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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 -SSwSSffiBStei-' •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,” Smart weed and belladonna combined with the other ingredients used In the beet porom platters make Carter's S. W. & B. Backache ’Inters the best In the market Price 25 ECCENTRIC MRS. ASHTON. 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