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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY DECEMBER 23
FARMS AND FARMERS.
COBPMIU Uustw. Ud Mow II Ibsuld bo Don.*
Mlllo ll.lu »nd lotlkna sa nun Pm*
dootrf- Coltlvatloa of OfourOa to bo
Avsl4.a-llawt.0w. arm. Own.
Comports.
tut week two reasons were given for coni'
porting manurea-one, bjr mixing different
things to equalize or balance the eeverml con
stituent. and produce proportion among them;
the other, to render Insoluble things soluble
and, therefore, available. The lint was then
discussed; the second will now be considered
If fresh stablo manure is pnt in a hopper (like
an ash hopper) and srater poured on it and
allowed to drip as longasitlsat all discolored,
certain quantity of mineral matter will be
found dissolved in the water; alaa a certain
amount of vegetablo or organic matter. If an
equal quantity of like manure, properly fer
mented In a heap, la treated In the same man
ner, certain quantities of mineral and organic
matter will also be found In the drip. How
will these amounts compare in the two cases
The smoonta dissolved In water trill be de
cidedly greater In the ease of fermented ma
nures—that Is, there will bo more soluble or
ganic matter and more soluble mineral matter
in the fermented than In the nnferoented ma
nure. The effect of fermentation, then,
similar to that of add on bones or Charleston
rock. Just as the add makes the phosphoric
add of the bones soluble, and therefore availa
ble, fermentation, in like manner, makes the
the constituents of the stable manure aolnblo,
and therefore available.
Bet I he question may be asked whetbeT the
eonitlluenta of the manure would not become
soluble It transferred directly from the stalls
to the soil, Instead of stopping on the
way In the compost heap. The aniwer
Is that they possibly might; but
It would be after a very long time, extending
aver many yearn. As an example In point
At Bothamsted, in England, Sir John I-awoo,
the greatest experimenter in agriculture that
overlived, planted two plots In barley for
nineteen consecutive yean. To one he applied
yearly fourteen tons of barn yarn manure, to
the other three hundred pounds of superphos
phate and two hundred pounds of ammonical
sails per acre. The two plots produced equal
crops, vis, an average of forty-eight bushels of
grain and two thousand olghthundred pounds of
straw per acre. During tbe nineteen years the
plot received 1<1,4M pounds of mineral matter
and a,NX) pounds of nitrogen. Tbe other
received 6,700 pounds of mineral mutter and
779 pounds of nitrogen. Prom each plot, tbe
erops taken off, removed 8,731 pounds of min'
oral matter and 1,004 pounds of nitrogen. That
la, all the nitrogen from the ammonia salts and
some ftom I ha nato ral ammonia of the soil,was
removed ftom the one plot, bnt 2,730 pounds of
the nitrogen from the barnyard manure, was
left In the soil of tbe other or washed out of It
by leaching. To put It In another form: For-
ty-ono pounds of nitrogen of a soluble availa
ble ammonia salt produced the same results as
SOO pounds of tho Insoluble unavailable nitre-
gtn of tbe yard manure. This shows hour
slowly barnyard manure decomposes or be
comes avallablo In the soil. If one wishes,
therefore, to get prompt returns ftom manure
(and who docs not) by all means compost It.
But it mny bo asked again, docs the nature
of tho toll linvo any effect upon tho rapidity
with which manure decomposes in It. Yes it
doc. The more ope n and porous tbe soil, In
etlih- riord a YE if hi or'o Trod y siran peuetrata
It and rent h manure hurled In It, the sooner''
wilt tho latter decompose and become available,
lienee, quicker results may bo expected from
aging unfermented manure on light sandy
hinds than on e’ose clay soils. Another practi
cal question arises: How long should a com
post bo mado up before It is applied to
the soIlT This depends somewhat
npen the season of the year. During very cold
Weather tho changes In a heap go on more
slowly then in warm weather. Experiments
made In England, where a heap was put up in
November and samples taken ftom It anil ana
lysed each succeeding month, show that from
November to April there was no appreciable
less of valuable Ingredients; after that lorn be
gan sad became quite heavy towards the cluso
of summer. Three to four months, therefore,
may be regarded as sufficiently long for a
compost heap to be kept, In tho winter season,
in our mild climate. But, as stated on a for
mer occasion, whether good or boil
results Dow from composting, deponds very
largely upon bow the heap Is managed. If it
la well tramped; if It la made and kept proper
ly moist; If arranged so that its valuable con
tents cannot be leached out; If covered at top
with a good, layer of dirt to keep the upper
layer properly condensed and prevent lom of
Its moisture, a superior article will result If
these precautions are neglected, loss and an In
ferior article may very certainly be exported.
■ W. L.J.
THE FARM QUESTION llOX.
BkW.t Jones, confessed the highest and saltst
A. C. W„ iletnmonaville—Can you give me a
formula tor a eoapost, that will give the results for
wheel, core end oats that Putman's did for cotton;
Ns eauaot obtain the cotton seed which smart'd
largely into hla. What do you think of this com
pound for grata; 700 pounds dlmolred tains meal:
3t0 pounds krtnlt; 00 pounds sulphur potarti; into
psanda rich earth. Tout 1,000 pounds
What alteration. If any, should Ire mads for to
bacco; I. there enough potash In It; This lartll-
larr I apply with a gralu drill, but want a compost
with stable manure as one of ths ingredients that
may be applied In large quantity, leaving tho soil
better after ths crop If taken oK
compound you suggest Is deficient In
nitrogen; especially as a manure for wheat.
This crop needs an extra supply of that sub
cases, and on average lands In tbe south, both
core and oats need pretty flair applications of It
also. Furman’s formula may be used by add
ing a double quantity of stable manure; thus,
JCO pounds of scid phosphate, 200 pounds of
kainlt, a ad 00 bushels of stable manure In
place of 30 bushels of seed and 30 bushels of
■antra. This would do well for rent and
outs on average uplands For wheat it
might he wall to add some cotton seed
aaeal or sulphate of ammonia-snv, to above
quantities 150 to 200 pounds of meal, or UO to
#0 pounds of sulphate of ammonia. Tho dls-
•Ived hone meal would contain u little am.
moaia, (potential) but net enough. On very
poor laud the stable manure might be Incresaed
to advantage, wkllat the other iagredfents re-
malcdthc same. W. haveII.STT,
with tobacco bat have leea tome flee crops of
it grown with cotton seed Jo sal end phoaplmtce.
It la prebablc that both the nitrogen and pot-
•zh^abottld be Increased in the compost ^' u
T. J. H.. Towatege, «sl: I have land that I
will rejveient by three Plata, as follows all goal
with good coat mb graas onli |
•ewed thta year in eats land dark red. elms aotb
*"• »f land, planted this yearln
and now has good coat of crab gmrnand
IL Averaged 22 bushels coco
taring of cotton seed, stable
fore, with eerepeat mada of one-third cotton seed,
oec-thlrd stable and lot manure, amt one third
arid phosphate. I have cotton seed, >table and lot
manure to apply next yesr todheae plats, for cot
ton and com. What Ingredients must ( buy; and
how end what quantity must I put per sere; Shall
I put In drill, together; or comport It in beapa, and
then put in the struts;
Tho large atalks of corn and cotton grown
on your land, without the application of any
potaab, except that In stable manure and cot
ton seed, points to a sufficiency of that sub
stance In your soli. If nitrogen was nstorally
deficient In It, cotton seed and stable manure
would supply it. Wo conclude, therefore, that
phosphoric acid is tbe only substance which Is
likely to be relatively deficient, and would ad
vise tbe addition of acid phosphate to the other
two snbatanecs, as you have heretofore dona,
and the preaalog it pretty heavily. To'ten
bushela each of cotton seed and manure, add
three hundred pounds of acid phosphate, and
apply to one acre in drill. If yoor land pro
duces cotton that matures too late, decrease the
seed and manure to eight, or even five bushels
each, the phosphate remaining the same. It la
assumed that tbe proportions In compost
used heretofore, are given In
of weight—that is, 000 pounds of cotton seed
000 pounds of manure and SOO pounds of acid
phosphite; or giving seed and manure in bush
els, 20 bushels of each to 000 pounds of add
phosphate. These are the same proportions we
suggested shove, and It is probable yon cannot
Improve on It much, except by diminishing the
quantity of seed and manure when cotton doea
not mature well. They need not be decrosied
for corn. The three ingredients may be pat
In drills without being prcvloasly mixed, and
produce good results; but far reasons given In
srtides elsewhere in this Issue, It Is rather tat
ter to compostand then distribute in drills.
tv. B. Louisville, da.-! have slot of stable
manure which I want to use under cotton. It Imi
not been exposed to tho weather. Was made In
ths atolls by putting plifc straw for bedding and
rented out under thelter where other stock were
kept. Would It pay to use any and phosphate; If
so what quantity; The land I wish louse it on will
yield abate or cotton to three acres It la a light
sandy soil. Jf arid phosphate will pay please tell
me the quantity to use and how much to pnt on an
■ere. 1 have about two hundred buahels of cotton
■ecd but prefer not using them if i can avoid It and
•till make a good fertiliser.
A very wide experience daring the last
twenty yMm, has shown that phosphate prop
erly used, Is unsurpassed as a manure for cot
ton. By the term properly used, la meant,
quantities suited to the condition of the sell
as regards natural fertility, Its stock of humas,
Its thorough or tmpsrftct preparation and tho
proper combination of tho phosphate with
other things needed by a crop,. To illustrate:
Heavy doece of phosphate alone, on land desti
tute of humns (and if clays) poorly prepared
and badly cultivated, do no good, probably
reuse harm. Bcverse these conditions nnd the
phosphate almost Invariably, produces happy
results when land isdeflclent In hmnns, It is
certainly wanting in avallablo nitrogen—that
may be laid down as a very broad general
proposition. To get good reenlte, in such case,
ftom the use of phosphates, the lattor must
be combined with some nitrogen-furnishing
substance. If the soli Is clayey, and It is very
shallow and Imperfectly broken, it will be-
cone so dry In summer droughts that the so-
a fertl
lntlots of so concentrated a fertilizer as a phua-
photo will ho too strong, and will Injure In-
stead of honedtlng e plant *
Now for an application of these general state
ments to year particular case. The yield of
your land-one hale to three acres-shons It
to bo fair average land; It cannot be specially
deficient In any one thing needed hy plants,
HWffttttv yield of such land, the
Indications are, that all the substances needed
by plants should be applied to It In proper pro
portions; not one thing, but everything—that
ls, a complete manure Is called for. Stablo ma
nure Is lu ono senso a complete manure; that is,
It contains all tho suhstancoa needed by plants,
but the proportion between those aubstaneea la
net perfect. There la more nitrogen and more
potash, and less phosphate than a welt bal
anced manure calls fur. Add tbe phosphate to
lt, In proper quantity, nnd it become* not only
b complete, but a perfect manure. An avenge
quantity of acid phosphate for such manure as
you have, would bo llftecn to twenty bushels
of manure to one hundred pounds of acid phos
phate, and the above quantity, or half us much
more, may be safely and profitably applied to
■n acre in tbe drill. It is a common practice
to use half cotton iced and half stable manure,
but the cotton aeed la not indispensable. Stable
manure alono with phosphate utakea an admit-
able fertilizer.
heavy cum urika _.
fie* ms, with toed
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•awssaS.t;——■
T. I* IV, Raccoon Ga.—Will some ono (ell me
how to plant broom corn and cure it: ulno how
many iccil It will take to plant an aero.
Htooiu corn la planted and cultivated just
like sorghum; but it ia beat to thin down to ono
atalk in » hill; hilta ono foot apart Aa toon
aa it paiaea tho bloom, cut off tho head with six
or eight inches of atalk attached, and plaro
them, well straightened out and arnooth, on
mcka under thelter, to euro. Tho layer of
hernia on each rack ahould not la more than
four or five inchca thick, and ahould
bo opened and turned over occaaionally
facilitate tho curing. Tho prac-
lice of turning tho heads down on the
atalk after tho bloom ia ahed, serves to keep
tho straw straight and free from tangles—so
for it is good. But treated that way the straw
goes on maturing and gcU too ripe, changes to
dark color and loses sotno of its toughness,
light color and toughness are the two things
prised by broom factories. The demand for it
good at present, aa broom factories are
springing up in many localities, and tho sup.
ply of broom corn is hardly equal to tho do-
A peck of good teed will plant an acre.
J. C. W., KMorsdo, Ark.—1. l ast spring I sowed,
broadcast, ten acres old, poor, sandy land, which
had been lu cultivation fifty years. In mtUo maize,
lutendlng to mow It for hay, but not being snfil-
cientty uniform to cut profitably, in October I
turned it under with two horse plows, a dense mam
of green stuff. Nest spring 1 intend to plant the
ground In cow peas, and In the summer turn tho
vines under. Will tho maUo improvo tho
land? lu vegetable rflttcr Is all exhausted; will
the ratio maize, turned under In the spring, restore
It? If so, will sow largely next year. It will be tho
cheapest way of supplying humus
2. Which would be most beneficial to the land,
mllo nialre or sorghum sown broadcast and turned
under green, or would either pay for the trouble
and expense?
Doe-rye,town in the foil,pastured In the spring
r nd then turned under, improve land? Specially
would It benefit an orchard? Which would bo moot
beneficial, rye, mllo maim or sorghum?
4 What do you think of Kaffir corn?
1. The turning under of a largo growth of
mill# main* or any other plant would unques
tionably supply some humns to a soil, but
where a soil waa very destitute of humtu more
than one »uch turning under would be required
to supply it. A crop of mlllo maiae alternating
with ore of peat for four or five years would
not produce an excessive supply of humus
Where a soil is already thirty supplied with
that substance, a rotation embracing a clean
cultivated crop ono year, and a humus-
producing tho next, will not more than keep
up tho supply of humus.
•2. Fo for aa humus-producing Is concerned,
mlllo maize and sorghum are of about equal
value. Your question thefora hinges ootho
relative quantities of each which can be grown
on an acre. Which over would yield tho
8 restart weight would bo tho bettor. Whether
, would pay to sow either cf them is rather
doubtful. Unless plants are exceptionally rich
In nitrogen—like peas and clover—it is better
to save the labor and expense of
seeding them down and trust
to tbe spontaneous growth of weeds
for supplying humus. In the latter case, how
ever, pasturing of the land should bo careful
ly avoided. Give tho weed every opportunity
to make tho greatest growth possible.
3. Rye, managed as you suggest, will Im
prove laud, if the animals are kept on the land
all the time (not withdrawn at night) so that
all their droppings may return to tho land. Bat
to pasture them during the day and herd them
elsewhere at night, and let them deposit all
tjiey have gathered from tbe land during the
day, in stalls or yards, will Impoverish rather
than enrich tho land. It is never well
to sow jpafn of .any kind Hi an orchard, of
young trees especially. Bye is aa littlo objec
tionable aa any other grain, and if pastured by
•hetp or calves kept on the land all tho time,
will not do much harm. Bye Is preferable to
either millo maize, or sorghum. In an orchard,
A. Kaffir corn is a very good plant of its
kind, not especially, valuable as a forage plant,
but valuable for its seed, as a substitute for
corn as stock feed.
W. 8. P., Finman, Ala.—By analysis It is shown
that my sandy soil contains some of the mineral
elements of plant food, the proportions of which
are represented as follows: Soluble silica 0.043, sul
phuric oxide 0.034, phosphoric oxide 0.012, limo
0.120, magnesia 0.063, potash soda O.axi, chlo
rine, a trace. My green sand marl ia shown tocou-
tain: Phosphate of lime 3 25, carbonate of lime
18.11. I have the cotton seed and stable manure to
comport with this marl. The Information I would
like to have is this: What other mineral elements
of plant food would be necessary to make a well
balanced fertiliser, say that I use one thousand
pounds marl and ono thousand pounds of manure
and cotton seed, and apply this quantity per acre.
What other elements would you add, and what
quantities per ton, of the compost?
Whilst your soil docs contain some of tho
leading mineral substances useful as plant food,
It docs not contain moro than onc-cighth to
one-tenth as much of them aa a very rich soil
docs. Moreover, if the analysis you give is a
complete one, iron ia entirely absent, and this
substance, though needed in small quantity
only, is still essential to tho growth of plants,
Dark red clay soils aro generally rated among
the strongest of soils, and they owe their color
to tho presence of iron. Yonr marl is a fairly
good one,richer in phosphates than tbem^juiiiy
of these deposits are. The mineral substances
most deficient In tho mixture you propose,
of cotton teed, stable man tiro and marl, aro pot
ash and phosphoric ncid. To supply them
kainlt and acid phosphato might ho added.
You might add a hundred pounds each to the
mixturoof 1,000 pounds of marl aud 1,000
pounds of cotton seed and stable manuro, nnd
watch tho results. Possibly the quantities of
kainlt and phosphato might bo increased still
further to advantage. Experiment alone can
test tho matter satisfactorily.
Facts from the Farm.
From the Irwinton, Go., Appeal.
Mr. Frank Lindsey, of this county, comes to
the front and kills a hog thut ’netted 888 pound.*.
Mr. It. 8. Hrnlth, of tho same neighborhood, killed
ono that netted 418 pounds, each receiving near 100
pounds of lard.
From the Butler, Ga., Herald.
Mr. J. White, one of tho best formers in the
county, killed a few weeks ago a hog about two
yean old which netted him 500 imumls.
From tho HawktnsvUle, Ga, News.
Mr. John 8mlth, of Wilcox county, has just finish
ed picking seven heavy bales of cotton from six
acre*.
"Frofewor C. W. M. Wynne, ofCochran, raises hogs
as well as “raising” boys out of their boots. Ho
"cd last week twclvo hogs^grtycar old, avarag-
,1ft (loUndseach. VTho \v%jpucfore ho slata|h-
« eight pigs five months old that netted^fc)7
pounds. Within the last three yean ho nos raised
be tween five andsix thousand pounds of pork
from one sow, and has sold from her product dur
Jng the tlmo #90 north of live pigs. Within the lost
twelve months this sow has dropped thirty pigs,
and the is still alive and doing her wholo duty.
From tho Fairburn, Ga., Ncwy.
Mr. tV. It. Wilkenon, of this county, has demon
strated that |*ork raising can bo tnado successful lu
this country. One day last week ho killed a ho
that weighed 077 pounds net.
Colonel H. L. Patterson, of Cumming, killed
two 10 months old pigs Tuesday, tho two weigh
ing fiCT* pounds.
John A. Parker, of Lumpkin conuty, killed
last week three hogs that uveraged 400 pounds
each.
Mr. Cl. M. Upshaw, of Carroll, has a hog, 14
months old, which is ftvo feet long, two feet
tho shouidara and two feet in depth. Ho
thinks it will weigh 300 pounds.
Mr. Joo Williams, farming in tho vicinity of
Pinevillo, Lincoln county, will make 12 halos
f cotton and 150 bushels of corn with ono
mule.
Mr. Buck Ed wants, of Senoln, slaughtered
two hogs that netted him something over six
hundred pounds of meat.
Mgjor .Stegall killed a Thomas county pig, of
hia own raising, on Wednesday, which weighed
550 pounds, it took all the bauds on the place
to haug the porker up.
Wc believe it to be a fact, says the Dahlonega
Signal, tlmt tbe farmers of thla county are loss
in debt than for a long time. And we l>eliovo
further tlmt they owe less thau the fanners of
any county In north Georgia.
Idle In tho Faria Sewers,
ia pctaihle, for a short time, to the robust, but
the msjoritv of refined persons would prefer
immtdiate death to existence in their rooking
atmosphere. How much more revolting to bo
in one s self a living sewer. But this is actually
the case with those in whom the inactivity of
the liver drives the refuse matter of the body
to escape through the lungs, breath, tho pores,
kidneys amt bladder. It it astonishing that
life remains in such a dwelling. Dr. Pierre’s
“Golden Medical Discovery” restores nornnl
juirity to the system and rcuews the whole
A WATCH FREE
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.
ROMANCE OF A WOMAN FOUND
ALONE IN MID-OCEAN,
f uppeaed to Have Been Abducted by a Social Virata
from Cape Town—H«r Horrible Exptrleao#
While With Her Abdao or-Bacomlac
Insane Through • Bloody Tracedy.
How Every Man and Boy Can
Get a Watch for Christmas.
Wn hare sold nearly 10,000 Waterbary Watcher,
They are standard everywhere nnd a. r»l limn
keepers si nny 0100 wsteb. Our price IstMO for
(he watch nnd chain, or 13.JO for watch, chain nnd
pnper.
But wn wnnt to tire nwny 1,000 witches during
December. We therefore mnkn thla offer
FOB DEC KM 11KU ONLTl
yiret-Toc n club of ten subscribers, at ft each,
that Is, NO, we will give the sender n watch and
chain (Tec.It will he rent Immediately on receipt of
the HO and the ten names.
Second—Porn club of five inbecribere stfl each,
nnd 11.36 added, we will rend n witch nnd chain
to the person who tends the dun.
NOW SEE I
Ton buy the watch and chain both for II SOI For
to •nbscrUen and tIO you ret the watch and chain
flee. Ter 6 subscriber, and $5 you get the watch
and chain by adding ti.J5—that la, sanding firs
subscribers and 00.35.
Now, every man and boy In America can
GKT| A WATCH FOB CHRISTMAS FREE,
cent half-pries by doings little work. We port-
Urcly will not have this offer open beyond Decem
ber. It Is to help everybody get a watchdbr Christ*
Besides getting the watch as shore, every urns
you send during December gets yonr name In
OCR "CHRISTMAS PREMIUM BOX."
nnd yon mny get the Itso present Get trp 10 son.
•Mbcm-yoo certainly gqt a watch nnd chain—and
yen have M chances sffioursplsiidld UE of Christ-
From a foreign exchange.
In tbo autumn of 1879 I waa proceeding to
tbo Capo of Good Hope in one of Donald Car
rie's fino steam era, to begin practice a* a physi
cian, but tho following strange circumrinnces
have conriderably changed the current of my
life. The voyage waa an uneventful one until
the evening of tho day on which we crossed
tbe line. Dinner over, one of tho passengers
read to us Coleridge's weird “Ancient Mariner, 1
and when wo afterward went oif deck, it waa
not without awe that wo took note of onr
surroundings. The night was supremely
beautiful; “the orbed maiden, white
fire laden, whom mortnlscill tho moon,"shone
with sweet effulgence, and transformed abroad
tract of tho calm and silent ocean into a river
of burnished silver. Bound tho bows of'tho
read a shoal of porpoises were at play, their
rapid motions being distinctlyvisible, owing to
tbe phosphorescence of the water, which, as it
laved the sides of the ship, was all aglow with
living light. While entranced at the gorgeous
spectacle, we wore suddenly startled from our
reverie by a peal of rippling laughter, borno to
us, as it seemed, aloug tho surface of tbe wa
ter. In a few moments it was repeated, and,
then, sweet and clear, came the notes of a wo
man’s voice singing:
I'm on the sea, I’m on the sea I
I nn where I would ever be,
With the blue above, and the blue below,
And silence whereto cr I go.
Blank amazement waa depleted on every face
and it was, if anything, increased when ono old
fait gavo voice to onr thoughts by whispering
audibly: “It’s a syren." At that moment, how
ever, the man on the lookout reported a boat
on the starboard how, and instantly every eye
was strained in that direction, whero, sure
enongb, a small boat was plainly visible about
five hnndred yards away. Tbe boat was hailed
amid tho most intense excitement, but'the only
response was a merry laugh. The vessel was
now stopped and a boat loweied, into which a
crow got with somo reluctance, and rowed to
ward this ocean waif, for such the least super
stitious among ns now concluded it to bo.
REal’KD FROM TIIK DEEP#
The return of the boat was awaited with tho
meat bieathlesa interest* and when It arrived
alongside, with tbe other boat In company, it was
seen that the sole occupant was a woman. 8he
offered no resistance in being helped on board,
where her appearance elicited low murmurs
of admiration. She was indeed a lovely being;
her face bore the nearest rcsembianco I
have ever seen to that of the famous
Venus of Milo in tbe Louvro, but her hair,
when In tho moonlight appeared to bo of a
deep golden, instead of being caught up at the
back as in the case of the goddess of lovo and
beauty, hung in graceful masses upon her
shoulders. She wore no hat,’ and her dress
comistcd of a flowing robe of a grayish tint,
confined at tho waist by a broad belt. In vir
tue of ray profession, 1 stepped forward and
took her hand, saying:
“We aro happy in having rescued yon. 1
Her reply was an unexpected one, for she
said: “You * -
curcra."
Happening to glance at her eyes as sho said
this 1 observed a strango expression in them,
and the truth then flashed upon me that the
was mad. Beckoning tho wondering crew and
passengers aside I led her down to my cabin,
humoring her the whilo by stating that she
should be restored to the sea.sho loved so woll.
1 then called tho stewardess,' a kind, mother]
creature, and, at her solicitation, aha cousenti
to rest lor a while. In the meantime, I pre
pared a mild opiate fotmy interesting patient, in
tho hope that several hours’ sleep Would dissi
pate the cloud that dimmed hor re tson. I felt
confident that she had not passed tho incipient
stage, and when, an hour afterward, 1 found
her sleeping peacefully, with her pulso nnd
only slight’- *■’-* *
two miles from tho shore. Sho was then lifted
on boaid-knd placed In a cabin at the stern
the vessel, the door being locked upon her.
Five minutes afterward the vessel waa under
way, and the she must have swooned, as she
remembered no moro until tho following morn
ing. when sho found herself lying in a cot still
diessed, and with a white man looking
at her. He at once strove to allay her fears,
telling her that no barm would happen to’ her,
but ake most ask no questions. Daring the
her meals beini
Malays.
i being brought to her by <
The fare waa of tho best, a
ntlon waa paid toherdealn
fellow-
temperature only slightly high, I was moro
than satisfied. After rcnlyii
innumerable questions or
passengers, I found that
u initiation of tho boot had only
added to tho mystery. It contained ample pro
visions, water and wine, and in addition, a
compass, chronometer nnd sextant. In the
box which held tho chronometor and sextant,
lu the box which held the latter a document
was discovered, which, though inexpli sahlo at
present seemed to furnish a clew. It rau thus:
“Meet mo on the 2lth in latltudo 2 deg. 10 min.
south, lonatitude 18 deg. :’0 min. west. Your re
ward will do commensurate with your ruccom.
“Dkp.tkand.”
RETURNED TO HER HOME.
It was now tho 28tb, so that, if our surmlso
was comet, four days hod passed sinco the ex
traordinary appointment had boon or was to
ha\c been kept. The next morning I was
grieved to find symptoms of brain fever in my
patient, and these became intensified during
the day. The next dny sho was worse, and nho
remained in a very dangerous state until our
arrival at Care Town on the evening of tho
eighth day. To tho. Arst pcoplo who boarded
us, after casting anchor, tho atory of
our strango discovery was naturally
told, and in return they had a mystery to
relato to us. It was to tho effect that the
beautiful and only daughter of Herr Schultz, a
wealthy diamond merchant, had been missing
from her home for nearly a mouth, and in spite
of inquiries made in every direction not the
slightest trace of her had been -diicoverod.
Could this lie a lifting of tho veil? Asking tho
health officer, who knew Gretehcn, for that it
appeared waa tho missing girl's namo, to ac
company me, 1 led tho way to the cabin where
my patient lay, and bo ut once recognized hor.
To acquaint too distracted father with our time
ly discovery and also to prepare him for the sad
condition in which ho would find his daughter
occupied but little time, aud when he came on
beam half an hour afterward hia face bore
traces of violeut emotion, but there waa witii *
al an expression of great gladness that tho loot
had been found. The interview waa a painful
one: the fother kissed hia child again aud
again and called her all the fond endearing
names the had been wont to hear, but there
waa no sign of recognition on the daughter's
foce, and her only utterance waa a wild raving
about tbe blue aea. That same eve
ning she was removed with tho great
est care to her home, and at the earnest solicit
ation of her fother, I consented to take up my
present abode with him in order that I might
be in constant attendance on her. For somo
days her life hung in tbe balance, but in God's
providence a favorable change then took place
and her recovery waa assured. What gave
most cause for satisfaction, however, was that
as tho fever subsided reason slowly returned,
and on tho morning of tbo tenth day, to tho
fother't unspeakable joy, she recognised him.
A ROMANTIC STORY.
After this her restoration to health was com
paratively rapid, but I absolutely forbade any
nferercnce to what had occurred until weeks
bad elapsed. Then ono even!
to toll her story, the purport
follows: She was returning home ono evening
along the road skirting the shore, whsn two
men came toward her from tho sailors' home,
and without warning, threw what teemed to
be a blanket over her head, effectually
stifling hor cry for help. She struggled
best she could, but her
espton bore her rapidly down to the
beach, placed her In a boat, iu which there
were evidently some other men, and in another
moment she found that she was being taken
oat into the bay. After rowing a abort dis
tance, tho covering, which nad nearly stifled
her, was removed, and she then perceived that
thciewero four men in tho boat, three being
Malays and the fourth apparently an English
man. Tho latter told her that no harm would
befall her if she remained quiet, but if aha
once screamed they would throw her ov
erboard without mercy. The poor girl by this
time had become so terrified that she had no
power to cry out, and aha remained in a half
fainting eonditien until they reached a small,
rakish looking schooner, which was lying about
ono of the
and immo-
d fate attent ion was paid to her desires. On the
following day she ventured on deck for a short
time, ana noticed that no land waa in sight.
I, with a stiff
icr coarse was
crew seemed to
consist entirely of the five men she had seen,
the man who fimt spoke to her in the cabin
being evidently tho captain. Twice she made
the attempt to learn from him what fate had in
store for her, but on each occasion he main
tained an inflexible silence.
STRUCK BY A STORM.
Thus , things proceeded nearly a fortnight,
when a violent gale sprung up, and the schoon
er labored alarmingly. All the sail was taken
off, exceptjust sufficient to keep her head to
tho sea. The next day tho gale had increased
to a hurricane, and poor Gretehcn thought ev
ery moment tho ship would be engulphod.
Once she was struck by a tremendous sea and
tons of water camo pouring on to the dock
above; but it wait not until several hours after
ward that she learned what an appalling effect
it bad had. At tbe time all hands were on
deck, the espthln and ono of tho Ma
lays being at the helm, which
quired their united strength
msnago, while tbe other three men were on
gaged in an attempt to take the last roof in the
trysail. Suddenly the sea struck her, and
when she emerged once more only tho two men
at the helm remained, the other three having
been swept off by tho remorseless waters. The
Survivors dared not relinquish their post
until the storm had aomewhat abated, and
then the captain acquainted Gretehcn with
what had befallen 1 hem. As the night wore on
the wind moderated, and by midnight it had
entirely died away; but the water was
•till sngrily agitated and the schooner
rolled heavily. Shortly after daybreak
Gretchen went on deck, where she found the
Malay, who told her the captain was still
asleep, but he would now go and arouse him,
finojcEji, uui jiu wuuiit uow go Ruu arouse iiiin,
a, he feared the ship had sprang n leak. The
captain was soon on deck, nnd noticing the
look of nlnnn on the face of hie fair captive,
they hsd tho boat In
' far front the track of steamers.
»P«, am
they were not
Shortly afterward, however, ho again
accosted her, stating that the
water was gaining ropldly on them,
nnd that they must within the hoar tako to
tho boat. With tho hc‘
proceeded to provision
was placed In it and was ready Gretehcn was
’ id in it and it lowered Into tho water. The
Vith the help of the Halay he thon
' J i the boat, and when all
placed _
schooner erst now aettiing frit, the water hav
ing reached the deck, and the captain, after
taking the lest look round, was proceeding to
jump into the bont, when n terrible tragedy
occurred.
MADE IRSAlfE.
The Haley was standing Immediately behind
he captain, and just aa the latter was about to
nmp he drew a dagger from his belt and, with
the
jump he drew a dagger from his belt and, with
tho quickness of thought, plunged it into the
reptain’e beck. Gretchen enw the flash of tho
cruel steel nnd the flendleh gleam in the mar*
dcrcr's eyes, but her scram wss too tate te esvo
tho captain, who, though evidently mortally
wounded, bed yet strength sufficient to tnrn
on the Halay nnd hurl him to the deck.
Then commenced n hideous stn
The murderer nnd his vistlm were 1l
together In n fearfnl embrace nnd each made
the most frantic effort to obtain tho mastery,
while every moment the water rose higher ana
higher around their writhing forms. Tho
Englishman, in his death agony, scorned en
dowed with marvellous.strength, nnd as tho
waves closed .for them ho throw his arms
around htsswiSliy foe in n Anal embrace
Thus tho vessel sank, nnd Gretehcn was alone
upon tbe ocean. All that she remembered
after this mu that she threw hereelf on her
knees In tho bottom of the boot and preyed God
for help and succor, and then all was a blank
until tho saw her dear frthor’s free
bending over her at home. There
Is but little moro to tell. The mystery has
never yet been solved, and we havo now almost
erased to seek for a solution. The moat prob
able explanation Is that n certain socialonttaw,
whose name, perhaps, It would bo unwise to
mention here, who livesn roving life upon tho
seas, had seen and been fascinated by G rote ban’s
sweet face, nnd knowing that there wtf no
nnv-ckwiY, hiiu Euuifiug iuav iutiro wav no
hope of winning her fairly, adopted tha plan of
hiving her in tbo manner deacribod, nnd
arranging n meeting with her captors in mtd-
occan. I thank heaven again nnd again that
his plans were foiled; for Gretchen Is now my
wife, end in her pleasant Englldt home she is
Itnraing, if not to forget, at least to regard
without fear, 'The Mystery of the Sea,”
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because of her eccentric fondness for attending
foucrals, she having been present at the burial
of every person bnt three who hid died in that
part of this nnd adjoining counties daring tho
past forty years, died suddenly on Srturday
while at the funeral of n neighbor. She was 70
yean old, and wealthy. Besides being present
at so many local funerals, sho had been amoi
ipci'lators at tha obsequies of sit the not
le of this country who have died in the past
century, Including Daniel Webster, Abra
ham Lincoln, Horace Greeley,‘General Gnnt
President Garfield and Stephen A. Dougins.
She was prevented from being preaent at
President Arthur's funeral by the death of n rel
ative who was burled the seme day.
Mrs. Ashton could give tho dates of the death
nnd burial of every person who hid died within
circuit of fifty miles of Faetoiyville since
she ween child. She dropped deed while the
body of the person whose runeral she was at-
‘ ding was being lowered Into the grave.
s. Ashton's husband died suddenly tact
Christmas, and of thirteen children hot
one snrvivee her. She had attended over DOO
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