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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-04

Balance of our Children's Refers, to
IA years, sl.29, never sold for less than
l.50.
Lack of space prevents our quoting
prices On Shoes, Blankets and Comforts,
Carpets and MatlingS, Dress Goods and
Trimmings. but big reductions have been
made on these lines. Watch for our col
ored supplement in all Sumter equity pa
pers. Special prices on every article in the
house except Howard Hats and Douglas
Shoes.
Remember we refund your
money if you are not salts
fed with your purchase.
]. RJy7ttenberg & Sons,
Sumter. s. 9.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-04
TINE TABLE No. /,

Wilson and Summerton r. r.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-04
MANCHESTER & AUGUSTA r. &.

Trains 80 and IS carry through Pullman
palace buffet sleeping cars between New
York and Macon via Augusta.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-01-04

In effect Monday, June 18th, 1888.
Between Sumter and Wilson's Mills.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
New Forage Plants.

These new forage plants Japanese
millets), like the Hungarian, are greedy
feeders. and for the best results demand
a quick and available fertilizer. The
seed should not be sown before June nor
later than the middle of July. the guam
tity being at the rate of from two to
three pecks per acre. The millets, when
used for hay, should be cut soon after
the heads are formed and before the seed
has set. otherwise the stem becomes
hbrous or woody, says Professor f.
William Rane, in describing expert
ments with forage crops at the New
Hampshire station (bulletin sly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
sEEPAGE IRRIGATION.
A system of ImpoEndirs and Evenly
Distributing Water.

Distributing; Water.
Concerning seepage irrigation. which
is practiced to some extent in the arid
fields Of the west. where water, is scarce
and valuable. and surface conditions a-s
favorable, Joel Shoemaker says in The
Orange Judd Farmer: It not oniv-
catches and retains the surplus rainfall
by evenly distributing on the subsur-
face strata, to feed the roots of growing
crops through capillary action. but
serves as a drainage for excessive water
when a drain pipe is placed at the low
est point and left open. The bitches
may remain permanently when once
perfected, and, if the farmer is able
financially, he can readily convert the
seepage plot into a complete subirriga-
tion system by putting in thing or fill
ing the bitches with stones, logs, brush
or straw, coarse enough to allow the
water, to cut percolating channels.
A seepage system consists of trenches
dug round and across a given tract, at
proper distances to allow the water full
distributory force. On some land, con-
tanning deep vegetable mold, water will
seep 1000 feet from a permanent canal.
reservoir or other large body and fur
nish sufficient moisture for maturing
crops, while in other less porous soils
the under surface percolation will not
exceed 100 feet. The trenches are there
fore dug in conformity to the nature of
the top soil and depth of subsoil. Ihave
seen main bitches three feet in depth
and similar width surrounding five acre
tracts, with two laterals of similar di-
mansions across the center, and again
have noticed orchards and vineyards
with seepage bitches every 200 feet.
The water is turned into the trenches
at the highest point by e Of a
head gate made Of separate boards two
to six inches wide. These are inserted
in slots made by mailing cleats on
either side and are put in as the water
from the outside fills up the trenches.
When trenches are full, all the gate is
up and water shut off from supply ca
nal. The water thus impounded perco-
lates through the soil on a level with
the bottom of the trenches or on top
the hardpan, or substrata. and forms
perfect reservoir from ditch to ditch.
coming to the surface except BY
showing spots of moisture in some of
the lowest places.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
One Thing and Another.

Alfalfa hay from the fourth cutting
was found to be fine, green and just the
quality for feeding to hogs at the Kan
sas station. Some farmers claim that
they realize from $40 to $50 per acre a
year from alfalfa.
It has been officially estimated that
of the 600, 900. 900 acres Of public lands
yet remaining the water supply is suf6-
Gent to reclaim about 20, OOO, 900 acres.
Of this the intermountain states have:
Colorado, 8, 900. 900 acres; Utah, 4, 600, :
900 acres New Mexico, a., 900, 900 acres;
Idaho 1000, 900 acres: Wyoming,
5000. 900 acres: Montana. II. 900. 600
acres.
The Irrigation Age says the splendid
SHOWS this winter have made sure the
water supply for the leading irrigation
districts for 1899. and the farmers may
smile.
L. II. Read of Wisconsin tells in The
Rural New Yorker that in his opinion
the Japan Panicum Crus CALI intro
duced by the Hatch experiment station
Of Massachusetts is the most valuable
forage plant that has been introduced
IN the last 25 years
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
PLAN FOR CORN MARKER.

PLAN FOL CORN MARKER
lettered thus: A, 2 by 4; B. 81 feet
long; G, q rod hinge; D. 2 by 4: e. /
by 4; +. 2 by 4.
my marker marks five rows. The
runners are So feet long, made Of 2 by
8 plank. with 2 by 4 crosspieces. notch
ed in runners and spiked. The hinges
are made by boring a hole through the
2 by 4 crosspieces and then putting a
three-eighths rod through them. The
tongue pieces q be put on to suit. for
a sleigh or q wagon tongue. If the OUT
side runners do not make a plain mark,
I spike a block of wood on them for q
weight. Farmers should make these
things when they can get time, and not
vail. till spring work is rushing them"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
vitality of snails.

The snail is blessed with great powers
OF vitality. A case is recorded of an
Egyptian desert snail which came to
life upon being immersed in warm wa
ter after having passed four years glued
to a card in the English museum. Some
species, in the collection of a certain
naturalist. revived after they had appa-
rently been dead fer 10 years: and
snails. having been frozen for weeks in
solid blocks Of ice. have recovered upon
being thawed out. The eggs are as hard
to destroy as the snail itself. They seem
perfectly Indifferent to freezing and
have been known to prove productive
after having been shriveled up in an
to,the semblance of grains Of sand.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
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MEXICAN JUNE CORN.
Advantages From It's Wonderful Ae-
rial Root system. M

Advantages From It's Wonderful Ae-
rial Root system. M
The Mexican June is an interesting
variety Of corn and The Rural New
Yorker gives an instructive story about
it, in which occur the following items.
with illustration:
A second planting was made the last
week in May. After the plants were
well up all were destroyed but two.
Liberal dressings of nitrate of soda,
sulphate tof potash, wood ashes, bone
-four and horse manure were made from
time to time. Our object was to find
out how tall this corn could be forced to
grow. During the season of 1897 the
stalks grew to a height Of 13 feet, and
this in a rather poor soil under ordinary
field culture. The nodes or leaves aver
aged inches apart, the old leaves
averaged about four feet long and four
inches wide. It will be seen that such
plants would give an immense mount
Of foliage per acre. The following table
will show approximately the rate Of
growth from week to week:
July %. s feet high.
Aug. Z feet 5 inches.
Aug. 8 feet 8 inches.
aug. feet 8 inches.
oept. 10 feet. f#.&4
Our next measurement was not until
Sept. ~, when the taller plant measur-
ed IA feet. the other being nearly the
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
Consistent to the Last.

''If | was to commit suicide at sea,
said Weary Walker as he shifted the
hay band on his left foot. I'D jump
from tn bow Of tn boat.
IAN why not from tn stern p que
ried Limpy Lannigan.
IF jumped from tn stern. said
Weary. II couldn't avoid tn WASN'T
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
DO YOU
KNOW
THAT
The Gazette
Job Department

Turns out a better class Of
work than any other printing
establishment in the Yellow
stone valley.
We are prepared to do any
class Of printing on short
hotlce.
We employ only frst-class
workmen, and consequently
can guarantee
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
Played Out.

Dull headache, pains in various parts
OF the body, sinking at the pit Of the
stomach, loss of appetite, feverishness,
pimples or sores are all positive evidences
Of impure blood. No matter how it be
came so, it must be purified in order to
obtain good health. Acker's Blood
Elixir has never failed to cure Scrofulous
Or Syphilitic poisone or any other blood
diseases. 1t is certainly a wonderful
remedy and we sell every bottle on a
positive guarantee. Sold by Chapple
Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
JAPANESE MILLET CRUs GALL.
The table shows comparative yields
and measurements Of seven Varieties.

Inc able shows comparative yields
and measurements Of seven varieties:
Measurement. Average weight
(Feet.) per acre.
Panicum milleacum. 41155to5 lotions. 1854 lb.
Panicum italicum.... s 7tons. 5aO lhs.
Panlcum crus galli.... 5toe IS tons, 912 lib.
Golden Wonder.......4 to ~ 8tons, ], 1908 lb.
New Siberian. s tons, 400 lb.-
Japanese (Breckl. -. a to ~ 10 tons, j. 296 III.
Japanese tHenderson)4119 to5 IS tons, i, lO4 ID.
The Golden Wonder, besides being
cured for hay, is used as a soiling crop.
New Siberian is an exceptionally
early variety and could be planted much
later than the others.
Crus gall grows more stalwart and
erect as well as taller than the others
and has been the heaviest yielder each
year. Professor Rane believes these new
Japanese millets to be a valuable &C
QUESTION on account of the brief period
necessary to their growth and the fact
that they can, to some extent, take the
place of either hay or corn in seasons
when the latter are failures.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
. You Try 1t.

If Shiloh's Cough and Consumption
Cure. which is sold for the small price of
p cts, SO cts. and S1.OO. does not cure
take the bottle back and we will refund
your money. Sold for over fifty years
on this guarantee. Price 25 cts. and SO
cts. Sold by Chapple Drug Co.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
Good Reason For II.

Good Reason For II.
"Why doyou consider him SUCH a re-
markable man?'
"Oh, he once wrote an anonymous
interview on a question before the people
without ascribing it to "a prominent
man who objects to the use Of his name
for obvious reasons. Chicago Post.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
some Advice.

Il would advise the young man.
said the corn fed philosopher. s'to form
his friendships among men older than
himself. By the time he is at middle
age they will all be dead and can't Dor
row his money."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
Knew Her Business.

Lady wish to get a birthday pres
emit for my husband.
Shopwalker ~ How long have you
been married. madam
'sTen years.
Bargain counter to the right. mad
Am. Boston Traveller.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10

The Christian. era was not introduced
as a basis of reckoning time until the
sixth century.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-03-10
AERIAL STEMS AND ROOTS OF CORN.

AERIAL STEMS AND ROOTS OF CORN
same height. After this it made q
growth Of. perhaps, six inches when
frost occurred. The tassels began tc
shed their pollen upon the silks of three
sets. the uppermost Of which was 10 feet
above the soil. The lowest set was eight
feet above the soil. There were nine
whOIls of aerial roots, eight Of which
are shown in the cut, the highest being
four feet above the soil. The longest
leaves were five feet in length and four
inches in width.
We have raised this variety Of corn
for three seasons, and while all other
kinds we're more or less lodged by high
winds not a plant Of the Mexican June
was broken or bent from a %perpendicu-
lar position. This is readily accounted
for by its wonderful root system and
the elasticity and toughness of the
stalks, which resemble so many bamboo
fishing rods. Following are some notes
with which some Of our readers have
favored us, which will show how the
Mexican June corn conducted itself
with them:
Charles Macon of Ingleside, N. c.,
writes under date of Sept. 90: II have
two rows of Mexican June corn. The
stalks will average IS feet in height
some Of them 10 feet. They have fair
sized ears that I think will mature
they are about half matured now"
Mr.. Benjamin Buckman Of Farming
dale, Ills, as early as Sept. 10 wrote:
''The tallest stalks Of the Mexican June
corn have reached the height Of IA feet,
and if we have two weeks of warm
weather the ears now showing will
produce seeds that will grow"
The lower whorls Of aerial stems send
out as many fbrous roots as does the
main stem itself, and these unquestion-
ably absorb nutriment from the soil.
Hence it is fair to suppose that the
Mexican June corn will thrive in poorer
soils and during severer droughts than
other varieties.
A Five Rowed Corn Marker.
''Nine times out of ten you will plant
a hill Of corn in a track made by the
horses if marked with a two or four
rowed marker, where if marked with a
three or five rowed marker you will new
er plant in the horse track, and q five
rowed marker will mark on rolling or
uneven ground as well as level ground,
# made like the Enclosed plan, says an
Ohio Farmer correspondent. The plan is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

ell, Building Inspector Haas TO the
surprise of all the other officials about
the city nall, had pull enough to have
the sum Tor his department in the bud
get increased from $3.50 to IS.
Inc talk Mr.. Haas gave the council
was That the clerks were being Maid
very small salaries, and that An in
Spectof ne had put to work last sum-
mer during the busy season had-receiv-
ed no pay. owing to the comntrolIer
refusing TO audit his paw on tbe
ground that no provision was made
IN the 1898 budget for the exneosa
Inc amount due the inspector and a
reasonable raise in the salaries of The
otner assistants, Mr. Haas explained
would take $1,000 more than proposed
by the comptroller in the budget
Inc extra $1,000 was voted and the
ouuget changed so as to read:
Salary of building inspector a. 5ao
pax pax salary Que inspector ........... 80
eNPs-iSeH ---.'.......-....-.. 100
Aotals -.-......--......... ....... S. $50
Jan. 1 Building Inspector Haas no.
Elned the comptroller that he had
prepared new scale of salaries for
his office which would be in force dur
ing IS9S- This increase showed I'D the
60 10y Icy ioIl u the Qepartme t
from S4S3.33, which was paid in 1Sq2
to S5s69s per month for this wear. Mr.
HAAS at the same time sent in q biIi
Tor back salary due Inspector Parlin
amounting to $500.
10 the Pariin claim the comptroI-
Ter sent back word that clerk hire
Iot 1898 could not and would not be
PAID from the 1893 appropriation
10 the raise in salaries the COMP
tro4er advised as follows:
The proposed raise is NOT in con-
fof raityf with the understanding of the
council. 1t viii be necessary for Won
10 ADJUST your pay rolls according 70
amounts paid your men during 1899 >,
MI Haas, in speaking of the mat
ter yesterday, said he would send in
ms pay rolls according to. the scale
ne had advised the comptroller. and if
the same were not paid, the comptrol-
Ter would be mandamused.
The charter said Mr.. Haas .givoe
| me the right to fix the compensation
OF the clerks and assistants In nv Of
nee, providing they do not exceed five
IN number and the amount expended is
within the appropriation allowed nv
the council. 1 am following the Law
strictly, and intend that the men shall
be paid salaries they are entitled to >,
Inc communication sent by the in
spector to the comptroller fixes the
monthly compensation of the assist
ants as follows:
Henry Smith, clerk ... SCI az
James Silke, elevator inspector - 20 o0
John E. FitzgfbbUns plumbing Inspector. 81 "a
John Aeiniein assistant inspector. So GO
John Christensen, assistant inspector :. IS co
The question will be tested when
the pay roll for the department. is sent
to the comptroller to audit for Janu-
airy, and, in case the same is held back.
then mandamus proceedings will, ac-
cording to Mr.. Haas, be commenced.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
VISIT TO ROME
OF THE ARCHBISHOP
HE Is GOING THIS SPRING IN AC.
CoRDANcE WITH THE RULES
OF THE CHURCH
The Report That His Visit Has ANY
Connection With the PapaI Letter
ON Americanism Is said to Be In
correct.


A cable from Rome; published In The
G o b e yesterday. stated that Arch
bishop Ireland would visit the Vatican
in connection with THE publication of
the papal letter on Americanism and
with reference to the position of the
Catholics in Cuba and the Philippines. -
The archbishop had retired last even
ing when a reporter for The Clio b e
reached his residence. His private sec
rotary, when shown the cable, said
there was nothing to it. The arch
bishop, he said, would visit Rome
some time this spring, but the date Of
his departure had not as yet been de-
termined. The visit was one which is
made once in seven years by each Of
the archbishops. Under the rules of
the church it is called a Visit to the
Apostles Gate
In 1892 Archbishop Ireland visited the
Vatican, and he intended to make the
trip this year. His secretary stated
that the archbishop would be absent
several months.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

"A number Of the female employees OF
the West Publishing company were
dismissed two weeks ago, and another
batch were informed yesterday after
noon that their services would be no
longer required. The dismissals, &C
cording to street report, are the be-
ginning OF q move on the part OF the
management of the company to re-
place the female employees with men.
Almost 200 women have been employed
by the company.
Among the employees themselves it is
generally understood that the ak is
to be applied until all of the girls have
been replaced by men. This course
would be in line with the recent ac-
ton Of the Northwestern railroad in
discharging it's female employees to
make. room for men. The report is
that the order will apply to all classes
of labor except in the blndery depart
ment.
1 What appears to bear out this theory
Is the fact that none Of the girls who
have been discharged have been given
any hopes of being ultimately given
back their positions.
One Of the girls who has been work
ing for the company in responsible
position said last evening: Il fully ex-
pect that my services will be dispensed
with to make way for man. / have
worked up to my present position from
the bottom and there has never been
a complaint on my work that [ am
aware of. I suppose the company
thinks that men can do the work bet
ter than we can"
Charles W. Ames, secretary Of the
West Publishing company, was seen
last evening at his home on Grand
avenue and absolutely denied the re-
Port that the girls were TO be replaced
by men. IF any such movement were
in contemplation should know of it,
said Mr.. Anes. We have simply been
compelled to let many Of the girls go
who We're employed as clerks and in
miscellaneous work because there was
no more work for them. I cannot say
whether they will all come back or not,
but there is nothing in this story of
wholesale dfsmissals. I am not pre-
pared to go into the question of the
relative merit of male and female
labor, but we have many female en-
ployes who are giving the best of sat
fSfaction.''
P. ]. Giesen, who does the book bind
ing for the company, w6s asked last
night if he had made any changes in
| the help in his department, but said he
had not, nor will any be made
L have heard said be, that the
company intended to make some
changes in its help, but my idea was
that it was not to take effect until Feb.
]. But if such a change is contern-
plated by the company it would not
effect my department.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
have completely disappeared.

have completely disappeared.
Mackart died literally color mad. said
Mr.. Allen. While on his death bed and
taking an absolution he cried that his
mead was color pot and that he could
not paint all the beautiful objects he
saw in imagination.
Mr.. Allen passed to other great art
lists whose regulations have become
world wide, and interspersed his talk
with portraits and specimens of their
work From many of the men whose
work he exhibited he receiy ed original
sketches and paintings, and these were
thrown upon the screen for the edifi-
cation of the audience
Mr.. Allen will lecture on Russian art
next Tuesday evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
New. Of Hi. Mother, Death

Samuel ]. Agnew received a cablegram
yesterday announcing the death of his mother
at Baliymena, County Antrim Ireland Death
was doubtless caused by bronchitis, as Mr.
Agnew received letter few days ago say
Ing that Mrs. Agnew was then suffering from
that disease She was 70 years of age ard
leaves a husband three years her senior
There are also three boys and one girl left
One of the sons Thomas Agnew, is resi-
dent OF New York The family had re-
they were all crescent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08
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