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The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
SCIENTIFIC CULTIVATION.
To Achieve Best Results the Farmer Must
Keep Posted In the Most Ad-
vanced Ideas.

Twenty years ago | worked for a
practical old farmer who always had
good reason for everything he did.
When | began plowing he sHif: Il
want to give you little instruction in
corn cultivating, and | want you to
remember every word OF it, for you
know am getting along i'll years, and
if anything should happen to me you
will have the making of this crop.
"This corn must be cultivated four
times. The first and second times you
must send the shovels of your cultiva-
tor well down. Go slow and cultivate
five to six inches deep This will kill
the weeds and loosen up the soil, let
ting in air and sun-heat. and giving
the millions of rootlets chance to run
through every inch of the soil and get
the strength they need. The second
and third times you go over it drive
right along and set the shovels of the
cultivator to run not over three inches
deep. At this time the soil will be
filled with the corn roots, and you
must be very careful not to cut or
break them. Do you understand?'
| informed him that l did, and the
35-acre corn field was cultivated exact
ly as he had instructed me. The land
was good, black prairie, and the yield
of the entire field was an average of
734 bushels of frst-class corn per acre.
That was 20 years ago, and it taught
me lesson | never forgot, and one
that has enabled me to grow some corn
as good as any that is found in my
neighborhood
Last season the Illinois agricultural
experiment station made series of
exhaustive experiments In corn cult
vation, which proved that my old en-
ployer's practice was correct in every
particular. The lesson, coming as 1T
does from an authoritative source,
will have a more far-reaching effect
on the methods of cultivating
corn than the practice of one
or two farmers who are comparatively
unknown. Farmers will heed the in
structions of scientific experimenters
when they would not for a moment
listen to one of their own number who
had experimental merely for his own
benefit.
1t was formerly the practice in this
locality to ridge the corn rows up at
least four inches high, and it was the
Arm belief of many that a fair crop
could be grown by no other method.
But man came in from the northern
part of the state with an outfit of shall
low running cultivators and smashed
the old ideas to atoms by growing a
series of crops averaging II, SO and 79
bushels per acre, while the average in
the neighborhood, grown on the OLD
plan, was only about so bushels pei
acre during the same years. Fred
Grundy, in Economist.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
a SONG OF HEROES.

They sing about the admirals; likewise the
commodores,
An the mon that take their orders up
on deck
An the lads that feed the big gun while
1t rears its head and roars
A-pinin for TO see another wreck.
You'd think they'd gone clean through the
list and never skipped a thing,
With their Jolly tars." "hooray" and
.'yo-heave-ho!"
But there's none as tunes a string
While he lifts is voice to sing
OF the Jackies wot's a-stokin' down be-
low
Oh, IT'S here's to him a-fightin'
Where the shot kicks up a spray,
It's glorious and excitin'
When ne rushes to the fray,
But there ought to be sone snatches
on the way IL stirs your soul
When they batter down the matches
While you shovel in the coal.
We don't go much on uniforms. In al
that heat and dirt,
With flames a-reachin' out to eat the air,
It's just waste of etiquette TO wear a
wooden shirt,
You never have your picture taken there
It's no use to den. it, In your throat there
comes a lump,
AS you think of home and wonder where
you'll go
Whlle your neafl Dtglns " lilhhlp
Like the wheels that clang and thump
Round the Jaekies wot's a-stokin' down
below.
Oh, it's here TO him a-flghtin'
And takin' steady AIM
II he's hurt there's some delight in
Thinkin' he can do the same
BY the first un' that he catches
But we don't know wata the goal
When they batten down the matches
While we shovel in the coal.
It's glorious consolation in the toilin and
the thirst
To wipe the wetness from our brows and
think
That we're handsomely provided for. in
case we meet the worst,
With milion-dollar coffin when we SINK.
Our hearts is In the hghtin' tops; were
wisain' we was there
A-doin' of our duty by the foe,
But each must take his share
And they couldn't hardly spare
The Jackies wot's a-stokin' down below.
So here's to them that's fghtin'i
Here's 10 the pilot, too;
We trust EN- to be right in
Any job they're ort to do.
Maybe we're 10 meet our matches
But it's all past our control
When they batten down the matches
While we shovel in the coal.
It ain't the bloomin' admirals; 1t amt the
eommodores
That the Spaniards is wishin' for to-
day,
Nor yet the lads that handle ammunition
out o doors,
Where you stand little chance to get
away
They've had fighters in their families and
the cubs'll fight again,
But they answered up most cautious-lfke
and slow
When 1t comes to askin' men
To be hudded In the pen
To be Jackies wot's a-stokin' down below,
SAYS they: well do your fghtin
But that locker amt our size,
Where you wedge the men so tight in
Fur them Dagoes realize
What uncertainty attaches
To the fellers In a hole
I When they batten down the matches
While we shovel in the coal.
Washington Star.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
The Pantomime in the
Window Opposite.
By willis Imery,
Copyright, 1898.

n ETWEEN her and me there was
ID great gulf, chasm with precipi-
tous walls of stone. We were so near
together that could see the color of
her eyes when the light shone fairly,
but between us was the gulf, and in the
bottom of it a roaring river.
In the morning the river ran south
ward; at noon it was full of conflict
ing tides that clashed and surged; in
the late afternoon it ran mostly north
ward toward Printing House square
and the Brooklyn bridge. 1t was
river of humanity, and the gulf was
the canyon of Nassau street, in New
York city.
She was on the western bank and |
on the eastern, hundred and fifty
feet above the bed of the stream.
Crossing was easy, but | could not go,
because | had no errand. How could |
invade the Office of Stoughton q Bland
and say: "Gentlemen, | have come to
tell your secretary that admire her"
did not think it fitting even to ask
what name she bore of such acquaint-
dlCCS dS lhNt bSth Abit w an
swer. l would not have known what
firm employed her, but that l could
read the gilt letters on the glass door
of their office when there was light be-
hind it in the hall. 1t was hard to
make them out, for of course they read
backward to me, being glued upon the
other side of the door, but / looked
across so often that l should have
made them out at last had they been
Chinese characters.
She used to wear neat and tasteful
clothes, and her hair was always just
right. Her desk and the typewriting
table were never in disorder, and from
that inferred that she had been well
brought up, conviction reenforced
by my observation of her -,hearing
toward all who spoke with her Busy
from morning till night, she never
seemed to be hurried or worried, and it
seemed to me she never had unfinished
work to put aside al the close of the
day.
As spring advanced her window and
mine were often open. 1t was then
that ray of sunshine striking down
upon her one bright morning showed
me that her eyes were hazel. / had
thought they might be blue, for her
hair was light She was of a slender
figure, rot strong enough, it seemed TO
me, to work so hard. noticed that her
cheeks never had in them enough color
20 be visible from across the canyon.
The man who dictated and signed
most of the letters that she wrote was
u puzzling fellow. He looked not more
than 35. but his hair was almost white.
He was always very considerate of her
in his manner, and she obviously
looked up to him as a great man.
wondered why he did not see that she
needed a long rest and the tonic air
of the mountains. Probably he found
her indispensable in his business NJ
fairs, yet faneied he might make that
plea some day and be answered by the
Reaper that no mortal is indispensa-
BILE.
She was very faithful in her work
and l think the young man with the
gray hair appreciated il, for ] otter
saw him praise her. II was easy
enough to know when she received thi;
commendation, for II pleased her ex
tremely. r
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
CHINESE SHOES.
There Is Comfort and KcaIthfulne,,
In the Woven Straw
Sandals.

81 may seem to be quarreling with
my bread and butter" said an uptown
ehiropodist to one of his best custom.
ers the other day, but in my humble
and somewhat professional opinion
the most sensible of all men in the
matter of footwear is the ehinaman.
Did you ever notice his feet? don't
believe there is such thing as corn
or bunion in all China. Chiropodsts
would starve to death there so far as
the requirements of the masculine
foot are concerned. Whatever the de-
formities inflicted on the feet of the
women of China may be, the men Ger.
tainly enjoy sound and comfortable
understandings. Look at the Chinese
laundrymen here in Washington; they
stand at their work IS hours day. No
class of workingmen | know of spend
so many hours on their feet as they
do. Yet they never break down there,
and physically they are a wonderfully
healthy race.
Simple living and freedom from the
nervous pursuits of our civilization
may have something to do with it, but
| attribute their exemption from foot
weakness and disease to the kind Of
house shoe so universally worn BY
them. | have a pair that | have worn
for several years, and wouldn't weal
anything else for genuine indoor CON
fort, They are woven of straw and
seaweed and soled with horsehide
There is a thick sole of straw above
the leather, and through this the air
can circulate freely, keeping the mus.
cles of the under part of the foot al
ways cool. The laundrymen, you no.
added advantage in the matter OF
healthfulness. There is about as little
material in the uppers as is consistent
with the idea of shoe, and this is just
enough to keep the thing on the foot
This upper, too, is woven loosely OF
seaweed, so that the air can have ac
cess To the foot. Nowhere does this
lhoe pinch or in the least degree press
lhe foot,
These are the indoor shoes of the
Chin1man. On the street here in the
United States nowadays he wears very
| commonly the leather shoes or boots
OF American manufacture. That is one
Of the ways in which he is becoming
Americanized. But the outdoor cloth
shoe of China is great deal worn also
That, like the indoor shoe, is very
thick and soft in the sole and the foot
is never pinched or strained by it. The
lAaltbiest footgear ever known prob
ably was the sandal of the Greeks IL
had no upper, and, as you will see IN
statuary, the feet of the men ana
women were ideally perfect. All the
sandal afforded was protection from
the ground. TO him who wears san
dals,' say the Arabs. 1T is as II Inc
world were shod with leather. lhe
Chlnaman seems to follow out TINS
MOTTO, and his shoes are nearly soles
and nothing more. But the great Sc
cret of the excellence of his indoor
shoe is the half-inch straw sole
through which the air circulates 10
keep the foot cool. If our fashions
would bring the Chinese shoe into use
think it would be a very good thing
for ns-that is, speaking broadly
don't think it would be so very gooo
for people in my line of business. Bu'
that is another matter, and the dan
ger is not so very near or great -
Washington Star.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
WIT AND WISDOM.

No raan is thoroughbred unla..,
OWNS two umbrellas.-Atchison ela
pawnbroker's shop is alwars
place of interest. = Chicago hsa
News.
The only way to make some \.
smart is to thrash them.-L. A W ps1
letin.
Many very ugly flower not !.
beautiful flowers IL it.-Washinota
Qa.) Democrat.
One War Correspondent-"Tharo
one religious rite could take deIs
in" Another One-"And what's thass aa
Swinging censor" = Indiapanaa
journal.
Browne-"How surprised we wosp
be if we could see ourselves as otbs.
see us!" Towne-"Yes; but think bo1
surprised the others would be If a."
could see us as we see ourselveSs
Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Bargan-Friend-'T wona.,
how those little one-cent shons ava
came to be invented?" Her Husband
II suppose to use up what's left =,
the dollar after the 99-cent stores os
through with it."-Toronto News
The Remark Personal.-'It is f.,
waste of lather to shave an os.s
quoted the gray-bearded sage. afts.
trying vainly to convince the Aipnss.
youth. as that" asked the finnsn
youth, "the reason you let EN- grows
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Old Pinchpenny is about as unpat,i
otic q man as ever breathed.s av
claimed the man with the red. whit,
and blue shirt bosom. Doesn't bs
want to go out to lick the Spaniards9s
"No. He doesn't even want to Gck
revenue stamp when it comes his turn
Washington Star.
A young widow put up eostlymor.
ument to her late husband and in.
scribed upon it: MY grief is so great
that | cannot bear it." A year or 81
later, however, she married again
and, feeling a little awkwardness abopt
The inscription, she solved the diff.
Guilty by adding one word to it,
"alone. London Figaro.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
HERE AND THERE.

Even in ordinary circumstances
clean out box stall after COW has
ca we'd therein, and thoroughly disinfect
it with a solution of sulphuric acid.
This will prevent sceptic poisoning of
the next COW.
Timothy is not well adapted for
permanent pastures; blue grass is bet
ter wherever the situation favors its
growth. If the latter does not succeed
well, mixture makes thicker bed
than any one kind only.
old process oil meal, with bran or
middlings, is an excellent food for pigs
when too large to remain with the
sow, and they can be weaned upon it
without that check of growth which
so often comes to young pigs.
Pure food and water are just as
essential for hogs as for horses and
dairy stock. If you keep the hogs in
foul-smelling pens, and feed them foul,
sour or rotten slops and other stuff,
YOU spoil the meat, undermine health
and vigor, and make way fGr the later
ravages of cholera
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
VALERIA,S PRAYERS.
lily Entertainer with Her
Unique SupplicatiOns.

Nalcria, ager seven, and a source of
much entertainment to the family,
was being put to bed by her mother
| lay me down to sleep" closing, or
delaying to close, rather. as follows:
"Oh, Lord, bless papa and mamma
and grandpapa and grandmamma and
Eugenia and Auntie May and all my
dear little friends and my bunnies and
the old mother cat and Playful that
gave away and Jerry and Pedro and"
Jerry is the family horse and Pedro
is the dog, also given away like Playful,
the kitten. 1t was evident that the
prayer was being made simply pre-
text for keeping her mother, so
Naleria was requested to curtail her
remembrances. She accordingly
brought that prayer to a close, but
insisted that she should not rest easy
unless allowed to repeat another about
"Oh, Lord, bless the pence we bring"
Her mother yielded, but still the child's
praying appetite was not satisfied. She
launched into another effort, purely
original this time. 1t was a perfect
imitation of certain forms in prayer,
and she was extremely feryent. 1t
! must be explained that her mother had
! just recovered from an attack of neu-
ralgia.
"Oh, dear Father in Heaven" she
said, give that mamma may have had
the very last pain she will ever have
Give that she may be truly and indeed
well. And, oh Lord. help us to be very
kind to all animals that have three
legs, or two legs, or one leg; and to all
birds that have one leg, or two legs, or
three legs, and to people that have no
legs. And, Oh Lord, we bless Thee for
all the beautiful things we see in the
world around US. Give that we may
do what is right and bless thou our
sins. Amen"
The morning of Decoration day
Naleria climbed into bed with her
mother and asked if she might go out
to the cemetery and put flowers on the
graves. Her mother readily assented
and said she thought it would be a very
lovely thing for a little girl to do
Naleria announced that Mrs. Smith
"A neighbor, was going to put flowers
on Mr.. Smiths grave.
What was hep she demanded.
He wasn't a soldier, but il has be.
come a custom for people to put flower.
on the graves of their friends"
I'VE haven't got anybody out there,
sighed Naleria, mourfully.
NO, and just think how grateful we
ought to be that no one we love is lying
in the cemetery"
Yes" dubiously; then. with salts
faction. but you came near going.
: "Yes, and so did y-n."
Yes" with greater triumph, "ant
so did sister"
And so did your papa when he wa
hurt on the railroad. And so did grand
papa when he was so very ILL.,"
l "Yes, and grandmamma-well, sh,
didn't"
no, but she has been very sicl
| times"
: "Yes. but we most went Oft the hunks
/, and she didn't"
f Not long ago Naleria prayed that tn
L Lord would put Spain in the soup.
5 Since then she is quite at rest abou
= the outcome of the WARN. Y. Sun
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
THE NAME WAS NOT FAMILIAR.

wedding. If you wished to intimate
that marriage with me was equivalent
TO death, it was bad joke, sir; and il
you don't, then what in thunder did
wou mean? I've carried that puzzle
with me 1000 miles this summer, on
our wedding journey, and now by
Lucifer you've got to tell me the an
swer!"
l don't want to go any further with
this story. 1t has come to a point
where the recollections aroused are
really too painful.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
No Screws Mude In perstn.

a letter received the other day from
Tabriz, Persia, where hospital room
in memory of the late Theodore emu
has been equipped by his friends says
that everything, down to the screws
and The tools used to put the hosplta'
appliances into place, has to be taken
from England and America, as sucH
objects are unknown in Persia.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
As II VIII Pa ro,a S.on;.b Gran

As 1t VIII Be Told.-spanish Grand
DAD go years hence)-"And in THAI
hight at Santiago, my children, every
noble Spaniard met his fate" Little
One-"Was not one saved, grandpa
Spanish randdad-"Not a man was
left to cable the tale!"-Philadelphia
North American.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20
The Work OF n Queen,
Queen Victoria signs about 10000
documents every year.

winchester. King Alfred's cani,o,
mas Just celebrated its millennium as =
municipal m. corporation. The mayor of
W Nlnenes'er lays claim to authority an
,euoting any royal grant. BeornwnIf
having .g assumed the government of the
.own 'S, IN SOS 1t is only few wears ago
shaI .he city celebrated its seven brn-
useuIh .t anniversary oE the strength of
'ne charter granted by Henry II
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

Ihe quaint little black chimney
sweeps add to the picturesqueness Oh
Iharleston, $. c., where they are sun
In constant demand to clean the chin
neys OF the SCOT from the soft pine
wood so largely In use.
The Van Buren press., 1898-08-20

Aruneial teeth made of paper are
lri furnished by the dentists of Germonr
go. are very comfortable, retain
ohs sneIr color are much lighter thar
'Nins teeth and decidedly low.priced
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-03
IMPORTANT CASE DECIDED.

News was received here yesterday that
the Court of Appeals at Richmond has
decided the case of Brown VS.. Cranberry
Iron and Steel Company in favor of the
defendant. This suit which involved the
title to about one-half of the 10000
acres of mineral property owned in
North Carolina by the Cranberry COM
pany, has been in court about ten years.
Mr.. II. I'll. Battle, of this city, represent
ed the company, of which General Hoke
rs president. Lac plaintiff, Vance
Brown, hives i'm New Zealand The pro-
perty, for which he was suing, lis worth
about $4,000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-03
NOTICE.

The undersigned having incorporated
themselves under the name and style of
the Central Market and Cold Storage
Company" have now entered upon bust
ness at 122 Fayetteville street We
have now being built for our market q
strictly up-to-date and modern cold stor-
age and refrigerating plant to be used il,
our business. 1t will be our earnest en-
deavor to keep only the very best of
meats, vegetables and provisions; to
give prompt and satisfactory service, to
make prices as low as consistent with
safe business methods and in every le-
ultimate way do our utmost to merit a
continuance and gain a decided increase
over the very generous patronage ac-
corded our predecessor.
Very respectfully,
r. p. HOWELL,
j. j. BERNARD,
WIN. LEDBEPrER,
Incorporators.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-03
CITY IN BRIEF.

CHORUS CIlASS-The chorus class
of the Raleigh Musical Association will
meet in their hall for practice this
evening at o'clock.
KNIGHTS.-Regular conclave of
Raleigh Commandery No. will be held
tonight at Masonic Hall. All Sir
knights are requested to attend.
FOOD CONGRESS.-The North
Carolina Experiment Station will send
a delegate to the Pure Food and Drug
Congress, which is soon to meet in
Washington.
OFFICE MOVED.-Dr. Jas. r. Rog-
ers has changed his office from the Park
Hotel to the Pullen building, where he
has fitted up a handsome suite of rooms.
His telephone number is still u.
LAW OLASS.-The law class to be
examined next Monday will probably he
about the usual size. SO far only twelve
applicants have registered; eleven of
these are from Wake Forest College.
JOINT MEETING.-Th will be a
meeting of the Ministering Circle of
Kings Daughters and Chapter No. 6 of
st. Mary's Guild, at Mrs. Alfred Hay
woods, at O'clock this afternoon
There will be a JOINT meeting.
VETERANS BAND.-The Veteran
Corps Band, of Baltimore, which APP
peared here on December 4th, was here
yesterday on its way from Durham to
Goldsboro, where it played last night
From there they go to Wilmington.
SHIRT FA0T0RY.-T'h shirt facto-
ny at the penitentiary will start up in
a few days. Nearly all the machinery
as now in place and all other prepare
fions have been made. AS rapidly as
the convicts become skilled i'm the work
the plant will be enlarged.
TO THE FiARMS.--Four negro con-
victs-new men, two from Arson and
two from Nash county-were yesterday
taken down to the Halifax State farm.
They go there to take the place of some
machinists that will be brought here
to work in the shirt factory.
Robbery Tom Harris, the negro
who was caught in a Wilmington street
bar Tuesday afternoon trying to rob
Mr. James Hunter, of Neuse, will be
tried Saturday morning by Mayor Russ.
1t is said that AIunter was intoxicated
and Harris, when caught, had his hand
in his pocket and ON his watch. The
trial was set for yesterday morning, but
was postponed ON account of absence of
witnesses.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-03
CONSUMPTION POSITIVELY
CURED.

Mr.. r. B. Greeve, merchant, of Chill
howie, Va, certifies that he had con
sumption, was given mp to die, sough
all medical treatment that money could
procure, tried all cough remedies he
could hear of, but got no relief; spen
many nights sitting up in a chair; wa
induced to try DR.. Kings New Dis
covery. and was cured by use of two
bottles For past three years has bee
attending to business, and says DR.
Kings New Discovery is the grandest
remedy ever made. as it has done
much for him and also for others in his
community. DIR. Kings New Discover
is guaranteed for Coughs. Colds an
Consumption. 1t don't fail. Trial bot
ties free at any drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-02-03
ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM

Still the interest in public schools all
over the State goes on increasing. Al
most daily the State Superintendent OF
Public instruction receives notice OF one
or more townships in some county rals-
ing few hundred dollars by private
subscription to keep their public schools
going this winter.
Yesterday Jackson county reported
four townships as having subscribed
$3.50. Also one township in Haywood
county gives 1910. These amounts are
TO be duplicated by the State.