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Conducted by Mrs. Wm. King, 480 Courtland Ave., Atlanta, Ga.
JUST ANYJJLD 1 WAY.
Two little boys were working one day
Just as all ...tie boys and girlies may;
And the work they were doing was by
no means a Jest,
But put all their strength and grit to the
test. '
And one little boy set to with a will.
And gave to his work his uttermost skill;
But tho other, alas! paused often to say:
"What dlff’rence? I’ll do It just any old
way."
LATER.
! A man with a noble and resolute face.
' Os the first little boy has taken the
place;
And over his life men freely confess
One word Is Inscribed, that small word
success.
But the other, a beggar, walks sadly the
streets,
Beseeching some alms from each one he
meets;
And over his life Is written today
The failure that comes from "any old
way.”
—Mrs. E. W. Malone.
UGLY, BUtTnTERESTING.
(From The Sunday School Visitor.)
“Gwlne flshin', llttT mas’?" asked Un
jle Si one day In spring, as he watched
Fletcher prying under planks and stones
and saw him deposit very carefully In a
tin can the earthworms he found.
“No, not tills time, Uncle Si.”
“Den what you' gwlne do wld dem
wurrums? Yo' sholy ain’t harassin' an’
tarryfin’ de po' t'lngs Jes’ so de lub o’
debllment?”
Uncle Si’s tone was decidedly reprov
ing, for the old darky had a love for all
i living things that made it impossible for
him to see them “harassed and tarrified"
with a protest.
"No, indeed. Uncle Si, but I want to
study them. They are really very In
teresting.”
"Well, fo’ de Lawd, littl’ mas', I ain’t
nebber see yo’ beat. Yo’ done got de
house lookin’ lak’ a managgery a’ready;
but I sho’ don’t see how even you can
see anyt'ing intrustin’ in dem littr slimy,
creepy, ren wurrums! Ugh! Dey p’lnted
ly gibs me de creeps, an* dare yo set
handlin’ 'em lak’ dey ’us a lump o'
sugar."
"Really, Uncle SI, if you will come In
the schoolroom and look at these fol
lows under the magnifying glass, you
a ill find out some things you never knew
before. Come on. That asparagus bed
can wait."
’"Yes, IDney, I ’low de bed can wait
well enough, but de folks what wants dat
sparrvgrass ain’t gwine ’scuse dis ol’ i
nigger while he's off callarrapin' a'ter i
wurrums.”
"Never mind, Uncle SI. You come with ■
OvT.-itid 11l speak for you if there's any
fuss about the asparagus bed.”
So the old darky ambled along after t
the "< hile," an i soon saw the wriggling .
red captive Ji it under a magnlfyimg
glass. i
"Whooppee! Honey, he sho’ do exera
ble a snake, so big an’ large an’ portly.
My. he am all rings, slid o' bein' jes’ one
littr red string lak’ he looks."
"Yes, these earthworms are sometimes
made up of as many as one hundred and
fifty rings. These rings are called seg
ments."
"Yes, sir.” said Uncle Si. who always
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JrWr j ftßai tit Ifel JrwwM
showed proper respect for a large word,
especially If he had never heard it be
fore; "but what ’bout dem bristles I see
pokin’ out at de sides? I nebber is
knowed dat littl' slick wurrum was all
ringedy and bristly lak’ dat. What dem
bristles good fur?"
"You watch and you will see. You
know how a worm doubles and undoubles
himself when ho moves along? Well,
all these little bristles project backward,
you see?”
"Yes, sir, I see dey does.”
"When the worm lengthens himself the
bristles on tho hinder rings of his body
stick in the ground and hold him firmly
there. Then when he shortens himself
the bristles In the fore part of the body
stick In the ground, and the hinder part
is drawn up. You wouldn’t think such a
simple thing as a worm’s crawling on
the ground would ba as wonderful as
that, would you?”
“No, sir, I wouldn’t sca'cely. But dat
magnerscope (Uncle Si always called it
•that) do show up t’lngs most wonderful. ’
“You seo the bristles don't begin until
about the fourteenth one from his head,
so he can have his head free. You seo
he has not any eyes nor teeth, but you
can see hot lips very plainly.
"How he gwlne tell whah he want to
go. douten no eyes?” asked Uncle SI.
"His sense of touch is very keen, and
he can feel the jar of the earth when
some ones comes near, and will go into
the ground. Diving in the ground all the
time, pretty much, he could not use his
eyes very well If he had them. You know
fishes that live In caves and where there
is no light soon come to be without eyes.
God just gives us all. people and animals,
the parts that we need.”
“What do you reckon dese heah wur
rums eat, littl’ mas’? Dey who’ must
want sumpin’ mo’ satisfylner den dlrt
"Yes, Indeed. They are fond of all
kinds of decaying vegetable matter They
swallow a great deal of dirt, but people
who have watched them say it is more to
get rid of the earth as they bore through
the ground than for nourishment that
they swallow it. Really, worms are. good
tor the ground, as they open it up for the
rain and air to get in. I have heard my
father say that a field where no worms
could be found was of very little value
lo the farmer. They go down where our
plows cannot reach, and tho good they do
no one can telh”
“Well, I nebber Is knowed dat so much
qulnseconce could be fotch f'um dem
littl' critters,” said Uncle Si as he re
turned to his "sparrygrass” bed.
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENCE.
Furney Hemingway, Rome, S. C. —Dear
Junior: I have been reading the Junior
page for a long time. I live in the coun
try, 25 miles from a town. I help mamma
and sister In the kitchen. Every boy
ought to know how to cook. I am going
to be a farmer when I am a man. I love J
to go ra!*£ hunting and huckleberry
picking.
Evan Bethune, Shelby, Mont.—Dear Ju- .
nior. I am H years old, and as I don't J
see very many letters from Montang, 1 ,
will try to help some. I live out In tho |
country 12 miles from town. I like to .
skate the best of any sport except swim- |
ming, for the summer the water Is cool j
and nice, and the river freezes over In
the winter and It is fine, skating. This is
my first letter.
Maud Cooper, Simpsonville, S. C., R.
F. D. No. 2.—Dear Junion: I will take
for my subject "Country Life." It Is
the sweetest part of my life to be at '
home or somewhere in the country en- I
joying its pure air and listening to the |
birds singing their sweet songs. In th- ;
country you can have every advantage
to make life pleasant. There you can
have good fruit to eat and pure, good,
cold water to drink and I believe will
stay in better health than in town. I
am 13 years old and can cook or do al
most any kind house work. We live
in the upper part of South Carolina. V> e
raise corn, cotton, wheat, oats and most
anything that will grow in a moderately
warm climate.
Lula Purvis, Stockton, Ala.—Dear Ju- j
nior: As this is my second time, I have i
| written to The Constitution, I will not
take any subject. I am 15 years old. and
; can do any kind of house work. I live in
1 the country, one mile from Stockton. I
i have two sisters and five brothers. My
i oldest sister is married and lives in Vlr-
■ vlnla. Our school is out now, and I am
I very sorry, for I dearly love to go; but it
' will start in October. I think the cousins
■ write such nice letters, and Aunt Susie
| puts such pretty stories in the paper for
■ us to read. Miss Pearl E. Howse, your
i letter is very nice, I think. I would like
I very much for some of the cousins to
I write to me, from 15 to IS years old. Much
love to Aunt Susie and the cousins,
or he can do It with a hypodermic in-
Reba Roberts, Robertsville. Ga.—Dear
Junior: 1 have just finished reading many
of the Interesting letters and thought I
would make an attempt to write. How
are you all standing this hot weather?
It just overpowers me sometimes till 1
! can t do anything but fan and get cool.
Two of my brothers and 1 went to a
I picnic the Ist of August, and we had a
I splendid time. The band was out there
; from Macon and a lot of young people
I danced, but I didn’t. But 1 don’t think
i there la any real harm in dancing. Wlio
; agrees with me there? I am going to
1 have a letter party’ the 31st oi August
| and I want all of the boys and girls to
I write me nice, long letters. I like to
, get letters, and answer them, too.
’ (No 1 cent inclosed. 1
i Etta Smith, Mist, Ark.—Dear Junior:
Ims is my first attempt to write to the
Atlanta Constitution. It is very inter
esting indeed to read tho letters from
the Junior circle. I attended school at
Beauvoir college last session and it is a
very good school for progress. 1 like
to go to school very much for it is the
main source of an education and I dear
ly love a good education. What would
this world be if it were not for tho edu
cators? Why, it would be In a state of
Ignorance. Every one should possess an
Education. Perhaps some one will say
that 1 am not financially able to possess
an education, but I say’ any one can. I
will take President Lincoln for example.
He was very poor and did not have any
school advantages whatever except coun
try schools and he reached a high stage
of education.
Lillie Boon, Caroleen, N. C.—Dear Ju
nior: Here comes a jolly girl from the
Old North State. We all enjoy reading
The Constitution up here, especially the
Junior page. Papa has been a subscriber I
to that much loved paper for quite a ■
while, and sometimes when it happens to j
corps a day late 1 am as restless as a
THE WEEKLY (XXNSTATUTLORi ATLANTA. G&, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1903.
bird until she makes her arrival, and then
] lay aside whatever I might happen to
be doing and.start In search of the Junior
page. Papa has a large farm near King s
mountain, and we generally spend part of
tho summer down there. It i« a very
beautiful place, but I will not describe tho
lovely springs and many other things
which I might mention in this letter,
though if some of the cousins would like
to know about them, and will write me,
It would be a most delightful task for me
to write them a personal letter. I am
14 years old, and enjoy corresponding very’
much, .and would like p few correspon
dents of the opposite scex, ag%d from 14
to 18.
Stella Blocker, Leander, La.—Dear
Junior: 1 have been reading your page
and I seo so many good letters that I
have become tempted to write and see If
Aunt Susie will allow me to join tho
band. I live in the pine hills of Louisi
ana, 10 miles west of Hineston, and 2
miles north of the little progressive town,
of Leander. We have as fine timber as
the south affords. This country has long
been called tho darkest part of Louisiana,
bin it is surely coming to the front and
wUt soon be one of the richest par
ishes of tile state. 1 will take for my
subject "Music," as music is my favor
ite branch of education. Music is a
sound, but sounds are classified as mu
sical and unmusical. A musical sound
has a tone that is very easily distin
guished from any other sound. It takes
length, pitch, power and quality to com
plete tho rich sound of music. It is like
antyhlng else, it is learned step at a.
time; but the top step has never been
reached yet, nor never will be. In my
estimation there is nothing nicer than
to see a young person striving for per
fection in music. It drives away all an
ger and creates peace and love in every
respect.
Jennie Wakefield, Greenville, s. C.—
Dear Junior; Permit me to converse with
you a moment on “Our Thoughts." Do
any of us pay sufficient attention to our
thoughts? Every thought has a char
acter. It must be either good or bad.
Every thought also has an influence.
It either tends to enlarge our minds or
to cause depravity. Sin begins in thought
as well as holiness. Happiness begins
in thought as well as misery. How of- I
ten would >t bo that those who seem to I
the world most praiseworthy would dwin
dle into insignificance before some sim
ple action performed in sincerity and
faith. The world may be deceived, but
God—never! "Man looketh on the out
ward appearance, ibut God looketh on the
heart." What one of us would dare open
our hearts and let the world gaze in upon
them? Not one! And yet the Bible de
clares, “As a man thinketh in his heart
so is he." Aye, and what we would not
like the world to seo lies like an open
book under the searching gaze of God’s
all seeing eyes. Thus unless we smother
the evil thoughts that arise In us we may
•become so chained to them that we can
not free ourselves. Go to God and ask
Him in prayer to help you to live right
before Him.
Tottye Scott, Alvin, Tex.—Dear Junior:
This is my first letter. 1 am a physi- |
■ sian’s daughter and reside in the little I
town of Alvin on the railroad midway
between Houston and Galveston. I am
somewhat interested In the definition of
love, but my knowledge is derived al
most wholly from tho Bible. Divine
love and human love cannot be the s.’.me.
Human love is always centered on a
I slnigle object. Divine love extend to all
• of God’s creation, and is not an emo
| tion, nor is it elicited by the beauty of
; material things. The following is its
analysis: Divine love, patience, kind
ness, generosity, humility, courtesy, un
selfishness, good tempo:-, guileless;:, s.s,
sincerity. To learn and practice the above
will make us love every tiling created on
earth, especially our fellow-man. When
Christ said, "Learn of Me and I will give
you lest, He wanted us to learn love
and practice It toward our fellowman.
Illis love k' the basic principle of Chris
tianity. Moses taught that divine love
| was revealed In temporal blessings, and
! victories over his enemies, but Christ
I taught differently, and said that it would
bring spiritual -blessings, such as joy,
peace, rest and happiness. Everybody
should learn love and practice it- Then
and not until then can we hope to en
joy those blessed experiences promised
by our Lord.
Minnie M. Beck. Stockton. Ala.—Dear
Junior: I will take for my subject good
manners. They are some children who
are quite civil ani olxa.lng to strangers,
but among their own brothers and sis
ters at home they arc often rude, selfish
and unkind. They will speak in a harsh,
cross tone of voice. They will dispute
and quarrel about the merest trifle and
refuse to assist each other even in the
smallest matters. Remember that you
lose nothing by being polite. Begin early
to acquire this habit and it will go with
you through life. Learn to bo polite at
home. Be polite to your parents and
your sisters and brothers. Home is a
true place to cultivate good manners.
Some have not b en taught perhaps that
home is the first place in which they
ought, to be polite. There is no place In
the house where good manners can be dis
pensed with, ami no place where they
are more Important than among our own
family’. Think of this, cousins, and when
you are tempted to be rude and selfish
or unkind to those about you. think how
many friends your little kind acts may
gain you and how happy It will make
those who receive your kindnesses. Well,
If this escapes tho waste basket I will
come again. My age Is 10. Much love
to all.
Miss Katie Holsenbeck, Noto, Ga.—Dear
Junior: As a constant reader and ad
mirer of The Constitution 1 beg for ad
mittance Into your merry banJ. I will
not take any subject, but just tell you
cousins something of the porr, unfor
tunate victims of the state asvlutn. For
ICUREFITS
When I say I cure I do not mean merely to
stop them for a time and then have them re
turn again. I mean a radical cure. I have made
the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING
SICKNESS a life-long study, I warrant my
remedy to cure the worst Because
others have failed is no reason for not now
receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise
i and a Fret Bottle of my infallible remedy
i Give Express and Post Office.
1 Prof. W.H.PEEKE, F.D., 4 Cedar St,
seventeen months I was a nurse there
and learned to love many of my patients.
This class of humanity Is enough to
melt a heart of stone. The agonizing cries
of some, the shouting, praying, singing
and cursing, all heard in these places,
are the most blood curdling sounds that
ever reached my ears. Some may think
ail the patients are of unsound mind,
but they arc not. Nearly all are indus
trious. It is a (great sight to see all the
patients in the dining room, about three
hundred eating at once. Georgia has a
good hearted, kind and sympathetic band
of officers. The front yard, with its
green house, beautiful mounds and flow
ers are -beautiful. The nurses, wearing
blue dresses, with white caps and aprons,
carry the patients out on this yard to
take exercise. Fruits and vegetables ol
all kinds are raised for them, and on
Christmas day they have a bountiful
dinner of meats, cakes, fruits of all
kinds. For fear of waste basket I will
just bow myself out for the p.esent,
would like to correspond with some ot
the grown up cousins.
Magnolia, Port Tampa City. Fla.—Dear
Junior- I have, been a silent admirer of
the Junior page for quite a lorn; time.
No one knows how much I enjoy reading
the different letters, and J have often
thought I would write, but have not had
the epiy'age to do so, 1 am going to take
for my subject. “Indoor Gardening.” No
articles of homo decoration are cheaper
or more effective than llvng pants, not is
there any means of diversion more with
in the ceity of all classes of people.
It must bp admitted, also, that nothing
is quicker than an indoor plant to resent
neglect or other bad treatment. In the
warmer months of the year almost all
kinds of plants jHat can be cultivated
in p.ots njity be successfully grown on
window ledges; to give sufficient water
and to avoid the baking of the soil by
the fierce ray.x of the sun is almost th"
only necessary attention. The cheapest,
most enduring and most, flourishing plants
are the flowering geranium, which may
be obtained in jnany varieties of color.
For indoor decoration the palm is the
best, for a mass of foliage .the german
ivy js very pretty. I could mention a
number of different plan's that are very
pretty for the house, but 1 can hoar
Aunt Susie say "Time is up!" so I will
bid you au revolr.
Inez Duff, Mctjaheysville, Va.—Dear
Junior: I have been reading the Junior
page tjiis morning and I feel Like having
a ilttle talk with the cousins. With Aunt
Susie's pei->w»3lon I will say a few words
on “Lltte Things.” Some, of us imagine
we can not do good unless we do some
thing great or make a great display. I
think if we will wo. may always find
plenty of little deeds as kindness in our
own horjy; and around us. Oh. If we
could only realize the little things we
are leaving undone and learn to do some
kind thing every day and every oppor
tunity by helping to lift the burden from
some weary soul, by making some one
happy, g the sick, by helping
sorpy fallen brother or sister tp rise, how
much good we all might do while the
days are going by. 'Tis the—
“ Little drops of water and little grains
of sand
That makes the mighty ocean and this
wondrous land"
“So the little deeds of kindness, every
where we sow,
Mav help to )>tiihl a. mansion In the
heavenjr, don’t you know 7 "
I live In the beautiful valley of Vir
ginia. lying between the Blue Ridge and
tb-> Massaniitin n-.ountains, a very beauti
ful country. Incle-’-l. We take The Con
stitution and I enjoy reading it. Much
love to Aunt Susie and the cousins. I
remain, very slnc-rely. with 5 cents for
Grady hospital. Correspondence solicit
ed.
Emma B. Van Deusen.—Dear Junior:
May Aunt Emma be present again at
your weekly meeting? I have something
lovely to t- ll you. of one of the little
cousins already known and loved by you.
It is this: On th- 2Gth of this month
(August) Neva Imo of Columbus, Miss.,
will be Ifi years old. uid you are all invit
ed to her birthday party. Before, when
I asked you to writ-- to her. you respond
ed so beautifully It made Neva and her
people very happy. They did not realize
sho had so many friends. This time let’s
show her she has ni :iy more—fairly snow
hor under with letters—write so many It
will take her mamma two days to read
them all to her. Wouldn't that be a joke?
Inclose stamps for replies. I expect It
will take considerable money to pay the
postage on the ans’wers to Nova’s birth
day missives. As it is a birthday party,
no one would appear without a gift. Lot's
each send her something by which she
will always remember the day. 1 can
imagine tho shine in Neva's- eyes as tho
rcmembrancos arrive, and Ilttle Hollis will
be fairly wild, perhaps will break out.
singing his "Eskimo song.” Then sweet
faced Virgin will calmly got the scissors
and cut tho strings that h -Id the birth
day parcels, while Birney and Grady, in
their gentlemanly wa. . will help, too, and
be glad for the love shown their dear
sister. Remember th date. August 2ti.
We must not let ths opportunity for
sending sunshine pass- us by. Neva will
soon have hop wheel Chair. Those help
ing her to that receive her glad thanks.
The dear cousins and Others, whose let
ters to me await replb: . will forgive me,
I am sure. Not being able to write, the
messages have had wait. Each one
was dear to me, was enjoyed ami appre
ciated. and will be answered. Did Miss
Mary Wood, of Dixiq Miss., receive my
thanks for her beauiful jassamlnes and
other flowers? Will she write? I wish
to say to Mrs. Mrffett, of Evergreen
Mills, Va.: Do not >e discouraged. The
Father Kias pages recorded of your
thoughful deeds for ft hers, of which you
do not dream. ”Le' not your heart be
troubled."
George E. Crawforl. Fort Casey, Wash.
—Dear Junior: Wont you please allow a
soldier buy away oim here In Washington
to join your happy Srcle, for he is very
lonely? We receive Die Constitution here
' once every week and eagerly read every
I one of tile Junior let'irs and 1 have found
them to be so intepsting and cheering
: that 1 have at last i- cided to write and
I see if I, too, might oln your happy home
i circle. No doubt a fereat many of you
- have never been to -0 far distant a coun-
I try as Japan, so I -nil try and tell them
all what I saw whlll in the “land of the
mikado.” 1 left Mar|.t on the sth of July
and arrived in the k-irbor of Nagasaki.
! Japan, on the evenjg of the 12th, and
' just imagine, if youkan, the scene that
was presented to ink Before the trans
port had dropped let anchor all up the
sides of the boat swaipied dozens of dimu
tive brown people al 'anxious to sell vari
ous articles and soyenirs of Japan to
the "boys in blue." (from them you could
buy almost anything from the most in
tricate puzzle to thd finest of silks, and
here let me say tlid the Japanese are
very skillful In the Inanufacture of tne
finest silks. 1 obtain'd permission from,
the doctor to go a lore, for I was in-;
valided home from tw Philippine islands; 1
sickness due to seveflj colds contracted in
the campaign. 1 tl»i looked about to
find some means of flng and was at last
enabled to do so. bdig rowed ashore in
a native boat called • "Sampan” and it. is
propelled by one oarCastened to the back
of the boat and it S worked from one
side of the back en, to the other. It is
sometimes rowed byjwomen. On landing
at tho dock 1 and 81/ chum were ap-
proached by at least thirty or forty of
the little Japanese men who all were jab
bering and talking and gesticulating to
ward a conveyance which looked like a
baby carriage on two wheels and which
we learned from an English gentleman
who resided there was a “rickshaw,”
which in that country takes the place of
cur usual mode of travel, the cab. This
carriage is drawn by one of these sturdy
Ilttle Japs, who for "60 sen,” or 30 cents
in American coin, will draw you around
all day, pointing out to you the various
points of interest. They can run up hm
and down and never seem to tire. The
men who follow this for a living do not
as a rule live longer than five years, for
it causes the heart to be affected. After
leaving the wharf we were taken up a
long terraced hill to the first point of In
terest, one of the largest and most mag
nificent temples in Japan. The temple of
the Sacred Horse. The interior of this
temple is very richly carved and a large
horse that stands at least 14 feet high
is Inclosed in a cage-like affair. This
horse is supposed jo have some especial
power over evil and consequently is great
ly respected by the Japs. This horse is
made of some kind of gold and silver
compositlcn. Now as I have written just
enough to gain this admittance to
Susie's waste basket, I will close for this
time and if allowed to come again I will
try and tell you of the rest of my visit
in Japan. If not asking too great a favor
I would like to correspond with some of
the cousins and I will try and write in
teresting letters to all. I especially like
Vashti’s and M. H.'s letters. I will have
to run and drill now, so will bid you all
adieu with best wishes for long life and
success to all the cousins. I am just a
soldier boy.
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PRACTICAL IRRIGATION.
The address of F. J. Merriam, editor
of The Southern Rurallst, before the
farmers’ institute at Clemson college,
South Carolina, was of especial value to
the farmers, as he spoke from actual
experience. Mr. Merriam is well known
in Atlanta, being one of Fulton county's
largest and most successful farmers, and
an authority on this subject.
“Any one,” he said, "who will take the
trouble to observe will soon become con
vinced that water Is of preeminent Im
portance In th'e growth of crops, as
plants take up all their nutriment In a
liquid form. As a rule, the rainfall over
the southern states is sufficient for ordi
nary farm crops; but the season of 1902
when scarcely any ram fell In many
sections between April 15 and September
1, made many a farmer wish he had
some means of watering his crop.”
He urged the farmers to do all In their
power by deep plowing and after-culti
vation to make, ther soil hold water,
whether they ha-d an irrigating plant, or
not. "Some idea, of the storage capacity
of the soil for water,” lie said, "may be
derived from tho fact that a soil broken
12 inches deep may contain 20 per cent,
or 360 tons of water per acre, and still
be dry enough to cultivate while a soil
broken only 4 inches deep would contain
but 120 tons.”
Water in Plants.
The importance of water In the produc
tion of a crop, especially in the ease of
fruits and vegetables, was forcibly illus
trated.
"Analysis shows," said he, "that green
corn contains S 2 per cent of water; tur
nps. 90 per cent; strawberries. 90.8 per
cent, and cucumbers nearly 96 per cent."
He quoted E. F. Roe as having said:
"After you have done everything you
can think of to make fine strawberries,
give them a little more water," and
stated that ho had found this to be
true.
"We very often have dry weather in
May when the strawberries are ripening."
he ■ ontinued, "and one good watering
has frequently added over JSO an acre to
our crop."
Methods cf Irrigation.
Taking up the rthTerent methods of ir
rigation he went on to state that the
simplest and least expensive way was
to dam up a natural stream of water at
some favorable spot and divert the water
into a main irrigation ditch from whicn
it could be distributed over the land be
low. He then proceeded to give the his
tory of his irrigation on The Ruralist
experiment farm, which he now has per
fected to a high state of efficiency. He
emphasized the necessity, when using
thl« method of irrigation, of having the
work well done; having a sufficient waste
(jc :i to carry oft' surplus waler, and
having a sluiceway through the dam
where the pond may be let off, and the
stream allowed to run clear when not
in use. This, he said, would remove
all possible complications.
11,. adMCated very strongly the use
of the gasoline engine for pumping water
for irrigating purposes, and instanced a
number which were in successful opera
tion around Atlanta.
Methods of Application.
"Land to be irrigated," said Mr. Mer
riam, "should be thoroughly underdrain
ed. Otherwise, it is liable to become too
wet In places, which would Injure both
the land and the crop. When irrigating
wo run a furrow across the upper eml
of the rows of vegetables. Into tills the
water is turned from our main irrigating
ditch, and from this is run down be
tween the rows. A here the rows are
over 200 feet in length another cross fur
row is necessary, and a new distribution
of water.
"We have injured clay land by run
ning the water over the surface and
keeping it there too long at a time,
causing the land to puddle and run to
gether. To obviate this, we have found i
it best to open a deep furrow between 1
the rows for the water to run in, and
even running a small subsoil plow .
through, also, before the water is turned
in. The water being let into the sub- j
soil acts in a measure like sub-irrigation,
the moisture rising to the plant from j
below while the surface soil is left loose I
and mellow.
"The market gardener who must, bring ■
his vegetables on at a certain time i
in order to meet the demands of his |
customers finds It necessary to plant at i
a certain time whether the weather is |
wet or dry. For him, Irrigation Is often .
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I have had considerable experience along
this line and find that the best plan
Is to apply the water to tho land before
the seed are sown. If you wait until
afterwards your stand will be very irreg
ular. We prepare our land, lay off our
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sometimes necessary to cover with a hoe.
but we get a stand every time.
"Just how far irrigation can be made
practical and profitable for the general
farmer at south remains to be proven;
for the truck grower, however. It Is
practically a necessity.. Our seasons are
so variable, running from one extreme
to another, that he must be prepared
for all emergencies to reach the highest
degree of success."
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Women and Music.
Harper’s Weekly: An erudite and in
dustrious German lias recently compiled
a list of almost 1,000 women composers
who have from time to tinje published
music of their own composition. We
have gone over Herr Ebel's list with
scrupulous care and the keenest interest,
and out of the 1,000 names, garnered
from several centuries and many nation
alities, we have abstracted those of a
dozen women composers who have
achieved a certain measure of recogni
tion in the practice of their art; of the
other USS—and Herr Ebel lias listed the
names only of those whose work is
definitely known and recorded—fame and
the living world know nothing. Here
is an extraordinary, a fascinating prob
lem: How comes it that during four cen
turies -from tlie time, roughly speaking,
of Palestrina to the present day—only
twelve women have made their mark
upon the history of creative music, and
that not one even of these twelve has
accomplished anything approaching first
rate excellence? The fact, is, of course,
indisputable: musical history has known
no feminine Bach, or Wagner, or Schu
bert. net' even a feminine Dvorak <>•
l’u..;cinl. Women have wrought admira
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and in painting they have worked, lo
honorable ends.
It has been urged, and doubtless win
be urged again, that the woman com
poser has had. as yet, scarcely a fair
chance to prove her mettle; but it must
be conceded that she lias had at least,
equal opportunities with her sisters in
literature and art. Certainly there are
today no insurmountable obstacles in her
path; for only the other day Miss Ethyl
Smyth compassed the amazing feat of
achieving the production of her music
drama. "Dor Wald," on the august and
inhospitable stage of the Metropolitan
opera house, New York—not to mention
her previous conquest of Covent Garden.
London, ami, before that, of an operatic
stronghold in Berlin.
One is finally, then, confronted with
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the question: Is woman incapable of
great creative achievement in this tn -st
sensitive, pliant and emotional of the
arts—the art of all others in which, one
would suppose, she ought most brilliant
ly to excel? Frankly, there is every
thing to warrant the conviction that sho
is. Havelock Ellis, a thoughtful and
acute psychologist, indorses the view
that G. P. Upton takes of the matter • i
his “Woman and Music.” Conceding,
says Mr. Upton, that music is the most
intense and potent medium for the e\
pression of emotions, and that, woman is
emotional by’ nature, "is it not one solu
tion of the problem that woman does m.r
musically reproduce them, because sho
herself is emotional by temperament and
nature, and cannot project herself du;.
wardly? .’. . The emotion is a part o
herself, and It is as natural to her .<
breathing. She Ilves in emotion, ano
acts from emotion; . . but to tn at
emotions as if they were math.'mat’ .-.
to hind and measure and limit tneui
within the rigid laws of harmony and
counterpoint, and to express them w .i
arbitrary signs, is a cold-blooded opcr >
tion possible only to the sterner and
more obdurate nature of man.” All
which, to our mind, is exceedingly’ con
vincing and explanatory. W. A Yeats
who is as subtle in wisdom as he is . -
complished in poetry, has written some,
where of what seems to him a typlcall.’
feminine defect in woman's practice or
the arts; "a flitting incoherence." ho
calls it, "a fitful dying out of the sens-'
as must needs be when life is the mastei
and not the slave of the singer." There
is. we believe, the fatal disqualification,
so long as woman’s emotional relati u:
to life Is that of the slave rather than
the master, so long will her creative
work in that art which is preoccupied,
above al! things, with emotional utter
ance, be Inferior and ineffectual.
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