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TALK OF HAPPINESS.
Talk of happiness, the world is sadi
enough
Without yous woes, no path is wholly)
rough;
Look for the places tjiaj. are smooth ami
clear.
And speak of those to rest the tired
eqr.
Os earth, so hurt by weary strain
Os human discontent and cries and pain.
Talk faith. The world is better off with
out
Tour uttered Ignorance and morbid doubt.
If you have faith in God or men or self. !
Say so; if not, push, back upon the shelf
,0f silence. All your thoughts of faith
shall come;
No one shall grieve because your lips are
dumb.
Talk health. Tho dreary never-ending
tale
Os mortal maladies are worn and stale.
You cannot charm, nor interest, nor
please
By hanging on that minor chord, disease.
Say you are well, or all is well with
Anj. jjod shall hear your words and niitke
them true.
ELLA. WHEELER WILCOX.
A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY
OF BILL ARP.
“CALLED ASIDE.”
From the glad working of thy busy life,
From tho world's ceaseless stir of care
and strife.
Into the shade and stillness, by thy
Heavenly Guido,
For a brief space thou hast been called
aside.
There is sadness in every home where
our beloved "Bill Arp'' is known, and
many tears are falling for the loss we
have sustained.
The busy brain is resting, the “cease
less stir of care and strife” is over, and
our friend has been “called aside.” When
we think of his many words of wisdom
and cheer that have gladdened our hearts,
the bravo words he was never afraid
to speak for our rights, our hearts ask
the question. "How can we give him
UP?"
There have been few men so beloved
as our "philosopher,” and It is a comfort
to know that men did not wait for him
to die to bring their flowers to deck tho
bier, but their homage lias been bestowed
along the pathway of life and his friends
have loved and honored and sent him |
words of cheer that warned and soothed ,
that great loving heart.
Perhaps through tho thin veil that now j
separates us from the spirit land h I
knows our grief and that he will ever I
live in the hearts of his people. Ills '
labor on earth is done, but bls works ;
w"! live after him and In many a hunt' |
whore his name has become a household !
word his , ayings will be treasured for '
generations to come.
Out hearts go out In tenderest sympa- j
thy to the bereaved wife and children.
If the loss of such a man means so much
to the world what does it mean to those
stricken ones? May a loving Father
comfort their sorrowing hearts and in
their loneliness enable them to hear a
voice from heaven saying
“1 shine in thb light of God,
His image stamps my brow;
Through the shadow of death my feet
have trod,
1 reign in glory now.
“I have found the joys of heaven,
I am one of the angel band;
To my head a crown of gold is given
And a harp Is In my hand.
' Oh, friends of my mortal years.
The trusted and the true.
Ye are walking still through the valley
of tears.
But I wait to welcome you.
"Do you mourn when another star
Shines out from the glittering sky?
Do you w- ep when the raging voice of
war
And the storms of conflict die?
“Then why should your tears run down,
Or youi ■ ■ ven?
For another n n the Savior's crown
And another soul in heaven. ’
‘■NOTHING BUT A LOT OF MEM
ORIES.”
Among the writers of fiction none have
given more pleasure to 11 -ion readers
than Irving Racheller. In his novel of
“Darrell of the Blessed Isles.” he takes
us on a delightful voyage to the "blessed
Isles of imagination,” places one so sel
dom visits and whe[e it is sweet to lose
ourselves far away from the isles of
reality.
In his charming description of "D’ri and
I.” he tells >t t '■ s of "daring deeds in
the second w. i wjt.t the British,” in
1812. a story full of love and patriotism.
But without i >ubt his latest book, “Eben
Holden.” is most popular work.
One cannot read this book without being
benefited by tho wise saying of Eben
Holden.
Uncle Eben and Mrs TVJggs jnust have
been first cousins. They take very much
the same view of life, and express their
sentiments in the same crude, forcible
manner, in the August number of Les
lie's there is a short article ‘-ailed “New
Stories by Jjiben Holden,” in which the
author of the book has an interview
with Uncle Eben, and in that interview
he gives utterance to a sentiment so '
beautiful that the impression left is
charming.
cnrle Eben is In a reminiscent mood
and wa s recalling some of the scenes of
his childhood, especially bis fishing times;
he says: "I 'nu mber it all—the brook and
the trees and the birds an’ the blue sky
an' going home with the fish Jcs' lik“
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480 <fourtl>od /lue., /Itlapta, Qa,
looking back to my childhood. When you
come to pick up an' get ready to move
out o' this world ye'U find ve ain't got
nothin’ bill tf.lot o' memories.” Then tho
I author asks him "what was your best
memory?” lie said he remembered one
year a day before Christmas, his father
gave him tjvp. shillings—he walked all the
way to town and as he went he “jingled”
the coppers In his pocket and thought
what he would do with them. He went'
into a large store when he arrived In
the city, ajtd here was what he said:
"Saw so many things couldn't make up
, my mind t’ buy nothin. I stud there
feelfn’ uv a par o’ skates. They wus
grand—all shiny with new straps an’
buckles. I did want ’em awful—but 1
didn't hev enough money. Party soon I
see a leetle bit uv a girl in a red jacket
lookin’ at a lot o' dolls. She was ragged
an' there were holes in her shoes an'
she did look awful poor an' sickly. She'd
go up an' pul her hand on ono o' them
dolls' dre.t-es an' whisper:
“ 'Some day! Some day.’
"Then she'd go to another an' fuss a
» minnit with its clothes an’ whisper.
‘Some day.' Flirty soon she asked if
they had any dolls with a blue dress on
for three penpies,
'No,' says a woman, 'the lowest price
for a doll jvith a dress on is one shil
lin’.'
"The little gal, she jes’ looked es H she
wus goln' t’ cry*. IJer lip trembled.
“ ‘Some day I'm goln’ f hev one.' says
she.
“I couldn't stari' it, an’ so I slipped up
an’ bought pne an' put it in her onus.
I pever'U fergit the look That come Into
her face then. Wai. she went away an'
set down all by herself, an' it come cold,
an' that night, they found her asleep in
a dark alley. She was half dead with
the cold an' there was one thing about 10
that made her famops. Sh< .lied took
off her red jacket an' wrapped It round
the little, doll.”
Right here Undo Eben was interrupt
ed in his story by the question, of course
like all good stqlies, she died and went
to heaven?” Listen to the answer;
"No," said he quickly, "she lived an
went there* Ye don't hev to die t go
to heaven. Ye've crossed the boundary
when ye begin t' love somebody more'll
ye do yerseLf. if It ain't nobody better'll
a rag doU-”
A sentiment worthy of being treasured
in every heart,
THE BIRD LOVERS.
- These Dianpond Hill school children de
-1 sjro to join the Bird Lovers’ Society:
C. A. KEITH.
’ Fendergrass, Ga.
Archie Brown, Nora Craven, Maggie
Craven, Grover Eberhart, Eugenia F'Z'-
j guson. Maude Glenn, John Greenway,
I Alice Grier, Lily Grier. Boyd Grier Itiby
Jarrett. Henry Jarrett, Ethel Love. Estle
Love 'Mamie Lord. Mack Mooney. Rosa
> Mullinax, Hattie Mullinax. Vallie Mul
linax. I’err; Mullinax, Ada Mullinax. Will
Smith. Abney Smith. Thad Smith, James
Vincent, Samuel Vincent, Ernest \\ ard,
Mamie Ward.
A SPECIAL REQUEST.
There lies come to this department a
special request In regard to an advertise
ment that appeared several months ago
asking for Mrs. Fannie Hutchison. The
parties concerned did not see the 'ad
and are very anxious to help find the
persons advertising We have received
the letter we give below, hoping it may
br- the means of helping a poor woman.
The "ad” was concerning an estate that
Is due her from that country. She is very
old and poor, has no support except a
little grandson, and she asked me to try
to get it for her, and thought perhaps you
could assist me in some way. Mr. Good
win, your agent, advised me to write
;ou about It. From what I can find out
about tho advertisement in tho paper,
the money Is in tiie bank there waiting
for her to be identified and call for it.
She needs it very badly. She is on the
mer. y of the town. AVe furnish her with
a house to live in. Please find out what
you can and write as soon as possible.
All parties can address Al. <>. Kennard,
Batesville, Ark., Independence county.
HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS.
Many of our readers have become
much interested In the above named in
stituifci, which shelters so many help
less little ones. They have been very
much in need of help there recently and
would like to get a good first-class wom
an as head nurse and an assistant nurse.
Anyone who would like such a position
could write to Airs. J. P. Averill. 20 St.
Charles avenue, Atlanta, Ga., for par
ti -ulars. Don’t write to this department,
but to the address given, as wo cannot
give any other information as to salary,
etc.
INQUIRERS' CORNER.
Mrs. M. C. Dagley, Oxford, Ala., wants
address of S. M. Bailey. Was going to
New Decatur, Ala., when last heard from.
R. M. Tucker, Stockton, Ca., box 68,
wants address of John C. King. Was in
St Paul, Minn., and D. 'Mclntyre was in
Texas.
Mrs. R. AV. Mcßeynolds, Cynthiana,
Ind., wants address of her Uncle Thomp
son McDaniel or family. Lived in Kan
sas City, Mo., just before the civil war.
j S. J. B. McClain, Anderson, S. C., It.
i F D. No. 2, wants to hear of his brother,
Charlie McClain. Left bom? two years
ago. Any information gratefully received
and postage returned.
Wanted—Address of Robert O. or M.
C. Fields or Mrs. Mary Hamilton, sis
ter of above named. When last heard
from in 1892 were living in Falls county,
Texas. O. Fields, Juniata, Ala.
Any information concerning Willard R.
Wilder will be thankfully received by his
aunt A young man 35 years old. When
I last heard from was in Prescott, Ariz.,
j December, 1901, Mrs. S. C. Webb, Sum
| ter, S. C.
EXCHANGE LIST.
Mrs 1,. F. Downing, Lacey, Miss.,
would like to exchange a medium-s!?ed
ladies’ jsolid plain gold wedding ring for
second-hand baby carriage. Please write
first and describe carriage.
Mrs. W B. Durrett, Snoddy, Ala., would
like to Correspond with parties having
thoroughbred White Wyandottes to sell or
exchange. None but best stock of said
brin'd wanted. Have a few pairs for ex
change.
Mrs. J. E. Witherington, China, Ala.,
wishes to correspond with some ono that
1 Lag White Plymouth Rock chickens and
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA. MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1903.
a pure M. B. gobler to soli or exchange.
Pleaso write.
Professor E. AV. Anderson, Summitville,
Tenn., will exchange gramophone and out
fit, camera and outfit, genuine madstone,
rare, confederate sword, standard type
writer, etc. Want old fashion hall clock
(7 or 8 feet high), old mahogany furniture,
stone relics or best offers.
AV. B. Morris, Clarkesville, Ga., \yill ex
change Spanish needle No. .2 Powerful in
strument for locating "hidden treasures, '
for a lady's size gold-filled watch with
good movement or tor other offer of equal
value.
Mrs. Ida Smith. Jefferson, Ga., has fine
pure bred single comb Brown Leghorns
and a few extra fine thoroughbred Silver
Traced Wyandotte cockerels to exchange
for offers. Write, with stamp.
R. A. Lee, Evergreen, Ala., wishes to
exchange typewriter, iron bed, cooking
stove, wood heater and other useful
household articles for pure -white or
Silver Laced Wyandotts. last spring pul
lets or Poland China pigs; also two Gol
den' Laced Wyandott roosters for two
Plymouth Rock roosters. Write.
Ruth Corry, Ringgold. La., has “A
Child's History of England.” “Self-
Raised” or "From tho Depths,” "Fifteen
Years in Hell” and other school books to
exchange for “St. Elmo,” “Inez." and
other novels. Paper or cloth binding ac
cepted.
Mrs. G. AV. Green, Enterprise, Ala.,
has two volumes written by Mrs. South
worth titles “Ishmael'' and "Self-Raised”
(or "Out of the Depths”), cloth bound and
in good condition, to exchange for a book
on the steam pump or steam engine or
other books.
Mrs. IL T. Royster. R. F. D„ No 14. Ac
worth. Ga., has two mockingbirds (both
songsters) to exchange for Silver Wyan
dotte chickens or equal value.
E. Gross. Ogeechee, Ga.. lias for ex
change an unfailing cancer cure, a mad
stojne and scuppernong vines (rooted) for
offers. Write, with stamp.
KINGDOM CORRESPONDENCE.
Miss J. C., Box 4, Old Sparta, N. C.— I
come with my little bit of Information,
dear sisters, in return for the knowledge
I have received from all of you. To
make strawberry and pineapple salad put
strawberries In a dish with alternate
layers of fresh or canned pineapples; pour
over this the strained juice of two or
anges, set on ice and serve cold with
cake. If any of the sisters wish to em
ploy a governess for the coming fall
and winter please write to me. 1 can fur
nish good credentials from a leading col
lege in North Carolina.. With love to
Aunt Susie.
M. Al. Hay, Ocklockneo, Ga.— Surely the
-sisters don't read our beloved Kingdom
every week or they would have known
why I haven’t sent seed to all that sent
for them. 1 have written three letters to
the Kingdom since 1 wrote the one for
exchange and Aunt Susie was kind enough
to publish them all and asked them not
to send for any more seed now. The
demand Is greater than the supply. 1
bought ail that I could get from the
lady that let me have them three years
ago and with what I had sent oft nearly
a peck of seed Still the letters come.
Most alt that wen- late about writing
aftiT reading mj asked me to keep
their exchange until next seed time, as
they would lie first then. So 1 keep every
article in the identical envelope it came
in and should anything happen that 1
should fall to raise seed will return
every article to every one that sent for
seed. Should any one that didn't ask me
to keep their exchange that I overlooked
just write me or to bur Kingdom and I'H
read it and return your exchange wTth
pleasure.
(Note—Mrs. Hay makes a very satisfac
tory explanation. It would be well not
to judge hastily).
A Notre Dame Lady.
I will “-nd free with full Instructions
some of this simple preparation tor the
cure of Leucorrhoea, Ulceration. Dis
placemen is, Falling of the- Womb. Scanty
or Painful Periods, Tumors or Growths,
Hot Flashes, Desire to Cry, Creeping feel
ing up the Spain. Pain in the Hack, and
all Female Troubles, to all sending ad
dress. To mothers of suffering daughters
I will explain a Successful Home Treat
ment. If you decide to continue it will
only cost about 12 cents a week to guar
antee a cure I do not wish to sell you
anything. Tell other sufferers of it. that
is all I ask Address Mrs. M. Summers,
box 105, Notre Dame. Ind.
KING PETER IS MUCH WORRIED.
Colonels, Captains and Editor Con
demned to Death for Plotting.
1.-ondon, August 27.—The Daily Mail's
correspondent at Belgrade says King
Peter is determined to suppress the mili
tary malcontents with an iron hand '
On Tuesday three army colonels, two
captains and a newspaper editor swra
condemned to death for participation in
a plot which was discovered and render
ed abortive. Despite this, however, says
Hie correspondent, the king is obviously
In the hands of the recent regicides, who
are causing a reign of terror.
A Little Brother to Aesop.
(From The New York Tribune.)
The newspapers of Oklahoma are severe
on storekeepers who du not advertise
properly. Tho following shows the. meth
od of attack. “A donkey stepped Into al
store and the proprietor approached the
beast and asked: 'What are you doing
here? You know this is no place for a
donkey.’ 'I am here,’ said the donkey,
'.because 1 saw your advertisement on
the fence that surrounds my pasture. !
know you, too, must be a donkey or
you would place your advertisement In
a. paper where it n ould 'be read by peo
ple, not donkeys. Being lonesome today
1 thought I would be neighborly and
make a fraternal call.' ”
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Our Customers Are Always Pleased.
Mr. C. C. Stanley, of Siloam, Ga.,
writes on May 1:
Editor Constitution: You do not know
how glad I was made when the mail
eame that brought me the tine $2.50 Bible,
which 1 received with The Constitution.
It is so much nicer than I was expect
ing to find It. The thumb index arid the
many large pictures are worth a heap to
a person. I return many thanks for
this Bible. It is worth $3 to anybody.
The Heatlieu Chinee Revised.
Which I wish to declare,
Quite emphatic and free.
That for tricks the most bare-
Faced that ever I see
The heathen Chinee is the limit
If you doubt it, please listen to mai
He Lid .cards up his sleeve.
He had cards in his hair!
I sw’ar, I believe
He had cards everywhere;
And he took all my property, pardner,
And left me clean busted an' bare!
I sat into a game,
Just a short time ago.
With that Chinee (his name
I believe is Ah Dough).
And talk about cheating! Say, pardner,
The cuss never give me a show!
So be circumspect, p.ard.
An' take warning by me.
An' don’t play nary card
With that heathen Chinee,
Or he’ll put you plumb bang out of busi
ness.
An’ fiendishly chuckle with glee!
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A WOMAN BLACKSMITH.
The only woman blacksmith in America
is at the state prison farm at Milledge
ville, Ga.
Mattie Crawford is the name of the
woman, who is a negro. She is said to be
one of the best blacksmiths in the ter
ritory about Milledgeville. Indeed, it may
be stated on authority that she can shoe
a. mule quicker and bettor than any man
in the vicinity.
She was sent up seven years ago for
killing her step-father at their home
in Meriwether county. Her step-father
had abused her, so she stated, and when
he came into the house she took up a
chair and brained him with it. This will
serve to give an idea of her great
strength.
She was sentenced to serve a life term
In the penitentiary and was sent to the
Chattahoochee river brick works along
with some other convicts. After being
there a while her great strength and ac
tivity caused those in charge of her to
plan heavy work fur her. She expressed
a desire to become a blacksmith and she
was taught the trade. Her skirts being
in the way, her guards forced her to put
on trousers. Several whippings were nec
essary to make her consent to this. But
after she had them on awhile she became
so attached to them as to refuse abso
lutely to take them off.
When the legislature passed a law es
tablishing a prison farm a few years ago
and putting all the women and disabled
convicts there, Mattie was taken there
also. She was told she could take oft
trousers and put on dresses again, but
ref used.
She is a woman of enormous strength,
and is well behaved. She joes all the
blacksmith work on the farm and much
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MATTIE CRAWFORD.
for the people around. She is not re
stricted in Hi) sense of the word, does
not wear striped garmennts -indeed, Is a
"trust.w”
She has made sii' h a model conviet that
the superintendeni. Captain Foster, ex
presses the hope that she may be pardon
ed in the near future.
Described by E. C. Bruffey.
E. C. Bruffey, Macon representative and
staff correspondent of The Constitution,
j gave the following description of the
woman blacksmith in les story of the visit
to the farm:
“At the main entrun-e to the women’s
quarters I was met b a woman attired
In men’s clothing first of ail. Il was to
Illis conviet the first question was ap
plied, ami when the answer came it was
in a voice which betrayed beyond all
doubt that one of the laws of the land wa s
being violated right in the very heart of
one of the convict cam; s of the state.
"The convict was attired in a pair of
knee trom ers made of gray goods, look
ing for all tlie world like the base-iun
nlng extremities of a ball player. A shirt
over which suspenders were drawn to
hold up the knickerbockers added to the
male attire, while upon the e invict s head
sat a hat witli a broad, wide brim, a
brim broad and wide enough to have sat
isfied any farm hand of the neighbor
hood. In and out among the women of
the i amp this convict in male attire walk
ed at will-
'By the rules of the camp male con
victs are not allowed within the enclos
ure, and yet to the casual observer that,
one cardinal rule was being violated.
Pointing to the convict, Warden Alla
good was asked:
“'ls not that a woman waring mens
clothing?’
" 'Yes.' replied the warden. ’She is
mv blacksmith, and she is one of the best
blacksmiths for miles around. She can
hit Hie iron while it is hot and can bend
it into any shape she desires.'
" ‘Out in the world it is against the law
for a, woman to wear men's dotting,’
some one suggests. ‘Have you any laws
bearing upon the masquerade here?’
“Tho warden gave no answer ami l-'il
the way to another point of interest
about the buildings.”
WINTER COVER CROPS.
By F. J. Merriam.
The longer I farm the more I become
coa-’lnced that what we need to do here
at the south to make our soils pro
ductive is to get more vegetable matter
Into them by some means. Be the soli
stiff clay or light sandy loam, the great
majority of these soils need organic mat
ter. The problem is how to get this
organic matter without Its costing us too
much.
'We plant cowpeas to improve our soil,
and when the peas are made we cut
them for hay instead- of turning them
under. We need the hay and cannot
afford to bury a crop which is worth
from sls to S2O per ton as forage. Now.
this Is all right provided the resulting
manure goes back on the land; but it Is
very seldom that the manure is put back
on the same land from which tho pens
were cut. The vines aro gone and noth
ing remains but the stubble. This stub
ble will help some, of course, and the
organisms are there on the roots which
capture nitrogen from the air, but the
accumulation of vegetable matter is slow
indeed. How important, therefore, that
we embrace every means within our
reach to add to the supply of organic
matter in our soil.
TVe can do a groat deal along this lino
by planting cover crops, oven if it be
comes necessary to turn them under next
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COMMISSIONER STEVENS
TALKS OF BELMONT FARM
COMMISSIONER O. U. STEVENS,
of the department of ugrleulturo,
recently made a visit to Belmont
farm, in Cobb county, a place that has
been built up from practically nothing
bv Hon. Ed L. WlEht. of Albany, and he
talks Interestingly of what is to be seem
and learned there in th" Uno of funning,
dairying and stuck raising.
"Every man In Georgia who la Inter
ested in farming or stoekralslng ought
to visit Belmont, farm." declared Colonel
Stevens enthusiastically. ”f l »’ th, -'r u >“
much to learn there as well as to be
seen There is no other place in tlie
south that approaches it that I know of,
except Biltmore. Vanderbilt's place, near
Asheville, N. C.
“Four years ago I used to pass the
place wher Belmont Is now located and
when 1 heard that Ed Wight hud bought
|i, 1 felt sorry for him fur the land was
poor; in fact, worn out. and I could
hardly see bow it could be made to pro
duce even fair crops. But when I went
over the place the other day I decided
lhat Sidney Lanier's little poem. 'The
(Man from Jones,’ written years ago, was
[true. There Is more in the man than
I there Is in the land.
i “1 saw at Belmont a field of corn that
was better than any I ever .aw in Geor
gia. Many stalks W' re over It feet high.
it is planted in 3’- foot rors. 18 inches
| in the drill and two stalks to the hill.
I It will make, in my opinion, 75 bushels to
; the acre. There were 10 acres of sorghum
lhat was as good as the corn; a large
field of sweet potatoes. 25 acres of peas
and sorghum, sown together broadcast for
hay, and last. but. not. least, 20 acres of
the famous Lookout Mountain Irish po
tatoes. These were just coming up and
u good stand is assured, which means a
big crop, and a lot of money.
“Just lure I wish to say that I believo
that the planting of tin- Lookout Moun
tain Irish potalms as a fall crop means
mure tirin' y to the Georgia farmer than
anything else he can do. They can :>e
planted after a smal grain crop is har
vested, ami in time to put in another
ctop of oats or rye. Belmont farm gath
ered 161 bushels front 1 acre last fall.
Twenty-four of Hm largest im ..-.tired half
a bushel, weighing 30 pounds.
I "Not a seed of cotton is planted on
Belmont. Two crops are rais' d on every
acre of land each year, <>ats are qiiinted
from October 1 to March 1 right along
through the winter and owing .0 the
method of planting are never “whiter
killed.’
"Now yon may think it strange that
ul! these things can be done by a man
who was not raised ou a firm, and you
are right about that, for the direct man
agement of the farm and sto-k is under
the control of Loring Brown, formerly of
Bolingbroke, Monroe county, who lias
lived on a farm for years, and knows
as much about It and mor, about stock
and poultry than any man 1 ever knew.
He don't know the name of all the chick
ens on the pla e because there are so
many that names would not go around,
but he knows each one by sight and can
tell you its history. But when it comes to
cattle and hogs lie knows every ono
by name, though there are over 150 of
each on the place.
"Having seen so much in the papers
spring before the.' mature in order to
plant something else. Is it not better to
keep nature working for is all the time,
building up our land, than to l"t the land
lie idle from four to six months out of
the twelve? The cost of the seed amounts
to vert little compared to the benefit
received, especially If the crop be of a
leguminous character, such as crimson
clover, burr clover or hairy vetch. Even
rye will help and will flourish on land
too poor to grow the former crops. On
any fairly strong land, however, the
crimson clover will be all right. Sow it
between your cotton and in your late
corn, and help it along with a few hun
dred pounds of i ltemieal fertilizer to tho
acre. Tho fertilizer should analyze
about 10 per cent phosphoric acid ami It)
per cent potash, and can bo made by
combining j,600 pounds acid phosphate
and 400 pounds muriate of potash to make
a ton.
If you do not intern] to sow wheat or
oats on your cow pea stubble, but are. re
serving this land for corn or cotton next
spring, sow some crimson clover here
a iso. All you will have to do will be to
disc up the surface with a cutaway har
row, sow your seed and brush or harrow
it In lightly with a mooothing harrow.
These cover crops will work all winter
gathering nitrogen and carbon to enrich
the land for your next year’s crop.
It seems to nte that we have been neg
lecting our opportunities along this line.
One has only to ride through the country
in the fall and witness the thousands of
acres lying bare ami losing their fertility
by leaching and washing to fully appre
ciate this fact. And this is another ben
efit of the cover crop; it not only gathers
fertility, but it prevents this leading and
washng.
Now, if you are going to plant a cover
crop, do not put it oft’ too long. These
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about bad milk being sold in Atlanta, I
decided to investigate a little on my
own account. I went to the immense
barn where nearly one hundred cows were
being milked bj - four white men and
three white girls. I wus surprised to see
how clean everything was, and, in fact,
1 didn't suppose it possible to keep a
burn that was full of cows as that is
kept. It ig thoroughly cleaned out twice
a day and lime is spilled about on two
days of the week. The milkers were all
neatly dressed, and 1 noticed especially
that their bands were clean. The milk
wus strained through two more strains
in the burn and then taken to the dairy,
where it was fun through an areater to
tuke out the animal heat. It goes through
three strainers here, two of cheese cloth
and one of wire.
"The water given the stock and poultry
la gathered from two large springs a
half mile away, being pumped by a hy
draulic ram into a large tank 30 feet high
and from there distributed over the place,
about 2 miles of iron pipe being used for
the purpose. So you see the cows get
water that Is as pure as can be found In
the world.
"I saw one cow off in a barn to herself,
and asked what she was there for. 'Oh,
that is the hospital,’ said Mr. Brown.
’She is convalescent now, and will be put
back In the bum pretty soon.’ ‘You don't
m< an to say you have a cow hospital?' 1
said. Oh. yes,' he replied, 'we do. You
see when a cow gets sick the first evi
dence is that she will not eat her food
or very little. Then the flow of milk de
creases. Well, just as soon as we find
either of these conditions exist we take
her temperature, using- a physician’s ther
mometer (a cow's temperature at normal
is 102). and If we find she has the least,
bit of fever we put her In the hospital
and begin giving her quinine and other
medicines until site gets well or dies. And
in the meantime we do not sell or use her
milk, but give it to the pigs.’
"Although there were two large silos
on the place holding 2.50 tons of ensilage,
they are being employed so they will hold
600 tons. This means green food for
twelve months in the year for the milch
cows.
"Now I come to one of the most' in
teresting things on Belmont. A
held of over 150 registered Berkshire
hogs, many of them being imported from
England, bit right here 1 wislt to say
that some of the best specimens were
raised in Belmont. One, the head of the
herd, weighs over SOO pounds, and has
taken the blue ribbon lime after time at
our fairs. There are thirty-two brood
-< ws and yet these people are behind
with lli'-ir orders for hogs. I saw -in im
ported sow that was not especially large,
but a very handsome animal, and asked
about her, and was told that she was
bought last .March for S2OO. But I saw
several better ones raised right at home
on Belmont. With the high price of meat
it pays to raise hogs and it doesn't cost
any more to raise a good one than a
sony one, and there aro good ones it
Belmont. They charge a good price for
them, but their rule Is in every depart
ment that anything bought of them can
be returned if not entirely satisfactory.
“There are over three thousand chick
ens on the place, comprising about forty
varieties, all thoroughbreds. A chicken
is never shipped that is not a good one.
The poorer specimens are culled out and
sold for marker. 1 also found large
droves of fancy pigeons and a large lot of
pheasants and fancy water foul.
"Now, in conclusion, I would advise
everyone who Is interested in farming
or stock and poultry raising to visit Bel
mont. They will receive courteous treat
ment and will learn a lot of things be
side seeing a great farm."
crops, to give the best results, should
be In the ground before the first of Oc
tober, and the sooner the better. AVe
want to give them all the time possible
to make growth before ('liristmas. and
If your land is ready, why put oft {danc
ing it. I have seen excellent crops of
crimson clover made from seed sown in
October; but early sowings are more cer
tain of success.
The old idea that land be allowed to
lay out in order to recuperate is being
replaced by the newer idea of bringing
up a soil by intelligent and systematic
rotation. It is true that land will im
prove when turned out and allowed to
grow up in weeds and grass; but nature’s
process of recuperation by the adding of
vegetable matter* to the soil through this
natural growth is far slower than where
scientific methods are applied, and the
same end attained in one-fourth the time
by the planting of renovating crops.
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THE SOUTH'S PROGRESS.
By Walter J. Ballard.
In 1880 the south had 40 mills engaged
In the cotton seed oil Industry, with $5,-
500,000 aggregate capital, but the number
Is now 70. with $.50,000,000 capital, and a
yearly product worth $125,000,000.
New Orleans banks:
June 30. 1899. 190.7.
Capital $ 4.580,200 $ 7,980,200
Surplus 3,443,893 7.586.594 I
Deposits 28,864,060 55,079.600 |
Year’s clearings 429,074,534 721,926,720 ;
New cotton mills in South Carolina, with 1
a capitalization of $1,995,000. have been |
chartered since August 1. 1902. In audi- ■
tfon. existing mills Increased their capi
talization by $5,120,000, making a total ;
increased Investment in the cotton industry 1
in this one state of $5,115,000, in a single !
year. }
Rice culture in Texas employed 200,0ij0 :
acres in 1893, but now employs 600,000 acres, j
Two rice mills, located in New Orleans
in 1593. now 75 mills distributed over the
rice belt. Value of yearly product in
creased from $5,000,000 to $15,000,000. South
ern Pacific land sales in 1894 were 100.000
acres but l,2Bo,oooacres in 1902. Southern Pa
cific line from Now Orleans to El Paso.
Tex., earned $1,500,000 in 1894, but rose to
$1,000,000 in the fiscal year (June 30) just I
closed.
In the two years 1901-1903, assessed val- |
9
nation in the south increased $160,000,000,
made up as follows:
Alabamas 25,727,108
Arkansas 23,358,893
District of Columbia 7,429,1A
Florida 6.361,983
Georgia 33,986,955
Kentucky 51,251.059
Louisiana 38.924,061
Maryland 50 t 138.021
Mississippi 25,423,179
North Carolina 34,642.29$
South Carolina 15,935.294
Tennessee : "-M.353
Texas 103,564,093
Virginia 20,859.7'1
West Virginia 12,736,671
The totaj assessed property valuation
of these southern states by census pe
riods and for 1902 was:
188053,051,175,098
1890 4,659,514.333
1900 5,457,553.031
1902 5,916,960.713
These figures show that the $460,000,000
gain in the two years of 1901-1902 is $62.-
000,000 more than half the $798,000,000 gain
in the ten years 1890-1900.
The census of JfXX) gives the following
southern values:
Farm values $3,951,631,632
Capital In manufacturing.. .. 1.153,002.363
Railroads (estimated) 2,734,888.000
T0ta157,839,522,000
, This total shows 36 per <*ent increase
over 1890 census. The foregoing are only
a few of the items which might be noteij
of progress in the south.
Schenectady, N. Y , August 10.
Hiawatha oil Baseball.
"Then, again," said Hiawatha,
“I am somewhat interested
i In this baseball proposition.
I'm a red-hot, ranting rooter.
Fond of extra-inning contests,
Daffy over foxy team work.
Always out to kill the umpire
When he makes a bum decision.
It Is claimed, my little dearies.
That this pastime was Invented
By a gent named Father Chadwick,
Who was aided and abetted
By old Grandad Adrian Anson.
Should you ask me who discovered
And originated baseball.
I would tell you in a jiffy
It was Skln-the-Sassy-Muskrat
Os the tribe of Ojibways—
Os the sporty Old Ojibways—
Who received their correspondence
Where the falls of Minnehaha
1 Gieani and gurgle In the sunlight.
This young Skln-the-Sassy-Muskrat
Was a thoroughbred from wayback,
Very game was he, and nifty;
He could sit in for an evening
And corral the red and blue ones,
lie could guzzle firewater
IJke a dry old dromedary
Stocking up at an oasis.
And it never seemed to touch him.
After scheming for a fortnight
All the braves he called around him
And explained his proposition;
Then two teams were straightway chosen.
One was called the Mighty Mud Hens,
Captain, Skin-the-Sassy-Muskrat:
And the other. Heap Bad Actors.
Captain Big Chief Blte-the-Features.
On a. level stretch of meadow
Near the shores of Gitchie Gimmie
These two factions came together.
Buch-Afraid-of-His-Roflection
Volunteered to act . a umpire;
I n came Skin-the Sassy Muskrat,
Swung at several pitches,
Tilt the zone with hi war club.
“Batter out!' the umpire shouted.
Whereupon the Mighty Mud Hens,
Led bv Skin-thc-Sassy-Muskrat.
Drew their scalping knives and started
For the luckless arbitrator.
iiuck-A fraid-of-1] is - Reflection
Very thoroughly they scalped him.
Then they made him run the gauntlet.
This, my children is the story
Os the rise and fall of baseball
In the land of the Oiibwavs!”
Wild. F. KIRK.
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The residents—men and women—waded
waist deep in the wafer and killed thorn
all with hatchets, scythes and pitchforks.
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