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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26
Fall Seeding of Grasses and Clover

Fall Seeding OF Grasses and Glover
In North Carolina the best months
foi sowing grass and clover seeds are
September and October. These are
also the best months for selling
vetches, oats and rye. Wheat should
not be sown until after a hard frost,
in order to escape the Hessian fly. Oats
should be soaked for ten minutes be-
fore sowing III 2 solution of one-half
pound of formalin in twenty-five gal
Ions of water. This will prevent loss
by smut during the following spring.
During these fall months every un-
Occupied field should be seeded to Grim
son Clover or n of the vetcheS.
Crimson clover, especially the native
growth seed in hull, if sown upon a
Bermuda or crab grass sod or among
pea vines without covering in, will
give a certain catch. and every dollar
spent in the fall fer the seed should re-
turn at least five in the spring. The
clover will furnish good grazing from
Christmas until April, then if stock is
taken off the clover will max two tons
per acre of hay by May 10th. The stub
BILE and roots will enrich the soil for
the following crop Of corn, cotton or
tobacco. Tobacco growers in particular
are warned that II large amount Of
potash and nitrates left in the soil by
his crop, unless the land is protected
by a growing crop, will be largely
washed away by spring.
Farmers who intend to SOW Glove
seeds this fall are advised to procure
their seeds, or at least samples there
of, before September 1st and have them
tested for quality at h department of
agriculture before sowing. The clover,
lucerne and grass seeds sold in North
Carolina are often of very poor quail
ity, even though sold at a high price,
clover and lucerne are apt to be in
tested by the seeds of a destructive
parasite, cuscuta trifolii. the dodder or
love vine, which soon ruins the mead
ow. Farmers should take no chances,
but learn what they propose to SOW be-
fore sowing it.
GERALD MCCARTHY,
BotaniSt n. c. Dept. Agriculture.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26

impaired, when
there Is a dull.
sluggish feeling.
with nervousness,
i~ritability n d
sic eplessne $.
Every day that
these symptoms
are neglected in
a the liabil-
ity to physical
collapse.
Or. Pierce s
Golden Medical
Discovery cures
diseases OF the
stomach and other
organs of diges-
fiou and nutrition
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26
Will Attend the T~heoIogieaI Semi

The Rev. L B. Boney. pastor of a
group OF churches in this and
ing counties Of the East Carolina Ban
fist Association, will resign next month
to go to Louisville, KY, to take a
course at the Southern Baptist Theoloe-
ical Seminary. He will enter the semi
nary October 1st, and VII be there two
years to better equip himself for the
ministry. He has done good work in
the field to which he was assigned. and
his friends are confident that he has a
useful career ahead OF him.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26
out OF Plumb.

When the wall is out Of plumb the
building Is more or less unsafe, n me
higher the wall is carried out OF the per
pendicular the greater the danger of col
lapse. It's about o with the health; II
is out OF plumb when the digestion Il
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26

McDuf1e's Little Blue Liver Pills
blue people bright. cleans the
system OF all deleterous and un-
healthy matter and makes a new per
son OF you. q cents at r.. R. BerIamy's.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26

McDuffe's Witch Hazel Foot Healer
Is one Of the finest baby powders
Known. Cures prickly heat and gives in
slant relief. 25 cents at r. r. Bel
hmys.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS.
POSTAGE PREPAID.

THE DAILY MESSENGER by mail
one year 800; six months $3.50: three
moths s1.75; n month so cents-
Served in the city al 60 cents a month,
one week Is cents. s1.75 for three months
or 800 a year.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY MESSENGER
Two SPACE papers), by mail one year
81 90: six months so cents. In advance.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26

The best physic-ChamberlaIn's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets. Easy to take
Pleasant in effect. For sale by r. r
Reflamy'S Drug store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-08-26

The new catch of salt mullets is now
on the market. :
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
THE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SNOW

I saw where two had passed along
And left their footprints in the snow;
Beside the larger tracks I marked
Where little feet had pressed; below
The path led to the left around
The old red mill and they, I knew
Whose tracks were there must still from
where
The road turned westward be in view
In fancy I could see them, he
A handsome fellow bending down
To catch the -lightest word she said,
And she petite and sweet, whose brown
Eyes sparkled as she tossed her lead;
[ fancied 1 could hear him say
Such words as I'd have said had one
I loved walked there with me that day.
followed where they, side by side,
Had gone before me through the snow:
/ looked down at their tracks and dreamed
A dream l first dreamed long ago;
I saw the tracks that she had left,
Her little tracks, beside his own,
And envied him who walked with her,
Ard sighed because I walked alone.
Below the old red mill I saw
Their tracks point to the westward
where
They passed beside the singing stream
l SaZed ahead and saw them there
] saw them and forgot to dream
OF love that l had been denied:
A bent old man trudged onward and
boy was walking at his side.
IS. E. kiSer, in Chicago Record Herald
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17

quay, until Asuncion, the capital of the
republic, is reached.
This city has been described as one
of the wonders of the western hemis-
phere, on account of its remarkable
contrasts. It has a population of
nearly 10000, and contains a number
of enthusiastically beautiful buildings,
among them a magnificent govern
ment house of vast dimensions, built
of sandstone, in the form of an i'm
perial palace. A few blocks away are
seen adobe novels, unfit for human
habitation, into which are crowded a
dozen or more miserable half-breeds.
Equally startling are what might be
called the contrasts of street life
Modern European civilization thrives
by the side of purely aboriginal modes
of existence, One moment you meet
an up-todate gentleman wearing q
black Prince Albert coat, delicate
light trousers and silk hat, the next in
slant you rub elbows with half
naked Indian, armed with bow and ar
row, a degenerate descendant of the
once ruling race of Paraguays. A
third, and scarcely less interesting,
element is the half-breed natives, the
small farmers and planters, whose
costume lends characteristic variety
20 the scene. Predominant in their
wearing apparel is white, which forms
IN effective relief to the dark brown
II their complexion. The women
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
HER FACE HER FORTUNE.
Young Lady Engaged by Dealer In
Cosmetics on Account of Her
Natural Beauty.

| She was sweet looking girl, with as
fair a pink and white complexion as
woman ever desired, and was chatting
with one of her own sex on a Staten Is,
land ferry boat, while I was seated SO
| near that [ could not help hearing.
Several times my truant eyes deserted
my paper and stole glance at the face
that was so attractive, says writer IN
| he New York Herald.
cit was the luckiest thing chat ever
happened to me- she said to ler COM
panion, when L went into that Fifth
avenue store just to buy comb. How
little thought that would be work
ing there at greater wages than i had
ever hoped to earn. hesitated about
going in because 1 feared the prices
would be too high; but / did go in.
and came out with comb without pay
ing cent for it. And, better than all.
had been engaged to begin the next
Monday as a saleswoman.
81 was nearly discouraged before
that, for I was getting only 81 week,
and we were awfully pinched at home.
But my luck changed on that day-and
it was Friday, too. Fortunately for
me, the store was crowded when l
went in, and the proprietor left his
,icsk, that stands in a little railed-oh
corner. and came to wait on me. mo-
ticed that he looked very sharply at
me, but not .at all in an impudent man
ler.
"sPardon me, MISS he said, but I
am looking for young lady to assist
me in the store here, and if your cir
cumstances are such that you would
care for the place 1 would like to have
you consider it,
81 was wonderfully surprised, but
thanked him, saying I knew nothing
about the business.
"'That doesn't NATTER he replied.
You car soon learn it. To be frank,
would like to have you on account OF
your complexion. You know we sell
all sorts of goods for the complexion
and articles for identifying, and your
face would do more to make sales than
all the arguments and representations
that could be made
"Well, the result was that got q
fine place, with easy work, at $15
week. NY hours are short, and sim
ply play the agreeable while selling
goods at an immense profit. would
not let any of the connections touch
my face for anything, but the custom
ers appear to be impressed by my COM
ple.xion and the proprietor is satisfied.
So am II
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17

at some dull watering place or noun
tain resort. Some of his observations
are worth printing and may induce
some readers to take a rational inter-
est in the South American republics.
To reach Paraguay one must start
from Buenos Ayres. the capital and
commercial center of the Argentine
Republic. The journey to Asuncion
requires six days and is made in COM
Portable river steamers. It begins on
the mighty La Plata, union of the
great Parana, Paraguay and Urugay
rivers. The first landing of impor-
lance is Rosario d. Santa Fe, busy
Argentine harbor, connected with Eu-
rope by several direct transatlantic
lines Of steamers and sailing vessels,
and located on the Parana river. The
next points of interest are Santa
Elena, where are located the original
Liebig beef extract Establishments,
and the city of Corrientes, few miles
above which point occurs the conf1u-
ence of the Parana and Paraguay
rivers. The boat here leaves the
Parana, which comes from the east,
and proceeds due north on the Para
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
DOWN IN PARAGUAY.
One Of the oldest of All South Amer
lean Republics.
Although Rich in Natural Resources
Its People Are Pinched for
MOney-A Country With.
out Railroads.
Especial Buenos Ayres letter.
+

Especial Buenos Ayres letter.
TINE South American Republic of
Il Paraguay is terra incognita to
most people. In general way
it is known that the country is sand
wiched in between Brazil, Bolivia and
the Argentine Republic; that it's cap
ital is Asuncion, and that its govern
ment consists of an executive branch,
with a president at it's head, a senate
and a chamber of deputies. The coun-
try was settled by Spaniards in 1886.
1t declared it's independence in 1911,
refusing to unite with the Argentine
confederation. 1t was successfully
under the dictatorship of the tyran-
nical Francia, C. A. Lopez and F. L.
Lopez. The latter, in 1865, provoked
a war with Brazil, Argentine and
Uruguay, which terminated with his
death after the country had been COM
pletely impoverished and great part
of the adult male population killed.
In 1870 a new constitution was adopt
ed; and a year or two later the Ar
gentine Republic laid formal claim to
all territory west of the Paraguay
river. The dispute was settled by
arbitration, in 1878, when President
Rutherford B. Hayes gave decision
in favor of Paraguay. The total area
of the republic is about 10000 square
miles, with a civilized population of
100000 and about 100000 aborigines.
So much for purely encyclopaedia
information which, no matter how ex-
act, is always dull; especially when
dealing with a country whose charm
consists more in its scenery and the
quaint customs of its people than in
exports of hides and imports of
bacon and flour.
A gentleman who has recently re-
turned from a visit to Paraguay de-
clares the trip an ideal one in every
respect-far more instructive than the
proverbial tour of Europe, vastly
more amusing than months sojourn
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Prospects.-Rich Old Aunt-"Rob
ert, I'm going to make my will.
think shall leave ,you-tpause). Al
tentive Nephew eagerly es
aunt?'' Aunt - Before long. -
Punch.
Bighead-"My wife can't keep &C
counts. Bookkeeping is mystery &c
her" Gayboy-"It's different with
my wife. She does keep accounts
but her bookkeeping is mystery to
me.''-Town Topics.
Hanks-''Is that spendthrift son OF
yours who went west doing well
there?" Ranks-''First class! 1t
used to cost me 5000 month to
keep him going at home and l only
have to send him $3.50 each month
now."-N. Y. Sun.
His Apprehension.-"I am glad to
see that there are no rumors OF your
resignation said the friend. Yes,
answered the public official, in tone
of slight discomfort, Il am afraid l
am not attracting the attention that
ought o."-Washington Star,
Not Even What Hit Him.-Morrell
-"Wen, we always learn by expert
ence." Worrell-''Not always. There
was the experience of that careless
laborer who smoked his pipe over
key of powder. He hasn't learned
anything since. "-Philadelphia Press.
A Great Scheme.-'M Manager .Joltum
has great scheme for bringing
about a theater reform ''?????????''
"Yep; he will have the ushers pass
around cards bearing the notice:
All Except Bald-Headed Ladies Will
Kindly Remove Their Hats "-Balti-
more News.
Terrible Possibilities of the Latest
(entering hurried
ly)-"Oh, if you please, mum, you
know when you allowed cook to go
out just now for an hour? Well, she's
come back so very-er (hesitatingly)
Mistress-''So very poor
ly? Good gracious, Jane, whatever is
the matter?" Housemaid SWELL,
you know, mum. you told her to do
them bantam's eggs for masters tea,
and she's trying to boil the ping
pong ballS!''-Punch.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
Between Whifs.

Beware of the man who prides
himself on his tact and of the woman
who says she is logical. The former
is dishonest and the latter never en-
ploys logic for any good end.
A maker of epigrams is one who
seeks to clothe the wit of others
in his own language. The result is
sometimes called original.
An ideaist is like baby crying for
the moon; but it is noticed that a
large, round biscuit is generally an
acceptable substitute.
A cynic is a man without ambition,
since he sneers at things as they are,
without helping to make them as they
should be.
Geniuses are absent-minded, where
as common people are merely care
less.-Albany Argus.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17

I On the way to Bernardino the trav
eler passes scores of native "ranchos,
whose construction and furnishin.
demonstrate the frugal nature of tn,
Paraguayans. Usually the primitiv,
dwellings are surrounded by small
peach or apricot orchards. The ma
tives are not fond of hard work. They
plant only what they actually need
principally "manioc,'' tuber which
takes the place of the potato and grow.
to enormous size, some tobacco and {
little corn and cotton, just enough fol
home consumption. Bananas anc
peaches grow without cultivation.
The only vehicle known for country
travelling is the "carreta," which is
built altogether of wood, even the
high wheels being without iron rims
The sideboards are placed on wooden
frame from which project wooden
poles. over which a covering of Oh
hide is placed to keep out sun or rain
The wheels sometimes are six feet in
diameter and project over the seat sci
apart for passengers. Six oxen are
used to propel one of these quaint and
clumsy vehicles, and unless one has
plenty of time and patience visit to
the interior is not to be recommended.
The vegetation of Paraguay is some
thing marvellous, and the climate won
derful. Palm forests abound every
where, lakes dot the landscape and
rivers and creeks are numerous. Game
is found in abundance, especially wild
ducks and other water fowl. as we'll
as terrapin and game fish. The only
drawback the hunter encounters is an
over-large supply of crocodiles which
infest the marshes and seem ever ready
to pounce upon any invader of their
domain.
But in spite of phenomenal natural
resources and attractions Paraguav
cannot expect to make any Roadway
until foreign capital can be persuaded
to build railroad and telegraph lines.
Settlers, it is true, can raise fat har-
vests of grains, cotton, tobacco and
fruits, but they cannot find market
for them. The freight charges from
Asuncion to Buenos Ayres or Rosario
de Santa Fe eat up what little profit
there may be in the crops. There is
positively no home market, as every
body raises his own stuff. Conse-
quently, in land of plenty there is
absolute absence of those little COM
forts which make life worth living.
The Office holding class is the one pros
porous part of the community, simply
because it manages to extort low
freight rates from the steamboat COM
panies. Otherwise it, too, would share
the national agricultural and CONNER
cial depression.
wTTIIAM AFTER wET1a
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17

create particularly original impress
sion, produced by draperies OF white
which fall in graceful folds from the
head.
The "mercado," or city market hall,
is the point of observation par excel
lence. There the country women be-
gin to arrive with the break of day,
carrying heavy loads Of fruits, vegeta-
bles and other farm products on their
heads. The trading usually begins
with the purchase, by the market-wom-
en-, of slice of "chipa," baked corn
meal mixed with meat, cheese and
other substances. Secreted some
where in her head cloth every woman
carries cigarettes of the homemade
variety, long and dangerous looking
"coffin nails" one of which is smoked,
to "settle the breakfast" before she
proceeds to offer her wares to tho
public.
The native element predominates.
Occasionally pure Castilian face is
seen, or one meets an American, Ger
man or French trader. On the plaza
a glimpse may be caught of Euro
pean diplomat now and then, but the
prevailing atmosphere is genuinely
South American-dark brown, the
color typical of the mixture of the
Spaniard and the Indian. In small
way the same effect may be observed
in other South American cities, but no.
where is it so general or impressive as
at Asuncion.
The government has made strenuous
efforts to attract European immi-
grants TO Paraguay, but thus far with
scant success. The only typically for
eign colony is at San Bernardino, a set
Element founded in 1881 by the then
president of the republic, Gen. Ber-
nardino Caballero. 1t is really state
colony for Germans, countenanced by
the German government which at that
time was anxious to divert emigration
from the United States to South Amer
lea. Although started under promis-
ing conditions the colony has not been
notably successful. Bernardino is To-
Gated about 50 miles east of Asuncion,
in wooded region, the so-called "cor-
dilleva," and is the most picturesque
spot in Paraguay. But as it has no
railroad connection with the capital or
any other market town it has never
prospered, although the German set
tiers have worked hard and long to
make their Utopia prosperous state
within the state.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
A Fine Arrangement.

First Nurse Girl-Seems to me y'r
putin on heap O. style drivin in
the park with a moneygrammed
heritage, and coachman and foot
men, too. Does y'r missus lend ye
her private rig?'
Second Nurse Girl-She sends me
to take her pet dog out fer an airin'.
"But where's the dog?"
"Under tn seat."-N. Y. Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
Amn1e Onnortnn,tv.

First Schoolboy-It's dead easy for
q schbol-teacher to be smart.
Second Schoolboy - That's right.
They've, got lots of chance to look over
the books and learn the lessons they
didn't study when they went to school
Brooklyn Life.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
Another Curio.ity 81 so,

Another Curiosity of Sound.
Mr.. A. G. Webster reported to the
American Physical society in New
York recently the results of experi.
ments on singular difference in the
audibility of sound when passing over
water and over grass. Under similar
conditions Of quietness it was found
That given sound could be heard al.
most exactly four times as far ovar
water as over grass. The assumnt;on
that water is perfect reflector and
grass complete absorher of sound
waves is not, Mr.. Webster says, sutfi-
c1ent to explain the phenomenon. Tho
practical Importance of KNOWING this
popularity, where sound NAV have to
sent across a grassy plain, il eyi.
nt.-Youth's Companion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17

strange Adventures of MeteeriHes.
Some of the meteorites that fall
upon the earth possess a peculiar
structure, indicating that they have
more than once been in molten con-
dition. DR.. Berwerth, of Vienna
concludes, as the result of his studies
OF this class of meteorites, that thew
came originally from a volcano sit,,-
ated in some distant part of space.
but that before reaching the earth
they were subjected to great heat
which metamorphosed their struc-
ture. To explain this he suggests
that in the course of their celestial
journey they may have passed
through the atmosphere of sun. or
may have beer fused through the
sudden birth of new and neighbor-
ing star. The heat developed during
their fall through our atmosphere is
not sufficient to explain the changes
that they have undergone.-Scienca
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-05-17
SMALLEST AMERICAN DEER.
TIE FantGil Of Texas, an Animal
That Is known to But Few PeO-
PIE Outside the State.

Amateur and professional natural
lists here and there are still denying
the existence of the fantail deer. 70
people in the Big Bend of Texas the
fantail has been a real animal for
many years, says San Antonio re-
port. ...
H. F. Kendall, captain of the
Eighth cavalry, when stationed at
Fort Davis, killed several in 1894.
Old residents remember them as be-
ing specially numerous in 1885 near
Neville's Springs which are ten miles
north of the Chisos mountains.
In the latter sos hunter named
Sparrow, who lived at Fort Davis,
got 600 deer hides in one season and
among them were many fantails,
though the pelts were worth little.
These deer have become scarce of
late, but are still seen by men who
climb to their ranges.
They are the smallest of the Amer
lean deer and in fight seem little
larger than jack rabbits. They live
on the upper edge of the Chisos tim
Der line which is from 1000 to 5000
feet high.
The tail is long and bushy and it's
under side is white. They faunt it
when fleeing and it looks like a white
fan. They have also much white on
the hind quarters.
They live in thickets, but are not
very wary. When wounded they lie
almost as closely as quail They
are of brighter red than the vir-
ginia deer and have longer hair.
When dressed they do not weigh
more than so pounds. It is certain
that their diminutive size is not
caused by the altitude at which thew
live because the large black-tailed
deer goes as high. They are very
daintily formed and are swift.
All of the skull may be, covered
with one hand. They are not quite
one-half so large as the antelope.
A skull of a fantail owned here
measures: Distance across skull be-
tween eyes, 21a inches; from base Of
horn to eye cavity, ~ inches; horns,
inches apart; from base of horn to
tip, 8 inches; tips, sHs inches apart:
norm at base, inch in diameter. The
fantail in life stands two feet h;ph
at the shoulder.