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Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
More II rsss md Mules.

According TO e report of the Sta
tistician OF the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture there were. on
January !. 1904. some 1G.T36.C50 head
OF horses and 2.756.9lG head OF mules
in the United States. These fig
ures show an increase OF us
CSC horses and 29.323 head Of mules
over the totals given out in 1903. The
good demand FOR horses and mules
at the present time and the small in
crease indicated shows the importance
OF the farmers OF the middle South
giving more attention TO the breeding
OF animals in the immediate future
than has been done in the past few
years.
The mule breeding interest is cou-
fined TO a comparatively small area of
the United States. centerlng chiefly IL
the middle South. including the States
OF Alabama. Georgia, Mississippi Lou
siania, Texas. Arkansas, Tennessee
Kentucky and Missouri. The larges
number OF mules are found in Texas
with N isssssippi and Missouri secon'
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Bedding FOR cotton is a distinct
error. A. orr correspondent says il
cutting too many roots in
cultivating. But that is not all. Where
the roots start out vigorously hunting
FOR food and water. they soon strike
dry soil and hot sunshine. They must
stop or turn down or grow into the
hot air. While the roots are settling
this question the plants are suffering
for food and water and throwing of
squares.
These cotton beds have cost millions
Of loss TO the cotton crop. Cotton does
not form squares and bolls simply for
the purpose Of throwing them OF later.
They should have stayed on and made
cotton. Generally il IS our fault ~
they shed. our mistakes have forced
cotton 10 shed until we have con-
I cluded that il is its nature 10 she'd
! This is a mistake. Cotton rightly cul-
/ tivated Will not shed. Give cotton
! stalk plenty Of water and food and IL
will not shed unless you cut on the
roots. This does not necessarily in
crease the width OF the rows. The
/ fertility OF the soil mainly decides
that. Usually four feet is best. But
as to the blowing there need be no
point 10 cut deep in the row anywhere
Use plowS 50 adjusted as not TO cut
more than an inch.-SOuthorn Cult
vator.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
SOUTHERN : FARM :: NOTES.
ryrrsEsr 10 TIE PLANTER STocKnhg hg0 TRUCK coHEs.

and third. The high price OF cotton
at the present time inSures good
market for mules for some time 10
come and il would take several years
OF systematic breeding 20 ovcrstock -.
the market. Judging from the present
demand for good animals. In Tact. the
market will not soon be ovcrstocked
With good horses and mules. 1t IL
ovcrstockcd all the time with SCRUB
animals but the farmer who has fore
sight enough to breed the draft type
Of mule FOR the Northern trade viii
End his animals ia good demand IN
that direction. while the man who
breeds mules Of n lighter type and
encr bone. but with plenty OF sub
stance. will find them i'm gooS demand
I'm tho rc-iors lying 60 the South.
What is needed in both the horse
ana mrlc breeding business is a better
/ ivpo Of mares I'm much larger numbers
arl Then TIE use o. only the choicest
coach or hackney sircs Tor the pro-
drction of the roadster or coach type
OF horses chat IS Ina general demand
everywhere. and the employ mout OF
only the best bred jacks OF fine quality
i'm tho breeding Of the character or
mule that the market now seeks and
for which n profitable cash price can
be- obtained any day Tho middle
South is wen adapted FOR the produc-
ton OF the class OF horses and mules
that arc I'm greatest demand mt the
r present tifnc Are our people fully
, alive Co conditions rs they cXis. 20
! day. ard arc they taking FUN advan
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
ADJUSTABLE CUFF HOLDER

An invocation which has just been
patented ~ William II. Page IL likely
10 become popular with the man who
is compelled 10 buy his shirts ready
made. and. consequently. has little
choice as to sleeve lengths. Mr.. Pages
invention Is simple device Tor attach
ing the Gun 70 the wriStband. and will
commend itself TO most mon from the
fact that =, use will not result in mu-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
News Items.

Because he believes that some oil his
property in Omaha. Neb., has been IN
Justly taxed. George 4. Joslyn. the mil
lionaire president of the Western
Union, has boarded up the windows OF
his mansion he recently built there at
. cost OF several hundred thousand dol
lars. turned his cows into the grounds
which landscape artists from New
York were brought 10 beauufy and
gone with his family TO Saratoga, ~
T.. 20 reside permanently.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
Pointed Paragraphs

Joseph w. Folk declared he was IN
honor bound not TO consider any Of
fee except the Governorship OF Mis-
souri,. not even the Presidency.
Banker David Rothschiid was SEN
fenced 10 nine years at hard labor In
Sing Sing for grand larceny in New
York city.
Port Arthur was again bcmbarded by
a part OF the Japanese feet on Wedn9s-
dax.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Tho Southern soil tlicrS arc now
wisely selecting the best implements
to aid them in destroying weeds and
pulver,ziu- their lands. The harrow
is not found ON every farm. and yet IL
Will accomplish more work i'm one day
n putting the crop in good condition
than the plovs they ave using Will "a
two. The harrow is OF special benefit
Zoo being passed over The Irish potato
plants and even when sn inch high in
gearing the surface Of the soil and vet
not iniuring the plants. The harrow
with teeth slopiug backward nc IN
anglo of forty-fVe degrees wiii do ns
harm 90 corn two inches h-h or
wheat four inches high Try IL on a
small plot or corn or halt thc hela
and observe the difference in .niry
DAYS thereafter with the part now har-
rowcd.
The heavy rains after the corn has
been planted pack the surface soil,
and that prevents the spring suns from
warming the soil 90 the depth of four
inches. where the young corn roots
are too cold 20 perform their natural
functions The slopinS teeth or the
indictment Will tear mp the coating.
and the corn plants will put on new
life. The harrow Will greatly reduce
the farm work in keeping che young
croRs clean. a harrow with seventy
five teeth will clean UP the young
weeds or grass on fifteen acres in one
day. The young plants may be laid
down ON the soil for a day. but It vii
I soon lift its head. and then ii vii
p more than make up for the time los
while down. Friends. get out OF you
@ old ways and put into your crop
g better implements and they Will IN
e crease the yield OF corn moro than th
ID cost OF the new Implement
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
Best Ammonia.

Farmers in the South should not
buy ammonia. They can raise IL
cheaper in stable manure. cOttonseed
and rotting vegetation. We raise the
very best form Of ammonia in our
cottonseed and sell il very cheap and
then buy it in less desirable forms and
pay very high figures for it.-Southern
Cuiuvator-
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Hicks-~So you're going 20 celebrate
your wooden wedding are you.'
Wicks-"Yes."
Hicks-~Weil. I guess I'll celebrate
my wouldn't wedding. Il was just
five years ago that that girl from CHI
csco said she wouldn't marry me
Somervllle journal.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

"Iu bct YOU never smeiled gunpow-
DER exclaimed an excited veteran 10
q cow~ade
Gwen. go ten the truth. I didn't eX-
planned tho other, You see. the day OF
that battle / had bad cold in my
head. ~-Youkcrs Statesman.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Mrs. Newllwed-"I want 10 get some
salad"
Dealer-"Yes. ma'am- How many
headsE"
Mrs Newliwed-"Oh. goodness, /
thought YOU took the heads or
Just want plain chicken salad '-l'hila-
delphia Ledger.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

"Sorry. boys. but IN have TO be get
ting home said Underthum. AZ the
club. My wife expects ME before mid
night"
What's the natter Afraid She u
90 Tor YOU II you stayed any LATER
NO: I'm afraid she'd come for me-
-pLllndnlnlia Press.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Dumley- Gracious. I'm glad l amt
Russian II must Doe awful TO have
10 leave home and go Co war"
Housekecn--Ch. 1 don't know. there
may Dee mitigating circumstances. Ter
haps it's housecieaning time there JUST
= IL Is here. ''-Philadeiphia Press.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

81 am just a little puzzled" she said
whats the matterE' asked her dear
est friend
why. Of course. II you become en-
gagged 10 a young man at the seashore.
II doesn't count the following winter.
but does IL count for anything il you
happen to meet him at the seashore
again the next summer T'-Chicago
Post
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
Her NfI-takr.

$50" said her new neighbor. your
husband talks Russian:
"Ch. yes. quite fuentiy.'
Il had supposed the noise / nave
been hearing was made by your Slrl
freezing ice cream ."-Chicago Record
I.~at1
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
neeide.iIx Fnrtunaie.

"You are trying to break my heart"
said the firt
yes" admitted the youth who had
just found her out. ''and IL will be
fortunate thing IL succeed. AS long
az it's whole you can't possibly satisfy
all the men you have kept chasing
after 81. Once broken, there ought to
be a little something for each."-Chi-
eago Post
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
go to SC Throngh.

They haven't much show OF winning
the election. but they're making quite
a blum. They're going TO have a torch
light procession tonight"
THAT sog Have they any transpar-
encies:"
20. yes: that word describes the va
rious claims they've been making. -
Catholic standard and Times.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Il understand that prima donna
failed 20 give her farewell concert be-
cause she had a bad cold"
Yes" answered the manager.
How did she contract itt'
"Wem. ii wasn't an ordinary cold
II is what is technically known as
box Office hlll"-Washington star
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
The Cotton Problem.

4 study of the SITUATION just hoW A"'
cotton culture is that IL should be
crop in rotation Of crops. and that
failure will inevitably attach to the
plan Of trying to have cotton follow
cotton on the same ground year AFTER
year.
The winning plan in this matter
now is TO make 4 part OF that IN
tcnsive farming which calls for high
culture and abundant fertilizing.
Under this plan the fertilizing Of soil
is not done for the cotton only. and 80
mixture highly recommended for the
service Is acid phosphate. 100
pounds. cotton-secd meal. COO pounds;
kainit. goo pounds II is advised that /
about 900 pounds OF this mixture Ice /
applied per acre.
! Nocrhies. an authority OF feruliz,nr
In discussing the subject. recommends I
that this soil-enrichinS mixture should
be used "in the drill az the time OF
lplautiu-. and az q depth OF not more
than three inches aud wcn mixed with
the soil.
~In most cases it IS best TO allow al
or the fertilizer in one application
rather than fractionaliy though If the
land is I'm superior condition appiica-
e., ,.,,, ,,, ,,,s,lo AGAIN M the second
,,,,,,in.-~
.l.,,, ,,ro,s~,tio, Of the ground should
10 az .he most thorough character.
,.ith tho MOVING done in tho fan. BE-
possible. SO that the harrow viii he
able 60 accomplish an that is needed
: I'm getting the soil right FOR the rccep-
tion Of the seed in spring.
q.h, harrow ou.nt to be given very
@ f~oe rse noro because if it IS tho
] ground viii bc put I'm just the right
l. o-lo- FOR n~oroofira early and vigorous
.--o,~tb ana for maturing the crop
ana NJ Tho same time this narrowing
win load +o tho termination and ais,
? tho destruction OF the weed elements
o &, tho Garth
In no event arc weeds 90 be sliowct
& a. +r, host ortror,c is 90 be expected
y Stir and stir. for thus the growing vii
y d., nornod. and tho DRYER The scascl
so much tho more will this be true
AMI M any rate never let a crust n
main after rain beyond the tim
whom the surface is IN a condition &
g DO stirred
II should he remembered that som
&c one noint neglected or overlooked ma
4 no ruinous TO the whole business.
- Make sure OF good secd-sced Nh
vicor OF which is in no way impaired
And Get the variety Of seed most like
20 10 secure early maturing Of the Gro
and this along with that which give
ny the best quality. OF fiber. See 10 IL th
no point OF importance is neglected.
It is certain that out Of the prese
insect peril for cotton viii come
IN. better agriculture and better Thin
FOR cotton growing generally I'm q
south.
We notice with great pleasure al
ate Tho cotton growers are thoughtful
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Father-~Daughter. Algernon Won
Spook wants To marry You"
Daughtcr-"What. that mans Why,
papa. wouldn't have him. He hasn't
any sense"
Father-~Of course not; Of course
not. You don't suppose ne would oe
wanting TO get married If he had. do
youg-Detroit Free Press.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Upgard son-"Do YOU share the super
stition that opals are unluckyt'
Atom-"Thc fine opal you'ue wearing
on that soiled nec6tie certainly seems
10 be i'm hard luck."-Chicas 20 tribune.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

"Tactfult'
VERY. she lives as far beyond her
Income OF $50 a week as most women
could live beyond an income Of 500
week. Puck.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

L> .aiae Sa6u-sry IN tho Coast
The revpntse derived from the Lumber
industry era she Pael1e Coast exceeds
fi.st 81 49, ofl..-r inGusifie< 0oinssils-d.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
CHAPLAIN OF THE SENATE

when a clergyman is a genius. like
the sanity looking. blind DR. Niourn'
snd can make a prayer in thirty sec
onds tbst will have all the fervor 81 a
ten-minute petition by sancthcr. he IS
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

Roarder No. WHAT'S that loud
THINNING noise I'm the kitchcnt
Boarder No. 2-~Its the landlady
hammcrins The steak anu wishing Il
was the beef trust."-Chicaso Tribune
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
80 nnitc ~ Samr.

Old Gravc-"Are YOU thinking OF the
future. my friend:'
YOUNG Slave-"No. tomorrow is my
wife's birthday. and I'm thinking OF
the present. Boston Globe.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
THE lCEMAN OUTDONE

A great deal has been written and
great deal has been said about the ice
man. and IL Is generally understood
that not half Of what is said aud
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04

The Souhrette-"poes she make up
quickly"
The Well. every thing
but her mind. Post
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1904-06-04
WIT ard HUMOR
of I II E D AY
Irh- in Isure.

I'm glad You city-peoplc,
Love the city a YOU do;
For II YOU should desert it.
Nou would spoil the country too.
The Whim.
The sun., 1904-11-20
bride REVEALED SAVINGS.
Hush and, She Says, Took Them-Amateur
schatchen Under Arrest.

Mrs. Rosa Nathenson Of 232 Henry street
was complainant in the Tombs police court
yesterday against Louis Brinn, whom she
accuses Of conspiring with her husband
Aaron Nathenson, TO rob her OF $500. A
warrant is out for the husband.
Last May Mrs. Nathenson was an attrac-
tive widow Of 35. Brinn, who knew her
slightly, told her that his friend Aaron
Nathenson, whom he described as pros
porous clothing contractor, was very
an xious to make her acquaintance,
Hes dead in love with you, end he's
got lots of money said Brinn.
T he meeting was arranged and shortly
afterward Nathenson and the widow were
married. On the wedding night Mrs.
Nathenson told her husband OF her savings.
Il had $500 and loaned 1t on promissory
note. The note Is tucked away In the lower
left hand bureau drawer said the bride.
Next day, she says, when she went to look
for II II was gone. 80 was her husband.
He returned n few days later and, Mrs.
Nathenson said, admitted taking the note.
He said, according 10 Mrs. Nathenson,
that Brinn and several others had forced
him to sign her name to il and he and Brinn
lad collected the money. Mrs. Nathenson
then swCre out warrant fer Brinns arrest,
but he CisapJ cared Yesterday Re walked
into the Tcmhs C urt ard surrendered him
folT. He was held in tl,CC0 fer eSamina-
titn cn fricay.
The sun., 1904-11-20
RELLs VALET QUESTIONED.
About the Travels Of Evelyn NJ CiarHe
With the Broker.

Another round was fought yesterday
in the Louis V. Bell-Evelyn Clarke marltai
mix-up. Mr.. Bells lawyers obtained an
order few days ago for the examination
at his home, Of Freeman Smallwood,
formerly a valet for Mr.. Bell, who is said
TO be diving of consumption. 1t was repre-
santed TO the court that Smallwood's con-
dition was such that he might die at any time
and that it was OF the greatest importance
to Mr.. Bell that his testimony should be
preserved.
The order was granted and arran ngements
we're made to take the mans testimony
before Adam Schatz, referee, yesterday
afternoon at 8 o'clock. Late on Friday
afternoon, however, Mrs. Carke's attor-
news obtained from Justice Amend an order
postponing the examination. The order
WAS served on Boardman, Platt d Soley,
attorneys for Mr.. Bell, yesterday morning.
1t was the first they knew p shat suGn an a
Riggs, one OF the lawyers IN Boardman,
Plat Il Soley's Office, hustled before Justice
Amend, told him that his firm had never
consented to an adjournment OF the eI-
animation as the Justice seemed to think,
and that it was vitality necessary that the
examination should go on:
Mr. Rjees made 80 plain a statement
OF the case and put. up 30 stin plea fof Q
vacating OF the order OF adjournment that @
| Justice Amend granted his motion, Ihe
| examination took place at o'clock yester'
| day afternoon, at the residence OF the wit
ness, S25 West Fifty-seventh street; james
| Russell Solely represented Mr.. Dell ana
! c. n. Bovee. Mrs. Clarke.
Smalwood travelled all over Europe ano
! this country with Bell and the woman VINO
says she is Bells common law wife.
The sun., 1904-11-20
SOMEBODY'S AWFUL SPOUSE.
Lawyers for Actor Bond and wife Diner
m TO who's Who, Also Over $40.

Frederick Bond, a veteran actor, who
plays the leading part in MY Awful Dad
now running ut the Circle Theatre, was
arraigned yesterday in the Essex Market
police court charged with failing to support
his wife, Caroline. Mrs, Bond was not in
court. Her counsel referred to Bond as
a man who ought to be called my awful
husband" and his counsel suggested that
INV awful wife, would be more suitable
in referring to Mrs. Bond.
The couple have been married twenty
wears and have several children. Mrs.
Bond's counsel said that he ought to pay
her Sso a week, because he was earning
$3.50. His counsel said that $40 a week was
enough.
week. said Bond. Il can pay her only $40.
NV wife interferes with me in my business.
She prevents me from securing engage
ments She attacks me, she fights me, she
scratches me and she drinks whisl ey
Her lawyer said that the trouble between n
the couple was that Bond was infatuated d
with a young W omR Of his company.
After a lot of wre nrling, at the suSges-
ton OF Magistrate Mayo Rond agreed to
pay ! IN wife S2a week. He VI prro!ot ,
and there will he another examination It
forkville police court on Dec. 20.
The sun., 1904-11-20
CIVIC FEDERATION PLANS.
WILL FORM AN INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATION NEXT.

Call for q Convention OF the Executive
Committee on Dec. Is Here-Presi.
dent to BE Chosen In stnat or Hanna's
PIace-Other Work That VIII he Done.
The executive committee OF the National
Civic Federation issued call yesterday
for it's fourth annual convention, which
will be held in this city on Dec. is. feature
OF the meeting will be the appointment of
a committee to form an international civic
federation. This plan was the outcome
OF a luncheon rendered by the federation
last September to members OF the Inter-
parliamentary Union.
The suggestion. it is said, has brought
encouraging responses from England, Can
ada. France, Belgium and Germany.
The executive committee will hold two
business sessions, in the morning and after
noon, and in the evening will entertain at
it's annual dinner the members OF all the
departments Of the organization. Among
those expected to speak at the dinner will
be Andrew Carnegie, Archbishop Ireland,
Bishop Potter, August Belmont, Cornelius
N. Bliss, Oscar S. Straus. John Mitchell,
Samuel Gompers, E. E. Clark and others.
The business Of the executive committee
will include the election OF a president to
AL the vacancy caused by the death OF
Senator Marcus A. Hanna. The selection
| Of his successor was intrusted to a sub
committee Of twelve, representing employ
ems, wage earnes and the general public.
The call for the meeting announces the
| formation OF a new department on industrial
economics. The members Of this new
department include 100 editors Of the daily
newspapers, politioo-social magazines,
trade papers and labor journals and legal
authors. lecturers and the heads of depart
ments Of political economy in universities.
The call to the members OF the executive
committee says in part;
The country 10 at the threshold Of new
era OF Industrial ociivity. IL Is to be hoped
that all producers, including both capital
and wage earners as %ei as an r9nsumTbs TbI.
| new era succeeds period Of depression which
| has had at least two Who'll lesofne results. The
water has been squeezed out ol lnna'ed Sc.
| has been reached. Organized labor has gone
through an almost parallel succession OF
teo d TosGn ia
everywhere and pressed aERIessively ~
demands for larger shares in the increaseo
profits of production When The industrla l,
extended beyond a sound basis and unable
to avoid it's share Of the hardship caused 10y
industrial depression; ;,,., n ,,,oo,
is now more hopeful. In all the United State
but one city, Fall River to-day suffers ir,on
an Industrial struggle OF any moment, BY
this situation Of comparative peace shoulC
not blind US to the perception OF elt lnents ihh
| tend ior 'itlCr it's continuance IRA ~
prey'm'nt or for its violent DISRUPTION. ,
| There are 'rpCniYHtcns Of capital that
seek aId ind tLc establish m'rt Of foTCri ll'
! business relations With corr sIoidmg or
The sun., 1904-11-20

ganizations Of labor This characteristic
is only emphasized by the fact that some
IN fight the unions, but have learned from
experience the superiority OF trade agree
ncnts to trade battles.
whose present aim is to smash the unions
Sometimes this policy is boldly ayowed, some
times il Is disguised They also, 1t Is hoped.
will in time learn from experience the same
lesson that the greater organizations OF
capital which have dealings with orHahizeu
labor have learned
Another foe simultaneously assails or
ganized labor That foe is Soclalsm Al,
though Socialism is the avowed foe also OF
capital, il regards as an aid TO its cause the
radical type Of employers organizations.
because OF their common hatred OF unionisn
Socialism sees in unionism means OF bet.
terins the condition Of the mass n tnat y mIsI III
The machinery OF production and distribu-
ton. Before Socialism can deliver it's assault
upon all capital, it must remove from its way
the self-improving organization OF the wage
euruprS.