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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-04-19

The chase had caught the breeze at
about the same time, and the Ameri-
cans could see by the line of white
under her bow that she was beginning
to leg it mt handsome rate. But
the Constellation was in excellent con-
dition for race, and by degrees drew
up on the other ship, which as they
reached her was seen to lie very low
IN the water, as though deep laden
They were sure to discover who she
#as before nightfall, 50 Truxton
cltared for action.
Jarvis went aloft to his top ana saw
the aackstays lashed and the pre-
yenteI braces securely hooked and
rove. Extra muskets were carried up
into the top for the use OF the tackles
and marines when sheY should come
into close quarters, for then the fire
of the sharpshooters would be almost
as valuable as the shots OF the great
guns.
Their work had been over an honr
and the sun had set in clear sky be-
fore the Constellation drew up
to gunshot distance. 1t was
moonlight before she came within
effective range. The battle Ian
terms were lit, and the long row of
lights on the Frenchman showed that
he, too, was prepared for fight. The
sky was clear, and the moon, which
was nearly at the full, made the out
lines of thevessels perfectly visible to
the men at the guns.
TruXton had given his men their
orders. There was to be no cheering
until there was something to cheer
for. They were to await the order to
fire until the enemy was close abroad,
and then, and not until then, was the
broadside to be delivered.
Soon gun from the after battery of
the Frenchman was fired. This was
followed shortly by all the guns that
would bear. Some of the shots crashed
into the hull of the Constellation, and
one of them killed several men. The
division officers glanced appealingly at
Truxton in the hope of the order to
fire, but he merely held up his hand.
Again the broadside came, and men
! seemed to be falling everywhere. The
strain below and aloft was terrific.
Bnt the officers stood steadily with a
word OF encouragement here and there,
and the men did not finch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-04-19

about fifteen miles off Basse. .Terre. n
large sail which appeared to be a
French frigate was sighted to the
southwark. Jarvis went aloft two
ratlines at time, his heart bounding
with Joy at the prospect of the chance
of fight.
On assuring himself that she was a
large ship, Captain Truxton imme-
diately set all sail and took q course
wa'ch soon brought her hull above
tha horizon, and showed the Ameri-
cors beyond a doubt that she was a
SHIP of war of heavier metal than the
Constellation. Nothing daunted,
Truxton bore on his course until the
gun streaks of the other vessel could
be plainly seen. Instead of showing
the same desire 20 speak, the stranger
held on, pointing little off his course,
as though TO avoid an encounter.
But the breeze, which had been
light, now died away altogether, and
the sea became calm. There were the
two great vessels, drifted in sight of
eacn othef, all nlSht and part OF the
following day awaiting the wind which
would enable them to close. Jarvis
was in fever of impatience. A half
dozen times he got permission from
the officer OF the deck, and with a
telescope almost as long as himself
clambered up to the main royal to re-
port. There was but one opinion
among the midshipmen who went
aloft--it was Frenchman; she
couldn't be anything else.
About o'clock in the afternoon Of
the next day, up to the northward,
they saw the ripple ON the water of
the wind they had been waiting for.
The sail-loosers flew aloft and every
sail was spread. Soon the Constella-
tion was pushing her way through
the water, the tloam flying from the
wave tops here and there.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-04-19

He is Working n Claim For His Churcl,
which is Realizing Hnndsomely-The
Rush For the New E!dorado is As
touuding-Gold in the Sands.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07
GEN. nANsoM's poLENrA FARM.

Last spring when General Ransom
bought the Polenta farm on the Roanoke,
comprising over 2,0G0 acres, from the exc
cutor of the late john ". Buxton, many
predicted that the farm would not be Kept
ID to the high state OF cultivation Of the
past few years.
These predictions have not been full
cessful far2aers and a man of good judg
ment, was on this farm a few days ago
and tells us that General Ransom has
the best crop that has been on the Po-
icnta ii twenty-five years. Others 81
US The same thing. Nj. Evans saws he
saw on the Polcnta one hundred and
twenty-five acres OF the finest cotton he
ever saw anywhere at this season of the
year; that all the Gotten on the farm was
very good and no grass in the cotton any
where to be found.
Mr.. Geo. ". Lowe, who superintends
this farm for General Ransom, undec-
stands his business. He mas been with
the General for several years and knows
what lie wants. This farm is cultivated
by hired colored labor. No trouble has
been experienced III securing labor. The
same plan Mr.. Buxton pursued so sue
cesafuliy) and as often as they want it..
They are never asked to take "Crders
Cn anyone. This is the secret Of General
Ransom's success in having enc Of the
best crops and cultivated farms Oh the
Roanoke.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07


and peas. Wheat is their
great money crop, and when
this crop fell in price, they Gid not,
Hike cur cotton growers, say III s;n>e
that it could not be grown At that
price, but went vigorously at work
&c grow the heaviest crops al tie
lowest cost. Finding that lhe< could
get all the nitrogen they needed by
the use of lc9nmes they devised The
rotation Of three years. corn, vhe:.r
and clover, feeding the clover and the
corn fodder 10 cattle and sheep and
carefully saving the manure They
bought no commercial fertilizers eX-
cEpt Tor the wheat crop and fhen only
aci@ phosphate, and they used lime
on their lands once iii SIX years. This
year, while there. / was shown a tIcid
from which 50 bushels OF wheat peI.
acre was sold. and hardly I farm in
the county made less than }5 bushels
per acre, while the corn fields prom
ised to make at least 30 bushels aa:d
many OF them more per acre.
These farmers have long ago. learn
ed what ! have been trying to impress
on our farmers, that the growing Of
forage crops Of legumcs, and the feed
ing Of stock lie at the foundation OF
al success in farming, no matter
whether the crop be grain, tobacco or
cotton.
NOW there are thousands OF acres
Of land al over the Piedmont section
OF NORM eafohhi' winch are capabie
/ OF inaklngh huSt as large, u not larger,
! crops OF wheat tiah TINS Mary 'ano
| county, and' where the land IS far bet
! ter adapted' to clover, peas and grass
| than there, fer the section OF Which /
| write IS more like Eastern North Car
| DINA IN soil than 1t is our true Wh"at
! section. climate OF course makliiS
! some difference, fer there are IeW
/ parts! OF eastern Nofht 'aroiIna Whefe
I = ttssse - sr'ild be 50 We'll grown hni
/ NIeh see lahta th;it cUhld eaNliN De
brought up TO the production OF gre It
crops u gram 'i'C' grass, o'N Not@' 70
| the hakth& OF foufth OF p3ie OF
cotton or less per acre and i've StocE
utterly neglected where nature eNi-
| dentlN lhtehAtt 1ntft Shouid De ca{-
! tie on a thousand mills, the bad farm
/ ing oi such ianos IS SIMPLY amazing.
VISITED Z section oi ti'S state re-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07
Bill Arp'S Letter.
He Sees the Spot Where His Father Taught
School. An Interestng Fight

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07
Hester S Cotton Statement,
(By the Associated Prass.)

New Orleans, August 3.-Secrotary
IIestcr's statement of the worlds visible
supply Of cotton shows the total visible
supply of cotton to be 1,33,23l,
against 1,413675 bales last week, 2,9",-
C21 bales last year CT this the total Of
American cotton is SIS, ,234 bales, against
8S1 613 bales last week ana 2,2t4,G2l bales
last year and of all other kinds including
Egypt. Brazil, India, etc. eco against
522, Geo bales last week and 7t6,0o0 bales
last year.
CT the worlds visible supply as above
there IS now afoat ana held in Great
britain anG Continental Europe S240e0
bales, against 1,S5S,0eo bales last year;
Egypt G3,C0G bales, against 6S.o0o bales; in
India 2SS, 600 bales, against $4,000 bales
ana in the United States 600 bales,
against 5G3, eco bales
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07
$500, coo COTTON MILL FOR LENOIE.
Mr. Geo. B. Hiss VIII be President AMI J. M.
Rhodes Vice-President.
ESPECIAL TO News and Observe

ISTccIaT 10 EeWS and OTSoTVeT.I
Charlotte, n. c.. July 2S.-1Ir. Geo. B.
Hiss. secretary Of the Southern cotton
Spinners Association, today makes the an
nouncement that q 100000 cotton mill
is TO be built on Catawba river, ten miles
south Of Lenoir \. C. J. NJ. Rhodes and
c. ]. Rhodes, of Cherryviilc, y. c., are
also interested in this new enterprise
Sixty thousand dollars has already been
subscribed. When the Organization is
completed Mr.. Hiss viii be president,
J. NJ. Rhodes president, c. j.
Rhodes secretary and treasurer.
The new mill will be known as Rhodes
Hiss mill. The water power selected is
said to be one of the finest in the west
ern part Of the State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07
Total Bank Clearings.

New York, August 3.-The total PAM
c1aarincs at the principal cities o1 the
Jnited States for the week ended August
and were 81 1928, ,4O3, ,5G3, decrease as com. :
rarod with the corresponding week ol
last year of 1913 per cent. outside Oh
New YORK city the total clearinss were
60 ooo GA decrease Of 2.6 per cent.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07

The aggregate val,le of real and and per- pc :
sonal property in Raieigh 'oWnslllp
is s6.3i8.711. IN this amount - a 10
included the property ordefse' hioh ,.'iof,
by the Corporation 1oliiiillso e. ooo 600
amounts to liitle oNei
more.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07

no one thing that we hear


e.r. F. no one thlng thar we hear
.....tl,- reneatc1 than ..py
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g.. .. poor ~ 'ii '>> ''7' ~ i'''
n. .... "r 1hat tang on P'ahtsn
.. 'a.' "r"p. why - II poor
. .. f.: }'> 20" not Fysponstple
r . ...-% p"fl i'N Po'cfiA lave
il H# heeu 10" years Seiiih& OH
...H ."oa ln the SON uElli lllef2
.# r.".2h i'i T. 20 hl"Ne 'ne pest
.. iar tact n"' your l'ld Is
.a..- one "l 'hfee 'iii1Ss, elth-
# u#"f WAS itF'iie, or II II was
# .au. one. years ago, ran II
H. d. |a9 lou nave peeh running
#o.# since You cot poSSeSSicn Oh
.- NOT ABOUT tiIhe 10 qclt say
-.a .".1 land IS poor, ana max, max.
E an ral eHort 10 MAKE II pe1tef:
u We eUltNauu9 that land. IT may
t.H Eaa nave hcen cuijlNatlng II
src Fe- and nave seen 1t getting
aye a0 poorer all the time, and
.u when il has gotten down 10
H. naea" yea cannot make a hY-
-u E"1 complain that 1t Is poor.
uI Eaar mules get poor ana you
# .s"- =.I because YOU are 4 poor
aeE. I"ar farming has bcen the
.-. u #u#aE all the poor land IN
i. uad the only way TO stop
r.
## "c he"rd 4 good deal OF
anon. ttfNcfSlilSH 13rilli no.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07
RALEIGH, n. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1910
,VVW[HLN OF TG1[E EyDW[N1T[H1'
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may be use.i in liberal quantity whom
preparing the land which should be made
as fine as possible before sowing tile
crop. Turnips may be sown in rows
(which the best way TO secure LARGE
crop e broadcast If sown broadcast.
German clover may be seeded with tho
crop, and The best tGrnius ba pulled oas
leaving tie clover ana the small turnlps
FOR "inte" and spring grazing.
Tie land should ba got ready for sowing
winter oa,s as soon as it vill plow. 70
succeed with this crop, it shoul1 be seed
ed in September, so that good growth
may be made before the winter frosts
come on Il the land BE well covered With
the oat plants. tho rrosts viii be largely
kept cut, and winter killing be mach
prevented The oat crop IS at best an
uncertain one III tEe south, as ii IS es-
sontiaIly cold climate crop, hui il is
desirable 70 Grow i, as the grain aEd
straw ere 10th very valuable for s,oci,
feed. Ii care be taken % seed winter oats
ii September, and afterwards to top
dress them with farmyard man,iro in the
the winter, success may generally be en-
sured The spring sown crop is more
often a failure than a success, except in
the mountainous parts Of the STATE.
We again say. DO not pull fodder. "
Let the corn alone uatl the grains are
glazed and then cut the crop down al
the root, ana set UP in good-sized shocks
to cure. IN this way the whole crop can
be saved. instead OF wasting a large part
of that which has cost money and labor
to produce. Fodder pulling is wastefu1
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07

Ruta bagas and turnips should be
s0wn during this month, and turnips dur
ing September. An effort should be made
on every farm to grow ruta bagas and
turnips. They are almost invaluable
where live stock of any kind is kept
ard especially SO for sheep. They are
cooling to the system, are appetiZers, and
enable much inferior forage to be used
with profit. Ruta bags are best grown
in rows about two feet six inches apart
SO as to permit Of their being worked with
a cultivatOr. The seed should be soWn
in a continuous row, using or pounds
to the acre, and the plants be afterwards
thinned out with the hoe, 50 as to stand
about inches apart. They require the
land to be in a good state of fertility, and
both farmyard manure and acid phosphate
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07
uumbert's Funeral Set For the 9th

Rome. August 1.-The date Of King
Humbert,S funeral has. been definitely
fixed for Thursday next. August 9th.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07

If you would tire your friends blow
your own trumpet continuously.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-07

The sowing OF miilet to supplement the
hay crop may yet continue. Hay is likely
to sell we'll. and the substitution Of mil
let cow-peas sorghum, corn, fodder and
oat and wheat straw for hay on the farm
will likely be found to be profitable. We
would urge that 10 opportunity be lost
to increase the quantity CT forage OF all
kinds as too often stock have to suffer
in the winter for want Of feed : variety
CT long feed is always conducive to the
we'll doing CT stock.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-04-13

To he bound hand and foot for wears
by the chains Of disease j. the worst iorn,
of slavery George d. Williams, of Man
chester, Mich, tells how such u slave was
made fIce. He says: My wife las been
- helpless for five years that she could
not turn over i'm had alone. After using
two bottles of Electric HitterS she is won
'erfully improved aud anlc To do her own
work" This supreme remedy for female
diseases quickly cures NERVOUSNESS, sleep
ache, fainting AMI dizzy spells. This mir
ac,e working medicine il a gnd,cnd Iu
weak, sckly, run down people. Every
hottie guaranteed, only 10 cents, SID Ia
+. H. Wilson " SON, druggists.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-04-13

soonest city in the world spick. span.
shining. AT the time OF my arrival the
inside OF the exposition grounds. which
later were TO bloom out beds OF flowers
and rare plants. looked like a plOwed
field with heaps OF stone over IL. Work
men were busy digging, and carting.
but not so busy as an American is &C
custOmed TO see. There are not any
where else on this earth the vim and
hustle or work TO which we are used in
the United States. When ! go home, ]
shall take an hour of and go and
watch a gang OF Italian labOrers dig
ging n trench under the supervision OF
a robust contractor or Irish descent.
One Is sorry 10 record IL, too, but
French labOrers seem cheeky and not
so kindly disposed toward strangers as
those OF other countries. Ii was not
altogether pleasant for me when
passed through the grounds getting
material for my letters. Perhaps these
French workingmen thought ] was
English. Perhaps they had never be
fore seen an unterrified Yankee woman
on her travels, getting live Information
for her readers. Unterriiied | was. al
any rate. and am and shall be. | walk
ed among them like n wooden image
taking mental note OF all | saw. them
selves included. and no harm done ex
cept that regretted To be dlsillusioned
In regard TO the proverbial French pc
likeness. ELIZA ARCHARD CONHER.
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-04-13

in actual motion. Various Cuiurcd
heavenly bodies. balls Illuminated 10y
electricity. glide through space. Com
cts dart past. ami uuw and then an
eclipse varies the programme. Inc
moon changes its phases ana spends
every quarter getting iull, exactly n
In real life Moreover. the planets re-
volvc around the sun IN precisely The
relative time they actually take. HE
whole great globe rests upon Tour
massive stunr arches, AMI beneath II
Is a concert nour large enough 10 hold
:. uuu PERSONS. There Is grand organ
here, too; also an orchestra OF ~ mu-
sicianS. The eminent composer SAINT
SaenS has charge OF them
What next after this great sphere: :
Can future inventors design any new
features that will Ice unique after Tie
Tower. the wheel ami the globe:
have been on the ground since early
i'm March. ~ that time all Paris WAS
turned inside ont for a grand spring
Lousecleaning. Dingy Old walls were
being scrapcd and w"jtcned. cracks
N..r. ..,I " coats OF
-. NiI.vwhcre.
hand
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-04-13
The Diseoverer Of Swamp-ROOt ut Work II
His Iaborafory.

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so deceP-
tive. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it-heart disease. pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often the result Of kidney
disease. II kidney trouble is allowed 10 ad-
vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack
the vital organs. or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Then the richness of the blood-the albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has Bright's
Disease. the worst form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer Swamp-ROOt the new dis
covery is the true specific for kidney. bladder
and urinary troubles. Il has cured thousands
Of apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent
and dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
by mail. also book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co.. Binghamton. N. 7. and
mention this paper,
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-04-13
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot EaSc, powder. Ii cures
painful, sI:Iaitlng, ucrluus feet AMI iu-
growing nails, and Instantly takes tht.
sting uut of COINS and hunion> It's the.
greatest comfort discovery of the a.,..
Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or new
shoes feel easy Ii i a certain cure iur
sweating. Gallons and hot. tired, achirg
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Trial package free. Address, Allen :. Ohm
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The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-04-13

rlety which. locked in snow and ice.
the poet Heine tells Us pines through
the centuries for its own soul mate and
affinity. the palm OF the far tropics.
We are sorry. but we shall have To let
the pine pine. What else can we do?
walked along the row OF unfinished
national buildings looking for that Of
the United States. | asked II work
man. but lie could tell me no more than
a stone. Where is II? Ali, there, TO be
sure. directly before the eyes OF the
workman who could not tell me. Ii
my powers OF observation had been
trained properly, | would have recoG-
nIzed IL Instantly 10y the great white
plaster national bird upon each of the
four corners. Other countries have
crowns. coats OF arms and things upon
their paviliOns. Ours has. the Ameri-
can eagle drawn up Ia his full height
in the act OF spreading himself ami
screaming Just SD hc spreads him
self and screams In the show. Amcri-
cans will have no reason To be nsham-
ed or their country in France this year
OF 1900.
The United States pavilion Is sur
mounted by dome, recalling some
what that OF the capitol AT Washing
ton, but rather more slim ana pointed.
The dome Is decorated with palm
branches. Significant Of good VIII Ia all
nations AMI of peace; htly 81. too. Tor
through tie arts of peace nations VIII
learn Ia bc good friends, because they
are mutually mIerlrprndcut ill they
ind out through their pockets from
commerce and industry that peace
paws far better than war. The outside
wall adornmcnts of our pavilion are
horticultural, 81 To speak.
| have noted the comparative space
occupied 10y our country in this eNposi-
ton. Ii illustrates our national spirit
To a dot. NJ great things IN the me
arts-wc are too new for that-but sim
ply tremendous in the field OF machin-
cry aud electricity. particularly elec-
tricity. Along the line of Industrial i'll
Ventton there Is our destiny. Ana II
perfection in the line arts can he reach
ed only at such II cost as some oI the
older nations have paid. then may the
fine arts In our republic lag long hr-
hind!
Somewhere asked the question
WHO is there that looks happy
have found the answer 10 my que
PA. The American negro man looks
happy in his youth. For nearly year
before coming To Paris my eyes had
not rested upon an American race
When called ut the office OF tie TINT
ed States commissioner the other day
the door was opened for me 10y one ol
my own culored fellow countrymen. III
smiles and hospitality, wholly different
from the stif and grumpy serIitarS OF
well. / won't say. comparisons ar
"odorous." we were told long ago.
My colored fellow countrylhah an
swered my questions kindly ana VIII
an exquisite poliIeness and told me h'
would take me up stairs Ia Il colore'
gentleman who would tell me every
thing | wanted To know, which lie dl'
forthwith. and through the second col
ored gent, Introduced 10 /
~
The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1900-04-13
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Special facilities for examining and perfect
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