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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
Cultivation of Corn.

4 Tennessee farmer asks when
should one stop cu!tivating corn. If
the cultivatcr teeth are not allowed to
go more tnan about two inches deei,
and as the corn gets large they do not
60 too close to the stalks, cultivation
may be continued to advantage as long
as horse can get through the crop
without doing material injury. OF
course, this is on the supposition that
the crop is cultivated regularly about
once week, when the land is dry
enough. If one should fail to stir TIE
ground for two or three weeks, and
then should go in and cultivate, some
damage might be done to roots that
had grown up near the surface. But
regular, frequent shallow stirring Of
the surface can do no harm, no matter
how long co ltinued, and much good
may result. -. ,~.
y. Weeds are kept down, much water
is saved from evaporation, the air can
get in o the Sill better and thus help.
the grax:A b s. e.et: z5a some,
Plant food may be made available for
that and the following crop that would
not be of use ii cultivation was stopped
easlier in the season. There a: e tons
of nitrogen, pkosphoric acid and rot-
ash in an acre Of almost any soil that
you cultivate. Brt'rature has locked
up these clements for plants to feel
OF, and each year only makes a small
amount available. If you want more
you Lave only to work for it under
,staa&iagly, aad you caa get a reason
able amount. And You can get it
usually for much less than it would
cost in purchased fertilizers.
1t is only within few years that
learned professors have begun to un-
tlesstaul how much plant food, III au
unavailable fo~m, there was in the
soil, an to advise farmers to manage
so as to get more OF it. Short rota-
ton, with its frequent plowing Of
the soil: and then long continued cul-
tlvation of The corn, potatoes, ETC.,
will help about making plant food
ava la5.e for wheat, rye, crimson
clover, or whatever crop may follow to
occupy the g,oand as soon as corn,.
etc., de. -. 3. Terry in Practical
Farmer.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
The Marksman Presses the Button.

A new trig&erless and hammerless
gun that has been invented by a man
named Thompson of Birmingham, Eng
land, if it fulfls all that is expected
of it, should become popular. Instead
Of pulling a trigger one presses but.
ton. The mechanism Of the lock is of
the. ordinary Lannerless character,
aud is worked by button which is IN
the small part Of the stock, protected
by light guard similar to those used
for hammefless guns. There is only
one button for double-barreled gun,
and by an ingenious arrangement it
can be worked to fire both barrels
right and left or left apd,right, as the
case may be. The idea of replacing
the trigger by button is not original
but it seems that no one has been able
to carry it out practically heretofore.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11

often be inherited, but it is also ac-
quirel by exposure to dampness and
unsanitary pens. Leg weakness is
characteristic OF some breeds Of fowls,
but it is also due to oveyfeeding and o
lack of lire-forming food. Bowel
trouble comes from improper food, al
though this may in time be trans
nitted by inheritance. Lice come
from poor winter quarters, and they
may i'll time start up numerous dis
eases that will greatly increase the
mortality of the chickens. So it is
possible to so through the whole list
and show that all Of them are due to
one or the other Of these two causes.
Anne C. Webster in American Guilt
vato-.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
The Goat and the F,remen.

A big white billy goat broke into
No. engine. house at full trot and
halted Leside the hose wagon. When
the men recovered the whole company:
made a rush for him. In the ensu-
ing excitement Driver Weinekamp.
bumped his forehead against one OF
the sliding posts and Pipeman
Snyder took heavy fall over the goat
itself.
When William was finally secured
by four fremen a council OF war was
held. While billy goat was unit
for engine purposes, he was not to be
lightly considered. Accordingly, at
Pipeman Seymour's motion, Captain
Watkins ordered the visitor into
custody in the hayloft, and as no one
seemed response che began to execute
his own order. And only after .
violent struggle, with the captain
pulling him by the holns, and
Seymour lusLing him in the rear,
with the rest of the company assisting
in divers ways, he was ically landed
in the lott and tethered to post.
The company was suddenly called
downstairs, and when they returned
to view their acquisition they found
he hadeaten all the feed in his reach
ana ehewed the tops off Fipeman
Sope.'s gum boots, which be had
ca; efully chosen from q long row
standing against the wall. He had
also ove:set a big bucket Of water and
drenchei the spick-and-span wagon ct
the ma. shall which stood below, and
the company was quite willing to turn
hin over to Mr.. Herman, of the In.
dependent Ice company, who called to
claim him. Baltimore News.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11

CUSStOu LII tuS le5dCNS AOooNlIG
Church town, Penn, where nearly
every farmer belongs to a religious
sect. The farmer whose horse was
stolen made no effort at all to recover
the beast. He did not make his loss
known to his nsighbors until they
lad inquired what had become of his
big roam. Then he said that one
night somebody broke open his stable
door and took the horse, but nothing
else. The news soon spread and a
township constable captured the ami
NAL Oh the Welsh mountain, but the
thief escaped. When the constable
took the horse back to the owner,
. the farme: said:
II do not waat the horse. The
man who took it must have more use
for the animal than I had or he would
not have been driven to steal. Give
it back to him.. If he wants my
harness and wagon, let him have
them also." z
The farmer was min OF his word,
and the horse was lef away, an.t@is
still in possession OF the constable.
Strangely enough, nearly every: man
belonging to his special sect approves
his action. They refer to the Bible
as their authority One passage cited
is Matthew Y: AZ: "And if any man
will sue you at the law anu take away
thy, coatlet him have thy cloak also. !"
AS these sects never go to law. they
simply believe that if any man takes
their coat they should also freely
give their cloak; or if-any one takes
their horse, they should also let linn
have their wagon. Once thing is
stolen from them they will never re-
ceive it back as their property.
The same thing holds good with the
women folks. They would not think
Of receiving back again. any property
stolen from. them, nor do they want
any oae TO pursue: a Thief, or to have
any one hand in his punishment. No
matter how much a farmer may owe
on his land, be- will bear his losses by
theft without murmur. The farmers
of these seets sometimes 60 into debt
when b 'ying land. In almost avery
thing else they pay as they 60.
The:questiou as to receiving back a
stolen horse has created division ii
some of the: otheF. .sects. however. The
people who,faTor receiving back the
stolen EaninaE arg gae that the Bible
does not say3ihat where thief steals
your property YOU shall not receive it
back; that not to take back stolen
goods and not to punish thieves, is
simply encouraging and inviting such
crime; ard that it is wrong for man
il debt not to take back stolen
property which he cannot afford to
lose, and which may interfere with
him in the payment of his interest
money.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
! FOR FARM And GARDEN.
Vvvv.vvwwww.vY
Packing EGGS In Oats.

Eggs have been packed in oats for
years, but the practice has gradually
fallen of, as eggs stored in cases from
the best storage houses have beeu i'm
proved in quality from year to year.
>ats, i: dry, Will absorb moisture
from the egg quite rapidly and are OBJ
jectionab!e on this score. If the oats
are rot dry, The germs of mold are
developed rapidly, ,2nd as the moisture
is given Of by thee !gs the mold will
grow, causing the eggs to become
musty. In using oats they should be
at the correct degree of dryness.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11

= a2u- are my prlsonersr' SAID the
officer CURLY.
by what right?'' exclaimed tie
president. Be alone seemed cool; the
rest stood as though paralyzed. Ignor-
ing the president, the officer glanced
at the others.
''Line up against the vail" he
ordered.
Silently they obeyed him-powe:-
less to resist. The soldiers raised
their guns, a1d aimel them at the de-
.fUnseless breasts of the prisoners.
Again the president spoke:
"What do you mean to do?" he
c.iel:
ITO execute ycu at once, - returned
the officer coldly. Then, to the scldi-
crs: ''Take aim, Fl
.'StopH
The cry rang out loud and clear in
the deadly Stiffness of the room, and
the spy sprang forward from where
he stood against the wall.
Get backl'' said the officer, sternly;
but the spy continued to advance. His
coldness, his impassivene had dis
appeared; his face was yellow with
fear; his teeth chattereG
''You must no. shoot meH' he
shrieked'<I am of yourselves! 1t was
who informed yainst these men! If
you kill me it will be murder" Ee
groyeled on the floor at the officers
feet.
The doomed men looked at the
miserable wretch with bitter contempt
while in the president eyes there was
something that looked like triumph.
San agent Of the police"' said the
Officer doubtfullv. You have your
creientials?'' -.
"Yes--yes" screamed tie wretch,
tearing piece OF paper from his
pocket and handing it to the officer.
''It is there-it is therer'
The soldiers, dropping their rifles,
sprang upon Linn, and bound him hand
and foot.
Brothers" said the president to
the amazed me3, who still stood
against the wall, ''brotlers in great
cause like ours We can not be too care
fu!. This little scene was devised to
discover what traitors we had among
us. 1t has succeeded. You who have
proved faithful are quite safe:
''The men looked at him as though
they could scarcely credit th heir senses;
then one or two began to sob, and Que
man laughed.
"An1 this spy?" he questioned.
A fierce murmur ran round the
room.
'sKill him-kill limr' they shouted.
The president raised his hand
''Stop?' he cried. The man is
mine-m:ns to punish as I see fit.
Leave him to me. You will accompany
our brother Vassolof' Indicating
the pseudo oaicer-'sio place Of re-
fuge. From our friends admission,
we are no longer safe here"
The conspirators turned, and silent
iy went out.
Then the presidea: was alone with
the spy. He stood looking ut him for
a moment. a cruel smile on his white
Eeardea face. Presently he took from
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
Stable Hints.

Have the stable we'll drained and
sufficiently lighted.
4 wet and foul stable predisposes to
grease and cracked heels.
Dampness is very pernicious to
horses. and induces rheumatism,
coughs and colds.
Never Laveyo horses heels close
" trimmed, nor the hair cut from the
inside of his ears.
No more nails than are absolutely
necessary should be employed to at
tach the shce. Nails weaken the
hocf by breaking and splitting its
fbres.
Horses should not lie fed directly
they leave wo,k. Th ga the stomach
is !atigued with exercise. and they can
not relish or digest their food till Re-
covered.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
THE SPY.

The room was diugy and but poorly
lighted. Around the long table in its
centre were gathered the conspirators
--the men who had sworn to kill the
Gar. A strange appearance they had
in the ficke;ing candle-light; some
with fierce faces, marked by the bitter
lines of, hunger and hate; some with
the enthusiastic aul rapt expression
OF dreamers: others with the cold
impassivi5y Of great generals. One
of the last-m entioned, colder, more
impassive than the rest, sat at the
foot Of the table, facing the president.
His manner showed not the slightest
nervousness. Yet in an hour he meant
to betray the men who sat about him
to the horrors Of a living death, on
the bleak plains Of Siberia, gaining
thereby the lasting favor of his i'm
Derial master. The blow that would
ruin his comrades would make him. ,
The clock struck eight as the presi-
dent rose to speak.
Brothers, he began, eve have
all sworn the same sacred vows, we
nave all stood the severe tests of our
order--we can all be trustedA It be-
comes ny duty, therefosa Aspeak
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
4 Familiar Character.

Friend-Considering that your liv-
ing expenses are fully up to your in
come, don't see how you contrived
to get such q reputation as a philan-
tbropist.
Mr.. Sperdall-Oh, I never give
anything; 7 60 the hat passing New
York Weekly.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11

lay, IA, whao1 Is FesslmIsn1?
ssMy son, it is one of the results OF
matrimony and mil:iners' bills. Now
cont ask any more Questions.
CLOVIS basiness:" "{asked the deal.
er in Office supplies. t.tJust moving"
replied the storage man, "How is it
with you?'' "Oh, stationery.
":She sail she was shocked" as
serted the girl in blue. ''She must
have got hold OF a live w;re," re-
turned the girl in gray promptly.
Mummy, can have that pear that
vas on tie dining room sileby arl this
morning? Cos" Pause. Be
cause what?'' "'Cos I've eaten it r.
'.snd when I'm gone" be, trembling, cried,
'WiiI you remember ne!" I
II will" the wea-y girl replied:
Just try it once and see.
'.Why do you think she must haze
picked up her musical educatioa, her.:
self?" 'when she. sings I can un-s
derstand nearly every wocd she
says"
Didn't he once say he would never
speak to you again?" eyes; bnt he
saw 1 had cold, and he couldn't re-
sist the temptation to tell me Of a sare
care"
Mrs. Catterson-What pity you,
have no chiI1ren. Mrs. Hat:erson
I don't kn ". IF I did has 9. i
wouldn't he able to take such m ac-
tive part in the mothers congress.
'.25ist p whispered the fist aeeonl-
p ice; .shers is a rr:ce upo yoar.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
CUPlD'S CONFESSION.

"Cupid, what are those arrows for
That in your qaiver lie?'
He shrugged his dimpled shoulders
And. smiling, made reply:
ITO pierce the tender mortal heart
That flies from love in vain.
These little shafts are made for that:
They give delicious pain.
"And what dc you do with the golden bow
Your chubby fingers hvli?"
And then he smiled a pitying smile
And said. Il use this old
But very useful article
To speed my arrow straight.
To cleave in twain the tender heart
And make it seek a mate
And now these fragile little wings
That from your shoulders sprout,
Their use also fain would know?'
His laughter rippied out.
Il use them only in one case:
Wncn two fond hearts tie.
And poverty enters 1T tho door,
from the window fly"
Now York Press.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11

his pocket long fuse, placed one end
in the powderkeg, and wound the
other about one of the tallow candles,
an inch from the burning wick. Then
he placed the candle in front of the
spy's face, where he could almost
touch it, and turning, went to the
door. At the threshold he paused.
"YouR fate will be lesson to your
fellow spies," he said-ard was gone.
The spy heard his steps :s be went
down the passage. He counted them
till they died away in the awful silence
of the night. Then lie looked at the
candle. How long would it take an
inch of tall low to burn? The police
would not q ome till niue. He looked
at the clockl Twenty minutes past
eight. Wot Id that inch of tallow last
40 minutes? If it should not, would
being blown up be SO painful?
He looked at the candle again. It
seemed to MELT away before his eager
gaze. He tria ad to shrek, but could
not. He becasme unconscious. He
dreamed of his mother, dead years
before. He tn ought that he was a
child again, aud that she had taken
him on her lap, and was telling him
the old stories that he loved. 1t was
summer, aud he could hear the reap
ers singing. He laughed with happi-
ness.
He opened his eyes. The darkness
of the room frightened him, and he
tried to call his mother. The gag was
still in his mouth, And, like a fash,
the whole dreadfuls sickening truth
came back to him. The hands Of the
clock pointed to 20 minutes before
nine, and the candle was more than
half burned.
Again he looked at the clock. Ten
minutes before nine4 The candle
seemed to burn loweiS Woald the
police come in time? He strained his
ears to hear their coming, bat there
was no sound.
It was five minutes to nine. He
tried to pray. At last Ii . could hear
the soldiers approaching, bat the
clock was striking niue! A knock on
the door and the fame Aad touched
the fuse. He watched THE spark as it
crept, like a snake, across, the floor
nearer, nearer, to the kegl He tried
to scream. The sound os a door being
broken upon! The footsteps Of men
on the passage, outside the, door, but
the spark had reached the keg. A
flash
"A second later, when the soldiers
entered, they saw sight thai fright
kl even them. A dead map, bound
Sgged, lay upon the floor. His
green with terror, IBIS hair
and his eyes red, staring,
On the floor WAS the
\She fuse had bA,rned,
: y ! ! /. |. !.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11

Every stall should be at least six
feet wide and nine feet long. This
will enable the Iofssto turn around
without bruisin 6 himself and to lie
down and stretch himself with com
fort.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11
e1s91g visibly. Can
d / have forge, tan Ia:

st orney-You say you hal called
to see N IS Billings and were at tho
house at the tine the Burglary was
comui.te1? Witness-Yes. SIR At
torDey-Then how did it happen thst
Wien the prisoner dashed into the
room and assaulted You, you leaped
through the window and went home,
making no attempt to e'end the lady
or give ,he alarm? Witness-I thought
it was her father.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-11-11

that ever hsc
personally acqu
the white-haired dry
refectirely, ''was cha
Snoggles, who was in the saS
pany with me in the army durihS
civil war. The poor fellow is des
long ago, I believe, and I don't want
to injure the feelings OF his friends,
but the truth of the matter was that
when Snoggles slept there was mighty
little rest for any one else in the
neighborhocd.
"The minute he got to sleep he
would roll over on his back, open his
mouth and tune up. He would begin
with a noise something like a man
gently scraping a fiddle bow across
the strings, and as be went o1 the
sound would gradually rise higher
and spread out and increase iu volume
until the whole tent was packed so
full of it that the sides bulged cut;
and then lie would suddenly wind mp
with a snort that fairly shook the
ground.
".> aturally, this was rather wearing
o. the rest of us, and We tried va-i
Gus schemes to break him Of snoring,
but without success. Finally, we hit
upon the plan of tieing a piece. of
hardtack to a string, attaching the
other end Of the string to pole, and
then after dangling the cracker over
the yawning cavity until it was in ez-
actly the right position, dropping it
gently into his mouth. This would
tickle his palate aud set him to cough
ing, and as it would take him some
time 10 settle down and get his snore
foundry going at full blast aglic, the
other occupants of the test would
manage to get little rest.
But it used to puzzle Snoggles
greatly to know why he had these
sudden choking spells il his sleep,
and he finally consulted the companys
surgeon, who examined his throat
and told him there was nothing wrong
thee, and that his choking must lie
all in his imagination.
"Imagina:ion be hanged!'' growlel |
SGoggles. 4 reckon a mans imagina.
ton don't set up nights tryiu' to
choke him to DEATH
"Ne:I, he began to suspect what
the trouble was finally, and one light
when we were trying :he cracker game
on him as usual, he suddenly shut
his teeth on it, and the rext instant
he was up splitting up hardtac1 and
harder language out of his month,
and ss socn as be got fnpYawake
and had secured a club we I'D to fly
for our lives. -
next morning and r
and we promptly entered a counter
complaint against him for his diaboli-
cal snoring, and tine matter was finally
settled by giving Snosgles and that
doubie-bass snore of his tent al
to themselves off.at the extreme edge
OF the camp.
"a third of century has rasse !
since that time, but never have l for
gotten San Sno9gles' spore; and
frequently on a summer night, when
T am awakened by the loud rumble OF
thunder overhead, I spring up in my
bed, and for an instant I have all 1
can no to keep myself from imagining
1 am back in company G's tent on the
Rappahannock listening to Snoggles'
slum mber-annihilating midnight solos.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
AN ULTIMATUM.

And we won't ever finish our new
castle now, Maysie?" said Teddie, dole
fully.
Il call 1t a mean shame!" cried May
sic. Must you go, Teddie? Did your
mamma say you were just obliged toy
Tedde nodded. and his blue eyes
were wistful. Gust obliged to. You
see, Maysie, we are poor. 1t is be-
cause my papa died, mamma says, and
that Is why we have to do without a
great many things that we want. Nam
ma was so sick this summer that DIR.
James said she must come to the sea-
shore to get we'll. And so we came,
and now we haven't any more money,
and so We are just obliged to go
back"
Maysie tossed up her head. well,
just wouldn't. Why don't you stamp
your feet and scream? That's the way
/ do when l want something, and Sally
nearly always lets me have it."
There was n little silence. Teddie
sighed wistfully, and Maysie sat with
her chin in her little brown hand and
her dark eyes fixed thoughtfully on the
sea. She was thinking hard. Sudden
ly she sat upright and her cheeks fam
ed excitedly. I'm just tell you what,
Teddie," she cried. I've thought of a
splendid plan. You haven't any papa
and l haven't any mamma. Now, my
papa Is rich, you know-ever so rich
and he can do anything he likes. I'll
just ask him to adopt you and your
mamma. Then you will be my brother.
you know. and we will each have a
mamma and a papa"
Here Maysie was struck by a pos
sible flaw in her splendid plan. Are
mammas nice?" she asked.
But Teddie dispelled her fears in
stantly.
Deed they are" he cried enthusiasts
tically. They are just as nice as
nice! Why, Maysie, you would just
love my mamma. She is so pretty,
and she can sing as soft and sweet as
birds, and she can tell such beautiful
stories all aout fairies and things"
Can she?" Maysie's eyes sparkled.
why, that is splendid. And then we
can stay here and finish our beautiful
CASTLE" 81 will not have to go home,
then" said Teddie. 'Maysie, you do
think of splendid things. You thought
of the castle and the sand cave and
everything"
Teddie gazed at her admiringly.
"Oh, that's nothing" she said with
fine indifference. II always think OF
things. Now I'll go and ask papa"
"All right" said Teddie. And
won't tell mamma till you come. so we
can s'prise her. I'll go home now.
Good-by, Maysie."
"Good-by."
Maysie sped across the sands, and
said to herself a la Sally my lucky
stars" when she saw her papa coming
toward her along the shore, a big,
brown bearded man, with merry eyes.
Hello. Puss, what is the news? You
look important" ne said, tumbling her
curls over her head.
We'll, l guess it is important" said
Maysie. II have pust settled about
The Yale expositor., 1899-02-03
An Adventurous Baronet.

Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny,
Bart, is credited with having more
lives than the average cat and with
possessing more marvellous good luck
than any other personages in the pages
of Debrett. Here Is catalogue of his
broken bones and the manner in which
they were sustained: Two leg bones
(barlconing), three arm bones (hunt-
ing), three ribs (steeplschasing) one
lib (cab accident), one finger (horse
kick, two fingers (boxing). To this
may be added repeated visitations OF
conclusion Of the brain, none of which,
however, have seriously affected the
gallant baronet's health. The name OF
Sir Claude has not been mentioned for
a long while in connection with any
thrillingly narrow escape from some
particularly agonizing kind of violent
death. Perhaps it is because he has
now reached fifty-one. In his earlier
years episodes of this kind were fro
quent, as the list given will show