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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13
When He Sold Gen. Miles Another Mans Dog

time; [ only know we had to have it. Clinton told
to go out and find it and he said he would also
go out and what he could do. He didn't
to have any doubt that would succeed but
knew that that his religion working in him |
hadn't the confidence | hadn't any idea
where to turn to raise all that bullion and said
| think he ashamed of me. privately, be
cause of my weak faith He told me to give my
self uneasiness, no concern; and said in sim
pie, confident, and unquestioning way, The Lord
will provide | saw that he fully believed the
Lord would provide; but it seemed to me that if
he had had my experience
But never mind that before he done with
me his strong faith had had its influence and l
went forth from the place almost convinced that
the Lord really would provide
l wandered around the streets for an hour try
ing to think up some way to get that money: but
nothing suggested Itself At last | lounged into
the big lobby of the Ebbitt House. which was then
new hotel, and sat down Presently a dog came
loafng along, He paused. glanced up at me, and
said with his eyes, Are YOU friendly' | answered
with my eyes that l was. He gave his tail CRATE
full little wag and came forward and rested his jaw
my knee and lifted his brown eyes to my face
in winningy affectiOnate way. He lovely
creature as beautiful girl and he was made
all of silk and velvet l stroked his smooth brown
head and fondled his dropping ears. and we were
pair of lovers right away.
Pretty soon Brigadier General Miles, the hero OF
the land, stroling by in his blue and gold
spendors, with everybody's admiring gaze upon
him. He the dog and stopped, and there was
a light in his eye which showed that he had
place in his heart for dogs like this gracious creature
then he came forward and patted the dog and said :
" He is very fine; he is a wonder. Would you
sell him."
l was greatly moved. 1t seemed marvellous
thing to the way Clinton's prediction had come
true. | said Yes"
The General said What do you ask for him."
Three dollars"
The General was manifestly surprised He said.
'Three dollars! Only three dollars? Why, that
dog is most uncommon dog; he can't possibly be
worth less than fifty. If he mine. l wouldn't
take hundred for him I'm afraid YOU are not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

aware of his value Reconsider your price if You
like | don't wish to wrong YOU
But if he had known me, he would have known
that l was more capable of wronging him than
he of wrongIng L responded with the
quiet decision as before. 'No-three dollars That
is his price.
General, and he gave three dollars, and led the
dog away. and disappeared up stairs.
IN about ten minutes gentle faced, middle aged
gentleman came along and began to look around
here and there and under tables and everywhere.
and | said to him:
. Is it dog you are looking for?
His face sad before and troubled but it
lit up gladly and he answered, Yes; have
you seen him."
Yes said, he here minute ago, and
him follow gentleman away l think could
find him for you if you would like me to try
l have seldom person look grateful
and there gratitude In his voice too when he
conceded that he would like to try. l said |
would do it with great pleasure; but that it
might take little time l hoped he would not mind
paying something for my trouble He said he
would do it most gladly repeating that phrase
most gladly and asked me how much. | said
Three dollars "
He looked surprised and said Dear me! it is
nothing l will pay you ten quite willingly.
But said :" No. three is the price, and started
for the stairs without waiting for any further argu
ment for Clinton had said that that was the amount
that the Lord would provide, and it seemed to me
that it would be sacrilegious to take penny
than promised.
got the number of the Generals room from the
office clerk as | passed by his wicket and when
reached the room found the General there caessing
his dog and r quite happy S,a said i'd +h on
He seemed very much surprised, and said, Take
him again! Why. he is my dog! You sold him to
me. and at your price"
Yes" | said it is true; but | have to have
him. because the wants him again.
What mani"
The man that owns him He wasn't my dog
The General looked surprised than
before. and for moment he couldn't to find
his voice Then he said =" Do you mean to tell me
you were selling another mans dog and knew it
Yes. knew it wasn't my dog
Then why did YOU sell him"
said Well that is a curious question to ask. |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-13

[DICTATED OCTOBER
B, I0o7.]
TN some ways l
was always hon
est; even from
my earliest years L
could never bring
myself to use money
which | had &C
CURED in question
able WAYS. Many a
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13

This will become one of the LEADING
crops Of that section, bu; of course
must have yell drained land. which
does not 2 10 be abundant on this
farm now.
IL may be found advisable TO get
profit out OF the deadened timber
land before IL is used for plowed
crops or drained. Redtop does its
best In soil that Is rich and moist.
and will even bear being covered
with water two or three weeks. II is
one OF the best grasses for winter
aud early spring grazing and 10 espe-
cially valuable for mixing with or
cha-d rasx and alsike clover. Il
makes a moderate yield OF fair hay.
Orchard grass stands shade we'll and
makes a good growth on vet heavy
soil. com mencing growth early In
February: and IL not pastured Is
ready for making hay Ia April. While
the hay made from II In OF good quail
ity. Its hahi; OF growing In large
ciumps is aEains; 1t a. hay grass Al
sike 10 the best clover for vet
grounds. bu; rarely grows large
enough 10 make q good yield OF hay.
II In an excellent permanent pasture
plant. Those interested in Southern
forage crops should Get free farmers
halle;inx Nos 10. and i&T from the
Department OF Agriculture ~ wash
lagton- Very few yet comprehend
N. great opportunities for easy prof
it from making hay In the South
where the yield 10 large and the price
high.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13
How Can Tenant Farming be Made
to Pay?
Pfnkeronts Plan Is & Make Hi Tenants Farm Nor. Ia, -,
ve~ hy.

Nessrs Editors: Though | have
Southern landowner. | am fully sat
isSed the negro renters on new land
under the ordinary planters are not
profitable They Know nothing but
oae crop-cottoa-and canno; diver
s!fy- And they plant so !ew acres
that the crop will bot pay the land
lord aud the coTnmisSary. There
mus he more land planted 10 grasses
or forage. and improved machinery
must - used. 80 that one active man
can tend more acres. II Is the white
mar burden TO sc; the pace 10 the
ooloyea man. and then pay the la
eoreg . good days wage for q good
days work. 1t must come To this.
or the South all continue irnpovev-
tshed. The Delta IL rich in plant
producing soil. bat IL cannot over
come The methods now In rogue.
Foar planters !n a short strip Of coun-
iry have g1rea up In despair. be-
cause they could not get results sat
ss'acto.y By the Old methods. Il 10
up 20 The Gsax~ffc TO show tt. .allacy
ot one k!ad OF crop each succeeding
rear. and it is doing this. and will
gvt III. $4,000 readers If ii keeps up
the good work
This year ve have decided 10 make
oar tenants tead more Land and
plant forsge-@ouaethlag like pearl
~Fsills;. eowpeAs. cora. sorghum. pea
Hass. sweet potatoes. and @. course
on cotina-for without cotton on.
farming would be like the play OF
Hamlet and he of On = spree. Could
yoa Improve IN this Any augges~
ton would be thankfully received.
Our land Is iow and IL h. Delta.
Il has rs yet no tile. One hundred
acres are In Cultivation aad $50 IN
~d.adeuing.
+. T. pINkERTOS.
IrbaEa. Ill
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13

Arlington. H. H. June --hnT
e"tion planted this sprang 10 ~~si-
inat.si AT H.. 0s 600 arr~~ and its
essnaiiiion on May 18th last, 10 given
~ 20. p-r e-nt In tho frat cotton
report for this. s~a~on made public
~ the department. Of Agriculture to-
day. Tho acreage rs estimated n
againsf -. 900 600 acres last year.
and t'ae condition On May 18th h
Against .o-5 p~-r cent last year.
The ARIA a. given includes thai
ALREADY planted and expected to b-
paA1is~d and IL about one-t~nfh OF
one pr cent greater than he ARA
planted To cotton last year. The ron.
aisA"h II thr growing crop ON Map
90 1900. ~as $40 per c~nt of n
n"f1fial and thr average al the condi-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13
Pio~rd = Tw~nay-Acr~ ts~id with
One Furruw.

David RAxan. Of Meat Camp. has
last aaIsaed plouinx and planting
a aeld containing 20 acres. the en-
tire Geld having e~wr pio~ed In one
continuous !urrow. The Geld IL -
pretty knoll and wax plowed with y
No. 30 Oliver chilled piow. drawn by
three horses abreast. The arsi round
and ycund after round waa made day
alter day until the job vas con-
.,iet~d. but oaly one furrow VAS run
This strikes as ~ rather out OF the
corn and we doubt IL there IN
another Geld Of The kin. In many
counties around Booae Demo.
erat
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13

Al Hutchinson. Mimi. not long <
there was a proce ssion in connection
that went 10 the bad "A few years
ago on account OF the ehinch-bug. 4
Jersey COW headed the procession and
wore a silk blanket on which was
printed. Il raised the price OF land
in Mcleod County 10 500 per acre"
That was a nice jump. and thousands
u counties in the South can have as
good experience II the farmers will
go at dairying in the way the Mime
sofa bunch did.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13

dunn sized ones, In separate pumps.
not over twenty-five bushels TO the
pump. ! use pine straw 10 cover
them. as it is better than hay. Hay
bs too much water. / feed and
sell potatoes raised from slips first.
toes from vines. Extra large pota-
toes do not keep as well as the me-
dunn sized, SO / feed the cut and ex-
ira large g 10 my mich COWS and
hogs. / put dirt around the pump to
about a foot of the top. and put a
large chicken coop. roof shaped. over
it, / seldom lose a potato.
Other Crops and Hogs.
! raise a patch of early water
melons every year-an acre. They
pay from $50 to SIS per acre. /
can pick melons faster than / can
cotton. plant fall Irish potatoes al
ter w~a,ermelons. | Try to raise hogs
and hominy. have a good hog pas
ture and twenty-seven head OF hogs.
including a registered Berkshire
boar. | sold one hundred and ten
dollars worth Of meat last year. !
want TO exceed that by far his year.
! have six sows thai viii farrow pigs
In August. BY that time | will have
plenty OF feed, such as peas. corn.
Spanish peanuts. sorghum. potatoes.
etc: aud will sell this hot OF pigs next
February. when they ought TO weigh
one hundred pounds each and more.
They have the range OF the fields. SO
you see they don't cost very much.
stick to the Farm.
| will close this letter before you
get weary. l am a young
t~wenty-nsae years old. raised on a
farm: so. | can say. young man. stay
On the farm, where there are sun
shine. pure air. happiness and good
morals. Be n farmer right: raise
plenty OF cattle. hogs. sheep. aud poul-
try: and manufacture your own fer
tilsxer and compost And. by all
means. read a good agricultural pa
per. like The southern Farm Gazette.
| take. four agricultural papers. find
them ali good: bat I like The SOUTH
ern Farm Gazette best. for IL suits
our locality and gets better every is
sue- W. 5. JONES.
Terry. Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13
Editorial Comment: The croa

Editorial Comment The crops pro
posed IN ID. foregoing letter for the
a are good. but 1t 6o~-a rot sx~ III
hat tho legaraew are IN evidence ax
Eluch aa they should Dr.. While both
euwE-as az! peanuts are u~a~atsoaed.
II IN tot evident that th~y are 10 &C
cupy enough land 10 improve the aoil
~ s2ss AZ IL consistent with the b~K,
farming. both froM The standpoint
q. cGryent caHh crossa aaa %. soil I'm
proy~taeat Possibly IL in intended
that cD~aeas 81 beans ar aonae other
leg ta TO De sown on the cJrn
and sorghum iaaa al the Last calt.va-
tsoa AID that would be @eli. especial
u II there are Ktock 10 craze on saeh
secondary crops Some types Of Del
IA iard are ~.iI suited 10 alfalfa
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13

Cora In selling for oser 81 per
baahe. cash. Peas are readily br!ag.
1850 per haKhei. The farmers
are awake To these facts and ar.
nlartiag corn. lots of II. and will
later put In a big pea crop Monroe
Enquirer.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13
What Keeps Me on the Farm.
''e AZ ee eho by Which One Young Farmer Makes His Farming
Interesting and Profitable.

N
Messrs. Editors: AS ! read a great
many letters from farmers on how
they do things. / will endeavor to
give them a few hints as TO how |
am farming. My rules are. Cd good
pure. hand-selected seed: 90 deep
blowing and thorough preparation
OF the seed bed.
Raising Irish Potatoes.
raise Irish potatoes for market.
pillow my land IN January, as deep
as two mules can pull a two-horse.
sieel-beam pgow. then Just before
planting time disc IL well. and next
run over It with a smoothing har-
row. then lay o.. rows three and
one-half feet apart. with a middle
ourster. sowing fertilizer in this
furrow and mixing IT we'll with the
soil mix my own fertilizer. using
cottonseed meal. acid phosphate. and
sulphate Of potash. 81 the last Is bet
ter than uauriate OF potash. Sal
phate makes the potatoes frmer. IL
is n good starch producer. Here Is
a good fertilizer formula for Irish
potatoes. Ammonia ( per cent. pot
ash 10 per cent. phosphoric acid 5
per cent This will cost up In the
pictures. so To speak. Any fertilizer
Manufacturing company al make ii
for us.
| bed OF the fertilizer and harrow
OF nearly level. open with a small
turn plow. drop the seed and cover
wi,h the am plow. When potatoes
begin TO come up. | run over them
With a small v-shaped harrow 10 as
slss them Up. killing = crop Of young
grass a, the am time. | bar them
Oh and harrow the middle twice. To
~pnlvcriEe the ground thoroughly: aud
IN u t~w days | throw dirt to them
slightly. wait about seven days aud
put dirt close mp around them. Then
after q rain ] phow on; the raiidlea~
This In the last plo~tnx-
vail until the vines begin to
turn yellow. and thea harvest them.
putt!ux them In sacks. oae and one~
hall bushels 10 the sack. sold my
Las; years crop for figures s.i cents
(. o. b. the ear 1t Terry. | follow
ray potatoes ~ith N early variety OF
prolific cora and peas. and asi year
made sorty-nve bushels of corn on
on. acre after Irish potatoes. Sweet
potatoes are a good crop 10 follow
f-EMA r~s wmAM &4E A.mh
Of sweet potatoes in 1905 after gath
rriaE 100 bushels OF Irish potatoes.
Growing and saving Sweet Potatoes.
| raised ia&i year 700 bushels OF
sweet potatoes on six acres. ~ithoa;
fertilizer or any special care | sold
them here on our local market a, 50
eats 10 81 per bushei. also fed hogs.
horses. and uaiieh COWS N them.
They arc simply anc for milch COWS.
so AZ 10 have the Kind the customer
wanta- / prefer vines 10 slips. | al
Ways put out a few rows OF slips
early. in order To get early vines. as
| prefer potatoes from vines. They
keep better and are OF more uniform
shape. Sweet potatoes make well.
set out ~ late as July 10th. II the
ground 10 we'll prepared.
The way | haryes; them Is 10 bar
them of with Il small turn plow with
= rolling col,er oa IL This Golfer
cuts the vines and turns them under
for fertilizer. mostly humus. ! do
,hts altar sAa Hwgf fraSt piaw Them
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13

Editorial Comment: A young man
~ho Is farming by such good meth
DDS as those described In this letter
Is the kind who can we'll say. Stay
on the farm. young man" The work
is done in a lahor-saving way and
there is a diversity OF crops. also live
stock. With such management farm
ing IL safer than most business en-
.terprises. and on the whole. IL will be
more profitable, Cultivating potatoes
in ridges is Of questionable value:
and In dry weather may be detri-
mental. as the land will dry out
more 4 test OF fat and Of ridge
cultivation by such a mar as Mr.,
Jones in the anne patch for a few
years, so as 10 meet with various
conditions. would be instructive.
C~ultivating in ridges Is the more
common method In the South to-day.
but probably not the better one.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-06-13

Messrs. Editors: As / read a great
many letters from farmers on how
they do things. / will endeavor to
give them a few hints as 10 how
farming. My rules are. Cd good
pure. h~and-selected seed: 90 deep
blowing and thorough preparation
OF the seed bed.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-07
NEW YORK STOCK
AND BOND MARKET



NE,y YORK, Jan. 6.-Many wide advances
were reported in the prices of stocks today
snd the volume Of business senslbly expanded.
The movement was uneven and spotty, with
Isrge activity congested at few points, where
also the principal rise has occurred, except for
wide advances in a few inactive stocks which
have not sold before In the interval Of gem
eral Improvement in the market The deal
sngs were highly professional, and successful
rnaneuvers against an outstanding short inter
est formed an important feature of the day.
Profit taking at the end greatly reduced the
days gains. Tho broad underlying basis Of
the operations for the rise was the pronounced
relaxation in the money market. Conspicuous
strength in O few stocks was O. principal ele-
nent In the general advance. OF these North
ern Pacific was the most prominent The ami
mated speculation in that stock was based on
constant streams of rumors regarding the al
legged intention to declare an extra dividend on
that stock. No official sanction could be OBJ
tanned for these rumors. The Hartman stocks
were made strong on assumptions OF the bene-
fits to accrue to them from the supposed
project affecting the Hill properties.
Another rise in the price of copper in London
was a helpful factor in cheering sentiment. A
late STRENGTHENING in the call loan rate added
TO the disposition to take profits on the rise,
and the result was easy tone at the closing
Bonds were firm. Total sales, par value,
ss,4s0OO0. United States bonds were unchanged
on call.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-07
OFFER OPPOSITION TO
GUGGENl.ElM SHELTER
Supervisors at Redwood City Will
Make Strict Rules Regarding OPP
Grafton of Plant in South
San Francisco
Rv Associated Press.

Ev Associated Press
REDWOOD CITY. Jan. 6.-The first ag-
gressive step against the establishment
of a smelter at South San Francisco by
the Guggenheims was taken today by the
presentation to the board of supervisors
of an ordinance regulating the methods
of ore smelling in this county.
The ordinance was presented by the
Home Protective association, composed
of wealthy residens of the bay counties,
through Attorneys Knight of San Fran
cisco, Bennett of San Mateo and George
c. Ross of the local bar.
Professors Swain and Pierce of Stan
ford university gave professional testi-
mony as to the damage likely to accrue
If unrestrained smelling was engaged in
at South San Francisco and gave their
opinion that the proposed ordinance was
reasonable. Joseph d. Grant also testi-
fed that if smelling was not strictly reg
ulated it meant ruin for the homes on the
peninsula.
The opinion of Superintendent McLanen
of Golden Gate park to the effect that a
smelter at South San Francisco would
damage the park was also submitted to
the board.
Supervisor Eikernkotter opposed the Or
dinance and asked that the smelter COM
pany be given a hearing. He was sup
ported ny supervisor lie eAeuelIi oL inc
coast side, but they were outvoted, and
the ordinance received the necessary
three votes.
Eikernkotter changed his vote at once
and gave notice of a motion to recon-
slider at the next meeting, and thus gair ed
time for the desired hearing. The ordi-
nance licenses smelters, places them I'M
der the supervision OF the county health
office and provides stringent conditions
under which they may Ne allowed to
operate.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-07
PRICES ON STOCKS
ARE SENT FL YING
BROKERS EXPECT A LIVELY
MARKET
Report That a New Union Is Being
Organized in GoIdfield Causes
Quotations to
Soar

Believing the efforts now being made in
Goldf1eld to organize a new union free
from the dominatio. of /. w. W. and
w. f. M. influence of control. the bulls
of the mining exchange yesterday fol-
lowed the lead of the Seu Francisco
market and sent prices upward on soma
stocks many points.
The possibility of an end TO the labor
troubles in the Nevada camp contributed
strong speculative strength to all
stocks.
Many on the floor of the exchange said
fresh reports indicated that union. SINH
lar to the one that existed at Virginia
City for decades without disturbance, was
more than probable, and this lent buoy
ancy to the market.
The chiefly active stocks were Daisy,
Combination Fraction and Florence Gold
field Consolidated, and 1t is expected that
should reports from Goldfie.d continue
favorable, there will be more action to
the market than at any time since the
slump.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-07
Metal Market


BY Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 6-There was a sharp adj
vance of "a 5s in the London tin market to-
day, with spot closing at e122 15s and futures
Mt e123 los. Locally the market was quiet but
higher in sympathy with the foreign gain. Quo
tations ranged from s2675 to s27.25.
The English copper market advanced 5s to
f61 Us Cd for spot and $50 los for futures
Locally the market was quiet. Lake was
quoted at s13. 62l5G119s7Is, eectroytlc at $l35OQ
10. 10 and casting at s13. 25Q135O
Lead declined o. Cd to G14 los in the London
market. Locally, however, the market was
little higher although quiet, at S3.65.
Spelter was unchanged at G19 los in London,
and at $4.30G4.3 80 in the local market.
The London iron market unchanged.
with standard foundry quoted at AIS Sd and
Cleveland warrants at ASS Cd. Locally no
change waD reported
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-07
SAN PEDRO SHIPPING


SAN PEDRO, Jan. e-The freight steamer
Coos Bay, Captain Nicholson, arrived this
morning from San Francisco way/ports with
a cargo consigned to the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company.
The schooner Prosper. Captain Treanor has
arrived out eight days from Bellingham with
$4,000 feet Of lumber consigned e the f.
Wood Lumber company.
The schooner Rosamond at Hoquiam. has
been reported to load timber cargo for San
Pedro wholesalers.
The schooner Caroline, Captain Westerdahl,
tompleted discharging lumber cargo for the
Kerckhoff- Gunner company. and sailed today in
ballast for Umpqua river
The schooner Robert Searles, Captain Vail
rtadt, arrived eighteen days from Aberdeen and
rs discharging 720, 600 feet Of lumber at the
Crescent wharf for the Ganahl Lumber com
nany of Los Angeles.
The schooner Andy Mahoney, Captain Jor-
gensen. sailed today in ballast for Astoria to
reload.
The steamer Il. o. Kiburn, Captain McLel-
lam arrived from San Francisco way ports
with freight and passengers for the Crescent
Wharf and Warehouse company and sailed
tonight.
Additional departures today included the
tarkentine Gardiner City, for Hoquiam and
The schooner ]. w. elise, Captain Smith, for
Ballard, in ballast