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The Globe-republican., 1902-05-08
A Seals Intelligence.

A few years ago some fishermen were
following their vocation off a harbor
on the Maine coast, when they OBJ
served a commotion the surface.
and soon made out a seal ieaping from
the water as If followed by some
enemy
1t came near the boat swimming
around it several times, and then MAX
ing leap, the men saw that it was
being chased by a large fish.
One of the fishermen dropped his
line, and, stepping into the bow, leaned
over and held out his hands To his
anazement the seal Immediately
dashed toward him, and, with his help,
scrambled out of the water into the
boat, just in time to escape the sharp
weapon Of a swordffsh that darted by.
It's big eyes staring, pro bably in Won
der at the method of escape, to its
fshy intelligence being evidently a
case of out of the frying -pan into the
fire.
But the little seal apparently knew
better, and it need not be said that its
confidence was not misplaced, as the
men were so pleased with its action in
coming to them they kept it as pet,
and the seal became a familiar object
about the shore
The fishermen had a small house
upon the beach, in which their boats
and nets Were stored, and here the seal
made its home, sleeping on a pile of
old cloths and during the day lying
upon the sands, lazily rolling over in
the enjoyment of perfect freedom.
When the men came down to the
shore the seal was there to greet them,
frisking about and attempting to crawl
into the boat. When not taken in it
would follow the boat out swimming
with its intelligent black
eyes fixed upon them. If taken into
ia 1io o,-cl
deck and watch its protectors, occa-
eating a fish which they
tossed over to it, or diving over after
one which they threw away.
During the winter the seal was
moved up to the home of one of the
where it spent much of its
time by the kitchen fre-Chas. F.
Holder, in Golden Days
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vented my touching upon the subject
which / suspected was weighing upon
her mind-the woefu1 lapse Of Mr.
Sprockett- All at once 1--WE were dis
cUssing the uncertainty of human af-
fairs) she said, with sudden anima-
ton, Now who in the world would
ever have dreamed of Mr.. Sprockett's
going off and getting drunk?''
Nobody" assured her, with a
readiness that seemed to crafty her
She broke into an oddly 1ight-heart-
ed laugh, like that of a young girl. q
never was SO surprised in my Ife,''
she said Want it romantic2',
There amt anything for me to do
reckon, but to give in, she added in
a matter-of-course way, but her eyes
shOne, land this time I'll have a we'd
ding--Woman's Home Compa Mon
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The summer Tanow.

The good old advice to summer faI-
low is no longer passed on from father
to son. The plan originated in the
days of the Hebrew patriarchs. and.
doubt not has had something to do
with the barrenness that is now said to
be the state of many of the hills on
which it was practiced. When sci
ence took up the matter it found that
no fertility was conserved by permit
ting the land to remain idle. It was
even discovered that a crop of weeds
was far superior to a crop Of nothing
Summer fallow-pIowing up the land
and leaving it bare for a season
causes losses in several ways. The up
per layer of soil becomes dust under
the fierce rays of the sun. In this
dry dust chemical action sets in and
annihilateS every vestige of organic
matter-the humuS- This humuS was
the great factor in the retaining OF
moisture and of nitrogen. A crop
would have shaded the ground and
prevented chemical action of the ma
ture mentioned The loss OF humus
changes the physical properties of the
soil, causes it to be less retentive OF
moisture, lighter in color and heavier
in weight per cubic foot Rotation OF
crops, including the legumes, is better
than summer fal1Ow.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO AGRr-
CUITuRISTS
Some Up-tn-Date Hints About cuIta-
ration of and Yields
Observation-Disclosures yiticuIture and
Horticulture.
Outlook Tor Emit

w H Wylie, Ohio: The outlook for
fruit is fair, as the trees went through
the winter well.
n NJ Dunlap, Central Illinois: The
outlook for tree fruits is good. This
applies to apples pears, cherries ard
piumS- Peach buds are dead
r L. Holman, Ohio: The prospect
viii not be over so per cent of an
average Peaches are entirely gone
There will be some plunas and cherries
and part crop of apples
Prof H c. Price, Iowa: From pres
ent indications the prospect for fruit
the coming season is very good The
apple, plum and cherry blossoms are
IN good condition. Peach blossoms
are killed and some of the more tender
varieties of plum and cherry, but on
the whole, I think tie prospects are
very good.
T. z. Goodrich, Southern Illinois:
The outlook is good for all tree fruits
except peaches. The peach crop Will
be light a few buds are ready to
break out into blossoms, but not
enough for crop. Pears and apples
promise well. Trees are leaving out
Warm rains during the past two days
(March %, 27) are bringing out the
grass and bright ening the color of the
wheat
Professor John T Stinscn, Missouri:
The prospects for an apple crop in
South Missouri are good teaches are
killed over Central Missouri, but as
far south as Koshkonong and also in
the southwestern portion of the state
they promise a good crop At some
points, for instance Kashkon Ong, the
report is that the crop promises to be
full
Professor Albert Dickens, Kansas:
Apples promise very well, except in
some old orchards which bore extra
heavy crops in 'O1; young orchards
generally in good condition. Cherries
and native p1ums promise well; Japan
csc p1ums considerably damaged. April
cots badly damaged. Peaches in
northern part of the state, buds killed:
conflicting reports from the southern
part, probably seriously injured.
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Cultivation of Orchards.

Professors of the Vermont station
have been investigating the orchards
of Addison county in that state In
part their report states:
The statistics of culture. however,
show more strikingly the condition OF
the apple growing business in Addi-
son county Out of AZ represen
apple growers whose orchards were
personally examined by the agent Of
the Experiment station, only eight,
less than one-nfth, give any cultIva-
ton to the ground. The others grow
their apple trees in grass, and often
pasture or NOW the grass at that
Ih1s is altogether wrong and unprof-
liable. It was once a debatable ques-
ton whether an apple orchard should
be cultivated or not; but it is debata-
bic no longer The cash returns set
tied that By way of comparison it
may be said that there is hardly an
orchard, large or small, in Grand Isle
county which is not now annually Gull
tiyated with the pillow and harrow.
Probably the greatest reform to be
made in Addison county apple grow
ing lies in the cultivation of the land.
Apples can be grown in sod, to be
sure; but it is absolutely certain that
in ninety-nine cases out of hundred
better fruit can be grown and a great
er profit realized if the soil is properly
cultivated. Proper cultivation, accord
ing to the generally accepted doctrine
of the time, consists of blowing the
land early in the spring, and in IoI-
lowing this with surface cultivation
with spring-tOoth or cutaway harrow
every ten days till July first. BY that
time the wood is done growing and
cultivation should be stopped. Then
a cover crop of clover. eight pounds to
the acre, of peas, two bushels to
the acre, or of buckwheat, one busheI
to the acre, should be sown. The cover
crop holds its place untouched till the
following spring, when it is turned
under at the annual blowing.
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wheat and the Hessian FIv.

How to- avoid the Hessian fly is one
of the great problems that confronts
the wheat culturist. From time to
time discoveries are being made that
may make it possible to in the future
greatly lessen the violence of the at
tacks. 1t now seems probable that
where wheat is lacking in thriftiness
it is more injured by Hessian fly at
lacks than where it is vigorous. This
is a principle quite generally accepted
as to fruit tree insects Prof Andrew
M Soule of Tennessee says wheat
On thin and impoverished land suffered
most from attacks of the Hessian fly
From the results obtained in sowing
wheat on different dates, it is apparent
that the date of seeding wheat deter
mines, to a considerable degree, the
amount OF injury done by the fly, and
it is further evident that if wheat is
sown on carefully prepared land of
good quality where there is an abund-
ant supply of available food that 1T
will stool out and in a measure make
up for the original shoots destroyed
by the fly. These shoots, however
will not be so vigorous, nor will they
fill so well as those first thrown up
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Hortlca,tura. sights ABROAD.


To try and write you an article on
the horticulture I saw in Europe
would be bewildering, writes B. IT,
Bones in Wisconsin Horticultur1st-
Nothing seems impossible with those
F'renchmen florists, gardeners or
fruit growers. i saw men independ-
emily rich five acres of ground L
saw caulihowers eight inches across
and leaves touching the body of cherry
trees on which there were no less than
six bushels to the tree. Forty-elght
hours after the caulifower was cut and
the cherries picked the soil under the
tree was planted to another crop,
How they can do this is a mystery.
and as my French is limited to about
forty words, 1 could not ask many
questions. The gardens between ROuen
and Paris are probably the finest in
the world and the neatness of the
homes beyond compare; stone houses
with red-ti1ed roofs, no weeds, no
waste material lying anywhere. Pears
of all colors loaded the trees, and
trees trimmed in fantastic shapes,
cherries bending with fruit and, east
of Paris a few miles. many that
they fairly colored the landscape.
In Paris I saw o1eanders that could
climb and at Treves tree roses, ditto
At the latter place. in the great rose
garden of Europe, as late as Aug 1,
thousands of roses were still in bloom
What must it have been in Junet For
shade trees they have no elm equal to
ours; their linden is not to be com
pared with ours, and we can beat the
oaks of old England. The sycamore is
the great ornamental tree OF Europe
and you are never out of sight of them
in any town from the Mediterranean
to Rotterdam.
OF grapes saw no end thousands of
acres; the terraced banks of the
los n ID n
Gus vineyard. In France if you fur
nished two casks they would fill one
and take the other for pay, SO great
was the vintage, this the ordinary
wine The apples of Europe not
as good as windfaIIS. In Covent
Garden Market, London, were hun
dreds of bushels of gooseberries larger
in size than green gage p1ums.
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CLEO BIN Passes the Senate.

Last Thursday the o1eomargarine
bill passed the senate by a vote of 80
to 81. The ten-cent tax on the coIored
product went through without change
as did also the provision for taxing
uncolored oleomargarine one-fourth
cent a pound. The bill places under
the provisions of the police powers of
the states and territories all o1eomar-
garine, butterine, process, renovated.
adulterated. or imitation butter or
cheese, or any substance in the sem
bIance of cheese or butter not the
product of the dairy and not made of
pure unadulterated milk or cream
Some slight amendments were made in
the senate, and this will send it back
to the conference committee OF the
house and senate.
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Some Experiments with Wheat

At the Tennessee Experiment sta
ton the results Of fertilizer expert
ments with winter wheat after bare
fa1Iow show that the cost of the in
crease per bushe1 was 10 cents, with
in two applications, &c cents with ten
tons of barnyard manure applied in
1900 and tons in 1901, and 80 cents
with an application of so bushels of
lime in 1900; while accom- panied by
crop of cowpeas p1owed under, so
bushels of lime applied in 1900 reduced
the cost Of increased yield per bushel
to 16 cents, $50 pounds of basic Stag to
II cents, and the same amount of Ten
nessee and South Carolina acid phos-
pilates to 70 and 20 cents Where bare
fa1Iow was followed for two years the
cost of the increase with these phos-
pilates was 42.39 and 81 cents per
busheI, respectively. The phosphates
gave good results in all cases, but the
application of muriate of potash alone.
of blood and bone, and 100 bushels of
lime alone were unsatisfactory. The
complete ready-mfxed fertilizers were
Improbable and the complete home
mixed fertilizers were not SO econom-
ica1 as either phosphates, lime or barn
yard manure. On Impoverished soil
home-mixed application of so pounds
nitrate of soda, 100 pounds acid phos-
plate and % pounds muriate of pot
ash gave the best results Cowpeas
gave the best returns when pastured
on on the land, and the next best when
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varIabren... In Cow Peas.

The most marked variation in the
character of the COW pea is to be
found in the color of the seed, which
may be of any of the shades Of black
white, red. brown, yellow, gray, green
and purple, or they may be speckled
with two or more of these co1ors. In
shape they may be round, fat or broad
kidney shaped or fattened at the ends
The period Of ripening required by
different varieties varies from sixty to
more than 200 days, and the same va
riety will ripen seed in less time from
late than from early planting and in
less time in dry seasons than in sea-
sons of an abundance of rain, while an
excess of nitrogen in the soil retards
both fruiting and maturity increasing
the yield of vine and not infrequentIy
decreasing the yield Of peas, as com
pared with less fertile soils.
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The first duty of girl of fifteen is
to her parents. To them she should
be loving, helpful and respectful No
matter what kind of people they are,
daughter owes this to her father and
mother, says a contributor to Wom-
ans Home Companion To her mother
especially girl must show constant
affection. Nothing she does to keen
herself in spiritual and mental sym
pathy with her mother can do any
thing but help her in the end The
girl who acts with rude care1essness
toward her mother, who speaks slight
ing1y to or OF her. marks herself at once
as i1I-bred- She may not be wanting
in genuine goodness OF heart, but the
world judges by appearances, and
good-breeding shows in no particular
50 surely as in the way one treats
ones parents.
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Losing Eurnus and Fertility.

Growing wheat continuously on land
depletes the nitrogen and humus in it
IN addition to what is taken up by
the crops themselves. Just how this
depletion takes place we do not know,
but it does take place to a surprising
degree. This fact largely accounts for
the rapid deterioration of lands de-
voted exclusively to wheat growing
and to summer fa1low. This latter
practice, though hoary in age, is
greater waster of nitrogen and of hui
mus than is even wheat growing. At
ST. Anthony's Park, Minnesota, a plat
Of ground that was used in the grow
ing OF wheat continuously for eight
years lost LOO pounds of nitrogen
Of this only 800 pounds was taken up
by the wheat crop. Four times
much nitrogen was lost by soil and air
as was used by the wheat That
meant a loss of 1,4O0 pounds, which
was more than one-fifth of all the nj
trogen in the soil at the time the wheat
was first grown What then would be
the result in five times many years
forty years? The land would GER
tainly become useless for the growing
OF wheat and would reach Z condition
in which the recovery of its nitrogen
would be extremely difficult. In ad-
ditiOn to the loss of nitrogen there
was yearly loss of 1000 pounds of
humus, through chemical action.
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HOMEGROWN Glover Seed nes t.


Owing to q controversy in Europe
regarding the relative value of Amer
lean and European clover seed, the
Department of Agriculture has under
taken some comparative experiments,
the initial series of which was con
Quoted at Washington. Many samples
of clover seed of known origin from the
different countries of Europe and from
different parts of the United States
and Canada were grown under like
conditions. Cuttings of hay were made
1t suitable intervals, the product of
each plat being carefully weighed.
These experiments, which have now
been under way for two years, show
cOnc1uSively that under the conditions
existing here the European red clover
is decidedly inferior in productiveness
to the American. Apparently the
American strain is better adapted to
the conditions of bright sunshine, pc
riodic heat, and dryness that exist
here For the purposes of our farm
ers, therefore, a decision of the ques-
ton whether to use American or i'm
ported seed is easily reached During
the past year series of supplementary
experiments has been started at typ1-
cal selected areas in different parts
Of the United States, to see whether
these results hold in the principal
c1over-growing states.
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shropshirs Premiums.

The American Shropshire Registry
association will offer numper
Of special prizes at shows this
year, divided follows In
ternational Live Stock Exposition
Chicago, 1888; Toronto Industrial
Exposition, 500; Ontario Winter Fair
at Guelph, $780, At the Indiana State
Fair, the Registry association will paw
one-third of the prizes offered for
Shropshires. which will I'm y12 So IS
and SIS in each class. Only recorded
sheep are eligible to these special
prizes.
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mace into hay. Flowing under cow
peas on poor soil IS considered as al
ways profitable.
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Broom Corn.

From Farmers Review: The proper
time to plant broom corn is the last Of
May and June, when the ground IS
warm, SO seeds will soon sprout ANY
ground that win raise good corn will
raise good broom corn Our soil is
adapted to raise finer fiber than tha
soil in central Illinois. 1t should he
drilled from sixty to seventy stalks per
rod and should be well cultivated as a
farmer would little CORN. G. Mon
roe, Marion County, Illinois
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Cocksfoot (Dactyns gIomerata, is a
useful grass 1t grows best on deem
rich loans 1t will bear the shade of
overhanging trees.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-06-02

When a belle marries a man she eN
poets him to ring her.
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] was invited, along with other Euro.
lans on the beach, to one of the big
,st plays that have been seen in Opo.
y At the feast all kinds of fish, fowl
Id soup, cooked after the native fash
b. were served Every one thoroughly
Uoyed the feast until. near to the fin
b, the chaser (desserO was brought in.
bis dish they called palm oil chop.
'hile 1t was being served there rolled
It Of the vessel what TO all appear
Ice was n human skull. Suddenly all
@ Europeans turned pale, as though
lffering from an acute attack of sea
ckness, and the symptoms they de-
loped We're identical, for that dinner
ould not stay down.
The chief, In alarm. inquired what
III made his friends so III. one of the
llferers, whose eyes protruded from
leir sockets, and afraid TO trust him
II TO speak, placed his handkerchief
his mouth and jerked his thumb in
g direction of the skull.
The chief grasped the situation and
ith unaffected concern tried to com
rt his sick guests by saying: ut be
! right. He be no man. He be mon
yw-Chambers Journal.
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The chronic borrower, like death
loves a shining mark.
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A masher is supposed to be less dan
gerous than a bruiser.
Female Weakness Cured.

| was troubled with severe female
weakness for over six months. | was
treated by six very prominent physi.
clans without any marked benefit. My
last doctor was a skilled specialist, and
he told me the only hope lay in an
operation. | heard OF Smiths Sure
Kidney Cure and after using it for one
month I find myself cured, and even
the doctor who last treated me now
pronounces me well.
Mrs. ]. r. FAVER, Atlanta Ga.
Price so cents and $1.0O. For sale by
F. ]. Ramsey.
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An Expressive Postscript.

A curious postscript was once added
a letter by General Israel Putnam.
spy named Palmer, sent by Sir Hen
tClinton, the British commander, had
en- detected furtively collecting infor-
alton of the force and condition of the
ST at Peekskill and had undergone a
lltary trial. A vessel Of war came up
! Hudson in all haste and landed a
x Of truce at Verplanck's point, by
hich a message was transmitted TO
imam from Clinton claiming the said
Inner as a lieutenant in the British
rvice. Putnam replied:
Headquarters, Aug. 7, IN.
Edward Palmer, an officer in the enc
Is service. was taken as a spy lurking
thin our lines lie has been tried as a
and shall be executed as spy, and
b flag is ordered to depart Immediately.
ISRAEL PUTNAM.
, SHE has accordingly been executed.
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When "A Man weighs Less.

| man weighs less when the barome-
is high, Notwithstanding the fact
Il the atmospheric pressure on him
more than when the barometer is
y. AS the pressure of air on an
hnary sized man is about fifteen
Is, the rise Of the mercury from
.nty-nine to thirty-one inches adds
out one ton to the load he has to
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A TEXAS WoNcER,
HALLS GREAT DISCOVERY.

One small bottle OF Halls Great
Discovery cures all kidney and blad-
der troubles, removes gravel. cures
diabetes, seminal emission, weak
and lame back, rheumatism and all
Irregularities OF the kidneys and
bladder in both women and men.
Regulates bladder trouble In children.
II not sold by your druggist, will be
sent by mail on receipt OF 81. One
small bottle is two months treatment
and will cure any cause above men.
toned. DIR. f. W. HALF
Sole manufacturer. st. Louis, Mo-, for
merly Of Waco, Texas.
Sold by all druggist and W. b.
Frame, Ardmore, I. T.
READ THIS.
Dangerfield, Tex, Oct. II, 1901.
Dr. Il. w. Hall, st. Louis:
Dear Sir: | have used Halls Texas
Wonder and will say that 1t cured
my little 2-year-old boy Of serious kid
ney trouble.
REV. J. WOODSON.
Formerly of Marshall.
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nnnhtfuI Prnlse.

iiss Uppersee-The audience went
d over my singing. had to repeat
song no less than four times.
frs. Oldtimer-Why, that's just the
o they used to make over me at
iool. I've known the time when the
cher made me say my lesson over
n n dozen times.-Boston Transcript.
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Was Wasting Away.

The following letter from Robert
r. Watts of Salem, Mo. is instruct.
i've: 81 have been troubled with kid.
ney disease for the last five years. |
lost flesh and never felt well, and
doctored with leading physicians and
tried all remedies suggested, without
relief Finally | tried Foley's Kidney
Cure and less than two bottles com
pletely cured me and | am now sound
and we'll" Bonner & Bonner.
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III. Mits were wooIentherlng.

The absentmlnded professor says
/, Norwegian Weekly Tyrihans, sud
bly, arose from his rocking chair,
Shed his spectacles up on his fore
al and went toward his wife with
} expression and air, of n man who
last had come to n final decision.
Now, listen to me, wife," he said,
ad do not want you to oppose me,
you hearY
Yes, dear What Is it, then?"
Now, no opposition, mind. / wish
sboy to be an engineer"
But, my dear, what are you talking
nut? We haven't any boy"
Oh, yes, that Is so. had forgotten
T." said the professor as he resum'
his seat in the rocking chair.