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The advocate., 1896-04-29
Well Irrigation.
t1tISt.

The following is taken from Bulle
tin No. 55, issued by the Experiment
Station at the Kansas Agricultural
College at Manhattan. Readers in
Kansas who desire the bulletin may
obtain 1t by addressing a request for 1t.
1.-THE depth from which it will pay
to raise water for irrigation must de-
pend upon the value Of the crop which
can be produced by it. That 1t can be
made profitable to pump from shallow
wells for all sorts of garden crops,
orchard trees and small fruits has been
shown too often to need further proof.
"With q fruit that has been made to
produce from two to four or FIVE hun
dred dollars worth of berries to the
acre as often as the strawberry has,
there would seem to be little doubt
that pumping from a well of reason
ably strong supply at any depth less
than fifty feet could be made to pay.
Whether much deeper wells than that
can be used must depend upon circum-
stances. At q ranch In the Panhandle
of Texas thrifty garden is irrigated
with water raised by a windmill 23O
feet, and to that family, no doubt,
those vegetables are worth all they
cost. And so there is no doubt that
strawberries, raised to supply the
family, rather than that they should
60 without, can be irrigated with very
hiRh-priced water and it will still pay.
"HaVing a we'll of sufficient cspa-
city, and the mill or other pumping
power in position, the pond is usually
placed near enough to allow the water
to be run into It from a spout. The
height of the walls Of the pond should
be anticipated, and tho delivery spout
Of the pump carried up high enough to
allow q good fall over the top Of the
wall into the pond. There will be &C.
casional cases where the pump and
mill must be over q well, pond or
spring In o rsVine or draw, while the
The advocate., 1896-04-29

pond must be on the proper ground TO
run the water from, on 70 the land.
Here q forcing cylinder on the pump
and proper supply pipe to the pond
will have to be provided.
"The mistake Ia often made of build
ing the pond too large, For twelve
foot mill or less, pond sixty feet
square is usually large enough.
can acre of ground contains 1850
square feet; hence it would require
43,56O cubic feet of water to cover 1t q
foot deep. An inch In depth over an
acre would require one.twelfth of this,
or 1880 cubic feet. A pond sixty feet
square on the bottom would contain
1900 feet of water for every foot Of
depth, if the sides were square, and
with sloping sides somewhat more, so
that, as nearly as we can approximate,
pond of this size will hold, for every
foot In depth, water enough to cover
an acre an inch deep, or one acre-inCh,
Such a pond actually contains, at four
feet deep, 16,40515 cubic feet, or 1910
per cent. more than four scre.inches.
The first foot would contain 3,72115
feet; the second, $685.; the third,
4,22515; the fourth, 4,48715 feet.
GAS 1t is desirable that the berry
grower should know somewhat nearly
how much water he Ia using, and how
much he has on hand at a particular
time, pond of these proportions is
recommended as convenient one, or
if larger one is required, 60xl10
feet would hold two acre-inChes to a
foot in depth, when four feet deep. :,
"By having a gauge marked In feet
and inches, set on the valve platform
and reading from the bottom Of the
outlet upwards, the depth Of water is
readily seen; aud by taking readings
on opening and closing this valve, the
volume of water used can be pretty
closely calculated. A record book Of
this for the season would develop much
valuable information for future use."
The advocate., 1896-04-29
Thinking Farmers.

The farmers are a thinking class.
They may move slowly, but 80 do all
classes. The world has never made
progress very willingly. 1t is held back
like balky horse whenever it has been
urged forward. But when we see such
heads as were on the shoulders Of farm
ers at the meeting in Springfield, ILL.,,
last week, we can conclude such men
will work out their destiny on proper
lines. There is as much difference be-
tween farmers to-day and farmers thirty
years ago as there is between day and
night The politician cannot fool farm
ers as he did a quarter Of century ago
The advocate., 1896-04-29
Consumption Cured.

An old physician retired from practice, hay.
Ing had placed Ia his hands by an East India
missionary the formula Of simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure Of
Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma,
and all throat and lung affections. also posi-
all Nervous Complaints, after having tested
Its wonderful curative powers In thousands OF
cases, has felt it his duty to make IL known to
HIS suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo-
tive and desire to relieve human suffering,
viii send free OF charge to all who desire It,
this recipe Ia German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing Bnd using. Sent
by mail by addressing with stamp, naming
this paper w. A. MOVES, $50 POWers Block,
Roehester, N. Y.
The advocate., 1896-04-29
APPLE KING OF KANSAS.
How Judge WellhOuse Plants His Mammoth
Apple Orchard.

Ing on an interesting subject:
"Judge Fred WellhOuse of LeRVen-
worth county, Kansas, is reputed the
most extensive and probably the most
successful individual spple-grower In
the United States, and is known far
and wide as the Apple King His
orchards consist of 1850 acres; the
product In thirteen years has been up
ward of 100000 bushels, and the Vsrie'
ties given chief precedence are Ben
Davis, $50 acres; Missouri Pippin, 800
acres; Jonathan, 300 acres, and Gsno,
100 acres. Mr.. Wellhouse has just fin
ished planting an additional 100 acres,
and the success that has attended all
his work makes his methods Of much
interest to anyone setting a cOnsiders-
BILE area in trees. AS related by him in
brief his procedure covering an expert
enCe of twenty years Is as follows:
"Using land in a good state of culti-
walton, as for other crops preferably
but not necessarily a northern expos
ure); rows north and south, thirty-two
feet apart, are made by turning
straight plow-furrow to the west and
another to the east, say twenty inches
from the first; the middle strip thus
left is thrown out by another round
with the plow, the last furroW being
about ten inches deep; in the bottom
of this dead furroW running listing
ploW with subsoiling attachment, and
then oss-msrking with any device to
indicate the location for the trees six.
teen feet apart in the rows completes
the preparation of the ground.
"Thrifty tWo.yesr r-old trees are con-
sidered best, although those a year
older are not Objectionable. These are
taken up by tree.digger run ten to
twelve inches deep. When the trees are
delivered on the orchard land ready for
planting, men distribute them at the
cross marks, and two work together In
planting a row; one stands the tree in
its place and spreads its roots out in
their natural position, holding it while
the other shoVels the finer soil over
them. The man holding the tree con-
stantIy trsmps the earth among and
around the roots until it will firmly
hold the tree in an upright position.
When the rows are thus made ready
team hitched with short singletrees to
q ploW follows and In one round throws
the adjacent earth back into the CEN
trsl furrow, filling it. In ten days or
two weeks, when weeds begin to show,
another round is made, turning fur
row two or three inches wide toward
the tree and a little deeper than the
first, covering all turned by the pre-
ViOus round; in a fortnight another
narrow furroW is turned as before, as
deep and throwing the soil as far up on
the ridge as possible, with a view to
smothering any weeds started in the
tree row. This is repeated at two-week
intervals until the middle of August,
forming continuous beds of mellow
earth or tree rows about eight feet
wide, elevated four to six inches above
the adjacent surface, twelve to fifteen
inches deep and In superior condition
for the reception of rains and q Vigor-
GUS growth of the trees.
"If the blowing and covering has
The advocate., 1896-04-29

the fall before. This cultivation is
kept up unit the trees are FIVE or six
years old or in bearing, when the land
is seeded to clover"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25
Dehorning Milk Cows.

Dehoruiog milk cows is becoming a
general practice. The results are salts.
factory. but the operation is cruel. Be-
sides being dreadfully painful, it must
be severe shock to the cows systcms
However. in the opinion Of most dairy.
men. the end justi6es the means. AS
many of our dairyuen raise their COWS
We suggest to them the experiment OF
preventing horns from coming as being
preferable to cutting them off after the
COW is grown. We note in bulletin
from the Georgia Experiment Station
the following !:
The germ or embryo horn Of a very
young calf NAV be easily and quickly
destroyed Take stick of caustio pot.
ash, dip the ends in water. rub it for
about ten seconds on the spot where one
horn is to appear. Then wet Eit again
and apply in the same manner to the
other horn. Repeat the application
Immediately Nothing more will be
uecessary. The calf will never have a
horn if the operation be performed be-
fore it is three days old. -
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25

while the daily reports of the intermin-
able contest iu the legislature of the
State Of Kentucky with no results.
many weary months OF fruitless ballot
ing, adds strength TO the proposition OF
your committee
Continuing on this liue the report
says: But another vital objection o
the election Of senators by the legisla
ture and in favor of The change pro-
posed must be apparent TO all. How
frequently is il true that in the >tec-
tion Of members of q State legislature
at time When +ucb legislature has as
one of It's duties the elecfion of SEN
ator, every consideration is lost sight of,
except the solitary Que as to how cam
dldates. if elected, will vote on the
question of the 3. ua:orshlp. The
question as 10 the candidates qualr6-
cations for the business Of geoeral leg
islation OF be views be entertains with
reference to the great material interests
of the State are wholly lost sight Of.
Popular opiaiou has, the committee says
taken hold Of the subject and the de-
uaud for this change Is loud and en-
phatic. The belief in the public mind
is rapidly gaining that proper Difference
is not given by the senate # the Unit
ed States TO the demands and interests
of the people and that is largely due
to the fact that senators do not owe
their POSITIONS to the people wSo are
perpspeut. but to the legislatures,
which are transient"
ED conclusion, the committee says :
.'The people demand voice in the
election of senators and such demand
in the judgment of your committee
sbould be respected. So, whatever
/ may be said to the contrary, whatever
may be thought Of the sanetity of the
! Constitution as it stands, it mast be ad
mitted by all that the people are be
| coming restive under its restraints on
| the rights Of those entitled under the
Cc stituton and laws to exercise the
) we franchise The movement of
..e people in the interests of the peo
Pile, as on many other questions, is
stalwart and U, iversa and the sooner
this great fact is rec slized by the rep
reseptatives of the people the better
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25

birthplace in Kentucky He relates
that this Kentuckian told him Nancy
Hanks was "a very pretty backwoods
girl" who was poor and illiterate, ADD
man of means took advantage OF her
and hired Thomas Lincoln TO tnarTy Eec
; and gave HIN tour negroes. That
afterwards be sold those negroes aud
moved to Illinois. That LiHcolD was
man of little force. and thas this mar
riage occurred just before OF very short
ly after Abraham Liucoln's birth, and
probably he never knew any better
but adds very truthfully. 'sbut be this
as it may, Lincoln was net the father of
Abraham Lincoln - These statements,
Sigma says, came from a native
Kentuckian who lived pear the birth
place of Abraham Lincoln, and said he
"knew many old people who were we'll
acquainted with the facts" This is
statement from his birthplace and
shows that encyclopedias are not inf.l-
tible.
That Nancy HanBs was very
pretty backwoods couctry girl' is
true. aud as he aads. possessed OF
many amiable qualities. is also true,
aud that advantage was taken of her
confidence believe is equally true, but
will these custod4ns of the mighty
dead' and those hero worshippers al
low me to state by whom shall try
to run the fiery gauntlet and will even
dare to say by whom This is part
Of uuwrlttep history, but some day will
be true history aod accepted by the sin-
cere seekers of the truth.
1t is conceded on all sides that Lln-
coin was brutally unkind to little Abe
and for him Aade Jordan hard road
to travel, and his severe treatment run
him from home about nine years old.
Why was he so especially uukiDd to
little Abe The readers of your
papers have seen enough Of this cold
world to know why aud ere | say so
have answered this question already.
Yours for truth.
D. J. Kuotts.
Swansea, S. c.. March Is, 1896.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25

Sewing Machines and Organs cleaned and
repaired at the Sumter Music House.
In goug 10 get drink stop and t;.ink
what bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing
Machines are to be had at the Sumter Music
House, in the Masonic Temple building.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25
Masters Sale.
State of South Carolina,
COUNTY OF SUMTER.

In THE Court OF COMMON PLEAS.
W. Moultrie DeLorme, Plaintiff: against Sarah
.4danas, Louisa Gadsden, Rsbsccc Hamilton,
John adams, Mack adams, an infant u'de7
the age Of fourteen gears George Nontgom.
ery, Mark Montgomery, aaron -Nongomery,
and Sarah Montgomery, Defendants
DY VIRTUE of decretal Order in the
p above entitled action, dated March IA:
1896 will as Master for Sumter County,
sell, on the saleSday TO wit: the first Monday
in April next, 1896, being the sixth day OF
said month, between the hours Of II O'Clock
in the forenoon and o'clock in the after
noon, at Sumter Court House, in the Cir: OF
Sumter
All that parcel or tract of land situate in
Sumter County, in the State aforesaid, con-
tanning lhirty-t four and one-half acres, more
or less, conveyed to George Adams, deceased: /:
bv james D 3lanG;ng, b. deed. dated 18th
Ma7ch, 1915, and recorded in The Office OF
tie Register of Mesne Conveyance for Sumter
County ia Book Y. at page 63S: bounded on
tie North by the parcel of la"d conveyed to
John Adams on the East by lands, now or
formerly, or James D. Banding: on the
South by lands conveyed by James D. Bland.
ing, and West by land formerly of Dr.. }. NJ.
Pitts.
Terms, cash Purchaser 10 pay for papers.
" H. INGRAM,
Master for Sumter County.
March 10th, 1895.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-03-25

To me it is clear that this Nancy
Hanks is the Marcy Hanks Lincoln of
Kentucky, aud how and why she vas
there is the darkest page in the history
of John G. Calhoun.
{. The Calhoun part in this tangled web
I will notice in future article
Since writing the above. | have just
read IN the News aud Courier of March
Is, two articles, one from H. S. H. re-
thrasbing the same old encyclopedia
tale over again and with strained ef-
fort to be at the same tine
historic, literary and sarcastic.
thluks that through ignorance and
a desire for cheap notoriety have
entirely gotten up a mixed medley of
one John Calhoun of Massachusetts
and some Information in ictions and
articles in McClure's Magazine. And
the News ant Courier. in its headlines,
strains at gnat also with II. s. H.,
-~iu doing SO they both have to swal-
low ca. - digest this same old story
that has beea discarded Il S. Il.
seems to be better adapted to writing
magazine stories than to catching on
to historical connection [ don't like
to see man sal! uoder a false maiDtop
to shield his ,cowardice. Another is
from man Insignia" who relates a
con nversation ith Kentuckian 10
1886, who ID near Mr.. Lincoln 8
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-11
Mil gracias, estimado companero.

La prensa de Ponce ha designate
los senores siguientes, para formar Ell
Jurado que ha de discernir los premios
en- ell anunciado Certamen literario:
Don Miguel Rosich, doctores don Ma
nuel Zeno Gambia, don Gabriel Villa
ronga, don Francisco Rend6n Camacho
y Lcdo. don Arturo Aponte.
Ha sido, acknowledgements, una buena
election.
Ha llegaado esta ciudad ell nueyo
Presidente de la Audiencia de 10 crimi
nal, don Rafael Romeu y Aguayo.
Viene ell senior Romeu precedido de
una reputation intachable bien acred-
tada, va como funcionario publico, va
como particular. Es uno de los puer-
torriqueflos que honran este pals por
sus talentos Y virtudes.
FL apellido Romeu pertenece una
de las familias mas distinguidas en-
Puerto Rico, y de ella han salido hom-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-11

al es Que he prohibido los jefes de
columna recibirlas 81 no vienen con los
bombres, pido autorizacion Il " II
,,ara mandar al monte con sus marldos
: barmanos q las de los que Sc fueron
< vavan Ell 10 sucesivo, evItandonos bo-
cas- iuntiles, quitandonos espfas au-
mentando las dificultades del enemigo.
xCamilo Polavieja.>
paor era La situacion en- Mayarf-Aba-
- ri general Polavieja, sabedor de 10
| que por aquella parte Sc tramaba, puso
el u de Septiembre al coronel Pm, que
allf mandaba, ell siguiente despacho !:
xSe conspira, y la rebellion toma pro.
poreiones. Leite Vidal es hoy Jete del
moyimiento en- esa. Con Ell estan Carta-
gena otros jefes capitulados. Es nece-
sario brenda V. S. aquellos dos y a
aloin otro 81 sospecha de ell, en- ell mis-
mo dfa a la misma hora. Acuseme re-
lcibo.-x Camilo Polavieja >.-El coro-
mel Pin, no pudo hacer a tempo 10 que
Sc le mandaba Ell Is Sc lie fueron al
enemigo $50 voluntarios, con cuyo I'M
Iportante refuerzo cobraron tales anlmos
los rebeldes que entraron en- Mayarl'
Gracias al valor, bien probado en- aque-
lila OCCASION como Ell otras, de aquel CO
lronel (hoy generaD, que tan buenos ser
lvicios ha prestado Ell Cuba, no pudle
ron salir los enemigos de Espaila con lf
que Sc proponfan.
All dia siguiente de ocurrido 10 dt
Mayarf, puso Polavieja al brigadlel
March ell telegrama de que liable en- m
anterior artfculo y que comienza COZ
estas palabras, que cuantos tlenen ei
Cuba algdn mando debieran conocer
xTienen v. S. enganado. Corone
Pin, por fiarse no hacer prisioneros
Sc bate ahora en- las GALES de Mayario
lPronto veremos brotar con gran fuerz;
lpor aquella parte el fuego de la rebe
lion.
Lo propio sucedio en- Baracoa. Ell 2
Idio Polavicja la siguiente orden al JEFF
de aquella Jurisdiction sTan pront'
reciba usted la presente comunlcaclon
prendera a don Pedro Maria Delgado
don Pedro Mercier, don Santiago Me
deis, Jose (a) xGallego1, sargento capl
Itulado, don Antonio Romero, don Lul
Arrue, don M. Albadalejo y don 5. Ver
nier ST tuviese sospechas de Limban
Sanchez, prendalo tambien~. Ell % re
Ipitio la orden mandando prender a otros
El % lie dijo: brenda Limbano San
chez, 81 Were que su hermano pued
tomar alguna determination violenta
Iprendalo tambienS.
La gravedad de la situacion autoriZa
ba estas resoluciones y otras aun ma
energicas ejecutivas. Las escuadra
Ide Guantanamo estaban ganadas por e
enemigo.
G. REPARAZ.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-11

Con los tiempos que corremos
Y los hombres que tenemos
I la senda porque vamos,
No hay duda que caminamos
Al peor de los extremes.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-11

El maestro instruido laborioso De.
be oozar de las comodidades necesaras
para ell meior desempeno de su delieada
mission, comodidades que han de ser re.
lativas a su natural humilde resio.
nado.
Ell maestro no tiene derecho exioir
sacrificios irrealizables, nj siquera mnv
gravosos, por parte de la sociedad, pero
esta no 10 tiene tampoco para explotar.
10, exprimiendo ell jugo de su cerebro V
de sus actividades ffsicas sin remnne
rarlo equitativamente.
FL maestro que no es instruido nj la
borioso, no tiene derecho a ser maestro.
Y en- este punto, hemos de advertir que
siendo como somos, Maestro aunque de
| los mas humildes, nuestro primer ami
90 es ell Maestro: que este guardamos
las considerations que guardamos al
hermano; pero que, entire las consde
raciones que guardamos al amigo, al
companero al hermano, las que
guardamos La ninez, siendo aquellas
muy atlas, estas 10 son mucho mas: V
por tanto, preferimos la destituci6n de
uno de Glen maestrOs, antes que la
ignorancia, la falta absolute de instruc.
cion en- un conjunto de ninos, por inep.
titud indolencia del maestro. Es muY
sensible yer que un hombre pierda e.
pan de cada dfa; pero es mucho mas
doloroso que esos angeles pierdan eI
tempo Ell la escuela: que los padres
queden defraudados Ell sus legftimas
esperanzas, y que ell cuerpo contribu-
yente pague dinero, por POGO que sea,
a un empleado que no 10 CANA: ante todo
la justicia.
SALoM6N DoNEs
{ Concluird J
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-11
LA CIRCULAR DEL GOB|ERNO

En- nuestro artfculo publicado en- ell
simpatico popular diario ~La CORES
pondencia1 conclufamos afrmando que
no podfa culparse a los maestros POI
las deficiencies que Sc observan en- al
gunas escuelas, porque esas deficien-
cias proeeden del abatimiento en- que
viven los maestros en- virtud de La mi.
seria que los rodea, que les quita fuer-
zas, disminuye, cuando no anula, su
entusiasmo, y los desespera ante la evi-
dencia de un poryenir, en- ell cual, car
gados de amos y de pobreza, solo aso-
mara sus puertas, 81 ganaron las nece-
sarias condiciones, la insignifcante can
tidad que les conceda La GAIA de jubila-
dos: y observese que 10 que a un macs
tro auxiliar lie corresponds por este
concepto, es tan POGO, que no bastara
para librar nj las mas apremiantes me-
cesidades de una familia su jefe, ell
cual consagro los mejores anos de su
vida Y parte de los que Dios lie conce-
dio para ell descanso, la penosa tarea
de La ensenanza.
Estas consideraciones, que algunos
suponen tai vez despojadas de impor-
tancla, La tienen en- altfsimo grado, to-
da vez que, no es possible exigir a un
hombre que Sc elimine a ST mismo de
sus refiexiones, y que aparte de su Wis
ia Ell cuadro sombrfo que lie presenta la
imagination, cuando, considerable su
estado presente, tiende la vista q sus
hijos, y deduce 10 que les espera, asf
que anciano y enfermizo tenga que rem
dirse por estar impossible para la lucha.