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The Washington times., 1904-10-08
NEWS FROM GEORGETOWN.
PASTOR BILLHEnER RESIGNS.

AT a meeting OF the congregation Of
the Georgetown Evangelical Lutheran
Church. the Rev Stanley Buiheimer.
who has been pastor of the church for
ten years, resigned from the pastorate-
The resignation viii not go into effect,
however, for about month. when he
viii 90 20 York Springs. Pa. as pastor
OF the Evangelical Lutheran Church
there.
Mr, BWheimer's resiRnation was re-
ceived with deep regret by the congrega-
ton, 20 which be had greatly endeared
b 'mseIf. Last Tuesday night, the tenth
anniversary OF his passionate. was ap-
prcpriatelv observed. Addresses were
delivered by the pastors Of eight Of the
Lutheran churches or Washington. AT
the close of the exercises Mr.. Blllheimer
was presented with a sum Of money and
a beautifully decorated cake, surrounded
by ten lighted candles.
Ten years ago Mr.. Billheimer succeed
ed the Rev Mr.. Nixon, who had been
pastor OF the church for twentv-tOur
years. Then the congregation consisted
of bout twenty-five members. During
his paEtDTate the congregation grew TO
over one hundred members.
The last Sunday I'm this month Mr..
Bulheimer will address the members OF
IemplaF, az the church. He has been a
member or Potomac COmmaudeTy for a
number of years, He Is also secretary
OF Potomac Lodge. No. s. of George
town, one of the oldest Masonic Crgan.-
cations iu the District
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SOUTHWEST ROADS
ESPECIALLY FIRM
Prospects of Good Earnings
Buoying Up Prices.
SOME ADVANCE ONE POINT
Steel Preferred Takes Another Upward
Turn on Bullish Talk From Au-
thoritative Sources.

NEW YORK. Oct. S-The whole mar
ket had a consistent advance at opening.
Reading sold up y per cent in all and
Amalgamated Copper gained p per cent
Atchison, Union Pacific, Steel preferred
gained Is per cent A large proportion
of the list was a per cent higher Rock
Island down Is per cent, was the only
weak point Reading was decidedly
the most active stock among The list.
Among speciaIties Ice preferred was up
y per cent
Notwithstanding general expectation
of heavy loss ia cash and surplus re-
serve By the banks the stock market
ruled strong through the first hour. The
issues most prominent In the advances
were United Pacific. Reading. Baltimore
and Ohio, ST. Paul, Northwest and IL
lin0is Central. st. Louis Southwestern
preferred advanced ] per cent and there
was a sharp rise in Missouri, Kansas,
and Texas issues. The theory advanced
was that cotton and corn prospects IN
the Southwest were highly assuring OF
good earnings through the hscalf year
The buIfsh utterauces on United states
steel from many authoritative sources
stimulated renewed buying OF the pre-
ferred. which gained over point, The
general sentiment of traders seem hope
fuI as 70 the course of the speculation
next week but many traders are appre-
hensive that the bank statement viii IN
the interval exert an unfayOrable iufu-
euce on the market.
Government bonds unchanged. Rail
road and other bonds strong.
The market gained rapidly during the
last hour. closing decidedly strong al
the best
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SUICIDE CAUSED
BY A SORCERER
Young Woman Informed
That She Had Evil Spirit.
SHE SEEKS RELIEF IN POISON
Bessie Bement Allowed Her Credulity
to Inspire Her With Fatal
Terror.

QUINCY. H.. Oct. S.-Like a page
from the old tales Of neCromancy is the
explanation of the suicide Of nineteen
year-oId Bessie Bement, who died by
poison at her nome In this city, as re-
vealed by an investigation. This investi-
cation showed the existence in a little
cottage in Broadway of a pretended sOr-
Cerer, eighty years Of age, who had been
visited by scores Of creduIous people and
curious school children.
Miss Bement was told by the man that
she was under the influence OF an evil
spirit and so impressed the girl that she
consented TO wear a peculiar steel belt
to ward off evil effects and took strange
connections that the old man brewed.
Terror IH.peIs Suicide.
Upon returning from a visit 70 the
World Fair with relatives who knew
nothing Of the alleged conjurer, she toI1
some OF her girl associates that nothing
but death would release her from the
great terror that had possession OF her
since her visits to the sorcerer. She was
found dead by her own hand.
Dr. Franz Bacher told of his treat
meut" Of the girl for the evil spirit he
claimed possessed her In q matter-of-
fact way. A young man who says he
is DR. Bacher's student and that he
VIII be heir 20 his estate, wrote out a
formal statement Of the case, in which
he asserted that the young woman made
a fatal mistake ~ leaving aside the
steel belt at the fair.
S0rcerer Founded Cult.
The old man has been arrested on
other occasions for pracuCing without a
diploma, but his practice antedated the
law under which he was prosecuted
and he escaped through that technical
ity. The astonishing discovery Of O
cult, Of which he is the head, Is among
the developments of this remarkable
case.
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WILL PLANT HICKORY
TREES IN THE PARKS

Hickory trees will be planted in some
Of the District parks in a few years,
so that the coming generations may
stroll beneath them, and enjoy all the
advantage Of hunting hickory nuts IN
the country.
Frank Shoemaker. Of Petworth, pre-
scented Engineer Commissioner Biddle
with large quantity OF English hickory
nuts this morning. and asked that they
be planted I'm the parks The nuts are
unusually large.
Colonel BiddIe told Mr.. Shoemaker he
would have them planted IN the District
nursery, and from there the young trees
VIII 5e Iransplanted 10 the parks
The Washington times., 1904-10-08
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET

sales-NashingJon Gas Certificates
$5DQl25
Capital Traction, 11130.
Washington Street Railway. preferred,
500IZ5s 50G1Z7s 50Q73. seas. 5JQl3, 1@ql3,
59074, 50015.
Washington Street Railway, common,
600UlI
National Safe Deposit. 109160. 106l65,
100162. 10016Zls 10d165. 10Ql65, loQlt9.
leQlIllz l0Ul10 lo0l1O l0Q1los 1oQ1lJ,
10d1-0 1001I1 10u1I0. l0dll. lgQllU.
Citizens National Bank, 2Q2s0
Washington Gas. Z51569s, z5Q583z, ga
LaUsLOu. Z6F jAE. 55I555.
Greene Copper, 1e902914, lO04z53ss lg9G
Z0la I2U11-s.
After caII-yVas hingt0n Street Rail-
way, 10111-la, 1899 Z94. 100QlZ.z, 5Ju u
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WILL OF HENRY DOUGLASS
OFFERED FOR PROBATE

The viii OF Henry Douglass. dated June
q. 800, has been offered for probate
lie leaves premises 1919 Thirteenth
Street northwest 10 his wife. Mary T.
Douglass, and 800 20 each Of his sons
William j. and Henry j. Douglass
lie directs his wife 10 sell lot l22 in
block 3, West lexington, reserve one
third for herself and divide the re-
HalHaer among his grandchildren.
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WEEKLY STATEMENT
OF NEW YORK BANKS

NEW YORK, oct. 8-The weekly
statement OF the associated banks is
sued today shows The following changes:
Reserve on all deposits, decrease.
81, Z7G $685. reserve on deposits other than
United States, decrease, s., PSI. 800: loans.
Increase, sass 800; specie, decrease.
S. s63. 600. legal tenders. decrease. 50
Z93 200. deposits decrease, S7.621I00: cir
culation, increase, S1,215,0 900 total loans.
&1.145 $50 200
The banks now hold in excess Of legal
requirements S1Z 636, 900 against Sl6,577 lbs
last year. and 81. 527. 355 two years ago.
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COTTON MARKET
OPENS HIGHER

NEW YORK, Oct. S.-With the cables
to points higher. OF TO points bet
ter than expected, the cotton market
opened j TO 3 higher here. The buying
movement was not at all general as the
news regarding the weather in the South
was DeaTish. and private wires stated
that last weeks Disappointing receipts
were due % the holding pTopeusities OF
farmers. and 20 some extent also by
the low water i'm many naViga BILE
streams for want Of rains The market
held its own after the call South
bought December
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PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS viii be received at the Blu
redu of Supplies and Accounts, Navy
Department, Washington, j.. c., until
y O'CLOCK NOON, NOVEMBER S.
1904, and publicly opened Immediately
thereafter, for the construction Of APP
preach 20 the grounds Of the II. S. Naval
Hospital Washington, u. C.. ORA wings
can be obtained upon application 20 the
architect, Mr.. Ernest FlagE. s. Wall
Street New York n. y, upon deposit
or S. s. Of which viii be refunded upon
return of dra wings. Copies of speci6ca-
tiOus and blank proposals viii be fur
nished upon application 20 the Bureau
H. u. 3. HARRIS, Paymaster General
r.. S. n. Oc8,l5
OFFICE OF THE COMMISSION.
Washington, ID. O., Sept. -. 19JA-Seaied
proposals viii be received at the ONCE
OF the Supervisor of Construction. 18th
and j. Streets northwest Washington,
u. c.. until O'CLOCK u. NJ, on &C
TOBER 81. 1904. and then opened for
furnishing cut stone for the Municipal
Building. Information on application 70
Can't. Chester Harding. Corps OF Engl-
ueers. II. S. A.. Supervisor OF COnstrUc-
ton Municipal Building, Washington.
u @. Bids must be accompanied by
certified check for fifteen thousand
gSl500U dollars. LESLIE NJ SHAW.
Secretary Of the Treasury; HENRY y.
JOHN BIDDLE, Commissioners OF the
District or Columbia. Municipal Build
ing Commission SEES -S, 30 Ocls . g
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GRIZZLIES KILL TWO
MORE VICTIMS IN PARK

CODY, Wye. oct. 8.-FoIlowing the
report received here Of the killing Of
two hotel employees by grizzly bears in
the Yellowstone National Park comes
Information OF two more victims killed
by one of the infuriated brutes.
The latter two victims were James
Wilson and his nephew. "a boy. both
visitors TO the park from Pennsylvania.
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ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES

ALEXANDRIA. Oct. 8-Work on the
improvements at the Alexandria Ferti-
Hzer and Chemical COmpany's plant in
the northeastern section Of the city, was
begun yesterday. When the new addi-
lions are completed the output OF the
plant VIII be materially increased. The
more hands.
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ENGAGEMENT announced.

The engagement has been announced
OF Miss Luretto St. John, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander St John. OF
TeuIeytOwu. and Charles H. Friedriehs,
the ceremony TO take place on the even
ing OF October 70 at ST AIMS Catholic
Church. in Wisconsin Avenue.
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cAsmEARs 1919 ROME.

Mr. and Mrs. William b. CasiIear have
returned from their wedding trip 10 At
Iautic City, 10 their home i'm Virginia,
near Hamilton, recently purchased by
Mr.. Casilear from Harrison Nixon. Mr..
Casuear IS Well-kuOWu IN Georgetown
where be resided for "a number OF years
lie is engaged ia running stock farms.
The wedding took place last Friday In
Baltimore Nd.
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I'D NsURANCE 100
TYPE MACHINE STOCKS


I'm my opinion Chamberlaiu's Cough
Remedy is the best made for colds" says
Mrs Cora walker OF PorterVIlle. Cali
f0rnia There Is no doubt about It's be-
ing the best. No other VIII cure cold
SO quickly. 30 other 81 SO sure "a pre-
Veutige or pneumonia no other Us so
pleasant and safe 70 take. These are
good reasons why it should De preferred
10 any other The fact is that few peo-
PIE are satisfied with amy other after
having once used this remedy. For sale
1y al druggists.
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FINEs ACCUsER AND AccusED

John Jess was arrested by Policeman
knight, charged with assaulting Alice
Washington, a ueErsss. When the case
was heard this morning, Justice Cation
decided that both the man and the yyo-
man were disorderly and imposed me
OF $3.50 on Jess and one Of S. on the wo-
man
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A SECOND LIEUTENANT.

Charles r. Elliott, of this city, has
passed the examination al West Point,
and has been appointed "a second lieuten-
ant in the United States army.
Lieutenant Elliott has been assigned %
the TliTtletl ILLaLry-
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LEGAL NOTICES.

IN TIE SUPREME COURT OF THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Holding q
Probate Court Ia re Estate OF Henry
ORDER ASSIGNING NEW DAY FOR
TRIAL OF ISSUES.-lL appearing TO the
court that the notification as to the
Co the validity OF the paper writing
dated the Zith day OF November, 1895,
puTp0rJlug 20 be the last viii and tesla
meut Of Henry keugla, deceased, has
been returned as 10 Maggie Lydaue,
otherwise known as Margaret Lyddaue:
Catherine Lyudaner Margaret Lyddane,
Eugene Ilomas Lycdaues Jr-s Euulce
keugla5 Aloysius ROClOfOrt Lyddaue,
Henry Webster Green william Fred
widow of Louis A. keugla. decease
A. keugla. deceased. Alice Marie KengIa-
Louis Edward keugia. Blanche Mar
garet henglal William keng.d, Blanche
pm Gulda heH5lal Len henslas and
Edith Brown, not 20 be found. 10 Is
by the court. this -3tu day Of August.
a. ID, lS34, ordered that the issues here
tofOre framed Iu this cause be and they
are hereu-, set GOFu for trial on the
LIST DAY or NOVEMBER. 4. d. 1904.
and that this order and said issues here
tOtOre framed shan De published twice
q week for four weeks in The Wash
iuEtou Times and once week for four
weeks in the Washington Law Re
porter" tSeaLJ WENDELL Z. STA f.
FORD. Asso- Justice. A true copy
Test: n. j. GRIFFITH, Deputy Reg
il THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
DISTRICT on COLUMBIA. Holding a
Probate Court lu re Estate OF Henry
keugla. Deceased NO. u.245.-ISSJES
UJ Was the paper writing propounded
as the last win ana testament OF Henry
kenEia- bearing date the 9th day of
November 1879. executed Dy him In due
form of law ~ Was the said Heurv
kelgla, az t5g time of executing the said
paper writing. of sound and dispOsiug
mind and capable OF executing a valid
deed or contract 80 Was the eNecu-
ton OF the said instrument by said
Henry keugla procured by the fraud of
Ephraim S. Randall and Eliza beth HON
iller, or of either of them OF of any
other person or uers0usT cd Was the
execution of said instrument By said
Henry KeugIa produced by the undue
influence OF said Ephraim s. Randall
and Elizabeth HJmller, OF Of either OF
them. OF Of any other person or per-
s0us2 seI5l5. % -. -. ocI.6s
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FOOTBALL

The Alexandra Athletic Club football
team VIII play game Of football with
the Episcopal High School eleven at the
High School grounds this afternoon.
Both teams are in the best OF condition
and an Interesting same is promised.
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TYPHOID FEVER VICTIM.

william j. Burroughs son Of Assist
ant Postmaster Thomas Burroughs, IS
u with typhoid fever at his home iu
South Washington Street
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NEW YORK.

As a result Of the long continued bull
market, rumOrs are beginning TO MI Wall
Street regarding the finances Of the
buCketshOps. These seem based more
on the experience Of such institutions
IN their struggles with rising markets
at the moment Their ability 10 stand
the strain so long has called forth no
little admiration from critics who have.
perhaps, overlooked the fact they too,
have not stood still while the community
Of interest idea has spread, but have
accepted itk eagerly, persuaded that in
union there is strength and no rulnOus
competition AS a matter OF fact, sOue
OF these concerns are pressing the tele-
and telling their cOnhdants that business
IS greater than they can handle with
economical results
While there were no news develop
ments accounting for the strength and
activity of Reading, II is generally be
lieved that buying represents a we'll
soon declare a dividend on its common
stock. despite the fact that the earnings
Of the system ia the last two months
have fallen Tar behind the record of
the same time IN the preceding year.
If the price of the stock. however. in
dictates anything, IL Is certainly reason
able 10 assume that 10 VIII be placed I'm
the dividend column at no remote period.
There has been in the last month large
tiaI market interests, and il IS not like
ly that their buying merely represents
speculative turn, lnaSmuch as many
OF the buyers are people who are ac
custOmed 20 buy stocks and put them
away i'm their strong boxes.
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COLE CLUB MEETING.

The annual meeting OF the Alexandra
Golf Club viii be held on next Tuesday
evening, at 8 o'clock. al III North Al
fred street.
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Gaiarrh
Sufferers Read!

c. @. Archer, OF Brewer, Maine. says:
II have had catarrh for several years
Water would run from my eyes and
nose for days at a time About four
months ago was Induced 20 try Or. Ag-
news Catarrhal Powder. and since using
the wonderful remedy I have not had
an attack. Z relieves ia 10 inutes." 81
Dr. Agnew's cart Cure relieves
an 80 minutes,
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

reported by ". B. Hibbs & Co., 14ls
Street. Members New York Stock Exchange,
Chicago Board Of Trade, and Washington stock
Exchanged
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CHILD BURIED.

The remains OF Milton T.. the infant
child of Hezekiah and Fannie Robey
were sent, by Undertaken Wheatley 10
Maryland, for burial. yesterday.
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take place from ST. Pams Church.
Baileys Cross Roads, this afternoon.
The lHtermeHt viii be made iu Ivy
The Washington times., 1904-10-08
FUNERAL OF MRS. TERRET.

The funeral OF the late Mrs. Catherine
Ierretl. wife Of Thomas Terrett. wiz
The Washington times., 1904-10-08

IN JUSTICES COURT OF THE DIS
TRICI OF COLUMBIA. Subdistrict No.
ALEXANDER HEIGHT ct al, Plain
tins. rs. IDA LEE McDOUGALL, De
PENDANT no. a5uZ--Ile object of this
suit is 10 recover one hundred and two
and twenty-five 0ue-huudredths dollars
for merchandise sold and delivered by
said plaiuuiu TO said defendant. and
TO have Judgment of condemnation Of
certain property of the defendant levied
ou under au attachment issued i'm this
suit TO satisfy the plaintiff claim. IL
is, therefore this Pa day of Septembe
1904, ordered that the defendant appear
ia this court ou or before the f0rJieth
day, exclusive OF sundays and legal hoI-
idays. after the day OF the nrst pub
uCaJiou of this order TO defend this
suit and show cause why said con-
dcmuatiOu should not be had; otherwise
the suit VIII be proceeded with as in
case of default. This order to be pub
lished in The Washington Times once
"a week for three successive weeks.
tSeay CHARLES S. ETNDY. Justice OF
the Peace ID. @. LESTER a. PRICE.
attorneys for piainJins A true copy.
CHARLES $. BUNDY, j. =. ID. C.
sea ocl.h
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National safe Deposit 81 Trust Jos ~
washington Loan g. ITlsr..-..... z05 Pr
American Security a. ITlsr....... 2.3 -
Iuilu Trust q Storage ----.....- losA ll'
Washington Savings Balz......... IOa
Home SAVINGS EauE-------.--.--- l48
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UIsCELLANEoUs

wash. Gas Co., SER A, 6s........ IC6
Wash Gas Co.. ser. D. 6s-..-..-. 100
Washington Gas czTt--.----...... 100 -
O.. S. El1c. Light Deb amp. 6s... IU5
e. s. Elec- Light Cert. Ind 6s-.. 100
Ches. Pot TEL Co. 5s--... .-.-. t0lE 10
Wash. Market Co.. Isl 1s..-..-s.. lli
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NATIONAL BANK STOCK.

Capital Traction Co.----.------- 1855 l8l
wash. Ry. e Elec. Co. pi.......s T2E "A
Wash. RS. q Flee. Co. COM. H. ..
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HERE AND THERE.

The way to get out of the danger
Gus ruts of farming in which your re-
spected father farmed before you, and
the way his father before him, is to
read what other men are doing in
the farming line.
The main reasons why farmers
should grade up their cattle are that
such cattle cost no more to feed and
house, and make far more and better
beef, better milk, and consequently sell
for more money.
If you want eggs and have a hen
that lays more of them than any other,
keep her regardless of her brood or
breed. If you care more for beauty
than u~ntility get rid of her. because,
perhaps she is not good to look at.
1t is best to hatch turkeys in the
natural way That is, by letting the
turkey hens Lit on them, for the young
need the guidance and protection of a
natural mother. They ire natural
rambksrs, and a s~edentary life does not
agree with their constitutions.
LII the name Of humanity do not
build any more barbed-wire fences
They are as dangerous as they are
unnecessary. good woven-wire fence
is better every way. The animals can
see 1t, and will not be injured by it.
Many farmers neglect to water
young calves, thereby causing them
much suffering. They need water as
well as older cattle, and should tGye
It twice a day at least.
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ifths-the remainder being mainly IN
British India, Egypt and Brazil. Since
1900, the United States cotton export
has climbed up into the billions-$11,-
237, 926, 092-and 1t certainly would
mean something to us if presently Eu-
rope should cease to depend upon
American cotton. However, that looms
in a very dim future.
When the civil war was raging in
America, and our commerce was
thereby disturbed, the problem of the
worlds cotton was very much to the
fore. During this period a student of
cotton culture worked out the follow
ing list of countries capable of pro-
ducing the valuable plant:
LIST, The coast of British and Dutch
Guiana and French Cheyenne, the island
of Jamaica. and the Bahamas.
%, The coast of the Mediterranean along
the Gulf Of Comachio.
Sd. Egypt.
4th. Asia Minor, near Tersoos. and other
parts of the ottoman empire.
9th. The east coast Of Ceylon.
9Th, India.
9Th. Madras, and along the Bay of Ben
gal, and in other parts of India.
Sth. Australia and the north island of
New Zealand.
A more recent authority, as regions suit
able for the production of cotton, In addi-
ton to those Of North America, gives:
In Europe: the Island of Malta; Sicily and
anpthlra nartinnC of Gpaip. 1ta1y' M NJ & of
Greece and Turkey. In Asia: Arabia Per-
STA: Turkestan; india: China; and some of
the Islands in the Malay archipelago. In
Africa; A very large region.
England's colonial possessions in
India, East and West Africa, the West
India islands, and tropical America,
insure her a large field. The cotton
industry has been associated with In
dia from ancient times, and the chur-
ka, the Indian %cotton-gin, is of I'M
known antiquity. Until the invention
of machinery for use in the manufac-
ture of cotton, India led the world in
the manufacture and growth Of cotton.
When the modern cotton mill was in
troduced into India it was sent out
from England fully improved, and
there was no gradual change from old
to new methods; but the cotton cul-
ture has largely been left in the hands
of the poorest classes, not directed by
capitalists and able men, as in Egypt
and America; and as a result the quail
ity of the Indian cotton has deterior-
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| want to give your readers a little
experience had this year with sorg-
hum. | had a plat of ground (three
acres) in hog pasture that | decided to
SOW in a n seed for hay. Hogs had run
on 1t all winter, it being very hard. |
first broke it up with small scooters,
then turned with two-horse plow,
then narrowed fine, then sowed my
seed with drill Quitting one bushel to
the acre., then rolled. | thought |
would take my hogs off when the seed
came up, but it being a very busy time
| neglected taking them off. Later ]
found they were not hurting it very
bad and | just let them stay on it, AS
quick as it got high enough they be-
gan to Craze on it. They did not seem
to kurt it and 1t did not seem to hurt
the hogs. They begun to shed off and
looked sleek and thrifty, They stayed
on It till | cut, cured and hauled ii
out. | saved six or seven tons of as
nice, bright hay as you eve saw, after
leaving about One-quarter of an acre
for my hogs. OF course they destroyed
q good deal of it, but | sowed it mostly
for them, as corn was scarce in north
Georgia this year. | did not feed them
very much.-J. w. NJ, in Dixie Farmer,