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The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26

Up around the place where the pi oud
congregation once bowed their heads.
Along with the places of worship of
the settlers, there was of course,
fort. The old fort at Dorchester,
which served as protection against
the Indians, is on the bank of the Ash
ley.
The reason for building in such
location on a sluggish and not too
healthful stream, was the facility of
travel to and from Charleston, and
the easier avoidance of attacks from
the Indians.
AS far back as can be learned, the
churchmen had not so much trouble
with the Indians as their fellows in
the north. Elder Pratt made friends
with several, who gave him some very
strange recipes for curing the sick.
Some of these are quoted here:
For a great cough or cold that
leads to consumption, take yolk of an
egg and some powder of birthstone,
and put to it and take it in the morn.
ing; or honey and birthstone, and
after that the yolk Of a newlaid egg
and some good wine mixed together.
"To stop bleeding, take some ni3
and hold it in the left hand and ppy
some to the hollow of the left foot,
and lay some nip in the neck.
when nothing else would do to
stop the excessive bleeding at the
nose, the powder Of dried toad mix.
ed with beeswaX put to the nose hath
stopped it. The toad, for haste, was
dried in the oven, but it should be
hung up BY the leg alive until it Is
dead and dry
1t is interesting to observe that
Elder Pratt owned two slaves when
he died In 1899 he gave bond to
Capt. Rit of Charleston to pay for a
negro woman five and twenty
pounds
The tombstone of the elder is now
standing in Il cemetery at Easton,
Mass.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Lc-5cs by bitches and Gullies.

Lc-5cs by bitches and Gullies.
One OF the noted weaknesses of
American farming is the tendency to
permit considerable per cent of the
land to lie idle on account of gullies
and bitches. In countries where land
has been high in price tor j century
or more the land is more carefully
looked after in the way OF keeping it
all in use. Habits OF farming are hard
to break up. and the American farm
ing habit is not to put high value on
the land even after the price in the
market has come up.
bitches and gullies in fields can be
seen in every part of the country
where the land is rolling or hilly and
the rainfall Is considerable. The old
open ditch is disappearing but slowly
II the farmer that owns Il few will
take his tape measure and find out
the amount of land kept out of use
by these bitches and gulles he will
come to the conclusion that it is far
cheaper for him to purchase tile and
abolish the open bitches. The land
actually comprised in the ditch is con-
siderable, but to it must be added a
still greater quantity comprising the
unused parts along the edges.
The writer has in mind a meadow
on a farm devoted to mixed farming
The meadow is cut crOsswise by an
open ditch that takes the water from
ditch by roadside and conveys 1t
across the meadow into another open
ditch in pasture. Whenever a wagon
meadow it must be taken into the pub
lie highway again before reaching tho
other end. Haying operations on one
side OF this open ditch cannot be ex.
tended to the other part of the field
without all the implements being
taken around the ditch. If this
meadow is ever plowed up, and it
should be, the amount Of land lost
to cultivation will be large. The
amount of water going through this
open ditch is too large to permit Of
the use of ordinary sized drain tile.
but the larger sizes can be used, and
If that is too expensive stone may be
used. which exists in abundance in the
neighboring pasture.
One Of the most expensive bitches
that We know of exists in a 24-acre
pasture of a farmer that we know.
The titcn runs the length of the !. S.
ture and increases its length by not
running straight. 1t is about three
feet deep and the bottom is about
three feet wide. The rains of the
years have modified the abruptness of
the top and now the ditch is not less
than eight feet wide at the top. After
every rain there are innumerable cave
ms Of the sides, and some changes in
the windings of the channel. This
winding channel is largely the cause
of the cave-ins, as it sends the flood
waters with great force against GER
tain points in the sides. just as do the
great rivers in the west. 1t is bad to
have an open ditch in a pasture; it
is worse to have it crooked and give
it the power of boring like an augur.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Farm Helm.

One of the greatest problems OF
the day is farm help Many n
farmers success or failure depends
upon his securing men and women
that are intelligent and honest enough
to do the work of a farm as it should
be done. This is especially true with
a man owning a large farm Or with
man that must manage his farm from
distance. 1t will pay the owner of
such farm to pay a good salary to
married man to run his farm and
take an interest in it. Low compen-
sation is always cause of ineficiency.
A man cannot be enthusiastic in his
work if the compensation for that
work is so small that he cannot live
and save E. little besides. good man
is worth more than the average man.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Congressman Loneworth Prosecuted.

Since the announcement of his COM
ing marriage to Miss Roosevelt Con-
gressman Longworth's mail has in
creased fourfold. Nearly half of his
letters contain recipes for promoting
the growth of hair and he is offered
any quantity of invaluable tonics if
he will use them and send testi.
mnnials in return. He gets statistics
10 rrove that no baldhcaded man has
: been known to go insane; that
lack of hair is a preservative against
all manner of pulmonary diseases:
that criminals of all classes are noted
for their growth Of shaggy hair, usu-
ally straight and black. and that bald
headed men in all times and ages
have stood for benevolence, intellect
ual ripeness and lawabiding qualities.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Coal Output of Pennsylvania.

IN the last calendar year more coal
was mined in the anthracite region
of Pennsylvania than in any other
twelve months in the history of the
business. The output of the mines Is
estimated at close to 7U,000,000 tons,
of which more than G1,00O,000 tons
can be cIassed as the marketable out
put. This marketable output is larger
than the gross output in any year
prior to 1903 and the amount which
Is salable has more than doubled
since 1854. The 10000 600 mark was
first touched for total output in 1888.
the so 100000 mark in 1895, the Co.
100000 mark in l90l.-Boston Herald.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
CONTROLS VESSEL FROM LAND.
Invention Of Spanish Engineer Has
Proved Value.


TelekinO is the invention of Don
Bernardo Torres Quevedo, distin-
gushed Spanish engineer, who has
been experimenting successfully with
an apparatus for the control of dis
tant electric power by means of wire
less telegraphy. He intends to apply
his invention to vessels and made his
public trials with them. The trans
mitting station was a wireless tele-
graphic apparatus. The boat carried
a battery of accumulators, motor
for driving the propeller, another for
the rudder, and two servo motors for
operating the mechanism of the other
motors. The servo motors were con-
nected directly with the telekino.
"herewith they formed single ap-
oaratus. Hertz waves were received
by the telekino: this controls
the servo motors, which sent
currents either to control the
rudder motor or the propeller motor
SO as to govern both the steering
and the propulsion of the boat. TAX
ing up his position at the transmitting
station, Senor Quevedo began manipu-
lating the transmitter, whereupon the
boat, containing numerous press rep
resentatives, as If by magic, slowly
moved forward, gradually attaining
high speed, turning, twisting. tacking.
advancing or receding just as II 1t
were being guided by an expert
steersman. The boat executed all
manner of maneuvers without hitch
under the sole guidance Of the in
ventor on shore.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Hobby of NorWay's New Queen.

Queen Maud of Norway has her.
hobbies, like most other European
royalties.
Among other things she has collect
ed &. various times are miscellare-
Gus ornaments and useful articles
made of ivory, of which she is great
admlrer
She has also for years collected
ivory tusks. the spois of royal sport
ing expeditions all over the world,
and these will doubtless be added to
when her brother, the prince of
Wales, returns from his Indian tour
Mainly About People.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Limino Land.

In the lining Of land care
need be taken not to overdo the
matter. Lime is very valuable on soil
that is acidy: but on soil that does
not need lime there is little use to
apply it. The Japanese government is
carrying on some pot experiments
with rice. and one of the problems was
to determine why the phosphorus in
certain rice lands has become partly
unavailable. 1t was decided from the
experiments that too much lime had
been applied and that superabund-
ance of lime rendered part OF the
phosphorus unavailable. The effects
were less evident on land very rich In
humus.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Attend Opera in Mourning.

Going to the opera in mourning is
now admitted az social proprety in
New York, although there is still a
question as to whether one may sit
in the boxes or other conspicuous
larts of the theater. But there is no
doubt about the galleries. SeclusiOn
In the boxes may also be possible
and not to be seen too conspicuous
ly seems to be the test of this nw
ruling In good form. 1t is the Same
underlying principle that made 1t
right when in deep mourning to go to
the German theater.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Indiscriminate Mixinq.

The greatest menace to the
breeding OF dairy herds in
the past has been the indis.
criminate mixing up of the blood OF
a number Of breeds. including both
beef and dairy types Beef and dairy
product prices do not always fuctuate
alike at the same time. There are too
many instances on record in which
milk producers have been bred to beef
sires with slump in the butter and
cheese markets, and then these and
their progeny bred back again to daily
slres with an improvement in the price
OF dairy products.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
The Orchard on Pasture Land.

Referring to the man that wishes to
plant trees on his pasture land this
spring, | would say: If he wants to
plant only 20 to 30 trees he can, early
in the spring, cut up the sod with the
plow and disk harrow it as flne as
possible. He can then plant his trees.
But if he wishes to plant five to ten or
more acres l would not advise him to
try planting this coming spring. Let
him plow the land. plant to corn and
check row it in planting and work the
corn we'll. Cut the corn in September
and plow again in October first haul
ing off the stover. Then in spring
plow again and plant the trees. Trees
so planted will in few years overtake
in growth the trees that were planted
the first year in sod. l have blue
grass pasture that was cleared from
the original timber in 1867. For twen.
ty years it was cropped with wheat.
corn and clover. In 1887 it was sowu
to blue grass, and very heavy SOD
has been in it ever since. Yet would
not think of planting trees in this sod
till it had had one years previous
blowing and captivating.-L. f. Din
telmann, St. Clair Co. Ill.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Root Gall in Orchard Trees.

Jhe Farmers review recently asked
some questions relative to the prcSa-
lelce of root gall in orchard trees and
ita effects. can give the follow Ing
from my experience:
have about 100 Early Harvest
trees. planted 10 or II years ago.
which were badly affected by r.'ot
gal, but at the time I knew moth ng
Of its nature and planted them cut.
Those trees have grown very sloWl ~;
fully one-third OF them are dead, and
IN expecting little from the remain
ils two-thirds. as some of them die
e.Gry year. They have never borne
crop. Quite number OF my older
trees are affected with crown L,tll.
AMI they seem feeble and Of little
value.
AS to the certainty of inspected nur-
series being free from root and crown
gall would say that the farmer that
buys from such nurseries takes some
chances just as he does when buying
trees from nurseries that have not
been inspected. In the first place,
this gall comes to us in the seeding
stock, and it is so small that it is al
most impossible to detect its presence.
1t is in all nurseries. None are ex-
empt. 1t takes closer inspection than
is usually given to find 1t all and
vast amount of work to destroy all
of it. Every farmer, therefore, should
be his own inspector and throw out
everything affected by root and crown
gall and demand the return OF the pur'
chase price of such trees. II the nur-
seryman refuses to do so, the Gus
toner should prosecute him for viola.
ton of the inspection law. He will
he too glad to compromise by paying
c.st of prosecution and price OF trees.
have never found that treatne ent
o: the ground for root gall did any
gid The farmer that finds he has
:act gall or crown gall in his orch ard
should dig out and burn the affected
tees and treat the ground for six or
eight feet around the affected tree
with a heavy coating of lime. He
should then wait one or two years be.
fore putting in another tree.
There being among our scientific in.
vestigators a great variance of opin.
ions in regard to this disease. | will
not presume to go into detail, as to
opinions, treatment, and the like.
only speak of what I have learn7d
from personal investigation. l buy
trees from other nurseries and almost
always ~ them affected with root
gall. On. nurseryman sent me lot
of trees ,lat seemed to be nursery
run, so fa.' as gall was concerned.
did my own inspection and reported
that had found root gall present. He
refused to accept my report and claim
for refund. boxed the trees and
shipped them to the state inspector,
who reported every tree affected with
root gall. He then forwarded the lot
to the nursery whence they came, and
the nurseryman paid cost Of iEspec-
ton. freight charges, and refunded my
money, and he seemed glad to do it.
| mention these facts that readers OF
the Farmers Review may fully under
stand the proper working of the in
spection law and how it may operate
when it is not carefully observed by
the nurseryman.-J. c. B. Heaton
(Nurseryman) in Farmers Review.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Carried the Gospel
Brave New Eng'anders Bore the Word
1n'o Wilderness Of South Carolina
Special Correspondence.)

heads adorn the windows. The royal
arms of the king of England are still
over the chancel. and it was the p'"s-
ence of these insignia that saved the
church from destruction at the time OF
the war of the colonies. Every ysar
services are built at this church, :.Id
pilgrims travel from afar to be pres
ent.
White men have long since cea. .;ed
to live in that section of the couI'y.
which has been given over to forests,
with negro cabin here and tn ere
hewed out of the loneliness.
The Massachusetts men selected a
spot on the Ashley river, which rms
into the ocean just south of Char es-
ton. The place was a bowling wilrer-
ness. twenty miles from the dwelling
of any white people. They called .he
place Dorchester, and built church
after the model OF the New Engl nd
churches.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Writers Of Wide Ranle.

When Queen Victoria rea1 Alice
in Wonderland' she Was so much
leased with it that she sent to Lew
is Carroll for another of his books
and received a work on the calculus.
II. Rider Haggard had similar du-
pleX literary personality, for two
books on incong uous subjects have
recently come from his pen, one OF
the most fantastic of romances, and
the other a very serious sociological
study.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
"Labby" Not Ladies' Man.

Announcement Of Henry Labou
c!lere's retirement from parliament
reused no regret among advanced
members of the fair sex in Great Brit
ain. He had no sympathy for politi
cal women. 1t was he who referred
to the aristocratic danes of the Prim-
rose league as primrose Pollies.'
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Japanese Gift to Pope.

Among the present received by
Bishop O'Connell, now in Japan, as
the Papal envoy to the Mikado, Is
deed of dedication for an eleven-acre
tract of land to the Pope as site for
Catholic headquarters at Oshde, sew
en- miles from the well known tourist
resort, karuiZawa.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Not Easily Discouraged.


It may well be imagined Of what
sor. of stuff these old fellows were
male, when they noundered around in
Boston harbor in an open boat for four
hours in midwinter, and never once
lost their ardor. They waited two
days, and then made another attempt
The brigantine had returned to get
off in strong gale on one Sunday
evening.
OF the Virginia coast they encoun-
tered tempest, and for several days
it seemed that South Carolina would
have to get along without the sturdy
missionaries. They pulled through all
right though, and accounted for their
safe conduct through the storm by the
efficacy of two days of fasting and
prayer.
OF the voyage from that point the
leader tells in his notebook-with
some quaint spelling which may be
translated:
"On Monday, and SO forward. ye
wind often shifted. yet not so often as
to hinder our going on in our desired
course, though we could not go with
so much speed as we desired Thurs
day morning, being ye 10Th day of ye
month, we came in sight of the land of
Carolina, but were by dsappoint-
ment prevented from getting in that
day; but the next day we got in
through divine goodness, being the
Goth day of December.
when we came to ye town our yes
sci fired three guns, and the people to
welcome us to land fired about nine
guns. which was more than the usual,
and when we came to ancor, being in
ye evening, many of ye people being
worthy gentlemen came on board and
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Breeding Up Slowly.

1t is absolutely necessary for
a man with limited capital
to breed up Il pedigreed dairy
herd slowly and also much safer TO;
the man with means and little knowl.
edge of the business. In both cases
there is opportunity to become fami.
liar with the breed and individual
characteristics. 1t Is better to grow
up in any line of animal breeding
than to jump into it.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Erudjte Comment.

Prof. Odell of Columbia was walk
ing with a student when woman
passed-dressed in various shades OF
a rather conspicuous color.
II should say luxurious without be-
Ing CANDY. shouldn't you?" comment
ed the professor.
NO. shady without being off colcr,
was the students response.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Made Way Into Favor,

"Mr. William Pratt and his party
staid in Charleston that week and part
of the following week, and had a good
deal of trouble in supplanting in the
faApr of the owner of the land they
desired, another party who had come
with the same purpose. William says
with very pardonable pride: Yet they
could not obtain it, for as soon as we
came the lady and the other of the
neighbors did more highly esteem us
than the others"
The Charleston people treated the
newcomer from the assachusetts bay
colony with the utmost consideration
and helped them materially to found
their little church and state.
Not far from the first church found
ed by the men under the leadership of
elder Pratt. and built by the same
sturdy class Of men. was built the ST
James Goose Creek meeting house
This church. erected during the in
csmbency of Rev. Francis lie Jan, ir
1711. is still in fine state OF preserve
ton. This Is built OF brick and cheru'
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Buffalo Bill, Aeronaut

Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo
Bill'D has been officially appointed in.
structor to the balloon companies OF
the naval engineers at Aldcrshot
England.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Aids Russian War Prisoners

The Russo Chinese bank at Yoko.
hama is reopening in order to tlefray
the travelling expenses OF .ue Russian
prisoners returning home
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26

The poultry business of Missouri!
brings more money into that state
than any grain crop, and it's crop
that may be cashed any time.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Breaks Ship-Buildinq Record.

BY building $4,000 tons Of shipping
;he Clyde has broken its previous
yearly record, 5lT,0C0 tons. IN 1902
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
Little Of Settlement Left.

Little Of Settlement Left.
A few dilapidated dwellings rem In.
and OF the brick church only the .cw.
er is now standing. The woodwork. is
all decayed, its floors and windows
shown. but destroyed of their outline
by the bricks having fallen away. 'fhe
semi-tropical vegetation covers every
thing, and immense trees have grown
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26

The hen that is allowed to become
very fat will -ot lay eggs, no matter
how carefully cared Tor and fed.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26
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~

Cyergrown with moss and rank
weeds. and Overhung with live oaks
bearing the Spanish moss characteris-
tic of the south Atlantic coast, the
ruins of church and fort mark the
spot where the first missionary enter
prise undertaken by New England.
Out side her own borders, was located.
The ruins are in the county OF Dor
chester. s. c.. SO named for the small
company of churchmen who sailed
from Boston, Dec 3, 1885, and founded
a colony in the wilderness, near
Charleston.
How the little body of zealous Mas
sachusetts people went from the north.
sailed up the Ashley river and hewed
their homes out Of the unbroken for
est, Deset continually by fears of fam
inc and the Indians, forms an exceed
ingly interesting chapter in the his
tory of the country.
William Pratt was the son Of Thorn.
as Pratt OF Weymouth, Mas. In 1850
he married Elizabeth Baker of Dor
chester and about the middle of April,
1870, became member OF he church
there. When. five years later. an ex-
pc iition was organized to carry the
gospel to South Carolina. Mr. Pratt
joined it and took prominent part.
Until few years ago. at least,
Joshua Crane of Bridgewater had
diary which was kept by William
Pratt: and a curious combination of
almanac and notebook it is Two hun
dred years old, it is still in a good
state of preservation, and has afforded
the material for biography of its ear
ly owner.
A teacher, Joseph Lord, was chosen
pastor OF the missionaries.
"On Dec. the 8, 1895, We, the church
that was, gathered in order to carry
ye gospel ordinances to South Caro-
llna," says the author. AT this time
some of us went in long bcte to go
oa bord the Brigantine friendship Of
boston in new England in order to our
passing to Carolina; but missing ye
vessel at first, we by reason of ye
strength of the wind could not come
up with here again, but constrained to
endure ye cold 3 or hours before we
could get at any land, til at length we
got to Dorchester Neck. and from
there returned to boston in safety"
The Grit-advocate., 1906-01-26

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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1906-02-22
GERONIMO YIELDS TO YOUTH.
Deposed as Head Of The Apache In.
dians by Carlisle Graduate.

Lawton, Oklahoma, Feb. 49, After
a series Of nocturnal councils held
daily for about ten days at different
Indian council fires on the Fort Sill
Military Reservation, Asa Diluke, an
Apache scout, has been chosen official
representative Of the tribe to trans
act all its domestic and foreign af-
fairs.
This election practically disposses
Geronimo, the chief and warrior, OF
all his authority over the tribe and
gives to Diluke the full powers OF
the chieftaincy.
All the Apaches, participated II
the cuncil and the affairs Of the tribe
were discussed in detail. The cleo
ton was unanimous, Geronimo him,
self casting an affirmative vote.
This will put an end to the Apa'
che tribal affairs and will institute
in sense, republican form Of gov
eminent.