usual full offering of high-class fiction.
The Century Company, Union Square,
New York city.
The November St. Nicholas, No. 1
of Volume XXXII, is notable by virtue
of the first chapters of L. Frank
Baum's new serial, “Queen Ztxi of lx.”
Mr. Baum will be remembered as the
author of "The Wizard of Oz" and
•ther delightful absurdities: and this
new story starts off so fascinatingly
that every young reader will welcome
the announcement that "Queen Zixi of
Tx" is to run all through the year.
The story is also notable for its illus
trations. many of them in color. Very
timely for a Thanksgiving-month is
sue j s Leslie w. Quirk's "A Goal from
the Field," Another "Babv Elton”
story. "Little X." by Winifred Kirk
land. is a pretty story of life in a girls'
school, with a sugar-coated moral.
Bertha E. Bush has written of "A Ro
man Boy's Birthday." Isabel Gordon
Curtis' "The Debut of 'Dan'l Webster”
is exceedingly clevwr “A Composition
on an Apple” is the story of a, little
lad and his teacher, for young and old.
The number also brings the last chap
ter of Gensai Murai's story of a Jap
anese bov, “Kibun Daizin." The Cen
tury Company, Union Square, New
York.
The special features of the Novem
ber number of the American Monthly
Review of Reviews are a char
acter sketch of the late Sen
ator Hoar, by Talcott Williams;
brief sketches of the Hon. Jbhn Mor
ley. the Hon. James Bryce. Command
er Booth Tucker, the late Frederic A.
Bartholdi, and the late Lafcadio
Hearn; an illustrated account of
‘•lowa’s Campaign for Better Corn."
by Prof. P. G. Holden; a study of
Lord Grey, Canada’s new governor
general. by W. T. Stead; an article on
'The Trend of Political Affairs in
Canada," apropos of the elections in
November, by Miss Agnes C. Laut;
"Western Canada in 1904." by T. 1,1.
Knappen: "Prince Mirsky, Russia’s
Now Minister of the Interior,” by
Herman Rosenthal; “What the Peo
ple Read In Hungary," by John
Skotthy; "The Episcopal Convention
at Boston." by Florence E. Winslow;
and an important and authoritative
article on "Railroad'Accidents in the
United States,” by Secretary Edward
A. Moseley of the Interstate Commerce
Commission. The closing develop
ments of the presidential campaign
are admirably set forth in the edito
rial department. "The Progress of the
World.” which is supplemented by a
series of striking and forceful car
toons. The Review of Reviews Com
pany, 13 Aster Place, New York city.
Outing for November is particular
ly interesting. Again great battles
are being fought on the gridiron, and
the rules of football are as important
to the players as the rules of war to
the nations. Frank S. Butterworth,
one time captain of the Yale team,
laments the prevalence of profession
alism in the greatest of college sports
and explains its harmful effects. The
accompanying photographs bring the
game most realistically before one's
eyes. Vance Thompson contributes
an Interesting articles on the London
cabby and shows him to us as an en
tirely different man from him who
drives our cab. while the artist catches
him on duty and off. The vivid—be
cause true—stories of Caspar Whitney
are full of the curious customs and
peculiarities of strange peoples in far
off corners of the earth. The trotting
rhino of Kelantan, is the author at
his best and the incident of the ttela
dang Is unusually thrilling. Most
thrilling is the story. "Falling a
Mile." which provides the frontispiece
to this number, while the "The First
Muscallonge” and the little outdoor,
half humorous stories of Zona Gale,
Clarance Hawkes. and Carrol Watson
Rankin, with "The Folding of a
Morning Glory” by James H. Tuck
erman, are all clever pieces of fiction.
Outing. 239 Fifth avenue, New York
city.
McClure’s for November is fairly
athrill with the keenest interest In
the world of men and things of to
day. In both article and story it is
not only pleasing but hewn close to
the line of life. Three great political
articles especially distinguish the num
ber at this time. Vivid pen pictures
of the two leading candidates are pre
sented-1 - Parker by ex-President Cleve
land, Roosevelt by Senator Lodge:
the first by the man whose own ex
perience best qualifies him to speak
with authority on the presidency, the
second a most interesting and search
ing glimpse of the real Roosevelt
through the eyes of his long-time
friend and political adviser. Stewart
Edward White begins anew serial,
“The Rawhide.” like his other stories,
full of the free air of the wilderness,
poignant with its color and immens
ity. He has chosen for his present
setting the wonderful desert %of
Arizona. The short stories of the
number squarely strike the note of the
hour. Booth Tarkington draws on his
political experiences for a wonderful
story of politics with a character cre
ation that will take rank with his
best, in “The Need of Money.” James
Hopper, himself a famous college foot
ball player, leaves his chosen field of
the Philippines and describes "The
Passing of the Vet,” a football story
of intense realism and power, strik
ingly suggestive as well as fascinat
ing. Rex E. Beach mixes pathos, hu
mor and tragedy into a moving whole
in "The Thaw at Slisco's.” The rough,
dark life of the Klondike is lightened
by sentiment with artistic strokes. A
most fetching love story is "Kilbreth
of Ballyraggan.” by Grace S. Rich
mond, a tale of charming people and
plot all should know. Myra Kelly calls
her East Side school story “A Pass
port to Paradise,” and into It throws
the rich humor and insight into the
life she describes which have char
acterized her work here. The S. S.
McClure Cos.. Twenty-third street and
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The Youth Companion's announce
ment for 1905. As usual it is a work
of printer's art, worthy of the excel
lent publication whose advance agent
it is. The promises of the announce
ment are very attractive; nor is there
the slightest doubt that they will be
carried out faithfully. The Youth's
Companion is one publication that
never disappoints, hut rather gives
more than it. promises. It is a uleas
ure to give unqualified, hearty indorse
ment to the following, taken from the
pages of the announcement;
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thoroughly in being what it declares
itself to be —a family paper. It ex
cels in providing stories which ap
peal at once to men and women, boys
and girls. Other publications appeal
to a. particular age or sex. The Com l
panion passes from father to grand
fathe . from son to■ mother, and from
mother to daughter.
"The whole family wants and needs
the Companion. Of what other paper
can that be truthfully said? Without
the Companion the whole family life
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out it is not the sacrifice of one but
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twertty octavo volumes—for $1.75. Look
ed at in that light, it is the cheapest
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alent for ten 'dollars' worth of other
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! The November Pearson's presents
as its leading features “Butting Into
the Drama,” by George Ade; "Nast
in the Cleveland-Blaine Campaign,"
by Albert Bigelow Paine, and "Gen.
Miles's Defeat of Crazy Horse," by
Cyrus Townsend Brady 1 . Besides these
there are "Samanth at the St. Louis
Exposition," by Josiah Allen’s Wife:
"The King and Queen of Smugglers."
by Halliwell Sutcliffe, and a host of
other interesting articles. The Pear
son Publishing Cos., 2-20 Astor Place,
New York city.
The November issue of the Atlantic
Monthly presents its reader with the
following articles: "The United States
in the Philippines, Alleyne Ireland;
"Country Life,” Ralph W. Emerson;
"Jean-Franeois Millet,” Florence A.
Coates; "Isidro,” Mary Austin; “A
Letter from Japan,” Lefcadio Hearn;
"The Renaissance of Sapphira,"
Charles D. Stewart; "The American
Coup D’Etat of 1961.” Henry D. Sedg
wick; "A Clipper Ship and Her Com
mander," Frank J. Mather; "Close
Election Contests," John T. Wheel
wright; "The Scanty Plot," Julia D.
Green; “Was Sir Walter Scott a
Poet?" Arthur Symons! “Work and
Play.” Arthur S. Pier; “Our Fathers’
Friends," Richard Burton; "A Case of
Intellectuality,” a story, Emery Pot
tle; "On Improving the Style of the
Bible,” J. H. Gardiner; "The Fertile
Hand,” Edith Rickert; "Abiding Lon
don." Dora G. McChesney; "The Pack
Mule,” Bolton C. Brown; Books New
and Old: “The Plague of Novels,"
Harriet W. Preston. Houghton, Mif
flin & Cos., 4 Park street, Boston,
Mass.
The instalment of “Frenzied Finance”
in the November number of Every
body's Magazine offers what is prob
ably the best account of a financial war
over printed. Mr. Dawson is now well
into the main course of his narrative
which leads by way of the Boston gas
fights to Amalgamated Copper. Ad
dlcks has persuaded him to take charge
of his— Addiek's—contest with Henry
H. Rogers and "Standard Oil, and
for pure love of combat the Boston
financier, with all his forces, has come
to the rescue of the Delaware bucca
neer. It is an exciting passage in which
he tells of the attacks and retreats,
the toils and stratagems of this cam
paign, and for Interest and thrill It
holds its own with the real fighting in
"The Three Musketeers." Finally, Law
son and Rogers come together and the
dialogue between them as they proceed
to adjust their differences Is one of the
most striking chapters in the story. The
drama of the Standard Oil magnate
tempting Lawson away from Addieks,
and offering him millions to join the
“Standard Oil" band, and the Boston
financier refusing, is described in lan
guage at once direct, forcible and pic
turesque.
The Lawson article is but one feature
of an excellently balanced and reasona
ble Magazine. There are several rattling
good short stories and a large instal
ment of Hall Caine’s great novel "The
Prodigal Son." The Rldgeway-Thayer
Cos., Union Square, New York.
The complete novel In Llpplnoott’s for
November is "The Prisoner of Mad
amotselle de Blencourt,” by Charles G.
D. Roberts. It is a rattling good story
of adventure. It is placed in the beau
tiful "Evangeline" country; and in pie
turesqueness, In power of portrayal,
and In literary flnlah It Is not sur
passed In contemporary fiction. An en
tertaining tale of "get rich quick” va
riety is called "The Metamorphosis of
Phil Barrett." Ita author ia Albert
Paveon Terhune. the talented eon of
his talented mother. "Marlon Har
land." Among the plethora of auto
mobile storlee afloet the one called
"Matched Pairs." bv Helen Sherman
Orlffith, shtnee >ut on a plane by itself
for Its cleverly Interwoven love-inter
est. Prince Vlsdlmlr Vanlsteky, the
Hueelsn diplomat, contributes a short
story entitled "The Tragic Child."
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The World’s Work for November
contains an article that is of espoc
interest to the South. It is "T,.
Rich Kingdom of Cotton,” by Clar
ence H. Poe. The author claims that
the production of cotton is the domi
nant industry of the world; that the
value of the cotton crop to Southern
farmers last year was twice the whole
world’s product of gold; that the ex
port value of the cotton crop is half
the value of all other agricultural
products, vegetable, animal and forest
combined. The article embraces the
story of cotton from planting to man
ufacture. and discusses the South's
rapid increase in prosperity and the
meaning of it. The article is pro
fusely illustrated. Some of the other
articles in this issue are as follows:
“The March of Events." “Supervision
of Trust Companies." "Harvesting the
Wheat." Isaac F. Marcosson; "Invest
ing a Million Dollars a Day." Henry
W. Lanier; "How Successful Are the
Public Schools?" Adele M. Shaw: "The
Geographical Centers of Activity,"
Charles M. Harvey: “Business Build
ings Made Beautiful,” J. M. Bowles.
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Sixteenth street. New York city.
In the November number of the
Cosmopolitan Magazine. Gen. Henry
C. Corbin gives an elaborate and
•{technical description of the “Third
Battle of Bull Run." The article is
elaborately illustrated front photo
graphs taken on the field. The officers
and men who participated in the ma
neuvers will appreciate this official
account of the tour of duty. Among
other articles in this number are the
following: “The Tendency of the
American Stage,” Daniel Frohman:
"November," Thomas Bicket; "To the
Sahara by Automobile,” Verner Z.
Reed: "The Retreat of the Ten,”
Joseph A. Altcheler: "Omar Repent
ant," Richard Le Gallienne; "The
Daughters of Louis XV,” Dulany
Hunter: "A Modern ‘Swiss Family
Robinson,’ " John B. Walker; “Two
Loves.” Eliza C. Hall: "The Yarn of
the ’Essex.’ Whaler." Cyrus T. Brady:
’ Lais of Corinth,” Kate Jordan: "The
Food of Love.” J. J. Bell: “Upland
Shooting," Charles R. Flint; "The
West Point of the Future.” John B.
Walker: "Great Industries of the
United States. V.—The Manufacture of
Silk.” William R. Stewart.—The Cos
mopolitan Magazine, Irvington. N. Y.
The Booklovers' Magazine for No
vember gives the reader an insight
into Japanese life during the war. in
an illustrated article on what the Jap
anese are reading. It describes the
literature of the Kingdom of the Ris
ing Sun in the present exciting period,
and shows several war cartoons. An
other article describes the new type
of American consul, representing our
commercial interests abroad. There
are a number of colored plates that
are beautiful and attractive. Joseph
M. Rogers has an article on the late
Senator Hoar that is esnectally In
teresting. This, by the way. merely
touches upon the leading features of
this excellent Issue. The Library
Publishing Cos., 1323 Walnut street,
Philadelphia.
The November Reader Magazine has
several interesting articles dealing
with the Far East. One of them is a
poem by a Chinaman on Liao Yang,
another an article on the difficulties
of a war correspondent trying to get
Into Port Arthur. Israel Zangwlll. the
famous Hebrew author, contributes
a notable paper on Kruger in exile,
and other subjects. "The Prayer Per
fect." by James Whitcomb Riley, Is
one of the tenderest end most deeply
fervent hits of poetry of the year.
Some twenty other specially written
articles make up the offering for the
month. The Bohhs-Merrlll Company,
Indianapolis, Tnd.
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Mexico City. Oct. 30.—The hanks of
this city have made a reduction In dis
count rates from 9 to $ per cent. The
cash holdings of the hsnks have In
creased to such an extent that bank
ers now assert that they can, with en
tire safety. Increase the volume of
loans.
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WILL NOT GRANT THE
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 31, 2:25 a. m.—
The report published in Paris on Oct.
25 and subsequently cabled to the
United States that the Emperor is
about to issue a. manifesto according
almost complete freedom to the press,
so tar as can be ascertained here, is
untrue and receives no credence in the
best informed circles. It is true, how
ever, that as compared with the ad
ministrations of M. Plchve and his
predecessors in the ministry of the in
terior, the restrictions on the press
have been so relaxed that the news
papers feel that they are almost en
joying- actual freedom, although it is
not the sort of a freedom enjoyed un
der constitutional governments. It is
also true that a project of reform of
the press administration is under con
sideration, which is expected to still
further relax exisling restrictions.
Pool Chaiuiiionwhif).
St. Louis, Oct. 30.—Alfredo Dc Oro
of New York, Jerome Keogh of Buf
falo and Thomas Hueston of St. Louis
are tied for the pool championship of
the world, De Oro winning to-night's
game from Hurston by a score of 125
to 47. Each player named has won
five out of seven games, and had
Hueston won to-night's game he would
have captured the championship.
Keogh and Hueston will play off the
tie to-morrow night and De Oro will
play the winner Tuesday.
Benjamin H. Brumby of Marietta.
Oa.. who dropped out of the tourna
ment because of his arrest by the au
thorities here, won one game, lost four
and forfeited two, one each to Sher
man and Weston.
Gxtrat'illan of Close.
Mexico City, Oct. 30.—United States
Ambassador Powell Clayton has re
ceived extradition papers in the easo
of Henry D. Close of New York, who
is being held at Vera Cruz on the
charge of larceny. The ambassador
will submit the papers to the Foreign
Office to-day. Michael J. Reidy and
J. W. O’Brien, New York detectives,
are here awaiting the action of the
Mexican authorities, and as soon as
the extradition is granted, will take
Close to New York to answer the
charges preferred by a photographer's
supply company In that city.
Morgan n World's Fair.
St. Louis. Oct. 30.—J. Pierpont Mor
gan and party arrived to-night from
New York over the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The other members of the
party are R. N. Hikox, C. N. Poliick,
T. K. Sturgis, D. S. Eggleston, Wil
liam Sticpole and James Ennes. They
will remain in the city about four
days and it is said to be their inten
tion to return to New York at the ex
piration of that time. Most of the time
while here will be spent at the World's
Fair.
OBITUARY.
Ralph Cnlinan, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Oct. 30.—C01. Ralph
Culinan, president of the Beneficial
Saving Fund Society of this city, died
at his home here to-day after a long
illness. Col. Culinan was prominent
in financial circles in this city for
many years. He was 55 years old.
ii . ■ • - --
hew Political Party In t'tah.
From the Washington Pftst.
"The political pot is boiling at a
furious rate out our way." said Mr.
J. O. True of Ogden. Utah.
"The intense feeling that has been
developed in Utah against the further
participation of the Mormon Church in
politics has resulted in the formation
of anew party that calls itself the
National party, and which is going to
be a factor in the pending campaign.
It has put up a state ticket of some
strength and Its platform Is worded
to attract the support of thousands who
think It high time to rid the state of
Mormon priesthood sway.
"Hundreds of Republicans and Demo
crats are going to give their aid to
this new organization, believing that
It is the only way to beat the Mormon
Church. The women vote out our way.
and they are glad of a chance to ex
press their feelings against Mormon
ism. My belief is that this Is the en
tering sedge and that the handwriting
Is on the wall which will compel the
church to cease interfering In political
matters. When It does that, the antl-
Mormon agitation will end."
--Solomon u thinking of his thou
sand wives. "I think that I shall give
this anti-divorce movement my sup
port," he mused "It would a man to
pay alimony to that bunch."lav
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